“Let’s go to lunch and see what we can work out,” said Patrick.
“Lamb burgers?” asked Ginny.
“Is there anything else worth eating?” teased Patrick as they headed out the door.
*
An hour after their lunch, they had a plan. Using the families list that Luc and Dr. Jeff kept, they put out a call for all under employed computer techs. If they were lucky, they’d have a pool to choose from in a few days time.
Ginny had just gotten back in the office when the phone rang. Ginny picked it up as Patrick passed her heading to his office. She blew him a kiss.
“Hello, Alpha Wolf Tech, how can I help you?” she said in her best office voice. “Oh hi Angie, what’s going on?” Twenty minutes later, she hung up the phone and walked down to Patrick’s office. She leaned against the door with a stunned look on her face.
“You’ll never believe what Angie just told me,” she said.
“What?” asked Patrick looking at Ginny who was leaning up against the door frame looking stunned.
“Well, Sam called last night,” Ginny started as she sat down in a chair opposite Patrick’s desk.
*
Meg woke up feeling odd. She wasn’t sure what was going on, but the babies felt like they were running laps. She tried to get comfortable, but it didn’t matter which way she turned, it didn’t feel good. In the end, she gave up and went to take a shower. Standing in the warm water helped. The babies settled down. Meg got out and dried off. She felt like a whale and she was just over eight months.
“Luc, could you come here?” she called knowing that he was working in the dining room.
“Just a second Meg,” he called as he put the phone down. Angie had just called him and told him the most amazing news. He wanted to share it with Meg, but he needed to see what she needed first. Luc walked into the bedroom to find Meg standing there with a towel around her body, and a puddle at her feet. “Oh God!”
“I just took a shower and then all of a sudden, I wet myself, but…” was as far as she got. Luc helped her to the bed and grabbed the phone.
“Jeff, I think her waters broke,” Luc said. He nodded as he listened to the doctor, and then hung up the phone.
“Jeff said to dress as comfy as you could and then we’re to head to the hospital,” said Luc.
“I have a nightie right over there,” said Meg. She pointed to a creamy lace and blue silk gown.
Luc grabbed it and helped her put it on. She slipped her feet into thongs and Luc grabbed some towels for her to sit on in the car.
Luc got Meg into the Subaru and headed out. “You feeling okay?” he asked.
“Achy. And the babies have gone from moving a lot to really quiet,” she said.
“Okay. We’ll be there in about fifteen minutes,” he said.
It took twenty. Luc was growling by the time they got there. He swore that they hit every red light. He helped Meg out of the car and into the hospital. He tossed the keys at a kid working valet and followed Meg and a nurse.
Jeff caught up with them as they headed up to a room. Meg got onto an examination bed and Jeff and the nurse checked her out while Luc paced. Jeff caught his eye and then looked over towards a chair. Luc sat.
“Okay Meg, I guess these babies decided to arrive a little early. Your waters did break and while you aren’t feeling any labor pains right now, you may very soon. Get comfortable and we’ll monitor you from time to time,” said Jeff.
“Am I going to have the babies naturally?” Meg asked.
“I don’t see why not. They’re in place and everything looks fine. If you want any painkillers, just holler,” he said and smiled as the nurses came in to attach monitors and bring in extra pillows.
“Honey, you just relax. Birthing babies is hard work. Rewarding, but hard work. Sleep while you can and if you’re uncomfortable, move around until you are. If you want a soak, we have a birthing pool,” said one nurse.
“Thanks. I’m just nervous,” said Meg.
“We all are,” said the second nurse. “Especially the dads.”
Meg looked over at Luc who was tapping his fingers on his leg trying to sit still.
“Luc, call Ginny and Angie. Let them know what’s happening and cancel your appointments for the afternoon,” she said.
“Oh. Yeah. Forgot all about that,” said Luc. “I’ll be just a second.” He stood up and left the room to make his calls.
Meg got settled in and then tried to rest. She wasn’t really sleepy, but she knew this was far from over.
Ginny picked up the phone. “Alpha Wolf…” was as far as she got before Luc’s voice and message interrupted her. “Oh! Oh god! Oh my!” said Ginny. “Yes, we’ll take care of things! Love to you both!” she said and hung up the phone. She ran down to Patrick’s office.
Patrick wondered what was going on that had Ginny running. “Gin, what’s the matter?” he asked.
“Nothing! The babies are coming!” she said much louder than she meant.
Patrick smiled. “Guess we’d better take care of things and clear the deck then,” he said. “Did you get a chance to tell Luc about Sam?”
“Yes, but I don’t know if he had time to tell Meg. Apparently her waters broke about the same time we hung up,” said Ginny.
“Oh. Okay. This is one hell of a day then,” said Patrick.
“I agree. Now where is that list of techs?” she asked.
*
Luc called Angie and let her know the news. Angie promised to call Sam and let her know. He walked back into the room in a daze. His pups were coming. He felt elated and confused all at the same time. Meg was trying to nap, so he decided to relax in the chair. It was a big sturdy one, so he wasn’t too worried as he felt himself shift as he too fell asleep.