WARNING: THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE GRAPHIC TO YOU, DEPENDING ON YOURSELF! IF YOU HATE BIRTH SCENES, THEN AVOID THIS CHAPTER COMPLETELY! I REPEAT, AVOID THIS CHAPTER COMPLETELY!
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It was 9 months after Dusty and Ralph decided to have puppies. Dusty had tested positive on her pregnancy, and now she was in the maternity ward, along with her husband Ralph. Kodi, Aleu, Kirby, Balto and Jenna were there as well, but they were outside in the waiting area. Kodi and everyone else in the waiting room were talking excitedly about the pups Dusty was soon about to give birth to.
"I can't wait for the new pups," Jenna said.
"I can't either," responded Balto.
"I hope one of them is a girl," said Aleu.
"I hope one's a boy," said Kodi.
"You and me both," replied Kirby.
"I wonder how many there will be?" wondered Jenna.
"Two," answered Kodi.
"Four," rebutted Kirby.
"Silly men, they're going to have three," denied Aleu.
"I'm with Aleu on this one," agreed Jenna.
"Let's just wait and see," suggested Balto.
Meanwhile in the maternity ward, Ralph and the doctor was with Dusty, waiting for her to give birth. Suddenly, they heard a scream of pain coming from Dusty. She had gone into labor.
"Oh crap, Dusty's giving birth," Ralph said, slightly panicked.
"Stay calm," advised the doctor. "She'll be alright in my hands." The doctor then went to Dusty and gave her words of assurance that she would be all right if she kept pushing. Ralph then went over Dusty
"Keep pushing honey, keep pushing," Ralph said to his wife and mate.
"I'm trying as hard as I can," Dusty weakly replied to Ralph. "It hurts beyond recognition."
"Look Dusty," Ralph started." I've known you as a friend for years and as a mate for months, and I know that you're strong enough to get through this. Just keep pushing."
"I'm trying as hard as I freaking can" Dusty whimpered at Ralph.
"I know you are," Ralph said reassuringly. "Just hang in there."
Ralph went out of the waiting room to get some help in consoling Dusty.
"Jenna, I need help with Dusty," Ralph explained.
"Okay," Jenna replied. Jenna then went with Ralph back into the maternity ward and began to comfort Dusty.
"Dusty," Jenna started.
"What?" Dusty wondered, noticing Jenna's presence.
"I need you to listen to me," Jenna ordered.
"Okay," Dusty whimpered.
"I know what it feels like to be going through what you're going through now. I was having pups too you know. And six of them at that. It hurt as hell, but I kept pushing, and after a while, all six of them were born, including your friends Kodi and Aleu. You just need to keep pushing out as hard as you can and it will be over before you know it. I promise." Jenna explained.
"Okay," whimpered Dusty again.
"Ralph, would you mind going to the other side and hold Dusty's hand while I hold this one?" requested Jenna.
"Sure, why not?" obliged Ralph. Ralph then went and did what Jenna asked him to.
"Now Dusty, I'm going to count to three, and when I do, you're going to push, okay?" Jenna instructed. Once again, Dusty only whimpered from the pain. The doctor was amazed by the calmness of Jenna and how she was handling the situation
"Okay, now one, two, three, PUSH!" Jenna ordered. Dusty pushed.
"One, two, three, PUSH!" Jenna ordered again. Dusty pushed again. After a couple of pushes from Dusty, their first pup was almost visible.
"I can almost see the first one," exclaimed the doctor.
"Okay, now push one more time," ordered Jenna.
"Push as hard as you can," said Ralph. "I want to see the first pup!"
"One, two, three, PUSH!" Jenna instructed. Dusty pushed as hard as she could for this one. Soon, the first puppy came out.
"It's a girl," said the doctor. The doctor then showed the newborn female pup to Dusty. She had a fur pattern like Ralph's, but had her fur color.
"She's beautiful," said Dusty, admiring the pup. She then handed the pup to Ralph.
"She's adorable," said Ralph.
"What should we name her?" asked Dusty.
"I like the name Ali. Sounds cute," replied Ralph.
"I like that name too," agreed Dusty.
Soon, Dusty started to go back into labor. In the span of about half an hour, she gave birth to a grey male pup which they named Cole, and a dark-grey female which they named Ava. Soon, Ralph and Jenna came out of the maternity ward with the news.
"The pups are all here," they both said excitedly. Balto, Kodi, and everyone else stood up to go look at the pups.
"They're all beautiful," said Balto, Kirby, and Kodi.
"Told you there would be three," said Aleu, poking at Kodi and Kirby a bit,
"What are their names?" asked Kodi.
"Yeah, I want to know their names," agreed Kirby.
"Well the purplish-grey one is Ali," Jenna explained, pointing to the one pup resting. "The grey one is Cole, and the dark-gray one is Ava," Jenna further elaborated, pointing to the two pups being breast-fed by Dusty.
"Well, I think that they're all adorable," said Balto.
Ralph then came out of the ward. Everybody congratulated Ralph on the successful delivery of his and Dusty's pups. After talking for a bit, they realized that they all needed to eat. Ralph opted to stay with Dusty and watch their pups instead of leaving.
"Bring something back for me and Dusty," Ralph requested.
"Okay," replied Kodi.
"I'm going to talk to Ralph a little bit. I'll catch up to you," Jenna explained.
"Okay," said Balto.
"Ralph," Jenna started.
"Yeah?" wondered Ralph.
"If you and Dusty need any help in caring for the pups, just let me or Aleu know." Jenna asked.
"Sure, I will," answered Ralph.
"Okay then. Good luck with the pups," Jenna wished on Ralph and Dusty.
"Thanks," said Ralph." For both the good luck and helping with Dusty's puppies."
"You're welcome," Jenna said.
Jenna ran to catch up with Balto and the rest of the gang.
"So what did you talk to Ralph about?" inquired Aleu.
"I just gave him a few hints, that's all," responded Jenna.
The group then made their way into the parking lot and went to their car. When they got there, they all went to go get lunch.
Note: Thanks to mojotheamorq for coming up with the names Ali and Ava. Thank you very much.