Chapter
14 – Wrapping it up
A
couple of days after the Queen's banquette at the Danish Consulate
Ben and Stine welcomed their baby daughter to the world. Ben sat in a
chair with the baby in his arms when Stine woke up from her nap. The
experience had been exhausting but the reward had been worth it all.
There
was a quiet knock on the door before a nurse looked inside. “Is
everything alright” she asked.
“Yes
it is” Stine answered.
The
nurse walked over to Ben and picked the baby up “Have you tried
nursing yet?” Stine shook her head and started to sit up, she felt
nervous. “It will be just fine” the nurse smiled at her and
handed her the baby. She showed her a few tips and in no time the
baby was nursing.
Stine
looked down at the baby in her arms and got tears in her eyes. It was
all so emotional.
Ben
got up to sit on the edge of the bed. It had been a long night, their
baby had been born at 4 am and the only one who knew they had went to
the hospital was Maggie and that was only because she had been over
for dinner the evening before. Ben put his hand on the baby's head.
“She's so tiny” he said softly.
“Yes
she is” Stine agreed. She looked up at Ben “You know what?” she
asked.
Ben
shook his head “No, what?” he said.
“I'd
like to name her after my great grandmother Märta” she said the
name in Danish.
“Märta”
Ben tried the name, he wasn't too used to the strange sounds of the
Danish language.
“We
could make it more international 'Martha' maybe” Stine suggested.
“Would
you like that?” Ben looked at the baby “Martha” the baby didn't
pay any attention to her parents.
Stine
put her free hand on Ben's unshaved cheek and made him look at her
“I'd also like for her to have your mother's name” she said
“Martha Caroline” they had discussed a few names both for a girl
and a boy.
Ben
bent forward and kissed her wife “Martha Caroline will be just
fine” he said with a smile. He got up and moved to the other side
of the bed so he could sit and put his arm around Stine's shoulders.
He rested his head on her shoulder and fell asleep.
In
the afternoon the room was filled with flowers, presents, balloons
and guests. They had all come and gone, Meg and Ray, Maggie who had
stayed the longest, Stan of course too and even Turnbull and Lt.
Welsh had showed up. Most of the Vecchio's had been by too.
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~ ~ ~ ~
Ben
and Stine decided to stay in Chicago and not go back to Denmark to
work. About two years later the day after Ray and Meg's twins had
their two year's birthday Ben and Stine welcomed their son Paul
Robert to the world. Martha was a proud big sister and told everyone
she met that she had a baby brother and how big he had been at the
birth, both length and weight. She was just as informative as her
father. She also looked very much forward to being a flower girl at
her Aunt Maggie's wedding to her uncle Stan. Aunt Maggie had laughed
when Martha had asked if Diefenbaker too could be a flower girl.
~The
End~
Disclaimer/Copyright
2013 and forward: I don't own anything from the series Due South,
it's just borrowed for your entertainment. This is my story though
and I feel I own that.
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