Amanda whispered to Adam as he gasped for breath. Both were sitting in the backseat of a taxi and racing through the late afternoon traffic. It was starting to slowly rain. Adam looked over at her, his eyes looking at how pale she looked and felt terrified.
"Oh God…"
Her face seized up in pain as she put her head lower and tried to get her breath. Adam sat beside her and tried rubbing his pack and his own heart pounded in his chest. Looking at the driver, he yelled for him to hurry up.
Minutes later they arrived at the exact hospital Adam had been treated at after he had been found. Helping her into the emergency room, he ran to the front desk and explained that Amanda had gone into labor. Right away a few nurses came and had her sit in a wheelchair. Amanda started to cry about how fast it was coming. Adam stood there in the middle of all the panic and watched everything play out. Right away a nurse tried shoving a clipboard in his face.
"Last name please…"
"Faulkner…Adam Faulkner, hey is she going to be okay?"
"Yes your wife will be just fine…now I'll need you to sign some of the paperwork."
Adam turned around and saw Amanda being wheeled down the hall, turning her head she saw Adam being left behind and reached out.
"Adam please come…"
Adam then turned and was about to ask the nurse something when the front doors to the lobby burst open and three stretchers wheeled in.
"Car accident, we need all doctors here stat!"
Adam watched as more nurses and paramedics rushed over to them. Being left behind he eyed the clipboard and decided to screw it. Running down the hall he tried to find Amanda.
After a few wrong turns, he asked a doctor on the second floor, where she would have been taken. Taking the elevator up he felt his hands shake…he didn't want to be here for this.
Thinking of making sure Amanda was all right and then leaving for good…he didn't think he would be around for this. The doors opening he rushed over to another nurse and asked if a young woman in labor had just been taken in. The nurse eyed the charts and said that she was about to go into delivery.
"That soon?"
"There's been a completion, the baby is in distress."
Adam stood there in shock.
"What?"
"We hooked her up to the monitors and the baby's heart rate is slowing down, she's all ready dilated."
Adam had no idea what to say…the thought of the baby dying hadn't even crossed his mind. "Are you the father?"
Adam was temped to say no, but he nodded.
"Then I'll get you some scrubs and you can go on in."
Before Adam knew it he was changing into scrubs and being lead into delivery. Walking almost in a dream like state, Adam had really no idea what he was doing here. He was too young for this…how could this have happened?
Inside the delivery room, Adam saw Amanda. She was also in a hospital gown with her hair tied back. Laying on the table she tried breathing in and out as machines beeped around her. The second she saw him she looked peaceful.
The doctors and nurses were getting ready.
Adam walked over to Amanda, who looked up at him.
"I didn't think you would stay…"
Adam didn't say anything back to her as he held her hand and saw the doctor walk in.
Nearly a half an hour later, of screaming and cries. Amanda laid down on the table completely exhausted and barely able to sit up. Her hair soaked back, and her face dripping with sweat…she gave long steady breaths as he clutched onto Adam's hand and pushed with all her might.
Adam eyed the baby's heart rate and saw it was going down again.
The doctor sat on the other end of Amanda. His scrubs were soaked with blood.
"I'm going to need some suction…"
The nurse handed him a rubber tube as an odd sound filled the room.
Amanda was crying now.
"Please just take her out…"
"We're almost there Amanda…now we need you to push again okay?"
Amanda kept breathing hard as she eyed Adam, finally on the count of three, Adam helped her up a bit as she bared down and screamed at the top of her lungs. The doctor kept working and finally nodded.
"Just one more push and we'll be there okay…"
"No, I can't…"
Amanda slowly shook her head.
Adam helped her sit up more as she grabbed onto him.
"I can't…"
"Come on Amanda…you can do it."
Crying she took three deep breaths and began to push with all her might. Adam held onto her as she struggled through the rough labor, and finally fell back. Right away a high pitch screaming filled the room as the doctor smiled and held up the baby.
"It's a girl!"
The baby squirmed in the doctor's hands as Amanda looked up and started crying. Everyone was all smiles as the doctor held the baby up more so Amanda could see.
Adam started at the baby…and without any warning his eyes rolled back into his head and he hit the floor.