[Harper Hallows]

Harper sighed. "Broke this morning. I just thought I had to pee really bad. Carter, he is coming NOW!" Harper replied, feeling the need to push. She tried to resist. The contractions were getting closer and closer together.

"I'm sorry, Carter, but Lane wants to be born here. Are you going to help me or am I on my own?" Harper hissed, pulling the blanket under her. She didn't want to ruin the carpet and tile. He looked bewildered.

"I don't want you down there either but I need your help!" she screamed at him, still trying not to push.

[Carter Nichols]

"Give it a rest, it's not the first birth I've witnessed." Carter sighed as he sat at her feet. "Should I at least call Aiden, you know, do ou want the father here?!" He asked.

[Harper Hallows]

Harper growled, getting pissed off. The last thing she needed was to turn in the middle of Lane's birth. "Yeah, call him. I just hope he'll be here in time. And maybe it isn't your first birth, but my dream image of having my first kid din't include you getting a glance at my lady parts," Harper snapped back.

Her skin was a light grey color from getting angry. Calm down, Harp. You don't want to hurt Lane. Aiden, please hurry, she thought with one last prayer. Harper tried to relaxing, huffing and puffing away. "Well, Carter? Help here! God, this kid is killing me right now!" Harper snapped. She didn't mean to be mean. She was just like that when she was in extreme pain.

[Carter Nichols]

"Trust me Harper. I have no interest what so ever in lady parts. Especially yours." He grimaced.

He walked off to the kitchen while she was bitching and called up Aiden. "Come down to Harper's. She's having your baby. He told him and then took his sweet time getting back.

"He's on his way. What the hell do you want me to do?! Roll out the red carpet? Just keep your trap closed and keep pushing and the kid'll get here, don't you worry."

[Harper Hallows]

Harper glared at him and said, "You are so lucky I am in labor right now or I'd probably get up and kick your ass in a nanosecond." I need a damn epidural right now, she bitched, wishing she had gone to the hospital.

"Shouldn't I wait to push until Aiden gets here?" Harper began to wonder. A flashback of a TV show she saw gave her an idea.

"Let's stop hating each for a moment and help me to my bathtub. It's down the hall in the back. I think...I think I know what to do. I saw something on a TV show about freebirthing. They have kids at home with no pain meds and," she stopped to catch her breath and wait for her pain to subside," they have their kids in water. Know anything about it?"Harper let out a painful squeal. "Let's just get to my bathroom, 'kay?"

[Carter Nichols]

Carter rolled his eyes. "Yeah that works great, Harp, cept, none of those kids were puppies!"
He shouted incredulously.

[Harper Hallows]

Now she was really pissed. "Dammit Carter! If you have any slight feelings for Aiden anymore you'll stop pissing me off and help me with this damn baby. Pissing me off could put AIDEN"S son at risk. It could kill Lane if I lose control. So stop yelling at me!" Harper screamed; along with these words, her skin was slowly getting darker and she could feel joints and bones adjusting for change.

Harper tried to breath calmly. Tears welled up as she said, "Please don't let me kill Lane. Please help me, Carter!" She was practically begging for his help....just like a dog.

[Carter Nichols]

"Yeah, kay." Carter stated stubbornly as he followed her. "This is about the bathtub...Can y ou wear a towel or...something?"

[Harper Hallows]

"Thought you didn't care about my lady parts. Plus, my kid will pop out from there, so it has to be...well, 'unsheathed," Harper retorted, carefully standing up and waddling to her bathroom. "I just need you here to make sure nothing goes wrong. Lot's of doc's in your family and all."

[Carter Nichols]

"I was referring to your top." Carter sighed, following her.

[Harper Hallows]

"Oh. Yeah, that can stay on. I don't need those yet," Harper replied as she quickly turned on that water, adjusting the temperature so it was a little more than lukewarm.

"I'm pulling my jeans and stuff off, just so you know," Harper said, pulling on the maternity band. "Damn tight jean. Hard as hell to wriggle out of these," she muttered to herself.

[Aiden Livingston]

Aiden busted through the front door, buttoning up the shirt and tugging the pants he brought on, barely stopping to revert, little along change clothes.

He tromped into the bathroom, and he was about to be sick from the overwhelming sensations therein. One of the only loves of his life was having his baby. The other was helping.

"eff-em-ell." Aiden muttered under his breath, tying his hair back into a loose ponytail, "Uh. Are you ready?"