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Author's Note: I apologize it took so long to update this. I hope you like it and the next chapter will be the last it and it's going to be about their wedding, but they will be much older than they are now. Please read and review!
Another Chance At Love
Chapter Nineteen
Nine months later...
Logan Reese was pacing back and forth in the waiting room. He nervously scratched the back of his head. All of this is going so fast for him. It seemed as though it was the time when Quinn Pensky told him she was pregnant. He was about to pass out then. Like he saw Quinn's contraption in her room. He fainted and knew he wouldn't be able to make it if he stayed there with her. He knew he should, but her mother was there and there were no more worries.
The only thing that Logan is worried about is the gender of the baby and if it is healthy or not. And especially if Quinn would survive giving birth. He heard that some woman that give birth to children die right after. He tried not to think about that and if it would happen. The thought is just terrifying to him.
This must be the stupidest thing that he had ever done in his life. Getting an intelligent, innocent, beautiful, and an optimistic girl pregnant. And young. She was very young. So was he, but Logan thought that didn't matter. What's going to happen to Quinn is the most important thing. He knows that being a parent will be tough, but knows with Quinn's help, he would be fine. And they would go through it together.
He slowly stopped pacing and put a hand in his right coat pocket. He felt a small jewelry box. It was for Quinn that would hopefully fit on her ring finger. He couldn't wait to ask her, but knew it would have to wait, and he would have to ask her at a perfect time. He continued back to his pacing - - something he would never get tired of. Until, someone that stopped him was.
"Logan, will stop pacing? You're going to leave scuff marks on the floor," A familiar voice said to him. He turned around and was surprised to see the smiling face of Zoey Brooks. A girl that he hasn't seen for a long time since he left school.
"Zoey?" Logan said her name and when she released her grip on her boyfriend's hand, they both hugged each other. Logan looked curiously at the other guy she was currently dating. The last time he was PCA, he knew that she and Chase was dating. He wonders what happen, but probably wasn't the best time to ask so he let it go for now. "Who's he?"
Zoey put held her boyfriend's hand again and brightly smiled as she introduced him. "Logan, this is Ryan. Ryan, this is Logan."
"Nice to meet you." The boy said politely and Logan smiled at him but didn't say anything.
"Where is everyone else?" Logan asked curiously to Zoey.
"They should be coming here soon," Zoey told him. "Once they got the call Quinn is in labor, they rushed into their cars and were supposed to be here."
Logan chuckled quietly. That would be them, he thought. A turned his head when he heard loud footsteps that was Michael, Chase, and Lola. The three of them ran towards him and gave him a huge hug that Logan felt he was almost falling over, but he controlled his balance.
"Are you and Quinn okay?"
"Did Quinn have her baby yet?"
"What are you going to name her?!...or him?!"
"Name it after me!"
"Or me!"
The constant questions coming from his friends are being poked at him. "Guys!" He said to make Michael, Lola, and Chase be quiet. "Quinn is fine, right now; she’s just going through her contraptions. We don't know what we're going to name him or her yet, but we do know that it's not going too be named after any of you," Chase, Michael, and Lola frowned as they were disappointed by that.
"Does anyone want to come with Ryan and me to get coffee?" Zoey offered and she, her boyfriend, Michael, and Lola left leaving Chase and Logan behind.
Chase sat down on the chair in the waiting room and Logan sat with him at the next chair. "Dude, are you feeling alright? What's with Ryan and Zoey? I thought you were dating her." Logan didn't realize how much he missed out since he left PCA, but knew it was worth it as he was happy that he could be with Quinn.
"We were, but we decided it would be best for us if we just stayed friends..." Chase explained to his best friend sadly. "Everytime there was a chance for us when we're alone, things would get awkward and Zoey would feel uncomfortable about it. We broke up four weeks ago. Then, I heard Zoey is dating Ryan. I don't like him, but he seems to make Zoey very happy. And I will do anything to make her happy, and if that's what she wants, it's fine with me...but I'll never move on as fast like she does...it's still very difficult for me."
"Sorry about that, man. I'm sure Zoey will come around." Logan said with sympathy then added. "Just to let you know, I don't like Ryan either. He seems kind of- -"
Before Logan could finish his sentence, Lola and the rest of them came. Lola handed Chase a drink. "Here's cappuccino for you, Chase, since I know you like those."
"Thanks, Lola," Chase said as he grabbed it from her.
While Lola and the rest of them walked into the waiting room for a seat, Lola mumbled to him. "Actually, Zoey knew. She didn't want to take it to you herself thinking it would get Ryan jealous. I think she still likes you Chase."
Chase didn't say anything, but watched Lola sitting next to Michael and Zoey sitting next to Ryan. Things in the waiting room started to get awkward and there was silence around for the six of them. Logan got up on his feet and told his friends. "I'm gonna go check up on Quinn, okay? Be right back."
Lola and Zoey started to read a couple of magazines that were laid out on the table while Michael was texting his friend, Ryan was relaxing with Zoey and taking glimpses at her magazine, and Chase just kept sending meaningful glares at his exgirlfriend boyfriend.
While Logan was on his way to Quinn's room, he heard a familiar voice behind him calling his name. "Logan?" He turned around, and to his surprise, he saw Dana Cruz. A person that he thought he would never meet again because of their last encounter.
"Dana?" He said her name aloud. "Is that really you?" He wondered afraid that he was seeing things.
Dana made a small smile at her exboyfriend. "Yes, it is really me, Logan. How's Quinn?"
"Since when have you cared?" Logan asked ignoring her question.
She was caught off guard and the smile was wiped off from her face. She crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes at him. "You haven't answered my question."
"You haven't answer mine either," He remarked.
Dana let out a long sigh wondering where she would start with her apology. She thought of her apology while she was driving down to the hospital, but as she is already there, she thought it would be stupid. But for Logan and Quinn's sake, she thought that he needed to hear it because of how badly she treated her best friends. "Look, Logan, I'm sorry of what I had done to you and to Quinn. It was wrong because I knew you were still with Quinn and I was just being selfish. The next reason it was wrong I'm your friend and I shouldn't have done that to you and to Quinn because of that and your situation."
Dana looked up at him hopefully. "I hope that you will forgive me and we can still be friends...maybe?"
Logan sighed and thought about what Dana had said letting all of her words absorbing it in his mind. "We'll see." He shrugged one shoulder and Dana made a small smile again. "Can I ask you one thing?" Dana nodded and waited for his question. "Are you...jealous?"
She swallowed and felt a hard lump in her throat and knew she would have to tell him the truth before she would have a breakdown. "When I see you holding your child for the first time, I will be."
He was about to say something else, until he remembered that he was going to check on Quinn. "I've got to go. I'm going to see if there is anything that Quinn needs."
Dana remained silent and nodded in approval. She walked back into the waiting room where she would be greeted by Ryan, Zoey, Lola, Michael, and Chase. Logan continued walking to Quinn's room.
He was there and saw Quinn's mother sitting on a chair near her bed. Logan softly knocked the open door. Quinn's mother looked around and saw him. She made the kind and gentle smile that always made Logan feel like he's welcomed. Her mother let go of Quinn's hand and walked up to her daughter's boyfriend.
"She's resting now, but you can still talk to her," Quinn's mother said to him and left the room leaving the two teenagers alone.
Logan walked over to Quinn's bed and sat on the chair where her mother was recently sitting. "Quinn?" He whispered her name and saw that her eyes are still closed. He repeated her name louder and her eyes fluttered open. She smiled and Logan missed seeing that on her beautiful face. "Hey."
"Hey..." Quinn said still drowsy from her sleep.
"Is there anything that I can get for you?" Logan offered.
"Can you get this baby out of me?" Quinn joked and she tiredly let out a weak laugh.
"I'm sorry, but I don't think I can," Logan told her and she made a small smile.
At that moment, Mrs. Pensky and the rest of the nurses and doctors were in the room with teenage couple who were looking at the adults.
"Okay, we're ready for you to begin the pushing," The nurse, Mrs. James, Logan thinks her name is. He doesn't remember of when the last time he passed out, she was there to wake him up. Quinn groaned and Logan decided to leave quietly while his girlfriend is giving birth as he doesn't want to see that.
He took a breath in and out as walked out of the room scratching the back of his neck uncomfortably. Logan smiled when he saw his parents sitting on a bench together just a couple of steps away. He walked over to them and sat next to his father.
"Were you just a wreck like I am?" Logan asked curiously as he had that question and was wondering about it for hours till he found out that Quinn's water broke.
"More than ever," Malcolm Reese told his son honestly. "It's all worth it in the end," He told him and put a left arm around his son's shoulders. "Having a child is very rewarding."
Logan smiled at his father and stood up looking at his parents. "I better go to let the others know what's happening to Quinn."
He walked over to the waiting room where his best friends were. "Just to let you guys know, Quinn is giving birth and..." When he lifted his head up he looked around only to find Dana in the room. "Where is everyone?" He asked her confused.
"Some of them are at the cafeteria getting snacks and getting refills for their drinks," Dana answered. "So is Quinn having the baby now?"
Logan nodded. "Yeah..." He sat on the chair and Dana walked up to sit next to him. He gulped nervously as he wondered if he would make a great father for the kid.
As if Dana could read his mind, she comforted him. "You will be a great father, Logan."
Logan smiled at her direction. He needed to hear that because nothing else would convince him that he would be. "Thanks, Dana." He said and his smile became wider and Dana smiled right back at him.
"Hey guys," Logan and Dana turned their heads and saw Michael entering the room holding two drinks in his hand while Lola was carrying their snacks. "I hope that we're not interrupting anything..." He let his voice trailed off uncomfortable.
"Which I don't think we would," Lola said as she sitting down on the chair next to her boyfriend. "Or they would." She eyes the two ex couple carefully and suspiciously.
"Nothing's going on, Lola," Dana reassured her best friend. "Logan and I were just talking. Isn't that right Logan?" Her brown eyes met his and he made a nod for her question.
"That's what friends do," Logan said to the three of them. "Just talk."
After a couple of hours later, Logan got up ready to start pacing, but didn't get a chance to when a nurse came in with a smile. The teenagers looked at her. "Quinn is waiting for you, Logan. Congratulations, you have a little girl."
His mouth was wide open and followed her. His friends were also surprised, but yet happy for the couple at the same time.
Quinn Pensky smiled down at her beautiful baby...hers and Logan's beautiful baby girl that they created. She couldn't be any happier than she already is. She looked up and saw it was her boyfriend at the doorway with an awe expression as he saw his girlfriend holding his child.
Seeing his face makes it even more worth it, Quinn thought as he walked over to sit on the chair where her father was recently sitting. "Hey," He whispered to his baby and gently caressed her arm with his thumb. Quinn handed the baby over to Logan and he happily cradled it into his arms.
"Have you chosen a name for her, yet?" Logan asked while he was mesmerized by looking at his daughter.
"Yeah," Quinn answered. "Her name is Brooke Lynn Reese...something I thought of a while ago..."
"Sounds beautiful," Logan complimented. "Beautiful for a beautiful girl." He kissed Brooke's forehead. She yawned and fluttered her eyes open which showed the color brown. Logan and Quinn smiled at each other then back down at their child.
The nurses and doctors took Brooke to clean her up in another separate room. Quinn was able to sit on the rocking chair with a blanket over that was up to the waist. Logan entered the room and saw Quinn awoke from her nap and put his hand into his pocket and was reminded, yet again, that the small black jewelry box that contained the ring was still there.
He thought it was the perfect time to tell her and so he did. Quinn's tired eyes looked at him and then they were wide with surprise as she saw her boyfriend going down on his right knee pulling out the small box and opened it. Her mouth was open wide not just how beautiful and expensive the ring looked, but what he's really doing.
He's going to propose to me! Quinn thought excitedly hearing her own squeal inside her head.
"Quinn Pensky, will you marry me?" Logan asked waiting for his girlfriend's approval.
"Yes!"