Chapter 35
My hands grip hard onto the rail of the bed as I squat on the large blue ball. Nightwing sits behind me coaching me through every contraction. I scream in pain as the contraction reaches its peek and slowly disapates. I breath hard resting for the few minutes before the next one hits. The ball is to help open my cervix which was dialated at a 2 for the past three hours. The sun is breaking through the sky and my body trembles in pain. "You're doing great." Nightwing rubs my back.
"God it hurts." I lean back gripping his hands at the peek.
"I know babe, but It'll be over soon and our beautiful daughters will be here."
"My fucking water hasn't even broke yet" I breath from the contraction.
"They'll break it in an hour to speed up the process." The blonde nurse says as she types into the computer.
I nod, "I want to try and walk again."
Nightwing helps me stand up as I hold my belly. My gown is open in the back so Nightwing slips a robe over my back. We walk through the hallway with Brady and Marco at the main door checking everyone who comes in with a metal wand and a pat down. Although the other patients on the floor aren't too happy about it, we cant take any risks. The team doesn't know we are here, but Nightwing said hes waiting to make sure not to wake anyone from the mission the night before.
"Why didn't you go?" I ask leaning against the wall.
"because, I put Cyborg in temporary command until your better."
"You never told me that!" I yell through a contraction.
"Its find Rae, I need to be here with you, and afterwards to help care for our daughters." He smiles rubbing my back.
"Friends!" Starfire enters the floor greeting us.
"How did you-" I cut off with my water breaking onto the hospital floor.
"Ewwww! Gross!" Beastboy yells behind her.
"Get out" I yell through a contraction, "before I send you to another dimension." With that the green boy disappeared into the waiting room.
"How ya doin' sis?" Cyborg smiles at me, but the worry rests in his eyes.
"Not good." I sigh, "It hurts."
"I know sis, itll be over soon."
"Dr. Miller says hes sending you to medical school to get a documented degree to work with him." I smile
"Yeah, although it usually takes years I'll manage to have it in 2." He smiles.
"That's awesome." I hold my belly as another one comes.
"Mrs. Nightwing, we need to clean up the fluid and get you cleaned up" a nurse smiles.
"Okay" I turn heading to the room. Nightwing nods at Cyborg as he follows me. We get back to the room and I'm handed a clean gown to change into along with socks. "How did they know we were here?" I ask laying back on my bed.
"I'm not sure." Nightwing kisses my forehead sitting in the chair next to me.
"Ready to check again?" Dr. Miller walks in.
"Sure." I sigh.
The doctor closes my door allowing privacy as he lifts the sheet up, asking me to spread my legs. He probes me with his gloved fingers finding my cervix. "Your doing great! Your to a 6!" he smiles dropping the sheet over me and washing his hands. "You have an option for some pain meds now if youd like.
"I'll wait for a little longer." I sigh, "Really was hoping to go natural but I don't think I can."
"Sweetie, you do whatever you need to. Do you think the babies are going to care if you used medicine or not?" he laughs.
'No they'll hate me either way until theyre 20." I laugh. Another contraction hit causing my laughter into tears. "Son of a bitch!" I cry.
"Do you remember what we talked about the night before Slade attacked you?" Nightwing tried to distract me.
"No." I breath pulling through the end of the contraction.
"We were in my red." He smiled. "The red carpet still from my teens. Newspaper scattered everywhere on the walls."
"Your bed was dusty from never sleeping in it." I laugh
"You still laid with me though" he smiled.
"We barely touched, but we slept better when we were in the same bed. You always left before I woke up," I smile
"Hiding my morning wood" he smiles
"Oh-" I grip his hand hard with a contraction, "So I even aroused you back then?" I tease ending the contraction.
"Yes." He blushes, "You always have."
"How so?"
"You may not see it but your sexy. Dark and mysterious I think everyone but Cyborg has had a crush on you." he laughs.
I pull through another contraction, 'why? I never liked anyone but aqualad and you."
"You have amazing legs, and you kick ass." He laughs rubbing my side.
"Everyones weird." I laugh.
"Starfire, Terra, and Cyborg were wanting to come visit?" a nurse enters the room, "Is this okay?"
"Yes." I breath through a contraction.
The group comes back leaving Beastboy scared for his life in the waiting room playing a video game. "How ya doin?" Terra smiles carrying 2 stuffed teddy bears.
"I'm at a 6, the contractions hurt, but I'm trying to go my longest without medication." I smile
"This gift is for you." Cyborg hands the large box wrapped with pink paper to Nightwing. He unwraps it finding cigars and a box of condoms. Blushing he smiles at Cyborg. "Although the twins are going to be wonderful, lets wait a bt before trying for triplets." He laughs
"Shut up." Terra hisses at him,
"What?" his confussion shows
"These will be our only children, Raven and I got pregnant out of luck. Her Uterus wasn't meant to carry babies, that's why she had so many complications." Nightwing explains.
"Really? I'm sorry." He looks to the floor rubbing his neck with guilt.
"We're blessed to have them" I deal with nother contraction. "Please Star or Terra, my hair is a mess. Will you help get it out of my face." I breathe.
"yes friend! We will do pig of tails to keep your hair out of your face, the back of your head unhurt from the pony of tails, but also cute for picture's when the twins come." She smiles grasping my hair with glee.
"Dude, I'd be using drugs" Terra looks at my pain.
I nod up and down focusing on my breathing. "Nightwing, I need the trashcan" I panic. He hands me the trashcan as I heave into it. Terra grimicas with the sound while Nightwing calms me. "I need help." I breath in the trashcan with another contraction.
"What do you need help with.?" Nightwing rubs my back.
I scream in pain handing back the trashcan and laying back with my hands on my head, "Oh my god theyre coming!" I panic as the pain bellows in my pelvis. I feel the urge to push, and I cant help but push. I grip onto the bed as the group is forced out with a fleet of nurses and Doctor Miller. The lights flicker as I scream.
"Raven your only a 6, we need to check if your ready." The doctor lifts the sheet up. "Nurses get ready now! This baby's crowning!"
Nightwing grips my hand hard as I hold onto my butt pushing with nurses on each side supporting my legs. Push for 10 seconds 3 times before you rest. "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Good job keep pushing!" the nurses urge.
I push hard while gritting my teeth. Finally I feel a pop and a gush of fluids with the beautiful scream. "It's a girl!" they yell. I look at the beautiful little girl the hold up screaming. Shes pink and so small. I begin crying before I feel the pain again. "They're identical?" Nightwing asks
"One placenta! Yup. Here comes girl number 2." The doctor smiles.
I feel the pain tear through my body as I push hard on command. I feel my second child tearing through my body. Again I'm incourage to push as my first daughter screams for me. The final push ends in the second beautiful cry. I smile leaning into Nightwing. "Thank you." he kisses me with tears flowing down our faces, "thank you. I love you" he kisses.
The doctor begins to clean me up as they hand Nightwing our first daughter. He cries holding the little pink blanket. He sits next to me showing me her. "She has your eyes Rae." He smiles. They hand me the second one wrapped in a matching pink blanket.
"Do we have names?" The nurse smiled.
"Yes, but Dr. Miller agreed to do their birth certificates in private. But their names to the public is Shade and Shadow." I smile
"So that's their superhero's name?"
"Yes" I smile
"So adorable." She leaves us with Dr. Miller alone.
"So their secret names?" he smiles
"This is Amelia Lynn Grayson." I smile looking down at the beautiful girl
"and this is Alexa Fay Grayson" he smiles.
"Beautiful." He smiles writing on the paperwork.
We are left alone holding our beautiful children. I look at Nightwing smiling, "Can I hold her too?" he nods sliding her into my other arm. He steps back grabbing his camera taking a picture as Polly knocks on the door to take more pictures. She had taken some while I was in labor. She comes in smiling. "They're beautiful." She holds up the camera snapping pictures.
This moment is so perfect. I wish we could stay here forever. Nightwing takes Amelia kissing her and talking to her softly. He turns to me holding her and smiling. This moment is when I realized I couldn't let him go back to long missions or for him to disappear for days. I needed him here to help me with our beautiful children.