Disclaimer: Same as always.
Notes: This is a short one to tide you over until I get a longer one out. I know how impatient readers can be; I'm one of them. Anyways, as always, enjoy!
Tionne Solusar awoke as the alarm on the chrono began to chime. As usual, Kam as already gone, leaving his wife to get some extra sleep. She glanced at the chrono. She had thirty minutes before her first lesson started. Just enough time for a quick shower and breakfast.
She grimaced as a dull ache emanated from her lower back as she sat up. I've got to start sleeping in more comfortable positions, she thought. I don't want to have a strained back when the baby is born.
The minstrel took a quick shower and dressed in loose, comfortable, sand-colored Jedi robes. She slipped into a pair of comfortable boots, and headed for the nearest messhall. Once done with breakfast, Tionne headed for the nearest turbolift. Her classroom was two levels up, and she was definitely in no shape to take the stairs adjacent to the turbolift.
"Hold the lift!" she called as she saw the doors closing. A hand slid in the way of the doors, and they opened again, their programing keeping them from closing until the obstruction was out of their way. Tionne hurried as quickly as she could and entered the lift. "Thank you, Valin," she told the young man already in the lift. "I believe you know what level I want."
"Yes, Master Tionne," Valin said, pressing the appropriate button. "And before you say anything, I wasn't trying to skip out on your class. I was just on my way to it."
"I wasn't going to accuse you of skipping class again," Tionne told the boy with a smile. The lift started to go up, but abruptly came to a halt after a second. Tionne sighed, digging in her pocket for her comlink, and grimaced when she remembered that she had left it on her dresser. "Valin, do you have a comlink?"
Valin dug in his own pockets for a second, but came up empty handed. "Sorry. I guess I forgot it. Isn't there an emergency one in here somewhere?"
Tionne shook her head. "It was never hooked up. I knew--" She stopped as abruptly as the lift had. She reached out a hand to rest against the wall to steady herself, her other hand coming to rest on her swollen belly.
"Master Tionne, is something wrong?" Valin asked worriedly. "Are you alright?"
The Jedi didn't answer, but focused on the tiny life inside of her. The baby was in turmoil, scared. Suddenly, the sensation hit her again. It was from the baby. Her environment was changing, and she wanted out.
"Master Tionne?" Valin's voice was full of worry. Tionne smiled at his concern for her.
"I'm alright, Valin," she told her student. "I really am. But, my baby is eager to be born, and she isn't willing to wait any longer."
"What?" he asked, confused.
"My baby is going to be born today. And soon," she added as she felt her uterus contract. "I'm in labor."
Notes: It's kind of a cliffhanger. I was going to put this in with the rest of the labor and delivery, but I haven't tortured you with a cliffie in a while, so I thought, Hey, why not? So, leave me a comment or two, and I'll have the next chapter out in a few days. Thanks!!
Notes: This is a short one to tide you over until I get a longer one out. I know how impatient readers can be; I'm one of them. Anyways, as always, enjoy!
Tionne Solusar awoke as the alarm on the chrono began to chime. As usual, Kam as already gone, leaving his wife to get some extra sleep. She glanced at the chrono. She had thirty minutes before her first lesson started. Just enough time for a quick shower and breakfast.
She grimaced as a dull ache emanated from her lower back as she sat up. I've got to start sleeping in more comfortable positions, she thought. I don't want to have a strained back when the baby is born.
The minstrel took a quick shower and dressed in loose, comfortable, sand-colored Jedi robes. She slipped into a pair of comfortable boots, and headed for the nearest messhall. Once done with breakfast, Tionne headed for the nearest turbolift. Her classroom was two levels up, and she was definitely in no shape to take the stairs adjacent to the turbolift.
"Hold the lift!" she called as she saw the doors closing. A hand slid in the way of the doors, and they opened again, their programing keeping them from closing until the obstruction was out of their way. Tionne hurried as quickly as she could and entered the lift. "Thank you, Valin," she told the young man already in the lift. "I believe you know what level I want."
"Yes, Master Tionne," Valin said, pressing the appropriate button. "And before you say anything, I wasn't trying to skip out on your class. I was just on my way to it."
"I wasn't going to accuse you of skipping class again," Tionne told the boy with a smile. The lift started to go up, but abruptly came to a halt after a second. Tionne sighed, digging in her pocket for her comlink, and grimaced when she remembered that she had left it on her dresser. "Valin, do you have a comlink?"
Valin dug in his own pockets for a second, but came up empty handed. "Sorry. I guess I forgot it. Isn't there an emergency one in here somewhere?"
Tionne shook her head. "It was never hooked up. I knew--" She stopped as abruptly as the lift had. She reached out a hand to rest against the wall to steady herself, her other hand coming to rest on her swollen belly.
"Master Tionne, is something wrong?" Valin asked worriedly. "Are you alright?"
The Jedi didn't answer, but focused on the tiny life inside of her. The baby was in turmoil, scared. Suddenly, the sensation hit her again. It was from the baby. Her environment was changing, and she wanted out.
"Master Tionne?" Valin's voice was full of worry. Tionne smiled at his concern for her.
"I'm alright, Valin," she told her student. "I really am. But, my baby is eager to be born, and she isn't willing to wait any longer."
"What?" he asked, confused.
"My baby is going to be born today. And soon," she added as she felt her uterus contract. "I'm in labor."
Notes: It's kind of a cliffhanger. I was going to put this in with the rest of the labor and delivery, but I haven't tortured you with a cliffie in a while, so I thought, Hey, why not? So, leave me a comment or two, and I'll have the next chapter out in a few days. Thanks!!