Always Running (MATURE CONTENT)

CHAPTER 43

Nessa reached up to grab Lucas' shirt and pulled him down. "You got me in this mess, now get me the fuck out of it, Mac." She panicked. How was she going to wait out the blizzard in labor? She had to get to the hospital.

"Okay, relax now, darlin'." Henley took her face in his hands and smiled at her reassuring her that everything would be alright.

Nessa nodded her head.

"Let's get her on a couch or something soft to make her as comfortable as possible," Lucas said. Fear was starting to grip him. The babies weren't due for another three weeks.

Moments later Rob and Zane came back with the couch from Brad's office. The tables were cleared from the private dining area and the couch was placed in the middle of the room.

Lilian put clean tablecloths on the couch and Lucas carried her over and set her down being gentle with her.

Nessa was scared. She didn't want to have her babies in the restaurant. "Mac, please...I'm scared. What if there is something wrong? I need..." Nessa couldn't finish her sentence. A contraction hit her hard and made her cry out.

"I want everyone out of here now." Lilian took control of the situation. "Henley and Lucas are the only ones allowed in here, the rest of you leave."

The room was cleared, and the partitions were closed giving Nessa the privacy she needed.

"Why the fuck are you here?" Lucas turned to Henley.

"Because I want him here," Nessa said as she growled through another contraction. "I want Carl too." She cried out and breathed through the contraction like she had been taught at Lamaze class.

"Why?" Lucas asked while he held her hand.

Nessa looked at him and took his face in her hands and kissed him hard then pulled away. "I need them, like I needed them back then. I'm scared and the three of you are my rock. Please Mac."

Lucas smiled and nodded his head, understanding what his wife needed. She didn't need them as men, she needed them as what they had represented in the worst time of her life...protection and safety.

"Hey sweetcakes." Carl kissed her head and knelt on the carpet next to her. "Don't you worry about a thing. We got this."

Nessa nodded her head and began to breathe as another contraction ripped through her. She cried out and squeezed Carl's hand.

"Damnit, damnit, damnit." Lucas paced the room freaking out. "What the hell are we going to do?"

Henley stood in his friend's way. "We are going to be there for our girl and make sure your baby girls are born when the time comes."

"How? She needs a doctor, Henley."

"This is the game plan, okay." Henley began to lay out the plan as Lucas nodded his head in agreement.

Nessa watched as Lucas and Henley talked about something and nodded their heads and then they both went out of the dining area and then minutes later they came back. They were up to something. She knew them well enough to know that look in both their eyes. She was exhausted from the pain of the contractions. She was terrified, and the snow kept falling, making it impossible for anyone to come or go. Rob had used Brad's office computer to download and print instructions on how to give birth to a baby. He felt useless and helping anyway he could, made him feel better. Lilian helped Nessa through the contractions as did Lucas and Henley and Carl. They were all with her as she suffered through the pain.

"Fuck you Mac," Nessa cried out with another contraction breaking her in two. "You are fucking fish food. You did this to me." She cried and sobbed as Lucas held her hands.