Barrette's POV
It had been four hours since Ashlynn's water broke, and it took some time for the contractions to start, but once they did, it was horrible. I hated seeing her in pain and, for some reason, she wanted to give birth naturally. I support whatever she wants to do, but it's so hard to watch her be in pain.
"Have you told anyone yet?" she asked as she was lying in the bed with her eyes closed and her hands rubbing over her stomach.
"Not yet, do you want me to?"
"No, let's wait until she is here. I want to surprise them."
"Sounds good to me. Can I get you anything?"
"Not right now."
The next few hours consisted of small talk and back rubs, hand squeezing, a lot of breath-holding from Ashlynn and when her doctor walked in, I felt a moment of relief. I hated every sec
