The Sound of Austria

*11*

She hated being interrupted. It was always the same, right when she was getting deeper into her class and the subject at hand, someone would come down and yank her from the room for some unknown godly reason. Now it was starting to irritate her. Nations were up and about in the large building as leaders and more pressed into each other about the issues at hand or trying to see what they could better, here and there a capital would nod to her as she ventured to the medical room she knew the two women were at. 

"You seem off in a hurry Delilah." she heard someone call out.

Whipping around, she was greeted with the bright smile of the short-haired brunette, "Hello to you too Marie."

Marie quickly made her way over to her as the hall suddenly became full, "What are you up to now?"

"Juliet called for me in the middle of a class for something." Delilah explained, "Heaven knows why."

"Only thing I can think of is the change of Oslo."

"Oh?"

"Ja, something big about her change is what has the woman all a tizzy. I've tried talking to her for the last two days about this pregnancy and still, the woman is out and about on Katyusha."

She shook her head, "Whatever it is, it better be good. Oh and since you brought that up, what is the Beilschmidt home expecting?"

Marie glowed as she laid her hand on the slowly growing bump, "A little girl."

Delilah awed, "Vati Ludwig will be a force to reckon with then when his little girl gets here."

"He and Onkle Gilbert to be exact there."

"You should consider yourself lucky nonetheless Marie."

The woman gave her a somber smile, "I know Delilah, Ludwig and I both do."

With a final nod, Delilah pressed on towards the room, pushing the thought from her mind.

"Hey, Delilah!" she heard Marie call out, she turned to see the woman, "You'd make an amazing mother. No matter what way you become one."

"Thank you." she signed, feeling the light pricks of tears in her eyes.

The woman wasn't really wrong. She always offered to watch and care for the children when they were in her nation, she just loved having them all around her. Finally, the door came in sight and she could hear the woman's heels click on the floor within. Entering the pristine room, she wasn't shocked to see Juliet flying around the place, sifting through papers and books just to dart to a microscope and vials and back again.

"She's been like this for over an hour." she saw Kachina come up to her.

"That bad huh?"

"Not really." she replied, "Something very good to be exact."

"How so and why call me anyway?"

Kachina smiled, "You know of Oslo, the fact that she was blind when Norway found her."

"Is blind dear, is. Thing's like that don't magically get fixed."

"No, was." was all she said as she tapped her knuckles on the desk, "Juliet!"

"What, I'm busy with all of this and how it's possible and I'm also waiting for-"

"Delilah is here."

"Oh!" the woman nearly shouted, "Delilah, splendid timing dear. Come here, quickly."

Delilah was shocked with how the English woman was acting, giving a worried look to Kachina, "Don't worry about her Delilah, you are going to want to hear this."