Happy Endings

Arabella was in the kitchen, surrounded by pots and pans, chopping boards and ingredients scattered all over the counter.

She was in the middle of preparing a meal for Klaus and the rest of the family, despite Mrs. George's warmings due to her condition, when she suddenly felt a warm gush between her legs.

She does not make anything of it at first, and continues chopping away on the vegetables in front of her, until the contractions in her lower abdomen grow more frequent, and much more painful.

The warm gush continues to trickle down her legs, contrary to what she had believed would happen.

Her eyes widen with shock and fear as she realizes that her water has just broken.

She quickly moves to the kitchen table and tries to catch her breath, trying to remember what she had read in her prenatal classes about the first stages of labor.

She screams and reaches out for the kitchen counter. She grips it with her right hand, and fights to suck in deep breaths.

She realizes that it's t