Bitter Love

Chapter 30

Luke's POV
I heald her sweaty hand as the nurse examined her. I felt Lauren squeeze my hand and I looked down at her. Her face was pale with dark circles under her eyes and she was glazed over in sweat.

I gently wiped some of the sweat from her face with a washcloth and gave the top of her hand a kiss,"Lauren looks like you are 7 centimeters dilated right now so I'm going to go ahead and call your doctor and get the delivery room set up."

"Okay. Thank you." She replied.

I looked up at the fetal monitor to see it spiking as Lauren went through another contraction. I knew better than to touch her right now so I just brushed my hand against hers and if she wanted it, she could take it. She immediately squeezed my hand until it was over,"Luke call my mum and ask them where they are."

I nodded and walked into the hallway and dialed her number. It rang once when she frantically answered,"Did I miss it? How are they? Is she okay?"

"She's fine. She just wanted me to call to see where you are. She's just about ready to start pushing."

"Okay. I'm coming in right now I'll be right there."

I hung up when I heard her call my name. I walked into the room to see her sitting up and bent over so that her belly was touching the bed,"Where is she?"

"She's downstairs and will be right up if you can hold on for a little while longer."

"Can you rub my back?" I sat on the bed and started to gently rub at her lower back until the next contraction came.

I heald onto her hand that she reached back and let her cut off the circulation until it was done. Just as I was about to get up I heard someone coming into the room so I pulled her gown over her ass and tried to cover her as much as possible.

"Hey mum." Lauren turned so she was laying back in the bed and reached out for her.

I got off the bed and sat in the chair to let them catch up.

I turned on my phone and texted my mom's phone to let her know how things were going,"Luke I need to push."

My head shot up and I saw Laurens hand between her legs,"Right now?"

"What does it fucking look like? His head is right here! Go get the damn nurse!"

Laurens POV
"Ready Babe?" Luke whispered in my ear as he sat behind me on the bed.

I nodded and gripped his hands that we're in both of mine hard as the next contraction came. I pushed as hard as I could until it passed.

I took deep breaths in and out and looked down at the doctor,"You're doing great Lauren. Just a few more pushes."

I looked up at Luke,"Did you still want to catch them?"

He nodded so I sat up the best I could so he could slide out and I watched as he put the gown and gloves on. Before her could sit down I had to push again.

I reached my hands around blindly for something to squeeze when I found a warm hand. I kept my eyes closed and whimpered as it finally let up.

I opened my eyes and tilted my head to the side to see my mum smiling brightly down at me,"You're stronger than you look Lauren."

I chuckled as she wiped my forehead down with a cold washcloth. I looked between my legs to see Luke sitting where my doctor was,"Nothing yet but keep pushing hard like that Lauren and they'll be here."

I nodded as I gripped her hand and pushed as hard as I could. I yelped when I felt a head start to pass.

The contraction stopped and I had to stop pushing. I cried and was praying to push again. This is the worst part of it all.