i'm right where you left me

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it's the 2nd of june.

leah is all packed and ready to go to the world cup. it starts on the 6th so she has to go on the 5th which means we only have 3 days left together. and then i won't see her for a whole month.

my mum is here now too. she will stay with me until leah comes back home. we've got her set up in the guest bedroom and leah has set up henry's room.

she built all the furniture and we painted the walls together. we also bought him lots of clothes which are away in his wardrobe.

i stood in the kitchen pouring myself a glass of juice and that's when i felt it.

shit.

"leah" i shouted. "mum"

they both rushed in the room and looked at me.

i'm in pain and im standing in a puddle.
my water broke.

"shit alright" leah said. it looks like she was panicking a bit and didn't really know what to do or say.

"someone help me" i said.

i gripped onto the counter as there was a sharp pain in my stomach.

"alright. leah get her some different pants. i'll clean this up and then we'll get you to the hospital" mum said.

my mum went and got stuff to clean the floor and leah got me some different pants.

she helped me onto a chair and changed my pants.

they both helped me into the car which took a lot longer than i thought. i kept stopping in pain and it didn't help that i couldn't walk properly.

leah drove quickly to the hospital but made sure to obey every speed limit.

my mum sat in the back with me, holding my hand.

we arrived and leah took me inside while my mum parked leah's car.

they took me into a room and my mum came in a bit after us.

my mum phoned amanda to tell her that i've gone into labour and she said she's on the way.

i was pacing around the room, clutching onto leah's hand. the poor girls fingers are losing blood circulation.

i'm so glad that leah is here though. and not on her way to france. if this happened in a few days i dont even know what i would do without leah.

amanda david and jacob arrived around an hour later.

my contractions started getting closer together and more painful.

"fuck" i breathed. i squeezed leah's hand and i could tell she was in pain.

"im sorry leah" i said.

"don't be sorry baby. your in pain, it's understandable" she said.

i dropped her hand to let it breathe and gripped onto the bed instead.

"your fully dilated. you can start pushing now" the midwife said.

i don't know if that's a relief or not.

i just want the pain to be over.

"only one person can be in the delivery room with izzy" she said.

"leah stay" i said immediately.

"im not going anywhere darling" she said.

the rest of them went out of the room and sat outside. i was in the bed and gripping leah's hand again.