I Can't Even Concentrate

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Demi's POV

Its been another couple weeks and I'm officially due any day and I am definitely feeling it. It's two in the morning now and I've been up all night. I got maybe forty five minutes of sleep, but I was quickly woken up when I practically got kicked in the bladder and had to pee. Now, I'm walking around my living room because my back is killing me and I didn't want to wake Odell who is fast asleep.

"Demi." I hear Odell's raspy and tired voice and I turn my head and see him standing at the bottom of the stairs with a confused look. "It's the middle of the night. What are you doing up?" He asks walking up to me as I bend over the couch since that was the only way my pain seemed to lighten up.

"I didn't mean to wake you." I whisper and he shakes his head.

"You didn't. I got up to go to the bathroom and you weren't there." He says as he runs his hand along my back. "What's wrong?" He asks when I let out a grimace and close my eyes tightly.

"My back hurts." I whimper with tears in my eyes. One from the pain and two from the exhaustion.

"Just your back?" He asks as he starts rubbing it for me and I shake my head.

"Everything. My stomach, my hips, my back. It's like every few minutes." I tell him quietly. The more I tell him the more I realize that this could be labor.

"How long has it been happening?" He asks and I bite my lip. "Babe, how long?" He asks again when I don't respond.

"Since yesterday afternoon. I didn't say anything because I thought it was just part of pregnancy. I didn't want to complain." I finally answer.

"Yesterday? Demi, you could be having our baby as we speak. You should have told me." He says starting to freak out and I groan as my entire stomach cramps up and I grip the couch in my hands. "We should go to the hospital." He says as the pain passes and I shake my head.

"My water hasn't even broke. I don't want to go just for them to say it's not time and we have to come all the way back." I say standing up straight and walking around the couch so I can sit down since my feet were now hurting.

"But what if it is time? Do you want to give birth in a car?" He asks and I sigh heavily.

"No." I answer quietly as he also walks around and then sits down on the coffee table in front of me.

"Then let's just go. If they say it's not time, then it isn't time. We need to know at least and we can't exactly call your doctor this late." He says placing his hands on my knees and I nod.

"Okay. Let me change and we can go. Can you put the bags in the car in case we do stay?" I finally agree as I go to stand up with his help and he nods. We went back upstairs very slowly and then we both got dressed before making it out to the car. The drive seemed to last forever and I was so thankful when I saw the hospital in our view. We parked in front of the labor and delivery unit before walking through the front doors. I was also glad that Odell and I took a drive over hear about a month ago so we knew where we were going and what we were doing. We were finally met by some nurses when we walked through another set of doors that led to the actual unit.

"I think she's in labor, we're not sure, but we didn't want to chance it. She's in pain." Odell quickly explains and I could see the star struck look on their faces.

"Okay, yeah, that's more than okay. Let's get you situated and fill out some paperwork real quick." She finally says and we nod. She led us back to a small room that was pretty similar to the ones at my doctors office. She handed me a gown to change into and then a clipboard to Odell to fill out for me. In the midst of me changing, the strongest pain I've felt hit me and I let out a loud grunt as I bent over the examination bed which alarmed Odell. He rubbed my back as I tried to breathe through the pain, but it really didn't help until it finally went away. I was able to get the gown on after that and just as I sat down, a doctor and nurse walked in the room.