Carmilla ran around the house that much like a chicken with its head cut off for comparison. Not two minutes ago, Laura's water had broken, causing the brunette to frantically go searching for the packed bag they had put together two nights ago.
This was it, Carmilla thought. She was now officially responsible for the life of another entirely by choice. This was all so new to her, and completely outside of her comfort zone.
"Carm?" Laura called from where she stood by the front door.
"Coming, coming." Carmilla said, throwing the bag over her shoulder and meeting the blonde back out in the foyer. "You ready?" she then asked, nervously bouncing from foot to foot.
Laura smirked at how much of a mess Carmilla had become in two seconds flat. It was truly something to witness. "As ready as I'll ever be."
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After nearly hitting seven different people with the car, Carmilla managed to park and get Laura into the hospital.
They quickly got her into a room and Carmilla into scrubs so that she could be in the room when Carter was born.
There were so many people, it made Carmilla's chest tighten in excitement when she was finally ushered into the room with Laura. She stood beside the blonde, taking her hand in hers and leaning down to kiss right behind her ear. "You can squeeze as hard as you want to, won't hurt me one bit." she said, smiling, before standing back up.
The labor didn't take as long as what Carmilla has suspected. She had read all of the books pertaining to labor and delivery, but she could never have been prepared for the actual moment that her and Laura's daughter was born into the world.
One moment Laura was huffing and pushing, holding onto her hand tightly enough to crush it, and the next relief and tiredness rushed over the blonde's face as the sound of a newborn crying filled the room.
Tears sprung to Carmilla's eyes just from the sound. She hadn't cried in months, so when she started to cry, she was incapable of stopping.
"Would you like to cut the umbilical cord?" The doctor asked her.
Carmilla nodded her head quickly before a nurse pressed the instrument into her hand to do so. She got a glimpse of Carter as the nurse took her away to clean her up. She was beautiful, more beautiful than anything she had ever seen with the exception of Laura. The bloody newborn already had a hold on her heart, and she couldn't wait to hold her.
Laura pushed out the placenta, and then was able to rest. She had done wonderfully, and Carmilla had told her as much.
When it was time for the nurse to hand over Carter, Carmilla was shaking. She was so nervous she could throw up. Taking the little girl gently in her hands, Carmilla looked down at the little bundle of joy. She had a full head of near black hair, curls tucked neatly beneath a pink hospital cap. Her eyes were closed, but Carmilla just had a feeling once they were open, she would be looking at Laura's eyes.
Laura watched in awe as Carmilla slowly lowered herself into the chair beside the hospital bed, murmuring sweet nothings to Carter as she pressed gentle kisses to her cheek. Laura's heart had never felt so full, she could wait to hold her daughter, if it meant she got to watch Carmilla change before her eyes into a new mommy.
Laura brushed tears away from her eyes as she leaned back exhaustedly against the pillow. She could watch Carmilla forever, and even more so now with Carter in her arms. She knew she never had to worry, because Carmilla would rather suffer through a million painful coffin burials, than to allow anything to happen to Carter.
Carmilla looked up at the sound of sniffling, smiling brightly at her girlfriend. "What?" she asked, noticing her tears. She knew they were joyful tears to match her own.
Laura shook her head, "Sometimes I still think I need to be pinched."
Carmilla let out a wet chuckle, "You're telling me. I never thought I was capable of this much love."
Laura's eyes softened even more at the brunette's words before looking down at Carter, "She looks just like you."
Carmilla nodded, her chin wobbling beneath a well hidden sob. "She does."