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Chapter 3

This Isn't The Time

He had never been one to show to the world his pain, but now it was all different. Jaden had been sure that he'd been through pain before, but nothing - nothing - compared to this.

He was being torn in two. His insides felt like they were ripping apart. Not to mention that once this was over, he never wanted to look at himself in a mirror again. It was unnerving enough to see himself with a swollen stomach and know that he was carrying a child inside him.

But to know that one was fighting to get out of him! Goddamn it hurt!

"Ah!" Jaden cried out.

He couldn't help it any more, and frankly he didn't care. Childbirth wasn't just pain, it was sheer torture!

Jaden felt, as soon as his cry of pain left his mouth, Jesse's grip on his hands tighten, and Yubel's soothing voice whispering in his ear.

"Breathe, Jaden" Jesse whispered.

"I can't …" the brunette whimpered, his voice strained. "Ah! Yubel, is it almost over?"

Jaden felt a small rush of calm go over him as Yubel rested her cheek against his own before she slid down and pushed up the blanket.

Jaden wasn't wearing anything on the bottom half of his body, save for his socks. He had a blanket covering his legs, and now Yubel pulled it up so she could inspect his most private areas. Not that he minded, of course. He was comfortable around Yubel. It was impossible to feel embarrassed at her seeing him.

After all, what didn't she see him doing?

"We're about ready to deliver this baby" Yubel said, her voice icy.

"Huh?" Jaden gasped.

"I mean, dear Jaden, that this is almost over" Yubel whispered. "Jaden, do you know how to deliver a baby?"

"No" he gasped, his teeth gritted in pain. "Ah!"

"Jaden, are you okay?" Jesse asked, his heart racing.

"No! Jesse, help me, this baby's coming now!"

Jesse didn't know what the hell he was doing. Neither did Jaden.

And Yubel just glared at Jesse and then turned to Jaden, her expression becoming one of kindness.

"Jaden, I'll tell you how this works. You're just going to push hard, and the baby's going to come out" Yubel said, simplifying it so that any fool could understand it. "Do you think you can do that?"

Jaden just threw his head back against Jesse's chest in pain. He shook his head.

"I can't …" he groaned.

Jesse was sure his own knuckles were white now, with the force that Jaden was gripping his hands with. He would've complained under any other circumstances, but now? Maybe not.

Yubel leaned forward to whisper something in Jaden's ear - something Jesse didn't hear, and that irritated him a bit. But he let the spirit whisper to Jaden - he may not like to think about it, but he knew they had secrets just between them - until he heard Jaden let out another cry of pure pain.

"Take a deep breath" Yubel instructed.

If she had any experience with this - any whatsoever - then it was a new one on Jesse. Or maybe she didn't know much, but the knowledge she had was more than his own, or Jaden's. Not that it would be difficult, they didn't know anything. And besides, this was a male giving birth! It had never been done before, and most likely, would never be done again. It was unnatural.

Jaden didn't want to think about the state his body was going to be in afterwards. He didn't need to look down to feel the blood running down onto the floor - not in masses, but that could change once the barrier was out of the way. The barrier being the baby itself, which was even now fighting to get out of him.

"Ah!" he cried.

Yubel told him what to do, and Jaden tried to push in time with the contractions. It wasn't easy - there was no break, and his energy was had just about disappeared. He gripped his lover's hands and decided that it was time to stop acting. He owed them the truth, even if he would rather hide it from them. And the truth was, he was in pain. More than he could ever have imagined - physically.

Jaden began to let out cries of pain for constantly, keeping up a near constant moan, letting his body do what it wanted. He could feel the movement inside him, down there, and it hurt like hell. Worse!

Jesse buried his face in his lover's messy hair and whispered encouraging words, trying to hide his tears. Here was his lover, who could handle so much more than most, screaming in pain - and he could do nothing. He had never felt so powerless. At least, not since he had lost control of his body …

To the same spirit that was at the other end of the car, sitting on her knees in between Jaden's legs. He almost growled at her, but managed to stop himself just in time. This wasn't the time for arguments.

Jaden screamed again, sounding strangled. He could feel Yubel's soothing hand on his knee, his lover holding him close and hear his whispers, but Jaden felt detached from them. He almost even felt detached from Yubel, although that wasn't possible.

Screams of pain got a little louder, and the sky outside got a little lighter. The sun would soon come up and bathe the car in its rays. It was always a beautiful setting - would he be able to notice that much?

"Ah … it's …" Jaden tried to say, but his own groans of pain interrupted him, and he bit his lip to try and stop himself from making so much noise.

This was it. He could feel it.

The weight, it was leaving his body, disappearing slowly.

"Jaden, grab the child" Yubel said - her voice both venomous and sympathetic.

Letting go off Jesse, Jaden leaned forward in order to see the child - now almost fully out of his body. He managed to touch the delicate skin that was the crown of the baby's head, and from this rather awkward position, he managed to guide the baby out of his body and into the big wide world.

Gasping with the pain, he brought the baby up onto his stomach, and then he felt his vision beginning to fade in and out of focus. Before he could say or do anything, he felt Yubel return into his mind, momentarily turning his brown eyes into two-coloured orbs, one green eye and one orange. He blinked them away - their power wasn't needed just at this minute - but then his eyes closed, and he lost all consciousness.

Whatever was going to happen now, he couldn't see it. He could no longer hear the worried shouts of his lover, or the weight of his newborn child on his stomach.

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