Image of Skye.

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Four hours into labor.
The contractions were even more painful than earlier, it was no longer a cramp-like pain. It was an extreme tightness pushing downward, during every contraction Pandora felt she became really uncomfortable and she moaned and gasped until the contraction passed. Every contraction that came Ashley took her hand and let her squeeze his hand hard enough until it passed, and he even tried to teach her to breathe in and out to try to relax. She was only four centimeters dilated, but she had be at ten centimeters before she could start pushing. The TV that hung from the ceiling in the corner of the room was on but the volume was turned down a bit, they were watching Good Morning America since it was only eight in the morning. Collin wasn’t there, he had told Andy he’d come see her after work. Ashley and Andy were the only ones there at the moment, since the others weren’t awake yet and Andy didn’t feel the need to call them and wake them up so early since nothing was really happening but contractions. Anne would come in every now and then to check on her and how many centimeters she had dilated, how far along ago was a contraction, how long they were lasting. She would check on Skye’s heart to find a strong beating heart, and she’d check on Pandora’s blood pressure and everything else that could risk her health and Skye’s health but so far everything was going just fine. The curtains were opened and the sun was beginning to light up California, Pandora had watched the sun rise and even though she was in pain it was still beautiful to watch. Andy was sitting in a recliner with his chin resting in the palm of his hand, his eyes were closed and Pandora was pretty sure he was asleep. She turned her head to see Ashley sitting beside her, his head laying on the bed beside her with his eyes closed, but yet his hand still held hers. She was tired herself, but every time she tried to get a little bit of sleep she would have a contraction and it would wake her right up. She let out a breath then leaned her head back against the pillows, she had several pillows, possibly three. They weren’t as comfortable as her pillow back at Andy’s house, but nothing was comfortable at the moment. She closed her eyes in hope for sleep, and so far no contraction had came. Maybe Skye was giving her mother a break? She tried to relax, moving her legs to get a little bit comfortable. She started to fall asleep, listening to the sound of the heart rate monitor that watched her heart. All she could think about was getting some sleep. She was asleep for probably seven or ten minutes when her body woke her up in pain, another contraction. She gasped and leaned up a bit, breathing hard to try to relax and she started to squeeze Ashley’s hand. Ashley’s head lifted and he knew exactly what was going on, for four hours he had caught on to Pandora’s reaction to contractions.
“Shush, it’s alright.” Ashley said, letting her squeeze his hand harder. She couldn’t speak, the pain made it impossible to say anything. Once she started to feel the pain ease, she leaned back and let out a breath.
“I just want her to come out.” She cried, Ashley frowned a bit.
“I know, I do too. But you’re doing so good Pandora, look at how far you’ve came.”
Pandora looked at him as a tear rolled down her cheek, she wasn’t crying because she was sick of this already, not because she was afraid, not because she regret getting pregnant to experience this pain, but because she didn’t think she could do this. She didn’t feel strong enough to handle this pain but she couldn’t stop, she didn’t want to stop, she wanted her daughter and she knew it was also up to her to get this baby out of her body. Yes in the beginning it’s basically the baby’s decision and job, but at the end it was Pandora’s job to get Skye out of her body.
“Thanks Ashley.” She whispered.
“For what, getting you knocked up and then letting you go through this?” He joked, she smiled a bit then shook her head slightly.
“No, for being here and holding my hand through every contraction every since you got here.” She said, he smiled proudly and happily. He was a little bit pissed off that Collin wasn’t showing up until after work, he could’ve showed up just a little bit before heading into work. Ashley knew Skye wasn’t Collin’s daughter, but he was dating the mother. What was more important? Having a good timing record on his job, or making sure his girlfriend’s health was still fine?
“No need to thank me, it’s the least I can do.”

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Five hours into labor.
It was now nine thirty and she had dilated one centimeter which was now five, the contractions were harder but it seemed like they were slowing down just a little bit but Anne had explained that can happen. She was watching some kind of cartoon now that Ashley had chosen, she wasn’t paying attention to it much. Her eyes were closed when she felt hungry and her stomach growl a bit, her eyes opened and she looked at Ashley, happy to see he was still awake. Andy was in a coma it seemed, but he was snoring a bit loud.
“Ash.” She said, Ashley looked at her.
“Yes?”
“I’m hungry.”
“Can you eat while in labor?” Ashley asked, she shrugged her shoulders and he shook his head with a smile. “I’ll go ask, I’ll be right back.”
He walked out of the room and closed the door behind him, she looked over at Andy to see he was in an awkward position. His head was leant back and his mouth was open, his arms were dangling over the recliner’s arms carelessly and his legs were spread out in front of him. That couldn’t be comfortable. At that moment Pandora felt another contraction and this one was stronger than the others, she gripped the bed’s rails and a loud gasp escaped from her mouth. She wanted to scream out as long as she could.
“Are you okay?” Andy asked, she didn’t reply. He got up from the recliner and approached the bed, taking her hand. “Breathe in and out, remember?”
She inhaled then exhaled a few times and the contraction eased and then disappeared, she looked at Andy.
“Thanks.”
“No problem, did I miss anything?”
“Nothing but contractions, but I am dilated at five.” Pandora told him, she heard the door open and she turned her head to see Ashley coming in with a plastic cup and a plastic spoon.
“All you can eat is ice, I’m sorry.” Ashley said, handing her the cup and spoon. She took it and started to eat the ice, it was better than nothing.

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Six hours into labor.
When the contractions became worse and stronger Pandora had an epidural and it did numb the pain but did slowed down the labor a bit, she was almost at seven centimeters but not real close. Soon enough Jake, Ella, CC, Brittan and Jinxx showed up at the hospital to visit Pandora. They were all excited and Ella even told Jake they weren’t leaving until she saw the baby.

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Twelve hours into labor.
The door opened and a nurse walked into the room to check again, the epidural was still in affect but not as strong as it first was. Andy was in the waiting room with the boys and girls and his parents, but Ashley stayed with Pandora. He had hardly left her side since he got here. The nurse lifted the blanket and her eyes widened, then she smiled big.
“I see a head!”
“Really?!” Pandora asked in shock, the nurse nodded with a smile.
“I’m going to go get the doctor.” She said then ran out of the room quickly, Pandora looked at Ashley apprehensively.
“Are you ready for this?” Ashley asked, she nodded and he smiled. He grabbed his phone and sent a quick message to Andy that she was going to be pushing in a few seconds, the door opened and Anne appeared wearing blue scrubs and blue rubber gloves, she also had two nurses with her and one pushed the bed Skye will be laid on after birth.
“Let’s get to work to see this baby!” Anne said, she lifted the blanket that covered Pandora’s legs and pulled them up since she couldn’t really move them on her own since the baby’s head made it almost impossible to move. “Only push when I tell you too, on your next contraction I want you to push as hard as you can.”
Pandora nodded as she understood and it seemed her body heard what Anne said because a contraction came, her instincts reacted quickly and she started pushing hard. She was holding her breath and Anne was counting from one to ten, when Anne said “ten” she told Pandora to stop pushing and Pandora obeyed but her body still wanted to push. Anne gave her a few seconds to catch her breath then told Pandora to start pushing again, it took ten minutes of pushing until Skye came sliding out into the world. Pandora fell backwards against the pillows, breathing hard and gasping. The room was filled with a loud cry as Skye took her first breath, and that’s what brought the tears to Pandora’s eyes. It was the best experience ever.
“Would you like to cut the cord, Ashley?” Anne asked him, he didn’t say no and once he did cut the umbilical cord the nurse took Skye into her arms to clean her.
“You did it, I’m proud of you.” Ashley told Pandora, she smiled and he kissed her forehead gently. Skye was still crying as the nurse cleaned her up but her cry was sweet yet saddening to Pandora, once the nurse was done cleaning Skye up she wrapped her up in a warm pink blanket. Anne was still cleaning Pandora up when the nurse brought Skye over to Pandora.
“Do you want to hold her?” The nurse asked with a smile, Pandora nodded unable to speak. The nurse laid Skye into Pandora’s arms and tears of happiness rolled down Pandora’s cheeks, Skye was very beautiful. She had soft white skin, and a very dark hair color that was possibly dark brunette or black and Pandora couldn’t see her eyes yet since they were still closed.
“She looks like you.” Ashley mumbled, Pandora smiled at Skye and sniffed.
“Thank you Ash.”
“What did I do now?” He asked jokingly with a smirk.
“You gave me her.”
“We gave her to each other, it wasn’t all me.”
“You did good Pandora, very good.” Anne said, patting her leg after cleaning her up. Pandora handed Skye to her father after a few seconds of holding her and Ashley sat down on the recliner, smiling down at Skye.
“Hi, I’m Ashley. Your daddy.” Ashley told her, Pandora smiled happily yet tiredly. She was extremely exhausted but it was worth it, Pandora knew Ashley would be protective just by the way he was holding Skye, so close to him and so gently yet protectively. She was positive she saw a tear fall down his cheek as he stared at his daughter in his arms.

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The Waiting Room.
"Shouldn't they be done?" Andy asked worriedly, Chris patted his shoulder for comfort.
"Pushing can take a while, son."
"We just have to wait for Ash." Jinxx said, Andy sighed and ran his fingers through his hair in stress. They heard the door open and Andy jumped up when Ashley appeared, everyone's eyes were locked on him.
"Everything is fine," Ashley announced, relief overwhelmed the air. "Skye is fine, so is Pandora."
"Is she cute?" Ella asked quickly, Ashley smiled and nodded.
"She's very cute."
"Can we see her?" Andy asked anxiously.
"We can't let a lot of people in at the same time, so you all have to take turns. But yes, come on." Ashley said, everyone got up and followed him out of the waiting room to Pandora's room. Once they reached the closed door, Andy, Jake and Ella went inside first. Pandora was holding Skye again, too scared to lay her down in her bed. Ella approached her bedside quick and excitedly and when she saw Skye laying in the pink blanket with her eyes closed, Ella smiled in awe.
"She's so cute, that can't be Ashley's daughter." Jake said over Ella's shoulder, Ashley rolled his eyes.
"Screw you, Jake Pitts." Ashley said, saying "Pitts" dramatically as an insult.
"Screw you, Ashley Purdy."
"Hey, no arguing around the baby." Ella told the men, then she looked at Pandora. "Can I hold her?"
"Of course." Pandora replied with a smile, once everyone had met and held Skye most of them went home except Ashley. Andy had gone home to shower and get a good meal. It's been almost two hours since Skye was born and one of the nurses had taught Pandora how to breastfeed, Skye was put in one of the outfits Pandora had bought her that would keep her warm in this cold hospital room. The hospital had already done her birth certificate, they also weighed her and measured her, she weighed 7.5 pounds and 8 ounces and she was 22 inches long. While Skye and Pandora slept Ashley got thirsty and decided to go to the cafeteria, he was walking towards the elevator when the doors opened and Collin walked out wearing his work uniform.
"Ashley, how is she?" Collin asked, jogging towards Ashley and stopping in front of him.
"She's fine." Ashley replied, sounding a bit frustrated. He still wasn't happy with Collin and he didn't think he should be just because he was dating Pandora.
"Did she have Skye?"
"Yes, two hours ago." Ashley replied.
"Is she okay?"
"Healthy as can be." Ashley said, Collin nodded then Ashley walked past him and approached the elevator.
"Ashley, what the hell is your problem?" Collin asked, Ashley turned around and looked at him.
"I just think you should have came up here earlier."
"Well I'm sorry that I didn't, I have a real job, I'm not a bass player for a band and make loads of money and don't need a job." Collin told him, sounding a bit pissed off. Was he really insulting Ashley and his career?
"Just because I don't ring up nor bag groceries doesn't mean what I do isn't a job!"
The nurses, doctors and visitors that walked by stared a bit but since they weren't yelling at the top of their lungs they wouldn't be kicked out for disturbing the peace.
"Why do you even care that I didn't show up when Andy called? I need money to take care of Pandora and Skye."
"Okay first, I'm sure Pandora would've liked to see you since you're her boyfriend and if I was you I would've showed up because I would know labor is a lot of work on my girlfriend. I would even call every chance I got to make sure she was still alive and the baby, and second, you don't need to take care of my daughter. Just because I'm not dating Pandora doesn't mean I need you to play Skye's daddy." Ashley spat angrily, he turned around pressed the down button on the wall. The elevator doors opened and Ashley stepped inside, without another look at Collin the doors closed.
"What a prick." Collin mumbled, shaking his head side to side. He didn't know he had to please Ashley, but Collin didn't care what Ashley thought, his opinion didn't matter to Collin. At all.

Notes

Welcome to the story Skye Ashleigh Chambers! The readers have been waiting excitedly and nervously for your arrival, and you decided to come early to meet everyone! So, I am sad to say there are only three more chapters of this story until it ends. Yes, I have already finished writing the story and I almost cried. But let's not think about the story ending, Skye is here! Writing the chapters about Skye made me want a baby, I think newborn babies are the cutest thing ever and I was really wanting a baby to play with while writing the chapters... I am not pregnant! And I will not be for a long time... So, I'm just going to play with other people's baby's because I can... Now it's time to ask questions; what do you think about the situation between Ashley and Collin? Most people are wondering if Ashley and Pandora will end up together, what do you think about that? What do you think will happen now? There's lots of questions.. I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while, but I'm catching up. Thank you all, leave your comments!