Kah was suddenly jolted awake and opened his eyes to see his baby brother staring at him with panicked eyes.
"Dad says get up! We have to get to the hospital now!"
Kah sat up and rubbed his eyes before glancing at the clock to see that it was nearly three in the morning. He groaned as he fell back on his pillow.
It had been two years since Kahmun and his little brother Ahkmen came to live with their new adopted parents. Teddy, was a history teacher, with five years of army experience while his wife, and their new mother, Sacagawea was a nature guide for the local woods. Her step brothers Lewis and Clark owned the woods and had made it into a local trek, with bridges over looking beautiful water falls and even a lake where people could go fish or canoeing. The place was called Forest Expedition with trails and small bridges going every which and where.
Sac loved her job, but had to take it easy when she found out she was pregnant.
The 8 months flew by and now they were on the 9th and the baby was coming.
Kah was awakened once more, this time by their golden Labrador, Rexy. He was barking anxiously as he tugged Kah by his pajama pants and pulled him from his bed.
"Ack! Stop!"
"Kah!"
Kah looked up to see Teddy standing by his door. "Come on, son! We have to get your mother to the hospital."
"Can I not stay here?" The newly turned 17 years old asked.
"Come on!"
Kah sighed as he jumped from his bed and reach for his clothes that he had worn the day before. Fixing his shirt, his walked down the stairs to see his brother and adopted dad running around like headless chickens. Sac was the only one who seemed to have her head as she stood by the front door watching as her husband raced around.
"Oh, Kah, at least you seem to be normal."
"Is this another false alarm? It would make it Teddy's third one this week."
Sac chuckled. "Nope, I am afraid this is the real deal."
Kah breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness. Last time we were halfway to the hospital before you finally convinced Teddy that it was a false alarm."
Suddnely Teddy and Ahk halted in front of them. "Let's go!" Teddy cried.
Sac gasped as Teddy picked her up, bridal style and carried her out the door to the car with Ahk close behind. Kah sighed as he locked the door and did a small wave to Rexy and Ahk's dog, Dexter before following his family to the car.
Upon arriving at the hospital, Teddy instructed the boys to wait in the waiting room for Clark and Lewis whilst he went to assist the doctors with the birth.
Kah yawned as he fell into a chair and got out his phone, which he had gotten for his birthday. Ahk, meanwhile began to pace in the floor.
It wasn't long before they heard the familiar voices of their uncles as they arrived. "Ah, there you lads are, how's your mom?" Lewis asked as soon as he walked in.
"Giving birth now." Ahk explained.
"Good, good and Teddy?"
"With her."
"Relax, dear brother," Clark said as he sat down on a chair next to Kah. "Those doctors know what they are doing, it will be fine."
Lewis frowned, unsure as he turned to his adoptive nephew. "Did she look scared or anything?"
It was Kah who answered. "No, but we afraid we were going to have give Teddy a sleeping pill or something." He joked.
Clark laughed. "Teddy was always a worry wart. Especially when we met him. Ha! I'll never forget the time he and Sac met."
"Tell the boys." Lewis chuckled.
Clark smiled as he leaned back in the chair. "Teddy had just gotten back from deployment, since he was in the army as you two probably know by now, and was looking for a way to unwind. We had just opened our Forest Expedition place and we had already quite a few customers, Teddy being one. Sacagawea was in charge of the group he was in and you could tell that he had his sights on her." Clark huffed as he crossed his arms. "Sac told us a few hours after he left that she had her sights on him. Well, naturally, I took the role of 'protective big brother', while, of course, Louie here, tried to get the two lovebirds together."
"And I succeeded!" Lewid said, smiling as he interrupted. "Like I knew he would, Teddy returned and again went on a tour with the group she was leading. By the third time, I had to say something."
Clark scoffed. "By 'say' something, he means going off like a cucu bird."
But Lewis ignored. "I finally pulled Sac aside and told her to ask him, at the same, unknown to us was that Teddy was trying to get up the courage to as her."
"It was odd, seeing a man who had seen battle be afraid to ask a woman out." Clark said. "But in the end, ol' Teddy came through. They got married shortly after."
"Then they adopted two awesome boys."
"Who are about to get a baby brother."
Ahk smiled. "I'm going to be a big brother!"
"Yep, I remember when Sacagawea's mother married our father and I got a little sibling. We moved from England to America shortly after." Lewis said, smiling. "And I didn't treat her badly like somebody did."
Clark raised his hands. "Whoa, you call me a bad a brother just because I convinced you that there was chocolate in the basement?"
"He shut and locked the door once I went in. It was so blasted dark, I fell the rest of the way down the stairs."
The boys laughed.
"Yes, Lewis was always the gullible one. But with Sac, wow. Nothing got passed her." Clark chuckled.
"Nothing ever does, not even now." Lewis said.
"I know." Kah said. "I tried to sneak a cookie and from out of nowhere a wooden spoon comes flying in and hit me in the hand."
Both nephew and uncles laughed as Lah sheepishly smiled. "I tell you, that was the last time I went behind her back."
"Boys?"
The group turned to see Teddy smiling.
"Want to come meet your new brother?"
A little side note, Ahk is 13 and Kah is 17. The announcement of the baby takes place a few months after the last chapter of Hearts to Trust. Hope you guys liked this first chapter!
