Secretly Submissive (Finished)

The Future

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*8 Months Later*

"Push!" Cole yells, nervously.

I watch as Sage glares up at him. "I'm trying! It's a little harder than it looks, you know?" She shouts.

She has a death grip on both of our hands now. I stand to the right of the hospital bed, and Cole stands to the left. "You can do this, Sage! Come on! You can do it!"

She breaths deeply, just the way she was taught in her birthing classes. "I-I'm trying!" She cries.

"Doctor, she's crowning," a short, brunette nurse says.

The doctor nods to her and then glances up to Sage. "Alright, Sweet Heart. We are almost there. We need a few more good pushes."

She nods her head and them I feel her grip tighten on my hand. My eyes grow wide and I grit my teeth, glancing up to see Cole with the same expression on his face. Sage lets out a long, strained, groan, pushing with all of her might. "Oh God," she says, breathlessly after pushing. She glances up to Cole, shaking her head. "Never again. No sex ever again."

Cole scoffs. "What ever you say, Love. You're doing great. Keep going."

She takes another deep breath and looks down to the doctor. He gives her the cue, and she begins squeezing our hands again. My mouth falls open, and I am about to let out a yelp when I hear Sage scream out of pain instead. "Get it out!" She shouts. "Dammit, just pull it out!"

At this point, I'm pretty sure that Kade, Noah, and his new girlfriend, and Damian call all hear Sage screaming from down the hall in the waiting room.

"One more big push!" The doctor exclaims.

Sage squeezes her eyes shut, and this time when she grips onto my hand, I squeeze it back, sportively. "You're so amazing, Sage! You're almost there! Almost there!"

"Here it comes," The doctor says.

I feel Sage release my hand as she throws her head back in relief. The room fills with the cries of a newborn baby, and I watch as the doctor hands the baby off to a nurse, who quickly rushes off to clean the baby up.

In a moment's time, the ambiance of the room shifts to the calm after the storm. It shifts from a roaring tornado to the sound of rain pattering lightly on a tin roof at night. I glance over, and Cole is smoothing Sage's hair back and kissing her nose and her forehead. They whisper I love you's to each other, laughing and smiling. My heart fills with warmth. Two of my best friends are experiencing one of the greatest joys of their life together, and they picked me to share it with.

Sage glances over to me, a wide grin splayed across her tired face. "Why are you crying, Iris?"

I don't notice until now, but as I wipe my hand across my cheek, I realize that I really am crying. I let out an emotional laugh and lean down to hug her. "I think that I am just really, really happy for you guys."