"Do I have pears at home?" I mumbled at myself as I looked at the fruits in the supermarket, "How about cherries?" Okay, this is getting harder by the moment. I thought that buying things in Germany was hard, here it's even harder. But as Christina said "You spent one month in Germany for this 'Visit to a bunch of countries' thing for your channel, you can't complain too much."
I'm brought out of my daze as my phone rings, "Hey Will! How are you? And Christ-"
"Shut up and listen. Chris' going in to labor come to the hospital right now, do you hear me? She's on and on about how much pain shes going through and how she needs you, so come before I drag you here by your hair."
"I'm at the supermarket, I didn't bring my car, so if I run, I can get there in about 5 minutes. Okay? Hang tight, do not, I repeat do not, yell at her. Be nice and understanding."
"Okay. Tris you are our best friend, but for my sake, run!" As he hangs up, I've already abandoned my shopping cart and have started running to the exit, receiving a few weird looks on the way. I automatically start cursing mentally when I remember that I came with my new black pumps that I used to film my new video outside, taking them off, I feel much better. After I start running faster, I can feel my heavy make up also because of the video start running down because of my constant sweat attacks that effect my whole body including my face.
I really don't care about how I must look. I'm just worried about my best friend who is currently going into to labor. Christina is strong, but even the strongest women experience a lot of pain when birthing, and she wants everything to be the most natural way possible, without medications and with her midwife. I just hope that the baby is healthy and that she is well too.
I enter the hospital running to the front desk where more people look at me weirdly, "Good morning, I need to know where Christina Klier is? She's having a baby and I need to be with her, I'm one of her birthing partners or something like that."
"Okay," she responds a little uncertainly, probably because of how I look "Christina and William Klier are on the third floor, room 67."
"Thank you!" I yell already running to the elevators, they're still on the seventh floor so I take the stairs, running faster than a race horse. Getting there with difficulty, because dodging people, holding heels, running and worrying about Christina at the same time is very hard.
"Tris!" Christina yells when I enter the room. After quickly hugging Will, I kiss her belly and her cheek asking her how she's doing, getting a contraction she just evilly glares at me.
"I'm serious Chris, how are you?"
"I'm as okay as one can get when giving birth." She answers smiling.
"What did the doctor say?"
"That in about twenty minutes I can start pushing."
"That's great!"
"As much as I want to see my baby girl, I'm scared about it. What if I'm not ready to be a mom? I don't want to give her up for adoption or anything like that, but I'm frightened that I won't be good enough for her." She looks like she's gonna cry and Will's worried, about to say something when I cut him off, "Christina, look at me. You will be a great mom, stop with that and pull your self together. You and Will are going to be, I'm sorry, already are, one of the best parents that I know, okay? So I don't wanna hear that talk anymore, my niece will be raised by the best. Do you think that I would be friends with horrible people? Of course not!" She just laughed and hugged me.
"Here," I said opening my purse and getting some mini chocolate bars "eat these, I know you're hungry. I mean, when aren't you hungry?"
"Shut up!" She laughed. Will mouthed me 'thank you' while smiling and pampering Chris.
Sometime later she starts complaining of pain and Will calls the doctor while I soothe her, "It's alright Chris, when she's out, it'll all be worth it. I promise."
"I don't think I can do it!"
"Yes you can, my Christina can push a tiny cute creature that will fill her life with joy. Yes you can and you will."
A few hours later after many cries and screams, a little beautiful girl is bright to the world. She's breathtaking with Will's light skin and a dark blonde hair mixture of her parents.
"Tris, can you please go to the waiting room to announce that everything went well? Also talk to them until visiting hours start. Thank you so much." Christina had never been so happy.
"It was my pleasure, but don't think you'll get rid of me." Will smiled and Christina smirked with tears in her eyes, "And Willstina? Lily means pure and beautiful, take that name in consideration. Congratulations, your daughter is absolutely gorgeous, breathtaking. Bye!"
Entering the elevator and looking in the mirror is worse than I thought, my hair that was in a neat sideways fishtail braid, is now a tangled mess. My previously heavy make up, is now because of sweat and tears, a downfall of blackness around the area of my eyes, that are red. And my black blouse and jeans are devastating with even a bit of blood around the crumpled corners. And looking at my feet I want to cry, my newly pedicured feet are red and bare. It feels like and looks like I died.
I want to run back, I want to go home and change clothes, redo my makeup. I can't see Will and Christina's families, and my friends like this! But then, the elevator opens, I become rational again and going back unfortunately is not an option.
The waiting room is a closed space with nice sofas and reclinable chairs that easily fit 40 people, when I enter, an overwhelming feeling takes over me, I feel like every single person in the room is looking at me. Compose yourself Tris, you are a Youtuber that does daily videos and you will not be frightened by some people.
"Hello!" I start smiling "I'm Tris, Christina's best friend, and you might know me from parties or family reunions. That's because me and Christina have been friends since the age of five, and we would drag each other on events whether it's was fun or not." Some people smile, yay! "I just came back of a one month trip from Germany yesterday, and the only people I saw were Christina and Will. So if there was a birthday party, I'm sorry you got a horrible present. And as much as I want to hug you all, I need to stop rambling and give you some news."
"A gorgeous beautiful baby girl has been born," Stephanie, Chris' mom smiles and tears start jolting out, while her sister, Rose is beaming with utter happiness."Chris had natural birth, and is well. Visiting hours begin at 3 o'clock, so I'll be here with you until then. Any questions?"
"Why do you look like a truck ran over you?" Said Zeke with Elena his 3 year old daughter sleeping in his arms. Shauna just gave him a dirty look and hit him in the arm.
"Ha, ha, ha. Very funny Zeke. Okay, I'll try to shorten it. I was at the supermarket that near here, when will called me. I went walking and it would be faster to come here and not go home to get my car, so that's what I did, but running in avenues in heels isn't easy, so I took them off. I had really heavy make up, that starting running down my face, and Chicago is really the 'Windy City', but it seems that my hair didn't take that too well."
"Why are your feet wet?" Here comes Uriah with the dumb questions.
"Oh my gosh Uri!" Marlene exclaimed madly, "She's ran to the hospital barefoot, and you want to know why her feet is red? You're unbelievable sometimes, and not in the good way."
"Sorry." He mumbled.
"Okay, so before I greet the people I know. Why are you all separated? It's weird and awkward. So let's introduce everyone. Those people on the right side are the Klier family, Will's side. Those on the left are the Springer family, Christina's side. The middle is divided, those over there are my friends, with my beautiful niece that is sleeping and with them is a doctor that I don't know." I notice a guy in scrubs, who smirks when I say I don't know him "Those are my parents. The couple that's responsible for making people know my real name by calling me Beatrice. But, hi mom! Hi dad!"
"Hi Beatrice!" They say it together laughing with everyone.
"That's my brother, Caleb, the most nerdy person you'll ever meet!" He smiles slightly. "Also with them (my parents) are a few of my friends are a few of Will and Chris' friends from work. And that's about it!"
I throw myself in my mom's arms, "I missed you so much!"
"Me too honey, me and your dad were devastated without you." She said smirking.
"Mom, are you taking your anti-sarcasm pill?"
"Very funny Beatrice."
After hugging my dad, I tackle Caleb, I genuinely missed him. He may be my idiot, nerd brother, but I still love him. "Hey nimrod!" He just loves giving me nicknames. "Hello dumbhead!"
"How was your trip?"
"Great!" I try to give quicker answers, I really need to see my friends.
"Go."
"Excuse me?"
"You miss them like hell, go."
"Thank you!" I pecked his cheeks and make my way to my friends who were deep in conversation.
"Auntie Tris!" Ellena woke up! Jumping into my arms she hugged me, I had gotten on my knees for her to hug me easier. Kissing both of my cheeks she still was hugging me.
"Ellie! I missed you so much! Let me see you!" I got out of the hug and twirled her around, "You look even more like a princess, and you're going so fast! El, is mommy giving you baking power for you to grow?" Now all eyes are one me, including the doctor's, but I just ignore it and keep talking to her.
"No! But mommy says that if I eat veggies I can grow quicker!"
"Then we should eat a lot of veggies right?" I had lost her attention, now she was concentrated on taking off the make up under my eyes. "Ellie do you think I can say hello to everyone? Then we can play!"
"Pinky-swear?"
"I can't pinky-swear sweetie, auntie Chris still need me. I don't know when she'll call okay?"
"Okay..." It just breaks my heart doing this to her, she looks so devastated.
"Don't cry Tris, she needs to accept 'no' sometimes." Shauna looks at me smiling sadly.
"But you are the ones that have to say no! Not me, you're the parents." I state sadly. "Oh well." I stand up and hug Marlene.
"I missed you so much!" Of course Mar would squeal. She squeezes me so hard, I have trouble breathing.
"I missed you too! Mar have you taken care of my baby girl?"
"Your's? Excuse me? She's mine!" We laugh and hug again.
"Tris has come back!" Uriah exclaims when he hugs me tightly.
"Uri! I thought I was going to die without your boring jokes!"
"I'm going to take that in a nice way." He chuckled. "But really Tris, the group missed you very much."
"Okay, if you continue with this babble, I'll be crying after I finish hugging everyone. And you all know that I don't cry, I mean I'm going to hit a record, crying two times in a day? That's unknown of." Uri just smiles and sits down.
"Zeke!" He picks me up in the hug and spins around.
"God knows how hard it was to deal with these irritating people without your smacks in the head."
"Oh so you just miss me because of my smacks? Good to know." I smacked him in the head, moving on to Shauna.
"You look so beautiful!" She exclaimed, after looking at her incredulously she completed, "I mean, because of your tan. Now, you look like hell."
"Thank you!" I said in fake sweetness that she just laughed off.
"Okay Lynn, you may not want to hug me, but come on! I haven't seen you for like a month."
"Not 'like a month'," she says laughing, "it was actually a month." Standing and hugging me we laughed together. It was one of those good moments that you feel like you could in together, with my friends laughing and just being genuinely happy. But then of course I had to meet someone new, someone I didn't know.
"Tris this is Four, Four meet Tris. He's one of Will and Chris' friends, I mean our friend, I guess the only person that doesn't know him is you. He was at their wedding, if that helps." Looking better at him I could see that his dark blue scrubs were the color of his eyes that complemented nicely his dark brown, almost black hair.
"Nice to meet you Tris." We shook hands and then I finally remember, of why he looked familiar.
"Oh! Now I remember you! I stepped on your foot at Chris and Will's wedding! I'm so sorry." He just chuckled while everyone else snickered.
"And that's because she didn't drink at the wedding, imagine if she did?" Gee, thanks Uri for making me blush darker than blood!
"It was a privileged to have my foot pressed until it hurt by yours." Isn't that just perfect? Now I'm blushing even inside my eyeballs. Oh well, I guess this i going to be harder than I thought
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