Chapter 41
Queen Genevieve
Genevieve was walking with Lacey to her room; they were going to get ready for dinner together since Genevieve found it harder and harder to change by herself and walk alone.
Occasionally she would start to have contractions; every time that would happen, she would stop, stay still, and breathe, which usually stopped it for a while.
When they finished, Genevieve wore a light purple dress that showed a few of her shoulders with long sleeves and a flowing tail, and Lacey had on a pink dress with white flowers on the bottom of the skirt.
They were about to leave when Genevieve felt wet; she looked down at her dress and saw it was wet; her water had just broken she was now in labor.
"Ouch!" said Genevieve as she felt a sharp pain in her spine, took a seat on the bed and breathed heavily.
"Genevieve, what's wrong?" asked Lacey, all worried.
"Lacey, I need you to stay calm, and I need you to get help." Said Genevieve as she started to breathe heavily and saw Lacey quickly run out of the room to get some help.
She tried to stand up to move to the center of the bed, but she couldn't move. She heard someone passing and listened to the familiar voices.
"Come on, Fallon, or we'll be late for dinner!" exclaimed Courtney.
Genevieve spoke up without wasting any time, "Fallon? Courtney, is that you two?!" said Genevieve; they both heard her and entered the room.
"Yes?" Said Fallon.
"What's wrong, Genevieve?" asked Courtney as they entered the room; they saw her water broke when they entered. Genevieve took a few deep breaths, hoping that would help.
"Genevieve, oh my! Let's get you into bed comfortable." Exclaimed Fallon.
As they had finished, Lacey showed up with the family doctor; her father and Derek quickly raced inside and sat next to her; she felt a bit better now that Derek was there with her.
"Good evening, queen Genevieve; I see we meet each other sooner than we expected; Fallon, could you bring me some towels and Courtney, could you bring me some hot water." Said the doctor as they all moved quickly and did as the doctor told them.
King Derek
Derek was sitting next to Genevieve as they went to grab the stuff; he was holding her hand as he thought he worried. What if something happened to Genevieve? Or their baby?
Sometimes, whenever some women would give birth, they would die or the child; he also wondered if he was ready to be a father; he's worried that he might fail them both.
Fallon and Courtney arrived with the stuff the doctor had asked for and the rest of the girls.
"Alright, thank you, Courtney and Fallon, but now if you all don't mind, you should all exit the room." Said the doctor.
Derek looked at Genevieve, and she looked at him, worried and a bit scared, as if she was telling him not to leave her side.
"Queen Genevieve, it is up to you if you want your husband to stay or not." Said the doctor, Derek looked at Genevieve, and she quickly nodded.
"Yes, please." Genevieve said to Derek; he nodded and said to her, "I'll be right here; I won't go anywhere." Said Derek.
"You are lucky, my boy, whenever my dear Isabella was in a good mood at birth, she would allow me in, but then there were times when she was mad that she kicked me out." Chuckled Randolph.
Derek, hearing this chuckled slightly, as did Genevieve, "Well then, lucky me." Said Derek,
"You never told me that, papa." Said Genevieve; Derek noticed that she was trying to make a conversation to distract her a bit before her father had to leave with her sisters.
"Oh yes, when she was about to have Fallon, she was so mad for some reason that she kicked me out, but with you, Genevieve, she was mad, but she was also scared; she didn't want me to leave her, but just like your mother I know you'll do great dear." Said Randolph as he exited the room.
"Alright, then let's get started." Said the doctor.
Nine hours later
Genevieve had been at this since eight, and it was now the crack of dawn, five in the morning; for hours, you could hear her cry out of exhaustion.
But the doctor said it was expected since this was her first-time giving childbirth; once in a while, they would take breaks; whenever that happened, either Derek would step out to inform everyone, Or Randolph would come in and ask since everyone was outside.
Sometimes her contractions would be so hard that she thought she would have their baby, but no, that meant that it would be worse whenever the baby would almost be here.
Then, whenever her contractions would slow down and go backward, it would take a couple minutes, but then shortly enough, they would start to go forward again.
Another hour had passed; it was now six in the morning.
"I-I can't any-anymore!" exclaimed Genevieve as a few tears also escaped her eyes.
Derek was watching her; he looked so tired and was a bit pale; he hated seeing her that way.
"Yes, you can, Genevieve; come on, one more push." Said Derek; as he took hold of her hand, she squeezed it, and after that one big push, there was a loud cry echo of a newborn baby.
"Congratulations, your highnesses; it's a healthy baby boy." Said the doctor, Derek was so happy as he thought he was now a father of a healthy baby boy, and he couldn't be more joyful as he hugged his wife, Genevieve.
Queen Genevieve
Genevieve was so tired she was already about to give up, but her husband encouraged her to one big push during her last contraction, then she heard an echo of a newborn cry.
She had done it; she was so glad that her husband was with her because she didn't give up, and they are now parents thanks to him.
"Congratulations, your highnesses; it's a healthy baby boy." Said the doctor; Genevieve was so overjoyed she was now a mother, she thought as she was breathing heavily.
Her maids quickly helped her change into a cleaner light blue strapless gown; it had purple petals around the top of the dress as well as the sleeves, but the sleeves were only halfway to her shoulders then the rest of the sleeve was a bit puffed with petals on top as they are on her waist.
When they finally finished dressing her and her hair was in her everyday style, and the doctor had finished cleaning the baby, he turned around and headed towards Derek and her.
"Here you go, your highness." Said the doctor as he gave them their baby. When he did, he was preparing to leave but said that Genevieve should rest; then, as he opened the door, he saw all the family in the door and stepped aside and let them inside.
"Aww, he's so cute!" exclaimed the triplets with joy.
"Shhh! You'll wake him up." Said Fallon.
"he's adorable, Genevieve." Said Courtney.
"Thanks, girls." Said Genevieve.
"What are you naming him?" asked Hadley; after that, I looked at Derek, and we both smiled; we had already discussed what name if it was a boy or a girl.
"We have decided to name him Henry." Said Derek smiling at Genevieve.
"Prince Henry, what a wonderful name," said Randolph.
"Thank you, papa." Said Genevieve; she was about to say something else when little Henry yawned and opened his eyes; Genevieve was surprised and looked at Derek.
"Derek, look." Said Genevieve; Derek looked at her then at Henry; he saw the same thing and was astonished.
"He has your hair color, Derek." Said Genevieve smiling at him.
"And he has your soft light blue eyes, Genevieve." Said Derek as he kissed his wife's head.
"Hi Henry, mommy and daddy love you, and we will always be here for you." Said Genevieve as she kissed little Henry and continued to hold him for a bit longer before giving him to Derek.