Together

Chapter 25

Ryan's POV

Toby was so much better after that, he was completely back to the way he'd been before all this

He was getting on really well with Chloe and was being really helpful to her, he always made her sit down and did all the chores so she could rest, it was so sweet

I feel really bad that something which was so traumatic for Chloe happened but there was definitely a positive that came out of it, Toby's finally stopped acting out and he's accepted the baby

He's gotten so excited about the baby recently, he helped me with the nursery, he offered to share his room and everything but we didn't need him to and plus we didn't want him getting woken up every time the baby was crying at some unearthly hour of the night

But it was one night two months after Chloe's hospital experience he had to be awoken when we all had to head back there

She was 8 months pregnant, not due for another month, she woke up with a start and I was woken up along with her

"Ow" she exclaimed in quite a bit of pain as a hand went straight to her bump with her other supporting her as she sat upright in bed

I sat up almost instantly after hearing her outburst

"Chlo? What's wrong baby?" I asked in concern, she took deep breath and then nodded

"Uh yeah, sorry, I didn't mean to wake you up" she told me but she was clearly still worried about something

"Babe talk to me" I pushed gently, trying to get her to tell me what was going on

"Ow! Okay that's not very nice!" She complained as she clenched her eyes shut

"Babe what's hurting specifically?" I asked worriedly, not this again was all I could think

"No it's not like before, that was in my chest too, this is just, ahhhh!" she replied, clearly something wasn't right

Then I realised

"Chloe honey, I think you might be in labour" I suggested to her gently but hurriedly, if I was right, which I was pretty sure I was, we had to get her straight to the hospital

We had to get her straight to the hospital because the doctors were worried about both her and the baby so going into labour one month early could be really, really serious for both her health and the baby's

"No, no, no, no, no, no! I'm not due for another month!" She replied agitatedly, getting herself quite worked up, tears were forming in her eyes rather fast

"Baby come on settle down, your waters haven't broken so it might just be false labour, it wouldn't be surprising" I suggested hopefully

"Uh yeah, about that" she whispered nervously, her voice, like the rest of her, shaking

"Okay we're taking you to the hospital right now" I told her and she nodded, beginning to cry properly

"I'm sorry" she sobbed

"Chlo it'll all be okay, just trust me, go get in the car, the bags already in there just in case, I'm gonna go get Toby" I told her but then our bedroom door opened and the figure of my teenage son emerged from the darkness

"No need, what's going on?" He asked, having clearly not heard the rest of the conversation and not taking kindly to being woken up at such an unearthly hour

"We have to go to the hospital buddy, the baby's coming now" I explained hurriedly as we all got what we needed

"What? But I thought it wasn't supposed to be born for another month?" He questioned in confusion

"It's not, that's why we have to hurry, get dressed as quickly as you can" I hurried him

This was gonna be one hell of a long night, I can't even begin to explain what happened but I guess I'll have to try

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Uh oh, what's gonna happen when they get to the hospital? Will everyone be okay? Or could something be about to go tragically wrong? Xoxo