Chapter 19 – All Things Considered

Indigo eyes looked at the violet color on the wall. Cocking her head to the side the slightest of smiles started on her face before turning into a full blown blinding smile took over. Paint brush in her right hand and her left hand stroking her eight and a half month pregnant belly as the baby kicked. She couldn't help the giggle as she looked down at her belly. "I know sweetie. A couple more weeks and mommy and daddy will be holding you in their arms."

"Nyla? Ny?" Paul's familiar voice called through the house.

"In the baby's room." Nyla answered Paul.

Paul walked into the baby's room shirtless of course. Damn him because he had just gotten off patrol. So of course he was shirtless.

Paul frowned. "Didn't I tell you to not paint? Babe you don't need to be up straining yourself. You're almost nine months pregnant. Get your cute little ass back to bed."

Nyla stuck her tongue out at Paul. "I'm so bored." She couldn't help whine it out.

Paul chuckled hard as he gently gripped her shoulders as he turned her around and walked her back to a rocking chair that was sitting directly in the middle of the room as he turned her around to face him; he leaned down and kissed her lips and then backed her up and sat her down in the rocker. He braced himself on the chair arms as he leaned over. "I don't care if you sit here and rock yourself into labor, I don't want you up painting and pushing yourself to do things again. If I catch you painting again I'm going to duct tape you to this very chair until you do go into labor."

Paul kissed her lips soundly in finality. "I love you, but don't make me take trip to the hardware store to buy duct tape. I'm pretty sure duct taping your pregnant wife to a chair is illegal somewhere. I don't feel like going to jail for something stupid."

Nyla quirked on of her eyebrows at Paul. "Well if my husband wasn't out wolfing around I wouldn't have to self-entertain."

It was Paul's turn as both of his eyebrows popped up to his hairline practically. "Wolfing around huh? Someone feeling a little neglected since I've been working a little more before the baby is born so I can actually take some time off once little man is born?"

Nyla couldn't help but frown as her eyes sunk to the floor of the baby's room. Paul's overly warm hand went under her chin as he lifted her head so her eyes would meet him. "Nyla baby what's wrong?" Nyla shook her head as she stood up from the chair.

"Nothing, never mind. It's stupid, just forget it."

Paul grabbed her upper arm gently when she started to walk around him. "Clearly it's not anything and it's never stupid. What is it baby? You can tell me. You know you can tell me anything."

"I feel so selfish or I don't know spoiled I guess." Nyla walked around the room as she stopped at the window and looked outside. She could see Seth sitting outside in the tree line and he gave her a wolfie grin. She smirked as she winked at him, before her mind went back to the task at hand with trying to explain to her husband that she has been missing him.

Paul walked over and wrapped his arms around her. "I can feel it. I know something is wrong. Why haven't I felt this before today? It's a dull ache. Talk to me baby please."

Nyla could feel his warmth surrounding her. "I know you've been working more to save up some money and you've been patrolling for some of the guys so they will cover you for the time you're going to take off when the baby is born. But I feel like it has been forever since we've been able to just sit and spend time together. I've missed you so much. I thought I was just getting antsy with the closer my due date was getting and then I started to realize the nights and days were running into each other with your schedules. Then I started getting insomnia terribly because you weren't sleeping here because you were on patrol. It's why I started painting the baby's room. I figured if I kept myself busy I wouldn't miss you as much but it' not helping; not at all"

Paul felt like his heart was being ripped through his chest. "Oh my god Nyla. Why didn't you say something? I don't ever want you to feel like I'm neglecting you. Baby you're my best friend and wife. And pretty soon our family of two will be a family of three and four and five and so on. I never meant to make you feel like that. I love you so much. I just wanted to make sure we were covered for everything."

Nyla turned around in his arms as she wrapped her arms around his shoulders slightly as she buried her face in the side of his neck. Paul wrapped her up and he could feel everything she was. He couldn't believe he missed it. He was so wrapped up in what he was doing he really had neglected his wife.

Paul leaned forward as he gently lifted her into his arms and carried her to their bedroom. He laid her down and turned all the lights off except the light on the night stand as he lay on the bed next to her, pulling her into his arms again. "I don't care how long we have to lay here, were not leaving this bed until I can tell you're feeling better. I'm so sorry I missed it baby. I should've been paying better attention to you. There is nothing more important in my life then you and little man. You guys are it for me right now, at least until we start having more babies. You are my Past, Present and Future."

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to dump all of this on you tonight. I just…I was just having a hard time without you around. I know it sounds selfish. But I can't help it." Nyla confessed.

Paul shook his head as he kissed the top of her head. "No it's not selfish baby. It's honest. And I always want you to be honest with me; always…No matter what. You have to tell me how you're feeling especially when I get bogged down with work and patrol. It's not fair to you that you are feeling this way. You're my imprint. You're my wife. I need to always make time for you. Whether it's an hour or twenty-four hours, you always come first."

Paul leaned down as he captured her lips. Nyla moaned into his mouth as the kiss grew heated. It had been a couple of weeks since the last time they had been intimate. Naturally because she was getting bigger it was getting harder for them to find a position they was comfortable for her. They'd decided to put their love making on hold until after the baby was born. But they could still do other things to help lighten the stressful moments.

Nyla pulled back from the kiss as she felt something weird. Paul frowned as he looked down at her and could tell by the look on her face something was wrong. "What is it?"

Nyla moved around a little. "I - uh - I think my water just broke."

Paul's eyes widened as he looked down and noticed her pants were completely soaked. "Well something is definitely going on down there and I don't think it was just a reaction to the kiss."

Suddenly a contraction ripped through Nyla's stomach. "OH SWEET JESUS!" She squealed out in a high pitched voice.

Paul physically jumped never having heard anything like that come from his wife's mouth before. He jumped from bed as he grabbed his cell phone and quickly called Sam and Emily letting them know Nyla's water had broken. They was two weeks early definitely, but apparently the baby was waiting any longer as another contraction not even three minutes from the first ripped through her again.

Paul grabbed her bag and lifted her carrying her out to the truck. Sam and Emily said they'd call everyone in the pack and they'd meet at the hospital. Paul smiled as he kept glancing over at Nyla as he drove. "Are we really ready for this?"

"You're really going to ask that question now? I don't think we can change out mind Paul. This kid is coming out and it's not – I repeat NOT going back where it came from." Nyla snapped. "Sorry! I didn't mean to be so brash."

Paul chuckled. "You're allowed all things considered."