Arrangement Of Love

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

***38 weeks pregnant***

I wake up with feeling like I am being torn apart. I look at the clock and see that it's 2:45am and I try to lay back down. Another pain hits me and I cry out in pain and it wakes Juan up. "Manda. Babe. Are you okay?" he asks sitting up. "Contractions." I say. He smiles and says "We need to go." I let him help me out of the bed and we head to the car. Juan had put the car seats as well as our bags in the car a week ago so that all we would have to do was get in and go. At first I thought he was being a little over anxious but now I am so glad he did. Getting in the car, he pulls out of the driveway and I grab my phone and call Gemma. "Manda? What's wrong?" she asked clearly being woken up. "Hey Ma. Meet us at the hospital?" I asked. "Holy shit. Yeah. I'll call Jax." she says before we end the call. Heading inside, we are taken to labor and delivery.

Seven hours later, we are holding both babies in our arms. Juan is holding Natalie and I have Carlos. Gemma is sitting beside me on the bed and looking at both babies. "You did so good baby. They are beautiful." Gemma says. "Yeah, sis. You did great." Jax says and I can't help but smile. They leave and the rest of the club comes in a couple at a time to see the babies. Once everyone is gone, we are sitting there together and feeding both babies and I look at Juan. He's looking down at Carlos and looks deep in thought. "Juan?" I call to him. He looks up at me and I ask, "Are you okay?" He smiles at me and says "Manda, I have never been better. I finally have the family that I have always wanted. I have an amazing wife and two perfect kids." I smile at him and say "I guess we both finally got the family we wanted." I say looking down at Natalie. He gets up and puts Carlos in the bassinet and places Natalie beside him. Walking over to the bed, he sits down next to me and takes my hand in his. "Tell me what you're thinking." he says. "Nothing. Just...worried I guess." I say. "Worried about what?" he asked. "Juan, you saw what kind of parents I had. I am so scared that I won't be able to be a good mother to them." I feel a tear fall down my cheek and he wipes it away. "Baby, you are going to be an amazing mom. Do you love them?" he asked. "Of course I do." I say. "Then you are already ten times the mom your mom was." he says and kisses me softly. "I love you Daddy." I say. "I love you Mommy." he says.

The next day, Juan and I are sitting in my room with the babies. The nurse comes in and says "We are going to take these sweet babies to the nursery for a while and let mommy and daddy get some rest." We kiss them and the nurse rolls the bassinet out of the room. Twenty minutes later, there's a knock on the door and in walk my parents. "What are you doing here?" I asked. "Well, we heard we were grandparents and wanted to meet our grandbaby." my mother says. "You are not grandparents. You sold me to the highest bidder but you know what? That ended up being the best thing to ever happen to me. Juice has been better to me than you two ever where. Now, I'm tired and need to rest. You can leave now and never come back." I say. My father speaks up and says "Watch it little girl. We took care of you. We raised you." he says. "No, you beat me and left me to fend for myself and then again sold me the first chance you got." I say. "You both need to leave me and my wife alone. You don't have any right to be here." Juan says. "Boy, she's my daughter. I will have you removed." my father says. "Well, she's my wife so that makes me her next of kin. Not you. Manda, hit the call button baby." Juan says. I push the button and the nurse comes in. "Need something Sweetheart?" she asked sweetly. "Can you please have security escort these two out? I don't want them anywhere near me or my family." I say. "We are your family." my mother says. "No, you stopped being my family, the minute I married Juice." I say and the nurse leads them out of the room and security escorts them out. "Are you okay?" Juan asks. "Yeah baby. I'm good." I say. "I'm proud of how you stood up for them." he says. "I wouldn't have been able to do that if you weren't here." I tell him. "Yeah you would've. You're strong baby. Stronger than you think." he tells me before kissing me softly and laying down on the bed beside me.