Third Person Pov Months laterThe contractions started at 3am.Celine woke up and lay still for a moment in the dark. Breathing. Counting. Waiting to see if it was real or if her body was practicing again the way it had done twice in the last two weeks.It was real.She turned over slowly.“Christopher.”He was awake before she finished saying his name.“Is it time,” he said.“I think so.”He was out of the bed before she had finished the sentence. Moving around the room. Finding clot. Looking for the bag that had been packed and ready by the door for three weeks.“Christopher.”“I have the bag. I am getting the bag. Where are my keys. I left my keys on the—”“Christopher.”He stopped.Looked at her.She was sitting on the edge of the bed with her hand on her stomach and she was smiling.“Breathe,” she said.He exhaled.Came to her.Crouched down in front of her and took both her hands.“Okay,” he said. “Okay. Are you ready.”She looked at him.This man who had driven too fast to a b
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