Page 34 of Dex

Finishingup the bloke’s tattoo on his back, my own back aches but his ink will look epic. He’s having a big arse back piece done. He has two Samurai in fighting stances, one on either side of his back, with wind and leaves blowing around them. This is the last of four sittings that we have done. This man is a fucking legend if you ask me. I tap him on shoulder to get his attention.

“You feeling okay? Do you need a break?”

“Yeah, man, that would be cool. How much more to get done?” I do a quick glance over his back and guesstimate.

“I would say another hour. That good with you?”

“This is your work, fella. I just lay here for you to play with.” He winks at me. I chuckle and pull my gloves off. Phillip stands and picks his phone up from the little table beside his chair.

“Fuck off, man. Go and have a smoke, then we can finish this beast off,” I tell him. He nods his head and walks towards the back door that leads to where everyone goes for their smoke break. I walk over to the sink and quickly wash my hands. Once I dry them I stretch my back, it clicks in a million places, like I am a hundred years old. The t-shirt I am wearing is one that Addy bought for me. It says ‘Best three minutes of your life’. She loves getting these shirts made for me. I walk to the front of the studio to see Luke. The man has been working like crazy here the last few months, trying to build up his clients. He brought a few with him and the ladies love him. It is a plus side to having him here, plus Jay is a total fucking flirt with the women.

“Sup, dude?” I ask him. I stretch again and someone wolf whistles at me. I snap my body back into place and see Addy walking through the door. Her smile makes my heart skip a beat like a girl at a One Direction concert. I lean on the desk and watch as she slightly waddles over to me. The past week, she has really started to waddle, when her baby bump seemed to grow overnight. We are due to have another scan next week to check the size of the baby again.

“Hey, baby.” I open my arms and move my stance wider so she can get closer to me; her belly touching me before any other part of her body. I wrap my arms around her and hold her to me. She winches a little but smiles at me. I lean in and kiss her, tasting her cherry lip gloss. Our tongues touch and play and the studio fades away. There is only us here in this moment. Addy pulls away and winces again.

“Baby, what’s wrong? Are you and the baby okay?” She looks around the studio and then back to me. I feel her body tense up and then relax after a minute or two. I wait for her to tell me what is wrong, to stop the million fucking things running around my head.

“It’s time, honey,” she says. “You need to get Jay and Liam. Baby Castle is coming.”

“Oh fuck. Umm. Luke. JAY,” I scream. My heart is pounding. It will break through my chest at any fucking moment. I run to the back of the studio and pick up my wallet and phone. I run back through the studio and out to my car. My mind is racing. Will the baby be okay? She is two weeks early. We were due to have a scan next week, to check her size. How will Addy cope with the pain? I jam the keys in the ignition and start the car. I put the car into first gear and then hear a tap at the window. I turn my head and see Addy standing there smiling at me. I blanch at seeing her. I push the button to open the window.

“Why the fuck are you out there? You should be in here with me and on our way to the hospital. Our baby is coming for fucks sake.” I throw the door open and run around to help her into the car.

“Oh, I know she is coming, Dex. I can feel the bloody contractions. Baby, slow down. It will take time, Dex. My waters haven’t broken yet. Labour can take hours.” I shut her door and run around and jump back into my seat. I start to pull away from the studio when I see Jay running out and running towards his car. Panic clear on his face, it matches mine. I drive to the hospital in a blur. Addy strokes my leg the entire time, calming me like I am the one that is in labour and feeling excruciating pain every few minutes. She is handling the contractions like a champ - I think. Like I said it is mostly a blur.

I park the car and dart around to help my girl out. Her feet hit the floor first and she stands up. No sooner has she leaned in to kiss me when there is a gushing noise from below us.

“Fuck. What the hell is that?” I screech like a fucking girl. Water fills the little dent in the road beneath our feet. Addy chuckles at my response.

“My waters broke, babe. Calm down. Now come on, let’s get upstairs.” My feet decide that they don’t want to function right now. I stare down at my feet, taking in the discolouration of the liquid there. My heart is going crazy in my chest, beating fast like a pack of Wildebeest doing a stampede. My skin is buzzing from the excitement and nerves clash throughout my body. The soft touch on my cheek makes me lift my gaze from the floor, to Addy’s eyes; the love and adoration clearly shining through.

“We will be fine, babe. Our daughter is excited to meet us. I am excited to meet her and introduce her to our family. I know you are going to be a bad arse daddy to her. You will protect her something fierce. You will be scaring the boys away who want to date her. She will be loved by us both, until we take our last breath.” Her words make my heart swell with love for her. I love her with all of my heart, but she just took every ounce of Dex Castle I had to offer. I lean in and kiss her gently on the lips. A contraction hits and she pulls her face away from me and leans down, gripping my t-shirt in her fists. Her body almost doubles over in pain and it kills me that I can’t do anything to take the pain away.

“If you didn’t want me to kiss you, all you had to do was say so. You didn’t have to fake a contraction.” I wink at her and she mutters ‘arsehole’ under her breath. “Okay, let’s get you upstairs and get this show on the road. I need to meet my daughter.”

“We will be fine, Dex,” she says again. I nod and kiss the side of her head.

We make it up to the maternity ward and there is a midwife waiting for us. She smiles at Addy and helps her into a wheelchair. I follow behind like a lost puppy, having no clue what to do or say. I watch as my girl has painful contraction after painful contraction. We get put into a room and the midwife helps Addy onto the bed. I drop her bag next to the bed and walk over to her. The midwife is pottering around, asking questions, getting wires all ready and set up.

“Okay, Addy, how long ago did your water break?”

“About five minutes ago. I got out of the car and they went. Luckily I wasn’t in the car, I think Dex would have well and truly had a fit.” The two women chuckle. I stay stoic, yeah, she is fucking lucky that all that messy liquid shit wasn’t in my car. I have heard that it stinks to high heaven. Addy winks at me and I smile back.

“How about I let your man here help you get out of the wet clothes and into clean pj’s? Then we will get you hooked up to the monitor and see how the baby is doing. This monitor will also monitor your contractions.” I don’t wait for her to reply, I start digging through her overnight bag and take out what she needs. I help Addy off the bed and walk into the small bathroom that joins onto her room. I slip off her shirt and go for her bra.

“I can leave that on,” she says.

“Nope, I read that your boobs are going to hurt while in labour, so baby, let them beauties hang free.” I wink at her. I take in her perfect tits that have gotten bigger during the pregnancy. She kept her nipple bars in.

“Fine. Oh and, Dex?” Her saying my name drags my attention from her beautiful tits sitting there, begging me to play with them. I drag my eye away from her tits and I meet her gaze. Her beautiful smile stares right back at me.

“Yeah, babe,” I answer her.

“I am thinking of taking the bars out. I might want to try breast feeding. Are you okay with that?” Am I okay with that?

“Of course I am, baby. You get to feed our daughter, fresh from your body.”

“But that means that while I am feeding our daughter, you can’t play with them.” She smiles wickedly at me. What the fuck?

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