"JOHN B!" sarah yelled from their bedroom.
john b was making sarah her second dinner of the night. since she was nine months pregnant, she was always ready for a home cooked meal.
she had asked him to make her something, but now she had a searing pain ripping through her abdomen.
"oh my god sarah! what's wrong?" he yelled as he ran into their bedroom, leaving the kitchen stove on.
sitting beside their bed, sarah clutched her belly as she scrunched up her nose, wincing in pain.
"john b...I think my water broke, I'm...in..so...much pain." sarah struggled to get out as she leaned over their bed looking over at him.
"oh sar, baby, what can I do to help? let me call the doctor." john b said as he took her hand and gave her a kiss on her forehead. trying to calm her nerves, he grabbed his phone from off their bedside table and rubbed her lower back slowly.
"I'm sorry babe, I wish I could take your pain away." john b said to sarah with a frown.
a slight smile crept across her lips, trying to ease his worries. as another contraction hit her, her entire face scrunched up in pain. "ooo, oh shit." she winced.
john b was still rubbing her back as he talked to the front desk of st. olives hospital. "hi, my name is john b routledge and I am calling for my wife, sarah routledge. her water just broke and we need to speak with doctor williams, please."
"absolutely, let me transfer you over to her."
"thank you" john b replied, gratefully.
waiting on hold, john b sat down on their bed and had sarah come sit next to him. "come here," he said as he patted his lap for sarah to climb into.
moving onto his lap, sarah wrapped her arms around john b's frame and took a deep breath. she was stressing out because she was terrified of having to give birth. she was very uneasy when it came to going to the hospital, and now that the birth was upon them she couldn't shake her fears.
john b wrapped one arm around her frame, and brought his other hand down to rub her belly. she had been clutching it, in hopes to soothe her pain, yet nothing was helping. slowing rubbing his hand along her belly allowed sarah to relax into his touch.
"hello, is this mr. routledge?" the phone sounded, breaking up their moment.
john b brought the phone back up to his ear and replied, "hello, yes."
"hi mr. routledge, this is doctor dana williams. I heard sarah's water has just broken, is that so?"
"yes, just about five minutes ago. how much time to we have before we should head over to the hospital?" he asked, silently praying they had some time so he could calm sarah down before they had to rush over there.
"I would say you have a few hours, make sure sarah is doing okay, but you guys can get your bags packed and clean up if you'd like." she replied happily.
"awesome, that sounds great." he glanced at the time. it was 6:30pm and sarah probably wanted to shower before they left the house.
"alright, we will see you soon, thanks again!" john b said as he hung up the phone call.
"alrighty sar, we have some time, do you want to shower? I can pack our bags and make sure everything is ready for us."
"oh my god john b we are about to have a baby. do you know how crazy that is? holy shit!" she said as she smiled to herself, so excited to meet their daughter.
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Romancejust a little one shot book full of glimpses into sarah and john b's love story!