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Scared
"You look tired Jackie." Her mother Aubrey commented.
Jackie and Jasmine had met her for lunch and they were sitting outside on the patio at one of Jackie's favorite restaurants.
"I'm ok." Jackie told her, although that wasn't entirely true because she was tired.
Jackie had been tired for quite a while, pregnancy will do that to you, especially when you are 5 days overdue.
"You don't look ok, you look exhausted." Her mother said.
"I'm fine" Jackie assured her with a smile.
"I have an idea, after lunch why don't you take Jazz home, pack an overnight bag for her and then I'll come and get her later and she can spend the night at our house. That way you might be able to rest.
"Thanks mom but you don't have to do that, really I'm fine." Jackie said.
"I want to, besides Jazz hasn't spent the night in a long time."
"Well if you're sure?" Jackie said tentatively.
"I'm sure." Her mother insisted.
So after lunch Jackie went home and packed Jasmine's bag and about an hour later her mom came to pick her up. Jackie took a nap on the couch until Nick got home.
"Hey Hon, where's the munchkin?" Nick asked.
"She's spending the night at my parent's house so I can relax." She answered with a smile.
"Oh that's nice of your parents" Nick said.
Jackie nodded.
"So what do you want to do tonight?" Nick asked.
"Sleep" Jackie answered with a grin.
Nick smiled "Ok, but what do you want to do for dinner?"
"Pasta Alfredo sounds amazing tonight for some reason, cravings you got to love them."
Nick laughed "alright, how about we go out to dinner. We can go to that little Italian place a few blocks from here, the one you really like."
"Sounds good to me, but I'm not hungry now, right now I really just want to take a nap. Is that ok?" She asked feeling a little guilty.
"Sure, no problem, I want to shower before we go anyway." Nick said with a smile.
"Ok good, thanks babe." Jackie said and then she shut her eyes but just a couple minutes later she felt something touching her legs.
She opened her eyes and saw a blanket covering her and Nick was looking at her with a smile on his face.
"Thanks Nicky but pregnant women are always hot and pregnant women living in Vegas, well let's just say there is no need for a blanket.
Nick chuckled and he took the blanket off of her.
Jackie fell asleep and so Nick went to shower. Two hours later Nick was getting hungry but Jackie was still sawing logs and he didn't have the heart to wake her so he sat down and turned on the TV. Forty five minutes later she woke up and noticed he was sitting on the other couch watching a football game.
"It's the beginning of August why is there a football game on now?" She asked sleepily.
"It's a rerun" he answered.
Then he asked "Are you ready to go eat?"
"Yeah, let me go comb my hair and then we'll go." She said.
Nick smiled and turned his attention back to the T.V.
Jackie couldn't get off the couch.
"Nicky help, I've laid down and I can't get up." She said.
Nick laughed and immediately gave her a hand up.
"You alright?" He asked once she was standing.
"Yeah, but boy am I looking forward to the day I can stand up without help."
He smiled sympathetically and then sat back down while she went to comb her hair. She combed her hair and then they left.
After they had ordered their food Jackie looked at Nick, smiled and said "I'm a little nervous."
"About what?" He asked.
"About how Jazz is going to take being a big sister, I could see her getting jealous and giving the baby a smack on the nose."
Nick laughed "Yeah we are definitely going to have to watch her that's for sure. I think they will be really close growing up though, like I was with my siblings."
"I hope so, they are pretty close in age so hopefully that will help." Jackie said.
Nick nodded.
The couple enjoyed their dinner, talking about the new baby and their family in general.
After dinner they went for ice cream and then went home and went to bed. Just a couple hours later Jackie was awoken by a stabbing pain in her stomach.
"Ouch" she said out loud and then turned to Nick.
"Nicky wake up." She said shaking him.
Nick opened his eyes and immediately noticed the grimace on her face.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"I'm in labor, I think we better go to the hospital." She said.
He quickly kicked the covers off of his legs and got out of bed. He hurriedly put on a pair of jeans, a shirt, socks and his shoes, then he went around to the other side of the bed and helped her get up.
"Let's go." He said gently grabbing her arm.
"Wait, help me get dressed. Just grab something out of the closet for me to wear, I don't care what." She said.
So Nick quickly pulled a sundress from the closet.
"This ok?" He asked.
"Yeah, that's fine."
Nick helped her get the dress on and he had also gotten one shoe on her when she said "Stop a minute Nicky, I'm getting another contraction."
Nick stopped and grabbed her hand.
"It's alright, just breathe through it." He said quietly in his sweet southern drawl that she loved so much.
She breathed for a minute and then stopped and looked at him.
"Is it over?" He asked.
"Yeah." She said so Nick let go of her hand and put her other shoe on.
"Ready to go?" He asked.
"Yeah we have all the bags and things we need for the hospital right?" She asked.
"Yes Ms. always prepared, you've had everything ready and in the car for the last week." He said with a smile.
She smiled back and then he led her slowly out of the room. They were about 3 steps away from the door when she said
"Hold on, I'm getting another one."
Nick stopped and turned to face her. This time Jackie wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned against him for support and Nick put his hands on her back and began to rub it gently.
"These contractions are pretty intense for only early labor." She said between deep breaths.
"Don't focus on that, just concentrate on your breathing." He said as he kissed the top of her head softly.
Nick could feel her warm breath on his neck as she breathed deeply.
The contraction ended so she looked at him and said
"Ok let's go."
They took another step and then she stopped in her tracks.
"Nick call 911" She shouted.
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