Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 03:23:47 +0000 (UTC) From: Thomas Gaige Subject: My Step-Brother Jacob - Chapter 99 Nifty: Please add this chapter to my story under your "Gay - Incest" section. Thank you. Copyright 2003, 2022 Thomas Gaige. All Rights Reserved. This story is protected under US copyright law. No part of it may be reproduced in any way without the express written consent of the author. The author grants www.nifty.org and its mirror sites permission to post the story on their websites. DISCLAIMER: The following story is FICTIONAL. It contains descriptions of homosexual activities. If you are not over 18 years of age, or if you find this type of story offensive, or viewing this material is illegal where you are, then please DO NOT READ IT! If you choose to read it, then - I hope you enjoy it! My Step-Brother Jacob Chapter 99 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Oh My GOD JOHN!" Andy cried. "What do we do now??? Do we need to boil some water and get towels?" I looked at him and he looked as terrified as Jacob did, and I couldn't help bursting out laughing. Elizabeth chuckled and snorted too. "Andy, they only do that on TV, and when it's a home birth! We're going to the hospital for this!" I said, still chuckling. "Really lads!" Elizabeth said, looking back and forth between the two. "I'm fine! My waters have broken, and labor is starting, but it will be some time before Austin is born. John and I will go to hospital, and probably end up waiting around for several hours before, he - OOOOHHHH!" Elizabeth's eyes grew larger, and she grabbed her belly and gasped "Easy there boy!" "Maybe we'd best get ready to go John!" she said, looking a little uncertain herself at that point. "Was that a contraction then, or did he just kick?" I asked. "That was a contraction. Second one actually," She replied. "How far apart?" I asked, looking at my watch. "I don't know," she said. "I didn't take note of when the first one occurred. But they weren't too far apart!" "OK," I said. "Jake, Andy, get some towels -" "WHAT????" Andy cried, looking ready to have a conniption. "To clean up the floor with!" I said, grinning. Then I looked at ELizabeth and said "I'll go grab your Go-bag! Need anything else? "Well..." she said, "Maybe a pad, from the box in the loo, and some clean pants and sweat trousers?" "OK - back in a flash," I said. "Let me know when you have another contraction - I'm timing them." "Will do!" Elizabeth said, and she headed for the half-bath, as I dashed upstairs. * * * Five minutes later, as I walked back into the kitchen with Elizabeth's overnight bag, her fresh clothes and a Kotex pad, we heard a groan from the half-bath. "That another contraction?" I asked through the door, as Jacob and Andy's eyes bugged a little. "Yes," Elizabeth gasped. "How far apart are they?" I looked at my watch and said "8 minutes. Open the door when you want your pad and clean clothes." A few seconds later the door opened a crack and Elizabeth's hand reached out. I placed her sweats, clean undies and pad in her hand, which then withdrew through the door, and the door closed. A few minutes later, smiling, Elizabeth emerged from the bathroom, and said "Much better! Now, Jacob, be a mate and get me a plastic trash bag from under the sink please." "We can just take your wet clothes down and wash them," Jacob said, looking confused. "I know Luv, the bag's for me to sit on, so that if I leak anymore, I don't ruin the car seat!" She said. "Oh!" Jacob said, his eyes getting larger again. Quickly he dashed to the sink, opened the cupboard door, and grabbed the roll of trash bags, unrolled one and put the roll back. "Here you go!" he said a moment later, as Elizabeth suddenly had another contraction. "7 minutes now!" I announced. "Well, hadn't you best be going then?" Andy cried, looking alarmed again. "I don't know," Elizabeth said, smiling saucily, and giving me a look. "I think there's time to watch that movie I wanted to see, before we leave!" "WHAT????" Jacob and Andy both cried, looking horrified. Elizabeth and I both broke up laughing then, as the guys looked on suddenly scowling, when they realized Elizabeth was teasing them. "Really!" Andy blustered, looking annoyed. "This is NO time to be joking!" "Calm down," I said, still chuckling. "We're going, and we've got plenty of time. These things take hours!" "Well, you'll call us with updates, right?" Jacob asked, looking hopefully at me. "Of course," I said, smiling. With that, Elizabeth picked up an oversized shawl that hung on the hook by the door - then turned and hugged and kissed both Andy and Jacob, and told them she loved them. Then she patted Jack, who had been hovering around, wondering what was going on. "OK, let's go then," she said, wrapping her shawl around her. Quickly I grabbed the door knob and opened it, and Elizabeth walked out to the car, followed by me, with Jacob, Andy, and Jack trailing behind. Elizabeth put the trash bag on the car seat, and unceremoniously plopped down into the car seat, muttering I'd need a crane to get her back out of it. Chuckling, I trotted around the front of the car, and hopped in the driver's seat. We waived at the guys and Jack, and I backed out onto Beaumont Crescent, just as Elizabeth had another contraction. Still 7 minutes apart. The trip to the hospital took 25 minutes, due to traffic, and Elizabeth had 3 more contractions while I was driving. All 7 minutes apart yet. I pulled up to the front door, turned on my flashers, and grabbed a hospital wheel chair that was sitting by the front door. After helping Elizabeth out of the car, she plopped down in the wheel chair and told me to go park, that she'd sit there, waiting, so we could go in together. "You sure you don't want me to take you inside first?" I asked. "No! We have plenty of time, and it's rather nice outside. I'd like to enjoy sitting here a moment. You go park and come back here, then we won't et separated," she said. So, I left her there and quick as possible drove to the parking garage, and found a spot, parked, and ran back to the front door of the hospital. Of course, when I got there, Elizabeth was gone! * * * "So, what would you like to do while we wait?" Andy asked, after he, Jacob and Jack had walked back into the house. Jacob looked at Andy, grinned, and reached down and cupped Andy's genitals and gave them a gentle squeeze. "OH!" Andy said, grinning, as he felt his cock begin to start plumping up. "But we have to keep a phone handy, and stop immediately if we get a call!" Jacob said, suddenly looking a little serious. "Agreed!" Andy said. "Then, let's go upstairs," Jacob said, grinning. He released Andy's privates and headed for the stairs. Andy quickly followed. A minute later, in our room, both began unceremoniously quickly stripping. "It looks as if you have an urgent need!" Andy noted, looking at Jacob's fully engorged penis, the tip of which was already moist. Quickly he stepped over in front of Jacob, and dropped on his knees, as he wrapped his hand around Jacob's cock, moving his head forward until he'd fully engulfed Jacob's glans, and then he began sliding his lips forward, moving his hand back at the same time, until he'd swallowed Jacob's entire length, bringing a low happy moan from deep in Jacob's throat. "MMmmm!" Jacob moaned happily, as Andy began sliding up and down his member, while at the same time, he slid his middle finger up into Jacob's ass crack, which was slightly slippery with a bit of sweat. "Oh yes!" Jacob exclaimed as the tip of Andy's finger made contact with his tight anus, and began gently massaging it. For a minute or so then, as Andy sucked up and down on Jacob's throbbing dick, and gently massaged his balls with his left hand, and his asshole with his right middle finger, Jacob moaned and gasped happily. Another minute or so later, Andy noticed Jacob's entire body was beginning to tremble slightly, and he began to taste a bit of saltiness. "Andy!" Jacob gasped. "You have to stop, or I'm going to blow!" Andy popped off Jacob's dick, looked up at him and asked, "Do you want me to stop? Or do you just want to get off quickly?" Jacob grinned a little shyly down at him and said, "Well, I was actually wondering if you'd fuck me, so we could cum together. I know you usually don't top, but I know you have for John occasionally." Andy grinned and said, "I think we could do that if you want!" "Cool!" Jacob said. Andy got up then, and went around to his side of the bed, opened his nightstand, and pulled out a tube of lubricant, while Jacob turned down the bed covers and laid down on the bed. Smiling, Andy crawled onto the bed, and as Jacob opened his legs and pulled them up, Andy crawled between them, and laid down on his belly with his face directly in front of Jacob's ass, which was wide open. Andy chuckled slightly as Jacob's pucker winked at him. As he moved in closer, he breathed in deeply, filling his sinuses with Jacob's pleasant boyish musky scent, and his own cock surged with desire. Smiling lewdly to himself, he stuck out his tongue and moved in, to begin gently licking at Jacob's rose bud, which twitched spastically at first for a moment, as Jacob sighed happily, and reached down to finger his hardon. Andy began licking up and down the entire deepest part of Jacob's anal crack, sliding up and down, back and forth over Jacob's twitching opening. After a moment he returned to licking deftly at Jacob's rosebud. And shortly after that, he stopped and centered the tip of his tongue in the center of Jacob's pucker, and pressed forward shoving his tongue through Jacob's anus, and up inside his rectum. "OHhhh!" Jacob gasped, happily, as Andy's tongue invaded his insides. Andy wasted no time as he immediately began shoving his tongue in and out of Jacob's hole, until after a minute or so, when he pulled out, and looked at it, Jacob's asshole remained open, gaping at him, pulsating a little. Smiling, he quickly resumed tongue-fucking Jacob, bringing another groan of joy from the boy's throat. while he continued playing with his hardon. After another minute or so, Jacob again stopped Andy, and said "I think you'd best commence fucking me, before I cum even before we start!" Chuckling, Andy pulled away, and moved in, so he was kneeling just behind Jacob. He reached over and picked up the tube of lubricant, squirted a bit into his hand, closed the cap and set the tube aside, then began greasing his stiff, dripping penis. Then, a moment later, smiling, he re-positioned himself and pointed his cock at Jacob's still open asshole, and pushed his hips forward. Jacob grinned as he felt the head of Andy's cock make contact with him. Then as Andy pushed gently forward, for a moment, Jacob's sphincter automatically remained tight, not allowing him entry. Jacob consciously relaxed then, and suddenly the head of Andy's dick forced its way through Jacob's ring muscle, and a second later, his entire shaft began sliding slowly up inside Jacob, who moaned happily. A moment later, Andy's pelvis pressed up against Jacob's flattened ass cheeks, and his full length was pushed up inside Jacob's tight anal canal. Andy paused for a moment then, to allow Jacob to get used to his presence. As he smiled down at Jacob, and Jacob smiled up at him, both boys' pelvic muscles clenched and relaxed two or three times, and Andy's dick surged in size inside Jacob, and Jacob's sphincter muscle clenched at the base of Andy's cock. Finally, Andy began pulling his hips backward, and his rod started to slide back out of Jacob, whose smile broadened. Just before his glans popped back out of Jacob, Andy reversed his direction, and slowly pressed forward, re-entering Jacob, bringing another moan from Jacob's throat. Andy didn't pause this time once he was fully coupled with Jacob, instead, he immediately reversed direction, and started sliding back out of him. Gently and slowly then, Andy fucked Jacob, sliding his well-greased dick, in and out of Jacob's hot, tight hole, rubbing back and forth past Jacob's prostate gland, causing a nearly continual groan of happiness from Jacob, who had by then picked up the tube of lubricant, squirted a little out into the palm of his left hand, tossed the tube aside, wrapped his hand fully around his rigid shaft, and begun sliding up and down its full length. As Andy fucked Jacob, he leaned forward and lowered his mouth over Jacob's right nipple, and began sucking on it and gently nibbling at it, causing Jacob to gasp sharply in a high-pitched tone. His hand began sliding up and down his cock a little faster then. Sensing Jacob's heightened excitement, Andy began shoving his dick in and out of Jacob a little faster and harder. After another minute or so, during which Andy continually pistoned in and out of Jacob, as Jacob jerked off, both boys were feeling even more aroused, and both began to feel their orgasms forming. "Umnwwnnn!!!!" Jacob whimpered as Andy switched over to biting and sucking on his left nipple, while he hip action sped up a little. Automatically, Jacob's hand began whipping up and down his own cock at the same tempo as Andy's hips were moving. Shortly, both boys were breathing heavily, and Jacob was gasping at regular intervals, as the level of his pleasure steadily increased. Andy, who felt his orgasm mounting, began fucking Jacob harder and faster. All that could be heard in the room was both boys' raspy breathing, and the steady slapping sound of Andy's sweaty pelvis repeatedly smacking against Jacob's flattened buttocks. As Jacob's orgasm built, he began twitching under Andy, and gasping softly, as pre-cum began drooling from his urethra. Andys' face, throat, shoulders, and upper chest tinged red, as his own excitement built. He moaned softly, as he sped up his hip movements even more, so that he was literally slamming in and out of Jacob, who began grunting passionately each time he felt the head of Andy's cock bump roughly into the back of his colon. A few seconds later, Jacob frantically gasped, "Oh Gooddd Andy!!!! I'm going to cum!" "MMmmmm!!!" Andy moaned in response, as he felt his own balls pulling up. He began rutting away, in and out of Jacob then, causing them both to begin grunting and gasping loudly with each of his inward thrusts. Jacob's hand began to literally pound up and down his dick at the same time. "OHHHH FUCCKKKK!!!" Jacob nearly bellowed suddenly a few seconds later, as he was overcome with pleasure, as his groin exploded with joy, and an enormous gush of semen blasted from his cock, spraying both their chests, and at the same time, his sphincter savagely clamped around Andy's dick. When he felt Jacob's muscle grip him so violently, and felt his semen splashing against his torso, Andy's own orgasm began, as he cried out passionately and blew a river of sperm deep inside Jacob's intestines. "OHhhhhhh!!!" Jacob gasped and he spasmed joyously again. "MMMMMMMMmmmmmm!!!" Andy groaned deep in his throat as he too came again, filling Jacob with even more jism. For the next several seconds, as Andy continued to fuck him, and Jacob continued beating off, both boys moaned, gasped, and grunted, each squirting a bit more juice, until both their orgasms ended, and exhausted, Andy collapsed on top of Jacob, and the two lay panting for breath, their hearts pounding. "Holy fuck!... as John would say!" Jacob gasped finally. "You're one Hell of a top Andy!" Andy grinned and chuckled, and said, "And you've got a Hell of a nice arse!" Both chuckled then, but neither made a move to get up, apparently both enjoying their "togetherness". Eventually, their breathing returned completely to normal, and Andy finally crawled off Jacob. "Oh Jacob!" he exclaimed. "I didn't realize you could produce so much cum! You're almost as bad as John!" Jacob grinned happily, and said, "Thanks! I have noticed that I've been shooting more lately." "Guess you're almost a full grown man now!" Andy said, smiling benevolently at him. Jacob's grin grew broader, as he blushed slightly with pride. "Shall we take a quick shower and get cleaned up?" Andy suggested. "Definitely!" Jacob said, as his entire torso began to feel a bit chilly now that Andy had crawled off him, and the air had hit his wet jism smeared body. "Let's go then!" Andy said, smiling. His torso was smeared with Jacob's cum and getting chilly too. Jacob got up, picked up his cell phone and followed Andy into the bathroom. "Ewwww!" Jacob muttered, as he felt some of Andy's juice dribbling down the back inside of his left thigh. Quickly he grabbed some toilet paper, wiped up the streak of Andy's semen, then sat down on the toilet, and pushed. "Mnnph!" Jacob grunted, as the sound of a wet fart, and some drops hitting the water in the bowl beneath Jacob, filled the room. Andy quickly started the shower, and hopped in and washed, while Jacob sat letting Andy's cum drip back out of him. By the time Jacob felt he'd totally drained, Andy was done. "Feel like a little more fun?" Andy asked, as Jacob got up off the toilet. Absent mindedly Jacob flushed, and Andy shrieked and leaped back in the tub a moment later, as the water momentarily got hotter than he'd set it. "Sorry!" Jacob said, blushing a little. Both stood waiting a moment, until the toilet finished refilling and shut off, and the water in the shower had readjusted to how Andy had set it. Quickly then Jacob hopped in the tub, and instantly Andy went to work washing him all over, from head to toe, of course paying more particular attention to his pelvic area. Within a few minutes of Andy's rubbing him all over, Jacob was all worked up again, and a couple minutes afterward, as Andy worked one hand up and down his stiff rod, and rubbed away at his anus with a finger on his other hand, Jacob began blowing another load, and had to hang onto Andy, so as not to fall. When he'd finished cumming, he grinned, and dropped to his knees in front of Andy, and within a few minutes, as he continued sucking up and down on Andy, who was clutching the grab bar, as his knees felt weak, Andy too blew another load, down Jacob's throat. Quickly then both boys finished rinsing off and climbed out of the tub. Jacob looked quickly at his phone to see if maybe they'd missed a call from us. Andy did the same, but neither had any messages. "I wonder what they're doing. Do you think Austin's here now?" Jacob asked. "I don't know!" Andy said. "But I expect if anything exciting was happening, John would call to let us know!" "I guess," Jacob said. "Are you hungry?" Andy chuckled and said he thought he could eat something. * * * While Jacob and Andy were having fun, I was on a wild goose chase, trying to find Elizabeth, who I found out from the security guard at the door, had been taken to the Admitting Office by an Orderly who came by who knew her. After running to the Admitting Office, I was sent to the Maternity Ward, but when I got there, they hadn't seen Elizabeth yet. They suggested maybe she was at the Nurse's locker room, since she was a nurse who worked in that hospital. So I ran down there, and someone checked for me, but she wasn't there. They sent me to the cafeteria, thinking maybe she was down there with a couple of the nurses who were on break. I went there, and found Elizabeth's friends, who said she was indeed there for a few minutes, but had finally left for the Maternity Ward. By then I was a bit thirsty, so I grabbed a soda, and a couple cookies, and then set off back to the maternity ward, where I finally found Elizabeth, and a rather nice looking orderly, who she was chatting animatedly with. "Thought you were going to wait by the door for me!" I said, as I walked up to them. "I'm sorry John!" she said. "But Ahmed here came along and we work together often. He offered to bring me to Admissions, and we told the guard to tell you to come there...... Are those biscuits????" "Here!" I said, handing her the cookies I'd bought, but hadn't eaten. "Oh! Thank you! I'm feeling a tad hungry, and they make the best biscuits downstairs! .... um, not as good as your biscuits, but these are rather good!" "I'm so sorry John," Ahmed said, surprising me with his British accent. I still wasn't used to whenever I ran into a black or brown person, that they too had British accents. In America you rarely encountered any who did. "We should've waited for you at the Admitting Office, but Elizabeth had a couple of contractions while we were waiting there, and I thought we should get right up here to the Maternity Ward." "Via the nurse's office and Cafeteria first?" I asked, looking back and forth between them. Elizabeth gave a nervous chuckle, then said, "Well, we're all here now! Thank you for these delicious biscuits John, they're just what I needed!" "You're welcome," I said. And then Elizabeth gasped and groaned again. "Still 7 minutes apart," Ahmed said, looking at his watch. I quickly checked the time on my watch then so I could resume timing them myself. "Thanks for taking care of her, and for timing the contractions," I said to Ahmed, while Elizabeth was busy talking with the nurses, and we were standing back waiting to see what was next. He smiled warmly at me, and said 'Not a problem." I couldn't help but notice that Ahmed, who looked to be only a year or two older than me, if that, was looking at me rather intently. I surreptitiously watched him for a moment, and realized he was un-mistakeably checking me out! I smiled a little saucily at him then, and quickly raised and dropped my eyebrows, then started looking him up and down, stopping when I noticed the bulge in his crotch. When I looked up I saw he looked upset, and his brown skin looked darker. I wondered if he was blushing. "Dude!" I whispered, "It's OK. I think you're pretty hot too! Although, I'm already taken. Sorry." "No!" Ahmed gasped in a loud whisper. "It's not that!" "Oh really?" I muttered, and pointedly looked down at his crotch. You could clearly see the outline of his erect penis. "No!" he repeated, and looked even more upset. "You have the wrong idea." "Well..." I said. "If I do, I"m sorry, but...." Again I looked pointedly at his boner. "It's the nurse, not you!" he said finally, and appeared to relax just a little, until I looked at the only nurses there. They were all old enough to be our grandmothers! When Ahmed noticed, he definitely blushed visibly, right in front of me - his skin tone turned much darker. "Listen," I said softly. "It's OK. I'm fine with you being gay, or bi, or whatever I'm bi myself. But like I said, I'm in a relationship already." "I know," he said. I looked at him questioningly. "Oh!" he said, and grinned sheepishly. "Your stepmother told me all about you and Andy before." "She did?" I asked, surprised. "Oh! Please don't be mad at her," Ahmed said. "We're good friends. We work together all the time, and well...she figured out about me, and told me about you and Andy. She was trying to get me to not be upset about myself." "And why are you upset about yourself?" I asked, suddenly feeling sorry for him. "Shit!" Ahmed swore, and he blushed again, and looked guilty. A moment later looking defeated, he finally hissed, "Fine, I'm gay! Elizabeth figured it out, and told me about you and Andy, hoping I'd feel better about myself. She even suggested that maybe she could introduce us, and we could talk. The problem is, I'm Muslim and homosexuality is not permitted! I cannot let anyone find out about me! I must remain completely straight!" "I see," I said. "I'm sorry you can't live openly Ahmed! That's gotta be rough! Don't worry. I won't let on to anyone. And I'm sorry if I embarrassed you or made you feel bad." "You didn't," Ahmed said. "It's just very hard being Muslim, and having to pretend to be straight!" "I had no idea. If you ever do want to talk - either just with me, or with me and Andy, you can call me. I'll give you my number," I said. "That's OK, I'll be fine!" Ahmed said, stoically. "Well, OK - but if you change your mind, just ask Elizabeth for my number!" I said. "Thank you John," Ahmed said. "Ahmed!" one of the nurses behind the desk called over. "You're needed up in the operating theater right away!" "I'm on my way," Ahmed said. Then to me he said, "Thank you again John. It's been a pleasure meeting you in person finally." "Likewise," I said. "By the way - you can always come down to the Bell and Crown on Friday evenings if you want. I play piano and guitar and sing there every week.... probably not this week though. Andy comes with me pretty often. It'd be great to see you there!" "I might someday. Thanks again John. Now I must run!" Ahmed said. "Thank you for taking care of me Ahmed!" Elizabeth said, having turned back to us. "You're most welcome! Good luck with your delivery. I'll see you tomorrow!" Ahmed said. He turned and quickly strode toward the elevators then. "I'm so glad you got to meet Ahmed," Elizabeth said. "He's a very nice young man, but has some problems, mostly because of his religion. I had told him about you and Andy, and hoped he might speak with you, so you could give him a different perspective about things." "So he said," I said. "Sounds to me like he's rather entrenched in his religion though, and isn't really as open to new thought processes as you might've hoped." "I know,' She said sadly. "I had thought that maybe you and Andy could help him out though. I think if anyone could, it would be you!" "Well, I told him to come down to the Bell and Crown some Friday. We'll see if he does!" I said. "I'm - OOOHHHHHH!!!!" Elizabeth groaned, as I looked at my watch. A moment later she continued with "I'm glad you invited him out. I hope he does join you one Friday." "We'll see. By the way - still 7 minutes apart," I said. "I think it's going to be a while yet!" she said, rubbing her belly lovingly. "Austin's going to be stubborn, just like your father, and you!" I laughed, and Elizabeth joined in. One of the nurses came around from behind the desk then and said, "Let's get you into a room, and changed into something more comfortable." They took us then to a private labor room, with its own bathroom. They gave Elizabeth a hospital gown to change into, and sent her into the bathroom to change. As she re-emerged from the bathroom another contraction started. "Good news!" I said. "6 minutes apart now!" "Huzzah!" Elizabeth said, looking at me and sighing. She got into bed then, and a doctor came in to examine her, so I stepped outside and took the opportunity to quickly call Andy and Jacob, to update them. "So, what've you been doing?" I asked. They were both a little evasive, so in a loud whisper I asked, "I expect you've been having sex???" "How'd you guess?" Andy asked, and they both laughed. "Real nice!" I said. "Must be nice to have nothing better to do!" I laughed then, and they both laughed along with me. * * * By 10:00 in the evening, Elizabeth's labor hadn't progressed as much as everyone, especially Elizabeth, would've liked. She'd been in labor several hours by then, and her contractions were still 4 minutes apart, and she'd only dilated about a third of the way. She was beginning to get very tired, but of course, due to the contractions, couldn't catch a nap. I was getting tired myself. "I don't know what to say Elizabeth," her doctor said. "I would've expected you to be a little further along. We'll give it a little while yet, but we may have to do a section if things don't progress." I called home and let them know what was happening. Elizabeth spoke with Jacob for a few minutes as well. * * * At 11:00, the doctor visited again, and Elizabeth's contractions were 3 minutes apart, and she was a couple more centimeters dilated, but still no where near ready to deliver. "We'll give it another hour," the doctor said, and left. Again I called home. * * * By midnight, Elizabeth was in a state of near exhaustion, and still her labor hadn't progressed nearly enough. Her blood pressure was up as well, and the baby's had dropped. And the doctor was very concerned. "I think we need to do a section," she said. Dully, Elizabeth nodded, and a tear broke loose from her right eye. I gave her a hug, and kissed her on the top of her head. "It'll be fine," she managed to say. "We'll get you prepped then," the doctor said. "OK," Elizabeth sighed, and she frowned at me. "It'll be OK," I said. "Look at it this way, no more contractions soon!" Elizabeth gave a slight chuckle and smile. Things moved quickly then. Nurses came in, and started prepping Elizabeth to go for her caesarian section. A few minutes later, she was ready to go. Before she was wheeled out, she asked if everyone could step outside for a moment, so she could speak with me privately. "What's wrong?" I asked, as the nurses and Ahmed, who'd come to wheel her to surgery, all stepped outside. "John," Elizabeth said to me, looking distraught, but serious. "Are you still willing to take care of Jacob, and Austin, if anything goes wrong?" "Of course!" I said, looking incredulously at her. "But Elizabeth, nothing is going to go wrong. In a short while, Austin will be here, and you'll be rested from surgery, and you'll be holding and cuddling him." "I know," she said. "I certainly expect that too, but... you can never be sure, and I need to know that my children will be looked after, if anything happens to me." "I promised you before, and I'm promising you again," I said. "I will take care of Jacob and Austin, should anything happen to you. And I mean it! I will take care of them as if they were my own children, and do my best to raise them the way you would raise them yourself! Now please, let's stop talking about this, OK? It's time to get this show on the road, and get Austin out of you!" "OHHHHhhhhh!!!" Elizabeth groaned, having another contraction. "I couldn't agree with you more! But, one last thing. If anything does happen, you need to know how very sorry I am for leaving you such a mess to deal with!" "I won't, but even if it does, it won't be a mess, it'll be me taking care of our family!" I said. "Stop worrying, and know that we all love you very much!" "I love you too John! Please tell Jacob and Andy I love them as well!" she said, smiling wanly. "AHEM!" came the sound of a gruff nurse outside the door, which was cracked a little. "She's ready!" I called. I leaned in and kissed her on the cheek, and she kissed me back. "See you in a little while!" I said, and she nodded, and smiled a little. Ahmed and one of the nurses took Elizabeth out then, and the other nurse handed me an over-oversized dressing gown to put on over my clothes, so that I'd be ready to help take care of Austin, as soon as he was born. She then had me follow her to a waiting area outside the operating theater then, to wait for him to be brought out. I quickly donned the hospital gown, then called Andy to let him know what was going on. "Where's Jacob?" I asked. "Asleep, next to me," Andy said. They'd been watching a movie and he'd dozed off. "OK," I said. "I'll call you when I can, once Austin's here!" "This is so exciting!" Andy cried softly. "I know!" I said, grinning. And then I started pacing, waiting. * * * After about a half hour, which to me, seemed like forever, because I was anxiously waiting, but was probably normal, the doors to the operating theater burst open, and an incubator was wheeled out. In it lay a squalling baby, wrapped in a blanket. The nurse who was pushing it, wheeled it right up to me and, after confirming who i was, introduced me to my new baby half brother Austin! Austin was still wailing when he looked up at me, until I started talking to him, like I did when he was in Elizabeth's womb. Suddenly, he stopped crying, and looked toward me, trying to focus. Then his little hand reached up toward me. "Wow!" The nurse said. "Did you talk to him a lot when Elizabeth was pregnant?" "Yeah, we all did," I said. "Well, he knows your voice I think. He seems much calmer! This is great!" she said. As I continued talking, I swore Austin smiled a little at me. My eyes welled up a little, as I grinned at him, and continued talking to him. "Oh!" I said, suddenly. "How's Elizabeth?" "They're still finishing up. Takes a while to do the stitching," She said. "Oh! OK," I sald. "Come along now," she said. "We need to get him cleaned up, weighed, footprinted, and everything." I walked along beside the incubator then, as the nurse wheeled it into an exam room. Then as she cleaned him, and weighed him, and took his footprints, and did a few other things, explaining to me as we went, what was going on, and how I needed to do certain things for him, I helped as best as possible. In particular, she had me help with cleaning him.... most likely because when she did it, he squalled, but when I leaned in and started talking, he calmed right down. "He's a big boy! .65 Stones!" She said. when she weighed him. "Any idea what that is in pounds?" I asked. "I'm American." She laughed and looked at a chart and said "That would be 9 pounds, 2 ounces!" "Wow! He is big!" I said, grinning. When everything was done, she showed me how to diaper him, and swaddle him in a soft blanket, then she placed him in my arms, instructing me on how to cradle him securely and hold his head up. He cried again while she was handling him, but as soon as he was in my arms, and I spoke to him, and nuzzled him, he relaxed, smiled, and went right to sleep! "You're going to be great with him!" the nurse said. "Now just sit there and hold him a while, while I go see about taking him to the nursery. I'll be back shortly." With that, she left me all alone in the exam room, holding Austin, who was sleeping peacefully in my arms. I thought about trying to call Andy, but didn't want to disturb Austin when I tried to get my phone out. I just prayed, nobody tried to call me, as it would wake him up. I figured he was tired after his ordeal and needed sleep! * * * About 10 minutes went by, and nothing happened, other than Austin slept on, and I just gazed at him, marveling over the fact he was finally here, and what a miracle a newborn baby was. Finally, i heard a soft knock at the door. I looked up expecting to see the nurse had come to get Austin, but instead, it was Elizabeth's doctor, and she looked distraught. "What's wrong?" I asked. "I'm so very sorry," She began, and her jaw started to tremble a little. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The next chapter in this series will be published as soon as possible... P.S. Please remember that Nifty needs your donations to provide these wonderful stories -- if you can help - please go to the following website to donate. Thanks! http://donate.nifty.org/