*22* Sweetener

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A/N: It's Graser's chapter instead of Shelby's bc it'll work better.
Tuesday, 7:26 pm
ZACH/GRASER10'S POV

"Hello, how can I help you this evening?"
"Please, I'm here to see Shelby Grace..." I bit my lip worriedly.
The woman looked at me enquiringly. "Do you know which section she's in? Only it makes it easier for me to find her ward number."
"Maternity."
She smiled. "Number 141. Are you the father?"
I nodded and quickly ran to the elevators.

Carefully, I opened ward 141's door, and sure enough, there was Shelby.
"Z-Zach?" She sobbed.
"Yes Shelbs, I'm here."
She looked up at me, her gorgeous brown eyes filled with pain. "It hurts so much..."
Someone tapped me on the shoulder. I whipped around to see a nurse standing there with a clipboard.
"I'm assuming you're Mr Zachary Graser?"
I nodded.
"She's been in labour since half-past one."
My heart stopped. She'd been in pain for six hours already? "Shelby, can you sleep?" I asked her anxiously.
"I d-don't kn-know. I t-t-tried before but it hurts s-so much."
"Please try again." I begged, "It'll make the pain go away."
She bit her lip. "Okay. Think of names while I'm asleep, will you?"
I kissed her forehead. "Sure."

She eventually fell asleep, and I was sitting in a chair next to her bed. Sighing, my eyes drifted to the amber earrings on the bedside cabinet. I bought her them for Christmas because I thought they looked like her eyes.
I wonder if the baby will have her eyes. What will he look like? I kind of hope he'll be a mix of both of us. But definitely more Shelby.
I was jolted awake by someone shaking me. "What?" I asked sleepily.
"Excuse me, but your partner is having the baby." The nurse told me.
My mind went blank. Then I looked towards her bed. She was breathing heavily, tears running down her face. I grabbed her hand and squeezed it.
"It's gonna be alright." I said quietly.
She held my hand tightly.

Minutes went by, a couple of doctors and nurses crowded around the bed. I shut my eyes. Her hand was clammy in mine, so I clenched it tighter.
Then there was a laugh, and a crying noise. I opened my eyes in shock. There was a tiny thing in Shelby's arms.
She smiled. "Zach, this is our daughter-"
"Amber."

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