The next day after that, the pain wasn't so bad, but Rob got me to go to the hospital, just to make sure that me and the baby were okay. Everything was fine, which was good to hear, and a few days later, we decided to go out with the Girls, with everyone.
I put on a maternity, black dress, which was strapless, but had see through straps on, which I chose to wear. I was far too big everywhere during this pregnancy not to where any straps on my dress.
We got to the restaurant to see that lots of teenage Girls were outside, waiting for us. Rob sighed heavily in response, where-as I smiled at them all politely. At least it wasn't paparazzi; the fans was who we could count on.
''Charlie, Charlie. Can you sign our book please?'' I looked to Rob shocked as two teenage Girls came up to us. He grinned in response to them actually asking for just my signature, and not even Rob's.
''Well, better get signing love.'' He warned me happily. I smiled at the Girls in response, unbelievably happy with their reaction towards me, admittedly.
I signed both their books, with a little message;
To Brooke and Kerry.
Thanks for all the wonderful support!
Lots of love,
Charlie. Xxx.
They had told me their names already, and told me that they were even fans of not just Rob, but me too, so that was a lovely shock. Even though I had done nothing to deserve their support. I had done nothing to earn it; unlike how Rob had worked hard to get where he was today.
We walked into the restaurant then, after Rob signed a few other people's books, because the others were rightly there for him. Everyone was already sat down at the table by the time we got in there, with baby Leo on Rachael's lap.
Rachael passed her baby to me, because she knew that I had missed Leo even though I saw him only yesterday.
''How is my gorgeous little Nephew?'' I asked him, even though he obviously couldn't speak back. But still; I spoke to the Babies when I was in Nursery. I leant Leo's face down, and kissed him on his cheek, before taking him back into my arms properly.
He laughed as I tickled his neck; his boyish, giggling laugh ringing in my ears. He had such a lovely laugh, even more now that he was five months. He gurgled back in response, a grin on his face.
''Really? Has Uncle Kellan been looking after you?'' I asked him as me and Rob took our seats at the table. I found it easy to talk to Babies, even if I did feel stupid whilst doing it. I'd feel even more stupid if I just let Leo sit there on my lap, not saying anything.
''I've heard that he's trying to get my little Leo into baseball already!'' I pretended to gasp in shock, making Leo laugh. I flashed a mean look at Kellan, because I actually had heard that he was.
He laughed in response. ''Well, I never get to see my little Nephew anymore. Rachael moved out. It's rude, don't you think?'' I rolled my eyes at him in response.
''Yeah, how rude of Rachael to think of moving into a bigger house for Leo!'' I replied sarcastically, making him laugh,
''You know what I mean. I miss Leo.''
''Oh not me and Jackson then!'' Rachael laughed in response.
Leo reached back for his seat again then, so Rachael put him back in his high chair. I had the usual healthy meal, with fish and vegetables and a glass of water, which was important, especially as I was so near finishing my pregnancy.
I was getting small but worthless pains in my stomach, but I brushed them off as pains to do with the Baby. I had been getting small twinges during this pregnancy.
After we had dinner, it was round to talking about my baby, and I was pleased to see that Tasha had brought me yet more stuff for this baby. Even though this baby had bloody too much clothes already; I loved spoiling it, and getting more baby clothes.
''I know that you were looking for a warm hat for baby. When she or he leaves the hospital.'' Tasha told me, smiling as she reached under the table, beneath her feet. ''So I brought you something that I saw today, which I thought was so cute!''
She passed me a plastic bag, and I took it after throwing her a happy grin. ''You shouldn't have Tasha.'' She really shouldn't have; I didn't have a hat for her or him when the baby came out of the hospital but I could have brought one or something whilst I was in hospital. I already had a white jacket and mittens set given to me by Rob's Mum.
That had been cute; with a hoodie, and such a cute fur lining, which looked absolutely gorgeous, and so tiny. It practically fit in my hands, it was that small.
''Yes I did. You need hats, I brought you hats.'' Tasha replied, grinning at me as I opened the first present. She had even wrapped it, bless her. It was like a Birthday or something. Seeing me roll my eyes, she explained. ''We didn't have a baby shower, because we didn't think, so I decided to wrap it up.''
I laughed then, thanking her as I got out the first hat, which really did fit in my hands. ''Oh my god!'' I exclaimed in happy shock as I took in the beauty of them. So small and yet so gorgeous. The first one was cream, with small Giraffe patterns on them.
''Thank-you Tasha, that's such a pretty hat! I love it.''
''Yeah thanks Tasha, they're really nice.'' Rob agreed with me as we took in the different patterns of the three-packed set.
''That's okay.'' She promised us. ''There's another present in there.'' She told us. We got out the other present, with Rob opening it this time. He laughed when he saw it, showing me it too. Oh. Well.
It was pink, but a crochet style beanie hat; similar to Rob's, but without the holes in this crochet one. It was so cute, and I didn't care that it was pink. If it was a Boy then he could just have one, small pink item. I loved the beanie hat.
''I'm sorry that its pink, it was free with the hat set, and they made me take it.'' Tasha explained to us, laughing as we took the color of it then.
''I love it. Absolutely love it. I don't care if the Baby is a Boy, it can have at least one pink item, just to look cute. This beanie hat is to die for.'' I added, making everyone laugh. I didn't care though; beanie hats like these were to die for.
''Why don't we go back to our after this? Have a bit of a drink?'' Tasha asked us, not wanting us to leave yet. She drank a sip of her wine, as she looked at us all for replies.
''Well I have to go back and put Leo down because he'll be tired tomorrow if he doesn't get any sleep now.'' Rachael explained to Tasha. She nodded, smiling at her.
''Okay then…well how about the rest of you?''
''We can go back, cant we?'' I asked Rob, who nodded.
His phone rang then, and he got his mobile out, frowning as he took in the I.D. caller. He held it up to his ear and answered it.
''Mum.'' I laughed quietly in response, so that she couldn't hear, whilst so did everyone else. ''She's here, if you really want to speak to her.'' I let him pass the phone to me, and I answered it now.
''Hiya Claire.'' It was the first time that I had really called her by her first name. I always just called her Rob's Mum.
''Charlie, you can call me Mum if you really want to. I don't mind.'' She replied.
''Well…okay then. Is something wrong?'' I asked confused, not sure why she had rang us. Kellan ordered the bill whilst I talked to her.
''No nothings wrong darling, I just wanted to make sure everything was okay. Rob was telling me that you were experiencing some pain a few days ago.''
''Oh, it was nothing. The Doctor said that I should be okay now, and I have been. I haven't had any pain at all now. But The Doctor did also say that it could be just the Baby moving around, ready for when I have the Baby.''
''Well I'm glad that you're okay now. Any signs that the Baby's coming yet?'' Ah, of course that was probably the real reason for ringing up. To make sure that I hadn't had the Baby yet. My Parents were the exact same.
''Nope not yet. If I get any signs, I'm sure Rob will ring you.'' I promised her. After all, I imagined that I would be in too much pain with labour happening to think about ringing his Mum to let him know.
''Okay then. Can you pass Rob back on the phone, and I'll speak to you later, alright?'' She asked me.
''Yep, okay then. Bye.'' I passed the phone back to Rob who rolled his eyes as he took the phone from me.
Rob spoke to her a bit more, whilst I listened to what everyone was doing. I got up with everyone else, as we prepared to wait for Kellan to get the bill.
Rob sighed as he put his phone back in his jean pocket. ''She wants me to call her as soon as you get the first signs of contractions. She cant wait for this Baby to be born.'' He spelled it out for me, rolling his eyes in response.
I laughed. ''Well, my Mum's the same, so don't worry about it.'' My Family had moved to Los Angeles a few days ago for two whole months, just in-case this Baby decided to be born at any second.
''I'll just go and sort the bill out with the others.'' He promised me, wrapping his arm around me, and kissing me. I smiled as he pulled away.
''Okay, see you in a minute.'' I agreed as he walked over with the rest of the group, leaving me, Rach and Leo alone. I tickled his hands as he started to fall asleep in her arms, earning a smile from him.
''He's such a sleepy head, this one. It's a good thing though, don't get me wrong.'' Rachael whispered as she looked down at her beautiful, fair haired, little Boy.
''Yeah, he really is cute, isn't he? Got your hair.'' I commented. ''Ooh.'' I said in shock, gasping a weird, violent pain twisted uncomfortably in my stomach. This definitely wasn't the same sharp pain I had the other day, but it felt a little too violent to be a kick either.
My hand flew to my stomach in shock, feeling the pain slowly fading back out again, with as quick as it came. Rachael had already notice though, and she was looking from me to my stomach in shock.
''Are you in pain?'' Rachael asked me. I shook my head, needing to practice a few of them breathing exercises again because it helped the pain go. Once I was completely alright, I replied to her.
''No, just a few twinges, that's all.'' I promised her. That did nothing to soothe her fears however. She was still looking at me panicked, as if I was going to lose the Baby or something. What was wrong with her?
''How do you mean by twinges exactly? I had twinges when I was going into labour and having contractions.'' She warned me. I laughed in response, unable to help myself. I wasn't going into labour yet.
''This is nowhere near as painful as if I would be in labour, Rach. Just a few twinges here and there, nothing to worry about.'' I told her.
''That's how mine started.''
''Yes, but the pains gone now. I promise you that I feel okay.''
''I think that I should go and get Rob-''
''No!'' I whispered harshly, catching her top before she could move. She frowned at me in response.
''If I get any more pains, I'll tell Rob then alright?'' She forced a nod and went bath to cooing over Leo again.
The same amount of twinges came back to my stomach, and in the exact same place, but because I thought they'd go away again, I ignored it the best that I could. I always got a few pains during my pregnancy anyway.
''Oh god; ooh!'' I gasped in shock as the same twinges worsened, making my stomach feel like it was being stretched and pushed out. I tried to do the breathing exercises again to calm me down, but they wasn't working.
And Rachael was giving me a worried look which told me that I had about three seconds before she called Rob over and I would have to be going to hospital; whether they were contractions or not.
And that's when I felt it. I looked down at the floor in shock. Lovely. This was definitely not a false alarm then. Rachael gasped in shock as she saw my waters break too, and ran back over to the bar to get everyone, baby still in hand.
I clung onto the wall behind me, the only thing half supporting me at the minute, with my legs threatening to give way underneath me due to the aching, twitchy pains in my stomach. My hand was still on my stomach, with me failing to do the breathing exercises that had worked in the Parent classes.
It was so much harder doing this for real, and never would I give my Mum any backchat ever again; this pain was nothing compared to the pain she went through in having me, despite how tiny I was.
And to make things worse, the whole group was here now, Tasha in front. She got to me, and helped me stand up straight even though that was harder than what it should be. ''Right Charlie; keep doing your breathing exercises, you're doing a great job, okay?'' Tasha told me, and I just about managed to nod my head in response.
Kirsty came over to me then and helped me like how Rachael was, and I looked around, trying to find Rob. He was there, just behind Tasha, with his grey eyes widened in shock as he realized that this was actually happening.
He had totally frozen up, not even blinking, whilst Tasha tried to wake him up from the shock. And I mean; he was the one in shock after I was having this myself! He wasn't even experiencing the fucking pain. No, he was just standing there, gaping at me!
''Rob, Charlie needs you, okay? So come on, you have to snap out of this, and help her through it. Imagine all the pain she's going through right now, okay?'' Tasha told him. He just about managed a small nod.
''Now just take deep breaths.'' Tasha added, and he did. This made me furious though; who was having the fucking Baby?
''Excuse me; who's having the fucking Baby here? I am!'' I grabbed hold of Kirsty's collar then, making her yelp in shock.
''Cant you get me something for the pain? Anything!'' I begged, shaking her. Her eyes went wide, but I was too panicked to do anything else.
''Whoa, whoa, whoa Charlie, calm down!'' Tasha warned me, pulling my hands from Kirsty's poor collar. ''Just carry on doing them breathing exercises, because you are doing a great job. The ambulance will be here soon, Kellan has already rang them, and they will give you something for the pain, okay?'' Tasha spoke to me calmly.
I nodded, even though it really wasn't okay. But this was not working; even when I tried to do the breathing exercises correctly, another pain would hit my stomach, and I'd stop breathing for a second again, and then I'd get myself MORE panicked!
''Do you want to sit down? The waiter's just brought a chair over.'' Rachael told me. I nodded, and let them sit me down, just as my legs gave way underneath me. Kellan helped me sit down, off of the phone from ringing the ambulance now, and he sat on the floor with me, whilst Rob eventually woke up, and took my other side.
''Right Charlie; remember all them Parenting classes you and Rob went to?'' Kellan asked me, his hand soothingly rubbing my back. I had to admit, it took some of my mind off of the pain of my stomach. Just had to get through labour now.
''Uh huh…breathing exercises right?'' I asked, getting sick of the same advice now because of all the pain building up in my body. It was absolutely killing me now, and the pain was not nice at all.
''Just remember every calm activities you did in them sessions. Close your eyes if it helps and picture what you did in the sessions, in time with your breathing.'' Kellan added. I nodded, and tried to close my eyes and picture what happened in the sessions.
I remembered one session where they played soothing, flute music in time with our breathing exercises, but that didn't even work. The pain in my body was too much, and I could feel the tears building up inside of me; threatening to spill over because of the pain.
''God, I cant do it!'' I complained, feeling useless as I let my tears fall due to this pain. I wanted pain relief, I wanted anything that would make this awful, stabbing pain go away. It was like death.
''Yes you can Charlie!'' it was Rob's voice now. I opened my eyes and gazed down at his nervous yet so sure eyes. ''Yes you can do this Charlie! You know you can, you've done it before in the sessions and you can do it again. Just keep thinking of that beautiful Baby that we're going to be given at the end of this. Boy or Girl. It doesn't matter as long as-''
''-As long as our Baby is healthy.'' I finished it for him, because we had said it all along during the pregnancy. I didn't care what gender my Baby would have just as long as our Baby was healthy.
''Exactly, so just keeping doing that breathing like you are. Because you're doing brilliantly.'' He promised me.
I nodded, and tried to do my breathing exercises again, but it was no good. I was already having an overwhelming urge to push, but I couldn't yet. The ambulance wasn't even here and there was no way I was going to have this Baby in a restaurant!
''Ugh...it's no good!' I just keep wanting to push all the time, and the more I try and do the breathing exercises, the worse the pain gets!' I complained, because it was true. I wasn't going to be able to do this.
''Hold my hand.'' Rob told me, but I could hardly keep my eyes in one place let alone hold his bloody hand. ''Hold my hand.'' He asked again, louder this time as though I didn't hear him last time.
''I cant hold your hand, I cant even do simple bloody breathing exercises!'' I screamed at him, through the pain. He ignored me and took my hand in his anyway, making me confused as another wave of pain hit me again.
I lurched forward, and tried so hard to keep to the breathing exercises, refusing not to let myself push yet. It was too soon.
''Right; now every time that you have the urge to push, squeeze my hand, it doesn't matter how hard, just do it to take your mind off of it.'' Rob told me. I huffed at him as I waited for another round of pain about to hit me.
''How is squeezing your bloody hand going to make any of this pain any better-oh god!'' I complained as the pain hit me once more, and I squeezed his hand in mine. I wasn't too sure how much force I was using on Rob's hand but this pain wasn't as all consuming as it was last time I had a contraction.
''They're getting closer together…too close together. Every contraction feels like a second away!'' I complained, getting myself ready for another round of pain soon. His hand was still in mine, ready for the next painful contraction.
''Oh god,'' I complained, squeezing his hand again as another painful round of pain hit me again. This felt even more painful than the others even, it was getting worse, closer together and worse still; they were lasting longer.
''How many contractions is that?'' Rob asked Tasha after I tried to catch my breathe after my contractions again.
''Urm…there's been six so far in five minutes.'' She told him. I turned my head to the side to carry on doing the breathing exercises and saw Rob shake his head in response in the corner of my eye.
''That's worse than I thought.'' Rob frowned, which instantly got me panicked again. I gasped in shock, and sat back up.
''What do you mean, worse than you thought-OH GOD!'' I didn't get to finish my sentence though, because yet another contraction hit me like a ton of bricks; definitely worst than any of the others. It lasted five more seconds than the last one.
I sat back onto the chair, begging for this pain to go. I was far too hot, and I knew that I looked a mess, but I didn't care for once. The pain was that bad that I just needed medication. I couldn't think of anything besides the pain, especially when the contractions kicked up again.
''Where is this poxy ambulance supposed to be? I need pain medication, and I need it now!'' I complained, because it was true. I was in so much pain that I couldn't bear to think of anything else, besides the pain that I was still going through.
''How are the contractions coming along Charlie?'' Rob asked me worriedly.
''Are you a fucking doctor now?'' I screamed at him, before whimpering in pain, and throwing my body back onto the chair in agony.
''I was at the Parent sessions too, remember?'' he reminded me. ''I have a pretty good feeling that I remember more than you do, right now. So how far apart are the contractions?'' he asked me again.
''Oh I don't know…the pain is every second. I think…the contractions are every thirty seconds.'' I answered, trying so hard not to give in and go into labour right here. Where was this fucking ambulance meant to be?
''Right Charlie, the ambulance is here. Hold onto me, okay and tell me if you can walk.'' I heard Kellan say as he helped me up from the chair with the help of Rob. My legs gave way underneath me, so Kellan had me picked up in his arms less than a second.
''Oh god! There's paparazzi outside!'' I saw a few earlier waiting around, but when I looked round a while back, there had been loads.
''Who cares? They all know that you're pregnant, and we'll get you in that ambulance in no time.'' Kellan promised me, running to get to the ambulance as I tried to carry on doing my breathing and not totally freak out.
''Where's Rob?'' I called as I held onto Kellan's throat carefully. I didn't want to fall, and I didn't want him to strangle either.
''Right here.'' Rob promised me, taking my hand in his so that I could carry on squeezing it whilst I continued on my contractions.
I kept my head down as we ran out the door, and I heard loud talking all around me as Kellan set me in the ambulance van, on the bed. It was as everyone besides Rob was turning to leave that I got panicked again.
''No, don't go, please!'' I begged, needing them to stay with me. Rachael passed the Baby to Jackson, and got back into the van with me, sitting next to Rob, with Tasha here too. The other got out and got the taxi to hospital. I think Kirsty was still mortified at my shirt pulling to be alone with me yet.
''Tasha!'' I complained as yet another contraction hit me like a ton of bricks. God, this pain was so unbearable. Tasha looked for the nurse in the hospital van for help as we started to drive to hospital for help.
''Can you give her something for the pain? She's been in absolutely agony for a good ten minutes.'' Tasha explained to the nurse because it was true. The nurse nodded, and handed me a breathing mask, which was straight onto my face, me breathing it in eagerly.
''You need to go easy on that.'' The nurse instructed me. I nodded, and took it whenever I felt the agony mist again, which was practically every ten seconds.
''Right, can you tell me how far apart the contractions are?'' the nurse asked me, taking my free hand in hers, and rubbing her thumb soothingly over the back of my hand. I thought about that before I replied, face mask still in hand for the next lot of pain.
''Every ten seconds.'' I replied.
She nodded, and sat me up on the bed, getting me prepared for what I knew was going to be coming next. Oh god.
''Right, we're less than two minutes from the hospital; so next time that you feel another contraction, I wasn't you to try and push for me, okay?'' She asked me. I nodded, even though panic filled my body as I realized what was going to happen.
The pain would surely be getting worse as this happened…
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