Hello everyone. I'm sorry for the wait… I really need to finish some more of the stories. Oh well- it wasn't as long now as some of the earlier times… either way, since updating last I wrote a oneshot for Seizure awareness called turbulence, and I also finished one story called I still love you. I also started a story called Too much bitten off to chew, because I broke a tooth and my friend likes dentist-fics.

Anyway, that one will probably be quite short so after all it is five stories finished and seven left that will be finished soon, including this one. There will probably be three chapters left after this one.

One month later, May the thirteenth

"Kenny? What happened?"

During the morning I had woken up with contractions so bad I was a hundred percent sure I was going to give birth. May- Li had driven me straight to the A & E were Dr. Tricia had calmed me down slightly and, even though we thought we had read everything about, and knew everything about what would happen now- we didn't! We barely had the time to come inside the door before Mike caught up with us.

"What happened? Are you alright, Kenny?"

"They were only Braxton Hicks." I explained with a tired sigh. "And I'm… I don't even remember how many centimeters dilated. Two or three I think. So I can expect… cramps from now on. But probably not very regular and with long breaks in between… So there should be another… twenty four hours or so before you-know-what!"

Twenty-four hours…

I had spent so much time the past time that Elijah and Trenton wouldn't have to share a birthday. The thought was made even worse knowing that tomorrow, Trenton's birthday was the exact day Elijah was due to be born and now there was no going back.

I had heard about births that had taken days. Maybe this could be so that Elijah's birthday would at least be one day or two after Trenton's. But could I really stand a birth lasting so long?

Maybe the birth would be starting already today, maybe now….

Or now…

Or now…

Well. I could always pretend I wasn't as afraid of giving birth as I really was.

"Kenny?" Mike worriedly spoke my name and broke through my thoughts. "Are you alright? You look so worried… I hope we did the right thing by going home instead of staying at the hospital. Maybe we should call Dr. Tricia…. Or just go back. Kenny? Answer me? Do you feel alright?"

"I feel…" I finally found my words. "…I feel alright. There's been this major car crash involving like twenty cars right outside town. So on the A&E it is crowded I can tell. And Dr. Tricia has enough to deal with even if I wouldn't be there just to wait until something happens… I think I'll go rest for a bit… maybe I should call Matt and tell him what's going on."

Any time I moved at all it felt as if I was moving in slow motion. But somehow I made my way up the stairs and to my and Minnie's room. Minnie was at school as well as most of the other kids of this place and, even though the place had seemed quiet since both of the loudest- Kim and Floss had left these were the only times the place was so quiet I could get some rest without having to answer any questions or deal with ten other people who worried about me.

I was still trying to force myself to open my eyes and reach for my phone, that had laid on my bedside table ever since last night. Before I knew the pains I would be woken up to in only a few hours.

I just couldn't help it. I needed to sleep some…

"Whoa?" When I opened my eyes again my eyelids had gone so light they almost flew open. "Wait…"

I was a bit stiff from the position I had fallen asleep in… And because I was stiff and aching all around all the time by now as well as tired. But at least the move didn't feel as heavy as they did before. Then, I realized I must have been sleeping for hours when I heard voices from downstairs. And heavily I got out of bed and onto my feet.

I could hear voices coming from the kitchen. And in my still drowsy state and knowing that now, after these past nine months of waiting, now there might be twenty four hours, or even less until what was lying inside of me now kicking and tumbling around laid in my arms… or rather someone else's.

In the kitchen everyone else were eating their dinner, they were chattering but when I came inside and suddenly froze and stared right in front of me they silent to look at me. It might have also had something to do with how they all had been eating breakfast this morning when I got up and had to be rushed to the hospital.

"Kenny" Duke questioned. "Are you okay, sweetie?"

"Yeah…" It went a bit slowly but at last I found my words and knew what I had to tell the others. "I'm okay. What happened earlier were Braxton Hicks- a sort of warning that it's coming close I guess… But no baby yet. It might be a while still. Until tonight or tomorrow morning but… I guess I should go call Matt…"

I was choosing some of how to write this chapter and the next. I hope that with the time skip and everything was the right decision to make. There was just nothing left for the story that haven't been in already.

Random fact

I was going to write this chapter and the next at the same time before I posted this. But then I couldn't concentrate and it felt like this took me ages to write…

Anyway I have some of the next chapter finished and it might not be too long before you'll see it too.

"I should probably call Matt…"