"Where are you?" she asks. "In the hallway" I say. "I'm scared to move now." "Lie on the floor" she says quickly. I groan as I do as she says. "Ok then" she says. "We need to get you calm. Or me calm, I haven't worked out which yet. You're doing brilliant Torrie." "Shit!" I yell as another pain hits me. "Breathe through it Torrie" she says calmly. "Concentrate." There's a bang at the front door and I jump. "Fuck!" Dean yells. "Jon!" I yell. "Back door is open!" "Torrie!" he yells. "The fuck are you still doing here?" His voice fades and I hear the back gate open. Seconds later he's in the kitchen. "Fuck! Doll!" he yells running to me. He takes the phone off me. "Hello?" he says putting it to his ear. "Mom? Oh thank fuck, mom I'm scared, she's crying, what do I do?" Roman walks in on his phone too. "Ambulance is on it's way" he says as Seth and Casper walk in. "Torrie" Casper says his face crumpling. I shake my head. "Don't you mention it Casper" I warn as another pain hits. "Fuck! Don't you dare!" "Mom says breathe Tor" Dean says holding my hand. I grip onto his hand tightly and he swears. "Fuck! Ow doll!" he yells. "You think that hurts?" I yell glaring at him. "Seriously? Swap fucking places Ambrose! I'll show you pain. Ow fuck!" "Where the fuck is that ambulance?" Dean yells. Seth opens the front door and goes outside to look, followed by Roman. "Yeah mom" Dean says. I look at him as the pain fades. "Yeah Casper is here. Ok, Cas, you need to go get towels, and warm water. Yeah mom, she's wearing my shorts. What? Fuck, yeah, ok. Babe, I need to get these shorts off you." I nod weakly as he pulls them down and covers me with his shirt. "Uh mom" he whispers. "Yeah, I can kinda see the head. What do I do? Ok." He hands me the phone and I shake my head. "I can't hold it" I say. He nods and puts it on speakerphone before putting it on the floor. "Torrie" his mum says. "When you get the next pain, I need you to pant, ok, like you're really out of breath. The head is out and we need the rest of this baby out." Casper runs down the stairs and hands Dean a towel. He puts it over me and grabs another. He holds my hand again and strokes my forehead. "You're amazing" he whispers. I smile at him weakly, then the next pain hits. I squeeze his hand tightly as I pant like his mum said. "You are so having the next baby" I growl. He grins and peeks under he towel. "Fuck" he says shaking his hand from mine and grabbing the towel. I feel a sudden release of pressure and the next thing I know Dean is wrapping the baby in the towel. But it's silent. "Why isn't it crying?" I ask. Then I get hysterical. "Jon why isn't my baby crying?" I yell. Seth runs in. "Ambulance is...too late" he says looking at Dean. "Quick!" Seth yells as the paramedics run in. One goes straight to Dean while the other comes to me.
"Hey there" she says smiling. "Can you tell me your name?" "Torrie" I say weakly. "Why isn't my baby crying?" She looks over at the other paramedic and suddenly a loud cry fills the hallway. "Hear that?" she asks smiling. I nod and suddenly relax. "I don't feel so good" I whisper. Dean looks over and goes white. "What the fuck is all that blood?" he yells. The paramedic looks and all of a sudden everything goes black.
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. "Fuck sake Jon turn off your alarm!" I grumble, pulling the blanket up and trying to turn over. Something in my hand pulls me back. "Ow shit!" I say opening my eyes. "Where the fuck am I?" This isn't my bedroom. This isn't my bed. Dean is sitting next to the bed smiling at me. "Hey you" he says quietly. "How do you feel?" "Thirsty" I say. "Got a mouth like a desert." "Mouth like a sewer more like" his mum says from the other side of the room. I look at her and smile. "Hey mom" I say quietly. "What brings you here?" She frowns at me and looks at Dean. "Wait a minute" I say trying to sit up. "Why am I in here? Is Olaf ok?" I instinctively go to rub my stomach. "Woah! What the fuck?" My stomach feels like jelly, not hard. Olaf isn't moving. I look at Dean and he smiles at me. "Baby" he says. "Calm down and think, ok? Tell me what you remember." I take a deep breath. "You" I say finally. "You delivered Olaf. You're superpapa. Mom helped, over the phone. Where is Olaf? Can I see him?" Dean smirks. "About that" he says sitting on the edge of the bed and holding my hand. "The baby is in special care, just being checked out. But, we're gonna have to try again for an Olaf, my swimmers kinda fucked up." I frown at him. "Jon" I say. "I just woke up. Can you put it in words I'm gonna understand?" He smiles. "We got a girl" he says kissing my head. "She's beautiful Tor, she looks just like you, she's amazing. They're really happy with her already." I smile. "I wanna see her" I say. He nods. "Soon" he says. "Why am I in here?" I ask. "Why can't I remember getting here?" "Torrie" mom says. "The delivery was real quick, you haemorrhaged pretty bad. They had to give you three litres of blood as soon as you got here. But you're good now. There was never any doubt. You were amazing baby girl." I smile. A nurse walks in and smiles when she sees I'm awake. "Hey Torrie" she says. "Nice to see you're awake. I just need to do your obs." "I wanna see my baby" I say as she checks my blood pressure. She nods. "We'll arrange that straight away" she says writing in my notes. "In the meantime, there are some people outside who want to see you. Can I let them in?" I look at Dean and know who it is. "Sure" I say. She goes out and leaves the door open.
Seth is the first one in. "Hey wonderwoman" he says kissing my head. Roman peeks around the door and I smile. "Hey big guy" I say, trying to sit up. Dean shakes his head. "Stay there" he says. I shake my head. "I need a drink Jon" I say. He groans and lets me pull myself up on his arm. Roman kisses my head as Casper walks in. "If she's the next one through the door I'll throw something" I warn. He shakes his head. "She's not here" he says walking to the bed. "We'll, um, go get you something to eat" Dean says, looking at his mum, Ro and Seth. They nod and walk out, leaving me alone with Casper. He waits for the door to close before speaking. "I'm so sorry Tor" he says sitting down. "I feel like this is my fault, the stress of it." "How the fuck did that happen?" I ask. He takes a deep breath. "She emailed me" he says. "Told me she liked me and asked me if I was coming over any time soon. I was already here when Jon called and got us to speak. I wanted her to hurt Tor, I wanted to hurt her like she hurt you. I did this for you. I haven't spoken to her since the night at the bar when you slapped her. Good shot by the way, the mark took all night to fade." I smile. "Don't use me as an excuse Cas" I said. "It wasn't my bits you were poking her with." He groans. "We good?" he asks. I shrug. "I don't know" I admit. The door opens and a nurse comes in with a wheelchair. "Visiting time" she says smiling. I grin. "Really?" I ask. She nods and I can't wait to get out of bed. Casper has to yell at me to calm down. It takes longer than I want but soon I'm in the chair and in the corridor. "Jon!" I call. He looks up and comes running. "Visiting time?" he asks. The nurse nods and he smiles. "Let's go see our baby" he says taking the chair from her and kissing my head.