It had been four months since Elie had told Haru that she was pregnant. BY seven months her stomach was huge and Elie needed alot of assistance now, for she could barely get up a hill by herself. Becase Elie's stomach was so big, she grew tierd much faster and they had to take rests more frequently. It sometimes took days to reach there destination that was maybe even a mile away.
Musica was always annoyed by all the stoping and going, but Haru was more than happy to help Elie. Elie,
however, felt like she was being blammed for how slow she was making everybody move, but know seemed to mind on how
slow they were moving, or acted as if they didn't mind.
"You can go on ahead and scout out for a place to camp if you want Musica, we'll ketch up." Haru said again and again, but Musica just kept shaking his head no.
"No thanks man, I'll just stay back here and help you guys.And besides, you never know, Elie could pop at any second now.
Musica replied.
The baby was two months away but Elie could feel that Musica may be right. She had been haveing sever stomach pains in the last two days. Elie knew babies could be born pre-mature, but she had never heard of two months pre-mature. Suddenly Elie felt scared. They where all alone out in the middle of the woods nowhere near a hospital or any knid of sivilization that they knew of for that matter. Elie knew she had to tell Haru about this.
"But you've had stomach pains throughout your whole pregnancy."Haru said.
"Not like these ones, these ones feel like knives are stabbing through my stomach, then cutting small circles in it." Elie said holding her stomach in slight pain.
The pain continiued on for the next few weeks or so, on and off. Sometimes the pain got so bad Haru would have to carry her, but as soon as the pain stopped, Elie would begin walking again. It was a tough journey for Elie but she was strong and determined to make it through with them. Since everytime Elie ate she through up, she began skipping meals making her twice as week and putting her life, as well as the baby's, at risk.
As normal, Haru was very worried about her and helped in any way he could. Musica on the other hand was still really pissed off with all the stopping and going, and sometimes, he wished he had said yes and scouted on ahead. But then he remembered Elie was pregnant and it could take days, maybe even a week what he had done in one day. Even though it severly annoyed him, Musica stayed with the group and also helped out as much as he could.
That night, as Elie was laying in her tent, she felt a sharp pain run through her back. She didn't even have time to move before another streak of pain ran through her, this time through her stomach. Elie knew for a fact this was no pain like she had endured during her pregnancy. And she knew one more thing as well, this was no ordinary pain, she was in labor!