Elevator
Okay so there's gonna be a little bit of chaos in this chapter. I need some suspense, I can't keep things all smooth and happy flowing. That's just not what I do! By the way...anyone notice that, apart from the story of how Dean and Jacey met, this is pretty much the only story I've done without flashbacks or dreams? Well this and my Criminal Minds one but that one's on the slow track too.
Also I realize this story is jumping around a lot but honestly, every time I mention how far along Jacey is, I have so much space between those chapters, I just forget.
"I miss my feet." Jacey muttered, glaring down at her stomach.
"They're still there." Dean tried to point out. This time he ended up on the death end of the glare and decided to stay silent on the matter. He had learned enough the first time around when Lisa was pregnant that when women give you that look in that state, they could kill you...and likely get away with it too.
"Now I miss living with Sam." Jacey shot back.
"Want hot chocolate with marshmallows?" Dean asked. Jacey instantly brightened up and smiled, back to her perky, happy self. Dean patted her knee and got up, going to the kitchen to prepare the beverage. He was forced to hide the coffee maker and coffee mixes a week or so ago due to the smell of it now being so unbearable to the pregnant woman that she threatened to destroy the 'unholy device from whence it came' (her words exactly).
Dean was secretly glad this was almost over with. He kept telling himself it was because he was getting tired of referring to his soon to be child as 'peanut' but everyone was sure it was because he was running out ways to get around Jacey's mood swings. He knew it was bound to happen but saving his own ass every time her angry moods were aimed at him was starting to wear him out.
"Dean...are you getting tired of me?" Jacey asked, suddenly standing at the doorway of the kitchen. Dean just stared at her, wondering how the thought had even crossed her mind.
"I'm going to have to ask you a question in return...and please don't kill me for it." He countered. Jacey raised an eyebrow, head tilting. Dean walked over to her and gently held her head between his hands. "Is this pregnancy making you stupid?"
"Huh?" Jacey muttered, blinking.
"Jocelyn Carol Morgan, I've asked you to marry me." Dean pointed out. "I've shared...basically my whole life story with you. Any day now, you're gonna be having my kid. There's no better person for this kid's mom than you." He kissed Jacey's forehead and looked her dead in the eye. "How the hell could you possibly think I've gotten tired of you?"
"When you say it like that..." Jacey whispered, looking down, now just feeling silly. Dean chuckled and pulled her to a hug. Jacey winced and made a sound of discomfort but put her arms round him.
"Did I do that too tight?" Dean asked.
"No, it wasn't you." Jacey assured him. "Just...been getting these pains all day. Kinda started just after I got in the shower and been getting more and more recently." Dean paused, his mind processing what the red head had just explained. He held her back to look at her. "It's not like it really hurts or anything, not as bad as that time I thought I had gone into labour."
"You sure?" Dean asked.
"Yeah, I'm sure." Jacey replied, nodding. "I would tell you if I wasn't fine." Dean just nodded and turned to the kettle when it started whistling. He focused on setting up the hot chocolate and mixing in the right amount of milk. "Uh...Dean."
"Yeah?" Dean asked, eyes still on the mugs before him.
"That pain...it just sort of...came back...and...it's worse." Jacey muttered. Dean paused then turned around. Jacey was leaning against the door frame, hand on her stomach. Her face had gone red as she tried to breath steadily. "Holy crap."
"What? What's wrong?" Dean asked, forgetting completely about the hot chocolate and going to his fiancee's side. "Jacey!"
"It's moving round a lot." Jacey explained, flinching and closing her eyes. "It's like some sort of ninja moving going on in there."
"Okay, we're going to go see the doctor." Dean informed her.
"But the hot chocolate..." Jacey faded off into a yelp and nearly slid down the wall if Dean hadn't grabbed her. He helped her straighten back up and steered her towards the apartment door.
"We'll have it later, you're not looking too good." Dean ignored the slight glare that came from Jacey as he continued to guide her out of the apartment. He grabbed their coats and the car keys before locking the door and heading to the elevator. They stepped into the metal box and Jacey instantly leaned against the wall, eyes closed. "Just relax...deep breaths...everything is fine." Dean jabbed at the ground floor button and watched the doors close. The elevator started to move then jolted, the lights flickering and dimming.
"You were saying?" Jacey ground out.
"Son of a bitch!" Dean yelled, ramming his fingers against every one of the buttons. There was no reaction from any of them. "Okay...minor set back."
"Minor? The fucking elevator is broken!" Jacey shot back. Dean looked at her then helped her sit on the floor before crouching in front of her. "It's not moving, we're stuck, and this is really painful."
"Okay just calm down, we can get through this." Dean assured her. He hit the emergency button and waited a few seconds before hitting at it again, repeatedly. "Oh come on! Stupid goddamn people."
"Call Sam or Cas or your dad...fuck, call my dad if we have to, just get someone!" Jacey instructed.
"Right, yeah, okay." Dean agreed, digging his phone from his pocket. He sent out an SOS message to his brother and parents as well as Jacey's brother then sat himself down next to her. It didn't take long for his phone to ring from just about everyone and he had to set it up in a conference and on speaker.
"What's wrong?" John's voice came through the phone, worried.
"We got a problem here guys." Dean informed everyone.
"Well obviously, what did you do?" Sam asked.
"Jacey's in pain, we're not sure what's going on." Dean explained.
"Maybe you should go to the hospital." John suggested.
"Or call the doctor." Castiel offered.
"Yeah well see, we were on our way to the hospital but the elevator decided it was going to break down." Jacey snapped at the phone. Dean rubbed her shoulder and glanced at her stomach.
"WHAT?" Three voices shouted out through the device and Dean was suddenly glad he put it on speaker.
"I'm on my way." Sam informed them.
"I'll call someone." John decided.
"I'll...head over with Sam." Castiel announced after a pause.
"Maybe...one of you guys...can call up the doctor too?" Jacey asked, sliding over against Dean.
"Don't worry Jace, everything is going to be okay." Castiel assured his sister. "Just try to stay calm."
"Yeah...okay." Jacey muttered.
"Dean, if she's not already, lie Jacey down." Mary's voice came through. Dean put the phone down and shifted around. He bunched up the coats to use as a makeshift pillow and helped Jacey lie down. Her face had gone from red to pale.
"Mom, you got any idea what's going on?" Dean asked, raising his voice enough so that the ones on the other ends of the phone could hear.
"I'm going to need more information then just her being in pain, sweetie." Mary explained.
"Ninja movie." Jacey ground out.
"Uh...apparently...feels like there's a ninja movie taking place inside her." Dean explained. He jumped when Jacey suddenly grabbed his hand in a vice like grip. "Okay...I think she might actually be going into labour."
"Oh." Several voices all echoed.
"OH? THAT'S ALL ANY OF YOU CAN SAY IS OH?" Jacey yelled out.
"Yep, definitely labour." Dean muttered.
"SHUT UP!" Jacey snapped. Dean sighed and just rubbed her shoulder.
"Okay, we're all on our way, just do what you can for now." Sam called out before hanging up.
"Try not to take what Jacey says too personally, Dean." Castiel suggested before cutting off his end as well.
"Gee...thanks guys." Dean muttered.
"It's going to be okay Dean, this happens to everyone. I'll see you soon sweetie." Mary assured her oldest son.
"Yeah...okay." Dean agreed, reaching over and hanging up his phone before looking down at Jacey.
"Please, please, make this stop." Jacey whimpered.
"God baby, I wish I could." Dean muttered. Jacey let go of his hand and he shook the feeling back into it before rubbing her shoulders, unsure of what else to do.
"I know you said...any day now...but I wasn't...expecting this day." Jacey tried to laugh but it came out pained and another whimper followed after.
"Just try and relax, everything's going to be fine." Dean assured her. He honestly wasn't sure on that statement but it was better to lie and calm her down then to be honest and just worry her more.
Dean kept talking about random topics, anything to get Jacey's mind off what was happening and loosen up her pain and fear. He got involved in the conversations as much as possible. Several times he found himself having to shake her as she seemed to be dozing off. Each time she would cry from pain and each time it just ripped into him but he didn't know what else to do. He wasn't sure if letting her sleep would be a good thing right now.
"Come on Jacey, keep talking to me." Dean muttered. "How's the ninja movie?"
"Still kicking away." Jacey whimpered. "But...slowing down. Dean...I don't want it to slow down. What if there's something wrong and slowing down means it's worse?"
"Shh...come on, it's okay, just breath." Dean instructed. He pulled Jacey up, pushed the coats against, and laid her along his lap. The slight elevation caused her wince again and she squirmed around for a few seconds before falling still.
"My back hurts." Jacey muttered.
"When this is all over with, I'll give you a full body massage." Dean promised. Jacey smiled slightly at that.
"Dean? Jacey?" Sam's voice echoed through to them and Dean quickly stretched his foot out to kick at the door.
"Sammy!" Jacey called back.
"Hey guys, holding in there?" Sam asked.
"No." Jacey and Dean replied together.
"We're going to get you out, just hang on for a minute." Sam reassured them.
"See, told you it would be okay." Dean pointed out, looking at Jacey and grinning. She rolled her eyes and shook her head.
The elevator lit back up properly and it moved slowly, settling in place on the ground floor before the doors open to John, Mary, Castiel, Sam and several firefighters and paramedics.
"Hello." Jacey muttered weakly.
"Let's get her out to the ambulance." One of the paramedics directed the others to helping Jacey up. She was vertical for five seconds, took one step, and collapsed, several hands grabbing her to keep her from hitting the floor. The paramedics got her to a stretcher and rushed herself, John and Mary shoving Dean right after them with promises to be right behind.
"What's wrong?" Dean asked, hopping into the back of the ambulance and watching a respirator slide over Jacey's face.
"We can't be certain right now, sir." A paramedic explained. "You need to calm down and just let us do what we can until we get her to the hospital. Everything will be okay, just let us do our job."
So how cruel am I for stopping there? Lol. I actually had like another page but I didn't want to give anything away and I wanted to keep this chapter without any breaks.