Love Will Find A Way

Part Two - Chapter Twelve: Waiting Game

“I'm sorry. The doctor insisted in closing the curtain for the exam,” Marc explained apologetically as he moved to open the curtain that separated them with a smile on her face.

Nicole sighed and nodded her head while Cristiano gently rubbed circles into the back of her hand.

“Julia’s cervix is dilated a seven centimetres, that's about four fingers. The doctor let me feel it myself,” Marc said excitingly, holding up the four of his fingers with a smile on his face as he showed the couple how many he had stuck inside of his wife.

Cristiano wrinkled his nose in disgust as Nicole closed her eyes so that she didn’t have to think of the man’s fingers; she didn’t know why the couple kept sharing information like that with them.

“Have you felt Nicole's cervix Cristiano?” Julia asked curiously making the footballer freeze; he had begun to wonder if this pair where secretly journalists with all the questions they asked, no one could be this happy to share intimate details with strangers.

“If you want, you can feel Nicole's and then feel mine to compare?” Julia offered just as Hugo stuck his head into the room, making Cristiano sigh in relief; he had never been more relieved to see his older brother than at a time like this.

The footballer wasn’t sure how much more he could take from Marc and Julia, they were starting to irate him and he knew that if he stayed in the room then he was likely to snap at them.

“Am I interrupting?” Hugo asked making Cristiano shake his head and jump up before he started towards his older brother, leaving Nicole with the other couple; she stared at him horrified as he left her behind.

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“What did Hugo want?” Nicole asked as the door opened and Cristiano walked in about thirty minutes after he had left her alone; the brunette glared at him as she watched him knowing that she was far from pleased with him leaving her with the Torres’.

The footballer eyed his pregnant girlfriend as he approached her, he knew that he shouldn’t have walked out like that but he couldn’t stand being with them any longer; he knew that it wouldn’t be good if he lost his temper at the couple.

“He was just bored and wanted to know how things were going. I went to the cafeteria and got you some soda,” Cristiano said and held out the peace offering he'd bought since he was pretty sure she'd be angry when he returned.

The brunette glared a little while longer until she obviously decided it wasn't worth her time and strength at the moment, so she reluctantly reached out for it with softened expression.

“So who's that?” Cristiano said and nudged his head in the direction of the new couple that had replaced Marc and Julia on the bed; the footballer felt a little unsure what to think about someone else watching his girlfriend have their baby.

“New people,” Nicole grumbled bitterly making Cristiano sigh, he knew that this was hard for her; they had been a week late for their due date and now they had an ever longer wait it seemed to have their baby.

The brunette sniffled as she wiped away some of her stray tears, she knew that she was being silly but she was sure that someone was trying to punish her in some way by dragging this out.

“It's not fair, we got here first! Right after you left they wheeled her off into delivery. Oh but not before she gave me a juicy shot of little Jamie just crowning away,” she said making Cristiano smile and kiss her head trying to comfort her in some small way; he wished that there was a way to help her.

“So how are the new people?” Cristiano asked as he tried to distract her, he knew that they still had a wait and he didn’t mind; their baby would arrive when it did and he was going to be perfect.

Nicole swallowed the lump in her throat as she looked at her boyfriend, she was grateful that he was with her right now; she wasn’t sure how she would have coped without him beside her.

“Well they have some unusual pet names for each other. Including evil bitch and sick bastard. Oh God… contraction,” Nicole moaned painfully, clutching the sides of her stomach; she couldn’t wait for the labour to be over so that she didn’t have to deal with this anymore.

Cristiano quickly started to whisper in Portuguese trying to sooth her making Nicole roll her eyes at him; she knew that he was trying to help her but she didn’t know what he was saying.

“You know I don’t speak a word of Portuguese,” she muttered painfully at him making Cristiano smile as he kissed her softly, he knew that she didn’t and that was why he had done it; he was going to do his best to distract her in any way possible until the baby arrived.

“Are you looking at her?” the unfamiliar woman accused her husband of loudly on the other side of the room.

Cristiano furrowed his brow as he listened to the couple argue and he was suddenly glad that the curtain was in place so that they couldn’t see them.

Nicole nodded and tried to relax, she wasn’t sure how much longer they would be in the hospital but she hoped that the baby would arrive soon.

“Cris…” the brunette whispered as she noticed that the man was sitting in a chair staring at her from a little space the privacy screen hadn't covered; she swallowed knowing that her boyfriend wasn’t going to like this.

“What?” Cristiano asked, worried that his girlfriend had suddenly begun squirming uncomfortable; she didn’t like the sick smile on his face as the man watched her and it made her wondered why he was allowed into the hospital.

“He's looking at me,” the brunette said and nicked her head in the direction of the chair, knowing that her boyfriend would know what she meant; Cristiano turned around and was livid at the sight of the man ogling his pregnant girlfriend; like the disgusting pervert he obviously was.

“Hey!” the footballer yelled and stalked in the direction of him, before he ripped the curtain back so that he could see the man, who was staring at Nicole; he couldn’t believe that the man had sat there staring at her like that.

“Do you want to live to see your baby born?” Cristiano threatened making both of the couple looked at him surprised, they hadn’t expected to see a world famous footballer in the maternity ward; much less have him threatening the man for staring at his girlfriend.

“Oh My God! It’s Cristiano Ronaldo,” the woman screeched from behind the screen, making Cristiano harshly tugged the screen all the way realising he had probably made things worse and sat back down next to Nicole, his hands trembling as he tried to calm himself down.

“Hey,” Nicole whispered as she took his hands in her own as she noticed him shaking a little, she smiled at him knowing that she would be lost without him; she wouldn’t have been able to get the pervert to look away if he wasn’t with her.

“It's fine I'm okay, we're okay,” the brunette said trying to calm Cristiano, he slowly started to relax to Nicole's sweet voice as it washed over him; he slowly took both her hands and pressed a kiss to her knuckles as he calmed down.

“I love you,” Nicole said before she gave him a short and sweet kiss on the lips right before another contraction washed over her, officially ruining the moment between the couple.

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