The Wife (Sequel to SUGAR)

Birth

Jord's pov

I tap my foot impatiently, sitting in the waiting room. I check my watch and notice it's now been 3 hours. I huff as I lean back in my chair, rubbing my eyes. Suddenly I feel a tap on my shoulder and I look up, seeing the lead obstetrician. I stand up.

"Is she alright?"i ask.

"Ah, yes. She's fine. She wasn't actually going into labor."she says.

"What?"i say, disappointed.

"It's a common thing with pregnant women her age, what happened can be explained easily."She chuckles.

"Then explain please, is the baby alright?"i ask.

"They're fine, the fetuses are at the stage where they're very active when the mother is under a large amount of stress, so one of them moved a little too aggressively, and it pushed up against the other one. Basically, one of them stuck its little fingers right through the Amniotic sac, and caused her to go into false labor. She'll be fine, the babies are nice and healthy"she smiles.

She must have noticed my hung open jaw and wide eyes.

"I take it that you didn't know she was having twins."she chuckles.

"I mean, I assumed, it was possible..didn't actually think it would happen with her as well."i say, scratching my head.

"You can see her if you want, she's just getting dressed."She says.

I follow her to Leah's room, seeing her pull on her jacket slowly.

"Are you alright?"i ask as the doctor sits down at her computer and begins typing.

Leah's pov

I slowly nod as I stand straight as he walks over to me.

"Your face says yes but your eyes say no."he says softly.

I shrug.

"That..it was just scary."i huff.

I notice the doctor looking at me over her shoulder repeatedly. Then she would look down at her phone. She recognized me. Somehow. 

"Can I have a moment with mom?"she says smiling as she stands.

"Of course, I'll be right outside."he says to me before stepping out of the room.

She smiles at him as he pulls the door closed. She then walks over to me, clutching her phone.

"How are we doing?"she asks, typing on her phone.

"A little tired."i chuckle.

She looks back at the door and then turns her phone screen to me.

"I know who you are"it read.

My mouth goes dry.

"I'm just gonna ask you a few questions, and based on the results i'll see what i can give you, okay?"she asks in a cheery voice.

"Sounds like a plan"i say, eagerly watching her type.

"Did you have any symptoms of your pregnancy at first?"she asks, showing me her phone.

"I'm a friend of Sugar's"

"No, i didn't even really have morning sickness till the day after my..the day after I started having cravings."i chuckle.

"That's normal in someone of your age, how did you find out you were pregnant?"she asks, showing me her phone screen.

"Joe is alive"

My breathing hitches and I bite my lip as she shows me a picture of Joey, looking as if he had just come out of surgery.

"A-a doctor told me."i say as she digs around in her pants pockets.

"He said to give this to you if i saw you. It's a device the police use to track cell phones"

"Well, with them to rowdy things in there, your going to be going through what you went through a lot in the next 3 months, i'll write you up something that can help with the pain, it'll be low dose because of the pregnancy, but it should work."she says, placing a tiny, blinking object into my hand.

It couldn't have been bigger than a pencil eraser.

"Thank you, that would help a lot."i chuckle.

She motions me to put it in my pocket, and I do.

"Okay, i'll get that set up for you! Stay strong honey, it'll be over soon."she chuckles.

By the look in her eyes I could tell she wasn't talking about the pregnancy. I bite my lip as she thumbs away my tears.

"thank you"I mouth to her as she hands me a tissue. 

She only nods and presses her finger to her lips, nodding to the door. I quickly dry my tears as she walks over to the door, poking her head out of it.

"She's all set, just take her home and love on her, she'll be fine."She smiles.

"If she lets me."Jord says, making her chuckle.

Jord steps into the room and smiles at me.

"Shall we?"he asks.

"We shall."i slightly smile.

 He steps aside, allowing me to leave the room.

"Thank you doctor"i smile.

"I'll see you in 3 months!"she chimes.

Jord and i chuckle as we walk towards the exit of the ER.

"So, twins huh?"Jord says.

"It appears so."i smile.

"Did you find out the genders?"he asks.

"No, she did the ultrasound but, I don't want to find out till they're born."i say.

"Ah, I understand now."he says, opening the car door for me.

I slowly sit down into the car, grunting as he closes the door.

I smile to myself as he walks around to the other side, thinking that I might, I just might have a chance at freedom.

"What's that smile about?"he asks, opening the door and sitting down.

"There's 2. There's 2 in there."i say, rubbing my hands over my baby bump.

He chuckles as he starts the car.