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Carrie Kelley ([info]girlwonder) wrote in [info]utr_logs,
@ 2008-01-11 23:52:00

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Entry tags:carrie kelley, juno macguff

who. Juno MacGuff and Carrie Kelley
what. Labor
when. Tonight
where. Hospital in NYC
why. We are mean, cruel, horrible, no good, mean munlies.


It was funny how the world worked. As hard as Carrie had tried to keep out of Juno's situation, it seemed like fate wouldn't allow it. So Juno was in midtown, in a Barnes and Noble of all places, going into labor and Carrie was breaking all known laws of the road to get to her. Because Carrie couldn't let some sixteen year old with her face go through birthing alone. No matter how bad it scared her.

She'd been mid-patrol when she'd gotten the message, so Carrie was decked out in Robin-garb when she walked into the hospital. Cape flowing boldly behind her, people stopped to stare, but Carrie ignored it. Walking over to a desk, she removed her mask and eyed a nurse.

"My twin sister just went into labor. I need to see her," Carrie lied. She figured this would be the fastest way to Juno. "Her name's Juno MacGuff." She tapped her gloved fingers against the desk and waited impatiently as the nurse gave her the room. "Thanks," Carrie shouted, taking off toward the room.



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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 05:07 am UTC (link)
Juno meanwhile was screaming at the nurses to give her one of those freaking spinal taps. She was in a lot of pain. This baby was ready to come. But they didn't want to give her anything until they knew she was okay, because she kinda wasn't feeling great. And no wonder, she was about to have a freaking baby!

A baby that she would have to take care of. God her life sucked sometimes. She was going to be a crap mother, she didn't know anything about raising a kid. Hell, she'd forgotten to give her own sister her meds once.

She was screaming at a doctor when Carrie burst into the room.

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 05:17 am UTC (link)
The doctor did a double take. Under different circumstances, Carrie would have laughed. As it was, she waved awkwardly at the doc and explained, "I'm her sister." When he turned away, Carrie gave Juno a look that plainly said, play along or I will stab you.

The nurses forced Carrie into a blue smock in order to cover her clothes and prevent germs from spreading. And then Carrie moved to Juno's side. The girl looked miserable. Carrie couldn't really blame her. She was about to... give birth. There was a small part of Carrie that wanted to run from the room but the rest of her, the part that had been trained to handle criminals and death and all manner of things made her stay.

"You okay?" She asked Juno, full aware of the answer to the question.

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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 05:21 am UTC (link)
"They won't give me a damn spinal tap yet!" Juno exclaimed, clearly annoyed. She didn't mind that Carrie was pretending to be her sister. It was better than giving birth alone. At least she had someone here. And Carrie had been nice to her, even though they didn't really know each other at all.

She forced a weak smile. "Thanks for coming." Juno really wished her dad was here, and Bren. And maybe even Bleek but he had other stuff to worry about.

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 05:25 am UTC (link)
"Okay," Carrie said. She pulled off her gloves and hooked them onto her belt, not needing them here. "Dude," Carrie said to one of the nurses, "She needs her... spinal tap..." there was a better word for it, probably, but Carrie didn't know squat about giving birth. "She's in pain. Do something." She did her best to glare impressively. The nurse promised to do what she could. This wasn't exactly comforting.

"Welcome," Carrie said, looking around the room warily. She hated hospitals. "This shouldn't take long, right? I mean... it'll hurt for ten minutes and then it pops out and you'll be fine." She was trying to be nice, she just was ill equipped for this sort of thing.

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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 05:27 am UTC (link)
Juno didn't know squat about giving birth either, or raising the kid. That would be the hard part. Couldn't it just stay in there a bit longer? Juno was about to say something when she just screamed. This hurt like a...it hurt way worse than the sex with Bleeker had. This was so unholy, she couldn't stand it.

Finally the doctors gave her the spinal, and she was more comfortable, but it was gonna take a lot more than ten minutes.

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 05:32 am UTC (link)
This wasn't fun to watch, especially since they shared the same face. Carrie was noting every twitch of pain. Having kids totally wasn't worth this.

"Thanks," Carrie said to the nurse, who gave the two of them a little wave as she left the room.

"Is that better?" She asked Juno, tapping her feet against the ground in a light rhythm. "Is there something I'm supposed to do? Or should do? Aren't there breathing exercises or something?"

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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 05:35 am UTC (link)
"I don't know..." Juno said. "I mean...I wasn't gonna keep it, Vanessa was. I never bothered to learn any of this." But Vanessa wasn't here, so Juno would have to learn fast. They were telling her to push, and she was trying, but it all felt really strange to her.

Why did it have to happen to her? The first time that she had sex with Paulie Bleeker...

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 05:38 am UTC (link)
"You'll figure something out-" she stopped suddenly when Juno started pushing. Carrie made sure that she faced away from where the baby would come popping out. She refused to watch the miracle of life in person.

Carrie, not very fond of sitting around and watching a kid with her face in pain, did the only thing she could think of... she offered Juno her hand for a squeeze.

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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 05:41 am UTC (link)
"I will." Juno agreed, and offered Carrie a smile when she let her squeeze her hand. It was really depressing to not have her family here with her, but at least she had someone. Carrie had been really nice to her. Juno was going to do something for her, or get her something for it soon.

It was an exhausting night, but finally the baby was born. It was a baby boy. Juno didn't really get to see him though because she was feeling weak and the doctors were talking about complications. It all sounded very far off to her, as she drifted in and out of consciousness.

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 05:50 am UTC (link)
There was one moment in the middle of it, between the hand crushing and the screaming and the doctors shouting orders, that Carrie turned to look behind her shoulder. She saw the baby, purplish and covered in gunk. It was a little boy. Carrie didn't think she'd ever seen something so tiny and so fucking frightening in all her life. In that moment, which passed as quickly as it came, things seemed to get quiet and calm. Things were okay.

And he was okay. Carrie asked nurses to be sure. When they said he was fine, she turned to Juno, half a smile on her face.

And then things got bad. Carrie could tell from the way the doctor was talking to the nurses and from the way Juno's eyes fluttered shut. Something bad had happened. They tried to usher Carrie out of the room, but Carrie refused. "Fucking fix her. I'm not going to get in your way. Just fucking fix it!" She yelled. When a nurse got closer, Carrie glared. "I'll break both of your arms if you try it, lady, so don't. I'm one of those dangerous vigilantes you see on tv, I've taken down bigger and badder than you. Don't fucking push me." They left her alone after that, as she didn't get in the middle of the work the doctors did.

She sat by Juno's side, grim faced and worried out of her mind for this girl who was a relative stranger, because there was no one else there to do it.

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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 05:54 am UTC (link)
Luckily it wasn't as bad as the doctors originally thought, so they told Carrie she'd be fine. They also told her to cool it with her attitude or she was going to have to leave. Juno would be fine, but she would need plenty of rest for awhile.

They got her all fixed up and took the baby to the nursery. It's mother could name it when she was feeling better.

After a couple more hours, Juno opened her eyes again. Was it really over? Was her body hers again? But then she had this kid to take care of.

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 05:57 am UTC (link)
Carrie just sat. She'd taken a lecture from the doctors with a sour look on her face, but she hadn't spoken up. She didn't want to be kicked out.

When they were alone in the room and Juno seemed stable, Carrie sat back in her chair and wrapped her arms around herself. She was pretty sure the first thing she'd do when out of the room was get sick.

Until then, though, she needed to be cool and calm. So she closed her eyes and breathed like Bruce and Dick had told her to plenty of times before. So busy trying to keep herself centered, Carrie didn't notice when Juno started to wake.

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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 05:59 am UTC (link)
Juno stirred a little in the bed, she still felt kind of funny but she was okay. And suddenly not as big as a house, which was nice...but that also meant that ticking time bomb of responsibility was here.

She smiled at Carrie, glad someone had stayed with her. "Thanks."

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 06:02 am UTC (link)
Carrie jumped in her seat. "Jesus H. Christ," she said in a very quiet voice. Taking a deep breath, she shrugged lightly. "Wasn't a big deal," she said, "It's a boy and he's okay. You bled out a little and they got worried but you're okay. You might have to stay a few days. I've got it covered. The charges, I mean." She was rambling slightly, because she was so frazzled.

"Are you feeling okay?"

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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 06:05 am UTC (link)
That was a lot all at once. "A boy, huh?" It didn't feel like she had a kid. It was like he was always Vanessa's but Vanessa wasn't here. "Damn, well good thing they could help me or whatever." She didn't want to move too much. She could deal with staying a few days, if she had to.

"I'm feeling better...not like I weigh 1000 pounds and my back isn't killing me." She wondered if Carrie just thought she was a stupid kid who made a stupid mistake, which she wouldn't blame her if she did think that, it was pretty true.

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 06:09 am UTC (link)
Now that Juno was awake, Carrie felt more able to move around. She got out of her seat and removed the smock they'd given her. She was back in her Robin suit. Which was good. It was comfortable.

"Yeah." Carrie nodded. She didn't really know what to say. She didn't know this girl and she didn't even really want to be friends. She hadn't wanted to get involved but now she was most definitely invested in Juno. Life sucked so hard sometimes. "Probably drugs. You just squeezed a watermelon-sized thing out of your vag. I imagine that'll hurt a little for a few days." She took out a batarang and began playing with it, twirling it between her fingers. It was something to keep her hands busy.

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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 06:12 am UTC (link)
"Yeah, I figured." Juno said. She really wished her family was here. It was great that Carrie was here, but still Juno was going through this alone. She didn't have Mac and Bren or anyone to support her really. She was just a kid, and she shouldn't be faced with this, but that was what she got for having sex with Bleek. It wasn't his idea, of course.

"Anyway um...I really appreciate you being here, and everything you've done for me."

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 06:15 am UTC (link)
Carrie shrugged off the thank-you. "It's not a big deal. Anybody'd have done it." This wasn't true and Carrie knew it. Sometimes she hated being a good guy. She paced quietly for a minute before jumping back into the seat.

"Can I ask something?" Carrie didn't wait for a response, "How are you not completely melting down right now?"

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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 06:17 am UTC (link)
Juno thought about that for awhile before she answered. "I want to, I mean...I know I should but...what is it going to help?" She asked, shrugging. "I mean...this wasn't supposed to happen, I wasn't supposed to get stuck here all alone without my family and get stuck with a kid, but melting down isn't gonna make it go away, you know? I had sex with Bleek, and that was my mistake...now I have to deal with it, I guess."

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 06:20 am UTC (link)
Carrie watched Juno closely for a second. She suddenly felt a good deal more respect for the girl. "Makes sense." Carrie inhaled deeply. "Look... you got dealt a shitty deal. Sorry. I'll make sure you get an apartment. I can talk to Bruce, he could probably buy a whole city block in a few minutes. If he gets an apartment, he could also make sure it's stocked with food and stuff. It's not really ideal, but it's better than working twenty jobs to make ends meet." She ran a hand through her hair.

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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 06:23 am UTC (link)
"That's really great of you..." Juno said. She wanted to turn her down, and if she was on her own with no kid, she probably would have, but Juno had to look out for more than herself right now. She had to be more responsible. "But I can't just...I mean, I wanna do something, you know? I don't wanna mooch off anyone."

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 06:25 am UTC (link)
"If it's a big deal to you, you can pay me back when the kid's older and you are actually making money." Carrie shrugged. Suddenly, she had some insight into how Bruce must have felt. He'd offered her this sort of thing before, a ton of cash for school or an apartment with no strings attached. Carrie had turned it down. It was weird seeing things from the flip side. "Treat it like a big loan or something."

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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 06:27 am UTC (link)
That sounded fair to her. "Okay." Juno said. She still didn't know anything about taking care of a baby though. "I guess I should get some books or something, huh?" And she had to name the kid, but she couldn't even think about that yet. He wasn't supposed to be hers.

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 06:33 am UTC (link)
"Cool." Carrie thought for a moment. "It shouldn't take long. A few days, at most."

Carrie almost laughed. A book couldn't tell you how to be a parent. "Yeah, that might be a good start." A pause. "I have a friend named Dinah, she just had twins. I think you should talk to her. She'd know what to do. And she's nice and helpful." Juno needed more friends, besides.

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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 06:35 am UTC (link)
"Great." Juno said. That would really help her.

"Okay, I can do that." She didn't know Dinah, but she did need help right now. "So um...what were they like? My fake family...I mean."

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 06:38 am UTC (link)
Carrie shifted in her seat. "I didn't really see them up close. I just did the detective thing. From what I read, they're decent people. Not criminals, not running a meth lab in their basement. Seemed into God. Won some best lawn prize a few years ago. They're known for being super good neighbors." Carrie shrugged. "They have two Great Danes."

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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 06:42 am UTC (link)
Juno nodded. Nothing like the family she had back home. She wished her father would show up and call her Junebug, just once.

"I'm sorry for being so stubborn, but it's not my real family. I couldn't live with them and if they're really religious they probably frown on teen pregnancy."

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 06:44 am UTC (link)
Juno looked sad. It made Carrie feel a little guilty for being so quick to kick her out of the mansion. "It's fine," she said, shrugging. "I don't live with my family. I showed up here and pretty much completely ditched the people who call themselves my parents." As way of explanation she said, "They're annoying people."

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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 06:46 am UTC (link)
"It's just not the same...I mean my dad, he's really great. He calls me Junebug, and his wife Bren is okay. And I have a little sister." Juno rambled, but somehow talking about her family made her feel a little better. "They were really great about the whole...pregnancy thing."

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 06:48 am UTC (link)
Carrie listened and nodded when appropriate. Poor kid was homesick. "They sound cool." A pause. "They could show up. People do show up from our home worlds. Sometimes it takes a long time. Bruce took months. I'd given up hope. But you shouldn't."

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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 06:51 am UTC (link)
"Yeah." Juno said. She'd take that to heart and hold out hope that they'd show up, and then something occurred to her that she hadn't thought about yet, and she sat up and looked at Carrie, a little panicked.

"Okay...what if like...I get attached to the thing and then Vanessa shows up, I'm gonna have to give it to her...right?"

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 06:54 am UTC (link)
Carrie looked a little startled by the question. She hadn't expected it. "I..." Carrie thought for a minute. "If she shows up, you guys will figure it out. Maybe you could live together or something." There was a long pause. "I... I'm not good at this shit, man. And you shouldn't worry about it until it happens."

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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 06:56 am UTC (link)
Juno nodded, satisfied with that answer for the moment. She looked sad though, it was all a little overwhelming. "I don't even know what to call him." She said after a couple minutes of silence. She had a son and she had no idea what to call him, and she'd probably come up with something wacky if no one stopped her. After all, her name was Juno.

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 06:59 am UTC (link)
Carrie sighed heavily. "I have no idea what to call him. Bob? John?" Carrie made a face. "Obviously, I'm really shitty coming up with names." A pause. "Name him after someone you know?"

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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 07:01 am UTC (link)
"Yeah I'm pretty crappy at it too." Juno said. She wished that Bleek was here, maybe he'd have an idea. What would Vanessa have wanted to name him? Should Juno even be thinking about that? "Oh I don't know...Clyde?"

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 07:03 am UTC (link)
"Clyde? Like Bonnie and Clyde? He'll be a criminal." Carrie was grinning lightly. "No way, man."

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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 07:04 am UTC (link)
"Um Milton? I'm really bad at this..." Juno said. If it had been a girl, she totally would have named her Carrie.

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 07:05 am UTC (link)
Carrie just laughed. For the first time in a very long time, it seemed. "Okay. What's your dad's name?"

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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 07:08 am UTC (link)
"Mac, but I don't want to call him Mac." That might make Juno miss him too much. "Um...his father's name is Paulie Bleeker."

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 07:10 am UTC (link)
"Paul MacGuff? Bleek MacGuff?" Carrie offered both with a half smile. She didn't particularly care for either, but it wasn't her kid.

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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 07:12 am UTC (link)
"Oh I don't know." How would Paulie feel about a kid named after him. "I can't just call him oops?"

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 07:14 am UTC (link)
"No," Carrie said after a laugh. "Well, you could. But no." Her smile faded just a bit. "You can think it over for a little while, I think."

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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 07:16 am UTC (link)
Juno thought about it for another minute or to. "His name is Sonny. Sonny MacGuff."

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 07:17 am UTC (link)
"Sonny it is." Carrie grinned lightly. She still felt sick. "You should probably sleep."

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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 07:18 am UTC (link)
"I know." Juno said, laying back down. "Thanks again, for everything."

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 07:19 am UTC (link)
"Welcome," Carrie said. She rose from her chair. "I'm going to go for a while. But I'll be back. And if you need anything, you can leave me a message or call whenever. Pretty sure Alfred can lend you a hand whenever, too. If I'm busy or something."

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[info]cautionarywhale
2008-01-12 07:21 am UTC (link)
"Okay." Juno said, closing her eyes. She really did need to get some rest.

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[info]girlwonder
2008-01-12 07:24 am UTC (link)
Carrie was out of the room quickly. She put her gloves and her mask back on and practically flew through the halls. She made it a block out of the hospital before she couldn't stop herself. She came to a full halt, bend over and emptied her stomach onto the sidewalk. One gloved hand shot out against the brick of the building to hold her up. The other was around her middle.

When she was done, she took a deep breath and stood up straight. She felt a little better, but there was something very heavy resting on her shoulders and she felt a very strong wanderlust. She'd been scared and that never really agreed with her well.

With no real aim in mind, Carrie grabbed her bike and took off down the street. She needed to move. That was all she knew.

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