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"Why am I here again?" Ragnor asked from his place behind the front desk of the shop.
"You're doing us a favor" Anne said as she prepared the hair dye for a client "We're short on people"
"I thought that's why you had her" Ragnor nodded towards Karmine as she cut the hair of another client.
"I have a name" Karmine called, glaring at Ragnor.
"I'm sure you do" Ragnor nodded, but did not pay her much attention. "Tell me again, Annelice, why am I here?"
"Because" Anne sighed "We need someone at the desk. With Kathy gone and Magnus doing paperwork all day, we need someone to take care of the front desk. Today is an extremely busy day!"
"I can see that" Ragnor mused looking around the shop at the clients Eddie, Anne, and Karmine were attending and the two more clients waiting in the waiting area.
Ragnor sighed when he received no answer. Leaning back against his seat, Ragnor crossed his arms and kept looking around the shop. He knew he shouldn't have answered the phone when Magnus called. Knew he should have ignored his request to come at the shop. Now he was stuck here, working on the only day he did not have classes. He knew he shouldn't complain, knowing all the times Magnus had helped him out with his projects for college or a photo shoot he had planned. But it did not help to know desk work was so boring.
"Stop moping" Eddie grinned at him as he approached with a client, ready to pay.
"Not moping" Ragnor rolled his eyes but then smiled at the client and took her payment.
The client thanked them both and then was out of the door. Eddie moved to clean his area really quickly before taking one of the two waiting clients. Anne was applying the hair dye to her own client and left her waiting, before taking the other client that was waiting. Placing the teenager on what was usually Magnus's station, Anne started asking her how she wanted her hair.
About 20 minutes later, Karmine approached him with the client she had been working on. The woman thanked Karmine for her work and paid with Ragnor. Once that client was gone, Karmine sighed and leaned against the front desk. Both of her arms over the counter and her face in her arms. Karmine was about to start a conversation with Ragnor, when the office's phone number rang. Ragnor looked at the phone with wide eyes. It was one thing to charge the clients as they come, it was another thing to talk to them on the phone and know nothing about what they were going to say.
"Are you going to answer that?" Karmine asked amused.
"I wasn't planning to." Ragnor confessed.
Karmine rolled her eyes and answered the phone herself. She barely got the introduction out when she was cut off by the person on the other side of the phone.
"Hey, hey…wait" Karmine frowned "Talk slowly. Who is this?….Kathy? What can I…what?"
"Give me the phone" Ragnor snapped taking the phone away from Karmine "Kathy?"
"R-Ragnor?" Kathy asked down the line.
"I'm here girl" Ragnor said softly "What's wrong? Are you alright?"
"I…I need you…o-or someone" Kathy breathed out, hissing slightly. "M-My water b-broke"
"Where are you? I'm on my way" Ragnor said standing up and taking his keys
"At the a-apartment" Kathy hissed "Meet me at the h-hospital…I can g-get there myself"
"You're not taking a cab to the hospital" Ragnor snapped "Hold on, I'll be there in a second"
Ragnor hung up the phone and then took his jacket from the back of the chair. By then Anne and Eddie had approached him with worry written all over his eyes. Ragnor explained quickly what happened before rushing to the backroom where Magnus was at.
"MAGNUS!" Ragnor called knocking quickly at the door "We have to go. NOW!"
"What's going on?" Magnus asked, walking out of the backroom.
"Kathy's having a baby" Ragnor said already moving towards the front door, not waiting to see if Magnus was follow him.
Of course, at soon as Magnus registered what had been said, he rushed to Ragnor's side. Looking back quickly, he called towards the shop.
"You guys finish with this clients" Magnus called "Anne, close the shop when they're gone. I'll see you at the hospital"
"Give Kathy our love" Eddie called as Ragnor and Magnus rushed out of the shop.
They rushed to Ragnor's car and drove off towards the apartment building where Eddie and Kathy lived. Once there Magnus rushed to help Kathy, who was sitting in the sofa of the living room, taking quick breaths and groaning in pain at the contractions. Ragnor went to get her bag in her room. It had been ready for a few days now, after Eddie panicked on Kathy. He kept insisting they needed to be ready at all moments.
"Magnus" Kathy gasped as another contraction hit her "I-I'm not r-ready"
"Yes you are" Magnus said gently "Come on…we have to go to the hospital"
"I-It's t-too early" Kathy said with wide eyes "It s-shouldn't be f-for a couple of weeks m-more"
"You'll be fine" Magnus whispered surely "The baby will be alright as well…you've got nothing to be scared about"
Kathy nodded and let Magnus and Ragnor her help downstairs and towards the car. The next couple of hours were the worst. The three of them rushed towards the hospital, once in the ER the nurses took Kathy and placed her on a wheelchair, and then took her off towards one of the many rooms in the hospital. Neither Magnus or Ragnor were allowed to follow, so they both called out encouragements after her as the nurses took Kathy away. After that they had to go to the waiting area and wait.
Two hours later, Eddie and Anne rushed inside the waiting area. They went towards the front desk before noticing Ragnor and Magnus sitting on the plastic chairs. Once Anne located them, the two hair stylists approached their friends.
"We called Catarina" Anne explained "She'll get here after her shift at the school"
"How is Kathy?" Eddie asked instantly "Is she alright?"
"They took her inside" Magnus explained "We'll have to wait until we find out what happened"
"How was she?" Anne asked, taking a seat next to Ragnor.
"Scared" Ragnor sighed
"She kept saying it was too early" Magnus added, shaking his head
"But wasn't it?" Eddie inquired, from his place next to Magnus "I mean…the baby still had like three more weeks"
"It's normal" Ragnor explained "Some kids are ready before the doctor schedules them to. I'm sure nothing is going to be wrong. Giving birth, though, takes some hours…so we'll be here for a few hours before we get any news"
And a few hours it took. The four of them waited anxiously for any news. They knew it would take forever until something actually happened, but they were still very anxious to know how everything was. Kathy was like their sister. This baby was going to be part of all of their families. They were really worried, and excited, and every other emotion in the book. They were a ball of nerves all together. Eddie and Magnus questioned every single nurse and doctor they saw, trying to get any news. They were not very lucky.
Ragnor had gotten up to get everyone something to eat. They had all skipped lunch with everything that had happened, and even though no one would complain about it, they were all pretty hungry. After getting some cheap food from the hospital's cafeteria, they kept on waiting.
After what seemed like forever, they saw Catarina walking towards them followed by Alec. Ragnor stood up at the sight of her soulmate, and greeted her with a quick peck on the lips. Catarina smiled up at him, before greeting everyone. Magnus had stood up as well, surprised at seeing Alec there.
"What are you doing here?" Magnus asked as he approached Alec. "Not that I'm complaining"
"Catarina needed a drive here" Alec shrugged "She told me about Kathy….figured I could come for some support"
"We haven't received any news" Magnus sighed, moving to wrap his arms around Alec "The wait is killing me"
"She'll be fine" Alec rubbed his back "Trust me"
Magnus smiled, kissing Alec's cheek and pulling away from him. They both took seats on the plastic chairs and continued with the wait. It took several hours before a doctor approached them.
"You're here for miss Katherine, right?" the doctor asked.
"How is she?" Eddie asked immediately.
"She's alright" The doctor smiled "It all went without incident…you can see her now"
"Thank you!"
The group stood up and moved towards the room a nurse indicated them. Once there, they found Kathy leaning against the pillows on the hospital's bed, dressed in a sky-blue gown. She looked exhausted, but had a shine about her. In her arms she was holding a small bundle of blankets. She looked up when the door of her room opened and she instantly brightened when she saw everyone in there.
"Hey!" Kathy smiled at them, talking quietly.
"Hello Kathy" Anne smiled. "How are you feeling?"
"I'm dead tired" Kathy sighed sleepily "But I'm incredibly happy right now"
"Oh is that them?" Cat cooed seeing the bundle in Kathy's arms.
"Yes" Kathy smiled down at the baby. She then moved the blankets away from the baby's face so everyone could see "Guys, meet Rose"
This is not what I was expecting for this chapter...but it's what came and I actually kinda like it...haha!
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