Remember Humanity

Chapter 20

"Oof," I groaned out holding my huge belly.

"Another one?" Liam asked me with concern in his eyes. I held my breath waiting for it to subside and nodded as a reply.

"Okay that's it! I'm calling for Dr. Green," Liam said and left the house to go to the holo. He returned within a few minutes and came back by my side on the couch.

"She'll be here in 10 minutes," he said as he rubbed my cramping back. This man has magical hands.

"Thank you sweetheart, but it probably is just those fake contractions," I told him.

"When you're 9 months pregnant? I don't think so," Liam said sarcastically. Feeling sweat on my forehead and my throat dry I decided I needed a drink of water.

"Can you help me into the kitchen?" I asked Liam. He nodded his head and got up. He helped me up and kept an arm around me as we made our way to the kitchen. I grabbed a cup and filled it with water. I took a sip and felt water run down my legs following another contraction. Great I must have spilled my drink when the pain hit.

"Babe your water just broke!" Liam panicked.

"Are you sure? It could have been my drink," I tried to reason. I felt different though. Oh crap my water broke!

"It definitely wasn't your drink!" Liam yelled as he ran his hands through his hair.

No! I'm not ready yet! How do I know if I'll be able to do this? What if the baby doesn't love me? What if something happens to him?

"I'm here!" Dr. Green yelled as she burst through our back door nearly breaking it.

"My water just broke!" I yelled to her with fear. Liam and I watched Dr. Green go from out going and friendly to serious and in control of everything.

"Liam get her to the room! Then I need you to put scrubs on and wash your hands," she said towards him. He immediately went to me and help me til I sat on the bed. Pain filled every part of me and time seemed to stop.

"I assume everything in here has been sterilized everyday as I have directed," Dr. Green said.

"Of course!" Liam answered.

"Then let's get started," Dr. Green said.

12 hours of pain and misery later the most magical moment of my life happened.

"Okay Ava this is the last one! I need you to really push!" Dr. Green commanded.

To didn't try to say anything instead I just nodded my head. I felt it coming and squeezed Liam's hand so hard he let out a scream at the same time I did.

A cry suddenly penetrated the room. All the pain suddenly disappeared and nothing else mattered. That's him. That's my baby.

"Congratulations. You have one beautiful baby boy," Dr. Green said. She cleaned my baby off and then placed him in my arms. I'm in love. This perfect human being has my heart. I never knew a love like this existed. I looked at his soft closed eyelids and his pink lips that were slightly apart and started to cry tears of pure joy.

"He's perfect," I heard Liam say right next to me. I looked at him and saw his face of joy and awe and I smiled. As I held our child I felt closer to Liam than ever and felt my love for him become even stronger.

"I love you both so much," Liam said as he started to cry slightly as well.

"I love you too. I'm so happy right now. This is a perfect moment," I told him and peck his lips.

Our baby started to cry and we broke apart giving our son our full attention. We hovered around him not exactly sure how to make him stop. What do you need?

"Here let me take him. I need to do a few more tests and give a shot," Dr. Green said.

She held her hands out. I looked at Liam then to our son and reluctantly gave him to her. It's hard to not just hold your baby.

My eyes traced her every move as she tested our sons hearing, grip, and eyes. She finally got him ready for the shot she was going to give him and I yelled before she could put that poison in my baby.

"STOP!" I frantically screamed. Dr. Green put down the shot and looked at me confused. I tried to get up and take my baby but couldn't due to just giving birth.

"Liam destroy that shot!" I commanded. They both looked at me in confusion as I glared daggers at the shot that contained a dark blue solution inside.

As soon as I saw the shot all the pieces fell together. The missing research on the blue substance from medical school. Never being able to find out what it was used for.. this is why. Once they abolished all things baby at medical school they never told us what the blue substance was used for. From what I examined of it, if it was injected into an undeveloped individual it could cause deformities. This is it. This is why so many people can't have children. They were injected with this when they were babies and their reproductive systems never fully developed.

"Ava. I know that your motherly instincts don't want to see your child in pain, but this is to help his immune system. He's likely to never get any major illnesses if he has this," she tried to reason with me.

"That's what I examined in med school! That's the substance I was telling you about!" I yelled. Dr. Green looked at me with shock as I told her what I discovered.

Once I finished saying everything Liam ran over and destroyed the shot. Our son is safe.