> Julia was just leaving their bedroom when the > cellphone went off. And because she had spoken to him > earlier that night and in the habit of keeping it > near, she was already carrying it. > > So she answered it, exhaling slowly as she rode out > the contraction "Julia Rayne..." > > "Are you on your way to the hospital yet?" Derek said by way of greeting. "You need to go to the hospital."
Julia had made it to the top of the stairs and looked down at her legs. Her water had broken. And just at that moment, Jonathan looked up from downstairs "It's time?" Having been a father a few times himself, he had known by her expression that she wasn't suffering from simple heartburn. "It's time." she told him, only to head back to the bedroom. "And I have to change," she said, talking to Derek "but we'll be on our -" " - wayhelll, that was fast." Faster than she remembered in lamaz classes as being the usual time between contractions. The second one had just hit. Derek did not like this at all. "The closer they are the sooner the baby comes," he said looking over at Nick, "can't you make this thing go any faster?"
