Heal my Heart

Chapter 36 - Never Enough

Everything slowly settled down and the city was finally back to normal. Well, as normal as a freaking parallel universe city can be. People went on with their jobs, their hobbys. A lot of clubs had popped all around town and everybody was now sharing their feelings, sensibility and skills for the common good. Luke and Jason had formed an "official" football team and Gordie had opened a chess club, trying to get Grizz to stop by almost everyday.

The young man had sadly little to no free time because of all his duties. He was still head medic and helped with the Guard. But on top of those jobs, Grizz also leaded the support group, the forest group, gave dance lessons with his lover, tried to learn ASL and advised Allie on her leading duties. Needless to say, the man was really busy. Sam on the other hand took care of the library and gave dance classes with him. He was always trying to get his lover to take breaks or come eat with him but their time together was often cut short by the Guard, Kelly or Allie asking him for guidance.

Grizz was even more busy at the clinic those days because Becca was about to have her baby. He helped her by taking the pain of the contractions as Kelly treated other occasional patients.

One morning, he was woken up by Kelly running to his bedroom.

"Grizz! I'm sorry to intrude and to wake you up like this but the baby's coming!" she screamed.

"Wha...Okay, I'm on it." he said, getting out of Sam's loving and warm embrace.

He dressed up as quickly as he could and entered his old house, now remastered into a clinic, ten minutes later.

"Grizz? Grizz, the baby's coming, it hurts so much!" Becca cried to him.

"I'm here, Bec, I'm here." he told her, sitting beside her bed.

"Gordie, can you please bring us lots of towels, sterile vessels to put the medical instruments and warm water, please?" Kelly asked, setting everything she'd need to get this baby out.

"Becca, listen to me, girl. Kelly's gonna bring your baby out, you'll have to listen to her very carefully, alright? I'm gonna stay here by your side and take all the pain away. We don't have any anesthetic or dilators so I'll take care of the pain for you. Your job is to focus on what Kelly will tell you and get this baby out, okay? You think you can manage that?" he gently told her.

"Y...Yeah, I can do that." she breathed.

When she was ready to give birth, Grizz focused his attention on her belly and his hands began glowing. He felt great pain but accepted it, knowing that it was only the beginning. Kelly did everything she could to get this baby out and succeed after five hours of hard work.

"Congratulation, Becca, it's a beautiful little girl." she smiled tiredly to the mom, handing the small child over.

"Thank you Kelly ! I'm gonna name her Eden." she joyfully laughed.

She had felt no pain during the whole thing, only slight discomfort. She hadn't seen how many time had passed but was too happy to even care. She suddenly felt the warmth of Grizz's hands slip from her belly and turned to the young man.

Grizz fell from his chair and collapsed on the floor. He had never taken so much pain and even less for five hours straight. He was panting on the floor, burning up and sweating when Kelly ran to him.

"Gordie, can you prepare a bed for him, cold water and get Sam, please?" she asked him with a composed face.

The young medic had clearly expected this. She knew how painful a childbirth could be and knowing that Grizz would want to take all the pain from Becca, it was no surprise to see him in such a state. She gently moved him into a seated position.