Expecting The Unexpected

Is That A Baby!

   "Is that a baby!" Dylan cried out as he looked up and saw Caitlin holding a screaming newborn while Ava looked completely out of it and a complete mess.

"Yes it's a baby! Dylan just get a medic!" Caitlin called out as she tried her best to remain calm but she was freaking out.

"On it!" Dylan quickly told Caitlin as he quickly got up and ran to the campus infirmary to ask for help. "This isn't real! This isn't real! This isn't real!" Ava kept telling herself in her head as she tried to process everything that was happening.

It all felt like some horrible nightmare and there was just no way this was actually happening right now. It couldn't be. Any minute now she would be waking up and everything would be normal again it just had to be.

"Ava are you okay? Dylan is getting you help but you have to stay up," Caitlin told Ava as she could see that her friend looked completely out of it. She didn't blame her. She would be a complete mess as well if this had happened to her but Ava's zoning out was starting to scare her.

Ava just quickly snapped out of her shock as she looked over at Caitlin who was still holding the tiny newborn. "Is this real?" Ava asked Caitlin who just slowly nodded as she looked at the traumatized girl.

"Yeah um Ava it's real. Do you um do you want to hold her?" Caitlin nervously asked Ava as she motioned to the baby.

"That's mine?" Ava asked as she was still trying to process what just happened. "Yeah Ava she's yours. Do you want to hold her?" Caitlin told the disoriented girl who just looked at her.

"It's a girl?" Ava asked again, making Caitlin smile a little as she could tell that while Ava was still completely out of it she was starting to become a little more lucid.

"Yeah Ava you have a baby girl. Do you want to hold her," Caitlin told Ava who just smiled a little as she still couldn't believe this was happening but she had always wanted a daughter.

Ava just slowly nodded as Caitlin just carefully handed her the tiny newborn. "Okay be careful and support her head," Caitlin told Ava who just rolled her eyes as she just did what Caitlin said.

"She's so tiny, is this normal?" Ava asked Caitlin as she had no clue what was considered normal and what was considered a sign of concern. The fact that Ava didn't even know she had been pregnant and was just drinking definitely had her worried about her baby though.

Caitlin just sighed as she honestly didn't know how to respond to Ava's question.Caitlin was smart that was for sure but she barely knew anything when it came to babies.

Before Caitlin had time to really respond Dylan came back in with a medic who immediately went to Ava's side and began to examine her and the tiny baby girl.

"I'm fine," Ava told the medic as she didn't want all these people surrounding her right now. She was still very vulnerable and grieving and didn't like how there were too many people near her.

Ava just wanted to be alone again where she could just sit in her room and try to process everything that just happened in the last few days up until now but that was definitely not happening right now.

"Ava I know this is all confusing and hard to process but you have to let the medics do their job. They just want to help you and your baby," Caitlin told Ava who just rolled her eyes as she barely even knew Caitlin and didn't like how Caitlin was trying to act all friendly with her now when she had never bothered to before.

"We're fine," Ava told Caitlin as she just held her new baby close to her. "Well everything seems to be good so far but I think you should still go to the hospital just to be sure," the medic told Ava who was going to protest but decided it was best to just get it over with.