Somebody's Child

~ T H I R T Y - E I G H T ~

We woke up the next morning very early. Harry was due for his c-section in 5 hours and it was an hour to the hospital from Anne's House. Harry was sound asleep beside me and I hated to wake him up.

"Harry love? It's time to wake up" I said kissing his forehead. He groaned and turned over, ignoring my wake up call. "Hazza? We need to get you ready for your c-section love. Today is baby day so wake up" I said and he rolled back over to me.

He opened his eyes and kissed me softly. "Good morning love" he said sleepishly. It was still dark out but it didn't matter because I had the lamp on. I kissed him before standing up and stretching. "Come on love, let's take a shower together." I suggested. He smiled and got up from the bed, standing on his tipi toes and stretching his back.

He waddled into the bathroom after me and went we while I turned the shower on to the warm setting. After he was done, he washed his hands and came over to me. "How are you feeling about the baby love?" He asked me as he kissed my back.

I got into the shower and helped him in, standing under the nice warm water. "I feel okay. I feel like we got this. The only thing that is bugging me right now is..." i stopped talking and looked at him.

"The coma." He answered and I nodded. I know we've had this conversation before and I know you haven't had any seizures since waking up from your last coma but it still sits on my brain, you know? I don't want you to miss this baby's firsts like you did phoenix." I said starting to cry.

Harry embraced me in a hug and held me until I stopped. "It's okay love. It will be okay. I promise." He coo'd rubbing my back. I kissed his collar bone before I pulled away. "We need to get you to the hospital love, we need to shower." I said.

I took the green loofah and poured body wash on it, running it over Harry's pale and delicate skin. I covered him in soap and rinsed him off, moving to his hair. I took the shampoo and massaged it into his scalp. He moaned at the feeling as he pulled my body closer to his, until we were rubbing up against each other.

I got the shower head and brought it to his hair, rinsing it thoroughly to make sure all of the shampoo was out. I wanted nothing more to just stand there and hold Harry in my arms for a few more minutes, but we had to head out soon.

I turned the shower off and stepped out of the tub, helping Harry behind me. We both started drying ourselves off when Harry started screaming the most horrific scream I have ever heard. I ran over to him and he was hunched over, grabbing his stomach.

I crouched down and looked at him. He was in so much pain and it showed in his face. "Love what hurts?" I asked. He groaned until he could finally speak. "M-my pelvis. It tightens then untightens. It hurts Lou." He cried.

"Contractions? You didn't have any with Phoenix. We need to get you to the hospital now. Come on I'll help you get dressed." I said picking him up and carrying him to the bed, setting him down gently. Another contraction came and he screamed in pain.

I rubbed his back and helped him with his breathing exercises until it was done. I then rushed to the closet to get him a simple pair of sweatpants and t-shirt and I just threw on whatever. I helped get Harry dressed and when he went into another contraction, I hugged him tightly. "It's okay love. We will get you to some pain meds okay? I won't leave you. I promise." I coo'd.

Once Harry was dressed, I picked him up and immediately took him to the car. The luggage was already packed in there so I didn't have to worry about that. I made sure he was buckled in and sped off into the early hours of the morning.

We arrived at the hospital at 5am and we got him all checked in to the labor and delivery ward. They ended up bumping up his c-section because he was having contractions and they didn't want him waiting 4 more hours to deliver the baby because it could give him complications.

He was laying in the bed, shaking and crying from the pain. "Lou it hurts! Make it stop!" He cried. I rubbed his shoulder and kissed his forehead. The doctors are bringing someone to do an epidural for you love, for the pain." I said holding his hand. He cried and cried until the doctor came to do the epidural for him.

"Okay son I need you to sit up and lean over the pillow for me so I can do this okay?" The doctor said and he just laid there. The nurses came to help him sit up and I held both his hands, kissing them as they put the epidural into his back. "You're doing sooo good baby. Just a few more minutes" I said.

"I-I can't do this l-Lou. I want to g-go home." He cried. "Hey love look at me okay? Right at me. You are a super human for going through this. For birthing our children. I could never do what you are doing for us love. I love you for this." I said kissing him.

"All done. It should start to work within 10 minutes." He said. "Thank you doctor."

Once the doctors left the room I climbed into the bed beside Harry and spooned him, wrapping my arm around his waist. I kissed his shoulder before I started singing to him.

'Cause we made it
Underestimated
And always underrated
Now we're saying goodbye
Waving to the hard times
Knew that we would be alright
From the first time
Met you at your doorstep
Remember how it tasted
Looking into your eyes
Baby, you were still high
Never coming down with your hand in mine.'

He smiled as the epidural kicked in. "That was beautiful baby" he said as he kissed my hand. "I wrote it, for you." I admitted. He smiled again as a tear dropped from his left eye.

The doctor came in and told us it was time to get him into the surgery room so they could prepare him. I had to get all gowned up and everything as well. I kissed him, telling him everything was going to be alright before they took him.

The doctor took me and led me to the room where I was going to get all gowned up so I could be by his side the entire time. Waiting outside the operating room, all gowned up and I was pacing back and forth nervously. I took a few deep breaths before they told me I could go in with him.

I walked in and immediately my eyes fell on Harry who way laying on the table, his arms tied out to the table of either side of him and he smiled when he saw me. I walked over to him and kissed him. "Hi baby." I said softly.

He smiled and we talked about our future with the kids while they did the c-section. It wasn't until we heard the beautiful cries of our new baby girl that we stopped talking. Harry immediately started crying and I was allowed to cut the umbilical cord. Tears rushed down my face as I saw our new and beautiful daughter.

"Harry, she's beautiful." I cried as they wrapped her up, handing her to me. I sat down by Harry's head and showed him her. He started crying as soon as he laid his eyes on her.

It took about 20 minutes for them to stitch his stomach back up and do all of the things they needed to for the baby to make sure she was okay. They took Harry and the baby to recovery straight away and I held her while Harry slept. He must have been so exhausted from the procedure.

I kissed her forehead and talked to her. "Hi angel. I'm your daddy. I don't know your name yet as daddy H choose your name." I said rocking her. "I know that whatever name he had picked out will be beautiful and suit you well. I can't wait for you to meet your big sister. She has been extremely excited to meet you. Your grandma and aunties have been patiently waiting for your arrival as well. You already have so many people who love you already." I said.

It wasn't until an hour later that Harry woke up and smiled. "How is she?" He asked weakly. "She's perfect love. How are you? Are you okay?" I asked him. "I feel perfect love. A bit sore and tired but I'm perfect." He replied.

I looked at Haz and he looked at her. "Hey love. What is her name? I've been eagerly waiting for you to wake up and tell me." I said handing her to him. She looked up at him and smiled.

"Louis, I would like you to meet Johannah Félicité Tomlinson" he introduced.