Unconditional

Chapter 14

•Chris•

Today was a busy day. Brandi is getting her labor induced. She's two days over here due date and the baby is not budging. I was half sleep in the shower at 5 a.m. I had to have Brandi at the hospital by 7 to check in. I must of dozed off or something because Kim was waking me up warning me that it was quarter to six. Damn, time is flying. I washed up quickly and threw on a sweatsuit. March 6th. I'm finally going to be a dad.

"Baby, you coming up to the hospital after the baby is born?" I asked Kim, knowing she didn't want to be up there all day waiting. It would've been selfish of me to ask her to stay too when she could be relaxing in a nice comfortable bed. I also hope she didn't hear that 'baby' slip out.

"Yeah, just call me when Brandi can have visitors," she said lounging on the bed while rubbing her eyes. Looking at her made me not want to go. Her hair had grown a little bit longer, her skin glowed, her eyes had a sparkle to it.

It was so many times that I wanted to really kiss her. Man, five months ago kissing Kim was a forbidden action. But I craved her like a forbidden fruit. She didn't even realize what kind of a hold that she had on me. I kissed her cheek and rubbed her stomach before making my way out the door.

"What the hell was taking so long for you to get here?" Brandi waddled to the car, "you was about to make me drive there myself."

"My bad. I fell asleep in the shower," I apologized pulling off, "where's your mom?"

"She's meeting us at the hospital. She said she wanted to pick up a few things."

"Okay."

The rest of the ride was silent. The whole process up at the hospital was slow too. And to think I would have to go through this similar process again in a few short months. I just sat in the chair next to Brandi while she rested I was texting Kim. We had been in here for 6 hours now and it's 1:00 in the afternoon. Brandi's contractions sounded like they were killing her. Her mom was giving me the evil eye but would say nothing to me because my mom was right here.

The whole time I was in there I could only think about Kim. I wonder if that was a bad thing. I mean I'm about to become a father for the first time, but the only thing I could think of is Kim. I was just about to call Kim & let her know the slow progress that was being made when Brandi's doctor came in.

"How are you doing Ms. Miller?" he asked her observing his clipboard.

"Tired. I just want this baby out of me so I can get some rest," Brandi sighed.

"Well I'm going to check how far along you are, okay?"

Brandi was 7 centimeters dialated. We've been here for 6 damn hours. We might be in here for another few hours before she even has the baby. I had to admit though, all this waiting made more and more eagar to meet my daughter. But at the sametime I wanted to be with Kim. For the first couple of days at Brandi, getting her situated. Her mom was leaving for a good minute, thank god.

I called Kim and told her about how long the baby was taking.

She just laughed and responded, "She's only been in labor for a few hours, some people can be in labor for a couple of days. But if you both agree that's she's taking to long to come, maybe you can her Kayin... if you haven't came up with a name yet. It means long-awaited child, if she likes it, it's hers."

"Okay, I'll tell her. But how are you feeling?"

"I'm okay. Just tired. You sound tired yourself."

"I am," I smiled, "but I can't wait to meet my daughter."

"That's great. Keep me updated. I gotta go. Love you."

"I love you too," I said to her, not really wanting to hang up but Brandi started yelling again.

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Almost four hours later Brandi gave birth to our baby girl, weighing in at 7 pounds and 3 ounces. She was beautiful. We named her Kayin Christina Burgess.

*Kim*

When Chris called me with the news about the baby being here, I went to the hospital the very next day. Brandi didn't want any visitors that day because she explained that she was exhausted, but I understood. The baby was adorable. She looked just like Chris but she had Brandi's eyes. She was the color of cinnamon sugar and looked just as sweet.

I just couldn't wait until my little ones got here, I couldn't wait to be a mother.