Get Your Britches On

Toni rolled carefully over on her side and touched Travis’s face bringing him slowly awake.

"Hmf?" he said

"Travis, wake up honey."

"What is it baby…"

"That’s what is is…baby."

He blinked his eyes, "what do you mean."

"I mean I’m in labor…have been for three hours now.

It finally dawned on him, "You’re having the baby…now?"

"Better get your britches on."

"But it’s not time yet…we’ve got another two weeks."

"Cole says he’s ready now…about those britches…"

Travis jumped out of bed and turned around and looked at her, "This is the real thing?"

"Yes honey it is, they’re about ten to twelve minutes apart and since it takes a half hour to get to the hospital…you’d better get your britches on."

Travis blinked a few times ran his hand through his hair and found a pair of track pants and a tee shirt.

Toni curled up with a pain and he was back on the bed trying to comfort her. "Oh God, Toni honey don’t do this."

"I…have…to." She gasped.

"Um…Kyle…call Kyle." Travis hit the button by the bed to rouse Kyle over in the guest house.

"Yeah…" Kyle answered sleepily.

"Toni’s having the baby get over here you got to drive, mate."

Travis felt under the bed for his shoes and ran around to the other side to see what he could do for her.

"I need my shoes and my robe…no need to dress." Toni pulled herself up on the side of the bed and Travis slipped her shoes on and helped her get her robe on.

Kyle sped off to Coffs with both of them in the back. All Travis could do was hold her.

"Anybody call the doc yet?" Kyle asked.

"Oh fuck no," Travis pulled out his phone and hit the speed dial.

"We forgot my bag you know the one we packed to take to the hospital?"

"Don’t worry about it somebody will bring it."

Toni doubled up again, "Oh that was a good one," she panted.

Four hours later she was wheeled into the delivery room and presented Travis with his son. He cried like a baby and Toni wiped his tears and kissed him.

He walked out with Cole in his arms to carry him to the nursery and met his Mum and Dad in the hallway.

"Oh Travis he looks like you when you were born, awwww" Sarah cooed.

"Good job, Travis." Bill slapped him on the back.

"Better not let Toni hear you say that," Travis grinned and carried Cole past Kyle who had a look and smiled before he took him into the nursery. They all stood by the window watching him be measured and weighed and to have his first bath.

Later when he was wheeled into to Toni’s room Travis came with him and lay him in her arms.

"He’s so tiny, so perfect," she looked up at Travis, "I love you Travis." He bent over and kissed her and sat on the side of the bed, "even if you’ve got your pants on backwards," she laughed.

Travis looked down, "You know I hadn’t even noticed."