Chapter 9: As far as we can go
Angelina is now 6 months old. She can now sit on the floor. One of the things that Barbie likes to do with her is to watch picture album. She sleeps way better; so her parents have more time for each other. They can put Angelina in bed and watch a movie or eat or go out; Norrie comes babysit. It’s easier then when she was a newborn. Angelina; who is called by Julia and Barbie, Angie or Angel, is a good baby. Julia is healthy and happy. '’Barbie; you princess is up and it’s your morning. ‘’ ‘’Alright, I’m going. I love you! ‘’ ‘’I love you too. ‘’ ‘’When I’m coming back, I want to talk to you about something, alright? ‘’ ‘’You’re scaring me! ‘’ ‘’Don’t worry, you’ll love it! ‘’ Julia thought that Barbie wanted to talk to her about having more kids. Since Angie is born; he never stopped talking about adding more to their family. Julia wants to wait; she doesn’t want to get pregnant now; Angie isn’t one year old and Barbie wants to have more children. Suddenly, Julia hears Barbie talking to Angie in the other room. ‘’Hi beautiful girl; how are you? Do you want to come see mommy? Yes, that’s a big smile that you got there, yes! I hope you know how we both love you. Come on, we are going into mommy’s bed! ‘’ Barbie came into the room with Angie in his arm; he put her on the bed between him and Julia. ‘’She’s growing up so fast. ‘’ said Barbie. ‘’Soon she won’t be a little baby anymore. But you’ll ever be our princess, yes; forever! ‘’ ‘’Julia, I want to take you somewhere! ‘’ ‘’Where can we go with a 6 months old baby? ‘’ ‘’I mean, we could leave her to Norrie or my dad or Sam; and go on our honeymoon. Remember, we got married and we didn’t get the chance to go anywhere because you were too weak and because of this little thing that is between us. ‘’ ‘’You’re serious; you want us to go on our honeymoon? ‘’ Julia sounds surprised of Barbie’s plan. ‘’Yes, I want to get away with you and be the couple we used to be before the baby and everything. I want to spend time with you; just you. ‘’ ‘’Me too; so what we leave her to your dad for like 5 days? ‘’ ‘’Yeah, that’s perfect; and we can go anywhere you want to go! ‘’ ‘’Like somewhere down south, with the beaches and everything? ‘’ ‘’If you want to go there, we will! ‘’ ‘’That’s what I want. I beautiful vacation with you. ‘’ She leaned over to him and kissed him. Angelina was playing with Julia’s red curls. ……………… ‘’ Is everything ready for her, Julia? ‘’ ‘’Yes, her bags are in the nursery; on the side of her bed. Check if I didn’t forget anything. ‘’ screamed Julia for the other room. ‘’Did you leave my dad Norrie’s and Sam’s number if there’s anything? ‘’ ‘’No, make him a note! ‘’ Barbie packed the car with their luggage and the baby stuffed. He realized that if they have more kids they will need a bigger car than Julia’s Prius. Meanwhile, Julia was dressing Angelina to go out and placed her in her car seat. Barbie came in; grabbed the baby and installed her in the car. Before closing the car, he kissed his baby girl on her tiny forehead. Julia locked the house and went into the car. ‘’I hope we didn’t forget anything. ‘’ ‘’She’ll be fine. Other my dad kids before, he knows what to do. ‘’ They arrived at Don’s house; he was waiting for them. He was so excited to spend the whole week with his granddaughter; who is so beautiful; she looks just like her mother. She has blue/gray eyes, little red hair, pale skin color; but she has Barbie’s mouth and nose. ‘’Hey you little happy family! ’’ ‘’What’s up dad? ‘’ ‘’I’m excited; so as you I supposed! ‘’ ‘’My heart is broken; I don’t want to leave her but I know that she’s going to be really fin with you Mr. Barbara. ‘’ ’Oh yes, she’ll be fine. ‘’ ‘’We left you Norrie’s and Sam’s number, in case of anything. ‘’ ‘’Thanks! ‘’ ‘’Alright then, if we don’t want to be late we should probably go. ‘’ ‘’Ouf, ok! Have a great week honey, be good to grandpa! ‘’ Julia kissed her for the last time and held Barbie’s hands to go in the car. Once they left Don’s driveway, Julia had tears falling down her cheek. Barbie saw that she’s worried about leaving her here and go another place; far away. ‘’She’ll be fine, I promise you! ‘’ '’I know, and we will enjoy our vacation; drinking, eating, standing by the beaches, swimming into the sea and all the other things that we can do while no one is watching, if you know what I mean! ‘’ ‘’Yeah, I know what you means Mr. Dale Barbara. I can’t wait to be there with you! ‘’ They arrived at the airport, checked-in and boarded in their plane. They took off for a little island near Mexico. Barbie reserved for 5 days. They stayed there and relaxed. They took care of them and took good time as a couple. Julia called Don a couple time to talk with Angelina and to know how she’s doing. Finally their honeymoon ended. They really enjoyed it; spend a little time away from home was nice but they missed their little girl so much. When they got back, it was during the night. Julia was sleeping in the car while Barbie drove to their house because they decided that they would get Angie in the morning. Julia didn’t know that Barbie asked his father to bring back Angelina home and come babysit there the day that they came back. When they arrived home, Barbie told Julia that they were home. She woke up; all sleepy she came in and was surprised to see that don was there. She got so excited. She ran upstairs and kissed her baby. Barbie thanked his dad and he went to sleep with Julia and Angie in their bed.
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Chapter 8: It’s time Barbie helped Julia to walk home. ‘’We’re almost there babe! ‘’ When they got in front of their house, he took her in his arm and brought her on the porch. Sam and Melanie saw the scene from the inside. Sam ran to the door, and helped Barbie to get Julia inside. Melanie grabbed the phone and called Norrie; Julia wanted to have Norrie next to her. ‘’Hey Norrie! ‘’ ‘’Hey Mel, what’s up? ‘’ ‘’No time for… ‘’ in the back Melanie saw and heard Julia screaming because of the pain of giving birth; she was holding Barbie so tight and so close to her. ‘’Bring your ass over here; Angelina is ready do see the world. ‘’ ‘’Are you sure? Can I talk to Julia? ‘’ ‘’I don’t think that it’s the right time. ‘’ ‘’Go ask her for me please. ‘’ Melanie gave the phone to Julia; who gave the phone to Barbie. ‘’I can’t it to painful, you do the talking. ‘’ '’Norrie, what’s wrong? You should really come here; you know Julia needs you here with her; like right now. ‘’ Before he got to the end, he put the phone down and talked to Julia. ‘’You’re going to be just fine, let’s get you upstairs; alright? Sam is already getting ready…. ‘’ ‘’Barbie, my water just broke!!! ‘’ ‘’Did you hear that Norrie? ‘’ He took the phone back and Norrie answered him; ‘’I’m on my way; tell Julia to hold on, I’ll be there very soon. ‘’ ‘’She’s coming baby… she’ll be with you; alright. Now come on, let’s get you up. ‘’ Julia stood but at the same time she had a big contraction. She couldn’t stand on her feet. Barbie shuts to Sam. ‘’Sam, can you come help me with Julia. I won’t be able to get her upstairs alone! ‘’ Sam hurried downstairs; they both took her in their arms. Once upstairs, Barbie asked Melanie to help Julia while he was getting some towels and sheets. Sam asked Barbie to bring fresh towels and a bowl of water for Julia’s face; to refresh her. At the same time, Norrie showed up. ‘’She’s upstairs! ‘’ Barbie screamed at her. She entered the room where was same. Julia asked Norrie to go get a pyjama in the nursery. ‘’Ok baby, I’m back and I think that everybody is all set. ‘’ ‘’You forgot something!!! ‘’ ‘’What? What is it? ‘’ ‘’Your dad, remember he wanted you to call him when it was time. ‘’ ‘’That’s so true… ‘’ ‘’I’ll do it Barbie, let me tell dad, stay with Julia! ‘’ ‘’Thanks Mel, you’re an angel. ‘’ Norrie got back from the nursery with a blue pyjama. It was perfect; she put it right beside Sam and went to Julia’s side. Melanie called Don Barbara, to tell him that is granddaughter was on her way and that Julia is doing great. When she got back to the room, Sam asked her if she wanted to assist her. Without any choice she said yes; but she felt honored to be a part of this wonderful event. It’s not every day that her brother becomes a dad; she was about to become Auntie Melanie. Sam talked to Julia. ‘’Ok Julia, you’re almost fully dilated and you’ll be soon able to push. You’ll have to push when I’ll tell you that you can; alright? You are going to be just fine and I’m sure you’ll be doing great. Let’s do this! ‘’ ‘’Alright, breathe in and out; in and out! Try to relax your body baby. ‘’ Barbie have been asking Sam for advice and things that he could do to help Julia while his wife is giving birth; so he knows what to do. Julia took a deep breath in and out. Barbie kissed her on her cheek and did the breathing exercises with her. ‘’Do it again, in and out; and again. Relax and you’ll be just fine; I can feel that you are stressed and that’s not good for you and the baby; so relax honey. ‘’ Julia did exactly what Barbie told her. He was actually not that bad for his first delivery. ‘’I want you to kissed me; alright. ‘’ In the meantime, she had another contraction. She screamed; Barbie held her head and Julia crushed Norrie’s hand. ‘’Julia... You are hurting me! ‘’ screamed Norrie. ‘’Ok Julia, it’s time now, you are fully dilated and we are all ready. ‘’ ‘’Come on Julia, next contraction; push as hard as you can. She’s already crowing. You can do it. ‘’ Julia pushed as hard as she could be possibly been pushing. Crushing Barbie’s hands; she screamed and it ended. Norrie was holding her head and her back. ‘’That was fantastic Julia; one more the head will be out. You are a natural at this. Come on! ‘’ Once again, she pushed. This time the head was out. She took her breathe back; Sam cleared the nose of the baby and her mouth and Julia had another contraction. She pushed several times and it was done. They heard their little Angelina cry. Barbie took Julia’s shirt off of her and Sam cleaned the baby a little bit and put her on the chest of Julia. Norrie congrats the two new parents and looked at the baby with big open eyes. It was one of the beautiful thing she has seen in her life; so far. Barbie cut the umbilical cord and kissed Julia like he never did before. ‘’You did it baby. That was easy. Now we have a beautiful daughter named Angelina Shumway-Barbara in our lives. Welcome little princess! ‘’ ‘’Congrats Julia! She’s so cute and tiny... ‘’ told Melanie. ‘’…And she seems perfectly healthy! ‘’ said Sam. ‘’You’re my princess, you know that. You are mommy’s princess! ‘’ Julia kissed her and hugged her. She was so fragile and so tiny. ‘’I’m going to see if my dad is downstairs. He should be arrived. I love you both so much. You are the world to me. ‘’ Barbie went downstairs. He saw his dad waiting on the couch. As soon as Don saw Barbie coming down the stairs her stood up. ‘’How is she; Julia? ‘’ ‘’She’s perfect, everything went very well and the baby is healthy and so cute. ‘’ ‘’Congratulation, new daddy! It means that I’m officially a grandfather. ‘’ ‘’Do you want to meet your granddaughter? ‘’ ‘’Right now! ‘’ ‘’Sure, everybody is doing well so yes; now! Come on, I’ll take you to her! ‘’ Barbie took his dad upstairs. When they entered the room, Norrie was trying to dress the baby with the pyjama that she chose before. Barbie took his daughter in his arms and gave her to his dad. A tear felt down Don’s cheek; he never thought that one day he would held his grandchildren in his arms. Julia looked at him with tears in her eyes and so much joy inside of her. Her parents had never got the chance to meet her and she hoped that they would be as proud as Barbie’s dad is. ‘’Norrie, do you want to hold her? ‘’ ‘’Yes, I want to hold her. ‘’ Don gave Angelina to Norrie. Melanie went beside her to look at her. ‘’She is so tiny and so fragile. You did great Julia; both of you did great. She’s perfect. ‘’ ‘’Norrie; do you want to be her godmother? ‘’ ‘’Really, you are asking me this; for real? ‘’ ‘’Yes, I am. Since its Auntie Melanie, Barbie and I want you to be her godmother. ‘’The hell I want to be her godmother. ‘’ Norrie kissed her goddaughter and told her; ‘’I’m going to protect you all my life. You can count on me! ‘’ ‘’And Sam, would you be her godfather? You did so much for us and for her, we can’t think of anyone better than you to be the godfather. ‘’ ‘’I will. Thanks to both of you. I promise to be a part of her life. ‘’ Norrie gave the baby back to Julia. As soon as she was in Julia’s arms, she opened her eyes for the first time. She looked to her, and Angelina’s eyes were blue/gray and suddenly changed to pink before becoming blue/gray again. Julia kissed her and kissed Barbie. ‘’You are going to be so strong and be sure that we will discovered that the dome did to you. You have beautiful eyes little miracle. ‘’ ‘’She has your eyes Jules; those eyes that I saw the first time that me met; under the dome; your enchanted eye. ‘’ Julia decided that she wanted to go in the living room. It would be easier to have more people there. Barbie brought Angelina downstairs and Norrie helped Julia to get up and to get dress. Joe, Carolyn and James Jr arrived at the new parents’ house. Barbie opened the door with Angelina in his arm. Carolyn got so happy when she saw the baby. Barbie told them to go in the living room and that Julia was coming. Melanie was in the kitchen with Sam preparing a bottle of milk for the baby and a glass of juice for Julia. ‘’And here’s the new mom; top shape, ready for another one. Joking! ‘’ Julia and Norrie laugh and got into the living room. She sat beside Barbie. Melanie gave her the bottle and sat on the other couch. Julia fed her baby for the first time and Barbie kissed her. Everyone could see how happy they were. After this, Angelina went in everybody’s arms and hands. She cried a little; normal she’s a couple hours old. Everything is new for her. She has a big world to discover; with Barbie and Julia, she will be over protected and so loved. ………………….. Days went on, and Angelina changed so much. She’s now growing as a normal child. Norrie came often and Sam saw her a couple times. Julia walks a lot outside with her and Barbie is showing picture of her to everybody; he’s so proud. The night are rough, just like other babies, she wakes up often and mommy and daddy have to go see her; rock her around the house; feed her and change her. Chapter 7: The waiting Now that everybody knows, there was only one thing to do for Barbie and Julia; wait for the baby to come out. Julia was in the nursery, trying to design something cute. She’s changing the settings every day because she can’t do anything else. Barbie was in the kitchen downstairs; cleaning up the dinner. It was running late, Melanie was already asleep and Sam went home. Julia was 29 week; her belly is growing up so fast but she’s healthy; that’s all that Barbie needed to hear. After he finished cleaning everything he went in his bedroom thinking that he would find Julia in bed; but no, she was asleep on the rocking chair in the nursery. ‘’Baby, want to come sleep in the bed? You’ll be better and it’ll be more comfy. ‘’ ‘’Sure, would you help me to get there. ‘’ Barbie helped her to get on her feet and held her back all the way to their bedroom. ‘’I feel like I’m going to explode. My back hurts and I can’t be on my feet more than 20 minutes. ‘’ ‘’That’s so normal, honey. That’s what we called; being pregnant. ‘’ He smiled at her hugged her so tight and kissed her goodnight. Julia woke up 4 times during the night, she couldn’t sleep. She was so scared of giving birth even though she was well prepared to do it. What if the baby needs medical help at her birth? Or even worse, what if something goes wrong with her and she needs medical help? These two questions had been in her head all night long. She finally fell asleep at 4am. In the morning, Barbie looked at her and felt that something was wrong and the she was so scared of the events that are coming fast. He decided to let her sleep; she needs to be strong and ready. Sam arrived; this time with a luggage. ‘’Where are you going with this? ‘’ asked Barbie. ‘’I decided to leave it here so when Julia will be closer to her due date I won’t have to go back to my house to get it.’’ ‘’Do you think it will be long or that it’s going to go faster; even faster than before? ‘’ ‘’I hope that it won’t be faster. Just keep it that way and everything will be perfect. ‘’ ‘’What if it actually goes faster? ‘’ ‘’Her body won’t be ready for a delivery when the baby will point herself. ‘’ ‘’Do you know if there’s anything we could do to slow her down a little bit? ‘’ ‘’Maybe you could try massage or talk to the baby or to have family time; like only you, Julia and the baby. I really don’t know it’s not a normal or easy pregnancy; Julia has been strong since then by the way. She’s handling it so good. ‘’ ‘’Yeah, I’m not so sure these days. She’s not really sleeping, she’s moving all the time. It seems to be hard on her…. ‘’ At the same time Barbie heard Julia screaming from their bedroom. Barbie and Sam ran upstairs; Melanie was already there. ‘’What? What’s wrong Julia? Tell us!!! ‘’ screamed Melanie. ‘’Cramps, kicks or anything else I don’t know but it hurt so badly. Can you do something Sam? ‘’ said Julia in pain and crying. ‘’Let me check something. ‘’ Sam checked if she was in labour which was negative. ‘’It’s only a kick Julia; a big kick from her. She’s getting bigger and soon there will be no more places for her. ‘’ ‘’Did it stopped baby? ‘’ asked Barbie ‘’Yeah it did. God that hurt, I can’t imagined how it will hurt when I’ll gave birth. That’s going to be painful.’’ Explain Julia while catching up her breath. ‘’Yeah; but you’ll be able to squeeze my hands, scream, walk around the house; and the whole time I’ll be with you. Believe me I will. That’s why I married you, to be with you and to take care of you Jules. ‘’ Sam and Melanie left the room as soon as Barbie got everything under control. Sam did coffee and Melanie made breakfast for both of them. Barbie stayed with Julia to spend some family time and to talk to the baby like Sam proposed. ‘’Are you alright now? ‘’ ‘’Yes, I feel better when you’re here. ‘’ ‘’Julia, I know you didn’t sleep much last night and I also understood that you’re scared as hell to give birth. Don’t tell me that I am wrong. ‘’ ‘’I’m scared Barbie. What if anything happen? ‘’ ‘’There will be enough person here to take care of you both. There’s going to be Melanie, Sam, my dad; which is weird but he’s been there you know and me. If you want anyone else to be here tell them. ‘’ ‘’I know, I think I want to have Norrie here too. Her and I are kind of became very good friend. ‘’ ‘’Ask her. ‘’ ‘’She don’t have to be in the room with me but in the house that would make me safer. ‘’ Barbie kissed her and kissed the baby too; just before starting to talk to her belly. ‘’If you could slow it down; it will be very helpful. Your mommy could sleep a little bit longer and be stronger for the big day. We can’t wait to meet you but we can wait a little bit longer, you know. Go easy on her because I love her very much. Angelina Shumway-Barbara, please be the greatest little girl in the world and listen to your daddy. Be softer on your mommy, no more brutal kicks or nausea or anything else. I love you my precious little miracle! ‘’ ‘’You’re so cute when you talk to her. Can’t wait to see you hold her and feed her. You’re going to be the greatest dad in the world. ‘’ ‘’And you; are going to be the greatest and strongest mommy in the whole universe. ‘’ At night, Sam did his check-up on Julia; she’s now 29 weeks, so just 10 weeks to go. It seems so long at first but when Sam did the ultrasounds, he saw that the baby was in the right position; facing down. ‘’That’s interesting. I think I’m going to move in today. She seems all ready to see the world. Let’s see how long she stays like that. I know that Barbie talked to her this morning. ‘’ '’Yes, he did. He told her to slow down a little. Is she going to be born before my due date? ‘’ ‘’I think that she will definitely will. Is it that; that is scaring you? ‘’ ‘’I’m freaking out actually. ‘’ ‘’Your body knows what to do so there is nothing to be scared of; trust me. ‘’ ‘’Thanks Sam; for everything that you do! ‘’ Sam got downstairs to tell Barbie that his wife was ok and that the baby is almost ready to come out. He also decided that he’s moving in the next day. Everything is going so fast. Melanie told the two guys, that she was going to bed because she’s exhausted. Sam went home. Barbie stayed a while in the kitchen; thinking about how their life will be different and how Julia will need to be strong on this day. Suddenly, he heard footstep in the hallway. It was Julia. ‘’Are you going to bed? ‘’ '’Yeah, yeah, I’ll be right there. ‘’ ‘’What’s wrong? You look so sad and so depressed. I’ve never seen you like this before.’’ ‘’It’s nothing, I’m freaking out…’’ ‘’… About what? You’ve always been the one so strong… ‘’ ‘’… It’s you; you need to be strong Julia and I’m scare that you won’t be strong enough and that I’m going to lose you. I’m losing hope, Julia. Tell me; how can I make you stronger? ‘’ ‘’I’m scare too. Every day I keep telling myself that I’ll be fine and that we will be one big happy family; but what if something bad happen? And I know that I don’t sleep much and I know that’s she growing faster. I know that I’m not strong enough. Help me Barbie, please. ‘’ Julia started to cry, she sat on the floor and cry and cry and cry. Barbie; who used to be so tough, started to cry too. He sat beside Julia; held her in his arm and kissed so many times and hugged her until she stopped crying. ‘’Mrs. Julia Shumway-Barbara, you are never going to lose me; never, understand. I’ll do everything to make you stronger. Tomorrow we both need some time off; spend all day in our bed sleeping in each other’s arms. You need it and I need it. So tomorrow, that’s the plan. Are you alright with this? I’ll ask Melanie to do the cooking and Sam will come here in the late afternoon. Now come on; it’s night time! ‘’ The next morning at 7am, Barbie woke up. He saw Julia beside him. She slept all night and she was still sleeping. He got closer to her stomach and said: ‘’you’re a baby good girl Angelina Shumway-Barbara. Stay like this for 3-4 weeks and that will be just great. Mommy has been sleeping well and didn’t wake. That’s my girl!’’ Barbie put his head in his pillow and felt right back in his sleep. 4 hours later, Julia opened her eyes; she looked to her watch and she saw that it was 11am. She’s been sleeping for 13 hours. She turned on the other side and Barbie was still there. ‘’Barbie, are you awake? ‘’ ‘’Now I am! Did you sleep well honey? ‘’ ‘’I did! ‘’ she said while looking Barbie getting closer to her. With a belly of 29 weeks, it was hard to go and kissed him so he came to kissed her; right on her lips. He gave her a long and passionate kissed. ‘’See, my little girl is listening to me already. I love her so much and I didn’t even meet her. I can’t wait to see her and hold her in my arms. ‘’ ‘’Same thing for me and yes she’s your baby girl Mr. Barbara. Now kiss me again.’’ Melanie came in with juice and food for the three of them; Julia eats for two now. ‘’Mel, you are truly the best. Come here! ‘’ Julia hugged her so tight; that’s seems like she slept a lot and very well. Melanie hugged her back and she let them ate together; she had stuff to do. As soon as they finished, Julia took the book that Carolyn gave her called My First Baby Book. She said that she had one for Norrie when she was born and that now Norrie likes it. Julia wrote her name as the mother, Dale Barbara as the father and the baby’s name; on the first page. There was also some question that Julia needed to answer before the birth of Angelina so they both answered the questions together. When they finished, Julia felt asleep in Barbie’s arms; he kissed her forehead and felt asleep too. ………………………… 3 weeks has passed. Julia is stronger than ever and ready for the big day. Still a little scared but now she just want the baby out. She’s now 36 week pregnant and she gets tired just by walking because Angelina is so big inside her belly. ‘’Now it would be a good time to come out. Your room is ready and everyone is waiting for you. I bet you’re so tight in there, huh? Come on, baby I’m sure you can do it. ‘’ ‘’Jules, what are you doing? ‘’ ‘’Oh my god, you scared me; I didn’t know you were here. ‘’ ‘’You didn’t answered. Are you ready? Are you sure? ‘’ ‘’She’s too heavy for me and she’s ready. She kicks all the time and I can feel a little pressure down there. I have a feeling that is going to be soon. I’m not afraid anymore, Barbie. We are going to be great parents to her. ‘’ ‘’It feels great to hear you say that. So let’s be all set for the big events. Do you want to go take a walk? I read once that it can start your contractions. ‘’ ‘’Good idea; can you go grab my winter jacket upstairs? It’s freezing cold out there. There is snow everywhere. ‘’ ‘’Sure; can you tell Sam about your plan so he could be ready? ‘’ ‘’Yeah, good plan! ‘’ Barbie ran upstairs while Julia was walking in direction of the living room where Melanie and Sam were watching a movie; peacefully. Sam put the movie on pause to hear if someone was walking towards, he heard Julia coming. ‘’Are you alright Jules? ‘’ ‘’Yeah, Barbie and I, we are going to take a short walk outside. Be prepared, I can feel that this baby will come out soon. ‘’ ‘’You’re ready to pop? But you know that going on a walk can start you contractions. ‘’ ‘’That’s the purpose of the walk. We won’t be far and won’t be long. If I feel anything weird we are going straight back home. Actually I feel a little pressure down; is it normal? ‘’ ‘’Totally, that means that it’s the end; walking is good for you right now, enjoy it. I have my cellphone on me if there’s anything. ‘’ ‘’Thanks Sam! ‘’ ‘’Here Jules, your jacket! Come on now. ‘’ ‘’See you soon; I hope that it will change something. ‘’ They walked around the block. Neighbors were looking at her and the people that saw her and Barbie on the street stopped to ask her when she was due. She’s so big but so happy. They did for a second time, the same road that they just did. At the end of the second times, Julia felt a bigger pressure. She stopped walking and put her right hand on her stomach and the other one was holding Barbie. ‘’I think this is it Barbie!!! We are going straight home now!!! ‘’ Chapter 6: Time to tell daddy what we did In Julia’s car, Barbie and Julia were on their way to go see Don Barbara. Since he wasn’t at the wedding and doesn’t know that Julia is 25 week pregnant, they thought that it was a good idea to go tell him. They’re on their way to Zenith; making little stops because since Julia is more than half-way through her pregnancy she can’t do long road trip. Barbie is worried about the reaction of his dad when he will see Julia. ‘’You’re sure that it’s a good idea, Jules? ‘’ ‘’If you don’t tell him, I’m going to go there be myself to tell your dad. He needs to know Barbie. Otherwise, he’s going to have the shock of his life when he will decide to come to our house and see me with a 9 months belly. He’s also going to become a grandpa for the first time. Maybe not the last but for now it’s going to be the first time. ‘’ ‘’You’re right. Speaking of baby, we didn’t talk about names. We know that it’s a girl so it must be easy to choose a name for her. What about Clarence or Angelina or Benedicte or Taylor? Do you have idea? ‘’ ‘’I also thought of Angelina; because of Angie, or Serena or Ashley. Are we giving her our two last names or two names and one last name? You know like just Barbara or Shumway-Barbara? ‘’ ‘’Are we good with Angelina Shumway-Barbara? ‘’ ‘’I think we are! I love you Barbie! ‘’ Julia looked to her growing belly and said; ‘’Do you like it; Angelina Shumway-Barbara? ‘’ After she said the name she felt a kick, bigger then she used to have. ‘’I think she likes it! ‘’ '’How do you know it? ‘’ asked Barbie while parking the car in his father driveway. ‘’She kicked me, stronger than before. ‘’ ‘’She’s getting so strong. ‘’ He kissed her belly just before kissing her. ‘’I love you Julia! ‘’ Don Barbara got out of his house and saw Barbie and Julia kissing in their car. He realized that they were really in love and also realized that one day she’ll be the woman that will give him his grandchildren. Barbie got out of the car. He went to say ‘’hi’’ to his father. ‘’Hi dad! Got to go helped Julia. ‘’ Don was surprised by this sentence; helped Julia for what, she knows how to walk. He got closer to the car, while Barbie was kissing her and helping her to get out of the car. Don realized that he was about to be a grandpa sooner that he was thinking. Julia got out of the car with her 25 week bump. The jaw on the floor, Don fixed her. She was stunning and so perfect with her bump. ‘’Hi, Mr. Barbara! We know that we should have told you before… ‘’ Don stopped her. ‘’… Oh my god, Julia you are so pretty like this. I hope that it’s my son who did this to do you. Can I touch it? ‘’ He put one hand on her belly and felt the baby moving inside her body. ‘’It’s all him, no doubt about that. He did a very good job. ‘’ Julia smiled. ‘’Dad, can you believe it, you’re going to be a grandpa soon? ‘’ ‘’You did a really great job son. Come inside, don’t stand up to long Julia, you’re going to get tired. ‘’ The three of them got inside the house. They went into the living room. They told don that it was going to be a girl and that her name will be Angelina Shumway-Barbara. They gave him the sonogram and little gift bag that Julia did for the wedding. Since he was invited but couldn’t be there they hired a photographer to take their wedding photographs a couple days after they got married and she gave him 3 pictures of them together in their wedding clothes. They talked about the future as a family; he gave them tricks; he asked them when was the due date and plenty other questions. ‘’The due date is in 15 weeks but there’s something you should know about it. ‘’ Since Barbie’s dad know for the Dome and the egg, Barbie knew that his dad would understand the weird thing going on. ‘’The dome affected Julia’s pregnancy and that’s why we got married in such a hurry. The baby is growing faster than it should be. Last week she was 22 weeks far and now she’s 25 weeks. Don’t worry, our friend Sam is a doctor and he comes every day to check on Julia and the baby. Everything is going fine right now. ‘’ ‘’So you’ll have the baby sooner; that’s what I understand. ‘’ ‘’Yes, that’s what it means. Actually I’m fully prepared to be a mom and to have the baby. We will have the baby at our house and Sam will be the doctor that will help me and Dale and Melanie will assisted him and help me as well. Everything is under control. Melanie is already living with us and Sam will move in when I’ll be 32 weeks far. ‘’ ‘’Wow, everything is planned. Can I add something to your planning? ‘’ ‘’Sure, did we missed something? ‘’’ ‘’Yeah, something very important! Call the grandpa when she’ll be ready to see the world. I’ll come to meet the baby once she’s born. I want to introduce myself to her; in her first moment in the Barbara family. ‘’ Barbie got up and went beside he’s father. ‘’I will call you, trust me I won’t forget, otherwise Julia will tell me. ‘’ ‘’Don’t count on me to tell you. Tell your sister to call him so we’re safe. ‘’ She laughed and Barbie ran over her and kissed her. Don looked at them and said; ‘’you’re perfect together; I hope you both know that. ‘’ ‘’Thanks dad! ‘’ They stayed there for dinner and talked about everything. The evening went very well. Don was so excited to be a grandpa for the first time; and to see them happy as they are, he could be happier for them. Chapter 5: Are we out of the woods?
Since 2 weeks, Sam comes every day to check on Julia and since 2 weeks her pregnancy seems back to normal except for the growing faster part. She should be 22 weeks but she’s 23. Not a big deal, but Sam needs to check up this up every 3 days. Since she was feeling much better for the second day in a row, Julia decided that she didn’t need Sam to come over that day. She decided that she would go out to buy some stuff for the baby with Norrie. Just her and Norrie, it’s been a long time since she had a girl time with Norrie. She kissed Barbie before leaving and told him that she would call him if anything weird happen or else. She went to Norrie’s house to get her. ‘’Are you ready Norrie? Julia is here. Don’t make her get out of her car! ‘’ ‘’I am, have a good day mom.’’ ‘’Have a good day Nor, and remember check on Julia! ‘’ ‘’I will, bye. ‘’ Norrie ran to Julia’s Toyota Prius. She sat on the passenger seat and before she put her seat belt on, she leaned over to Julia, she hugged her and she kissed her belly; who is bigger every day. ‘’Are you ready, for a girl shopping day? ‘’ ‘’Oh yes, I am! Melanie wasn’t coming with us? And you don’t see Sam today? ‘’ ‘’I gave Sam a day off. When he saw me yesterday everything was normal and Melanie was exhausted, she heard me crying every night since she moved in, 10 days ago. ‘’ ‘’Crying? Are you making the same nightmare? ‘’ ‘’Yeah, but I don’t want to talk about it. Let’s spend a day thinking that my pregnancy is totally normal. At least we could try.’’ They both laughed when Julia finished her sentence, because there’s nothing normal with her pregnancy and her baby. The only thing that will be normal is the nursery. Barbie told Julia that she could do anything she wanted with the nursery and that he was going to do the painting with James Jr and Joe. When he told her that, she laughed, she couldn’t imagine those three painting the baby’s room. ‘’I was thinking the other day; when will you and Barbie get married? ‘’ ‘’I don’t know, we didn’t talked about it. ‘’ ‘’There’s something that I like…. ‘’ ‘’What is it Nor? ‘’ ‘’It’s a wedding where the bride is pregnant. It’s cute because there’s a proof of their love for each other and it is right there with them and everyone around can see it. ‘’ ‘’That’s so true. Maybe we could get married while I still am pregnant. It could be cute. But I have to wear a dress that fits my enormous stomach right? ‘’ ‘’That’s true, but these kind of dress today are so cute. We could check today; what do you think? ‘’ ‘’Yeah we could. I have a few things to check for the room of this baby. ‘’ said Julia while looking and pointing her baby bump. They went to a mall in Zenith. They did a lot of places and a lot of boutique for babies. Everything was fine, Norrie seems very happy to spend some time with Julia and to see that she’s doing fine and that she also looked happy. They also went for lunch in a cute restaurant in town. After the lunch, Norrie proposed to Julia to go see and try wedding dresses. Julia looked to her list of things do buy and check and everything was alright, so she said yes. They both went to the first store that they saw in town. ‘’Look to at this one Jules, you should try this one. ‘’ ‘’What do you think of this one Norrie? ‘’ ‘’You should try both of them. Go now, I want to see how it fits to your lovely bump.’’ Julia went in one of the fitting room near her. Norrie was waiting for Julia to be ready. In her head, seeing Julia in a bride gown and a baby bump both at the same time was a dream come true. Her red curly hair, her blue eyes, her precious bump and a white dress it’s more that she would have imagined 4 months ago; when she met Julia. In Chester’s Mills. ‘’Are you ready Norrie? ‘’ ‘’Oh, yes I am. ‘’ Julia came out of the fitting room, dressed as a princess in a ball. This dress was perfect for her. Everything was perfect; the style, the bump, the color, the jewelled and all the patterns that were on the dress. ‘’You should definitely buy this one, Jules! Call Barbie; ask him to come over to see you in this dress. I think that his going to marry you right away.’’ ‘’You’re sure, it’s not too much? ‘’ ‘’I’ll call him if you don’t do it. ‘’ ‘’Fine, call him. ‘’ respond Julia to Norrie with a big smile on her face. ‘’Do you like mommy’s dress? Huh, do you like it? Do you feel safe in it? Daddy is going to come see mommy in it and if he likes it, we’re going to get married soon. Don’t be too hard on me I need to be well for the wedding. ‘’ Every time that Julia talks to her baby like this, it’s cute. Norrie is happy to see her as happy as she was before getting sick and being pregnant. Norrie can’t wait to see the baby; he or she is going to be so beautiful, perfect and so precious to her or his parents. ‘’Barbie told me that he was going to be here in 5 minutes he’s in town for something.’’ ‘’Great, he’s going to get to his baby-mama in her ‘maybe’ wedding dress. ‘’ Julia saw Barbie’s car parked at the front of the store. 1 minute later, Barbie came in. '’Wow, you’re stunning. I love you future Mrs. Barbara. Tell me; when do you want to get married? ‘’ Barbie kissed. His hands were looking for the ass but with the stomach, it’s hard to get there; so he decided to put his hands on her bump. ‘’Let’s say tomorrow or the day after, otherwise the dress won’t fit me anymore.’’ ‘’This is a good point. So I guess I should go look for a suit. I’ll see you later, we’ll get married tomorrow, I’ve decided that it’s tomorrow. ‘’ He kissed Julia and her pregnant belly. Just before he left he got down on his knee to be closer to the baby and said; ‘’be good, mommy and daddy are getting married tomorrow. There’s nothing to be afraid of. We love you and we love each other. ‘’ Barbie left the building. Julia turned to Norrie and asked her if she wanted to be her bridesmaid; without any hesitation she said yes. Julia invited her to choose a dress to. ‘’Are we out of the wood Norrie? ‘’ ‘’Nope it’s only the beginning! ‘’ ‘’I mean are in the clear yet? ‘’ ‘’Maybe, because you’re not sick and you’re getting married tomorrow.’’ Norrie chose her dress; she has chosen a one shoulder dress. She also chose the green. They were both standing in from of the mirror, dressed just like princesses. Tears felt on Julia’s cheeks; this is more that she have ever expected. Barbie is everything for her and she can’t imagine her life without him. After this, she brought back Norrie and went straight home, she’s pregnant after all. It’s beginning to be hard to stand up and walk all day long. She needed a break, in Barbie’s arms. ‘’How was your day Mr. Barbara? ‘’ '’Long, but I found my suit for tomorrow. ‘’ ‘’I know you missed me, I missed you too. ‘’ Julia kissed Barbie and he kissed her back. Both hands on her bump they looked at it and said together; ‘’we can’t wait to meet you. Be good to mommy tomorrow. We love you little baby! ‘’ Barbie kissed her bump with the proud feeling that he did this. ‘’Let’s go to bed, I’m exhausted, it’s heavy to carry around all day, but I like it like that. Come on Mr. Barbara, help me get up. ‘’ They kissed again and Barbie helped Julia to get upstairs. She realized that today have been a very good day. She hasn’t feeling sick at all; everything was like before she was pregnant. ………… The next morning, Julia woke up before Barbie; which is really rare. It’s a kick from the baby that woke her up. ‘’Don’t begin to play this game today. ‘’ she whispered to her baby. She felt another bump; she smiled from ears to here. She’s now feeling the baby moving inside her; a feeling that she like so much. It made her giggles, smile and laugh. Barbie opened one eyes. ‘’Why are you laughing? ‘’ ‘’The baby woke me up. ‘’ ‘’How; are you ok? ‘’ ‘’Totally, it kicked me and now I can feel that he or she is moving. The baby is very active this morning. Maybe that’s because her parents are getting married. ‘’ Barbie and Julia found out the day before that they were having a girl but they kept the secret between them and Sam. ‘’That’s so true; you’re going to be Mrs. Barbara tonight. ‘’ The day went to fast; Sam came back to check on Julia, Barbie went with all the other guys to get ready at Norrie’s house and all the girls came to Julia’s house to be with Julia before the wedding. They did her make-up and her hair; Norrie decided that Julia would have flowers in her hair so she put the flower in it. Norrie, Melanie and Carolyn gave her wedding gifts and gifts for the baby. The three girls got dressed first; Julia was there watching them in their dresses, they were all so beautiful. They finished and the three said to her: ‘’It’s your turn now beautiful mom-to-be! ‘’ They helped her to put her dress on. Melanie started to cry because Julia was so beautiful, everything was perfect. She couldn’t believe that her brother was about to marry this amazing girl that he met under the dome. They arrived all at the same time. In their backyard, Melanie and James Jr. had organized a place for them to get married; with flowers and everything. Carolyn stood in front of them and directed the wedding ceremony. They both said their wedding vows to each other. Julia felt the baby kicking her several time. Carolyn finally pronounced them husband and wife. They shared a kissed like they never did before. They were so close to one another, Barbie had one of his hands on the baby and that’s when he felt the kicks for the first time. When they looked to each other, the eyes of Julia changed. They turned pink and then purple. Her head started spinning and she felt on the ground. She wasn’t able to be on her leg anymore. ‘’Julia! ‘’screamed Barbie while dropping his knee on the ground beside her. ‘’Hang on baby. This is nothing; I’ll get you out of this. ‘’ ‘’Barbie I can’t breathe; it hurt so badly. ‘’ said Julia, looking for air. ‘’Where does it hurt? Tell me baby. ‘’ ‘’Right under my stomach! ‘’ Sam and Melanie rushed to help her. Without really knowing what to do Barbie and Sam took her in their arms and brought her in. They put her on the couch. She was in pain. Sam did check to know if it was normal. She was completely healthy so as the baby. Julia lost conciseness again; when she came back to herself Barbie whispered to her; ‘’don’t ever do this do me ok. We’re going to take the next weeks to come easy, here, in our house. Understand? I need you Jules. I need both of you in my life. ‘’ He kissed her red hair and her forehead with passion. Julia answered him; ‘’I’m not going anywhere, I’ll be fine. I can promise you. We’re going to take this easy and we will wait our little miracle to come in the world. ‘’ She felt asleep on him. Barbie texted the others that were in the other room waiting for her to get better. ‘’She’s fine; she’s now asleep on me. Everything will be ok now. Thanks everyone, come here before leaving. ‘’ They all came to see them in the living room, Barbie pointed to gift set. ‘’there’s one to all of you. Take the one with your name on it. Julia did this yesterday and she wanted to give it to you at the wedding; but as you can see she can’t! ‘’ In every bag, there was a picture of the sonogram of the baby and a little piece of paper telling them that it was going to be a girl. Everybody also got in these little bad a little something that they prepared to tell them that they were happy to have such good friends in their life. They all did another group hug around them and they all kissed Julia’s forehead. After that they all left to let Julia sleep. Barbie looked down to his wife with a smile that goes from ears to ears. ‘’I love you Mrs. Barbara and you too little miss Shumway-Barbara! ‘’ He took Julia in his arms and brought her upstairs, in their bed. ‘’Sleep well my two beautiful girls! ‘’ Chapter 4: The emergency team Barbie called Sam. He asked him to come by whenever I could. He also told him about the weird things that were happening to Julia. Sam knew that it will not be the habitual medicine. She’ll need more than a couple pills or tricks to be heal. Barbie thought that Melanie, Sam and him could do something to help Julia. Barbie also sent a message to Joe, Norrie, Carolyn and James Jr. to ask them to come over after dinner because they got emergency issues and news to tell them. Sam rushed to Barbie and Julia’s house. He pound on the door. Melanie went to let him in. ‘’Wow, I’m surprised to see you here. Barbie didn’t tell me that you were also in the emergency team. ‘’ ‘’Let’s not make it weird, would you! ‘’ answered Melanie to Sam. ‘’She’s in the living room. She felt asleep on Barbie. So I think we should let them have time together. What have you planned to do to help her? I could assist you. ‘’ ‘’I really don’t know. This is not going to be easy. If it’s the dome that caused this, we will not be able to do anything with any medication. Does anybody know about this, other than Barbie, Julia, you and me? ‘’ ‘’No, the others are coming tonight, so everybody will know at the same time. It’s better. Everybody will have the same information. ‘’ They heard noise coming from the living room. Julia woke up. Barbie looked at her, while she was waking up. He always loved seeing her wake up. He kissed her on the forehead. ‘’Welcome back! ‘’ ‘’What happen? ‘’ ‘’You felt asleep on me; 2 hours ago. You want to know something? ‘’ ‘’Yes! Tell me that I’m back to normal. ‘’ ‘’Sort of, your eyes are blue again but you veins a pink. ‘’ ‘’Good, that’s just good! ‘’ ‘’Sam he’s here. Do you still want him to check on you? ‘’ ‘’He is! Great, yes I want to see him! ‘’ said Julia all excited to know that Sam was there. ‘’I’ll go get him. Stay here baby! ‘’ He kissed her another time and went to see Sam and Melanie on the porch. He sat with them and started to talk to them. He told them that her eyes were back to normal and that she looks alright for the moment. He looked over Sam and told him that she still want a full check-up of her health. Barbie checked his phone and saw that Norrie had answered him. ‘’That’s ok, we will be there. We’ll go picked up Junior and we will be there around 8PM. I hope that’s ok for you. ‘’ He texted her back; ‘’that’s awesome Nor. Be ready for some good and bad news from us. See you later, Julia and Barbie. ‘’ Sam got in and went to see Julia in the living room. '’Julia, can you sit? How are you right now? ’’ ‘’I’m feeling good better than normal.’’ said Julia while sitting up. ‘’We did a test and I’m pregnant. It’s official. Could you do like a test to see if the baby is ok? I’m worried that the dome affected me or the baby. It would be amazing. ‘’ ‘’I could do a test but I’ll check with Barbie if he wants to be there. A lot of dad to be wants to be there went I do this test. ‘’ ‘’What will it revealed? ‘’ ‘’It will tell me if everything is normal and if the baby is correctly placed and attached. ‘’ ‘’Great, go get him. ‘’ Sam went to get Barbie. Barbie wouldn’t miss this in the whole world. And he wanted to have an eye on Sam and on his wife to be and mother of is child to be. Sam told Julia that it might hurt a little, but that it was going to be quick. He has to place something inside her so they could hear the baby’s heartbeat if there’s one, and to know how far she is. Julia squeezed Barbie’s hand because of the pain, but it lasted a few seconds. ‘’Alright everything is ready. But the question is; are you? ‘’ ‘’Yes we are. ‘’ they both said while smiling and stressing. At the same time, Julia felt dizzy and weird. She made a sign to Barbie that she wasn’t feeling good. She was white and about to lose conciseness. Sam waited until she came back. When she opened her eyes, they were pink again. Sam stepped back, that’s scared him. He never saw that before. Barbie told Julia that everything will be alright. Barbie wondered why it happened now. Julia said; ‘’maybe the baby is trying to protect me, but from what? Everything is under control now. I know what I do and you all know what you’re doing right?’’ They answered that they were doing their best. Barbie tried something. ‘’If you can hear us little baby that we created. I’m your daddy and I need you to stop doing this to mommy. That’s not funny anymore, it never been funny. Your mommy needs to be strong to carry you while you grow up in her stomach. You’re not helping yourself by doing this. Stop that right now, the game is over! ‘’ Barbie said that to Julia’s little baby bump and kissed it. Suddenly everything came back to normal, her eyes and she felt much better. Right after this, they heard a weird and fast noise coming from one of Sam’s equipment. Sam told them that it was the baby’s heartbeat. He checked the other monitor and everything seems normal. ‘’How far did you told me Julia was, Barbie? ‘’ ‘’She’s 14 weeks, why? ‘’ ‘’Oh no, she can’t only 14 weeks, she’s more than that if I follow what’s here. ‘’ ‘’That’s impossible; the baby was conceive 2 weeks before the dome disappeared and that’s been 3 months since then. ‘’ said Barbie freaking out about how fast the baby is growing. ‘’Well, here I’m seeing 20 weeks. You’re half way in your pregnancy Jules. ‘’ ‘’That can’t be true. There must be an error. ‘’ said Julia with tears in her blue eyes. ‘You’re in perfect health and the baby is doing just great. ‘’ ‘’Should I be worried about that? ‘’ ‘’No, and you know what; I’m going to come here every day to do a check on you and the baby, plus Melanie and Barbie will always be there if anything is wrong. Let’s get you something to eat before Joe, Norrie, Carolyn and James Jr. arrived. ‘’ Barbie and Sam helped her to get up. Barbie observed something that had change during the day, her stomach. She now has one; a little one, but one. He took one of Julia’s hands and put both hands on it and he kissed her belly so hard just before kissing her. He whispered to her ear; ‘’I already love you both so much. ‘’ They all ate something together; it’s been a long time since they did that. Julia went in her room to get proper clothes on so as Barbie. That’s when the crew arrived. They all sat around the table with Sam and Melanie. Barbie got down stairs before Julia. He told her to stay in stairs while he tells the others the news. But before he could say anything Norrie was already up asking questions. ‘’What’s the emergency? Where’s Julia? Is she ok? What did you all do? I want to know, where is she? ‘’ ‘’Calm down Nor, for now Julia is alright she’s here. She’s putting proper clothes on. We have to beautiful news to tell you all, but one is creepy. The first one is that we are getting married. We are engaged….. ‘’That’s amazing! ‘’ told Carolyn to Barbie. ‘’Great news man! ‘’ responded James Jr. ‘’What a way to go man, you finally asked her. ‘’ reacted Joe. ‘’Congrats but what’s the other one? ‘’ asked Norrie. ‘’The other is… that Julia is pregnant… We‘re both very happy about but it’s just that the dome may have affected the baby, because the baby was conceived under the dome. She has strange symptoms and the baby is growing faster than it should be. Like this morning she didn’t have a bump and now here she is…. ‘’ Julia stepped into the room with her tiny baby bump. Norrie jumped out of her chair and ran over Julia; she hugged her so tight, gave her kisses on both cheeks and kissed her baby bump. ‘’I’m so happy for you. ‘’ That’s what she told Julia. Joe also went to see her to tell her congratulation after him Junior came and did and same thing. Carolyn also came and told Julia in her ear: ‘’you’re going to be the world greatest mom to this baby. Take care of yourself; you’ll need to be strong when the time will come. ‘’ and she kissed Julia on the cheek. ‘’We will need everybody help in the next weeks to come, are you all available, if I call you in the middle of the night? ‘’ ‘’We all will, you can’t count on us Barbie, actually both of you. That’s what friends are made for after all, no? ‘’ On these words of wisdom said by James Jr. they all did a group hug around Julia and Barbie. Barbie kissed is wife to be and after he looked to her and saw that her eyes were pink again. ‘’ We have work to do with this baby. You need to be safe and he or she needs to feel safe to. We’ll work on that. ‘’ He kissed her again at this moment she knew what he was talking about, her eyes. End Chapter 5 Hey guys, send me your ideas, I'll try my best to put them in the next chapters. Send it to me un the section Contact the Author or on Twitter @RachelleLArmy or on my e-mail: [email protected]
Chapter 3: Pink eyes
In labour, Julia was all covered of sweat. She was praying that this was all over. After 6 hours of contractions, she just wanted to push and deliver her baby. The time came when she was able to push. She was exhausted. Barbie was by her side, trying to help her without really knowing what to do. She was in pain and was crying and screaming. The baby doesn’t show his head. Nothing is changing. Barbie and Julia were alone in the wood without any medical assistance and no phone. Barbie was the only one who could help Julia. ‘’Julia, you have to stop pushing baby!!!! Right now!!!! ‘’ ‘’Why? ‘’Julia’s crying so hard. ‘’Is something wrong? ‘’ ‘’Don’t panic, but yeah something’s wrong. ‘’ ‘’Barbie, make it stop. ‘’ ‘’I’m trying but the baby is not showing his head and the baby is not moving, so I need you to stop everything. ‘’ Julia started to cry and scream again because she needed a doctor or anybody else. This was killing her. Her baby was taking all her energy and if this continues she will die while giving birth to her child. Barbie is standing there thinking of what he could do to help her, but he doesn’t know. One thing he knows is that Julia will die if it doesn’t stop right away. ‘’Julia, listen to me! I’m going to try something. This is going to hurt like hell and will be very uncomfortable for me and for you. I’m going to try to move the baby inside. Sam told me about this thing that he did once in a complicated delivery. Hold on baby, you don’t have any choice. I’m not going to leave you. ‘’ ‘’Ok, come kiss me before, so if I die, I would have kissed you. ‘’ Barbie came over; he kissed her on her lips and on her belly. ‘’Go Barbie, do what you have to do, I can’t stand it anymore. ‘’ ‘’I love you Julia. ‘’ He got ready for the procedure that he was going to do. ‘’Ready, here we go. ‘’ Julia screamed and cried and her feet left the ground and her body moved because of the pain. Barbie had to do it. ‘’Push, Julia, push, push, push!!! Now honey!!! ‘’ ‘’I can’t… ‘’ ‘’Yes you can. You are the only one who can do it. I can’t come and do it, I would if I could. Come on. Big push now!!! ‘’ Julia pushed to hard that she could feel the baby moving inside her. For the first time in 7 hours, something was moving. ‘’I see the head baby, come on, hold on. ‘’ ‘’Can I push now? ‘’ ‘’If you feel like it, then yes, push as hard as you can baby. Bring this baby into the world! ‘’ Barbie said. ‘’another one and the baby will almost be born. Come on! I’ll come beside you, even if I should stay there. ‘’ Barbie put his hands on her belly and she held him so tight while pushing. Barbie went to see if everything was alright, and yes it was. He came back next to Julia and helped her on her last contraction push. Julia screamed and then they heard a cry. Julia felt back and…. ………………………. Suddenly, Julia woke up in her bed without an enormous belly. All sweaty, she sat in her bed and started to cry. She cried so hard that she woke up Barbie, which was sleeping next to her. He sat beside her and held her shoulders. ‘’It’s nothing. Julia, it was just another nightmare… ‘’ ‘’No it wasn’t, it was more than that. It seemed so real this time. ‘’ ‘’Do you see a baby here? ‘’ ‘’No, I know this is crazy. ‘’ ‘’You’re not even showing your belly. You are only 3 and half months pregnant; the baby will be fine and you too. I can guarantee you. ‘’ said Barbie asleep. ‘’I want to believe you but I’m so scared Barbie. ‘’ '’I know, that’s what you tell me every day honey! Now go back to sleep. Come here in my arms, I will protect you no matter what. ‘’ Hours later, Barbie woke up and saw that Julia was still sleeping in his arms. Her fire curly hairs were all over her face. He begun to place them behind her ears and when he finished, he kissed her 3 times in her fragile face. She opened her eyes. ‘’Good morning beautiful creature! How are you feeling? ‘’ ‘’I don’t know, I can’t stop thinking about my nightmare. It was awful Barbie, I could feel everything. It was terrible.’’ ‘’I know how you feel, I had a nightmare like that one day; about you, but that’s a long story. ‘’ ''Could you called Sam? ‘’ ‘’Why, do you want me to call Sam? ’’ ‘’I want him to come do another check on me. I want to be sure that everything is ok. ‘’ ‘’Alright, I’ll call him. ‘’ said desperately Barbie Julia got up and began to get dress. She was there in front of her window looking outside. Suddenly Barbie saw something on her that was different. He wasn’t sure of what it was or what he saw. ‘’Julia? ‘’ '’What? ‘’ ‘’ Look at me for a minute, please. I just want to see something. ‘’ He saw something that he never saw before on anybody. Her eyes were pink just like the egg. ‘’Don’t do anything crazy, but your eyes are pink; just like the egg. ‘’ ‘’ You got to be kidding me. ‘’ She turned around and checked up herself in the closest mirror. ‘’Oh my god, what is that? It’s in my blood too. ‘’ Her veins were oink as well. ‘’How do you feel? ‘’ ‘’Perfect! So I guess this is only the fact that the baby was conceive under the dome. ‘’ At the same time, someone pound at their door. Julia looked to Barbie and told him that she couldn’t go like this. What if it was Joe, Norrie or Carolyn or even worse, his father, Don Barbara? Barbie got out of bed put some clothes on and went to see who it was. ‘’Melanie, what are you doing here? ‘’ ‘’I was just passing through and I thought; why not stopped to see my brother and his gorgeous wife to be? How are you? ‘’ ‘’Dad told you about our wedding… But I think that it’s not really a good time. Weird stuffed happened this morning that even Julia and I don’t understand. ‘’ ‘’Like what? I thought that it was all over since the dome disappeared. ‘’ ‘’We thought to…. ‘’ ‘’Oh hi Melanie… Long-time no see. ‘’ ‘’Julia, are you alright? What happened to your blue eyes? Are you wearing contact lens? ‘’ ‘’No, that’s one of the weird thing of this morning and that’s the other one. ‘’ Julia showed Melanie her arms that she covered with a long sleeved shirt. All her veins were pink. Melanie’s face changed and she wasn’t sure of what it was. ‘’I saw this once in a dream! ‘’ ‘’in a dream or a vision? ‘’ asked Barbie. ‘’A dream, but I don’t know the meaning of it. I saw that the day before the dome disappeared. A woman had this particular symptom. Maybe it was you Julia? I didn’t see her face.’’ ‘’How was she? Was she hurt or in pain or anything else? ‘’ ‘’Actually she was in a wood, alone, waiting for someone to come help her. But yes she was in pain. Why are you asking me this? ‘’ Julia felt the need to sit down. Holding her head with her to hands between her legs, she was looking of air. All panicked, Julia started to shake. Barbie realized why she was asking these questions to Melanie. ‘’Julia, you are going to be ok. Nothing is going to happen to you. I’m here and all our friends are here for you too. ‘’ ‘’They don’t even know that we’re engaged or else. How can they be there for me? ‘’ ‘’What’s going on? I want to know. I want to be there for you Julia. ‘’ ‘’Stay there baby, I’m coming back in a couples of minutes. I need to talk to Melanie. I love you, be brave, take a deep breathe in and relax. ‘’ ‘’We found out 4 days ago that she was pregnant… ‘’ ‘’That’s awesome… ‘’ ‘’It’s not a beautiful fairytale, Mel. I thought it would be but it isn’t. She’s scared and she does nightmare every night and now there’s this. ‘’ ‘’What are you going to do? Ask Sam, maybe he knows. ‘’ ‘’I don’t know what I’m going to do, but for now could you stopped telling her your dreams or stories that could affect her. ‘’ ‘’Totally, I think it will be better for her. She needs to be strong. ‘’ They both got back in the living room. Julia was there, traumatised. Melanie sat next to her; she held Julia’s shoulder and took her head. She said in the ear a Julia ‘’everything will be fine, you’ll be fine. I promise you that nothing will happen to you or your baby. ‘’ Julia hugged Melanie to tight and started to cry on her shoulder. Barbie came on the other side of Julia. Right away, she turned and felt in his arms. He held her close and also promised that nothing will happen to her. ‘’Be strong Julia, don’t let this affect the baby and you. Melanie and I aren’t going anywhere. ‘’ Barbie kissed Julia. He looked over to Melanie, ‘’could you come live with us, in here? ‘’ Melanie shook her head, she will move in with them, to take care of Julia. Two is better than one. Barbie looked over Julia and he told her that it’s maybe time to tell everyone. He proposed to ask everybody to come over for dinner, so they could announce all the news at the same time. Chapter 2: Check-up
Three weeks as passed since Barbie proposed to Julia. They have been living on a little cloud since she said ‘’yes’’. Although, they didn’t chose when they will get married and didn’t tell Joe, Norrie, Carolyn, Sam and James Jr. about it. They decided keep it secret for now. Only Barbie’s dad knows that they’re engaged, but he lives so far that he can’t tell anyone. Julia was in the living room, reading a book that Barbie gave to her as a gift. Since she’s home and not working, because she felt like she needed a break after the dome, she’s been relaxing and taking care of herself. Barbie is working at the nearest police station as a volunteer. He likes helping people in need. When he came home that day he went to the living room and sat right beside her. ‘’Hey, gorgeous! ’’ ‘’ Hi, Mr. Babara, how was your day? ‘’ she said to him while closing her book. ‘’My day has been good, but you know what I missed the most? ‘’ ‘’I maybe have an idea…’’ She sat on him and kissed him. ‘’Was it that? ’’ ‘’Kind of, but it was more that… ‘’ He put her back on the couch, went over her and kissed her with an intense power that she couldn’t resist to him. The next thing she knew was that she was in his arm and Barbie was walking all around the house, kissing her everywhere. ‘’Barbie, we can’t! ‘’ Julia stopped him. ‘’Why? What’s wrong?’’ ‘’I’m feeling not good and I’m not in the mood for this.’’ ‘’Really, how are you feeling? Are you hurt? Is it the same symptom as the other day? Do you want to see a doctor, like Sam? Tell me baby, I want you to be perfectly healthy! ‘’ said Barbie all panicked. ‘’I’m sure this is nothing, but yes it’s kind of the same thing as the other day.’’ ‘’Do you have an idea of where you could have caught that virus or flu? ‘’ ‘’No! ‘’ said Julia all tired and exhausted. ‘’I’m calling Sam. I want him to check on you, even if you don’t want to. You’re my future wife and I want you to feel good.’’ ‘’Barbie, don’t. I don’t want to bother him with this. He got his life, we’ve got ours.’’ ‘’Julia, don’t tell me what to do. We go to the hospital to see him or he’s coming here, it’s you choice.’’ ‘’Alright, call him. But I disagreed on this procedure. I’m not that sick.’’ Barbie grabbed the phone, went outside and called Sam. ‘’Hi, Sam, it’s Barbie.’’ ‘’Oh, hi Barbie! Long time without any news, how’s life? ‘’ ‘’Pretty awesome, listen I’ve something to ask you.’’ ‘’Yes sure, go ahead!’’ ‘‘Can you come do a medical check on Julia? ’’ ‘’Sure, when? Today? ’’ ‘’Today, would be amazing.’’ ‘’Alright, let’s see. I could come right now, because I’ve got nothing to do tonight. Would it be alright with you? ’’ ‘’Sounds amazing, so we’ll see you in 20 minutes? Do you need anything? Want me to do something?’’ ‘’No, but tell me, is she alright?’’ ‘’She tells me that she is, but she’s tired all the time, doesn’t eat much, has nausea and has trouble sleeping.’’ ‘’Great, thanks Barbie.’’ ‘’Thanks to you Sam, we will be in our bedroom, just come in and come see us. See you.’’ Barbie came back in; Julia was waiting for him in the kitchen. Barbie grabbed her hand and kissed her on the forehead. He also told her that Sam is on his way here and that he wanted her to get better. Barbie also kissed her and holds her in his arms so tight that she couldn’t go anywhere. He told her that they should go in their bedroom because he told Sam that they would be there when he arrives. They went upstairs and they both sat on the bed waiting for Sam. ‘’Julia, I love you more than anything on this world. I only want you to get better so don’t be pissed off about me because I called Sam to do a check.’’ ‘’I’m not pissed. I just didn’t want to do the check because I know how to take care of myself.’’ said Julia on a frustrated tone. ‘’I know all that and I don’t doubt that you know how to take care of yourself. Sam is only there to tell you what you can do and help you. Do it for me, after I’ll know what to do and what you have.’’ '' Is anybody here? ‘’ asked Sam. ‘’We’re up here Sam.’’ Screamed Barbie. Sam took the stair and came in Julia and Barbie’s room. Julia was sitting on the bed while Barbie helped Sam to install his things around him. He proceeded to a check-up with his eyes; skin color, eyes color, muscle reaction and reflexes. Everything looked fine. ‘’Barbie told me that you are tired all the time, doesn’t eat much, have nausea and have trouble sleeping. Is that true? ‘’ ‘’Yes it is Sir Dr. Sam. ‘’said Julia, making fun of Sam. ‘’When did it started? ‘’ '’Maybe, 2 days ago but I had something like that 3 weeks ago. ‘’ ‘’Did you do other tests? ‘’ ‘’No, I didn’t. I thought it was just a virus or flu. Is it worse than that? ‘’ ‘’I have an idea of what it might be but it can’t be sure, until you do a blood test.’’ ‘’That’s no way. I’m not doing a blood test.’’ Tell Julia to Sam. ‘’Julia’’ said Barbie, watching Julia with big eyes. ‘’What? I don’t do blood test. Is there anything else I can do? ‘’ ‘’Not really, you can also let the time go and you’ll see it soon.’’ ‘’I’ll see soon what? ‘’ Suddenly Barbie understood what Sam was talking about; he looked over Julia with a suspicious smile. ‘’Sam, can I talk to you in private? ‘’ asked Barbie. They both went out of the room. ‘’Is Julia pregnant? It’s the only thing I want to know.’’ ‘’This is the only thing that I could think of, right now and that fits to her symptoms. But it can’t sure until she do a blood test.’’ ‘’That’s an amazing news.’’ said Barbie. ’’Thanks Sam’’ ‘’ Congrats man! If it’s true, you’re going to be a dad.’’ They came back in the room. Sam packed his things and left their house. Julia was still there waiting for someone to explain to her, what’s happening with her. ‘’Julia, I’ve got something to tell you.’’ ‘’Go ahead; I’ve been waiting since you went out with Sam. Is it that bad?’’ ‘’No, it isn’t, but it depends on you right now. Sam thinks that the only thing that it could be is that you are pregnant. ‘’ Julia smiled so hard while holding her stomach. The emotions that she felt were so strong that she even started to cry. Laughing, crying, smiling and screaming, these are some of the emotions that went through her brain. ‘’Barbie, thanks for the check up and for everything you do for me. I’ll do the blood tests and everything to confirm that I’m really pregnant. Let’s keep it secret for now, just like we did for our engagement.’’ ‘’I’ll respect whatever you want baby. I’m lucky to have you and if you are pregnant, this is only a bonus point.’’ ‘’I love you Barbie! But the real question is; when this is happened? We’ve always been so careful since the…. Shit!!!’’ ‘’What, what’s wrong?’’ ‘’I think that it happened when we were under this crazy stupid thing. Do you think it could have affected the baby?’’ explain Julia all worried. ‘’Let’s hope that it didn’t affected it, for its own good and health.’’ ‘’Barbie, I’m scared… ‘’ Chapter 1 : A surpriseIt takes place 3 mouths after the Dome disappear. Julia and Barbie stayed in Chester's Mills, just like Joe, Norrie and Carolyn. Sam Verdreaux and Junoir moved to Zenith and Big Jim is in jail.
That morning, Julia woke up feeling sick. She looked all round and Barbie wasn’t there. Wondering where he was, she got out the bed. While standing up, her head started to spin, she felt right back sitting in her bed. Barbie was down stairs. He heard the noise that Julia did. He went upstairs to tell her ‘’good morning ‘’, but he found her crying. He rushed to see know what’s wrong again. It wasn’t the first morning that she wakes up and cries. He moved her glorious red hair back and holds her face. ‘’Baby, what’s wrong?’’ ‘’I don’t know….. I feel sick and I thought that you were gone’’ said Julia while crying. ‘’Why would I be gone?’’ ‘’I don’t know, I’m so confused’’ ‘’SSsshhh, stop crying… Because I don’t understand what you’re saying’’ Barbie said and he kissed her forehead. ‘’I’m right here and I’m not going anywhere. I’m going to take good care of you because I can feel that your temperature is higher than normal ‘’ He hold her in his arm so tight that she stopped crying and that she could feel that he wasn’t going to leave. He will be with her for a long time if it’s not forever. ‘’Now, tell me how you really feel?’’ ‘’I’m… I’m… I’m so going to be sick right now.’’ And she ran to the bathroom, Barbie followed her. ''Are you alright baby?’’ ‘’I think so; I feel much better now, except for the headache and stomach pain.’’ ‘’Do you want to eat or drink something?’’ ‘’Maybe drink, orange juice, something like that.’’ ‘’After that, do you want to do something, like going to walk outside, see Norrie and Joe or you want to go back to bed?’’ ‘’I think it will be best if I go back to bed. Would you come with me? Just so I could feel that you’re there with me.’’ Right when she said that, his face changed. He wanted to do something but maybe not be in bad all day long. Even if he love her so much, that doesn’t mean that he will check her sleep her all day. ‘’What? ’’ ‘’Nothing… ‘’ said Barbie even if there was something. ‘’Don’t play that game on me Dale Barbara. I know you don’t want to do that. I can see it in your eyes. If we go walking a bit, will you come after with me? ‘’ ‘’In this case, yes I will.’’ ‘’I knew that would work. But please, make it short, no more shortcuts like the other day… ‘’ ‘’ What, that was fun, right? ‘’ ‘’ Talk for you, you didn’t bleed yourself to death while trying to get on the top of the rock that we climbed.’’ ‘’Yes that’s true! ‘’Barbie respond this with a big smile on his face. At the same moment, he got closer to her and kissed her on her lips. This is was different than the other time, it was long and passionate. Both of them didn’t want to end it. …………. ‘’ Ok Barbie I’m ready, we can go now. ‘’ Julia looked around, and Barbie wasn’t in the living room. He was outside talking to someone on the phone. Since when does Barbie talk on the phone, to whom? Julia caught a part of the conversation. ‘’ I know, we’ll be ready for this. We’ll be there on time and everything will be perfect…. I’m just waiting for the right moment to ask her… She’ll be ready soon so I’ll have to let go, if I don’t want her to know. ‘’ Know what? Ask her what? And ready for what? Who is he talking to? She ran to the end of the stairs, like she just went down. Barbie came back in the house. ‘’ Great you’re ready. We can go now.’’ ‘’Why were you outside?’’ ‘’I was checking the weather, if it was hot or cold to put a jacket and a scarf.’’ What’s the game? What is he planning? As a journalist, these questions are in her head. She desperately wants to know without revealing to him that she saw him on the phone. ‘’Right, then what is the weather like?’’ ‘’It’s good but you maybe put a jacket and a scarf.’’ They left their house. They talked and laugh and so much more while they were walking. Suddenly, Julia asked Barbie if they could take a break, because she was feeling sick again, less than this morning but she needed a break. Barbie found a place where they could sit near from where they were. They sat for a couple of minutes, enough so Julia could feel better a little bit. Barbie stood up and looked at Julia. Was that the thing he was speaking on the phone this morning, that’s what Julia asked herself? ‘’Julia, my love! We met under the dome and now it’s been almost 3 months that this is all over. We created a life together in another place, in a new house and with new friends. I feel like it’s the perfect time for us to settle down our lives. Will you marry me and be with me forever, honey? ‘’ Surprised by the situation, she started crying. ‘’Yes, I do want to marry you. I love you more than anything in this world, and I want to spend my whole life with you.’’ He gave her the ring that he chose for her. The perfect one with a blue diamond on it, just like her eyes. He kissed her so hard to they could both forget everything that could ever happen to them in the future. They will fight everything together now. End Chapter 1 It's the first time that I do somthing like this. I mean, it's the first time that I do a blog to share with you my stuff. Like some of you knoe, I'm writing a Jarbie, for Under The Dome, fan fiction at the moment but I wrote other stories in the past. I will keep updating the blog with the Chapters.
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