Chapter 14: Spring
I stretched and looked up at the bright sunny sky.
The warm sunlight felt so good!
It was Spring 4th and I was helping Ariella till the field, since it's been harder for her to work lately.
Perry said the baby was due anytime now. I had already built the baby a room, for when it got older.
We hadn't decorated the room yet, since we didn't know if it was a boy or a girl.
But we had bought the bed, nightstand and lamp.
So far, that's all the room had.
It was a small room, with one small window, a closet, pine wood floor, white wall paint, and the bed, nightstand and lamp.
Oh! And the toy chest Akari had bought.
I looked at Ariella who was happily sowing seeds.
She looked up at me and smiled.
"You ready for lunch?" she asked.
I nodded and dropped my hoe.
We ate sandwiches for lunch. And I fed Jack again. He is such a sweet dog.
We went back outside and finished sowing the seeds, and began to water them.
Once we had finished that, I went to the water pump and washed my hands and face.
I looked up at Ariella and smiled. She looked so gorgeous with the sunlight on her hair.
Suddenly, she stopped.
Her face grew pale, and she knelled over.
"ARIELLA!!!!" I screamed.
I ran as fast as I could over to her and helped her up.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
She struggled to talk, she looked up at me and said, "Bo… It… It's time."
I nearly dropped her, and my heart started beating faster.
"My water… my water just broke…" she said painfully.
I quickly picked her up, and ran in a dead run to the Clinic.
Pascal saw me and ran in behind me.
"Ariella's water broke!" I yelled when I ran in.
Perry's face grew white and he said, "This way! Hurry!"
I ran after Perry, with Pascal close behind, and Ariella screaming in my arms.
I laid her down on the bed, and stood beside her, having her hold my hand through the whole thing.
I don't want to go into much detail about it, but it was the most wonderful and horrible times of my life.
Pascal helped Perry and ran to get whatever he needed.
Ariella screamed in pain, and cut the circulation out of my hand half the time.
Perry kept yelling things to Pascal and Ariella.
It all seemed like a blur to me.
After twenty hours of labor, it was over.
***
Perry asked me to wait in the lobby for a few minutes so he could talk to Ariella.
I agreed, but I hadn't even seen my new son/daughter yet.
I paced back and forth in the lobby.
Pascal had gone to the farm to take care of the animals and plants.
I waited for what seemed like hours, but was really only a few minutes.
Perry walked into the lobby and smiled at me.
"I have some exiting news." he said happily.
I stopped pacing and looked at him.
"You and Ariella are the proud parents… of twins." he said happily.
My stomach clinched.
Twins…