My Love With The Greatest Detective
Chapter 21: The Next Little Boy (July 12, 2008)
After two more months, I was now nine months pregnant. I actually made it all way way through my pregnancy unlike when I was with Ryuzaki. I always watched where I was though, plus I was driving now so I was a little safer. I had Bethany will me all the time, even at night so that she was still here. It was like a sleep over for here, but for a little over a month. I had her over when I turned 8 months so she would be will me more.
I haven't seen much of Near anymore, although, he did manage to slip me his number while I wasn't looking. He was vary sneaky. I have talked to him at least once over the phone. Once through webcam as well. I think I may be falling for the boy. Although there is at least six years difference between us, I think he might be charming me over. Making me love again. If its true then I will let it happen.
Ryuzaki has been good, getting bigger everyday. I tell you, I see so much of L in him when I look at him. Sometimes he acts like L, he likes to eat sweet food and he likes to be by himself a lot, but he still likes human contact. Only about two months away and Ryuzaki will turn one, how a year flies by so fast. I still see my little boy and he always will be.
I woke up that morning when I heard Ryuzaki crying. I managed to get out of bed and go to his room and found Bethany there already getting him out of his crib. Ryuzaki's room was set up for the other baby, Ryuzaki's stuff on one side and the new babies to the other side. It was a good sized room so it worked.
"Morning." I greeted.
"Morning. He wake you up?" Bethany asked.
"Yes, but I was getting up anyway." I told her.
"Well I guess I could give him to you and I'll get the bottle." Bethany suggested.
"Sure." I agreed.
I sat down in the rocking chair and Bethany gave Ryuzaki to me. Bethany left to get Ryuzaki his bottle for the morning. I rocked a little as I looked down at Ryzuaki. He looked up at me and smiled. I sat him up in my lap and we just looked at each other. Ryuzaki looked to my big stomach and placed his hand on top of it.
"So curious. Just like your father." I said.
Ryuzaki looked up at me then back to my stomach. He moved his hand down my stomach and keep moving his hand around. Then he felt a kick close to his hand and he pulled it back.
"Amazing huh?" I asked.
Ryuzaki looked back up at me and giggled.
Bethany walked back in with the bottle.
"Here." Bethany said, handing me the bottle.
"Thanks." I said, taking the bottle.
I fixed Ryuzaki in my arms and started to feed him. He calmed and just drank his milk.
"So you going to hope for a regular birth or another C-section?" Bethany wondered.
"I don't know. I don't care really. I'm more for a regular birth since I want to see what its like since I had to get a C-section for Ryuzaki." I explained.
"Reasonable." Bethany said.
It was the afternoon now. Ryuzaki was on the floor in the living room playing and Bethany was watching him, I was on the laptop in my room so I had a little privacy. I then had a call from my webcam. I pressed the button and then a smile came on my face, it was Near.
"Well hello." I greeted.
"I thought I would pop up and say hi." Near said.
"So, anything else new with you?" I asked.
"No not really." Near said.
"I got news. Then last time I talked to you was last month so now I'm at my last month in my pregnancy." I told him.
"Great, so you due any day now?" Near asked.
"Oh yea." I said.
"So how big are you compared to the last time I saw you about two months ago?" Near wondered.
"I guess I could show you." I said.
I got up off the bed and fixed my laptop. I stood to my side and lifted my shirt up to show him.
"Whoa, you did get bigger." Near said.
I put my shirt down.
"Yea. At least I made it to nine months unlike Ryuzaki. He was born a month early." I explained.
"Really? How did that happen?" Near asked.
I sat back down on the bed.
"Well I was walking home when I was attack by a man. After he attacked me he left me in the street. Because of that, Ryuzaki was getting his air cut off by the umbilical cord getting wrapped around his neck so they had to do an emergency C-section for him. He turned out just fine." I said.
"That's good." Near said.
We talked for a little more. I had my hand placed on my stomach the whole time, I keep feeling the baby kick me. After a couple minutes, the kicks got stronger. I tightened my hand in my shirt as a gripped it.
"You ok?" Near asked.
"Yea. I'm fine." I answered.
I loosened my grip.
"If you say so." Near said, not convened.
We talked a little more.
"You know I am back in London for a little bit right now." Near told me.
"Really? Think you could come visit?" I asked.
"Maybe. If I'm not busy." Near said.
I smiled, "I would like to see you again." I told him.
"Yea, me to." Near said, smiling back.
Then the pain came. I gripped my shirt again. I had to hold back a gasp.
"Asako, you sure you're ok?" Near wondered.
"I don't know." I said.
"Maybe we should stop. I'll just talk to you later." Near said.
I nodded.
"That's fine. Bye." I said.
"Bye." Near said.
I closed my laptop and put it on the ground by my bed. I sat back on the bed just see if the pain would go away. It would go away for a little bit, but it just came back worse. The kicks and pain actually got stronger. I breathed hard to see if it would help my pain, but only a little. I grunted at the pain. I managed to get up from by bed and headed to the door. Then I doubled over in pain and felt something wet between my legs. I fell to my knees from the pain. It was then I realized I was in labor.
"Bethany!" I screamed from the pain.
Bethany ran in and found me on the floor. She went to my side.
"Asako? Asako, you alright?" Bethany asked.
I shock my head.
"No. I think I'm in labor." I told her.
Her eyes widened.
"You sure?" Bethany wondered.
"Oh yea. My water broke." I said.
"Lets get you to the hospital." Bethany suggested.
I nodded.
Bethany helped me up off the floor and walked into the living room. Bethany left me on the couch to get the bag in Ryuzaki's room as I breathed. Ryuzaki watched me when I was on the couch. He crawled over to me and looked up at me. I looked down at him and smiled threw my pain.
"Well, time for you to be a big brother soon Ryuzaki." I told him.
Ryuzaki tilted his head to the side and looked at me weird.
I giggled at him, but then a wave of pain went by and made me grunt.
Bethany walked in and helped me off the couch. I walked to the door while Bethany picked up Ryuzaki from the floor.
"Come on buddy, you mommy's having a baby." Bethany said.
With help we managed to get down to the car and I sat in the passenger seat. Bethany put Ryuzaki in his car seat and got in the drivers seat. She started to drive towards the hospital.
I managed to get my phone out and texted Near, I wanted him to know.
'Near? Could you meet me at the hospital?' I sent the text.
About a minute later, after another contraction past, he texted back, 'What's wrong?' He asked.
'I'm in labor.' I replied.
'I'm coming. I'll be there for you the whole way.' Near texted back.
I smiled, it showed me that he cared.
'Thanks.' I texted, putting a smile face at the end of the message.
"You're in labor and you're texting someone?" Bethany wondered.
"Yea, it was Near." I told her.
"Boy, you never stop with him. Ask him out already." Bethany said.
"No, not yet. I'm not ready for dating right now." I told her.
"If you say so." Bethany said.
I breathed at the pain shot by. Soon we where at the hospital.
Bethany parked and helped me out of the car, then got Ryuzaki. We walked inside.
"Hey, we need help." Bethany called.
A nurse walked up to them.
"What's the matter?" The nurse asked.
"I'm having a baby." I told her.
"Hold on." The nurse said.
The nurse left and returned with a wheelchair and I sat down. They wheeled me away to a room.
I sat there for a while, Bethany next to me in a chair, Ryuzaki in her arms. I would feel a contraction come and go, but soon got closer together and more painful. When I was so far, I wanted drugs to help with the pain and they gave me some and it helped out so much.
Then I heard a knock on the door. The door opened slowly to show Near walking in.
"Hey, how are you?" Near asked sitting on the other chair by my bed.
"Fine I guess. Pain now and then, but I just got medicine for that." I said.
"This any different then when you had Ryuzaki?" Near wondered.
"Oh yea. He was a month premature when he was born and I had to have an emergency c-section for him." I explained.
"Wow. So this is all new for you?" Bethany asked.
"Oh yea. I never experienced this." I said.
"At least you get to." Near added.
"Yea." I said, taking a breath.
A little time went by, like and hour or so. A nurse coming in now in then to check how far along I was, I was more then half way. I groaned low when they would tell me. They moved me to a delivery room so that they didn't have to worry about moving me later.
The further I got, the more nervous I was. I wasn't sure why, but I was nervous and excited at the same time. I couldn't wait for the baby to come, but I also feared what could go wrong. I tried to calm my mind and think of the good things that will come out of this.
For about two more hours a nurse came in, she checked me over and said I was ready to deliver now. I was so glad that this was going to be over soon and I could finally see my baby. It was having Ryuzaki all over again, except I was actually going to deliver the baby myself.
Near didn't want to see anything, so Bethany gave Ryuzaki to him and they went out to the waiting room and Bethany stayed with me. I trusted Near enough to take care of Ryuzaki.
"Are you going to be staying miss?" A nurse asked Bethany.
"Yes, I'm her friend and I'm going to help her threw this." Bethany told her.
"What about the father?" The nurse wondered.
"He's not here." Bethany said.
"He's dead." I added softly.
The nurse showed hurt in her eyes.
"I'm sorry. I didn't know." She apologized.
"Its alright." I said.
Soon Dr. Greenfield walked in all ready.
"So you ready to do this?" She asked.
"As I'll ever be." I told her.
"Then lets get to it." Dr. Greenfield said.
I took a deep breath to calm myself.
- Two Hours Later-
After two hours, they were the hardest of my life. I felt like I was pushing for ever. Sweet covered my face and dripped down. I held onto Beth's hand the whole time and she never left my side, she would whip my face every now and then. I was close they all started to tell me that.
I breathed hard after another push, I felt like giving up, but I couldn't I wanted to see my baby and I wasn't giving up easily.
"Alright another push." Dr. Greenfield told me.
I took a deep breath and started to push again as Beth counted to 10. I felt pain and yelled a little.
"I can see it. Just another big push should do it." The doctor said.
I took some breaths and pushed as hard as I could. I felt pain, but then it started to disappear. I heard a wail threw out the room and some crying. I knew then that my baby was born.
"Its a boy." Dr. Greenfield announced.
I smiled and laid back on the bed in relief. Dr. Greenfield cut the umbilical cord and the nurses took him to be cleaned. They gave me a little bundle in a blue blanket and I smiled down at my son. Bethany looked over my shoulder at him and smiled at well for the happiness on my face. He looked so much like L with having his black hair and dark eyes. I moved some of the hair out of his face and just moved my fingers down his face. I tear fell as I looked at him and reminded me so much of L.
"Its are son, I'll do what ever to keep him safe and healthy. I know you're watching L, I can just tell. I can see you smiling down on us and saying you love us. I love you too, but you already know that." I thought.
"He's beautiful." Bethany commented.
"Thank you." I said.
The baby just looked up at me, I smiled down at him, he grabbed one of my figures with his tiny hand.
"Welcome to the world my son." I said as another tear fell.
He cooed at me.
Soon a nurse gently took him out of my arms and he started to cry again.
Ten minutes later Dr. Greenfield walked up to me with a smile on her face.
"He's perfectly healthy." She said.
"That's good." I sighed.
"Have you thought of a name for him yet?" She asked.
"Yes, I'm going to name him Issic. Issic Spencer Lawliet." I answered her.
"Such a nice name. I'll fill that out on his birth certificate." Dr. Greenfield told me.
"Aright." I said.
"We'll move you to a room and then you can have visitors." Dr. Greenfield said.
I nodded and she walked away.
Bethany patted my shoulder.
"I'll go to Near outside and tell him everything." Bethany said.
"Alright, thanks Beth." I said.
She nodded and walked out and they waited a little bit till they wheeled me away to a different room. On the way I was so tired from everything that I fell asleep.
When I opened my eyes I blinked a couple times before my eyes focused and I looked around to see Bethany, Near, and Ryuzaki all around me. Near still had Ryuzaki and had him on his lap. Bethany sat on the other side of my bed.
"Hello sleepy head. How did you sleep?" Bethany asked.
"Fine. What time is it?" I asked.
"About 8:30 at night." Near answered.
"I sleep for a while. Guess I needed it." I said.
Behtany nodded.
Ryuzaki babbled and held his arm out to me. Near put him on the bed and Ryuzaki crawled up to me and I wrapped my arm around him and brought him close.
"How's my boy?" I asked him.
He cooed to me.
I giggled at him.
He hugged me around my neck and I hugged him back.
"Did you miss me?" I asked.
He nodded. He put his head in my neck and laid there. I moved my hand through his hair. He was starting to fall asleep on me. I let him go and he finally fell asleep. Bethany waited and took him off me and held him in her arms.
"Bethany, why don't you go home with Ryuzaki and sleep over my house till I get back home?" I wondered.
"You sure?" Bethany asked.
"Yea. If you want, just use the guest bedroom. It'll be fine. Ryuzaki need to go home and get to bed." I told her.
"Well ok. I'll see you tomorrow, ok?" Bethany said.
"See ya." I said.
Bethany got up carefully with Ryuzaki in her arms and left, giving one last wave before she left.
There was silence now. Only me and Near where in the room.
"Near, thank you for watching Ryuzaki for me." I thanked, breaking the silence.
"It was no problem. I didn't mind at all." Near said.
"Have you seen Issic yet?" I asked.
"No, not yet. I would like to though." Near said.
"Me too." I said.
There was a knock on my door. It opened to show Dr. Greenfield.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" She asked.
"Fine. I really need a nape though, I fell better now." I told her.
"That's good." Dr. Greenfield said.
"Well we have had Issic looked over more and he is perfectly healthy. Would you like to have him in your room for a little bit?" She wondered.
"I would like that." I answered.
"Alright. I'll have a nurse bring him in." She said and then left.
Near looked back over to me.
"Well at least you get to see him." Near said.
I nodded.
"I only got to see him once. I'm so glad right now." I said.
Silence again, that is until the door opened up again and a nurse walked in with a basinet. I could see little hands and feet moving around in it.
The nurse left without a word.
I wanted to get up and see him, but I couldn't I was still to sore.
"What me to get him?" Near asked.
"Please." I said.
Near got up and went to the basinet. He reached in and picked up Issic gently. He walked back over and handed Issic to me.
I fixed him in my arms as he looked up at me with his black eyes and cooed. I smiled at him and moved my figures down his check.
"He reminds me so much of L, just by how he looks." I said.
Near looked at him.
"He kind of does look like him. It makes him special." Near said.
I looked up at Near and smiled.
"Thank you Near." I thanked.
Near smiled back.
"You going to stay here?" I asked.
"Only if you want me to." Near said.
"No. I couldn't keep you here. Go back to your hotel. I'll be fine." I told him.
"Alright. I guess I'll see you tomorrow then?" Near asked.
I nodded. I looked down and saw Issic asleep.
"Could you?" I asked Near, looking down at Issic.
"Sure." Near said.
Near pick up Issic and put him back in the basinet. He waved before he left.
I smiled and went back to sleep.