The love of a Mother

[Zoe DeBroux]

<She screamed in agony as Rose pushed her knees up for her to push. Squeezing the bed sheets so hard, her knuckles turned white. Sweat beading on her face as she panted and had the urge to push. Blood, sweat, tears covered her. Her blonde hair sticking to her face, leaning forward straining to push. Carlisle had come in and so did Emmett. They both looked at the frantic Rosalie as Carlisle ordered Emmett to get a rag and comfort Zoe. He did it in such a blur, one minute he was standing there the next he had a cold cloth on her forehead. Carlisle went over to Rose and began to talk to her in medical talk. Her vision became blurry as she strained, falling back on her back, feeling so weak. The pain had stopped for a moment as she tried to gain composure. Just as soon as it stopped it started and she screamed out again.>

"GAAAAAH get it OUT!!!!"

[Rosalie Hale]

*I had cut Zoe trying to give her a little more room to deliver the baby. She was pushing and making great progress but she was so weak. It took two of her pushes to make one of a healthy woman's. Carlisle had come home from the hospital and I was guessing that one of the other family members had told him what was going on. By the time he made it in the room. Em and I had Zoe up and in the stirrups ready to push. "Rose, you are doing great. I am here to help but I am going to let you deliver this baby" my father told me as he was checking on her progress.
"Zoe honey, I need you to concentrate. You are doing so good. You are very weak so when you push, you need to make them count. Ok love?" she nodded her head. "Em, I need you to help her breath. Count for her ok" I looked at Zoe. "Listen Zoe, do what I do. Watch me" Once I had her attention I started to show her how to breath through her pains. "He He He...hoe...He He He...hoe" She started to mock me. "That's it....now do it with Emmett" The two of them started in. "Now when you feel another contraction, we need to push. Emmett I want you to help her, when she is getting ready to push you need to pull back GENTLY on her leg while Carlisle helps with the other. Place her foot in the palm of your hand and gently push back towards her. Do you understand my love?" Emmett looked at me with fear showing for the first time in his eyes. The man can take down a mountain lion but a woman in labor scares him. I smiled "You got this monkey" I gave him a wink. "I am getting another contraction Rose!!!" Zoe said through her breathing. "Ok....here we go......PUSH!!!!!"

[Emmett Cullen]

*Emmett stood there practically horrified. He'd seen blood before, he'd killed before, but this...oh no never ever had he seen THIS. He did as Rosalie asked him, placing his palm on her foot and pushing upwards when Zoe pushed. Curiosity got the better of him when he looked to see what Rosalie was doing and shut his eyes quickly.*

Good God, why did I look! *He muttered and turned to look at Zoe, giving her a smile.*

Yeah, you're lucky you're not SEEING this. *Zoe screamed out as she pushed and he shut his mouth tightly. He'd watched shows on lifetime while Rosalie looked all gaga over women giving birth. He saw now why men often fainted.*

[Zoe DeBroux]

<Emmett tried to lighten the mood with wise cracks but she glared at him before screaming as she strained to push again. She could feel a tremendous amount of pressure in her lower abdomen. The baby continuously moved and that's when she heard the snap of a rib. Clutching her side where the pain came from, Carlisle began to administer more drugs into her system.> "As soon as the baby is out, I'll inject this venom into your system okay." <She reached over and grabbed his arm> "I need to talk to Rose first. GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!! he he he hooo he he he hooooooooo FUCKKKK GET IT OUT!!!!!!!!!" <Her face red and sweaty as she continued to push. One last hard push and she felt the pain cease as it felt like some huge watermelon exit her body. Then the tiny wail of a child. Collapsing back on the bed as she looked up at the lights that danced around the room her vision so blurry.>

"Rose....Rose...." <She said so weakly and faintly>

[Rosalie Hale]

*I was applying pressure on her lower abdomen while she pushed "One last push and your baby will be here Zoe, come on girl. You got this" She screamed a profanity and bared down. "That's it...push...5,6,7,8...don't give up..." and with that, the baby was out. I flipped it around, cleared it's airway. "I need suction Carlisle" He hand me the suction tube and I suctioned out the baby's airway. I heard Carlisle say something about the venom and then Zoe call for me. I tapped his foot and he let out the tiniest of cries. "It's a boy" I said and looked up. Zoe was very pale and laid back on the bed. "Rose....Rose" she called to me. I handed the baby to Carlisle and went to her side*

[Emmett Cullen]

*He watched as Zoe yelled, pushed and said some obscenities he'd never heard come from her. Such a tiny woman with a very strong will. He heard the squishy sound of something exiting and refused to look. He just stared at Carlisle. He wouldn't know what to do with himself if Rosalie was in Zoe's position. Childbirth was.....scary. Women turned in demonic sounding banshees. As Rosalie handed Carlisle a bundle wrapped in towels, Zoe fell back onto the bed and he let her foot go. He could hear how slow her heart was and knew she needed venom soon. Nodding at Carlisle, who held the baby as he said with a smile.* Bad ass

*Emmett had never witnessed such a thing. He'd heard stories from his brother Edward on the events of Renesmee's birth, but he never pictured it this way. Rosalie made her way to Zoe's side taking her hand as he stood behind Rosalie with his hand on her shoulder.*

[Zoe DeBroux]

"Rose....Rose..." <She whispered as her head lolled to the side, feeling so weak so tired. She could sleep for a year. Watching as Rose handed the baby to her father who took it to get cleaned up she reached out for Rose's hand.>

"Rose...I...." <Before she could speak more Carlisle's soothing voice softly said, "Would you like to hold him, Zoe?" She turned to look at the doctor who held the small baby who looked peacefully around the room. Holding out her hands, reaching for him as he gently placed him in her arms. A tear rolled down her cheek as she smiled down at him.>

"Hi...Oh you're so perfect." <kisses his forehead and looked at him lovingly. Looked up to meet Rose's eyes and extended her arms with the baby.> "Want to hold him?" <Rose smiled and took him into her arms, cooing at the baby.>

"Rose, Emmett....you both have been so good to me....While...I'd love to....join you.....I......I just can't. I want to see my father and mother again.....I have nothing to live for." <Tears fell from her face as she revealed her final decision.> "Spread my ashes on Isle Esme. It's where I spent the happiest of times. So many memories there. Don't cry for me, but celebrate my gift to the both of you." <Her voice cracked as she sniffled to continue, feeling more and more sleepy.> "I know your situation. I know you'd be amazing parents. Please raise Ryder as your own. And remember you'll always have a piece of me.....It's my final wish." <Tears rolled down her face as she laid her head against the pillow and took Rose's free hand squeezing it weakly and smiling, before feeling her last breath leave her lungs, then everything going black.>

[Rosalie Hale]

*I sat there and listened to my friend as she told me that she couldn't "join" us, that she couldn't become a vampire. I was all set to fight with her, then I heard the words "Celebrate my gift to the both of you". What? What was she doing? She told us to spread her ashes back at the island. Ashes? But you would have to be dead to do that. Then it hit me like a brick wall, a pain so tight in my chest that it felt as if I was drowning. She was giving up and she was giving her son to me. Blinking as I have done so many times before "playing" human but this time I did it simply to see if it would help me to understand the situation. NOOOO!
I handed the baby to Emmett as I stood up. "No, Zoe you are not giving up. I am not going to let you go" I rushed over to the table and picked up the syringe that was filled with Carlisle's venom. Flashing back to her side, I raised the syringe over her chest and prepared to plunge it into her heart. "Stop Rosalie" I heard from the other side of the bed before a hand caught mine in midair. Looking up, I see my father, sadden look shown on his face.
"No Carlisle, I am not going to let her die. I am not going to lose her. She has everything to live for" I looked over at the bundle that my husband now held. I tried to jerk my hand free from my father's grasp. "Rose, it was her wish. It is what she wanted. She was so weak, she just wanted freedom for the pain." I looked at him, I couldn't believe that he was just going to give up on her. He was a doctor, he was suppose to save lives not let them go. Carlisle took the syringe from my hand and stepped back from the bed. "I am not giving up on her" I glared at him. Turning back to my friend, I found the middle of her sternum and placed one hand over the other and started chest compression. Making sure not to push to hard, just hard enough to start her heart again and then started counting. "One, two, three, four, five" then I gave her two full breaths watching her chest raise. Then back to pumping her heart for her "One, two, three, four, five" then two short breaths. "One, two.....come on Zoe. You are not giving up damnit" I continued chest compressions again. "Fight for me Zoe, fight for your son!!!!" I looked around for help from someone.....anyone. Carlisle and Emmett both just stared at me, both knowing what I refused to believe. "One, two, three, four, five" and again with the two breaths. I stepped back to watch the heart monitor....nothing but a flat line. Putting my hands on her chest again, I felt Em touch my lower back "Babe, she's gone. There is nothing more you can do" I started chest compression again.....then something just hit me and I laid across her and my shoulders jerked with sobs even tho no tears fell from my eyes. I lost her and it finally hit me. She was gone*

[Emmett Cullen]

*Emmett stood there as Zoe spoke to the both of them, listening to her wishes. He looked down and closed his eyes while she spoke of spreading her ashes. Then she said she wanted he and Rosalie to celebrate her gift to them. Slowly looking up as he looked from Carlisle to Zoe, he continued to listen to her fight to continue speaking weakly slowly slipping away. Rosalie wouldn't accept it as she asked him to take the baby. A look of nervousness crossed his face as she placed the small infant in his arms. Backing away as Rosalie argued with Zoe, before he heard her heart stop. He looked down into Ryder's eyes and smiled. Running one of his massive fingers along the small face of the newborn baby. In that moment he felt this fatherly connection to him. Bouncing him lightly and swaying side to side as the baby began to get heavy eyed, never realizing how selfless his mother was. But if he were to raise this child, he'd know what a gift his mother gave to them. He'd know how much of a sacrifice she'd given. His head jerked up when he heard Carlisle yell out for Rosalie to stop. Taking in the scene as she reluctantly let him take his venom. She began to do chest compressions as he and Carlisle exchanged looks. Slowly walking over to her after a minute or so of her efforts he gently rubbed her lower back with one hand, while holding the baby in another.*

Babe, she's gone. *It was then his wife collapsed across her deceased friend and sobbed. It broke his heart to see and watch her go through this. They'd lost a great friend in Zoe, but the gift she'd given them...parent hood. Emmett...a father?*

[Rosalie Hale]

*I laid there holding onto my friend, waiting, praying that her poor heart would start again. I laid there for what seemed like forever, no sound in the room except for the drone of the heart monitor. Moments later, silence as someone must have shut the machine off. Silence, like the heart that I begged to God would start pumping again.
I felt Em's strong hand on my shoulder as I pulled away from him. I didn't want to move, wasn't going to move until she did. I had forever......but she never would. Then a tiny little whimper danced through the air as if it was carried by angels wings. I opened my eyes and slowly turned to see my husband standing there bouncing this bundle in his arms.
"I think someone wants to meet his mother" he said as he walked closer to me. His mother? But his mother was gone. The I heard her voice again. It was so clear I had to look back down , knowing that she would be looking back at me "Celebrate my gift to both of you" I heard it again, quite as a whisper as if it was coming from someplace far away. Then the tiny whimper became a little louder, almost a cry. "Umm Rosalie, I think he needs something" Em said, nerves showing in his voice. I looked over at my father as I straighten myself. I watched him cover my best friend with the sheet, shielding her from me. "Rose?" Em pleaded. I slowly walked towards him and held out my arms. He placed the tiny bundle in my arms and backed away. Looking down, I uncovered him so that I can take a look. Staring back at me were the biggest crystal blue eyes, Zoe's eyes. I slowly touched his cheek and his tiny finger grasped mine and held on tight. "Hiya...." I looked back at the bed on which this beautiful child's mother laid still and then back at the baby "Hiya....Ryder" My heart filled with a joy that was so overwhelming that I thought it would burst into a million tiny pieces. Here, I thought I had lost my best friend forever but I hadn't, I had her right her with me, wrapped in a little white blanket with the biggest blue eyes ever made. Then the words I once read in a book so many years ago came flooding back to me "for she loved her son so much, she gave him the life she knew she could never give. She loved him enough to let him go, for this is a mother's love"

[Rosalie Hale]

Ryder Tennessee Hale-Cullen

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