Between Us(Book 1)

Think About It

Morgan

From the moment she wakes up she feels gross. Gross as in her body sort of aches and she's exhausted. She hadn't gotten much sleep last night and the baby has been moving nonstop.

Colin leaves for practice and she spends a good amount of the day just cleaning up a bit. Not that things are dirty, she just needs something to do. After cleaning her closet she grabs her phone before going toward the steps to go downstairs.

A sharp pain hits twinges in the lower part of her stomach and she keels over a bit; grabbing onto the banister at the top of the stairs. A warm feeling spreads below and she looks down to see that her leggings are wet as well as the floor below her.

She's in labor.

"Oh God..."

She was home alone, in pain and she was in labor. She hurried to go change her pants and then come back to clean up her mess; but halfway into cleaning the pain hit again.

It was so bad that she couldn't even get down the steps; she had to sit down at the top.

She tried to call Colin but his phone kept going to voicemail. Three more times and still the same thing.

Liam is in town, maybe he could come get me. Yeah, I'll call Liam.

The phone rang three times before he answered.

"Ehm! What's up?"

"Liam...I'm in labor. I'm home alone and I can't get in touch with Colin."

"Seriously? All right um, God I'm stuck in traffic. Where I am it's stuck for like two blocks."

I can't catch a break...

"The next hospital is an hour away, I can't drive there by myself."

"Harry is in town, I'll see where he is okay? Hold on..."

The line went quiet and she clenched her teeth and groaned a bit at the next contraction that hit.

"Harry is about twenty minutes away from your house visiting a friend. He said he could come and get you so just stay calm okay? Can't these people go any faster?!" He fusses away from the receiver.

She tries to rub her stomach to calm her nerves a bit but it's not doing any good. It feels like forever has gone by as she waits and waits before there's a knock at the door. Then Harry sort of gets the hint that she can't make it there and she guesses he finds the spare key because moments later he's sort of bursting in.

"Morgan!"

"Harry is here." She mumbles into the phone to Liam.

"Okay good. I'll meet you at the hospital, everything's is going to be fine." He assures her before they hang up.

"Why are you on the step?"

"It hurts to move, I can't get there by myself." He takes the steps two at a time up to her.

She hasn't seen Harry in forever but she's glad he's here. If he wasn't it would have been way worse.

"C'mon, I've got you. We're gonna take the back ways to avoid traffic."

"Wait, I need you to get my bag from the baby's room. The door after my bedroom." He nods, moving quickly away and back within a minute or so with the bag thrown over his shoulder.

"Okay, come on." He helps her up but another contraction hits, making her keel over again. He holds her hand through it before it passes. "Careful, one step at a time okay?"

They slowly make their way down the steps and out, locking the door behind them. He helps her into his car: throwing the bag in the back and jumping in the drivers seat before taking off.

Since Colin isn't answering his phone she sort of scrolls through her contacts to find someone she can get in touch with. She ironically has Joseph ' s number in her phone and she calls him and thanks God he answers.

"Joseph?"

"Morgan, hey."

"Listen Joseph, is Colin anywhere near you?"

"Yeah he's right here, you need to speak to him?"

"Yeah, it's urgent." She waits for a few before she hears his voice.

"Baby? What's going on?"

"Colin, my water broke. I'm in Labor." She hears a gasp.

"Are you serious?"

"Hence me saying I'm in Labor." She rolls her eyes a bit.

"Alright just stay calm okay? I'm on my way...the baby is coming!" He rushes. She can only imagine what's going through his head.

"Are you home?"

"No I'm on my way to the hospital."

"Please tell me you aren't driving Morgan."

"No, um, Harry came to get me. He was in town." Out of the corner of her eye she sees Harry's eyebrows furrow but his eyes stay on the road.

"Oh, well good. I'm on my way okay? How are you doing?"

"I'm in pain but I'll be okay for right now. Just be careful..."

"I will."

"Hey Colin?"

"Hm?"

"I love you. We're going to have a baby and I love you."

"I love you too."