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"My water just broke inside a four star restaurant. I need a four star doctor, ASAP!"

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"Here, here!" The manager said pushing open the door to the ladies room.

There was a long circular cream dark burgundy sofa in the against one wall. There were three women sitting on it carrying on the type of gossipy conversation that made people sound like twittering birds.

One of women's faces contorted into a gargoyle of an expression at a man entering the Ladies Room. However, before she could make her disgust vocally known the sound of Jade West-Oliver's stiletto 5 inch heels banged onto the marble tiled floor like metal ice picks.

Jade stopped in front of the gilt framed vanity mirror that took up the entire left wall of the sitting area."Let's go ladies," Jade said to the three strangers. "I need to use the bathroom."

The same woman who couldn't talk before Jade came in cut her a look. "Excuse me," she recapped the bright red lipstick she had just applied and dropped it with a clink inside her gold lamiae beaded clutch. "This is a public bathroom Miss," she stood up and tucked a loose strand of roan brown hair behind her ear. "We don't have to leave just so you can-"

"Just get out!" Jade screamed at them in her full on 'grating-make-you-piss-yourself-voice'

The women jumped off the sofa like frightened squirrels.

"Hey!" Another woman, a redhead with princess curls was about to defend her friend when a moan pushed its way through the door, followed by the moan's owner.

Tori came waddling inside, barefoot, Beck on her right holding her shoes, and Andre behind her both hands on her back.

The women broke away from their huddled group and skittered away from the bathroom, shooting glances back at the sight of a barefoot pregnant woman grimacing her way across the bathroom floor.

"You're doing good baby," Andre continued to walk his wife forward in the direction of the sofa. "We're almost there."

Tori reached back and slapped his hands away. "Stop touching me! I'm in this mess in the first place because you just had to touch me!-" She broke off in another moan and clutched at her stomach, shooting it a dirty look. "Stop. doing. that!"

Andre decided to override his fear of Tori' anger, and picked her up when it became clear that she wasn't going to make it to the sofa any time soon. He laid her down sideways on the couch. Beck placed one of the gilt colored cushions behind her head.

"Did you call the ambulance?" Tori got out between all the moaning.

"They're on their way," the manager said.

"Gahh!" Tori screamed at a particular large contraction, and dug her hand into Andre's arm.

"It's okay baby," Andre said, trying not to scream too at the bone crushing grip his wife had on his forearm. "Just breathe-" he mimed the breathing exercises he had learned in their Lamaze class.

Tori looked at him frantically and breathed with him, long slow pursed breaths. "No, no it's not, okay? I still have one more month to go," Another contraction of the same caliber had her screaming and tearing off little bits of Andre's skin with her fingernails in his arm.

Andre wrapped an arm around her back to support her, trying to hide his grimace from her nails ripping away his skin even underneath his shirt. "I got you baby,"

"We're here Tor, okay?" Beck said as reached to rub her shoulders .

Tori panted like she was running a marathon. She looked from Beck to Andre with wide eyes. "It's too early."

Jade stepped over to her. "Dude, it'll be fine-" she knelt down placed a hand on her shoulder next to Beck's. She knew how painful labor could be, especially for a first time mom, and all teasing aside, this was her friend and she didn't like to see her hurting. "You're almost nine months – okay? The baby will be fine."

"I'm scared," Tori's words were a whispered tremble.

"Hey!" Jade whipped around to face the manager, a heated look on her face. "Can't the EMT's get here any faster?"

"They said 10 minutes," the manager informed.

"Since when is that fast?!" Jade yelled back making the man jump.

"Sir-" Tom the waiter poked his head inside the ladies room.

"What?!"

Jade's shrill anger made both men jump this time.

"The EMT's are outside, you want me to-"

"GO GET THEM!" Jade shouted even louder.

Tom jumped about a foot in the air and disappeared like a magic act.


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"Who wants to say their kid was born in a public restroom? No one, that's who."

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"What's taking so long?" Jade asked the EMT who was kneeling next to Tori's legs doing an examination, while she was writing on the couch. "Just pack her up already!"

"I'm afraid it's too late," The EMT said, raising his head up to her. "The head's already crowning, and she looks fully dilated. She was probably laboring all evening and didn't know it-"

"Wait," Tori said raising herself up on her elbows "What does that mean?"

"Means we're not going to make it to the hospital miss," The EMT said. "This baby's coming now!" he turned to his partner "Get the cord clamp and field warming blanket."

"Now?-" Tori yelled. "No," she pointed a finger at the EMT "I'm not giving birth inside a restaurant bathroom!" She broke into a yell as another contraction hit her at full force, arching her neck back against the cushion behind her head. She raised it up a second later and stared at her swollen belly. "If you come out of there mister you're grounded do you hear me!" She screamed again when her unborn, about to be born baby didn't listen to her.

"It's better than giving birth on a gurney heading towards the ambulance," the EMT told her, he grabbed the free hand that Andre wasn't holding. "I'm field trained on how to deliver babies; I'm going to talk to you through this, just hang in there for me okay?"

Tori looked like she wanted to say 'no' But she kinda knew that it would be fruitless in this case. She was covered in sweat, and her dress stuck damply to her back, and it hurt, it fucking HURT, but she managed a nod at the EMT.

"Okay," The EMT said. "I want you to grab your knees okay?" He reached around for her hands and helped her draw her hands up to her raised legs. Andre moved his hand from hers to her back to help her raise up. "Now I want you to push, for a count of 15-"he paused until Tori was in the right stance"-go push!-"

Tori screamed louder then she had the previous time, the EMT counting off in her ears." After 15 she dropped her head back in exhaustion. "Is it out?"

"Almost," The EMT said, "The head's cleared, I just need one more big push to clear the shoulders-"

"Then you do it!" Tori screamed at him.

"Last time Tor," Andre said rubbing her back hard.

"I can't do it!" Tori insisted. "It hurts!"

"I know, I know it does baby," Andre said.

"No you don't!" Tori quickly snapped back.

"Okay I don't," Andre answered honestly. "But I know how to make it stop, aiight?" He stroked her soaking wet head. "C'mon,"

"You can do this Tori," Beck said, rubbing her shoulder with his thumb.

"We're pushing one more time alright?" the EMT said. "A big one, then we can all go home. Ready?" He waited until Tori nodded and drew herself back up. "Okay-"

The next push wasn't as painful as the first, but it was exhausting from such a rapid fire labor. Tori felt like things were happening in slow motion. She screamed, and she thought she heard Andre scream because she was most likely breaking his hand.

Finally, the pain eased up and there was a loud erupting wail that tore through her ears.

Tori braved to open her eyes.

"We got a boy here guys," the EMT said, holding a slimy screaming infant up with flailing limbs.

Tori could only gasp in complete shock.

Beside her Andre gave an exuberating 'whoop' . "You did it Tor!" He grabbed her face and kissed her hard.

Tori's gasp turned to a completely awed look when the EMT placed the squiggly crying infant on her chest and threw an aluminum space blanket over his him to warm him up.

The baby cried and whimpered.

And Tori could feel each vibration, each rapidly beating heartbeat. "Hey-" her throat closed up with an emotion she had never felt before. She craned her head down to look at the tiny thing resting on her. "Hey buddy."