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“Dean! Fuck that hurts!” Cas cried as another contraction hit. Dean was sitting next to him, clocking them. The doctor had checked him fifteen minutes ago and determined that he was already at seven centimeters, and then left. The contractions were definitely getting closer together.
“Four minutes.” Dean said. Cas was trying to catch his breath. Dean reached up to push the sweat dampened hair from his forehead.
“I forgot how painful this was.” Cas sobbed. He didn’t remember it hurting this bad the first time around. Dean took his hand and kissed the back of it.
“You’re doing such a good job, Sweetheart, and it’s going faster than it might seem.”
Cas sighed and nodded. He knew it was, even if it didn’t feel like it. He got through two more contractions before the doctor returned, this time with a nurse.
“How are we doing, Mr. Winchester?” The doctor asked in way too cheery of a tone for Cas’ liking. He bared his teeth and growled, causing the doctor to take a step back and raise his hands in an attempt to placate the upset Omega.
“Cas, Baby, don’t bite him, he has to deliver our pup.” Dean stood up as he kissed his mate’s hand and Cas settled for glaring at the doctor. Dean looked over at the doctor.
“His contractions are down to about a minute, minute and a half apart.”
The doctor nodded and stepped forward again. He slipped a glove on one hand and did a quick check. “Hmm, about nine now. I can feel the head. It won’t be much longer.”
Cas moaned through the next contraction. The doctor stayed as the next ten minutes played out and the time between contractions dropped to thirty seconds between each one.
“Dean! Did you call everyone?” Cas managed to ask between contractions.
“I texted my mom and I texted your brother. Let them contact the rest of the family. We’ll tell our friends later.” Dean replied. There was no time to react because Cas was slammed with the worst contraction yet.
“We are there. Ten centimeters. You’re going to feel the urge to push soon.” The doctor announced.
“No shit, this isn’t my first pup!” Cas snapped. The doctor looked at Dean who held up two fingers.
“Ah, ok, not your first rodeo. When you feel that urge to push, do it.” The doctor said.
On the next contraction, Cas did feel that urge. He pushed through the contraction before going limp against the pillows. He wasn’t aware of when his legs were put up in the stirrups, but on the next contraction he pushed hard against them, grateful they were there. It burned worse than he remembered.
“Why does this hurt so much?! My son didn’t hurt this fucking much!” He screamed.
“Your pup, it’s a pretty good size. At least eight pounds.” The doctor replied. He did another check. “You’re almost crowning now. A couple more pushes and the head will be out.”
Cas’s growl turned to a howl of pain as he bore down again. He barely caught his breath before he was pushing again, and then again. They were almost constant now. Dimly he was aware that he was clutching Dean’s hand and squeezing the hell out of it, but his mate wasn’t complaining, so he didn’t let up.
“Head’s out.” The doctor announced. Dean leaned over to take a peek as the doctor rotated the pup so that it was face up and quickly cleared its nose and mouth. Cas was grunting through another contraction and Dean went back to paying attention to his mate. He smoothed his wet hair off his forehead again.
“You’re doing so good, Baby. Almost there. I saw our pup’s face. It’s beautiful. Looks like Matty, but the hair might be lighter.”
Cas looked up at Dean for a second before another contraction hit.
“Shoulders are out! One more, maybe two more contractions and your pup will be here!” The doctor announced. The next few contractions barely gave Cas the time to breathe before he was needing to push again.
“And we’re out! It’s a girl!”
Cas collapsed back against the bed, gasping for air. He eased his hold on Dean’s hand.
“You did it, Baby, she’s here. We have a little girl!” Dean peppered his mate’s face with kisses as Cas smiled up at him.
“A girl…” He turned his eyes towards the doctor who was wiping the pup’s face off and suctioning out her nose again. She was crying and it was music to Cas’ ears.
“Here you go.” The doctor placed the still attached pup on his belly, and both fathers immediately reached down to touch her. She whimpered as she tried to catch their scent.
“She’s so beautiful! Oh! Look at her, Dean! She’s perfect!” Cas was in awe of his pup. Her little eyes opened and she squinted up at him.
“She really is. Wow, I can’t believe she’s finally here…” Dean couldn’t resist leaning down to kiss her forehead. She sniffled as she tried to catch his scent.
“Hey, Daddy, do you want to cut the cord?” The doctor asked. Dean stepped to the end of the bed and took the scissors. He cut the cord and quickly handed back the scissors so he could return to his mate and pup.
“I love her, Dean. So much.” Cas’ voice cracked as the tears began to flow. Dean realized his own eyes were watering and he leaned down to kiss his mate.
“I love her too. I love you, Babe. You are so amazing for giving me this precious gift. I can’t wait to tell the kids!” Dean’s voice cracked and he wiped furiously at his eyes. The nurse stepped forward and Dean moved over so she could collect their pup. There was already an incubator there in the room and as they watched, the nurse weighed and measured their daughter before doing the APGAR test. Once she was cleaned up, diapered and dressed, the nurse wrapped her in a receiving blanket. She offered the sleeping pup to Dean who took her and cuddled her close.
“She is eight pounds, eleven ounces, twenty one inches long. APGAR score was nine.” The nurse told them. Dean smiled and held the pup so Cas could see her face.
“She looks like Hailey and Matthew. I can’t believe how beautiful she is.” He murmured as he stroked her cheek. “You need to get the kids in here so they can meet her.”
“Let’s get you to your room first, ok?” Dean asked. Cas looked down at where another nurse was now assisting the one that had checked out their daughter with getting him cleaned up. He was so focused on his daughter that he hadn’t realized what they were even doing. The doctor had left the room.
Cas was cleaned up, changed into a clean gown and moved to a new gurney so he could be moved to his room. He held his daughter in his arms as he was wheeled out of the room. As they passed the waiting room the kids spotted them.
“Papa!” Hailey cried. Dean motioned for the kids to join them. He scooped Matthew up and they hurried to catch up with the nurse who was wheeling Cas down the hall.
“What did Dad have?” Hailey asked.
“You have a little sister.” Dean replied proudly. Hailey burst into tears of joy.
“A sister! Oh!”
“A girl? Ewww…” Matthew huffed. Dean chuckled as he ruffled his son’s hair.
“She’s perfect, and beautiful. Looks like both of you.”
Cas’ room wasn’t far down the hall and once they were inside Dean set Matthew down and hurried to take the pup so the nurse could get Cas settled in his bed. Dean sat down in the chair next to the bed and turned the pup so her brother and sister could see her.
“Oh, she’s so perfect!” Hailey cried. Matthew touched the pup’s cheek and she made a snuffling sound as she tried to scent him.
“She’s cute.” He decided.
“What are you going to call her?” Hailey asked.
“Elizabeth Anne. We want to call her Beth.” Cas replied. They had opted not to learn their pup’s gender ahead of time, but they had picked out names fairly early on.
“I like it. It’s pretty.” Matthew said as he stroked his finger down his sister’s cheek again.
Hailey went to Cas and hugged him, kissing his cheek as he held her tight.
“I love you. I’m so happy!” She told him.
“I love you too, Honey.” He said back. Matthew went to his dad and with Hailey’s help, got up on the bed. Carefully he laid down next to his father.
“You’re not going to stop loving me, right?” He asked.
“Never. You are my sweet boy, now and forever.” Cas replied firmly. “I could never stop loving you.”
“Me either. We both love you very much.” Dean said. He got Hailey to take his seat and handed Beth to her. “We could never stop loving either of you, and we don’t play favorites. You are all loved equally.” He said as he walked over to the bed. Matthew was lying with his head in the crook of Cas’ arm, and the Omega had an arm draped over his son’s shoulder. He kissed the top of Matthew’s head.
“Papa’s right. We love you all equally. Beth will need some extra attention for a while because she’s so small and can’t do anything for herself, but it absolutely does not mean that we love her more.” He said. Dean ran his fingers through his son’s hair and Matthew smiled up at him.
“I love you, Papa. I love Daddy and Hailey and…” He turned to see Hailey holding the pup. “Elizabeth. I love her too.” He held out his arms and Dean picked him up, smiling as the boy wrapped his arms around his neck and snuggled into him. Matthew was getting big and was almost too big now to cuddle like this, but for as long as he still could, he would.
“Hey, Papa, her birthday is only going to be a week before mine.” Hailey said, smiling. Dean realized she was right.
“Yeah, it will.”
His phone started buzzing and he reached into his pocket for it. After setting Matthew back down on the bed, he checked it.
“Whoa, it must have been ringing off the hook earlier. I have like fifteen missed calls and about thirty texts.” He murmured as he started reading through them all. Most were from his mother, his brother, Gabe, and his mother in law. He decided a picture was in order.
“Come here.” He motioned to Hailey who got up and went over to the bed.
“Go on the other side and put Beth in your dad’s arms. I want a picture to sent to everyone.”
Hailey settled her sister in Cas’ arms and sat on the other side of the bed. She and Matthew both leaned closer, and they all smiled up at Dean as he snapped a handful of pictures. Dean got a few more of his pup and sent them out with the announcement:
Elizabeth Anne Winchester
Born 9:46PM
August 9th 2016
Weight: 8lbs 11oz
Length: 21 inches
Welcome to the world Beth!
It was sent as a group message to everyone that mattered. Almost immediately his phone began to buzz with texts, and it was ringing off the hook. While he fielded calls, Cas fed their pup. Matthew was grossed out and got down from the bed. He had joined Dean was who sitting in the chair, talking to Cas’ mom and explaining everything. He’d barely gotten off the phone with her before his own mother was calling, and then Gabe was calling. Sam called too and announced that he was driving their parents up the next day. It was nearly eleven before he finally got off the phone. He turned it off so any more calls would be directed straight to voicemail. Matthew had fallen asleep in his arms so he told Hailey to take him home. Cas had dozed off so a nurse had come with an incubator and moved the pup into it, moving it close so Cas could reach her when she woke up next. Dean smiled down at his mate and his pup, and he thanked whatever powers that be for keeping his mate safe and letting the delivery go smoothly. They had another beautiful daughter. In that moment he was the happiest man in the world.