I think I love this story the most out of all my stories, I am so addicted to writing it I could literally go on forever. Anyway, thank you for the reviews, the Emily/Sam hate from you all is amusing to read! :D
If any of you have requests of things you would like an insight into such as Embry/Max relationship, or Sam/Max time together, Embry/Leah couple fights, or anything else you are wondering about just ask and I will see if I can put a chapter in so you can see everything. I am worried I am leaving certain relationships untouched or undeveloped so just let me know!
The car had turned to chaos, screaming filled it as I swerved back around and sped through the bendy roads toward Forks. I would like to say the screaming was Emily but it wasn't, the girls in the back had woken up and were screaming in both fear and excitement as Emily gripped and gasped in the passenger seat. I was so over the limit it was pass being funny, my foot kept slipping off the gas pedal and my other foot kept missing the clutch and so I had driven most of the way in third gear whilst doing 60 MPH. I couldn't even see the road properly.
"Oh crap" Emily gasped again and launched herself forward as another contraction hit her, she was moving fast. She was only five minutes apart. "Please ring Sam" She groaned breathing heavily and Rachel fumbled drunkenly for the phone from earlier.
"I have tried, he isn't answering"
"They probably think we are trying to annoy them again" I whined and sped around another corner nearly going head first into an oncoming car as I went. "Ring Ness and get her to find Jake, Jake is with Sam" I ordered and the three girls all began dialling on their phones. "It won't work if you all ring her, fuck" I shouted as frustration and fear built up within me, I needed to get Sam to her, I couldn't help her. I was drunk; the girls in the back were passed being drunk.
"I'll do it, you ring Sue and Kim you try Sam's mom, someone has to know where the fuck they are" Rachel slurred out and again the girls began tapping at their phones. No answer from Sam's mom, no answer from my mom. I focused on Rachel, waiting for her voice.
"NESS, OH MY GOD, Ness it's Emily, I mean no it's Rachel but Emily, she's gone into labour we are going to Forks but we can't get hold of Sam, you need to get hold of Jake or someone and meet us at Forks" Rachel babbled out and I sped faster, Emily yelled out again and her hand shot out grabbing onto my leg and digging in. It hurt, it hurt a lot but I was so focused on driving I blocked it out.
"I need to push" Emily cried and I jerked the car, she couldn't push. "I need to, oh god, where's Sam" She moaned and I pressed my foot to the floor off the gas pedal, the car flew forward sending everyone jerking into the seats in front of them. We were almost there. "Leah what do I do?"
"Oh god, Kim tell her what to do" I glanced at Kim who was whiter than she should be, her head shaking as she opened the window and gulped for fresh air. Rebecca had passed out again while Rachel was shrieking about wolves being stupid. "Don't push" I blurted out, no that was wrong, if she had to push then she had to push. "No, push just not too hard" I felt myself panicking and I sped past a row of Forks houses, nearly there.
"I don't want to; I can't do it without Sam"
"I did" I snapped but I didn't mean it way it came out.
"Now really isn't the time for that Leah" Rachel warned, I hadn't meant it that way.
"No, Emily I went through childbirth without a man, you can do it and you have to for that baby, if you hold it in then you can harm both of you" I explained and she nodded at me, her breathing became erratic and she started doing short breaths of six blows before one long one.
"Leah" Emily cried out and I grunted at her trying to focus on the road to the hospital. "I'm sorry"
"What?" I looked across at her as tears fell over her cheeks.
"I'm sorry for what I did, I'm sorry I broke your heart and I'm sorry I lied to everyone when you left, I should have told them and everything would have been different. They would have found you and you would have been happy, you would have found Embry sooner and Max would have known his dad. I shouldn't have been so selfish, AHHHH" She stopped and screamed louder than she had done earlier, Rebecca startled awake in the back seat shouting about Lamaze breathing as she woke.
"He still loves you" Emily groaned as she rubbed her stomach, my own stomach lurched and I looked briefly at her. "Sam, he always has done"
"No Emily, he loves you" I bite back the bile rising in my throat as I speak. She was wrong.
"I know, I know he does and I love him but he still holds feelings for you, feelings he never got over. Ahhh, oh god. He's always found it hard with you and with you and Embry because he still cares a lot for you, you were his first real relationship, the first person he was with, the first person he loved and it all ended so quickly neither of you had time to get over it"
"I'm over it" I said truthfully and she nodded.
"Yes, you both have moved on but he still cares, you gave him Max even if he only found out a year ago you still gave him his first son. I get scared that he doesn't love me as much because I couldn't give him kids for so long, I know he loves me, I know you love Embry but sometimes I worry that what I did and the lies I told will make him hate me" She whimpers through her contractions and I take her words in, breathing heavily. She was talking shit.
"Emily, you are his soul mate forget all of that. If he hadn't imprinted on you we still would have broke up and you still would have ended up together. It was meant to happen you just had help finding it, so just stop with the insecurities, Sam and I are done, over, finished. Now stop it and concentrate on the baby" I spoke firmly and she nodded at me, she was crazy.
"I just worry" She gasped out. She was a worrier.
"We are here" I slammed the car into park as we hit the front entrance to the hospital, a nurse was stood outside lighting a cigarette up.
"SHE'S IN FUCKING LABOUR" Kim screamed and the nurse jumped in surprise, watching us like we were crazy and Kim waved impatiently at her causing her to drop her smoke and run back in returning minutes later with a wheelchair.
"Leah, I was such a cow" Emily gasped when I opened her door and helped her climb out; I shook my head at her. Although it was good hearing these things, hearing her say sorry for the first time in years, now wasn't the time.
"No Emily, not now"
"Yes now Leah, oh god" She clutched at her round stomach and held a scream in, the nurse lowered her gently to the wheelchair and began taking her inside while the three still drunk girls stumbled after her.
"Leah come with me" Emily turned for me and reached as if trying to grab hold of me and I stupidly went, I didn't want to be there with her but I couldn't say no. She was still my cousin and Sam wasn't here, she was alone. She grabbed at my hand as I stumbled in my heels to keep up and we burst into the deserted waiting room of Forks General, only a few people were dotted around but none of the guys.
"Where the fuck are they?" I cursed and Rachel shrugged at me, her drunken face in panic as we all ran toward the maternity ward with Emily and the nurse who was taking details from Kim. Kim however got them wrong and when asked for Emily's name she started her own and so the nurse was calling Emily, Kim.
"Kim just breathe through it" The nurse talked calmly typing her code into the maternity door and it swung open.
"I am but it isn't helping" The real Kim piped up and the nurse turned to look with utter confusion.
"Her name is Emily" I offered and the nurse nodded seemingly still confused. "Would you three sit down and shut the fuck up" I growled as the girls fell around holding onto one another obviously wasted, they sobered for a second and collapsed onto the waiting area sofa and chairs, all of them biting their tongues as they watched me give Emily's real information to the receptionist.
"I'm Clara, I'll be your midwife Mrs Uley. Is your husband here?" A young girl walked out, obviously a student or just graduated. She looked around and her eyes lingered on the sofa were Rachel and Kim were curled up with one another and Rebecca was spread out over four chairs fast asleep again. I give up with them; I really give up with them. I was buzzed but I was sobering up as the situation got worse.
"No, where is he?" Emily sounded panicked and she turned to me desperate to know but all I could do was grimace. I had no idea. This was a shit situation to be in.
"Do you have anyone that can stay with you until he arrives?" Clara asked and Emily stared at her lap for a second, my stomach twisted uncomfortably as I knew what was coming and sure enough she turned to look at me. A pleading in her eyes that made my chest ache for her, I hated feeling sympathy for her but I did. She was alone, her best friends were giggling on the sofa and Sam was god knows where doing god knows what. I was all she had.
"Emily" I started and she looked harder at me with plea.
"Please Leah, I can't do this alone, I'm scared" She whimpered and gasped as another contraction hit her, before I could reply Clara was wheeling Emily down the hall and I was being dragged with her.
It didn't take long for them to undress her and get her on a bed, her contractions were barely two minutes apart and she was nearly fully dilated, it wouldn't be long. I could hear Rachel and Kim singing 'we're going to have a baby' from down the hall and I hovered uncomfortably by the door. I didn't know what to do. She was having this kid fast, she had barely been in full labour for an hour and she was ready to push.
"Leah" Emily reached for me again and I slowly walked to her, my heels tapping against the floor as I went. "Leah, I'm sorry, I was such a crap friend and an even worse cousin" She started all over again and I shook my head at her. I couldn't have this talk now.
"Emily it doesn't matter right now"
"It does, it does because even though your back home and you talk to me you still don't like me. I know it was my fault, I know I've been horrible and Sam's been an ass but I care about you so much, I miss it all. I miss FUCK" She screamed again and I blinked back the tears that were hitting my eyes, I was drunk and she was getting emotional, not a good mix. "Oh god, oh god. Leah, Leah what I'm saying is that I miss the things we didn't do and were supposed to, we were supposed to plan our weddings together and have kids that would be best friends, we were going to go baby shopping and go to posh wine bars AHHHH"
"She's fully dilated" Clare spoke from the end of the bed and Emily's screams got worse. It was too late for an epidural or pain medication, she was doing this naturally and without Sam. She was emotional, scared and panicked. I had to calm her down.
I reached for her hand and leant over the bed, smiling as she panted in pain. "It's fine Emily, the past is the past now, just focus on the future, you're baby and the wedding and more babies, it will all be ok" I soothed, the words I spoke were semi truthful, she did need to focus on the future as did I but I don't think we would ever be fine or back to how we were, too much had happened. We could try and fix it but friendship is like glass, once it's broken you can fix it but it will never be the same.
"You and Embry, you are perfect. You are both so ha-shit-ahhh" She screeched and gripped my hand harder, breathing through it until she was able to speak again. "happy, you bounce off one another. You really are meant to be together, you'll make a beautiful family" She was breathing heavily, her words made my drunken stomach soar and I found myself smiling. I was happy with Embry, he was perfect.
"Emily, you should probably concentrate on your breathing now" Clara spoke up and I looked at her, she was watching us with confusion obviously at the words being exchanged.
"I need Sam" She cried, more tears rolling down her face as she nearly broke my hand. I nodded at her, I would like to see Embry right about now. I hated feeling emotional; he was the only one who made me feel better. "I need Sam" She cried again and I looked at the door, it didn't open. He wouldn't make it.
"He will be here"
"Promise he won't miss it?" She asked and I stared at her, I couldn't promise that but I nodded anyway and smiled as best I could.
"He wouldn't miss it if all the leeches in the world were trying to stop him" I spoke lowly trying to make sure the midwives didn't hear, Emily gave another sob and nodded at me. I actually felt bad for her; if this was me and Embry wasn't here I would be beside myself.
"You need to push Emily, when you hit your next contraction I need you to push right down into your bottom" Clara looked up and smiled sympathetically at Emily, Emily cried harder and shook her head.
"I can't do it, I can't it hurts" She whimpered and clutched my hand tighter, my stomach was clenching for her, I knew what this felt like. "I can't do it, AHHHHH"
"Push, push push" Clara encouraged but Emily didn't she just screamed. "We need to get this baby out, if you can't push I'll have to call the doctors and I don't want to do that, you can do this Emily" Clara went on and she shook her head.
"I can't"
This bitch is crazy, I turned on her and lowered my face just above hers, my own tears welling as I realised that I really was all she had, we weren't even friends and yet here I was having to support her. "Emily Uley, you stop it right now because your baby needs you to push whether it hurts or not so fucking push, you aren't alone, you have me and I am not leaving you so push" I spoke firmly and Emily let more tears flow before nodding.
"AHHHHHH" She screamed louder and Clara began shouting for her to push and she did, her hand clutched on mine so tight I thought it would break.
She stopped again, her head shaking. "Oh god it hurts, I need something"
"It's too late for drugs, you're doing great let's get this baby out" A midwife joined in and Emily nodded again, another contraction hitting her.
"Come on Emily" I spoke through gritted teeth trying not to scream from the pain in my hand as she pulled and twisted it.
"I have the head, push Emily" Clara shouted just as the door opened, Sam ran in with his hair on end and his clothes strewn in all directions.
"Sam" Emily yelled out and he ran to her side opposite me, his eyes glancing at me uneasily before down at his wife. "I thought you would miss it" She cried and he placed kisses all over her face before taking her free hand, I wanted to leave, I tried to but she clamped down harder on my hand making me stay put.
"I'm so sorry sweetheart" He kissed her scars again as she gasped and cried out from a contraction. Emily turned to look at me as I tried prying my hand away, her scared face had eased but she looked awful.
"You said you wouldn't leave" She sounded like a child and I glanced up at Sam, he looked awkward watching me stand there. This was an intimate moment for them, I shouldn't be here, and he didn't want me here. But she did. I was too soft sometimes; I clenched her hand again and stayed put. I hated tonight.
"Push" Clara yelled over Emily's scream. A popping sound filled the room and Emily gave one last cry before Clara pulled away from the bed and another midwife swept in with a towel. I could see her slapping the baby dry and in the way I never got to see with Max she held the baby up showing Emily and Sam as they hugged one another. I hated newborns, they were so ugly.
"It's a boy" The midwife called and Sam and Emily fell into new rounds of cries as the baby let out a high pitched squeal.
I finally removed my aching hand from Emily's as she fully wrapped herself in Sam and I went to walk away, this was their moment, I had stayed like she asked but now I needed my man to cuddle me and take me home. As I left the bedside a hand grabbed at my arm and stopped me. Turning I saw Sam letting me go as he placed a kiss on Emily's forehead before looking at me, Emily was paying no attention, she was glued on her son now being wrapped in a blanket.
"Thank you Leah" He breathed out and I mustered a smile, I felt sick. This had been a long night.
"Congratulations" I whispered back and he gave a full smile, the happiness and love in his face was unlike I had ever seen, actually I had seen it in Solomon each time his babies were born but witnessing it like this was strange. He glanced back down at his wife, his smile growing as they looked at one another. I needed to get out of here.
I continued for the door and pushed myself out into the hallway kicking off my heels as I went and breathed in the cold air, the maternity suite was boiling hot. Fuck, I never wanted to witness a birth again. My body was shaking from the adrenaline, panic and drunkenness rolling through me. That had been the strangest, most stressful hour of my life. I stumbled down the hallway until the light of the waiting room found me, my eyes gathered the sight in front of me and I had to give a little laugh. Rebecca was still spread out although she was no longer asleep; she was now questioning Quil on something that seemed to be making him angry. Paul was on the sofa with Rachel straddling him while kissing him inappropriately, Kim was cradled into Jared and was falling asleep as he twisted her hair around his finger, Ness and Jake were on the floor looking at his phone and Embry, well Embry was stood leaning against a wall just watching me as I stumbled around the corner and let out a long sigh of relief, my ordeal was over.
"It's a boy" I managed to squeak out as my eyes met Embry's, a soft smile spread across his lips but it wasn't at my news it was just at me. The other guys who heard me started hollering and the girls quickly picked up on the news and began drunken hollering. I just walked for Embry, my body exhausted and my mind already drifting into a sleep. His arms engulfed me and the warm sensation sent a tiredness over me making my eyes slip shut and open again, he smelled of beer but I could still smell his scent and the smell of it made my stomach jump excitedly. My man, I finally was with him after hours of needing him.
"Please take me home, Embry" I yawned and a soft kiss came down on my head just as my knees buckled beneath me, my weight was lifted though and as soon as my knees gave way Embry's arms grabbed me and he pulled me to his chest before walking with me, it didn't take long for me to fall asleep, I was exhausted and full of emotions that I couldn't be bothered to deal with tonight, tonight I just needed my bed and Embry holding me.
