Just a bit too much whiskey

Lyra was laying on the hospital bed exhausted from the effort of giving birth. Her best friend Bon Bon was sitting next to her the whole time, doing what the guy usually does. Offering their hoof while the baby comes out and the mother practically shatters all the bones in the hoof she was holding to relieve the pain somewhat. Lyra was lying there breathing deeply while the doctor and nurse were inspecting the baby for any birth defects, and Bon Bon was holding ice to her hoof. Lyra looked at her friend. Bon Bon smiled to her. After a few minutes the doctor turned to Lyra and gave her the baby.

"Here you go ma'am. Your baby is healthy and should not need any special attention." he said.

"Thank you." Lyra responded as she took the baby and cradled it in her arms.

"So, whats her name?" the doctor asked.

Lyra looked at the newborn filly. It was a slightly darker shade of blue than her. The little unicorn looked lovingly at her mother. "Viola, Viola Heartstrings." she said.

"All right, but you're in no condition to walk home, so you'll have to stay here tonight."

"Ok, but where will Viola sleep?"

The nurse pushed up a cart with a small plastic container. "She'll probably sleep in here."

"Oh, ok."

"But where will I sleep?" Bon Bon spoke up.
` "That couch." answered the doctor.

"But its not very comfortable."

"It folds out into a bed."

"Oh." Bon Bon picked up the cushions and pulled out the bed. "Thanks."

Just then, Viola made a soft kitten-like mew. Bon Bon, Lyra, and the nurse all said "awww" in unison. The doctor just grunted and left the room, it was obvious he sees that too much.

"Well, I guess I should leave you three alone." the nurse said as she put some of her tools into a bag and left the room.

"So, what will we do now?" asked Bon Bon.

"I don't know." Lyra answered.

"Who do you think the dad was?"

"I don't know, but I sure hope he's handsome, strong, smart, sweet, easy to find in a crowd, and going to meet me soon."

"I mainly hope for the first and last ones."

"Yeah, I just want to know who it is mostly."

"So, you want to play checkers or something?"

"Sure, I'm ok with checkers."

Bon Bon dug into the closet to find a checker box. When she found it, she pulled up a tale and set it up.

"You want to be red or black?" she asked.

"Red, not sure why, but I've just liked red a lot more lately."

"All right. You go first."

Lyra used her magic to move a checker. After about half an hour, they were done. Then they played again, and again, and again until they were bored with the game.

"Wow, I can't believe you beat me 15 times in a row!" Bon Bon said amazed at Lyra's skills.

"Neither can I, oh, look at the time. I guess we should go to sleep."

"But its only 7." Bon Bon complained.

"I gave birth 3 hours ago. I'm tired, I don't care what you do, but don't wake me up." Lyra said as she rolled onto her side, pulled up the covers, and tried to sleep.

Bon Bon got up and walked around to look at Viola.

"Hi there little cutey pie." she said in that annoyingly high pitched voice people always talk to babies in. She rubbed Viola on her stomach. Then the baby babbled happily. Bon Bon smiled, why are babies always so cute? Then she tickled Viola's chin, Viola responded by grabbing her hoof and gumming on it. Awefully hard to nibble on something when you don't have teeth.

"Aww you must be hungry." Bon Bon said then looked at Lyra. "Lyra, Lyra, are you awake?" she whispered while softly nudging her friend.

"Yes, I am." she muttered.

"Baby is hungry."

"I heard."

"Soo?" Bon Bon said a little confused.

"Bottles on the counter."

"Thanks." Bon Bon grabbed the bottle and fed Viola.

When she was done, the little unicorn looked at Bon Bon with innocent eyes and let out a yawn. Then Viola let her head down and fell asleep. Lyra rolled over on the hospital bed and fell asleep herself. Bon Bon was now alone. She wasn't tired, but there was nothing to do, the only magazines there were years old and the board games were meant for at least two ponies to play.

"Ehh buck it." she said as she went to the pull out bed and fell asleep even though she wasn't tired.

***

Lyra woke up to hear her baby crying.

"Whats that noise?" she asked, not used to being a mother.

"Viola is crying." Bon Bon answered with a yawn.

"OH, my baby!" she said as she picked up her baby and cradled her in her arms. "Shhh, everything is all right. Mommas here." she said in a motherly tone as Viola bit Lyra's hoof.

Using her magic, Lyra grabbed the bottle, refilled it and gave it to her baby. Viola sucked out the formula hungrily. After a bit, Lyra took the bottle away. Newborns can't drink a full bottle after all, and they can't tell when they're full. Lyra hugged Viola happily. The baby gave a small burp. Bon Bon, who was sitting up now, giggled at the burp.

"She is so cute." Bon Bon said.

"I know." Lyra replied.

"You make very cute babies."

"Thank you." Lyra paused for a second. "Come over here." she said sticking a hoof out to one side. Bon Bon trotted up and Lyra pulled her in and they hugged. Not in a lesbian way, but in a totally normal girls do it all the time and it doesn't mean anything special way.

Viola giggled and threw her hooves in the air happily, not having a clue what was happening. She was a baby after all, all she knew was who her mother was.

"Bon Bon, you're a really good friend to me. You and I have been through the worst." Lyra said.

"Where is this going?" Bon Bon backed away and eyed Lyra suspiciously.

"How would you like to be Viola's godmother?"

"YES!" she jumped with joy.

Then the doctor walked in.

"Hello girls, how are you today."

"Good." Lyra and Bon Bon said in unison. Viola was sitting upright by Lyra's side watching the doctor.

"Well Lyra." he said checking a paper on his clipboard. "According to this, you can leave in a few hours, we just have to monitor your vitals and make sure your energy levels restore correctly."

"All right."

"And according to this machine." he said tapping a monitor that was impossible to read without proper training with a pen. "You will be able to leave on time."

"Whats that number?" Lyra asked pointing to a blue number that changed occasionally.

"That's your blood pressure."

"And that one?"

"That's the battery left on the monitor."

"Whats that line?"

"That is a crack in the screen."

"Oh." Lyra felt stupid at the moment.

"So, do you need anything while I'm here?"

"Could I get an apple please?" Lyra asked.

"Make that two." Bon Bon chimed in.

"Sure. I'll be back in a few minutes." the doctor left the room.

Viola looked at her mother babbling in that impossible o understand baby language.

"Oh Viola, you're so cute." Lyra said as she grabbed her baby and rubbed noses with her.

The new godmother smiled at her goddaughter.

Lyra played with Viola by softly bouncing her around. Viola clearly enjoyed it. They played together for a couple minutes before the doctor arrived with the apples.

"Here you go Lyra. Two apples." he said.

"Thank you sir, that will be all."

"Ok, if you need anything just hit the buzzer." he said as he shut the door.

Lyra gave her friend an apple and they ate in silence. Viola watched them, a confused look on her face. When they finished, they started playing some board games to pass the time. Viola watched them intently, trying to figure out what in Equestria they were doing. After a few hours, the doctor walked back in and checked the monitor.

"All right Lyra, do you think you can walk?"

"Yeah."

"Ok, then you may go whenever you like." he said as he left the room.

"Well Bon Bon, do you think we should go?" Lyra asked.

"Sure, I'll carry the bottle and formula mix if you get the baby."

"All right. I'm ok with that."

Bon Bon put the bottle and formula mix in her purse and Lyra balanced Viola on her back. They walked up to the front desk and made sure they knew she left. The mare at the desk gave Lyra a baby carrier. Lyra put it on and put Viola in it. The two friends left the hospital and headed home. When they got home, the two of them immediately started baby proofing it.

"Bon Bon." Lyra said. "We need a crib or a playpen or something."

"I'll go buy one." Bon Bon offered as she gave Lyra the bottle and formula mix and ran out the door.

Lyra sat on the couch with Viola. They stared at each other.

"So, what do you do?" Lyra asked the baby even though she knew she wouldn't get an intelligent response.

Viola blinked and fell onto her stomach. Then she started crying.

Lyra picked up Viola and rocked her in her arms slowly and calmly singing in a sweet voice. Viola stopped crying after a while and stared up at her mother. She blinked slowly then yawned. Lyra gently set her new child down and went into her room and grabbed a small cloth. She came back and quickly swaddled the tired infant. She resumed rocking Viola.

Bon Bon walked in pushing a fairly large box into the house.

"You know, this is normally something that's done BEFORE the baby is born right?" Bon Bon asked wiping the sweat from her forehead.

"SHHH. Viola is sleeping." Lyra said gently.

Bon Bon opened the box muttering something under her breath. She took out the instructions and began reading.

Lyra used her magic and assembled the crib before Bon Bon finished the first paragraph.

"How did you do that so quickly?" Bon Bon asked.

"I watched a lot of videos while you were asleep this morning." Lyra answered.

"How?"

"I asked for a laptop and went on metube."

"Oh."

Lyra set Viola in the crib.

"You do know this is going to be tough on us right?" Bon Bon asked.

"I know." Lyra replied.

And they watched the filly sleep. She was a cute little unicorn after all. Watching a baby sleep was surprisingly tiring, and they both fell asleep too.

The end. Oh wait, this isn't the end yet? Oh, dang, guess that means I'll have to write another chapter.