M: Come to bed, Love..
R: *sighs, tired, and links his fingers through hers and follows her and gently helped her back to their bed* You like me to rub your back?
M: Okay lang ba sayo? Medyo masakit na eh.
R: Of course love, walang di okay gawin basta ikaw *kisses M, helped her gently to turn to her left side, -her comfortable position since becoming pregnant- adjusted her pregnancy pillow and started massaging her lower back.
M: Hmm.. sarap.. hmm *closes her eyes*
R: *chuckles* Ma, bawas sa ungol please. *kisses M's shoulder*
M: *laughs* Sorry love.. *grabs and kisses R's hands*
R: I love you.. *kisses M's shoulder, neck and lips* Go to sleep.
M: I love you too daddy.. sorry ha medyo pabigat na ko sayo lately, literally and figuratively speaking *softly chuckles*
R: Never Ma, wag na wag mong iisipin yan. Never kang naging at magiging pabigat sakin. Responsibilidad ko kayo ng anak natin. Stop thinking of that. Dream of our Thirdy instead.
M: Jay.. *grabs his hand again* I'm getting scared.
R: *stops the massage and hugged her tight instead* I know, I am too. I'm not going to sugarcoat it kasi di ko din alam. But one thing I do know, I will be right here beside you every step of the way, big or small. Hinding hindi ako aalis sa tabi mo. Dito ako hawak hawak ko lagi ang mga kamay mo.
M: *turns to face R* Love.. *cries*
R: O bakit umiiyak? *wipes her tears* Wag ka na umiyak Ma.. sige mahihirapan kang huminga nyan.
M: Kasi ikaw pinapaiyak mo ko eh. *cries*
R: *chuckles* Hindi naman kita pinapaiyak eh. Tahan na, *wipes her tears* love you mommy.. love you and Thirdy very much. *kisses M again* Sige na try to go back to sleep. *starts rubbing her back*
~~At 40 weeks + 5 days~~
She calls his name, voice calm, and he pokes his head round the door to see her standing in the bathroom, a towel wrapped round her as best it can. Her knuckles are white as she clutches at the fabric, and she's breathing in deep steady streams, and he knows what she's going to say before she says it.
M: My water just broke..
Her words send a cold shiver down his spine. His head spins and his hands tremble but he reminds himself that he has to breathe in order to calm down, Maine needs him, his wife need him to be calm, and the dizziness subsides.
R: Okay, okay.. *but continues to stare at his wife, unmoving*
M: Daddy.. could you get me some clothes please?
R: Okay.. kalma lang Ma. *moves suddenly to get some clothes and helps her dress and reminds her to breathe through the starting pain, despite the fact that she's currently calmer than he is*
Then he helped her sit on the bed while he started grabbing her things and he pulls and scoops up their pre-prepared bag for the baby, then calling Aga, their driver to get the Range Rover. He had run down at great speed downstairs yelling at everyone that Madam is on labor, yelling at Ate Pe and ate Virgie to call the Mendozas and the Faulkerson families and to follow them to the hospital as fast as they can, shouting at Aga to hurry up with the SUV, dumps all the bags at the boot then climbing inside the vehicle, out of breath.
R: Dali Aga! Paspas mo na! Mag hazard ka na!
Aga: Yes po Ser. Ah Ser, asan po si Mam?
R: Ay puta! *climbs down the SUV and ran upstairs to their bedroom*
And Then They Were Three
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