tour notes (sequel to locker notes)

Luke + Stella - June 22 2021

Stella was six days overdue, and the one word she could use to describe herself was tired. She was tired of waiting for Luke and for her daughter to come.

Stella sat on the couch, waiting for a message from Luke.

She immediately dialed Luke's number, hoping that he would answer. After three rings, Luke picked up the phone.

"Hello?"

"Thank goodness you answered!" Stella exclaimed.

"What's wrong?" Luke asked.

"What do you think?" Stella retorted.

"Holy crap!" Luke exclaimed, "What am I supposed to do?"

"Just get here as fast as you can!"
Stella shouted into the phone.

"Okay. Try to calm down; I'll be there soon, I promise," Luke told her.

"And how am I supposed to calm down?" Stella asked.

"Just breathe. I asked Michael to pick me up from the airport so we can talk on the phone until I get to Perth," Luke answered.

"I thought you said Michael was bad at driving," Stella said.

Luke face-palmed.

"Lucas Robert Hemmings!" Stella shouted.

"Uh, I'll have Ashton drive Michael, Calum and I to Perth," Luke said.

"How long will that take?" Stella asked.

"It might take about an hour, maybe less if there's no traffic," Luke answered.

"Whatever. Just make sure you get here before our daughter does," Stella said.

"Ashton's here. We're on our way," Luke replied.

"Crap!" Stella exclaimed.

"What now?" Luke asked.

"My phone is going to die," Stella answered.

"Seriously?" Luke asked, "You're in labor and you're worried about your phone?"

"Without my phone, I can't talk to you until you get here," Stella told him.

"Then charge your own cell phone!" Luke shouted.

"Never mind. I'll see you when you get here," Stella said before she hung up the phone.

Ashton parked his car in Luke and Stella's driveway about a half hour later.

Luke opened the door and ran inside to find Stella.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"Does it look like I'm okay?" Stella snapped.

Luke shook his head no in response to her question, helped her get up from the couch and helped her get into Ashton's car.

"Ash, can you drive?" Luke asked.

"Fine," Ashton said, rolling his eyes and getting into the driver's seat.

"Do you guys want to come with us?" Luke asked Michael and Calum.

"Sure," the two of them said in unison.

Michael sat in the back of the car with Luke and Stella while Calum sat in the passenger seat, next to Ashton.

Luke was holding Stella's hand, trying to calm her down.

"How much longer until we get to the hospital?" Luke asked.

"Probably another minute or so," Ashton answered.

"Luke," Stella mumbled.

"What's wrong?" Luke asked as Ashton parked the car.

"She's coming," Stella answered, "Now."

TO BE CONTINUED... (suspenseful music playing) jk here's the rest of the chapter

"She's here," Luke whispered.

"Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Hemmings."

Luke smiled.

"What's the baby's name?" the nurse asked.

"Uh, we haven't decided yet," Luke explained.

"That's alright. I'll go clean the baby up, and you two can think of a name," she told him.

"Sounds good to me," Luke replied.

Stella nodded her head in agreement.

"Okay, then. I'll be right back. Congratulations, again," the nurse said before walking away.

"Thanks," Stella said with a smile.

Luke pulled out a folded piece of paper from his back pocket.

"What's that?" Stella asked.

"It's a list of baby names that I wrote down," Luke answered, "I made this list when you told me that our baby would be a girl."

Luke handed the paper to Stella. She looked through the names that Luke came up with.

"I like this one the most," Stella said, pointing to a name towards the top of the list.

A few minutes later, the nurse came back with Luke and Stella's newborn baby girl, wrapped in a pink bracelet.

"So, have you decided on a name?" the nurse asked.

"Yes, we did," Luke answered.

"Isabella Marie Hemmings," Stella said.