The Royal Deal

Chapter 32

"Pregnancy?!" Multiple voices in the room gasped while they stared at the screen. My eyes were glued to the rapidly moving organ on the screen, my breath hitched as my brain tried to understand everything.

Pregnancy? I was pregnant?

"From the sounds of it, you didn't know you were pregnant."

I finally tore my eyes away from the screen as I shook my head. "It's impossible. I haven't..." I trailed off, a slight blush spreading across my cheeks, but quickly brushed it off. We were all adults here. "I haven't had sex in months!" They didn't need to know the one and only time I ever had sex was on my wedding night...

As another pain hit me, I couldn't focus on the words that were being said in the room. My cries of pain made a doctor throw a sheet over my bottom half and then made the gesture of pulling down her pants. I nodded frantically and she managed to pull down my pajama pants and underwear without flashing everyone. As soon as she did that, her cold hands patted my knees, which I brought up weakly, and then spread them. Her next words had me gasping.

"She's fully crowned. We need OBGYN down here, now. We might have an premie."

The entire room quickly changed. The guards were ushered out of the crowded room, and half of the doctors left, only to be replaced with others. My mother moved next to me, and grabbed my hand when I reached for her.

"I'm scared," I cried as I clutched her hand tightly. Another pain, which I now knew were contractions hit me, and she cried out in pain with me.

"I know, Blu, I know. But it will all be alright. I'll be here with you to help you." Then she did something I hadn't experienced in a while. She kissed my forehead and placed her cheek on my head as the bed underneath me changed. "You can do this."

The next half hour was the longest and most painful thirty minutes of my life. I felt myself being torn a million times, my throat was aching from crying and grunting, and I was utterly exhausted. But when I felt something pop and the pain slowly faded away, the cries of a child filled the room for a few seconds.

"Where are they taking the baby?"

My weak lids managed to pry themselves open a smidge at my mothers words.

"We are taking her to do emergency and necessary tests on her. Since you didn't know about the pregnancy, we don't know if she's full term or..." The rest of the doctors words faded away as the last of my energy faded away. It didn't feel like that much later when my lids opened again, but this time, I was alone in the room and covered up.

My whole bottom half hurt like hell. My throat was parched, and I had no energy to move a finger. The only noise in the room was the constant beeping of my heart monitor, and the slow drip from my IV. I had managed to turn my body a bit when the door cracked open, and familiar heels clicked closer.

"You're awake," my mom breathed as she rushed towards me. She kissed my forehead again, and gave me a warm smile. "You just missed her. They took her to do one last test and then they will bring her back."

I blinked rapidly at her words. "So I did have a child? The pain isn't something I'm making up?"

She chuckled softly. "Childbirth isn't something you will ever forget, trust me."

Her words hit me right there and then. "I... I have a daughter?"

She nodded again. "Yes. And I have a granddaughter."

"But how did I not know I was pregnant? I wasn't showing and the last round didn't work!"

She shrugged. "Must have given a false negative. Unless you two had-"