Afterglow • Gideon Emery

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Very late in the next week everything was hard on Chloe. Including her mental health. She didn't think much of the fact that she could die in the next few days until Hannah hit her with that reality. She hit her hard and she needed to lose that selfish behavior. So she's been worried lately and really stressed out, but she never let Gideon know that because he already had many things on his mind from Atlas.

Ever since the little argument the women had they've been silent to each other, mostly on Hannah's end because she didn't want to handle her selfish ego. It wasn't until Jack and Joker finally came home from Greece after they had to kill Hades with Illona before Hannah could truly be happy again. It's like Jack has something in his aura that changes people's emotions just by being around them.

To celebrate the men's safe return they decided to watch a movie that night, of course the women got to pick. They picked some woman movie that no man would watch willingly. The kicker is that they fell asleep in the beginning, it's that bad they got bored and passed out.

Gideon and Chloe got to have his love chair and she laid on him sleeping soundly while he protectively stroked her belly.

Joker got one end of the couch just relaxing back on the armrest as a pillow. He had his arms crossed, bored out of his mind he couldn't keep his eyes open.

Jack and Hannah had the other end of the couch, Jack is leaned on the arm rest and Hannah is laying on his lap sleeping so calmly because her husband was there to softly stroke her hair.

"Since they're asleep do we have to continue watching this?" Jack is the one to break the silence, he turns his head to his friends watching one of them shrug.

"Can we watch porn?" Joker yawned and stretched his arms "I need my dream material"

"Keep—keep—keep your wet dreams to yourself, mate" Gideon cringed so hard, he stuck his hand down the sides of the chair where the remote had fallen, very careful to not wake up the sleeping beauty because if he wakes her up she turns to a beast. "Mitchell" Gideon tossed the remote over to his friend, Jack caught the remote with his bionic arm then they were switching through channel after channel.

They found some pre-recorded sports game streaming on the tv, a football game from a year ago, they decided to watch it as they had nothing else to watch besides Jokers porn.

Again the room fell into voiceless silence while they watched the movie and tried to stay awake themselves. Joker was almost the first one to pass out, he could barely keep his eyes open.

In the middle of the sports game a smell started to go around the room, Jack was the first one to catch it. He rose his eyebrow "am I the only one who smells that?-"

"Smells what—oh-"

Both Gideon and Jack immediately looked at Joker, Joker widened his eyes "LOOK, ITS NOT ME THIS TIME I SWEAR!"

"Shh! Dumbass" Jack muttered stroking Hannah's hair again when she started to squirm for another comfortable position.

"Wait...why is it wet under—" Gideon lifted their blanket and see Chloe's hand move down to her thigh.

Joker rose his eyebrow "my guy—did you just—?" Joker had the perverted thoughts, who would've guessed?

To Gideons horror he shakes his head "no dumbass! Chloe's water broke!"

"Uhhh—" all three men looked at each other, Jokers head spun because he kept looking back and forth to look at both the American and the Brit. The men couldn't say much because they were silenced by Chloe starting to wake herself up to her pain. The poor woman bent forward and groaned, her blood fell from her mouth, that hasn't happened in a while.

"THE DEVIL STRIKES BACK FOR BABY GIDEONS BIRTH!" Joker yelled seeing her blood fall down her mouth along with her tears.

"Joker shut the hell up!" Jack hissed. He had to wake Hannah up just like Gideon had to comfort Chloe the best he could. Jack also has to use his best trait, calm and collected, using this trait he has to keep everyone calm or all hell will break loose.

"Jaguar" Chloe started to ball her eyes out holding her hand over her stomach painfully. Gideon had to push himself out of the seat without moving his wife, then he was able to pick her up like he did when they just got married.

"You're going to be fine, Bear." Gideon assured her, though he couldn't keep calm himself. Jack got Hannah awake and talked her through what is happening. With her awake and now aware she was able to calm Chloe down while at the same time she feared for the worst, by motherly instinct.

Chloe grabbed ahold of Gideons shoulder while he carried her out. Joker and Jack was going to drive one of the Pit Bull's to the hospital. It's fast and steady. Also since they're military trucks no one will stop them for speeding, big brain energy Jack has.

In the back of the van Gideon had Chloe laying back on his lap sobbing while holding his hand tight. He told her to break it, though he hoped she wouldn't. "You did this to me Gideon Emery!" Chloe cried painfully, Gideon nods his head stroking her hair.

"Yes—yes I know I'm so sorry love" Gideon apologizes to her, he didn't have anything to apologize for. She's just hurt and he has to agree with everything she says. That's the rule of marriage.

"YOU'RE TRYING TO KILL ME!"

"No I'm not, I love you!"

"I love you more!" She balled again, for the first time in a while she had to heavy breathe her way through the contractions which were going by very fast to her fear. "Jaguar, help me!"

"Erm—"

"Get out" Jack came to the back of the van when they arrived to the hospital. Joker was the first one to run out. Jack grabbed his wife's hand and followed him out. She had to stay calm too, she's learning her husbands calm mannerisms.

Again, Gideon reached down and picked his wife up like a bride and carried her inside. Joker was at the front desk first, he was saying the most random things that could come out of his mind. Jack could see this by the confused look on the woman's face, so he came over and shoved Joker aside violently "get the hell away" Jack told his friend then he signed his friends in for them.