Chapter 22:
LIZ:
I am so tired. I have just brought a little baby into the world. It was a vary hard task. I know now that I am not having another baby, ever. This is the one. I felt like I was ripping in two. I knew that Max was feeling everything for me. He also had to collapse on the floor next to me. We got Isabelle to clean our baby up. Isabelle is now bringing our beautiful baby back to me. She handed it to me first. I was awake. Max was the one that was asleep. I think the delivery wore him out.
My child was so adorable. He looked exactly like his father. I had to sit against the chair to hold him, but he was the smallest, and most amazing thing that I have ever seen. He had a little patch of blond hair on his head, and blue eyes. But that is what all babies have when they are born.
Isabelle came to take the baby, and place it on the sofa for a few minutes. "How about we get you cleaned up, and you can go upstairs and get some rest. I know you are tired. I will take care of Zander until you are healthy enough to take care of him yourself."
" I can't let you do that. You have to get home to your own life, and Alex is probably waiting for you now. I just need a little nape and I will be..." I yawned "Fine.".
" No you wont. Both of you need to get some sleep. I will call Alex and tell him what is going on, he will understand. I insist."
"Okay. But tell Alex to head over here also. You two can sleep in the guest room. It may be further away from the nursery then our room, but we have a baby monitor."
I got cleaned up, and Isabelle woke Max, and they both carried me up the stairs. I was amazed that he had enough energy and strength to carry me up the stairs. We made it to our bed, and just fell asleep right when we hit the bed.
the dream cabin.
Max was on the sofa when I arrived. I felt fine, even though I had just delivered a baby. He was watching me walking towards him, with a grin on his face.
"So, this is what you made. It is really amazing. I don't think I would have enough imagination to make something like this. How did you do it?"
"That is just my little secret." I walked all the way over to Max, and got on top of him, and straddled him. "You don't want to waste all of this time talking do you? If you haven't realized...It may be a while until we can actually make love. This is the only time we can do it, without actually doing it. And you want to talk... Where did the real Max go?"
"Oh. He is right here." He grabbed my hips, and I leaned down and kissed him. It was first sweet and caring, then turned to hot and passionate. Before I knew it, we were naked on the bare skin rug. (I happened to imagine the rug there, after I realized where this was going. I think it was quite clever of me.) Max's hands were traveling all over my body. Not stopping anywhere. I felt all of this energy between us. It was in my stomach. I can't explain the sensation that I felt for him, but it was amazing. It just fueled the fire more.
He slowly entered me, and we moaned out in pleasure, at the same time. It felt so good to have him in me. He slowly started to thrust in and out. My eyes were closed, just savoring the sensation. I felt him watching me, and I opened my eyes. He was looking at me. Our eyes locked, and we didn't dare look away. The sensation was to great.
As I was approaching the edge, Max took his hand and ran it threw my hair. I know he felt that I was about to explode, so he leaned down, and kissed me while we both went over the edge. I think I moaned while we were kissing, but I couldn't help it. It felt so good to be with him.
Max pushed himself off of me, to lay on his back. I snuggled up to him, my head on his chest and my right leg over his right leg. We lay together just trying to catch his breath. The moments after our lovemaking are the greatest moments of my life. Max's hand was rubbing against my back in small circles. His fingers dancing lightly on my back, just enough to make it tickle a little.
We laid there for a few more minuets and then I felt my self fall back into reality.
I awoke to find my self in the exact same position that I was in our dream. Then the dull ache between my legs. It hurt when I moved my leg. That is when everything came flooding back to me. My loving husband saved my life, and our child's life. He even had enough energy to help me deliver my child while he was feeling all of my pain in the process.
I then realized that I didn't have much time with my baby. I had a overwhelming need to hold it in my arms, and never let it go. I could tell Max was still asleep, and I crept off the bed making sure not to disturb him. I went into the closet to retrieve my robe, and preceded into the nursery.
I saw by the darkness in the house that it was still night time. I guessed I didn't sleep much. I slowly walked into my baby's room. I was in pain, but I needed to see him. I looked over the brand new crib to see him awake with wide eyes.
I whispered to make sure I didn't scare him with my voice. "Hey little guy." I had to hold him. I reached down, and cradled him in my arms. I then walked over to the rocking chair, and sat. I just wanted to spend some time with him. I rocked him for about a minute until I heard some voices in the hall. I know it was Alex and Isabelle. I bet they heard him, and wanted to check on the baby.
"You guys can come in."
"Sorry to disturb you. Alex is really loud. I didn't know you would be up and walking around already."
"Yeah. It hurts to move, but I needed to see my little boy. There is something about having a baby, I just can't leave him alone."
Alex decided to chime in. "Well, I hear that the first few months are critical for the child's survival. They can die from anything. They even forget to breath some times."
"Well, thank you Alex. That is exactly what a new mother wants to hear. I can't wait until little Zander is older. I can tell him about the time when his Uncle Alex didn't think he would remember to breath."
"You know I didn't mean it like that..."
"I think she knows what you meant." Isabelle said as she took Alex's hand. "We will leave you alone now. Do you want me to take the little bassinet into your room, and you can rest with Zander right next to you?"
"That would be great actually. If you don't mind."
"Oh, Please. It is the least I can do."
Isabelle held Zander while I struggled to walk down the hall, and Alex was the one to role the bassinet into my room. I just sat on my bed, and held my little baby. Little Kiki also wanted to be next to the baby, but I had to set limits on the dog. I don't want the dog to mess with little Zander while he is on the floor playing with his toys. I only let little Kiki be with in a foot of Zander.
While I was holding Zander he started to fuss. Then I realized he must be hungry. I didn't want to wake Max, so I just started feeding him there. I guess Max heard the baby, so he woke anyway. He rolled to his side, and looked at our precious little baby. Then he looked at me.
"Hey there beautiful. How is junior doing?"
"Very hungry. How about you?"
"Tired. I had no idea how much child birth hurt."
"You were only receiving about half of what I was feeling. I knew if you go it all, then you wouldn't be able to deliver our baby."
"Wow, I was just on the edge as it was. I'm sorry I passed out on you after, I was just so tired."
"But you did carry me up the stairs. So, I guess you are let off the hook... Ouch. Watch it little guy. I am not going anywhere."
"What? What happened.?"
"He bit me."
"I didn't know they could bite."
"Yeah, and it is not as gentle as you are."
Max started to chuckle at that one. I like it when I can make him happy.
you always make me happy. I love you He also let me know how much he loved me by sending me all of his feelings. It was so much, that little flies in my stomach started to go everywhere.
I love you too. I put all of my feelings together that I felt for him, and hoped that he received the message.
He looked into my eyes, and then leaned over and kissed me. It was a brief kiss, due to the fact that Zander was full, and falling asleep. I collected him tightly in my arms, and put him in his bed. I made sure he was going back to sleep then I went back to my bed. Once I was seating on the bed, Max climbed over me, and looked into my eyes.
"Yeah know, that dream was amazing. You do have quite the imagination. I loved the bare skin rug. Great touch. But I really want the real thing. I know the dream has an amazingly real feeling but I know it is not the real thing."
"We can't do the real thing. It hurts to much." I didn't know if he knew what I was talking about, so I made my eyes travel down to my waist, and below. I am pretty sure he got the picture now.
"Oh. Well, I can make the pain go away, and heal you a lot faster then you can heal your self."
"Oh yeah. Well, what are you waiting for?"
Max proceeded to heal me, where I was in need of healing. It took about 2 minutes, but after that, I felt a whole lot better.
"Thank you."
"It was my pleasure. Really!" then he raised his eyebrows and smiled at me. I knew he was kidding, and that made me giggle. I had to keep it quiet, to make sure I didn't wake the baby.
Max started to kiss me on the neck. That was the best feeling in the world. I loved this man with all of my heart. I realized at that moment that I couldn't live without him, or our new son. I also know that I wouldn't let anything happen to either one of them.
