My Arrogant Alpha

Is That Exciting Enough For Ya?

Chapter Thirteen

DARREN'S POV

Six. That's it, no more, no less. Just six centimeters dialated.

We have been here for thirteen hours and she has only dialated one centimeter more than when we arrived at the hospital. Which is horrible for not only Ziah, but also for me. I mean my phone died so I had to wait Jeremy to bring the chargers that we forgot. Then we remembered that we forgot the video camera so we had to get Landon to retrieve that. Who knew there was so much stuff--and struggle-- that came with a little bundle of life?

Ziah is a crying mess right now, and to be honest I feel like I'm about to cry just watching her suffer through the day like this. I have covered every inch of the floor in this room just like I'm sure every other soon to be father has done. No matter what I do though nothing takes away her pain.

When we got here she changed her mind and decided the epiderol wasn't something that she wanted right away, and no matter how much begging I did she wouldn't change her mind. I support her decision and applaud her because I know she strong enough for this. The thing is though I don't know if I am. How am I supposed to sit here and watch the love of my life cry out every four minutes, and not be cappable of doing a single thing to ease it for her. It tears my wolf and I apart to see our mate like this. If there was anything I could do to take some of the burdon off her shoulders I would do it in a heartbeat. There would be nothing in this world that would stop me from helping me beautiful spitfire in this little blinkof our lives right now. Just right now it doesn't feel so much like a blink, it feels more a glare that won't let up no matter how many ideas Melissa gives us that are suppossed to speed up the birthing process.

Every single on of our family members have been in and out of our room, and our friends are running all of the errands we need. Still I grow more and more impatient as the day goes on. I can no longer sit still. There is no hope of me getting any pack work done, and because of all this I pace.  I pace across the hospital floor and beg the great Luna to help my mate. For if I have to watch my sweet Ziah squirm and cry out much longer I may lose control and tear the next person that walks through the door and touches my princess.

Nothing works for me. I even tried those breathing exercises that all the human females do when they go through the birthing process.  That just got Ziah to stare at me in shock and burst out laughing. So, I guess for a moment that eased my tension, until Ziah had another contraction that is. After that it was back to pacing the floor for me.

I couldn't handle this anymore. "Ziah? My love?"

She looked over tirerdly and weakly said, "Yes?"

I stared at her beautful face. I could see the slightest hint of laughter in her eyes and if I looked closer, a small trace of a smirk upon her lips. This eased my own suffering just a tad. "I know I'm suppossed to be the biggest baddest Alpha around, but no matter what happens, your small, highly insane self, will always be my hero."

She was so confused at my sudden announcement, taht all that came out was, "Uh you, we, he, I, no, duhhhhh.......why?"

I smiled and walked over to my sweet mate. I couldn't stop thehand of mine that reached out and brushed the hair off her smooth forehead even if I wanted too. "Becasue my beautiful Luna, no matter how much myself or another hurts you, you never let it get the best of you. You are able to get back up, look Life in the face, laugh at it, flip it off, then turn around and act like nothing has happened at all. You are able to suffer through thirteen hours of labor and still know you have a ways to go, but yet you lie there looking even more like the most beautiful specimen created. Out of all these things though, I know with every little it and bit of me, you will never leave me and will forever be next to me." I leaned to to kiss her cheek and felt a dampness. When I pulled back I saw Ziah was crying.