Our Little Secret {n.h}

chapter 38

"Guess what?" Niall asked as I dumped paint in the bowl to finish on a wall.

"What?" I mumbled, concentrating on the painting.

"One month." He said and I smiled a little, turning to face him.

"I am so ready for this thing to be out of me." I grumbled and Niall laughed, coming over to me and painting over a spot that I couldn't reach. "Like I feel like I have to pee every ten minutes."

"We should have bought adult diapers along with the baby ones." He snickered and I laughed, shoving his shoulder.

As we continued to paint, I felt a sharp pain in my stomach, making me wince. I ignored it and swiped the brush across the wall, only stopping when it hurt so bad. I took a deep breath, figuring that I just had to puke again. I shook my head and almost fell down because I slipped on something. I looked down and noticed clear liquid on the hardwood floor, making me furrow my eyebrows. I gasped as another pain shot through me and braced myself against the step ladder, pressing a hand to my stomach.

"Ni," I barely got out and he hummed, his eyes not leaving the wall he was painting. "Niall."

"What?" He turned around and his eyes moved to the floor. "Ew, did you pee?" He laughed and I shook my head.

"My water just broke." I breathed out and he still laughed.

"Okay, where's the water bottle? Nice joke, babe." He laughed and I shook my head, wincing in pain.

"I'm not kidding." I said and he went quiet. "Fucking take me to the hospital." I all but yelled and Niall scrambled to put his roller down.

He ran and grabbed the bag we had prepared for the hospital and helped me down the stairs and out to his car, getting me into the passenger seat. He sped out of the driveway and down the street, biting his thumbnail as we got closer to the hospital. I closed my eyes as another contraction hit and leaned my head back on the seat rest, taking deep breaths. Once at the hospital, Niall parked and we went inside, getting a doctor.

I got put in a wheelchair and rolled to a room, getting a bed. Niall helped me to put on the hospital gown and the doctor came back in once I was all situated in the hospital bed. Niall held my hand as they checked to see how dilated I was and they left since I was only a few centimeters along. Niall brushed his thumb across my knuckles and I looked over at him, putting my hair up into a ponytail.

"You okay?" He whispered and I nodded, taking deep breaths as more pain coursed through my body.

"Yeah, it just hurts." I mumbled and he frowned, intertwining our fingers. "Can you call Louise for me?"

Niall left the room so I called Jake, letting him know that I would be going into labor in a while. He sounded extremely panicked and I just laughed as I heard Caroline telling him to shut up in the background. I hung up and Niall came back in, telling me that Louise and Harry would be here as soon as they found someone to watch Jackson and Annie. I leaned back in the bed and Niall tried to distract me by showing me stupid Youtube videos.

The doctors came back and told me that I would need to start pushing in the next fifteen minutes. They took Niall to put on scrubs since he would be with me during and I tried to stay calm, not wanting to freak out. He came back and told me that everyone was outside the room. He held my hand as they put the epidural in and I squeezed my eyes shut at the pain.

"Ready?" Doctor Avery asked and I nodded, letting her put my legs up on the bars.

"Is this really happening?" I asked Niall and he nodded, a small smile on his face.