Chapter eight

I woke up feeling extreme pain, the pain was Soo severe I felt like screaming. Labor pain, I am currently 9 months 2 weeks pregnant, so with no doubt this is definitely labor pain. I picked up my phone and gave Steven a call, it was 2am so there was no cab, I could only call Steven.

The phone ringed for like 5 secs only before I heard Stevens voice ok the other end of the line. " Hello, ruby, what's up" he asked. "Steven am in Labor" I cried. " What, hold on a minute am coming" Steven said and hung off.

I started pacing up and down the living room, I heard it help, my legs were wobbling. Less than 10 mins I heard a car parked outside my apartment. I was sure it was none other than Steven. He had extra key to my apartment hence I didn't have to go get the door for him.

Steven rushed in, his eyes were full of concern, his hair disheveled and his face tired, I felt guilty that I relayed so heavily on him, he quickly helped me to the car and drove us to the hospital.

The doctor checked on me and said I had gotten into labor already, my water had broken before Steven reached home, so the nurses took me the labor room. 2 painful hours of labor, I felt if I was about to die, I could feel death gnawing at me.

I remembered the face of my mother and how much I used to trouble her and said she didn't love me because she was always busy with work. Now I regretted it, if only I knew this was how much women suffered to birth us, i would have loved and respected my mom better when she was alive. " Mom" I cried and let out one last push before I felt my body slush, the last thing I heard was the angelic cry of my baby.

I don't know for how long I had been unconscious, but when I woke up, the first sight I saw was Steven holding a little thing in his hand in a pink shawl. Excitement surged through me, I just wanted to see my baby, " give her to me" I said in a weak voice

Steven smiled at me, and walked up to me with the baby in his arms and handed her to me, tears, hot tears of happiness flowed down my eyes, she was the most beautiful creature in the world, she looked as beautiful and flawless like the moon.

My Selena, Selena Thayer, I wishpered. Steven pat my head proudly, and put a necklace round my name that read, "cool mom". "Apart from my mom, you are the strongest woman I know, am proud of you, you would be a great mom, am sure" he said with a smile.

More tears streamed my eyes, I thought I would go through this journey alone, but the heavens blessed me with the the best friend I could have ever asked for.

" Inyaaa" the baby's cry evolved the room, I started panicking, did I hold her too tightly, is she hungry, did I hurt her or is she feeling sick, I know zero things about how to handle a baby unless from what I learned in the magazines and prenatal care. "Wait, I think she is hungry, let me go and get the baby formula for you" Steven said.

" No Steven, I want to breast feed my baby, can you plz call the nurse for me" I asked. " Sure, I would send the nurse in right away and I will be outside waiting for you" he said.

The nurse came in a while later, she assisted me to breast feed the baby, it was painful, every process of been a mother was painful, but it was worth it. We stayed in the hospital for 3 days as both me and the baby were healthy, Steven was always there to help me and 2 days after my delivery Kendall and Joseph came to meet me.

Gosh, I was so happy and content with the feeling of motherhood, keeping the baby was probably one of the best decisions I made in life. Kendall loved babies so much and she and Steven kept fighting on who to take the baby, but Joseph would take advantage of their arguments and take the baby. I was the mother, but they acted as if they were the parents, the moment I pick her up the hover around me like bees to honey wanting to pick her. The only time I get to spend time with my baby alone for a long time is when am feeding her or when we are sleeping otherwise she was always with Steven, Joseph and Kendall.