Matthew and Destiny waited for what seemed like hours for Bo, Nora, and Vivian to come find them. Matthew tried to stay as calm as he could, but seeing Destiny in that much pain made him feel extra guilty; he wished it was him going through it instead of her. At every contraction, he felt less and less hopeful that they would be rescued. He couldn't let Des see him like this; he had to be strong, for her…and their baby.
"Don't worry, they'll be here soon." Matthew reassured Destiny, grabbing her hand in his.
"Matthew."
"Yeah?"
"Your hand's shaking." Des pointed out.
"Must just be cold." Matthew said, trying to hide his nerves.
"You're nervous too."
"A little. I just want everything to be ok." Matthew said, holding Destiny's hand tight, "You don't deserve this, any of it. I wish I could go through all of this for you. I just hate to see you like this. I've seen tears in your eyes more times than I'd like to see, and if I had it my way, we'd both be relaxing at your house listening to music arguing over who has better taste in music."
"I do obviously." Des said, trying to lighten the mood.
"Oh you do."
"Duh, I mean nothing's better than Lady Gaga and Katy Perry."
"They're alright." Matthew giggled. "But I got to say, Snoop Dogg and Linkin Park are so much better."
"If you say so." Des laughed, "Remind me never to let you influence our child's music taste."
"What's wrong with my taste?" Matthew complained jokingly.
"Nothing, if you like gangsta rap and metally alternative stuff."
"Oh like your girly bubblegum pop is better." Matthew giggled.
"Ok, fine. How about we compromise?"
"How?" Matthew asked.
"We'll let Dani pick out our kid's music." Destiny laughed.
"Sounds good to me."
They both starting laughing, but the fun didn't last long. Minutes later, Destiny had another contraction, this one much worse than any she'd had before. Matthew tried to comfort her, but nothing seemed to work. He was about to give up when he heard his cell phone ring. He immediately jumped up to answer it. He was thrilled to see that it was his mom calling.
"Mom! Thank god! Where are you?"
"We're in a little bit of a situation." Nora said.
"What kind of situation? You're on your way here right?" Matthew began getting nervous.
"We're stuck at the bottom of the mountain. A tree fell in front of your dad's truck." Nora explained.
"Are you guys ok?" Matthew asked.
"We're fine. We're just not going to be able to get to you guys until someone moves the tree. How's Destiny doing?" Nora asked.
"Not good. Her contractions are really close together and I'm not sure how much longer before this kid is here. I'm scared mom. I don't know what to do." Matthew said nervously.
"Well I hate to freak you out any more, but you might have to deliver the baby." Nora explained.
"Are you serious?" Matthew panicked, "I've never done that before! I don't know what to do!"
"It's alright. Try to stay calm. Vivian is here; she'll walk you through it." Nora said, handing the phone to Viv.
"Alright Matthew, you ready?" Viv asked.
"I guess so. You ready Des?" Matthew asked, putting his phone on speaker.
"Not really, but our baby is, so I guess that means I need to get ready." Des said.
"Ok you two; ready or not, you guys are gonna be parents soon." Vivian said.
"What do we need?" Matthew asked.
"Towels, blankets, boiling water, something to tie off the umbilical cord, and something to suction out the baby's airways." Vivian explained.
Matthew started running around getting everything they needed. He was still shocked that he was going to be the one to bring his little one into the world.
"All set." Matthew said, returning minutes later with everything.
"Good. Now Matthew, I need you to look to see if you can see the baby's head."
At first, the thought of seeing any of that grossed Matthew out, but he knew it was up to him to bring his child into the world safely. Destiny would never forgive him if something happened to him or her. He had to man up and prove to Destiny, and himself, that he was 100% committed to her, and their baby.
"Yeah, I see the head, sort of. Kid's got a lot of hair." Matthew smiled.
"Alright then. Destiny, honey, at the next contraction I'm going to need you to push." Viv continued.
Minutes later, Destiny had the worst contraction yet. She grabbed Matthew's hand and started pushing as he watched in amazement.
"Ok, the head's out." Matthew said, "What do I do now?"
"Use the suction thing to clear out the baby's nose and mouth. Then once Des has another contraction, she needs to push again to get the shoulders out."
"Ok, got it." Matthew said as he sucked all the goo out of his child's airways. He dropped the sucker and held his arms out to catch the baby, "You ready Des?"
Destiny nodded as she gave one final push. Tears began running down her face as she screamed in pain. Moments later, she let out a sigh of relief when she saw Matthew holding their baby. Matthew used scissors and string to cut the cord, then wrapped the baby up in a blanket and handed it over to Destiny.
"Say hi to our son." Matthew said, placing their son in Destiny's arms.
"Congratulations you two." Vivian said. Neither of the teens had realized she was still on the phone.
"Thank you so much for helping." Matthew said to Viv.
"I just wish I could've been there. Although by the sound of things you seemed to do a good job." Viv congratulated, hearing Matthew and Destiny's son crying in the background.
"I'm just happy he's here and he seems healthy." Destiny said.
"I'm sure he's perfect, but to be on the safe side I'm going to see if I can get you guys some medical attention. It stopped snowing so maybe they can get a chopper up there."
Matthew and Des thanked Vivian for everything and hung up the phone so she could call the hospital. Seeing his little family together made Matthew much calmer, and it was only a matter of time until the helicopter came to bring them to the hospital where he just knew everyone would get a clean bill of health.