Colonel Seeders' Mail Order Bride, Hank

37 Michelle

Michelle froze, needing to bare down, but to scared of harming her babies. Something felt wrong from the first pain.

"I don't have gloves, but I need to unwind the umbilical cords from his or her neck," Xander said softly.

"Just do it. Hurry!"

Hank shifted into view as he leaned against the wall. "Remember that breathing video you watched? I can try it with you if you want."

He rubbed her aching back, massaging the muscles with his thumbs, and together they breathed in through their noses and out through their mouths, long deep breaths. When another pain pulled at her stomach, Xander told her to push, so she took a deep breath and bent her knees as she pushed.

When the doctor explained how she should push, baring down like she needed the toilet, she almost laughed, but while she did as he instructed, she found that it helped a lot more than just pushing from the front. It also hurt less.

The babys head is out. When the next pain comes, Ill guide the shoulders out and then it the baby will just slide out. After that you can relax for a minute before the next one shifts into place.

Right that second she wanted to tell Xander to shove his encouragement so deep up his ass that he had to bare down the way she had to, to get it out. She didnt want a minute to relax. She wanted them out of her. She wanted the pain to stop and it all to be a bad dream, but even as she thought it, she realised that she no longer wanted it to be a dream. She wanted to be Mrs. Hank Braghshcul, mother of Hawk Braghshcul and the four babies that still needed names.

She turned to Hank, grabbed his hand and slammed it against the wall. Dont you ever send me away again!

Before he could say a word, she gripped his hand tight and pushed for as long and as hard as she could to get the first of her little dragons out of her.

Xander hardly had the first clamp in place before she heard a soft mewl from her baby, that turned into a heart breaking cry.

This little girl has a set of lungs on her, Xander said and then groaned when she cried out again.

Michelle looked up at Hank, realising that he held her up against his chest. How did he get in front of her?

After two minutes had passed, Xander said, This is going to be really uncomfortable, but I have to coax the next one into place. Hank. Please do not bite my head off. Im just helping with the-

Just do it already! he growled.

Michelles nails dug into Hanks arms when Xander started pushing and tugging and then it was time for her to bare down again.

The same thing happened to the other two and what felt like hours later, Hank finally laid her down on the bed so that he could clean her, while Xander and Hawk cleaned the babies. Each time he bent down to rinse the cloth he brought with him, among other things, he kissed her softly and said thank you.

Eventually the thank you's became I love you.

Tears dripped from her eyes. She had longed to hear those words.

I love you, too, she said when she found her voice.

Before long, Hank held her up so that she could hold her babies. All four of them lay tucked in under a warm blanket in her arms and on her chest. She blinked her eyes a few times to see them clearly. All too soon, Hank had to take them from her so that she could sleep.

He swore on his life that he would stay right next to her the whole time and then sat down on the floor after laying her first born right next to her chest and the second born, lower down, against her stomach. The other two lay curled up against his chest.
Hawk and Xander started cleaning up when her eyes drifted closed.

Shed done it. She gave birth to her four babies, but she would have lost them if Hank and Xander didnt come to help her. If only Matteo had been there, it would have been perfect.

When she opened her eyes, the one person that she had been thinking about leaned down and kissed her forehead.

Well done Mommy Braghshcul. They are beautiful. If they didnt have all that weird loose skin, they would have been just as beautiful as you. Are you sure they are Hanks kids? No way can he make such cute babies.

Matteo, watch what you say. I dont want to be told that Ive been messing around when I hardly left his-

Im not going to think that. Matteo is just jealous because I have a beautiful wife that gave me four adorable babies. One that loves their big brother, Hank nodded towards Hawk. as much as he loves her. As much as I love her.

Michelle pulled Hank closer for a kiss that he refused to end until Matteo shouted, Yes! The family is back together. Hes still morbid as ever, He pointed his thumb at Xander over his shoulder. but Hawk has his mother and What are they? Boys, girls, bit of both?

Two boys, two girls, Xander mumbled from behind him.

Oh, hell. You saw all that Matteo formed shapes with his hands and shivered. all that stretching and stuff? No wonder youre so grumpy. I walked in when Mom gave birth to the twins and almost died. I wouldnt go near them- Matteo spun around and stared at Hank, biting his lip.

Its okay. Hawk made me deal with it all. Ten years old and hes more grown up than I am. Ive been blaming myself for not going after them. Even after Xander asked me to go look for them, I couldnt bring myself to go out in the cold.

I should never have asked you to risk your life. Dad told you to stay with us. You did what you were told to do.

The men spoke, sorted out their shit, while she fed the babies. Hawk helped her to break there winds, laughing each time one of the burped or passed wind from the other end.

Hanks face turned green when he had to clean them, but held it together, unlike the other two who tried to run out the door at the same time.

They spent the remainder of the day inside. She slept in between feeds, washed herself as often as she could and ate when her stomach growled, waking everyone up.

By the next morning, she felt stronger, so they packed everything up, took her and the babies home and left her with Hawk so that they could go back for everything else.

For two months they would not allow her to do anything other than sleep, eat and feed the babies. The only times she got out of bed was to go wash herself.

Half way through month three, Hank got the call he had been hoping for. Sebastian found someone that desperately needed a job. He agreed to meet him and left to go to Sebastians Earth home the very next day.

They day they expected him home, Matteo and Xander came by for their version of a cook-out. The two men had been hunting, which she believed to be the norm for them during summer. They brought four large stags, skinned and gutted them, and made a bonfire to roast the animals.

Hawk helped her prepare some vegetables and salads while the babies slept. They no longer woke up every four hours. More like every seven or eight hours. While awake, Hawk kept them entertained with toys he made in his fathers workshop. It gave Michelle the time she needed to cook and clean.

Just as they took the meat off the fire, Hanks craft arrived.

But he was not alone. He carried a women in his arms as he ran towards them. Someone she recognised, but it could not be her.

"Xander. She needs your help."