HIIIIII! Ok, first of all, fluffiest chapter ever. Now, enjoy and review ;)
I breathe regularly now. The contraction passed and I feel kind of well right now. I eye Tori. She's freaking out. I see how she looks for her phone, throwing everything all over her room. She helped me come here, made me lay down on her bed and rest my head over her pillow.
I look at the ceiling of her bedroom. It's white. Pure and white. Even without looking at her, I know she's moving quickly around the place.
"Yes!" she finally lets out, holding her phone up victoriously. She immediately clings the phone to her ear and after some seconds, she starts talking. "She's in labor!" she yells through the line. "Beck?… He hang up", she states. Oh God, I only pray so that he doesn't faint or die.
"Come on, Jade, I'll take you to the hospital" she murmurs, bending over me to help me get up. I lean my arm around her neck and the other under my bump, holding it. "Ohh… not again" I mumble, closing my eyes and making Tori stop abruptly.
"Jade, please, don't do this to me" she complains. I suddenly grab her hair and she makes a painful face.
"You're not the one who is suffering!" I yell at her, moved by the extreme pain I'm feeling right now. I want this to get out of me now! I breathe as if I was about to die and finally the pain lowers its power.
She doesn't even let me go. Her arm is placed around my waist, and she leaves on the passenger seat of her car. "Didn't you have your license?" I ask her, worried for my own life and my children's.
"I got it a few months ago" she answers, putting the key in the ignition and starting driving. I grab her hand and while looking straight in her eyes, I tell her firmly: "if you kill me during this trip, you'll have to live with that forever", I say in a whisper, opening my mouth as another contraction shuts me up.
"Ok, don't worry Jade, I know what I do"… that's what worries me, I think to myself.
A few minutes later, I'm already in a wheelchair, being pushed by a really calm nurse. "How old are you, darling?" she says in a whisper.
"I'm 17" she clears her throat and I roll my eyes. "Don't worry, I had my first son at that age"… well, it seems like not everyone judges me. It feels good and she… is kind of nice to me.
I hear Tori's quick steps right next to me. She's grabbed my hand and even though I hurt her from time to time, she does not let it go.
"Is she your sister?" The nurse asks me when we turn the corner to get in another corridor. "No… she's my…" I look up at Tori. She's not even listening. She seems to be lost in her own thoughts, but she hasn't left me a second, "… she's my friend", I end up saying, unable to hide a shy smile.
Ok… I admit it, Tori has helped me a lot, and I don't even know how I'll give that back to her.
The nurse rolls and arm around my back and still with Tori's hand around mine, I lay down on the bed of my hospital room.
"Ok, sweetheart, I'll leave you here… the doctor will come soon to check how you are, ok?" I nod at her words and giving me a big smile, she gets out of the room. I turn my sight back to Tori. She doesn't stop staring at my bump, but it's not one of those looks people used to give me… it's one of those who are full of pride and tenderness.
"Tori, you don't need to stay if you don't want to", I say in a whisper. She smiles at me and while looking down at our hands, she tells me:
"Why haven't you hit me yet? I thought you would punch me if I grabbed… your hand" she mumbles. I roll my eyes and bite my bottom lip. Am I really going to say this? Oh God…
"I guess… you've been a… good friend" my voice is so low that is barely hearable. She lets out a quick laugh and seconds later, Beck opens the door abruptly.
"Jade!" he exclaims when he sees me. Beck runs closer to me and while passing by Tori, he leans down to pull me into a hug. "Jade, oh my God, I thought I was late" he whispers in my ear.
"Don't worry, I'm still here… they're still here" he lowers his hand followed by his gaze to my stomach. It looks weird when I'm laid down.
"Are you ready for this?" He asks me, looking straight in my eyes now, so close to my face that I can feel his breath. "No, are you?" I ask him back.
"I am, babe, don't worry. I won't leave you, not at all" he whispers, pressing his lips on my forehead.
"I'll leave you guys alone", Tori suddenly states, standing up and letting my hand go. "No," I immediately say. What?! What did I just say? Oh my God, I'm becoming crazy…
Beck arches an eyebrow and looks at me weirdly. He's as surprised as Vega and as me, too. "What?" She asks me, confused.
"Stay, please" Please?! What's wrong with me?! I need medicines NOW. "Beck's a great help but you're a girl… he can't understand what this means…" I mumble, looking at Beck slightly. He nods smiling, telling me that he's fine with it. "My mom's out of town and I need someone else here, please".
"Jade, you don't even have to ask", she says, coming closer to me and squeezing my hand slightly. Then she sits down on a small and old couch and I turn my face around to look at Beck.
"This comes to an end, Beck" I state… I'm not gonna lie, I'm quite scared. How am I supposed to do this? And not just one, but two! This feels impossible to do.
"Baby, don't worry, I know you can do it" he gets closer to my ear and while leaving a sweet kiss on my cheek, he whispers, "you're giving birth to our two angels, babe, and you're going to be the greatest mom on Earth. You're strong, beautiful, smart, talented… and I know our children will be like you", I bite my lips not to cry. I smile and shudder beneath his embrace.
"Beck" I groan, grabbing forcefully his arm. "Shhh… babe, it'll pass… breathe deeply, baby" he murmurs, stroking my hair while I wait for the contraction to leave.
"Ok, Jade, I think it's time for you to start pushing" the doctor announces, sitting right in front of me.
"What? I am not ready… not yet… Beck" I call him. Immediately, he walks closer to me quickly and while kissing my forehead, he grabs my hand. "Yes, baby, you are. After all what we've gone through, you can do this, I know you can" his words are the strength I need, the support and light that guides me through the darkness. I nod repeatedly and while looking straight in his eyes I start pushing.
"Oh my God" I mumble when I see the second baby in the nurse's arms. I-I… oh my God… those are my babies… and Beck's. Those are OUR babies. We are parents now… we are a family.
"You've made it, babe, you did it!" Beck whispers in my ear, stroking my hair slightly. I eye Tori, who is crying, and then I turn my look back to my babies. I can't stop looking at them.
The nurse gives me one of my babies, rolled in a bunch of blankets. I open my arms so I can hold her and while looking at her, I can't help but cry like a fool.
"Oh my God", I say again. This… this is flesh of my own flesh. We've made this. I look at her beautiful face. "Savannah…" I say in a whisper, before feeling another kiss of Beck. "My baby Savannah…" she moves her little hand looking for something, and then she places it on my chest, over my heart.
She stops fidgeting to yawn and rest her hand on my heart. "Yes, baby, that's where you are".
I look up at Beck. He's holding… Alice. I love saying their names. He's mesmerized… like he doesn't look at anyone or anything else. Just his daughter, our daughter. He suddenly raises his head and looks at me. I can see the tears in his eyes. "Beeeeck" I mumble, making him come closer to me. I can feel how his arms shake a bit, holding our daughter. He's kind of scared. Afraid of not being a good father, which I know he definitely will.
"Beck, Beck" I repeat, trying to find the words to describe my feelings right now. I-I… I think it's the first time in my life I don't have any words to say. He simply leaves my other baby on the other side and kisses my forehead softly.
"Jade, you've made me the happiest man alive. You… you… I just…" and it seems like he can't find them either. I simply place my free hand on his cheek and while rubbing it slowly, he leans down and kisses me sweetly, being as careful as possible.
"I'm so proud of you, Jade" suddenly I hear Tori say. She rubs her eye to clean her tears and I nod while grinning at her. "You'll be such a good mom". Another tear starts rolling along my cheek. I lower my sight to look at my beautiful babies. Similar but so different, even though my love for them is the same. A strong and unbreakable link between them and me.
"Are you sure you don't need some help, babe?" Beck asks me while I stand up from the bed. After three horrible days locked up in this awful hospital, we can finally go home. Go to our new apartment, where we will start our new life.
Beck ignores me and even though I told him not to, he rolls an arm around my waist to help me up. "You moron" I whisper, smiling at him. He leans in and places a quick kiss on my cheek.
Meanwhile, I look up our daughters. They are completely awake, with their eyes open like plates. They don't see yet, but they can hear, and I think that what they hear next, is the sweetest thing ever.
"Let's go to our home, babe, our new house with our new beautiful and beloved babies", Beck mumbles while grabbing the double baby chair where Savannah and Alice are laying down.
I follow him out of my room with their bag on my shoulder. Wow… a few months ago, what I held on my shoulder was my school bag and now it's a baby bag full of diapers and pacifiers.
We finally arrive home. I leave our now asleep babies on their cribs and I get in our room, next to theirs. I lay down closer to Beck. I'm really exhausted, though.
He lowers himself so he's facing me now and after turning down the light, I make a ball and he surrounds me with his arms. "I love you, Jade, I love you, my three girls, more than my own life" he whispers, kissing my lips softly.
I grin and giggle a bit. This has really changed me. "I still can't believe we are parents now, Beck". That's true… nothing will be the same from now on. Our lives will revolve around our children's lives, ironically.
"We are, babe. It feels kind of weird now, but I do love calling you a mom. You are a mom, my daughter's mom", he murmurs, smiling openly.
"A hot one, I hope", I joke, laughing. "That's for sure!" he leans in and kisses me again. "Thank you, Jade, for making me this happy", and he keeps saying something else, but I've slept literally nothing these past days, and my eyes become heavier and heavier, until the last thing I feel is his arms tightening around me and a peck on my forehead. "I love you", I whisper in my sleep.
I wanted to write a note down here. There will be more chapters. Hope you've liked it and enjoyed it as I did while writing this chapter. I was feeling so fluffy. Anyway, leave me your comments below. Oh, also, a twist will happen in the next chapter... can you guess? ;)
