Chapter 22: Baby Boy

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"Thomas, what do you mean?!" I said with pain in my voice as it continued to shoot throughout my body.

"The baby is coming now! We have to do it here, we don't have much time!" Thomas said as he ran across the other side of the room where there was crates and boxes.

I could hear the sound of fabric tearing as he scavenged through old crates.

I laid down and took deep breaths, telling myself this was actually happening.
Preparing myself.

As I laid there I looked over at Penny, still soundly asleep. I felt a comfort knowing he was here and that he was aware of what was going on.
I lifted myself up slightly and kissed him on the cheek and laid back down next to him, a few inches away.

After several seconds of Thomas rampaging through he finally comes back with pieces of cloth and other handy things he found within the old boxes.

"Are you ready?" Thomas asked as he placed the towels on his lap.

I take a deep breath and grasp onto Penny's suit.

"Yes." I muttered through pain.

"Okay, let's begin. This will be painful.....Now push." Thomas says as he makes a motion with his hand.

I begin to push and I could feel pressure building up down there. Painful pressure.

"Good good. Push again." He continues.

I give out loud grunts and groans with every push I do. I was started to worry I was being too loud.

"C'mon keep pushing! You're halfway there!" Thomas said.

"I can't! It fucking hurts!" I shout as I was beginning to grow frustrated from the pain.

"Here, take this to bite down on!" Thomas says as he handed me a towel.

I take the towel and place it in my mouth. As Thomas kept saying "push" I bit down on it hard until my jaw hurt.

After several minutes of pushing I was starting to get sweaty and exhausted from it. The pain was also unbearable.

"I see something! Come on just one last good push! You can do it." Thomas shouted.

With the last bit of energy within me I gave out one last push. I grunted and screamed during the process. I finally felt something come out of me and the pain finally went away. I gave out a cry of relief and happiness.

"Let me see my baby Thomas." I say as I huffed and puffed from exhaustion.

Thomas didn't respond.

"Thomas? My baby. Let me see." I commanded.

"It-it it's not.....right." Thomas answered.

"What do you mean? Let me see dammit!" I shouted.

Thomas stands up and in his arms I see something wrapped up in a towel. I smile from the sight and extend my arms to greet my baby. He places the baby in my arms and I look down. Except, it wasn't a baby. It was a sac. Or at least something that looked like a sac, I wasn't sure.

"Wh-what's wrong with it? I ask out loud.

"It seems to be within that sac egg-like thing. I've never seen anything like this in my life." Thomas said with a face of astonishment.

I looked down again and I noticed it moving. I knew my baby was inside and with that in mind I didn't care how it came. I just cared that  our baby was alive and well.  

Suddenly, an overwhelming feeling came over me. Almost like an instinct.

"Needs to be kept warm, never cold." I say.

"What?" Thomas replies.

"The baby needs to be kept warm at all times, in a safe spot." I say as I begin wrapping more towels and blankets around it.

"How do you know?" Thomas questions.

"I just do, it's almost like I've done this many times before. Like an instinct." I respond.

"Ok, if you say so. I'll bring some more blankets later." Thomas says as he exits the room, leaving me, Penny, and the baby alone.

As I placed the baby down next to Penny I lean over him and whisper in his ear...

"Now we only wait for you my love..." 

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