Chapter 24

RPOV

"Braxton hicks." the doctor says.

I don't remember what happened after I fainted when I woke up at the hospital Dimitri filled me in. Apparently as soon as I passed out Dimitri took me straight to the hospital. Lissa was worried and Christian and Olena were chewing my parents out. Dimitri was terrified I could see it in his eyes. We both thought that we lost the baby.

But thankfully the doctor just said it was Braxton hicks.

"Braxton hicks are a normal part of a healthy pregnancy, they feel like your having contractions but in reality it's just your body preparing you for birth soon."

I nod and let out a breath," Wait, but I was bleeding. Is that part of the Braxton hicks?" I ask.

He shakes his head, "No it isn't, the bleeding was caused by intense stress. I recommend you take it easy, don't see anyone who can bring stress into your life. I also highly recommend bed rest till the day you give birth." So that rules off contact with my bipolar ass parents.

I huff,"Do I need to stay in bed?" I ask.

"Well you don't need to, but to make sure nothing goes wrong you should probably do it." Great, staying home all day is boring.

"She'll do bed rest." Dimitri say nodding.

"Okay, good, you can rest for a bit but everything is fine so you can go home when ever." he says then leaves the room.

"Dimitri I don't want to stay in bed all day!" I whine.

He chuckles,"I know you don't but I don't want to risk anything happening to the babies." I nod he was right.

"Do you want to get going?"

I nod,"Where's Lissa?"

"She was trying to get your parents to pay for their bill at the restaurant, they were refusing to pay for their dinner. They said we invited them so we should pay like decent people." I roll my eyes.

"The next time I see them I swear I'll-"

"No Roza, remember what the doctor said? No stress, and your parents bring nothing but stress with them." I nod.

"Ready to go?" he asks.

"Yeah."

Because my dress was covered in blood I had to go home in the hospital gown... again. Dimitri didn't want me to walk so he got one of the nurses to give me a wheel chair. When we got home he carried me to bed. I tried to convince him to let me walk a little.

"Who's going to make breakfast or dinner?" I say

"Me." he replied.

"Who's going to buy the food?" I ask.

"Me." he says.

"Who's going to clean the house?"

Dimitri raises an eyebrow, "I alway clean the house."

"Yeah but I help!" I say.

"No, you 'supervise' " he say with air quotes.

"Fine, you win." he smiles triumphantly.

We get into bed and fall asleep in each others arms.

This was our routine for the next month. I'd stay in bed all day everyday. Dimitri went to work and Lissa would come over. I'd get up and sneak around. Dimitri would scold me and I'd get back into bed. We'd eat and I'd try to convince him to let me out of bed-rest. And ultimately he's always win the discussion.

Today being like any other day. It was Saturday so Dimitri was home. He was in the kitchen cooking breakfast. I looked at the clock, 10 A.M. Ugh it was still early and it feels like I've been in bed for an eternity. Taking a breath I swing my feet of the side of the bed. I looked around for anything to wear.

The T- shirt I was wearing was so tight on me. Well that's my fault, I refused to buy maternity clothes. Seeing as I was always home and no one would see the clothes anyways I saw it as a waste of money. I walk to the dresser, I notice my legs were sore from not using them, and open it. I look for a while and find one of Dimitri's high school hoodies. He bought it two sizes larger than his real size so that it would be baggy. That was something we both liked baggy sweaters.

I put it on and find that it goes to mid-thigh. I look in the mirror and grunt. Jesus, I was huge!

"Dimitri! I look like a hippo!" I whine. I hear him chuckling from the kitchen. He was used to my random outburst by now and actually found them funny.

"You do not!" He says from the kitchen.

I walk towards the kitchen and say," Oh yeah?"

He scowls, "Roza you know what the doctor said.."

"Come on I doubt one day out of bed would do damage, and anyways my joints feels stiff so I need to stretch a bit." I say

"Fine." he says

"Thank you Comrade!" I say and kiss his cheek, but he moves his face so it landed on his mouth.

I attempt to raise an eyebrow and he just laughs, "What? I deserve it for letting you walk around."

I laugh and wrap my arms around his neck," Yeah, yeah you deserve it." I pull on his neck and he kisses me. I try to pull him closer but can't because of the big ball between us. I grunt and pull away.

He laughs,"Something wrong?"

"Yeah I can't even hug you! I feel huge!" I whine.

"One more month, Roza." he says reassuringly.

I laugh, "One more month." I state.

Dimitri turns back around and starts making Bilini.

"Can you get the plates." he asks

"Yep!" I say and open one of the cabinets and pull out two plates. I set them on the counter and stop for a second, I feel something wet on the floor.

"Did you spill something on the floor?" I ask Dimitri

"No?" he says and starts to turn around. I look down and see that I'm standing in a puddle of water. Then I notice that my legs are covered in water.

I look at Dimitri confused, he opens his mouth to talk but right at that moment I bend over in pain.

Dimitri is at my side instantly, "My water," I manage to say, "my water broke."

Dimitri shakes his head, "No, couldn't it be the Braxton hicks again?" he asks.

"No, the pain," I gasp when I feel another contraction," it's different, I can tell."

He nods and lifts me up cradling like a baby.

He starts to walk out of the door, "Wait!"

"What!? Is something wrong!?" he asks frantically.

"No, I uh need pants." I say sheepishly.

He puts me on the couch and runs to the bedroom, he come back less than a minute later with his sweat pants. He helps me into them and carries me again to the car. Most people would think about the pain of being in labor on their way to the hospital. No, not me, all I could think about was how sad it was that my fiance's sweat pants fit me.

We made it the hospital and Dimitri puts me in a wheelchair. A nurse comes and starts pushing me away.

"Wait! Dimitri!" I yell looking back.

Dimitri looked at me like he wanted nothing more in the world than to be with me at that moment. "He'll be with you soon, he just needs to fill out some paper work." I nod and turn back in my seat. She wheels me into a room and helps me up. She quickly changes me and then puts me in the bed.

"Your doctor will be here soon he is just attending another patient." I nod.

Dimitri walks in at that moment and rushes to my side."Hey are you okay?"

"I'm fine." trying to calm him down.

My doctor walk in at that moment. Before he can get a word out Dimitri speaks, "She's a month before her due date. Is there something wrong?" he asks

The doctor waves him off," It's normal for twins to be born a bit earlier than they're supposed too.

Dimitri nods and holds my hand. The doctor puts gloves on and says,"I have to see how far along she is." I nod.

After he checks he takes off the gloves and says, "7 cm, you'll have to star pushing soon." I nod and squeeze Dimitri's hand hard when I feel a contraction. I hear Dimitri grunt in pain so I quickly let go,"sorry." He shakes his head and grabs my hand again.

A couple minutes later I'm screaming at the top of my lungs when the contractions come. The doctor checks again and then quickly get up. He starts putting on blue scrubs and say," 10 cm, it's time."

I was panting by now. A bunch of nurses piled in and they started pushing Dimitri out of the room, "No! Dimitri I need him please! " the nurses nod and let go, Dimitri runs back to my side and grabs my hand laying a kiss on top.

"Okay, Rose. I need you to push." I nod and push as hard as I can. It hurt's so bad. I've never felt pain like this. Damn it, I can't believe Lissa talked me out of an epidural.

I stop pushing for a second to collect my breath but the doctor tells me to push again. I push and cry out at the pain. "You're doing so good, Roza." Dimitri says encouragingly. I nod, " We can see the head! Just one more push!" the doctor says.

I push and scream out squeezing Dimitri's hand. I fall back on the bed exhausted and I hear a small cry. I look up and see the nurses take my baby, " Wait," I croak out," my baby."

"You'll see your baby soon, we need to get the next one out thought." the doctor says.

"I-I can't I'm so tired." I had tears streaming down my face, it hurt so much.

"Come on, Roza." Dimitri says.

"Okay, push!" The doctor says.

I push as hard as possible and then gasp for air.

Tears streaming down my face I turn to Dimitri,"Please, I can't do it, it hurt's so much, I want to sleep..." I murmurs.

"One more push Roza, we can see the head." I nod and push with all the remaining strength I had.

I hear the baby I cry and I close my eyes to rest.

DPOV

"Please, I can't do it, it hurt's so much, I want to sleep..." she murmurs. I felt so bad for her, she must be in a lot of pain since she decided to do a natural birth.

"One more push Roza, we can see the head." she nod and pushes.

The baby comes out crying, "You want to cut the cord ?" the doctor asks. I nod smiling and let go of Roza's hand to cut the cord. The nurses take the baby away as soon as I do though. The doctor takes off his gloves and throws them away.

He turns back to me and says," They are just going to clean them-" he gets cut off from a beeping noise. We both look to where it's coming from. I feel my heart drop. The heart monitor was going crazy.

"What's going on?" I ask my eyes wide with fear. Roza was laying on the bed not moving at all. Nurses run back into the room and crowd Roza's bed. I feel two male nurses start pulling me out, "Wait! What's going on!?" I yell at the doctor.

And then the beeping stops. I look at the heart monitor and see something that makes me want to stop living.

A flat line.

"ROZA!"

Cliffy!