It had been seven hours now. Seven hours of pure torture. Everyone was gathered together in the dining area, just down the hall from Anastasia. Dmitri was pacing the halls, while Marie sat with Nicholas and Alexandra at the large dining table. Olga and Gleb were sitting on the loveseat, attempting to keep each other awake, while Tatiana and Nikita were playing a card game on the game table. Maria was sitting on a makeshift lawn chair near the door, watching her immature brother run around. Just as everyone was beginning to fall asleep again, another shriek was heard, jerking everyone awake.
"Is she okay?" asked Tatiana nervously, causing Marie and Alexandra to chuckle. "Of course darling." replied Alexandra. "Are you sure? She is screaming quite a lot." persisted Tatiana. Marie shook her head slightly and smiled, "It is all a part of bringing a new life into the world mashka." Finally this seemed to calm everyone slightly, and everyone relaxed again. Just as Dmitri came in for the hundredth time. "How much longer? This is torture. How are you so relaxed?" he asked, slightly panicked. "Relax Dmitri, these things take time. Come have a cup of tea." said Nicholas. "Trust me when Alexandra had Anastasia I was waiting for 20 hours." "TWENTY HOURS!" Yelled Dmitri. Nicholas nodded grimly. Just as he was about to continue another cry was heard. A shriller one, and then a baby's cry. A moment later the doctor appeared.
"Congratulations. It's a boy." spoke the doctor. Immediately Dmitri ran out of the room towards his wife and son leaving the rest of the family to celebrate. "A boy!" cried Marie. Tears slowly ran down Alexandra's face. "I have a grandson," she whispered quietly. Tatiana had unfortunately fallen asleep, but Nikita was smiling at the news. Olga and Gleb had moved to finish their "Welcome to the World" card, now that they knew the gender, and Alexis was running around the castle trying to tell everyone that he wasn't the only boy anymore. However, it was Maria's reaction that surprised everyone.
"A boy!" laughed Maria before jumping up and hugging the doctor. "Oh, thank you doctor! You have given me a nephew!" she exclaimed. The doctor laughed and returned the hug. "I didn't do that much you know." he said. "Hmmm," replied Maria nodding. "Oh, um I am Maria by the way." "Pleased to meet you, you're highness, I am Pascal." replied the doctor a smile tugging at his lips. Maria giggled and was about to say something but, at that moment Dmitri came out with a small blue bundle in his arms. "Everyone, meet Aleksei Frederic Nicholas Romanov of Russia." he announced. Soon everyone had surrounded Dmitri, while Alexandra had gone in to see her daughter. This really left Maria in the background with the doctor, as there was not enough room for her to meet her nephew.
"So do you like being a doctor?" questioned Maria. "Yes, it can be trying, but I enjoy helping people." replied Pascal. What about you? Do you enjoy being a Grand Duchess?" "Well sometimes I feel like everything is handed to me on a silver platter, and that I don't get to do enough but you know, it's okay." she said, albeit slightly sadly. "Hey, you can be my nurse if you want to work…" said Pascal. Maria looked up, shocked at what she heard. This stranger was willing to give her a job, just to make her feel better? Maria looked into Pascal's eyes and found nothing but sincerity and warmth. She lost herself in them, just as he lost himself in hers. It was minutes before a baby was dropped into Maria's arms, jolting her out of the trance she had been placed in.
"Oh, hi there." cooed Maria. The baby looked up at her with large green eyes before beginning to cry. However, all it took was a few words and a moment for Maria to calm him down. Leaving Pascal feeling like he never wanted to be anywhere but with her. Little did he know Maria felt exactly the same way.
Hi everyone! I hope this was okay. I really wanted to focus on both Maria and Pascal and the new baby but I found it really hard. Let me know if you want to see antoher chapter on Maria and pascal. Basically though I feel like they would get to know eachother better and eventually marry. Also, I am so sorry for taking so long to update, my life has been really crazy lately... well it always is but you know, life gets in the way. Sorry for using that excuse so much, but that's really the reason everytime. Hopefuly I can get one or two chapters out before the new year. Happy holiday's everyone!