Core 4 Family One Shots & Short Stories

Birth Stories (Part 3): Evie & Ember

Evie was in the kitchen, making herself a cup of tea. She had been drinking a lot of tea recently, mostly because she could no longer drink coffee due to her being pregnant and all that caffeine wasn't good for her baby, and plus she had started craving tea ever since she got pregnant. She sat down at the table and wrote in her journal while rubbing her swollen stomach, feeling her baby kick.

She smiled at the feeling as she always loved to feel her baby move from inside her. And once she finished writing in her journal, she went over to the couch to watch some TV and finish the rest of her tea. After quite a few minutes passed, she felt Henry wrap his arms around her from behind her as his hands rested on her bump under her own hands. Henry leaned down to plant a kiss on her cheek.

"Ok, I'm off to work babe. I'll see you later." He said to her.

"Ok honey, I love you." She replied leaning her head back so she could kiss him. And after he kissed her back, he walked out the door and was off to work.

She enjoyed all of the quietness in the house as everybody else was still asleep. But it wasn't for much longer cause Marley and the twins could soon be heard yelling from their rooms. Evie laughed slightly as she found it kind of cute. And so before too long, the four parents went to go get their kids and they came down the stairs.

"Good morning, Evie." Mal said as she entered the kitchen.

"Good morning. You sleep well?" Evie asked.

"As well as I could. What about you? Did the baby keep you up again?" Mal asked as she began looking through the cabinets to find something for her and Marley to eat for breakfast.

"Actually surprisingly no, they were pretty calm last night." Evie said resting her hand at the top of her stomach.

"Well, I bet that's good for you, huh?"

"Oh yes, definitely!" Evie said before she suddenly felt her stomach tighten with a little bit of pain.

"Evie, you okay?" Audrey asked from the table as she fed the twins their breakfast.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Evie replied as she held onto her stomach.

"Are you having a contraction?" Mal asked going over to Evie, putting her hand on her back gently.

"No, I don't think so. Unfortunately."

"What do you mean unfortunately?" Mal asked.

"Mal, I'm done with this pregnancy now, it's officially been 9 months and I'm ready to see my baby and find out what I have." Evie replied as she and Henry had decided that they wanted to be surprised as to what the gender of their baby was, so she had no idea what she was having, and she couldn't wait to find out. "Besides, if I was having a contraction, my pain would be so much worse. But I have been having these pains a lot recently, I don't know why."

"You know, if you wanna have your baby so desperately, I have a way that could potentially help go into labor faster." Mal said making Evie interested.

"You do? Well then tell me!" Evie said.

"We can maybe go to the park and walk on that pathway that goes for like five miles. I've heard that walking can sometimes give you contractions and could lead you into possibly going into labor." Mal explained.

"Ok then, let's try it! I'm ready to have this baby!" Evie said.

"Alright, we'll go after breakfast." Mal told her.

"I can't believe you would want to put yourself into labor." Carlos said leaning against the counter as he ate a bowl of cereal.

"Well, I don't plan on staying pregnant forever, and I'm ready to meet my baby for the first time." Evie replied.