Love Will Find A Way

Part Two - Chapter Eleven: Just A Little Bit Longer

Cristiano hurried into the hospital with Nicole sitting in a wheelchair they'd gotten from the lobby; he sighed in relief as he checked his watch at how fast they had gotten to the hospital from their home.

The brunette gritted her teeth as she winced as another contraction hit as her boyfriend quickly wheeled her forward and to the reception desk so that they could check in.

“Hola this is Nicole Bartolini García… we called from the car,” Cristiano said as the nurse at the desk smiled at him as she realised who the man before her was; she fluttered her eyelashes at him making Nicole frown as Cristiano ignored the nurse.

He had no interest in anyone else but the woman that was currently having his baby; the last thing that Cristiano wanted to do was mess things up when they had only been back officially together for six weeks now.

“We have a semi-private labour room waiting for you. So in just a minute…” she said while typing on the computer annoyed wondering why the footballer had no interest in her; the nurse hadn’t expected Cristiano to turn up on her shift.

Nicole looked at Cristiano alarmed knowing that there was no way that they could share their labour room if word was going to leak out that she was having the baby now.

“I'm sorry, semi-private? We asked for a private room,” Cristiano said making the nurse shrug as she continued with what she was doing; she was still a little disappointed that the footballer hadn’t even looked at her, she frowned as she glanced at Nicole wondering what she had that she didn’t.

“Yes, I can see that here. Unfortunately we can't guarantee a private room and currently they're all unavailable,” the nurse said smugly sending a pointed look at Nicole who glared at her annoyed; she had a feeling that she was doing this because Cristiano hadn’t looked at her.

The footballer opened his mouth to protest, he didn’t want anyone telling the outside world that they were having their baby now; he had seen the media hype when it came to celebrity babies and he didn’t want Nicole or their unborn son apart of that.

“Ow! Ow! Contraction,” Nicole said from the wheelchair, breathing heavily making Cristiano quickly take her hand with the sterling silver fancy 12 point diamond solitaire ring on it as his attention focused on her.

The nurse sigh disappointedly as he started to sooth the brunette who glared at him wondering how he could be so calm.

The footballer had been relieved when Nicole had accepted the promise ring back, he knew that this time he was going to stick to the promise that he had made to her when she had been struggling with leukaemia.

***

Cristiano had been more than helpful when he had helped Nicole out of her street clothes and into her grey maternity nightdress so that she was more comfortable after they had been put into their hospital room.

“Well, you're only two centimetres dilated and we need to get to ten. It'll be a while… sorry about the room,” the midwife said making Cristiano nod; he didn’t want Jacob hovering about while Nicole gave birth to his son, nor did he want fans finding them while she was doing so.

The footballer had become very protective of Nicole and their unborn child and it was clear he wasn’t going to be welcoming to anyone who got in his way.

“I'll be back in an hour to check you again,” Allison said knowing something was on their minds as soon as she had disappeared Nicole looked at Cristiano; who was sorting through the apple novel polka dot holdall that had everything they needed for the hospital visit.

The brunette opened her mouth to speak when another nurse led another couple into the room; Cristiano focused his attention on his girlfriend ignoring the look that the nurse gave him, he knew that if this continued then he’d need to do something about it.

“Hola I’m Marc Torres, this is my wife Julia,” the expectant father said as he moved forward and shook Cristiano's hand, and continued to smile; he seemed to ignore the fact that Cristiano was famous which made the footballer relax a little.

“Little Jamie here is our third. So, if you have questions or you need anything at all, just holler,” Julia offered with a big smile and affectionate rub at her own swollen stomach, before Marc helped her onto the bed; Nicole shot a glance at her boyfriend as he moved to close the privacy screen.

“Let me give you guys some privacy,” Cristiano said wanting some time with Nicole, he wasn’t sure how long they would be in this room for but he wanted to speak with his girlfriend quietly about some things.

However Marc shook his head as he stopped the footballer from closing the curtain that separated the two beds; he smiled as he looked over at Nicole who offered him a small smile in return; she had a feeling that the couple were going to get annoying and quickly.

“Nonsense… we're all in this together,” Marc said, waving his concern away making Nicole look at Cristiano concerned; the last thing that she wanted was to offend anyone but this was their first child and she wanted to experience this with just Cristiano.

“Yeah, we are going to share every moment of this with you two. And I think, we're gonna have some fun,” Julia said with conviction as she smiled across at the couple; it was clear that Cristiano and Nicole weren’t going to have any private time if this couple remained in the room with them.

The brunette whimpered as another contraction hit making her boyfriend hurry back to her side and take her hand in comfort; he knew that this could take a while and he was willing to do anything to be with her.

“It’s okay, just breathe meu amor,” Cristiano said, rubbing her back soothingly while she held his hand; he had training the next day and he was sure that Mourinho wouldn’t mind if he missed the session.

Cristiano was due to play against Celta de Vigo that weekend and it made him smile at the thought of playing his first match as a father with his son watching from home with Nicole; he couldn’t wait to have the little boy in his life.

Nicole furrowed her brow as she looked at her boyfriend as she wondered what had made him smile like that; this wasn’t the first time that she had caught him with that smile on his face since they had gotten back together.

“Aww are you two cute,” Julia cooed making Cristiano pull back slightly from his girlfriend and glanced at the other couple; he didn’t want people seeing how he was in private with Nicole, especially two strangers that had a camera.

Nicole squeezed her boyfriend’s hand in comfort knowing that this wasn’t easy on either of them but until they had a private room to themselves then they were going to have to cope; the brunette was sure that everything would be fine.

“So have you two decided on a name yet?” Marc asked as he sat down next to Julia and smiled at the couple across from them, he ignored the stiffness of Cristiano’s shoulders as Nicole tried to get him to relax as she shook her head; they wanted to keep the name they had chosen quiet for as long as possible.

“No not yet,” Nicole said as she felt Cristiano squeeze her hand in comfort, she was sure that they could make it through this together.

Inspired: Friends - The One Where Rachel Has a Baby: Part 1 [08x23]