It had been a couple of weeks since Negan and Sky had finished clearing the small community. They hadn't seen any sign of people since their last run in with the man that Sky had killed. Walkers had been scarce too, every couple of days one might appear at the gate and Negan was quick to dispatch it and drag away the corpse.
As the day drew closer Sky found herself growing more and more nervous about giving birth to the twins. It wasn't something she worried about back at the sanctuary, because she had Chris to help her through it all. She felt a lot better about it having a trained doctor there.
But now it was just her and Negan. On one of their scavenging trips through the houses Negan had snagged a very informative book all about pregnancy and giving birth.
As far along as Sky was now, the first half of the book was now useless, but he had begun reading the chapters on labour and birth to her each night, skipping over the parts that no longer mattered like pain relief and what to expect at the hospital.
Knowing that Negan had a fair idea about how it was all going to happen and that he could assist her as best he could put her mind to rest a little. She knew that no matter what, she would do all that she could to bring the babies into this world safely.
They had discussed the possibility that she might have to have a caesarean, but Negan was determined that Sky could give birth to the babies naturally, knowing that a c-section in the zombie apocalypse surely meant death for Sky and he was not prepared for that outcome.
She made him promise that if it came down to it, he would do what was necessary to get the babies out safely, and as much as it pained him, he agreed to do it.
Sky was busy tending to her little vegetable before the mid day sun hit, while Negan was pumping some water from the well behind the small garden shed. They had gotten themselves into a nice little routine, and it was almost as though the world was normal again. As sky stood up from planting a row of carrot seeds she felt a rather odd warm trickling feeling down her leg.
"Babe!" she called out to Negan.
"Yeah Darlin'?"
"Either I just pissed my pants… or my water just broke"
"You fucking serious?" he asked as he rushed across the yard to his wife.
"Deadly… this is not a drill"
"It's go time?"
"It's most definitely go time"
"Okay then" Negan said taking a deep breath and doing his best to remain calm for Sky, even though on the inside he felt anything but. "Let's start off with getting you out of these wet pants huh?" he smiled as he led her back inside, fetching a towel for her and helping her strip off.
"So we know from the book that contractions can start anywhere between twelve to twenty four hours after your waters break, if they haven't started already. Have you been feeling anything today?"
"I've been feeling a little cramping last night and again this morning, but it was nothing major so I didn't think much of it" Sky confessed.
"Ok… well that's a good thing I guess, means things are already fucking under way right? You could already be in early stages of labour?" remembering what he had read in the book.
"Yeah I guess so" Sky smiled nervously.
"Don't worry Darlin'… everything is gonna be just fine. Dr Negan is here" he grinned, making light of the situation, happy when he earned a small giggle from her.
"You're such a dick" she chuckled.
"I know but you love me" he grinned. "Do you feel okay? Do you need me to get you anything?"
