Not Just a Neighbor, [ Tal Fishman ]

T h i r t y - O n e

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I sat up in bed, a small layer of sweat collecting on my temple. The pain was small but there, and it scared me. 

Tal sat up next to me, rubbing my back and sitting down next to me. "Are you okay?" He asked, and I nodded. "Is it time?" He gasped, looking at my belly and then returning his sea blue glare to me.

I shrugged. "With all of the pregnancy pains, I have no idea." I said truthfully. With all of the pains that have happened with my pregnancy, I had no idea what pain would be next, especially my birth pains. 

"If they get worse, then we'll go." I pat his knee, sitting up to see the clock read 6:07am. 5 days until our due date. My belly was giant, and it felt like I was lugging around my entire wardrobe inside of me.

Not only that, my whole body ached, my back the most. Not even one of Tal's massages could help, and he was good with his hands. 

Tal was picking up extra jobs around our town to help and get some money flowing in for furniture for the baby. 

I walked to the fridge and pulled out some leftover spaghetti, eating a medium portion as Tal lay back asleep on the bed. It was best if he got his sleep, I was restless. I went from sleeping every day all day to barely being able to stay asleep for more than 4 hours at a time.

It was this damn baby, or babies. The doctor still wasn't sure if the baby was flipped the wrong way or I was having twins, and they would know more before the birth when the babies go into the birth canal. 

Knowing the technology advance in America these days, you'd think they could tell the difference between one and two babies, but who knows. 

I ate for a good 30 minutes, taking my time and drinking a ton. Before long, the pains wore off. Phew. I was pretty convinced I would have to give birth.

I am scared. Don't a large percentage of mothers die from childbirth yearly? With twins, isn't there a huge amount that only one makes it out? If I had twins, I wanted both.

It was shocking, how you grow so close to your baby and it's not even in your arms yet. I went from wanting this thing out of me to loving it unconditionally. Even with that, I personally saw a difference in aborting a 1 week old baby to a 9 month old baby. Or babies.

I had to keep remembering - there may be 2. We bought one crib, one dresser, one everything. What if there was 2? Could twins even share a crib?

Could we even financially support 2 twins? Tal is just a YouTuber! He isn't a millionaire. My head was spinning, I couldn't even bare to eat anymore. Throwing out the leftover of the plate, I washed the plate and fork and slipped them in the drainboard. 

Walking to the bed, and quiet not to wake Tal, I picked up my phone. Thoughts were racing through my head. Looking on my text messages, I read a text from an unknown.

(818) - 473 - 3314

 That was a California number, but who got a hold of my number and what were they doing with it? Pressing the text with a nervous exhale, I read the text thoroughly. Oh.

Unknown: Hey, Aria! It's Kacey! Remember me? If you don't, we were good friends throughout freshman year and part of Sophomore year, before you left to California. I heard you're pregnant through your YouTube boyfriend! Congratulations! I just had my fourth child, and I had triplets the first time around. It can be scary! But if you would like to talk, feel free to call me! I would love to catch up, and I actually moved to California last year with my Husband and Three kids! Love ya xx KC