Save Me, Alpha

Chapter 10: Piper Marie

Three months later
"How long until she's born?" Emma asks, sitting across from me on the bed. "A couple weeks, three at the most," I answer. She smiles, "I can't wait. Did you go shopping yet?" I nod, "Yep, and made her room next to ours." "Can I see?" She asks. "Yeah, come on," I answer and we walk next door.
The room was gray and a light pink. There were pink elephant stuffed animals, and we got wood, cursive, letters of her initials and hung them above her crib.
"This is so cute! I love this!" She exclaims. I smile, "me too." There's a knock on the door and I turn around. "The alpha needs you, Luna," Isaac informs me. I smile a little, "thanks." I walk out behind him towards Bryce's office. Isaac and I have been able to be around each other now. I still don't fully trust him, but I'm getting there. He was sincerely sorry for what he did to me, and I've accepted his apology for it.
I reach Bryce's office and walk in. He had his head in his hands, looking down at paper work, dark circles under his eyes. I shut the door behind me, "are you okay?" He looks up at me and I walk over to him. He pulls me on to his lap, and I lay my head on his shoulder, wrapping an arm around his neck. "What's wrong, Bryce?" I ask. "I'm just stressed, love, nothing out of the ordinary," he tells me. "No, there's something else, I can tell," I reply. He sighs, "I'm scared." "The big bad alpha is scared? What of?" I comment. He smiles a little, but it doesn't reach his eyes, "what if she doesn't like me?" "Who? The baby?" I ask. He nods. I laugh, "Bryce, she'll love you! Why on earth would you think she would think otherwise?" "I'm the alpha. People will treat her differently. I know I didn't like it when I was younger and everyone treated me different than the other kids. I don't want her to hate me for it," he states. "She's not going to hate you, Bryce. You just need to be there for her, show her that you understand," I tell him. He leans his head back on his chair and closes his eyes, sighing, "you're right, I guess." I smile, "you're going to be an amazing dad, Bryce, believe me."
I feel a sharp pain go through my abdomen, "Bryce." "What? What's wrong?" He asks worriedly, when he sees that I'm in pain. "Crap, is the baby coming now?" He asks. I clench my teeth and nod.
He picks me up and hurries down the two flights of stairs to the infirmary. "Doc, the baby's coming," he says. The doctor rushes over to me after he sets me on a bed. Bryce looks at me worriedly, but says, "you're going to be okay." I let out a laugh, "I know, but are you?" "I'm not sure," he answers sitting down in a chair next to the bed.
"Alright, sweetie, I need you to push now," the doctor tells me. Bryce takes my hand and kisses my knuckles. 'Jade, are you there?' 'I'm here, now, you need to push,' I do as she says and push. "Okay, again," the doctor says. I push again. "We're almost there, one more," the doc tells me. I push again, and see the doctor smile. Crying fills the room and I let out a breath of relief, and smile.
"Congratulations, you have a baby girl. What's her name?" The doctor asks, holding my baby. "Piper, Piper Marie," Bryce tells him. "A beautiful name for a beautiful girl," the doctor replies, wrapping her in a pink blanket after cleaning her off.
The doctor walks over to me and hands her to me. I look down at her, "my beautiful girl." I kiss her head and smile. "You want to hold her?" I ask Bryce. He looks down at her and nods nervously. I smile and hand her to him, "it's fine, Bryce." He takes her and looks down at her, almost mystified. A smile forms on his lips as she takes his finger in her tiny hand. I smile lovingly at the two. My two most favorite people in the world.
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Bryce's POV
I look down at the baby in my arms. So small, so fragile, so beautiful. Her eyes, were surprisingly green, just like Kylie's. She takes my finger into her small hand, and I smile. This baby, this small girl, she's my daughter. Just looking at her for this small time, I know that I love her with all of my heart. Her and her mother, my mate, my love; they both mean the world to me, I don't know what I'd do with out them.
Kylie thinks I'm the one who saved her, but really, she saved me. She made me love again, she made me happy again. No one else could, they tried, but she did, and I'm thankful for her and this little one in my arms.
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Kylie's POV: three days later
I wake up to the sound of Piper crying. I sit up to go to her, but Bryce stops me, "lie back down, I'll get her." I lie back down and he gets up and walks out of the room.
Not being able to go back to sleep, I get up too and walk to Piper's room. I stop at the doorway, and lean on the frame, watching Bryce and Piper.
She was crying, but as soon as he started talking to her, her crying stopped. He picks her up, and starts swaying back and forth, rocking her back to sleep. Watching them I think about how much I love that man, how much he means to me, how much they both mean to me.
I walk in and wrap my arms around him, resting my head on his back. "I told you to go back to sleep," he states quietly. "I couldn't," I reply.
I walk around to the front of him and look down at our baby. I smile, "she looks like you." "Yeah, but she has your eyes. The eyes that'll make a guy fall instantly head-over-heels for her," he states. I place a kiss on her small head. "How do you know that'll happen?" I ask, taking her from him and putting her back into the crib.
"Because that's what happened to me," he answers after I turn back around. He leans down and places a kiss on my lips, "I love you, Kylie." I kiss him again, "I love you too." "You mean the world to me, both you and little Piper," he tells me . "I wouldn't have it any other way." I hug him, "you saved me, alpha. In more ways than one."