136 - The… End?

Two months later…

The pain overwhelmed me completely. It was early morning, and I groaned as I got up and placed my feet on the cold floor of my room.

“It’s time, Malia,” Fawn said in my head.

“Oh my God. Not again,” I groaned.

“This time, with just one baby, we can have a natural birth,” Fawn said, excited.

“Oh, no! It… it must hurt,” I whimpered.

“Malia, we’re strong, dear,” she winked at me. “We’ll manage. We always do. Look at everything we’ve been through,” she sighed.

I nodded as another wave of pain hit me, and I groaned while getting out of bed to try and go to the bathroom, only to find water running down my legs and dripping onto the floor.

Jaden jumped up, startled, and turned on the bedside lamp. “W-what?” He seemed to be trying to process what was happening.

“Dear, I’m in labor,” I said, biting my cheek.

“We need to go to the hospital,” he said, jumping out of bed and searching for things I didn’t understand.

“Call the doctor, Jaden,” I grumbled. “And your mother. Call bo