The Little Love

11. The Big Day

You just wanted to find the person who had first said that child birthing was a miracle of nature, and punch the daylights out of them.

It was all you could think about when another contraction ripped through you. You were on your way to the hospital, Bianca on the wheel, and all you could think about was how much you wanted to punch everyone who make having kids sound all sunshine and butterflies, and you wanted to yell at Haz.

How dare he not pick up your phone? This was probably the thirtieth time Bianca was calling him, and each time it was going to voice mail. Worry and anxiety was eating away at you and it did not help the situation. You and Harrison had attended the parenting classes where they teach you all about going into labor and what to do when it finally happens. But without Harrison by your side, those teaching went right out the window for you. All you could think about was how much you needed him right here, and how angry you were that he left in the first place.

Once you reached the hospital, it didn't take long to get you situated. The nurse told you that there was still time until you had to start on pushing, so you and Bianca spent that time on calling tom,

"Hey, I'm on my way. Did you get hold of Haz?" Tom's anxious voice on the other end did not sooth you at all.

"No, did you try? Did you find him?" you prayed to the universe that tom would give a positive answer.

"No, it's going to voice mail. Shit, where the fuck is he?" you could hear the stress in his voice.

Suddenly Bianca spoke up, "does harry know where Haz is? Did you ask him?"

You look at Bianca as you realize that you have not at all thought about Harry. He and Haz were close as brothers, same as Tom and Haz. He would know where Harrison is if not tom.

"No, harry is probably at my place..." Tom's voice trailed as Bianca spoke over him.

"Get here as soon as you can, I'm calling harry." She hung up and dialed Harry's number, who picked up after four rings,

"heyy B, what's up?" his cheery voice came from the other end of the line. And right at that time another contraction went through you, making you scream a little. "What was that?" he asked clearly having heard your painful yelling.

"Where is Harrison?" Bianca wasted no time explaining.

"Yeah he is here, he came over upset, and after talking a little he said he was going to sleep for a bit."

You wanted to laugh at the absurdity of it all. Here you were crying in agony and worrying all this time about what must have happened to him, and he was taking a nap. You felt so conflicted whether you should punch his face or thank all the gods in this world that he was safe.

"Harry," you tried to keep your voice as neutral as you could, "you might want to wake him up, tell him that his daughter is about to enter the world, and if he does not get over here in one piece before her, he will lose his balls, along with the dreams of having more kids in the future."

You could almost see Harry scrambling to wake up Harrison, "we will be there, don't worry we will be there." He hangs up, and you can only hope that they don't cause any accidents on their way to the hospital.

Ten minutes later tom shows up. Once he does he makes a beeline for Bianca, hugging her tight. Bianca was clearly in stress, she did not like seeing her best friend in pain, and pain is all you were feeling right now. It made you snappish, and you knew once all this was over you'd probably have to send hand written notes to the hospital workers you've snapped at during this short time, and to Bianca, and Tom, because he was about to ask you the stupidest question in the world, you just knew it from his concerned face.