Two Pieces (Demi Lovato and Jesse Williams)

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Demi's POV

I've been in this room with monitors and IVs hooked up to me and I am in so much pain. I refused to take an epidural also because I don't want to take any chances of getting addicted to pain relief again. Not again. I'm miserable though and I'm definitely snapping at Jesse more than normal and he's taking it like a champ.

"Do you want me to call your mom baby?" Jesse asks as he rubs my back while I lay on my side facing away from him.

"I don't want everyone to be here." I mumble back.

"Your family should know you're about to have a baby. I can call them and I'll just tell them to sit back and relax. They should know though." He says and I take a deep breath.

"Okay." I whimper just as a contraction starts up again and I squeeze my eyes shut. "Tell my mom that I only want her to bring Bella here. No one else. Your mom can come too." I then say after the contraction passes and I roll back onto my back.

"Okay, I'll call them right now. Are you okay while I go to get some clothes out of my locker in the break room?" He asks me and that's when I notice he's still in his scrubs so I nod. "Okay, I'll be fast baby. I love you." He says as he leans over to kiss me softly.

"I love you too." I reply and he smiles as we pull away. He then leaves the room and he really was fast like he said. He was back in my room in ten minutes and back at my side holding my hand and giving me words of encouragement during every contractions. Soon my doctor comes in and has me put my feet in the stirrups to check me again.

"How are you feeling?" She asks me.

"Tired. Am I ready to push yet?" I ask hopelessly.

"Not quite yet. You are at eight cm, so hopefully in a couple more hours." She says and I groan as I rest my head back. "You're doing great though. Your baby will be here before you know it." She then says. I don't even know if I responded but I soon heard her leave and I look over at Jesse.

"Im tired." I pout and he lets out a small smile as he runs his fingers through my hair.

"I know you are baby. You're so amazing though. I'm so proud of you." He says making me let out the smallest smile. "Why don't we discuss names again? Get your mind off the pain?" He then asks and I nod.

"Okay. Have you thought of any more?" I ask him and he smiles.

"I like Layla." He says quietly as he looks down and I smile big actually really loving the name.

"That's beautiful." I whisper and he smiles big.

"Wait, you actually like it?" He asks and I nod.

"Mmhmm. How did you come up with it?" I ask him and he shrugs looking down.

"Just came to me one day I guess." He answers and I furrow my brows.

"Really? Just like that? Just popped into your head." I ask him and he looks up and nods, but I give him a look because I know there's definitely more to the story.

"Okay fine. I've always wanted kids and when I was in college I heard the name Layla in a book I was reading and I really loved it and thought about my daughter having that name one day." He finally answers looking down as his cheeks turn red and I smile even bigger at how embarrassed he is. As I go to reply, another contraction shoots through my stomach and I groan as I throw my head back.

"Fuck, that one hurt so bad." I whimper after a couple minutes and it finally passed.

"I can't imagine. That one was off the charts." He says looking down at the paper as it prints my contraction levels and I nod as tears start streaming down my face. "Hey, you're almost there baby." He then says grabbing my hand and rubbing the back of it.