Chapter-337

Grazel

Jay-jay's POV

"How many months have
you been?" I asked while we were looking at clothes for the baby. "7 months." "Why?" I didn't ask myself. How
did time fly by so fast? She's been pregnant for seven months without me realizing it. With so much going on
between us, I didn't even notice that the days had passed so quickly. She looked at me irritated. "Why? Why
didn't my belly grow? What's that? A fetus that's still alive?" I scratched my head because of her teasing. I
couldn't answer her because she was pregnant and she might cry at the wrong time. Denzel might fight me if
that happened. I'll wait for her to give birth. I glanced at Keifer who was just following us. He was obviously
bored and was entertaining himself. I felt a little sorry for him because he had become the one carrying
Grace's groceries. And I had also become the one carrying the groceries she hadn't paid for. "I was probably
two months pregnant when you and Denzel tried to greet me." She said while looking at the baby's clothes.
"Which one? The one when you almost jumped off the bridge?" I asked innocently and she suddenly looked at
me with a bad look. "Don't remind me of that!" She said annoyed. "I can't believe I did that." "Why?" "Because
your boyfriend got me." She replied while pointing at Keifer who was looking at the baby's shoes. I
immediately shook my head. "Oh! That's not my boyfriend!" She blinked before looking back and forth
between me and Keifer. "You flirt with each other and you don't?" She asked then grimaced. "Label too." She
was the only one flirting. I was just fragile. Grace continued looking at the clothes. After counting the items
we got, we approached the cashier, followed by the King of the Snakes. I looked at her twice when I saw she
was holding a baby's shoes. One for a man and one for a woman. "What are you going to do with that? A gift
or the godchild?" I asked and she shook her head. "For Caretaker and Watcher." She replied and a wicked
smile appeared. Really crazy! I immediately punched him in the arm and he was clearly surprised. Even the
people inside the boutique looked at us. "Aw, why?" "What why? Give that back!" I shouted in a whisper while
widening my eyes at him. "I don't want it. This is for our future baby." I almost slapped him because of
annoyance. He was really going to stick to his plan to buy the shoes. "They'll fade when your baby is born."
"Let's do them early." I immediately looked at the people when I heard them laughing. Even Grace who was
talking to the Cashier laughed even though she wasn't looking at us. I faced the lithe King of Vipers even
though my face was getting really hot . I really wanted to slap him in the face but I didn't want a scene and it
might not be good for a pregnant woman to see someone fighting. "Give that back. Otherwise, I'll break yours
and see if I can make something else." I threatened. He sighed before returning the things he took. It was a
good thing Grace was done so we immediately left the store. I wouldn't go back to that store and if possible, I
wouldn't see the people who shopped with us. I couldn't bear the embarrassment. The shopkeeper brought
our purchases again. Just one more store and we were about to go home. Grace looked so tired because of
her paleness. I asked her several times but she kept saying that she was fine. I noticed that we were
approaching the exit of the mall. I just saw the store she was looking for. I wanted to complain to the owner of
this mall. Why is the store for Baby so far away? They are making it difficult for a pregnant woman. "Can I put
this in the car first?" Keifer asked, obviously struggling with the things she was carrying. Grace turned to him.
"Go ahead." He looked at me for a moment before winking. I was about to give him a quick refund but he had
already left us. "You're so excited." Grace said, apparently seeing what she had done. I winced. "What's so
exciting about that?" We continued walking. He kept teasing me and my flirting with Keifer. I kept refusing and
looking at him. He seemed happy to be tripping me. "Keep it up, next time I'll go shopping for baby clothes
with you." He kept teasing. " You're so sure I'll get pregnant, huh?" I said annoyed and he laughed. He stopped
or a moment because of the pain in his stomach. I saw him holding his stomach tightly and grimacing. I
immediately helped him up and found a place to sit. Come on! Come on! Keifer! Help! He didn't move for a few
minutes until he took a deep breath. "Are you okay? Do you want to go to the hospital?" I asked worriedly . He
shook his head. "It's okay. Just contractions." "Contractions?" He immediately jumped up. "Are you a
comedian?" I shook my head and we almost laughed together. We continued walking while I was supporting
her but because I was so busy with her condition I didn't notice the person walking in front of us so I bumped
into her. "The hell!" I complained loudly when I bumped into her. "S-sorry. I didn't mean to!" I said as I got closer
to her and was about to touch her but I was stopped when I saw who she was. Wow, why now? "Freya..." Grace
called out to her. I slightly backed away and approached Grace to support her again even though she didn't
really need support. I slightly dodged when she looked at us. "Seriously?" She said sarcastically while looking
at us both. "S-let's go Grace." I did because I couldn't stand being in front of her for too long. Grace was also
obviously uncomfortable so she quickly nodded. "Oh why? Why in a hurry Grace? We're only meeting again
now ." She said angrily. But I was the one feeling irritated. I forced myself to calm down before saying
something bad. This coloring book is really good at making you angry . He kept smiling as he looked at
Grace's stomach. I couldn't tell if he was surprised or genuinely annoyed. "Look how huge your belly is. If only
you or your loser boyfriend knew better, you wouldn't have gotten pregnant so early." He said and smiled
sweetly. "But you're the one who knows." I whispered but my face grew stronger. Freya immediately looked at
me angrily. I followed her gaze and was ready to show her that I wasn't going to back down. "You too, you
know better. Why don't you two go together and you still don't get pregnant." She turned to me. What did she
think of me? I let Grace go so I could face her properly. "It's hard to explain to someone as closed-minded as
you. I don't let them go together and Yuri is just my friend, what about you? What are you to her?" I replied. I
could see the anger in her eyes. She was about to grab me now but she still managed to calm down. "Jay..."
Grace called but I ignored her. "You're a friend but he doesn't need anyone else. I'm always there for him while
you're busy crying around because of Keifer." Is that the reason I didn't notice his problem? "Yuri knows that
I'm only there for him. It's just not his habit to bother others." He clearly didn't want to accept what I said. He
kept on teasing me. "Just accept the fact that you're too smitten with Keifer and Yuri doesn't really matter to
you at all." "Freya... Stop it." Grace pleaded but she couldn't get close to us. "He matters to me, idiot." He was
clearly annoyed by what I said. He clenched his fist and was about to slap me but I wasn't done yet. "And you?
Does it matter to you that you're together but he don't have feelings for you?" I can also speak English. He was
clearly shocked by what I said. I was also shocked, especially when I heard the whispers. People passing by
were already looking at us. We were in an instant movie here. "You don't know. Why don't you go back to your
Keifer and I will take care of Yuri." "Oh, now you're going to chase Keifer away? Why can't you ask him for
money? Then when you're gone, I'll run backâ€"." I couldn't finish what I was going to say because of his slap.
But that was also why I was embarrassed by what I said. I shouldn't have said that. "You don't know!" He
shouted at me and was about to follow up with a slap but Grace intervened. He grabbed both of our hair at the
same time. "That's right!" He said angrily. "Let go of my hair!" Freya kept saying while I couldn't speak. "Shame
on you! You fought here!" He lectured and dragged us away from the people. The pregnant woman was
already being lectured. Grace was clearly angry because of the tightness in her grip on our hair. Her steps
were also large. We were nearing the mall exit when she suddenly stopped. She was still holding both of our
hair. "Let go of us or we'll get stressedâ€"Grace!" I could only scream her name when I saw the water flowing
rom her thighs. Freya also looked at what I was looking at and cursed one after another. I tried to break free
rom Grace's grip and immediately supported her. "Ouch..." She said while holding her stomach and gradually
sitting up. "Grace, if you wanted to pee, you should have told me." I said worriedly. "Idiot! That's her waterbag!"
Freya replied angrily, Why is this still here? "What waterbag? Bladder?" She almost slapped me because of my
question. "Can you be more damn? A bath! A baby's house! The water around the baby!" She explained almost
spitting out her throat. She was so ugly. hehe "Ok." I answered but it was obvious that I wasn't convinced. I
thought she was going to hit me when she raised her hand but Grace suddenly shouted which scared us both.
"Call an ambulance!" An old woman said while looking at us. It looked like people had been making a fuss
over us for a while. The scene we had made here at this mall was too much. It should be closed. "It won't be
long!" Freya said and looked at me. "I'll get my car. Wait for me." Was what I heard true? "H-hey! W-wait Freya!"
I called to her but she had already left. I looked at the few onlookers who had even managed to video and take
pictures of our situation. "Hey! Shame on you! You're using other people's suffering just to get likes and shares
on the internet!" I said to them. Others were obviously offended and some were embarrassed but there were
also some who were really thick-faced and didn't want to put down their cellphones. "You won't stop?! I'll eat
your cellphone?!" I threatened. "Courage." She replied and laughed. I was about to stand up when Freya
grabbed her cellphone and pressed something before returning it. "Reboot. You're welcome." She said calmly
before approaching us with some security guards. They picked Grace up and took her out of the mall. I
immediately followed them. Freya's car was already waiting just across the exit. "Get in." Freya ordered me as
Grace got in." I immediately followed and stood next to Grace who was obviously struggling . "I-I can't do it
anymore." She said and held my hand tightly. You can do it! "Just a minute, Grace! We're almost at the
hospital!" I shouted as if I was the one struggling. "Stop shouting!" Freya yelled at me. "Hurry up!" I complained
to her. "Annnggggg sssaaaaaaakkkiiiitttttttttttt!" Grace also shouted. "I'm going to give birth!" "Not yet!" I said
and Freya cursed at me. "Stupid! What's not okay?!" She said annoyed. "Do you feel like you're smart enough
to call me stupid?" I asked sarcastically. "No, you're really stupid!" It was obvious that she wasn't going to lose,
so I quickly recovered. Our journey ended in a dead end while Grace kept crying and screaming. "Stop! You
two are the reason for this! If anything happens to my baby, I'll kill you alive!" Grace shouted at the top of her
lungs and suddenly cursed. "That child's head!" Freya immediately stepped on the brakes and looked at Grace.
She was also clearly panicking but was trying to think of a solution. "We won't make it." She said and started
the car to find a place to stop. She quickly got out when the car was parked properly. I was surprised when
she opened the door next to Grace and laid her down properly and leaned slightly against me. "Wait...What are
you going to do, Freya?" "I'm going to give birth to Grace." He replied. I was about to protest when I heard my
cellphone from my bag. I tried to grab my bag. I took out some of the things I had brought like extra clothes
but Freya took them to use on Grace. I just let it go and answered the call. "H-hello?" ["Hey, where are you?"]
Keifer opened. "W-what....we're going to the hospital. Grace is about to give birth!" I said and he was obviously
surprised too. ["Which hospital is that? I'll follow. I'll call Denzel too."] "On the road." ["What?"] "Just go! Let's
meet at Peralta hospital!" I replied and hung up . I turned back to Grace who was currently walking. Freya was
at her feet giving birth to her. "W-isn't this dangerous? "The baby is only 7 months old." I said hesitantly but no
one paid attention to me. Grace held my hand tightly and when she screamed and threw it, it felt like the
bones in my hand were crushed, so I screamed too. I think my voice was louder than hers. "Oh my..." I
whispered but the pain immediately subsided when I heard the
the child cried.
When I looked at Freya, she was already holding the child and wrapped in the clothes
she had taken earlier. I saw her sweet smile as she
watched the child but it quickly disappeared when she looked at
Grace.
"Grace. Grace." She said while patting Grace.
I felt scared so I immediately looked at Grace and
shook her slightly. She was obviously just trying to wake herself up even though
her eyelids were almost falling off.
Freya cursed one after another before handing me the child.
She was so small.
I didn't realize what Freya had done until
the car started moving again. She ran even faster than before before she
could drop Grace off on the side of the road.
"S-slowly!" I complained as she overtook a
car and received a loud honking.
She didn't answer and it was only later that I realized that
we were at Peralta Hospital. She was the one who called the nurses and doctors to help
Grace and the baby.
I was oblivious to what was happening and just looked stupid.
I felt so useless as I watched them all move. Even
Freya was talking to the doctors non-stop.
I wanted to laugh at myself. I had the courage to promise
Denzel that I would take care of Grace but then something happened that was not
what we feared.
She gave birth prematurely.
I was only interrupted from my thoughts when one of the security
guards touched me.
"Miss, can you please move your car over? It's blocking the
emergency way."
"H-ha?"
"Please leave, an ambulance might be coming."
I was going to call Freya because it was her car but
the guard gave me a bad look so I was forced to get out and
get inside her car. It was a good thing the key was still here.
I don't know how to drive so I didn't know what to do. But
at least I was familiar with the things inside.
I turned the key first to start the engine. That's how
I smiled when I heard the sound of the engine. Luckily,
his car was an automatic, almost the same as Aries's. I shifted gears in
my worry.
I also turned the steering wheel to the right so that the wheels would go straight on the
road. Luckily, there was a straight road on the other side so
I didn't have to brake the car.
I tried to step on the gas but because of my fear,
my foot was still on the brake. The car was moving like a horse, jerking
. I could see the people outside looking at me.
Excuse me? I don't know how to drive.
I breathed a sigh of relief when I got the car out of the emergency lane.
Parking was my next problem.
I followed the arrow that said parking.
The car was jerking again because I was more afraid of the number of vehicles.
I might hit them, I would be more alert.
I was looking far away just to find a spot. Luckily,
I saw a car that had just left and was free in her area because
there were two spots on both sides that were not parked.
I immediately turned the steering wheel to turn and approach the parking
spot I saw and since I don't know how to drive, I took
the three spots I saw. I just scratched my head but there was nothing
I could do.
I got out of the car and imitated what Aries was doing with the key.
I pressed my lock symbol and the car rang.
Yesss, the wealth of the old.
I quickly ran back to the hospital to find Freya and return
her car keys. When I looked at them in the emergency room, they were no longer
there so I asked the nurse I saw Freya talking to earlier.
"Oh, the patient was transferred to a private room." She said and
pointed to the floor.
I quickly went there, while I was walking down the hallway,
I looked at the signage hanging on the wall. I was about to follow
the nursing station when I saw Freya in front of a window.
I approached her and was about to touch her when I noticed what
she was looking at. Babies.
And suddenly I remembered the conversation she and Aries had.