Chapter 24
It has now been over a year since Rita and I have gotten married. Sora and Matt as well as Mimi and Tai were now married too. Matt and Sora had a daughter and Mimi and Tai had a son. Rita was now 9 months pregnant and was in the hospital ready to give birth. I was glad when Rita's water broke though, she was two weeks late and was getting really irritable. Lucky that Tai and Mimi were over because as soon as Rita's water broke I started to panic which just made Rita more pissed. Tai and I had gone for a coffee break while the doctor was seeing how far Rita was dilated; of course Mimi was with her so it was fine for me to step out. "So how are you feeling there? You are almost a dad," Tai asked as I stared down at my coffee. "I don't really know how to feel, when did it hit you?" I asked as Tai gave me a reassuring smile. "Well the truth is it didn't hit me until Toya was born, as soon as I looked at him and he looked at me I knew right then that I had become a father." Tai responded as he finished off his coffee.
After our little break the two of us headed back to see Rita. Sora and Matt said they would stop by later, they were going to take their daughter Aoi and Toya over to Ken and Yolie's place. Yolie and Ken had a daughter of their own and Yolie was pregnant again. "Izzy I can't take this anymore get this thing out of me," Rita cried out as Mimi turned to face the doctor. "She has been in labor for 24 hours now is she at least getting close?" Mimi asked as the doctor responded, "yes it shouldn't be much longer I think it will okay to start pushing now." "I will leave this to the two of you then, good luck Rita I will be outside with the others," Tai placed a kiss on Rita's forehead as he then kissed Mimi and stepped outside. Mimi took one of Rita's hands as I took the other; the doctor took her position as she told Rita to push. "I DON'T LIKE THIS I DON'T LIKE THIS," Rita cried out as she attempted to push. "I know it is terrible but it will be so worth it once it's over," Mimi reassured Rita as she smiled.
After what seemed to be an eternity Rita made the final push and my daughter was born. I continued to stare at her as she was cleaned up and then handed back to Rita. Tears formed in Rita's eyes as well as Mimi's as our baby stared up at all three of us. "She's beautiful Rita, Izzy congratulations; I will give you two a moment alone," Mimi smiled as she placed a kiss on Rita's forehead and headed outside to tell the others. "She's here… I can't believe it," I smiled as I reached out my hand to my daughters and she wrapped her fingers around mine. She then smiled at me and in that moment I really felt like I was a father. "What do you think we should name here?" Rita asked as she turned up to face me. "I think I have the perfect name… How about Sakura?" I responded as Rita smiled. "I think it fits after all in a field of cherry blossoms we first shared our feelings and even after when you proposed to me." Rita continued to smile as she reached out her hand to grab mine. "Sakura… she's beautiful just like her mother," I smiled as I looked down at Rita. "Actually she looks a lot like you," Rita giggled as I hugged her close and placed a kiss on both Rita's and Sakura's foreheads.