"Birth of a Child" Part 2
~A.C. 180, L4 Colony~
"Mother! Are you all right?" The girl rushed to her mother's side. She had nearly fainted.
"Yes, I'm fine. Just tired. That's all, really." She tried to brush off her concern over her.
"Maybe you should go get some rest." Another daughter replied. The mother nodded and walked off towards her bedroom.
"What's wrong with Mother? She's been awfully tired lately." The first girl asked.
"I heard her throwing up this morning…You think she's…?" The second's voice trailed off.
"Why else *wouldn't* she be? She's been having dizzy spells also." The third chimed in.
"So..what's wrong with her?" The first still confused and left in the dark while her sisters conversed.
"Your so stupid sometimes! Don't you know anything? I thought you were in medical school!" The third scolded her sister.
"Now look whose stupid. I never went to medical school! I went into engineering." The first corrected her. "Not all of us wanna be doctors or physicians like you and Iria and about five other people in the family."
"Okay okay!" the second was fed up with their bickering. "We think Mother might be pregnant."
"Could of just told me that in the first place…" She mumbled under her breath.
"What was that?" The third demanded.
"Nothing!" The first nearly screamed into her ear.
While they were arguing, Mother was sitting in her bedroom trying to figure out a way to tell her husband. After mush consideration, she decided to just tell him. She got up and walked to his office.
"Quaterine! What are you doing here?" Her husband looked startled by her presence.
"I'm not allowed to be here?" She had a grin across her face.
Her husband let out a laugh and motioned for her to come in. "So tell me, what is it that you need, my dear?"
She let out a giggle. "I know you already have 29 children, that happen to be all daughters, but how about making that number a bit more even?" 'This isn't exactly going according to plan. Oh well! I'm just setting the mood, hehe.'
"Either you want another child or you're with child." He thought of any other possibility of why she would bring this up.
"The second part."
He wasn't surprised in any way. "I see. Is this going to be a natural birth?"
"Yes. No test tubes or scientists and that whole procedure."
"That's wonderful!" He got up and gave his wife a kiss on top of her forehead. "But you do know about the dangers involved, so if you don't want to have it, I understand completely."
She looked a bit surprised this time. "Of course I want it! I thought this over for quite some time." She narrowed her eyes a bit and stared straight at him.
"um..uh..yes, but of course, haha." He started to look around and figure out a way to change the subject. "Oh, you must be tired. You should really go get some rest." He gently pushed her out and closed the door once she was down the hall. 'I hope its a boy. We do need an heir and 29 daughters don't help much.'
In just a few days, word got around and doctors came almost once a week to check up on her. Friends and family visited more frequently just in case their "dear Quaterine" didn't make it out alive. All the hectic and time consuming visits drove her to almost not want to make it out alive. After a few weeks, she decided to just let the doctors in, but her other visitors were persistent…
"Oh! hello Iria dear. Is your mother home?"
"Sorry, but she feels a bit weak today and is resting at the moment." Said with the sweetest smile.
"I see, well I'll come by tomorrow then."
~The next day…~
"Is your mother awake, dearest?" The same visitor asks a different daughter.
"Yes, but the doctor is in right now." She was ready to slam the door on her face.
"I can wait until the appointment is over. She's been having so many appointments lately and has no personal time…for her friends and family." The visitor was lost in her ideal world.
'No personal time for her friends and family? Is she kidding or insane? Is she some stalker? I remember seeing her at the door yesterday! Good thing Iria answered it. Mother has no "personal time" because you people keep suffocating her with you "dear" this and "dear" that. Even if she did have some time, she wouldn't go off and spend it with you, haha.' A grin slowly came across her face.
"Uh..hello? Are you okay?"
"Hm? Oh yes, I'm fine. I'm terribly sorry, but my mother really can't see you now." She started to close the door while the guest tried to say every last word she had to say.
"Is it that lady again?" Two other girls were standing at the doorway.
"Yeh, she's persistent. I think we're gonna run out of excuses soon." She was looking out the window to make sure the lady was gone and not trying to climb into the second floor windows or sneak around the back.
"I don't think she has much of a life. It seems to revolve around Mother, haha." She also started to look out the windows. "She's standing at the corner." The other girl ran over to the window.
"She looks sad or depressed." The other girl commented.
"I think she's just worried." The other corrected. "…worried about Mother."
"Or!" The third one contributed. "She just realized she doesn't have a life." The three sisters laugh.
Finally, after many agonizing months with the visitor and the doctors, it was time for the child to be born. Quaterine decided to have it at home, so she wouldn't have to deal with the media and visitors. And as the story goes, a boy was born and the birth would have been successful, except the mother died.
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~A.C. 180, L3 Colony~
"Mommy! Your tummy is all swollen now!" An ecstatic little girl with wavy, auburn hair flailed her arms in all directions, announcing the news. Her 'mommy' was smiling at the hyper girl.
"In a few months, you're going to have a baby brother, Catherine." She was chopping vegetables and preparing their dinner. "I can tell you're excited." Catherine smiled from ear to ear, jumping up and down.
"What are you gonna name him, mommy?" She stopped and looked up in curiosity.
"Hm…" She stopped cutting and stared into space. After a long pause, she answered. "How does Triton sound?" The little girl contemplated the suggestion for a few seconds.
"Triton…Triton Bloom." She whispered to herself. "It sounds fine."
"Nice to know that I have your approval." She started to cook again.
After a few months, Triton Bloom was born. Around the same time, more and more fights have been breaking out around the area. Soon enough, the Bloom family had to leave their home. While escaping in their carriage, it was attacked. Mother and father died in the blast trying to save their kids, while brother and sister were separated and forced to go on their own path. Unfortunately, Triton lost all or most of his memory.
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~A.C. 179, L5 Colony~
"You're pregnant?"
"Yes."
"Boy or girl?"
"Most likely to be a boy."
"We should go arrange a few things then." The Chinese man said emotionlessly. His wife looked up and nodded in agreement.
"Don't you think it's a bit too early though?"
"Hm…yes. We'll wait for six months after his birth. If we can not find an appropriate spouse by then, we'll wait another six months." He stated.
"All right." The petite woman stood up and went back to her chores. The man went back to work.
~A few months later, A.C. 180~
"What shall we name him?" The woman was holding the sleeping child.
"How about Wufei? Chang Wufei." He said plainly. The woman nodded tiredly. "A few days ago, I started to make arrangements to meet with one of your old friends. They have a daughter."
"I see, do you think they'll approve? Do you think she is worthy enough?"
"Yeh, everything seems fine so far."
About one week later, the two couples met along with their children. They set their children together to see how well they do with each other. The two men talked about the marriage while the women went to the kitchen and monitored the kids.
"So I guess our little Meiran is engaged to your Wufei?"
"From what I gathered, yes. But all babies play nice with each other…until they learn to talk that is." Both women let out a giggle. They decided not to interfere and cause more trouble.
Months and years went by. Wufei and
Meiran were forced to be childhood friends. After they learned to talk,
they despised each other and try to stay away from each other every waking
moment. They both had different views on everything. The day of the wedding
finally arrived and nothing could have prevented it from happening. They
were married and that was that. They weren't happy, but their parents were.
Children never really did have much say in this situation. Doesn't matter
how much they hate each other, they can't divorce. They were stuck with
each other until one fateful day, but that's another story.