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Post by raven on Oct 4, 2011 22:22:48 GMT -5
"Don't touch me!" She snapped at him and then when another contraction hit her she grabbed his arm and bit down on her lip. Her whole body felt like it was tensing up. Raven was breathing heavily then.
"Spot give some kid a buck to get Race, you gotta..." She looked up at him. She knew he wouldn't understand how much it meant to her to have Race there. They were like brother and sister, a normal brother and sister.
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Post by Spot Conlon on Oct 4, 2011 22:36:31 GMT -5
Fine he wouldn't touch her then, 'get into bed then,' he said stonily before turning on his heel to leave, 'you want Race so bad he'll be here, don't expect me to though.' he said, clenching his jaw.
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Post by raven on Oct 5, 2011 7:49:34 GMT -5
"What the hell is wrong with you?" She snapped at him. "I need you to be here too! I don't think I can do this without you..." She admitted.
Raven cried out in pain, bending over her stomach. "Jesus!"
She couldn't help but thinking why the hell did he have to be that way? He just didn't understand, she needed Spot there more than Race, but at least Race would be able to distract Spot from what was happening with the midwife...if the midwife ever got here and her boyfriend stopped being a stubborn asshole.
Raven willed the tears back from her eyes and took another deep breath.
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Post by Spot Conlon on Oct 5, 2011 8:28:44 GMT -5
Everyone always needs me for something, Spot thought bitterly. He stopped though when he realized Rae wasn't every body, 'I'll get them, I'll be here,' he said, his voice low, before turning on his heel again to leave.
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Post by raven on Oct 5, 2011 10:07:14 GMT -5
"Hurry," She pleaded. She knew she sounded desperate but this hurt, it hurt more than she even imagined it would. She felt like she was being torn up from the inside out.
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Post by Spot Conlon on Oct 5, 2011 11:22:50 GMT -5
Spot nodded, throwing his cap over his head before leaving. He found a kid to run and tell Race and Macbeth before getting the midwife and bringing her back with him.
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Post by raven on Oct 5, 2011 11:26:45 GMT -5
"Help me get her into the bed and then out, no men allowed." The midwife said as she wrapped her arms around Rae and walked slowly with her into the bedroom.
Raven looked over her shoulder at Spot, she knew that he wasn't allowed it just made her hear sink anyways.
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Post by Spot Conlon on Oct 5, 2011 11:30:28 GMT -5
Spot didn't like being told what to do especially by the person who is suppose to be taking care of his girlfriend and baby, 'there's no way in hell you can tell me to stay out!' he said, trying to get into the room.
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Post by raven on Oct 5, 2011 11:32:49 GMT -5
"Out," The midwife ordered sternly, glaring at him,
"Race'll be here soon," Raven said to him, "I told you why I wanted him here, to distract you." She didn't want to be in there alone with this girl either, which is why she wanted Macbeth.
The midwife shut the door and got Raven into the bed.
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Post by Racetrack on Oct 5, 2011 11:33:19 GMT -5
Race was in the lodging house, shooting craps with some of the boys between the morning and evening editions, when some kid came tearing up the stairs shouting for him and Macbeth. It took him a couple minutes to calm the kid down, check the girls' room, and assure him that Macbeth wasn't home. Then the kid finally explained why he was there.
Race tore down the stairs, through the streets of Manhattan, across the bridge, past the docks, and several blocks to Spot and Raven's building in what had to be record-breaking time. And then he was in their hallway, gasping for breath, and saw Spot standing outside his own door. "How's Rae? What's going on?"
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Post by Spot Conlon on Oct 5, 2011 11:41:04 GMT -5
Spot glared at Race, 'she's havin the baby and I ain't allowed in there!' he said, 'they could be dyin or something!' he said before turning back to glare at the door.
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Post by Racetrack on Oct 5, 2011 11:46:11 GMT -5
Race was rather inclined to break down the door himself, but Rae had asked him to keep Spot calm, not help him assault the midwife. "They always do that, I think. They figure we'll get in the way or something." He pictured the building and had a sudden inspiration. "Fire escape's right outside the bedroom window, ain't it?"
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Post by Spot Conlon on Oct 5, 2011 11:49:44 GMT -5
Spot stared at Race as if he had sprouted a pair of wings for a few seconds before he got what he was saying, 'sure as hell is,' he said as he headed out the window and on to the fire escape.
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Post by Racetrack on Oct 5, 2011 11:53:00 GMT -5
Race followed him out there and peered through the window, trying to catch Rae's eye while avoiding the midwife's. Though the midwife seemed to be completely focused on Raven, and Raven seemed to be completely focused on her abdomen and everything below it. "She'll be fine, y'know," he told Spot, only half-believing it and desperately wishing for a bottle of whiskey.
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Post by Spot Conlon on Oct 5, 2011 11:56:10 GMT -5
Spot looked at Race out of the corner of his eye and sighed, 'women die all the time from childbirth,' he reminded him. Spot hated feeling like the situation was completely out of his hands.
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