"Pop those babies out already!" I say to Em as we're downstairs a few days later as she sits at the table and I'm making pb & j sandwiches for my pregnant, craving wife who begged for one.
"I'm trying!" she says back and we both lightly laugh.
"You know what helps to induce labor, right?" I ask her as I spread peanut butter on a slice of bread.
"I already tried spicy food." she says and I shake my head.
"No, not that." I say.
"What then?" she asks.
"Sex, it's proven it induces labor." I state and I hear her snicker and she shakes her head.
"Uh no, that is virtually impossible with my size and as much as I want them out they need to stay in as long as they can. Okay little McCartney babies?" she says and addresses the babies with the last sentence.
We eat dinner later on and go to bed, even though Em could barely sleep from being so uncomfortable.
She gets more uncomfortable and crabby over the next week and a half as she's still pregnant and her hormones got the best of her, her being cranky a lot. Charlotte spent a lot of time with both grandparents cos of that and so she could get used to staying with my dad for when the babies are born since she'll be sleeping over for something like two nights when the twins come.
I'm down in the kitchen putting something away as I whistle when Em calls to me.
"Paul?" I hear her call.
"What?" I call back as I write something down on a piece of paper.
"I uh, think we need to go to the hospital." she calls and my head immediately snaps to the direction of the stairs and I bound up them to see her still in bed with her hands on her belly.
"Why, is something wrong?" I ask worriedly.
"I just think it's time and I'm afraid this labor will be really fast." she says and I nod and help her down the stairs and I get her bag, call my dad quick to tell him that Charlotte will be staying over and why, the car seats and we head off to the hospital.
I'm incredibly nervous the whole drive there and the bloody fans outside my gate kept bugging us as I pulled out. I've been apprehensive the past few days since I knew it could be any day they'd come and the reoccurring fear that she'll need a c section and if something will go wrong.
We get to the hospital and we get a room, Em gets examined and sure enough she's already 4 centimeters and luckily the doctor said he can feel the first babies head so no c section initially.
"Why're you so nervous? You weren't this bad when Charlotte was born." Em asks me as I sit in the chair next to her bed and I bounce my leg and keep running my hand through my hair and look around the room.
"I dunno, it's two babies this time and I just want everything to go well." I admit as I look to her calm face.
"I'm sure it'll be fine, don't worry." she says giving my hand a squeeze and I nod as I exhale a deep breath.
"I just want all three of you to be okay." I confess.
"We'll be fine." she says reassuring me and I nod believing her for the most part, but I'm still worried.
Hopefully the babies won't need to be in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit long or at all.
I rest my head in my arms on her bed and I quickly feel her long fingers run themselves through my long, black hair as her doing that relaxes me a little bit and I take a deep breath while trying to clear my mind.
"Just relax." I hear her say softly and I nod as she continues to run her fingers through my hair and she moves her fingers to the back of my neck and tickles my neck.
"Mmm." I say contently as she continues.
"What're are we gonna do about names?" I ask her remembering we had still hadn't really decided and have three for both genders.
"Paul, don't worry about it. We can figure it out when we see them." she says as I feel her warm fingers on the back of my neck.
"Yer already what 4 and a half centimeters? What if you go from 5 to 10 in no time? Like yer mum said women on your side of the family do." I ask.
"Stop worrying so much, whatever happens happens and there's nothing we can do about it. We have to trust the doctor." she says softly and I nod.
Em actually did go awfully quick, in a matter of four hours and I hadn't calmed down all too much, as much as Em and I both tried.
"Ready to be a dad again?" she asks as she gets ready to push and I nod and she smiles weakly at me.
"Are you ready to be a mum again?" I ask her and she nods quickly with a grin and I smile back.
AN: I had to leave you with a cliffy, i know how people hate cliffhangers like that, but hey it builds the anticipation! I hope you all are liking the parts and i'm sure you'll the next one where the babies actually come in. Leave a review if you wanna.
