In the 7th
month of my pregnancy, everything had set up. Chris was working at a company as
an employee. Though my father didn’t like it all, he wasn’t saying anything. I
was so proud of my boyfriend. Chris was spending most of his money on me and
our soon-be-borned child; buying clothes, diapers, toys, everything needed for
a child. Vanessa’s navel was as big as mine and day by day even a simple thing,
such as walking, was turning into a very hard job to do. In the mornings we’d
place ourselves comfortably infront of the TV, taking our meals, drinks and
chips and would watch everything from soap operas to documentaries to cartoons.
Only my dad’s phone calls and Chris’ visits would break us and TV apart for a
good two or more hours.
After my dad came
back from his tour, we got into decorating our babies’ room. We both hadn’t
wanted to learn the sex of our children before they were borned so we were
quite not sure which colors the rooms should be. Finally, we decided on soft
yellow for my baby, and soft green for my dad’s and Vanessa’s. We then bought
the furnitures; little bunks, blankets, pillows, toys and every other detail we
spent our next two months on.
At night of my
birthday, September 2nd, as well as Uncle Brian and Auntie Leigh’s
anniversary, after we had celebrated both events, we were chilling out at their
place.
“So have you decided
a name for the baby yet?” asked Uncle Howie to Vanessa.
“Uhm...if it’ll be a
girl we want Megan, otherwise it’s gonna be Randolph.” She answered.
Andrea piped up from
her seat:
“Maybe it’ll be
twins, a girl and a boy, so i’ll have two new cuz called Meggie and Randy!” she
giggled, while everybody laughed at her comment.
“What about you?”
asked Auntie Kathy, who was holding a sleeping Nymph in her arms.
Chris and i looked at
each other as he answered:
“Well Sky wants Piper
for a girl and Philip for a boy...”
“That’s soo cute!!”
Andrea chirped. “Maybe it’ll be twins
also!” Again everybody laughed.
“Sky, when this baby
gonna get out?” Natalie asked innocently
placing herself on my lap, well on the part left from my navel.
“In sometime soon.” I
answered. But Natalie and her twin Ashley weren’t the type of children that
would be satisfied with such a plain answer. And as i expected, she continued asking
questions while her look-a-like twin Ashley sat on the floor in front of my
legs.
“How did your navel
grow like that?” Ashley asked which caused all adults burst into laughter and
Chris turn into a crimson red. Pleading with my eyes, i looked at Uncle Kevin
and Auntie Kristin. They smiled and Auntie Kristin cleared her throat:
“Nat, Ash, I guess
I’d explained it to ya before.”
“Yeah but mom you
told us how we borned NOT how we got into this navel. Only Tim told us and now
we wanna hear it from Sky too.” Natalie answered. While all adults burst again
into laughter except Uncle Kevin who’d frowned, it was Tim’s turn to turn into
a bright red.
“Timothy Gerald
Richardson, we’ll have a talk later.” Uncle Kevin demanded, pointing his 15
year-old son with his finger.
Suddenly, i felt a
sharp pain inside my stomach. Taking a deep breath, i waited for a minute. As i
was thinking it got over, a sharper one cut off my breath. “Not now” I thought
inwardly. “It couldn’t be, not right now.” I took another deep breath but i
guess the expression on my face had changed because Harry and Mark suddenly
rushed over me and while Mark took Natalie from my lap, Harry kept asking if i
was okay. The adults who had engrossed in chatting, realised what was going on
and everybody got agitated instantaneously. As Kathy and Leighanne went
upstairs to pack a suitcase for me, Uncle Brian, Kevin and AJ went outside to
unpark their cars. From the corner of my eye, i saw Tim phoning my grandma to
tell that i was gonna give birth.
Chris wanted to carry
me till the car but my dad refused it and took me in his arms. Pain was such
unbearable that tears were gushing from my eyes. As my dad positioned me
carefully in the back of Uncle Brian’s car, Chris jumped into my left and
Vanessa to my right. My dad sat on the passenger seat and Uncle Brian started
the engine mumbling what a strange day it was. Yeah it definetely was...
Between my tears, i
saw others crowded into AJ’s, Kevin’s and Howie’s cars. Immediately we sped
off. As we went onto driveway, my pain got a lot sharper that i couldn’t even
have the breath to scream. I just cried, and sqeeze Chris’ hand. By the way,
Vanessa was directing me when to take breath and release it....if i could.
While Chris kept mumbling that he was gonna be a dad unbelievably. My dad tried
to relax him who was extremely cool against my thoughts:
“Don’t worry son,
everything’s gonna be alright. Why are you making a scene? She’s gonna give
birth to your own child!”
“That IS why I’m
making a scene Mr.Carter,” Chris refused. “She’s gonna give birth to MY CHILD!”
he cried.
I started laughing.
Then again, pain started to increase, as i did what Vanessa told me, taking and
releasing breaths at every second. But i noticed Vanessa was not giving
directions anymore. When i looked at her side, I saw her holding her navel with
her hands, and a weird but yet a mischevious smile on her face.
“Vanessa are you
alright?” i asked worriedly, forgetting my own pain for a second. She just
nodded as her smile grew wider.
“Nick...” she spoke.
“I think our baby decided to come out too...” This information made a sudden
shock effect on us, especially of course on my dad. He started saying “I’ma be
a dad” repeatedly which made Chris snicker.
As for me, I was more
excited than him...I was going to have a brother or sister! Well, half sibling
but it didn’t really matter. To top of it all, it was gonna be at the same age
with my baby! Wasn’t it cool?
Finally we arrived to
the hospital. I can’t remember clearly now, what had happened. I just remember
that they took me inside the ER with an extreme poverty. Then i found myself in
the operating room with Chris right beside me, holding my hand tightly. I could
tell, he was more scared than me. My pain
was diminished a bit so now i could see what was happening around me. The
doctor whom was at most as old as my dad, and three young nurses were preparing
the stuff needed. Dr.Parker came near me and held my other hand.
“Ok Skylar, are you
afraid?” he asked nicely as i shook my head no.
“That’s good I’m
gonna help you give birth to your child.” He said smiling. “Are you ready
Skylar?”
“Yeah i am.” I
answered meekly.
The next fifteen
minutes was the hardest time of my life. But when i heard my little babygirl’s
cry, i suddenly became the most happiest woman in the world. As the nurse
placed her in my arms, I saw the cutest creature in the whole world. And i
swore to God that i would meet death before i let my little Piper meet harm.
She was looking sleepy so i kissed her forehead and gave it back to the nurse.
When she was out, the room filled with my loved-ones. Everybody was thrilled
and was talking loudly. My eyes searched for my dad but learning him was still
in the maternity, i just smiled dumbly and fell into the arms of a peaceful sleep.