Stranded

#16

Lauren gasped awake as she felt a sudden pain radiate from her belly. She clutched it, feeling it contract as the pain escalated before dying down. She laid there for several minutes, catching her breath as she felt the pain dissipate. Camila had told her she was going to collect firewood after hearing the sounds of thunder above, and they knew they had to prepare for the worst in case the rain doesn't let up for a couple of days. Her belly was stretched out, and the life that moved around inside her eagerly made her huff out annoyingly. The little one had been driving her insane all through the night, making it impossible to get some sleep in despite Camila rubbing her huge mound to calm him or her down. But what she didn't tell Camila was that their child felt that there were more than just two hands and two legs kicking around inside, but better yet four hands. She feared the worst that maybe she wasn't just carrying one but two of them inside. Without an ultrasound, it was hard to tell what was going on inside of her womb, but for now she could only hope that the baby was alright. She prayed that it wasn't deformed or anything else to have felt more than just one baby inside. Perhaps it could be two and she would know once the baby is born.

She tried to sit up, the weight of her stomach making it extremely hard for her not to move about much and she wished that maybe Camila could be the one instead who was pregnant. Leaning against the wall of the cave on her back, Lauren sighed as she rubbed her impressive mound, trying to calm the life inside of her down. She never regretted any of this, and she did want it with Camila. Only thing that drove her insane was the pains of carrying a child in her. The best parts would always be the best and the bad parts, well, she wished she could burn it all in hell. 30 minutes later and Lauren yelped in pain as she felt another wave of pain hit her, causing her to grip onto her belly as she panted through the pain. Oh god... Lauren thought. She was going into labour. 30 minutes apart and the little one had calmed down immensely until her belly was still. Camila... she needed Camila. But her voice was caught in her throat, and knowing that Camila was too far out at the beach, her voice wouldn't be able to travel that far.

"Daemon!"

Lauren yelled, hoping the little fur ball was around, and thankfully he was. He climbed his way onto the bed, and he instantly knew something was going on as he sniffed her belly before placing his little paw on her mound, looking up at her as he sniffed around her.

"Daemon. Go find Camila buddy. I need her. Go." Lauren stated, her eyes closing as she tried to prepare herself for the next wave.

Daemon didn't wait a second longer, and he scurried off and out of the cave, leaving Lauren alone. She wanted to get up at least but then, she felt another wave of pain shoot through her causing her to moan in agony and shut her eyes, huffing and trying to breath through the pain. Lauren finally relaxed after the pain left and she tried again to stand up. Her back ached miserably and she wished she had painkillers right now. If Camila was here, she knew so much better on what to do. As Lauren stood up, that's when she felt something give. Water gushed out of her and her eyes went wide in terror. Her water just broke.

"Oh god."

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"Can't you go any faster Normani?" Dinah groaned as they sat inside the smaller boat that was used for them to go to shore and Luna stayed behind on the boat to keep up tabs on the weather.

"Ask me again one more time Dinah and I will see to it that you would be swimming to the shore on your own."

"Jesus you two. Okay Camila is alive alright? So let's just keep it civilised here so we don't have to kill each other. Look... she's still on the beach okay?"

Hailee stated as they made their way to shore. They seriously needed to find jobs once all of this is over. Dinah was on the edge of her seat, having been right all along, and they knew that if Camila survived, so did Lauren. For Camila couldn't swim without Lauren's help. All three of them had their hearts beating fast as they approached shore, their view on Camila getting clearer and clearer as they watched her come into view. But what was more frustrating was that they didn't know what to expect when they actually spoke their first words to Camila. Would she scream and yell at them? Would she push them away for everything that's happened in the last 12 years? Would Camila's hate and anger for them be there still? And what off Lauren? Would she still be angry at Dinah for not brining them together?