Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
Joaquin
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I knew that it had been a hard day for Riviana. Vincent and Heather had said that she was experiencing false labor, or Braxton Hicks contractions, all day. That must have been truly exhausting for her, and it was no surprise at all that she went to bed early.
Not even being eight thirty at night, it was too early for me to go to sleep, but I was hesitant to leave her side. I wanted to give her all the physical and emotional support that I could. So, instead of going back to my office to work, I decided to do it while sitting in the bed next to her.
She had fallen asleep almost instantly, but she wasn’t sleeping very soundly. The pains were still there, and I could imagine that she was not getting much rest from it at all. I looked over at her frequently and saw a crease in her brow that told me she was in pain. I wanted to make that pain go away, but there was nothing I could do.
At perhaps a quarter after nine, just about an hour after she had fallen asleep, there was something strange that had happened. I felt a wetness that seemed to be spreading across the mattress. I didn’t even think anything stupid about it, I knew what it was instantly. And so did Riviana as her eyes flew open the moment she felt it.
“Joaquin!” She sounded scared and definitely like she was still in pain.
“Riviana?” I responded to her instantly, clearing away the documents that I had on the bed. They weren’t damaged but I wouldn’t have cared if they were.
“I think my water just broke.”
“I think you’re right.” I tried not to panic. I tried to stay as calm as it appeared that Riviana was. I was trying really hard to be the level headed husband here.
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Joaquin
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Level headed just wasn’t something that I could manage right now. I was a mess, literally. I wasn’t able to keep my cool, and I definitely wasn’t able to stay calm in the face of this major situation. What was I supposed to do now? What was going to happen next?
“Joaquin, I think you should call Griffin.” Riviana, usually the more level headed of us, knew exactly what I should do. I smiled as I listened to her words, and she started to sit up.
“Right, I’ll do that now.” I nodded and started to reach for my phone, but noticed that Riviana was unable to get into a sitting position, before I grabbed my phone I helped her. She needed me first, and I would always make sure that she was taken care of before anything and anyone else.
Once Riviana was situated, I grabbed my phone and called Griffin. I might have been a tad frantic by the time that he answered the phone.
“Hello Joaquin, what can I-.” I didn’t let him finish his sentence before I interrupted him.
“Riviana’s water broke.” I could hear the panic that was starting to fill my voice.
“Are you sure? I mean, it is hard to mistake that but, there have been times that it has happened.” I know he wasn’t just implying that my wife just pissed herself.
“Yes, we’re sure.” I growled the words at him.
“I figured, I just had to ask. OK, do you want to drive her to the hospital or do you want me to send an ambulance?” I could hear movement on the other end of the line; it sounded like he was saying something to Lana. In my panic, I had nearly forgotten that he and Lana were married now and expecting their own set of twins. They were just the latest in the pregnancy craze to sweep the pack. Lana had been one of the Sentinelle members that had come back with us from France, and the two of them mated when they first saw each other.
“I will drive her. It will be fine. Should we leave right away?” I was worried because of the problems that Riviana had already been experiencing.
“Yes, don’t delay at all. I will be at the hospital waiting for you when you get there.”
After a few more quick instructions from Griffin, I knew everything that I had to do. We already had the bags packed and ready to go. It was best to have them long in advance, with everything that had happened already. We didn’t know when we would be going to the hospital for my Little Bunny to be having my little babies. We needed to be prepared long in advance.
“Sweetheart.” I went to her and knelt at the side of the bed. “I am going to run these down to the car, I will be right back, alright.” I could see a light sheen of sweat on my wife’s brow; she had been in pain all day, and it looked like it hadn’t lessened at all.
“OK, I will just sit here and wait for you.” She tried to smile at me, at the joke she had made, but it had ended up as a grimace when another wave of pain hit her.
“I will be back as soon as I can.” I kissed her on the forehead then before getting to my feet and hurrying from the room.
I knew that my mother would still be awake. It wasn’t that late after all, and she wasn’t the type to go to sleep early. I also knew that she would want to know what was going on, and she could stay with Riviana while I ran down to the car.
I dropped the bags near the top of the stairs and sprinted the rest of the way down the hall to my mother’s room. She was in there, light on, but the room silent. She had heard me coming though so she answered the door just seconds after I pounded on it.
“What is it, Joaquin? You look like you’ve seen a ghost or something.” She laughed at me and my frantic attitude.
“Riviana is in labor. Please sit with her while I take her things to the car.” That was all it took, mom was so excited that she was already running from the room, pushing me as she went.
“Go, go, go, go.” She was still so strong that she nearly pushed me over in her rush. “Get going and carry those bags. I will sit with her. We have to get to the hospital so I can meet my grand babies.” I knew that my mother would be excited when I told her what was happening.
I grabbed the bags I had dropped and ran down the stairs while Mom went straight to my room. This was nerve wracking but exciting as well. Soon, I was going to see my children. Soon, my Little Bunny and I were going to be parents. This was the happiest day of my life.
There were more people that I needed to tell though. There were more family members that needed to be there. So, with a little maneuvering I managed to shift the bags in my hands and pull my phone from my pocket. The first person on my list to call was Eve, Riviana’s aunt turned mom. I knew that she would be there with her husband, Wesley, the uncle turned dad. They had raised my Little Bunny into the wonderful woman that she was now.
“Joaquin? Is something wrong?” Eve sounded scared when she answered the phone, most likely because of the last time she had gotten a call late at night from someone that was close to us.
“No, nothing is wrong Eve. Quite the opposite. Riviana is in labor. I am taking the bags to the car, and then we will be going to the hospital. I thought you might like to be there when the babies are born.”
“EEEEEE!” I heard the squeal of excitement come from her side of the line, and I had to hold the phone away from my ear. After that I heard Wesley on the other end of the line yell out to her.