Love (Alaskan Bush People Story)

One Last Time

Blaine POV

I was becoming more nervous as Snowbird's due date was getting closer. I couldn't wait to be a dad but would I be a good dad? I had a great dad but he died after he had a stroke when he was only fifty. He was always there, at every art show. He wasn't one of those dads that expected their son to play on the football team. He is the reason I got into art. He signed me up for my first class when I was only eight. I fell in love with my first stroke of a paint brush. I'm working on an order that will go with the boys when they leave for the next hauling job. Which will not be for another month. With Grace giving birth without anyone help, nobody was going anywhere. I think it is amazing that she was able to do it all on her own. I live the closest to her and I didn't hear one scream and neither did Snowbird. I come out of my trance when I hear a gun shot outside. The boys and Snowbird were target practicing. I didn't want her to shoot a gun when she is pregnant but she reassured me that her brothers would look after her. Then I hear another shot and the cracking of the wood on the target.

Snowbird POV

I still wanted to have a good shot after I was pregnant. I couldn't lay on my stomach anymore to shoot but I could still practice. Bam was watching over me closer than any other brother. He had always looked out for me. "We shared a wedding and now ya'll might share a due date? Why can't we have one day this is just for us?" "Blaine and I didn't plan this. Then I love having someone going through the same thing at the same time." He just shook his head. We hear the bell that is time for lunch. I waddle slowly, the boys were being nice and walking slow with me even Bear. I think having a daughter has made him soft. Grace had predicted that mine and Eleanor due date was tomorrow but our babies could come earlier or later. It the babies were late; she would have to induce us. I stop because of a contraction; I had started having them last night. Grace said it was normal for me to have contractions for a few days and then I knew it would be time after my water broke. Bam puts his hand on my back to soothe my pain. Gabe had stopped to help if he was needed. I stand back up to tell them I was okay. We continue to the main house to eat our lunch.

We finish lunch and go outside to finish some chores. With being close to my due date I couldn't do much but they would bring me a chair to sit in and break up any fights between my brothers or really Matt and Bam. They were building a dock that could stand the different tides. Within the first few minutes they were arguing. "Bam, just say your plan in a quieter voice and then they might listen to you." He tells his plan again and all of the boys are all on board. They build one that could hold both skiffs. They nail in the ladder they had found at the junkyard. The sun was setting as Eleanor was making her way to see the dock. Bam had noticed she was coming and ran to meet her. He kissed as he put one hand behind her head and the other on her belly. Blaine and I were in love but they took it to another level. They reminded me a lot of mom and dad. I could see them running this place with their grandchildren. I have another contraction. The rest of us make our way back into camp as Bam and Eleanor are taking a walk on the beach.

Eleanor POV

Bam takes my hand as we take our walk down the beach. We aren't talking, just taking it all in. "You did a good job on the dock." "Thank you." "Could we go sit on it? I want to put my feet in the cold water." "Anything for you." We walk back to the dock as he picks me up and set me back down. We are finally eye level with each other and the sun is making his hair look more brown and his eyes are so blue. I stare at my beautiful husband. "What are you staring at?" "You" He kisses me with so much love that I have to pull him closer. I'm lying on my side because I couldn't keep my body up. After the kiss he puts his forehead to mine. "I can't wait for this baby." "Why is that?" "Because we will be getting a mini me or mini you and I can make love to my wife again." "We still might have to wait another month after the birth." He made a frowning face at my last comment. I just peck his lips "I have a gift for you. I'll be right back." He runs off back into the camp to retrieve my gift. I sit up and take my shoes off. Then I lay down on the dock and close my eyes as I wait on him. Out of nowhere the water comes in fast on the beach and dock comes apart from the stake on the ground, without my knowledge. I finally open my eyes after ten minutes wondering about what was taking Bam so long. I look up the see the mountains are closer. I was being dragged out to sea. I was past the Integrity. I panic as I see Bam coming up the beach.

Bam POV

I walk back up the beach to see the dock is not on the beach. I see it out past the Integrity. She is standing up on it to get my attention. I bolt the skiff in her direction.

Eleanor POV

I'm standing up trying to get his attention as I step back to far back and fall into the water. The water is so cold that it felt like a thousand knives going into my body. My water also broke as I hit the water. My head is bobbing above the water as the skiff comes into view. I reach my arms up to be picked up by him. He wraps his arms around me trying to get me warmed up. My whole body is shaking as he held me. "Before you saved me, my water broke." He pulls me closer and then he grabs the blanket and puts it over my shoulders. He grabs some rope to tie the dock on to the skiff. He drags the dock back to shore as Matt and Bear tie it off again. Bam picks me up bridal style as he brings me to our cabin. He strips both of us out of our clothes to warm me up under the covers. I'm having contractions as he is trying to warm me up. We hear commotion outside of the cabin.

Blaine POV

Snowbird has gone into labor. I rush into our room as Matt brings her inside. "Do you need anything?" "Just you." I take her hand as she is having another contraction. "Why are they so close together, isn't too early for that to happen?" "I had been in labor all day but I knew we needed to get our chores done." Grace comes into the cabin with all of her supplies to bring my child into this world. She spends an hour pushing until we have a little boy, Peter O'Neil Brown.

10 Hours Later

Bam POV

I sit behind her as she is getting ready to push. Grace sits in front of her "Okay, it is time to push." Eleanor bears down as she starts pushing "You're doing great, sweetheart. Keep going." She keeps pushing until Grace starts pulling on our baby's head. "The head is out! Time to get the shoulders out, now push really hard." She is holding both of my hands as she bears down even more. Then Grace pulls the rest of the baby out. She cuts the chord and pats the baby as it takes its first breath.  "It's a girl!" I hug her from behind as Grace cleans her up. She leans back on me as she is exhausted. She is trying to steady her breathing as the baby is handed to her. "What do you want to name her?" "Diana Catherine, after my mother." "That is a perfect name for the second most beautiful girl in the world." We sit there as Grace cleaned up and left us alone with our new baby girl.

The next morning after a tiring night, dad goes to a specialist in Juneau. He has returned to tell us the news of the visit. "I wanted to bring everyone around the campfire to say that it is not good. The doctors are scared that if they start me on these certain meds that I would die on the skiff trying to get fixed. We have to move down south to Seattle for a while. I don't know how long it will take but I think it is time I get some help. I'm scared that I will never come back to the forest, and make Browntown a place for my great grandchildren to live. We will be leaving tomorrow for the lower 48." I process what my dad is trying to tell as I go back to my cabin to tell Eleanor. We pack what we think we might need. We settle into our bed to place Diana in-between us as we kiss goodnight and sleep in our bed one last time.

We wake and prepare our house if there were to be an attack. We lock our door as we look at our home one last time. We prepare for the long journey to Seattle. The entire family stands on the beach as we look at our land one last time. Mom is crying because we are leaving our land. We take many trips to the boat in our skiff. Our family is about to be changed forever as we know it. Eleanor and I are standing on the back of the boat to watch our land become smaller. She wraps her arm around my waist as she was holding our baby girl. "I'm sorry your having to leave your home."  I look down as her as I say "My home is wherever my girls are." We kiss as we floated further away from our home in the bush.