I was in a delivery room. How many times in my life was I going to end up in a delivery room? My thoughts went instantly to Jacob. Maybe someday…
"Leah, focus!" the author commanded.
Hey, you wrote it.
"Shut up."
"Leah, I can't do this!" Emily screamed. She was being a lot more difficult than Cassie was.
"Em, I know you can do this. You took birthing classes, you decorated a nursery, and I know you haves picked out."
"But I did all those things with Sam!" she screamed. "I can't do this without him!"
"I did," I said matter-of-factly.
"I was never as strong as you Leah! You were always brave, and strong. You never cried, and you went off the high-dive for the first time at the age of six. I'm not you," there was pain in her eyes, and I knew that the last thing she said had a double meaning.
"Sam will be here," I said, more certain than I felt.
"But what if he isn't?" she whispered. Then she screamed.
"It's ok, Em, it's just a contraction."
"No it isn't!" she said, screaming again, just as Sam burst through the door.
"Emily!" he yelled, "It's okay, I'm here."
"No you aren't," she said, and I assumed if she wasn't in that much pain she would have said it very matter-of-factly.
"What?" I asked.
"Get out," she said, her face and tone very serious.
"Emily, I can-"
"Get out! Get the hell out of this room!" Emily yelled, then she continued with a long stream of swear words.
"I'm sorry," a nurse said, walking in, "But she's very close to going into labor and she obviously doesn't want you here. I'm going to have to ask you to leave."
"No!" Sam yelled. "She's my wife! This is my baby!"
"Get out of here Sam," I said calmly. "I'll get her through this."
He looked at me, a thousand emotions laid out on his face. Among them were hate, anger, sadness, and appreciation. I was glad to see that love and adoration were not among them. Maybe what I'd said to Emily had been right. Maybe he just needed to see her with the baby. He left the room, and I stood up to hold Emily's hand, going this was going to be a very long day."
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Ooh, another cliffy! I'm evil! And guess what! Next few chapters won't be from Leah's POV, because she'll be in the delivery room, so all they would consist of would be a lot of screaming. So, next up, Sam's POV…