uncle lex- alex turcotte
being 8.5 months pregnant in the peak of hockey season in california is not ideal. my fiancé, trevor has been great but the ducks have been on the road a lot so i've been at home alone, super pregnant, just waiting to go into labour.
mason was injured for a few weeks, so trevor made him stay with me so we could keep an eye on each other, but now that he's back, i'm alone and i can tell that it is taking a toll on trevor knowing i could go into labour at any time and he may not be there for me. he's currently trying to convince alex to come up from la and stay with me. alex is injured and out for most likely the rest of the season but not to the point he's helpless, so trevor wants to have him here with me to make sure i'm okay in the last stretch of my pregnancy.
we have the nursery finished and all the hospital bags packed and ready to go, so alex quickly agreed to trevor's plan, half because trevor begged him to come over for days on end, and half because alex is also worried about me. i had a really hard first trimester and it didn't get better until the middle of my second. i had a hard time keeping food down and i had a few scares regarding losing the baby and other health issues. miraculously they smoothed over by the middle of my second trimester but trevor has still been stressing.
alex shows up later today and i'm waiting for him to arrive. trevor is on a roadie for the next week which cuts extremely close to my due date. i'm asleep on the couch when my phone ringing wakes me up. i expect it to be alex telling me he's here, but it's actually trevor which brings a smile to my face.
"hi babe" he says as soon as i accept the call
"hi bub, what's up?" i ask
"nothings up, olivia, i just wanted to see my beautiful fiancé's face before i go to my game" "okay trev, whatever you say. when do you have to be at the arena?" i ask him "in like 45 minutes, but the hotel is like right next to it. plus i'm gonna see jack for a minute before we have to be there" "tell him i say hi will you? and if you see luke tell him i miss him" "liv, you saw luke like last week when they were in la" "well yeah but-" knocking on the door cuts me off. "that's probably alex, i'll go let him in"
when i get to the door and check the peep hole i'm not surprised to see alex and his dimples waiting on the other side. "olivia good to see you! and baby z! you're here too!" he says when i open the door "of course baby z is here, alex. she's attached to me, literally." alex makes a face, gives me a hug and walks in the house.
"z hung up on you! but he texted and said he's with jack and luke!" he yells while i go to the bathroom. "okay. pick a room and make yourself at home if you haven't already" "i have!"
hours later alex and i are watching the game and i'm fighting sleep on the couch. "Z JUST SCORED A MICHIGAN!!" alex yells making me and louie jump from our sleep. "it was the OT winner too!" i realized "hell yeah it was!" "alex! the baby can hear you!" "oops, sorry little z" he says and rubs my stomach.
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it's been 6 days since alex arrived, 7 days since trevor left, 2 hours since i went into labour.
alex, bless him, was amazing, and stayed as calm as he could on the way to the hospital. he grabbed all of the bags and car seat, and helped me into the car. i called trevor, and he was already on the plane to anaheim when i called.
the doctor came in to check up on me, when he told me it was time to push. "i can't, not yet, trevor isn't here!" "ma'am, your husband is here, there is no need to wait" "alex turcotte is NOT my husband! i am waiting until trevor gets here to have this damn baby!" the doctor looked at me shocked and alex tried to explain to him how trevor was on a roadie and will be here in 10 minutes or less. the doctor is about to protest waiting when trevor bursts into the room.
