Chapter 1: Chapter 1

ALEX'S POV

"Alex!" I heard Andra scream louder than before and I knew something was wrong.

I left the van I was washing and ran inside the house, i checked the sitting room but she wasn't there, I checked the kitchen and didn't see her.

"Alex get your fucking self up here" she screamed and that's when I realized the voice was coming from the room. And weird, she has never screamed at me ever since we started living together or should I say everything since she became my wife 8 months ago.

Andrea has always been a calm, quiet, charming, adorable, cute, beautiful girl, the most beautiful I've ever seen. I call African goddess. And she has never used the 'f' word on me or anyone else, she has never used foul words before, so I'm surprised she's screaming at me like this... Wait a minute.... Unless... Oh my God. The baby, I think the baby is coming, of course it has to be the baby, this is her 9th month and 2 weeks of pregnancy.

Shit! What do I do?

"Alex!"

"I'm coming Andrea" I shouted as I increased my speed.

I ran to the room and saw her standing with her right hand on her waist and her left hand on her big tummy, making her look like a 6 with legs, lol.

"Don't worry, maybe when you start delivering this baby, you will know this isn't funny" she barked at me.

"Was I laughing" I asked absent mindedly and she glared at me before speaking again.

"My water just broke alex" she complained in a calm painful voice.

"I can see that, come on, let's get you to the hospital" I said and held her waist but she hit my hand really hard and I jumped out of my skin.

"What was that for" I asked as I tried to ease the pain in my hand.

"Are you out of your mind, a hospital, in this city, do you want us to end up in jail and the baby in an orphanage" she asked in pain.

Right. I forgot the law of this city, if an underaged girl which is under 20, have a baby, she and the father of the baby will be arrested. And if the father happens to be underaged too, their jail terms will be increased from the normal 6 years to 10 years imprisonment.

I know you might be asking which city has such stupid, crazy law, well have you searched for Baritana city in the outskirt of south America.

And I know you will also be asking how and 18 years old African girl and a 19 year old American boy ended up in Baritana city as husband and wife. Well Andrea and I will tell you our story from a year ago till now. But that would be after we deliver this baby.

"But what do we do" I asked her in confusion.

"You will deliver this baby Alex" she barked at me, pointing at her big stomach.

"Hell no I can't, look, I have to go get Mrs. Wesley to help us" I said and turned to run off but she stopped me.

"What? Alex get back here, you wanna leave me her and drive down 5 miles to get who, that weird woman, to do what?" She asked.

"That's weird, you never call Mrs. Wesley weird."

"Mr. Alex Hathaway, I'm in fucking labor, I'll call whoever whatever I want" she barked.

I sighed deeply, this is serious, Mrs. Wesley and her husband has nothing but kind to us ever since we got here, they've been like our parents, without them we wouldn't have a roof over our heads, Andrea loved her so much.

What being in labor can do to a woman is not funny at all.

"Andra I don't know what to do" I whispered resignatedly.

"Neither do I, I'm so scared but this is inevitable, you have to do this , its not that hard, you just have to put me on the bed, open my legs, put your hands in, while I push, then you bring the baby out." She whispered.

"That is so gross" I spat out in disgust.

"Dude you did the same thing 9 months ago, I just don't know how you did it or when you started it"

"I didn't do anything" I tried to defend myself.

"So it was angel Gabriel who came down and did it, yea?"

"Maybe, cause I can't remember...."

"Aaaarrrrhhhh" she let out the worst scream and I've ever heard. I rushed to her and held her.

"Andrea are you OK?" I asked in concern.

"No, my waist is burning, my stomach is in flames" she cried.

I gently led her to the bed and laid her down, I ran to the bathroom, I picked a white towel and soaked it in water and then rushed back to the room. I place the soaked towel on her head, I placed a cloth on the bed and opened her legs.

"OK, I have no idea what I'm doing Andra, but I've at least seen baby delivery in movies, so I'm doing exactly what I've seen" I informed her nervously.

"Just do anything Alex" she breathed out.

"OK, ready? Push!" I screamed at her, she pushed for about 5 minutes and nothing came out, we tried again and again for 30 minutes, still nothing came out, not even an eye.

"Andrea are you sure you are really pregnant?" I stupidly asked her, she glared daggers at me.

"OK let's try again" I said to her.

We tried again for 15 minutes and still, nothing.

"Alex I can't do this, I can't it's too painful. I think we should go to the hospital" she shook her head in fatigue.

"Andra you've got to at least try"

"What does it look like I've been doing, haven't I tried enough? Alex I'm tired, I don't think I have the strength to deliver this baby, let's go to the hospital, maybe they can operate on me" she whispered.

"But you know we can't go to the hospital, it's risky"

"Who said anything about hospital, Alex I thought I told you that hospital is not an option, go get Mrs. Wesley" she fired.

"But you just said..."

"Alex, Mrs. Wesley, now!" She barked and broke into tears.

I left her and rushed to door but she called me back.

"Alex, what are you doing? You want to leave me here, you want to abandone me, Alex this is not fair, I'm so in pains and all you could do is abandon me" she asked in tears.

God please save me from this torture and bring the he baby out already. What sort of confusion is this.

I walked sluggishly back to the bed.

"OK Andra, if you don't want me to get Mrs.Wesley, then push harder, otherwise I will walk out of here, enter the van, drive slowly down to the Wesley's, ask her to come and deliver the baby, and I won't return with her, ever." I threatened as I stared into her shocked, tired, scared eyes.

She blinded out tears and that pierced my soul. I was about to apologize when she let out the loudest scream, which was followed by the cry of a baby.

I looked down and saw the most beautiful, cute baby girl I've ever set my eyes on, and she's mine, she's really mine, my own daughter, my own baby.

My head swell up, my heart bubbles as I stared into her beautiful big brown eyes, just like her mother's, her beautiful curly tiny hair, her smooth chocolate skin glitters like her mother's, well at least her nose is pointed and her lips are pink like mine.

I carried her into my arms. "I love you" I blurred out.

I love her more than I can ever admit. My little African-American goddess.

" can I see her" I heard Andra whisper, I turned to her and she was glowing with joy. I walked closer to her and handed her the baby.

"She's beautiful" she whispered.

"So beautiful" I added. "She looks like you"

She chuckled.

"Yea, but she has your nose and pink lips."

"Oh, that's for sure" I blurred out and she let out her beautiful laugh, she's so beautiful.

"Thank you Andrea, despite the circumstances surrounding her birth but thank you for bringing her to us" I said to her. She looked straight into my eyes and smiled.

What a beauty.

"My African goddess" I teased and she laughed.

She looked down at the baby who was trying to stare at us, but her eyes were a little dim and she doesn't look like she's strong enough to stare.

Andra kissed her and she relaxed more in her arms. She turned to me again and askena

"What's her name"

"Diamond" I blurred out without hesitation, she smiled at me.

"It's perfect"

She leaned her head on my shoulder and asked.

"What now, are you going to leave?"

For a few minutes I couldn't speak, she lifted her head and stared at me.

"If you want to leave, I won't stop you, I'll simply go back home and tell my parents that we got divorced, after all, we weren't properly married." She concluded and turned to the baby. I lifted her chin up to face me.

"I'll only leave when I die" I stated, she smiled and kissed my cheek.

"Weird, you've never done that"

She chuckled.

"That means 'happy new life lex'"

"I love it when you call me lex"

"Will you drop it and let's tell the story naughty boy" she playfully hit my chest.

"Right, the story" I chuckled.

Guys, let's pause her for a bit and tell our story, don't worry, it didn't end here, I'm sure there's more adventures in future but for now let's talk about our past.

TBC....