Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“Alright, well, allow me to check on you and we will see what’s going on here.”
She came over and checked my cervix the same way that Griffin would do. The smile on her face told me that there had obviously been a lot of changes since the last time that I was checked. She didn’t say anything yet though, she just threw the gloves away, washed her hands again, and then checked the readouts on the monitors.
“You are definitely having some mild contractions. You are also fully effaced and about six centimeters dilated. I do believe that we need to call in Dr. White. He’s going to want to get these babies here as soon as possible. Congratulations.” She was smiling at me so sweetly. I think she was just excited to see the triplets since they didn’t get them all that often.
“Thank you. I am looking forward to seeing them. Since I have managed to keep them inside this long, I know that they will be just fine.” She nodded at me when she heard that.
“Oh yes, we are all so shocked that you managed to go almost full term with triplets. That is unheard of. You’re a very strong momma, that is for sure.”
Now that I was supposedly in active labor, there was a nurse in the room almost constantly. They were going to make sure that nothing bad happened to me while we waited for Griffin to get here. They were just as paranoid as Joaquin and Griffin were.
It had been about eleven when I had Joaquin call for the nurse. The movie was almost over too, but I missed the ending. I would have to watch it again. That wasn’t my point though. Not at all. My point here was that by the time the nurse was done checking me and then called Griffin, it was so close to midnight that it had already been. And by the time that Griffin had actually got here, it was just after twelve in the morning. It was officially New Year’s Day. My babies were going to be new year’s babies.
“Joaquin!” I called out to him.
“What?!” I think that I scared him when I yelled his name. “What is it? Is something wrong? Are you in pain? Is there something the matter with the babies?” He was panic stricken when he looked over at me just then.
“No, nothing is wrong. It’s just after midnight and we didn’t kiss. We’ve kissed every year at midnight since we met. You owe me a late New Year’s kiss.”
“Oh hell, Riviana. Is that all?” He laughed at me as he came closer. “Don’t give me a heart attack like that. I swear. I thought something was wrong and I was about freak the fuck out. But yes, baby, I will give you your kiss.”
He came over to me then and cupped my cheek as I laid in the bed. He brought his face closer to me in a very slow and sensual way. It reminded me of the first time that we shared a New Year’s kiss. He had been so sweet and romantic that night. It was one of my favorite memories of him. And I was sure that it was always going to be one of my favorite memories.
“Hey Riviana, sorry it took me so long to get here. I was finishing up another delivery.” Griffin was acting like it had taken him several hours to get here instead of just the half an hour that it really was. And I guess he was already here at the hospital if he was busy with another delivery.
“It’s fine, Griffin. You’re good. I have been patiently waiting for you.” I was still smiling happily and wasn’t at all upset. I guess that wasn’t exactly normal when someone was in labor with triplets. I didn’t mind though, this was all going to be over very soon.
“I am glad to see you’re in good spirits.” He walked over to us and sat next to me on the bed. “Let me check you and the readouts so that we can get this all going.
“Sure thing.”
Was I perhaps too calm and too happy right now? I didn’t know for sure, but I did know that I wasn’t feeling anxious or anything at all. This was the day. This was when the babies were going to be born. That was what my gut was telling me. I just knew for a fact that they were going to be perfect and healthy. And of course I couldn’t wait to hold them.
Griffin did what he needed to do. He was checking the readouts first before anything else. Then it was time for him to check my cervix. And if the excitement on his face was anything to go off of, I would say that I was pretty far into this process.
“Oh yeah, we need to do this really quick. If we wait any longer you will be going crazy and screaming for those pain meds.” He made the joke that he probably did with all the other mothers.
“Oh, I think that I could hold out a little longer. Though I want to get this done and over with soon. This has been a long process for us all.” I made it sound like I had been through nine months of this since it started. That was for the benefit of the nurse that was in the room.
“Yeah, I know about that, Riviana. Now, I am going to explain what is going to happen from here, OK. You are going to be taken to the OR and they are going to give you some meds in your IV as well as in your back. The meds are so you don’t feel us cutting into you and getting those babies out of there for you.”
“Sounds good to me.” I grinned at him. “The sooner, the better. Let’s get those three out of my belly and into my arms.”
“You got it. OK, now, Joaquin, you are going to follow that lovely nurse over there and she will take you to get cleaned up and changed so that you can be in the OR with us. Are you ready for this? You’re not going to pass out on us, are you?”
“I’ll try not to, Griff.” He laughed as Griffin referenced when I was delivering Reagan and Rika. Joaquin almost left the room three times during the delivery and Griffin made fun of him for that for a long time.
“Alright, let’s go deliver some babies.”
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Riviana
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Almost as soon as Griffin said 鈥榣et’s go deliver some babies’, The bed that I was laying in was wheeled out of the room and taken to another place on the same floor, but it was somewhere that I had never seen or been to before.
This room was definitely an operating room. That was easy to tell. There were sterile white walls, an antiseptic scent to the air, and it was very cold. There was a table in the middle of the room with little platforms sticking out to the side. Without anyone having to tell me, I knew that my arms were going to be strapped to those little things.
There were little wheeled trays that were around the area as well. I knew that underneath the blue cloth on each of them, were the tools that Griffin was going to use to deliver my babies. There were also three little wheeled bassinets, each with a nurse standing nearby. They were the ones that were going to be caring for my boys when they were born.
There were also two men and three women waiting for me in the room. They were the anesthesiologist and nurses that were going to be helping with the cesarean section. Griffin had told Joaquin and I in advance that the only people that were going to be helping us today, were not human. They were all people that we could trust and didn’t have to worry. Even the nurse that brought me along with Griffin was not human.
…..
However, Griffin had left me momentarily so that he could scrub in and get ready. Or whatever it was that he needed to do.
“Welcome, Queen Riviana. We are so happy to be here with you today. If it is alright with you, we would like to get you prepped for surgery. My name is Dr. Razi, and this here is my nurse anesthetist, May.” The man that spoke had dark hair and eyes with a tanned complexion. He spoke with a slight accent, but it didn’t hinder him at all. May, on the other hand, was tall with medium length auburn hair and bright green eyes. She looked and smelled like she was a wolf. She also looked like she was as happy as she could be just by being in this room with me.
“It is such an honor to be here with you and assisting you today, Queen Riviana. I cannot even begin to express to you what this feels like.”
“Do not worry about that, May. I am just glad that I have someone like you here with me right now. I need trustworthy and reliable people to help me out.”
“Thank you.” May nodded her head and then the woman next to her started to speak.
