Just My Luck 2

Chapter 11

The following evening, as I am getting ready to go to my gender reveal, I decided that I was going to wear a maternity dress. My shirts and pants have already started to feel suffocating to me. From the doctor's appointment yesterday, it shows that I am roughly about 4 and 8 days along. Who knew you would get so big so early on? Anyway, I am wearing a maternity dress with sandals and did my hair in loose curls at the bottom with light make-up on.

"You look beautiful babe." Isaac says as he comes up behind me resting his hands on my belly and his chin on my shoulder.

"Thank you." I say as I turn my head slightly to give him a kiss.

"I'll meet you there." He says placing a kiss on my cheek. Isaac said he had a surprise for me that he had to go pick up for the party , so he would meet me there.

"Okay, love you."

"Love you too babe." He says giving me one last kiss before leaving the house. I am a little nervous about tonight. I don't know why. There is a weird feeling in the pit of my stomach. It's probably just nerves. We find out if we are having a boy or girl tonight. That must be it. So I brush off the feeling. I make my way to the Redman. When I pull up outside I see a huge banner that says "Boy or Girl? Come in to find out!" I just smile. Carla is not one to be subtle. I walk inside and see balloons and streamers of all different colors. I see a drink table, a present table, and a game table. It's so cute.

"Well, well, if it isn't the lady of the hour!" Carla shouts. Everyone turns and looks at me clapping and cheering. It makes me feel good to see that my work family and friends have come out to help us celebrate. We spend a little time playing some games, guessing the gender votes, and eating my weight in snacks and sandwiches. The votes were tallied up. 18 voted for a boy, and 21 voted for a girl. I honestly did't think there were that many people here. Carla came up to Sadie and myself to let us know how she plans on revealing the gender. She said that when she gets the go ahead we are to walk out front. I'm slowly putting two and two together. Isaac will be out front with the surprise. That's why he had to leave before me. But he isn't supposed to know the gender. That little bit of news honestly upsets me.

About 45 minutes into playing games, laughing, enjoying, having fun, we finally get the word to go out front. We all make our way outside. BANG, BANG, BANG. I about have a freaking heart attack, and jump 10 feet in the air. Fireworks. It's just fireworks. Reds, greens, purples, ect. The colors dance in the sky. I am in complete awe. This is amazing. My smile is so big it hurts my cheeks. Sadie walks up beside me wrapping her arm around my shoulders.

"Are you happy?"

"I am." I say as we continue to watch the fireworks. As they come to a close we see a car pull up. Isaac gets out with a huge smile on his face.

"Hi babe." He says walking up to me giving me a big hug.

"Where were you? You missed almost the whole thing?" I asked pulling away from him.

"I know. I had a little bit of a delay."

"What do you mean?"

"You'll see." He says.

"Okay everyone, we are going to count down from 10 as loud as we can. Are you ready?" The crowd responds in unison with a yes. Carla walks back over to me turning me around.

"10..9..8.."

Music starts playing. It's one of my favorite songs.

"7..6..5.."

Guardian Angel, by the Red Jumpsuit Aparatus.

"4..3..2..1.."

One last set of fireworks light up the night sky. It is filled with reds, and purples, and yellows. Then sounds come from behind me as Sadie, Ian, Isaac, and Carla all blow little hand-held things that send pink powder out over the crowd. Cheers erupted everywhere.

"IT'S A GIRL!!!" Everyone screams out. Isaac runs up to my picking me up and spinning me around.

"When I see your smile, tears run down my face." I look over towards the back of the bar where I didn't notice a mini stage was set up, and I hear Ronnie Winter, the lead singer, singing my favorite song. OH MY GOD!! My hands fly up to my heart. How did they pull this off??

"I can't replace, and now that I'm stronger I have figured out, how this world turns cold and it breaks through my soul." He's looking straight at me. Singing to me. Oh god!! I turn to look at Isaac.

"How?"

"A lot of calls, and a drive to the airport."

"This is incredible."

"You're worth it Sam."

"I will never let you fall, I'll stand up with you forever." Isaac holds me in his arms as we dance to the song. It is perfect. Absolutely the best moment I could have ever asked for. The band sings a few more songs for us. Ronnie comes up to me and shakes my hand.

" Thank you for letting us be a part of this memorable moment, and congratulations on your baby girl."

"Thank you Ronnie. You were truly amazing and made my night one I will never forget." We say our goodbyes to the band and head back inside. Everyone was talking about how much fun that was. Tonight I was blown away. Carla really out did herself. Our friends have put together something memorable that I will never forget. We spend the next few hours talking and just hanging out. Enjoying everyone's company. I go to sit down at a table. I'm exhausted and I feel like I haven't slept in 2 days. That weird feeling comes back, weird. I brush it off. I look over and I smile as I see Isaac playing pool having fun.

I'm not sure when, but I fell asleep. I am woken up by Isaac.

"Hey babe, let's get you home." He says bending down in front of me.

"Yeah, sorry I didn't realize how much tonight has taken out of me."

"It's ok. But let's get you home so you can sleep."

"You can stay. You were having fun."

"I'd rather go home with my beautiful lady."

"Okay haha." Isaac stands up grabbing my hands to help me up. I start standing but feel a weird twinge and immediately have to sit back down.

"Babe, are you okay?"

"Yeah that was weird. I'm ok though." I say as I go to stand back up. Another weird twinge. I have to lean on Isaac to stop myself from falling to the ground. Ian and Sadie come running over.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing I'm fine." I say looking at Sadie.

"No you're not. I don't like this. I am taking you to the hospital."

"I don't need a hospital I just need to rest."

"Isaacs right Sam, you need to get checked out." Ian adds in.

"I said no. Now stop fussing. I am going to go home and rest. I love you guys." I say giving them no room for protest as I give them a hug and have Isaac help me to my car.

"I'll drive you home. We can get your car tomorrow."

"No, I will see you there." I get in and start my car. I wait for him to get into his car and we pull out of the parking lot with me in front and him following. I get a few more small twinges while driving home but they don't hurt as bad as the other times. I pull up to the house and Isaac insisted on helping me inside. We get in and I go to change into my pajamas and crawl into bed. I fell asleep almost immediately. I really was tired. A few hours later I am woken up to another sharp pain. I let it settle and try and lay back down. A few seconds later another pain. What the hell? The pains are frequent. It's making it hard to sleep. But the pain is getting stronger. Okay. I cave. I bent over to wake Isaac up when another sharp pain comes.

"Ahh." Isaac jumps awake immediately.

"Sam, baby what's wrong?"

"You're right, we need to go to the hospital." He jumps up and gets dressed. He comes to my side of the bed to help me get out of bed.

"Oh my god!" The look on Isaac's face is pure terror. He is as white as a sheet. I look down and see I am covered in blood.