Oneshots: Elmax / Sillie

Mistake

Hi, my name's El. Well, technically Jane but everyone just calls me El. It's my wedding day tomorrow, I'm getting married to Mike Wheeler. You maybe tell by my tone, but I'm not as happy as I should be the night before my wedding. On all the TV shows the bride is always smiling, talking about how excited she is to finally marry the love of her life.

I guess Mike is the love of my life. I've known him since I was 11 and we've dated on and off since we were 13.

The only thing is... well, I'm pregnant. Again. And it is Mike's, I'd never cheat, but I'm not really happy about that either. I had a fever, so while I was in a deep sleep he... got me pregnant. He didn't tell me what he did and when I found out and confronted him, he got mad at me and stormed out.

He had gotten me pregnant barely 2 years before. I wasn't conscious that time either. It was my 17th birthday the day before, and I was still hungover from the night before. A few weeks later I was hanging out with Max's and I had been feeling sick for days before that, as well as aching everywhere and feeling tired all day. She had searched up my symptoms on Google and everything together led to the early signs of pregnancy. So I took a test and it came back positive. 5 times.

The doctors said I was already 2 months along at that point, and when I asked Mike he just said he wanted to start a family, and that he was ready. I wasn't ready, and yet I was the one who had to go through the pregnancy all by myself as well as give birth.

Max and Will stayed with me a lot of the time. We had done a private gender reveal with confetti and turns out it was gonna be boy. Mike was overjoyed and hugged me. I thought maybe he'd be around more now. Never mind. Turns out I cried a lot during those 9 months. Mike would always be out at the bar with a fake ID or gambling with the little money we had. The worst part was probably the night I gave birth. My water had broke when I was in bed, and Mike screamed at me for messing up the sheets. I tried to tell him I had to go to the hospital, but he just said not to be so dramatic and it was just a bit of water. He didn't even know it was the water from my womb, and that meant the baby was almost ready to be born. I lived in a lab for 11 years and even I knew that.

So while he was driving god knows where, I had to go downstairs to my phone and call Max. She picked up and I told her that I needed to go to the hospital. Within 10 minutes she was here and she also brought the hospital bag she had packed as an emergency. I'm glad she did, coz there was no way I was gonna be able to go back up those stairs now.

She helped me into the car and we made it to the hospital. Joyce works there so we managed to get a room quickly. Max stayed by my side, sitting in the chair beside my bed while Will shouted at Mike over the phone, telling him to come. Lucas and Dustin came pretty quick within the next 2 hours, and they stayed with me too.

It took 5 hours for me to just get 4 cm dilated, but within the next hour I was 5 cm. My contractions were getting worse, happening every 30 minutes when Mike finally called. Will answered it and put it on speaker. It was only the party in here anyway.

"Tell El not to take an epidural." I heard Mike say.
"Why? It helps with the pain." Will answered, sounding agitated.
"She decided to have the baby, so she has to deal with the pain. It's not even that bad."
"Like you'd know!" Max shouted so Mike could hear. She looked back and me and held my hand. "You're almost there. I can't imagine how much pain you must me in, but when you see him it's all gonna be worth it, okay?"

I gave her a weak nod, wanting it all just to be over already. She stood up and got a damp flannel, wiping my hot forehead. "Almost there." She repeated.
Will was still shouting, as was Lucas. "Fuck's sake dude, your girl is literally having your kid, and you're not even here." He said, also frustrated.
"I'm busy, and it's my kid so it's my business." Mike said.
"Really? Coz right now it looks like Max is doing what you should be here doing. Maybe she should be the dad." Will answered, looking at us.