Unexpected Love

Chapter 37 - The Birth

Cristiano.

"Catalina wake up!" Diana practically shouted as she held her best friend's hand,"You need to keep awake!"

To be frank, the last fifteen minutes have been a blur. From Elma and I having a shouting match to rival all others to me having to carry my fiancee through the crowd to get her to the car. Everyone there went into straight panic mode but thankfully Javier had his head on, collected the keys to the Range from Ricky and ran to meet us.

Now we were trying to get to the hospital as quickly as possible before anything else happened. Javier had taken the wheel and Katia jumped into the passenger side. Diana refused to be left behind and practically dove into the car after us. Javier had a look of concentration on his face as he listened to Katia's directions, trying to maneuvre through the steady stream of traffic.

"I'm not sleeping dumbass, I'm trying to count," Catalina scolded Diana,"I'm getting pains every ten minutes. I don't know why I didn't recognize them before because they are some sharp motherfuckers."

"Oh!" Diana mumbled, looking sheepishly at an annoyed Catalina whose dishevled curly hair made her look even more pissed off.

I smirked despite the circumstances. I watched my fiancée carefully as I held her in my arms, her steady breathing and timed nods indicating that she was indeed trying to calm herself down, in order to have at least some control of her body.

"You carried me as if I weighed five pounds," Catalina pouted at me, breaking the silence.

"Are you upset because of that?" I playfully pouted back, brushing away a curl that fell in front of her face,"Wait. Is this really what you're upset about at a time like this?"

"You know I don't like being helpless," She mumbled.

I kissed her softly.

"I don't believe that you were helpless. You just needed a tiny bit of assistance," I grinned.

"How are you two so calm right now?" Katia asked increduously.

I am on the verge of freaking out please don't let me voice my opinion, Catalina doesn't need that right now.

"I am trying to keep as calm as possible. I don't want to put anymore pressure on the children," Catalina said simply but sucked in her breath afterwards. She started counting again, a little more audibly this time before letting out a sigh and turning to face a concerned Diana again.

The hospital finally came into sight from the main road. Javier stopped at the emergency entrance to let us out. Katia and Diana got out quickly while I fought and lost a battle with Catalina resulting in her walking instead of me carrying her.

"Dr Hernandez? What are you doing here?" The receptionist asked in surprise.

"Well you see my dear, I believe I'm at the onset of labour so if you could just be a dear and page Yolanda for me thank you," Catalina said sweetly resting her hand on the desk,"I'll be on the second floor if you need me,"

Leaving the poor girl dumbfounded, Diana, Katia and I helped Catalina to second floor which housed the maternity ward.

After getting her into a private room, Diana helped her into a hospital gown.

"You know what? I'll advocate for a redesigning of this thing," she glumly picked at the material of the gown,"Like seriously, who came up with this?"

"I came as quickly as humanly possible. We just had a successful caesarian, a healthy baby girl," Dr Yolanda Wahima asked upon entering the spacious room,"Are you about to go into labour?"