DAY'S DESTINY: ZOYA'S CHAPTER

CHAPTER 12 – LIFE AFTER FEAR

                I went back home to my parents hometown immediately. I didn’t know what to do anymore so I went back home the same night that I found out I was pregnant. I told my parents I was pregnant but that was it, I could not tell them about Josh and they didn’t ask any further. However, the problem did not end there, my stomach started growing rapidly in the following days and the fear of what is happening overtook everything else. I began to question if I am really pregnant or just sick but ultrasounds and a lot of medical results from my mother and Zyla, who came home after hearing the news, indicated that I am indeed pregnant. The fear, eventually, was not only with me, everyone in my family was feeling the same. However, just as we are feeling the same thing, we were also thinking the same. The baby inside me is the priority for now. No one had voiced this out but we know that a life is a life, no matter how scary the baby is growing faster than normal.

“Everyone went out.” Zyla said in her nonchalant voice when I entered the kitchen and found her eating cereals for lunch. Despite being a genius, Zyla actually hates cooking since cooking also seems to hate her.

                It is unhealthy to not eat breakfast but being pregnant makes me sleep in until lunch.

“Zyla is it safe to go for a run? I think I need it.” I asked my genius little sister as I poured myself a glass of milk. Coffee is also out of the question now.

“It is. Female werewolves have adaptive qualities. Do you want me to come with you?” Zoya asked to be polite but I can tell she’s itching to go to her small self-made laboratory deep in the northern forest.

“It’s okay. I’ll make sure not to stray too far so that I can call for help if necessary.” I assured and she nodded.

                Zyla was right. When I shifted, it felt no different from before but even so, I did not literally run for the fear of making some complications for the baby. I just took a stroll around the forest. When I got to Big Jack, the giant tree, my mother mindlinked me.

“Zoya where are you?” Mom mindlinked and I showed her Big Jack.

“I’m taking a stroll. You should-“ I felt a stabbing pain in my stomach.

“Zoya?”

“Mom something’s wrong!” I managed to mindlinked before I felt another stabbing pain.

“Hold on, I’m-“

                I couldn’t hear the rest of what my mother was saying as all my focus went on the pain in my stomach. I started regretting the stroll, maybe it was actually a bad thing. I didn’t know how long I had lain there in my werewolf form but all I could feel is pain so time was even shoved back away from my mind but my mother’s beautiful and worried face was suddenly peering down on me.

“You have to shift back honey.” She said urgently and I did as she asked. Being human had given me my voice back and moans of pain came out of my mouth.

“Mom.” I whimpered.

“Oh dear. The baby’s coming.” Mom said after one look.

“What?! It’s only been a week!”

“I know honey but he’s coming and he wants to come out now.”

                My mother’s words were met with a scream as a much powerful pain assaulted my lower body. After that, everything that happened is a blur. All I could hear was my mother’s voice and my screams as I followed my mother’s instruction and pushed despite the pain. Subconsciously, I knew I had to be strong for the baby, my baby.

“Ohh. She’s beautiful.” I heard my mom cooed as I laid there on the ground, my eyes unfocused and watching the daylight dancing with the wind and leaves of the trees.

“She?” I asked when it finally registered and I felt the pain subside.

            My focus came back and I shifted my gaze to my mom as I sat up. I became aware that I am n***d with only my mother’s jacket covering my lower half but it didn’t bother me at the moment because I was staring at the most beautiful creature I ever saw. I could already tell that she’s not normal because her eyes is already open despite being literally a newborn but she is beautiful with light grey eyes and black hair from Josh. My mother held her up with a smile and the daylight suddenly streamed down to shine on her. She looked ethereal and I suddenly know her name.

“Day.” I whispered at the same time that she shrieked.

“Oh I’m sorry. Grandma is sorry. You want mommy don’t you?” Mom cooed and she handed her to me.

                I cradled her awkwardly in my arms and she really did stop crying as she sought for my breast. I could not look away and neither could my mother. She was beautiful, yes, but my mother and I had already fallen in love with her as her mother and her grandmother.

“She’s….small.” Zyla said as she peered down on her niece as my mother held her while I got dressed with the clothes that Zyla brought.

“She’s a baby. Of course, she’s small and healthy.” Mom answered and I smiled as I saw the complicated look on Zyla’s face. Zyla somehow resembles Matilda this way because emotion is a challenge for both of them. It’s the payment for being a genius but I could tell that Zyla, like me and my mother, had already fallen in love as well.

“Let’s go home. I’m sure your father is already a wreck.” Mom said and I let her hold Day on the walk back.

                It’s probably a new mother feeling but I’m really scared of holding Day. I’m paranoid of the knowledge that I might hold her too tight or drop her. I do want to hold her in my arms forever but my mind would always hold me back with paranoid thoughts. Before long, I also started worrying that my mother might drop her as well. I started hovering closely to my mother just in case.