Fake It 'Til You Make It - Hamliza

Chapter 33: Miracle

TW: childbirth??

Eliza really didn’t see Chelsea, and she's been going to therapy ever since then.
She was watching Alexander play the lead in his new movie. She wasn’t in it— she wanted to take a break from acting until the baby was a year or two old. “Cut! That was amazing!” Alexander smiled and ran over to her. He gave her a big hug, as always. “You’re so amazing at acting!” She grabbed his butt, “sorry. Your outfit shows it off a lot.” He chuckled softly at that, and held her close.

She froze for a moment, feeling a small but familiar pain in her lower back. Alexander noticed and began go rub her back. "Braxton Hicks?" He asked quietly. She nodded and leaned into him, enjoying the back rub. He continued until he was called back to set a few minutes later.

She enjoyed watching him act his role, it was really interesting and she always found it cute when he accidentally laughed because it reminded her of herself when she was in a movie. She then felt the familiar pains again and again. They weren’t just Braxton Hicks. They were contractions. When the director yelled “cut!” She immediately ran over to him. “Eliza are you okay? What’s wrong?”

"I um- I'm having contractions…" she said quietly. She knew she couldn't go to the hospital yet but the panic on Alexander's face was saying he would take her immediately.
"I'll tell the director and we can go right now and-" he started rambling until Eliza grabbed his arm gently. "It's ok, we still have time. The contractions are nearly 20 minutes apart and they only last 8 seconds. We have time for you to finish shooting." She told him quietly, not wanting to pull him away from work.
"I'll call my mom and have her pick up Pip from daycare then bring by the hospital bag so we can go as soon as you're done."

In the middle of their shooting, Eliza screamed from a very bad contraction. “Cut!” Alexander ran over. “N-no i-i-it’s fi-“ she began. “No, it’s not fine. We have to leave, like, right now.” Eliza felt awful for disrupting the scene. “Alexander I’m sorry!”, she cried as he led her to the car.

"It's alright, they understand. It's completely fine. Are you doing ok???" He asked, trying to calm her down but still worried. She nodded. "The contraction passed- it was only 7 minutes apart from the other one though and it lasted almost 25 seconds- maybe it was a good idea to go…."

“Yes, it was a good idea. I would feel awful if your water broke right then and there” Alexander said.
“Ah-“ Eliza winced as she felt another contraction as they were driving on the highway. “Stay strong, my sunshine” Alexander whispered, placing a hand on her bump for a bit as he was driving. They took the exit on the highway, and they were at the hospital.

Alex called Mrs Schuyler on speaker as he helped Eliza out of the car. She held onto his arm tight as she waited out the contraction while standing. 
"Yes, we're at [enter name here] hospital- thank you. See you soon." Alex said and hung up the phone. He kissed Eliza's head as they started to make their way into the hospital.

Eliza changed into a hospital gown, and Alexander hugged her. “You’re nervous, Lexi.”
“N-no I’m not!” She giggled and held his hands. “It’s okay. I’m nervous too.” She kissed his hands and he blushed. “Let’s get you on the bed”, he said quietly.

Eliza graciously took his hand but stopped before she could get onto the bed. She moaned in pain because of another contraction and leaned into Alexander a little. He took action and applied pressure onto her lower back to help relieve some of the pain. He saw it in some parenting videos so he hoped it was helping.

“Mmm” it was helping. He smiled as she kissed his neck, probably to distract herself. “You’re a beautiful woman, Eliza.” She smiled. “Stoppp you’re making me blussshhh.” He chuckled and kissed her hands and whispered compliments in her ear, still applying pressure. He looked up to see her face, red from blushing.