Sebastian (The Beck Brothers #2)

by Large, Andria

  " Congrats," the tech said.

  " Thank you," Sebastian smiled, staring down at the pictures.

  Once Raelynn was finished in the bathroom, the tech led them out. They said thanks and goodbye before heading out to Sebastian's truck. In the parking lot, Sebastian scooped Raelynn up and swung her around. Raelynn squealed. When he put her down, Raelynn kissed him.

  " I'm so glad you're happy," She murmured against his lips.

  " I'm over the moon, baby...over the moon," Sebastian chuckled, kissing her again.

  Raelynn grinned. " I love you."

  " God, I love you too. So damn much," Sebastian breathed, kissing her a little harder and longer.

  Raelynn wrapped her arms around his neck and opened her mouth to him. Sebastian moaned and took what she was offering. Sebastian hadn't even known they were moving until Raelynn's back bumped into the side of his truck. Raelynn let out a surprised gasp but kept kissing him. Sebastian ended the kiss a moment later, giving her a couple smaller pecks on the mouth.

  " Let's get outta here. I wanna swing by Henry's office and tell him the news," Sebastian said, helping Raelynn into his truck.

  It took about a half hour to get downtown to Henry's office building. They stood in the reception area and waited for Claire to come meet them. Sebastian was practically vibrating. Raelynn kept smiling and shaking her head at him. Claire came into view as she headed down the main isle of the office towards them. His sister-in-law looked stunning. She wasn't even all that dressed up. But she just looked so beautiful when pregnant.

  Claire started showing a couple weeks before Raelynn and her belly was a bit bigger then Raelynn's. But she was also on her third child. They say after the first you tend to show sooner. Claire's strawberry blonde hair was braided and hanging over one shoulder. She was wearing a pretty purple empire waist dress that showed off her baby bump. She was positively glowing. Just like Raelynn.

  " Claire, you look fantastic," Sebastian grinned wide and kissed and hugged her.

  Sebastian then put both hands on her belly, bent down and kissed it.

  Claire chuckled. " Thank you, Sebastian."

  Raelynn was next to hug Claire. The two had become really close over the past five months. They talked on the phone almost every day - mostly about pregnancy stuff - but about other things too. Like when Henry and Sebastian were getting on their nerves. Sebastian was glad that Raelynn had someone close to her age who was also pregnant that she could talk to. And Claire knew a lot from being pregnant twice before. So she has been really helpful when Raelynn has questions.

  " So what brings you guys by?" Claire asked as she led the way to Henry's office.

  " We have news," Sebastian said.

  Claire glanced over her shoulder, eyebrow raised. " You found out the sex?"

  Sebastian nodded like a damn bobble head doll, making Claire laugh. Claire knocked on Henry's office door and stuck her head in. Then she opened the door wider and let Sebastian and Raelynn walk by before following and shutting the door behind her. Henry looked up and when he saw who it was he smiled.

  " Hey guys, what are you doing here?" Henry asked as he stood and came out from behind his desk.

  They all hugged and kissed and said hello. Henry gave Raelynn's belly a rub before turning to Sebastian with an expectant look on his face.

  Sebastian started bouncing up and down because he just couldn't hold it in anymore. " We're having a boy!" he exclaimed.

  Henry whooped and yanked Sebastian into a big bear hug. Then they started hopping around in circles together. Claire and Raelynn were cracking up. When they stopped, they laughed and clapped each other on the back. Then Henry gave Raelynn another hug while Claire gave Sebastian one.

  " That's great guys! I'm so happy for you," Henry said, huge grin on his face.

  " Did you two find out what you're having yet?” Raelynn asked.

  Claire shook her head and put her hands on her belly. " Nope. Baby didn't want to cooperate. So as of right now, it's a surprise."

  " Which I find exciting," Henry said grinning like a fool.

  " That would drive me crazy," Sebastian said, shaking his head.

  Henry shrugged.

  " Have you decided on a name yet?" Claire asked them.

  Raelynn shook her head. " Not yet, but we have some ideas."

  After chatting a little while longer, Sebastian and Raelynn left so that Henry and Claire could get back to work. When they got home, Raelynn went upstairs to take a nap because she was just exhausted. Sebastian made a few more phone calls to tell his family the news. He called his mom, who cried. He called Quinn, who didn't say much other then congrats. He called Christian, who was almost as enthusiastic as Henry had been. And he called Bill. Sebastian almost called Raelynn's parents and sisters, but decided that she should be the one to tell them.

  Sebastian was ecstatic about having a boy. All the things that he was going to teach him raced through his mind. He was going to teach him all about guns and football. Those were the two biggest things. Sebastian never thought he'd be having a baby at this point in his life but it seemed as though life had other plans. Sebastian knew at that moment that he was going to ask Raelynn to marry him. And he was going to go get a ring right now. So Sebastian left Raelynn a note saying he had to run a couple errands then headed to the jewelry store.

  Raelynn woke the next morning hoping Sebastian was okay. He came home yesterday from running some errands and had been acting weird the rest of the day. He was skittish and zoned out. She didn’t know if he was just thinking about the fact that they were having a boy or if it was something else. Raelynn hoped he wasn’t having second thought about having the baby. He had seemed thrilled yesterday about it, but maybe he changed his mind.

  Raelynn glanced over to find Sebastian still sleeping next to her. He was on his back - his usual sleeping position - with his face turned toward her. His blonde hair was flattened over his forehead. His mouth was slightly parted and his arms were thrown over his head. Raelynn swore he slept like that all night, every night. He was always in the same position every morning. She smiled and rolled her eyes.

  Sebastian’s bare chest was just begging to be touched. Raelynn reached over and slid her left hand across his tattooed chest. A sparkle caught her eye. Raelynn looked down at her hand and saw that there was a large diamond ring on the ring finger of her left hand. Raelynn gasped and popped up to her knees. She clasped her left hand with her right as she gaped at the stunning ring on her finger. Was this really what she thought it was?

  “ Sebastian!”

  Sebastian bolted awake. “ What?! What is it? Is it the baby?!”, he sputtered as he fell out of bed. Raelynn winced at the thud. Sebastian then popped up from the side of the bed and quickly crawled over to her. Oblivious to the fact that he was naked, Sebastian asked. “ Are you okay? Do you feel alright?” Placing his big hand on her belly.

  “ I’m fine, you psycho!” Raelynn giggled, looking at him like he was crazy.

  Sebastian frowned. “ Then what’s wrong? Why did you call my name?”

  Raelynn held her left hand up, showing him the ring while giving him a pointed look.

  Sebastian glanced at it then his eyes widened in mock horror. “ Raelynn! You’re engaged?! Why didn’t you tell me?!”

  Raelynn burst out laughing and threw her arms around Sebastian’s neck. Sebastian laughed and hugged her to him.

  “ Will you marry me, Raelynn?”, he whispered in her ear.

  “ Yes! Yes! A million times yes!”, Raelynn cried.

  Raelynn pushed away from him to look at the ring again. “ I can’t believe you did this,” she breathed, tears starting to run down her cheeks.

  “ Why wouldn’t I? I love you. You’re everything to me,” Sebastian said softly, brushing the tears from her cheeks.

  “ I just know how you feel about marriage...” Raelynn started but Sebastian cut her off.

  “ Don’t you see? You’ve changed all of that for me. I want to
marry you. I want to be able to call you my wife. Forget how I used to feel. That was the old me. You turned me into a completely different man, a better man. And I can’t imagine spending my life with anyone but you,” Sebastian said roughly before cupping her face and kissing her lovingly.

  Raelynn laughed and cried at the same time. She wrapped her arms back around his neck. She’s never been so happy in her whole entire life. When she first met Sebastian, she never in a million years pictured that they would be in this position. Having a baby and getting married. Sebastian had been so broken. So afraid of his feelings. Raelynn had never expected this from him. At least, not this soon. Years from now? Yeah. Maybe. But not now. Not only a year into their relationship. Raelynn now knew just how much Sebastian actually loved her.

  Chapter 15

  “ Hey, babe?! Henry just called and said that Claire’s gone into labor!” Sebastian called as he started up the stairs to find Raelynn. He had just gotten home from work.

  “ Oh, yeah?” Raelynn answered, her voice sound a little odd.

  Sebastian frowned and walked into their bedroom. Raelynn wasn’t there, but their bathroom door was closed. Sebastian went over and knocked on it. “ Rae? You alright in there?” he asked.

  He heard Raelynn gasp in what sounded like pain and tried the doorknob. It was unlocked so he opened the door. Sebastian’s heart flipped in his chest when he saw her. One hand was clasping the edge of the sink counter with white knuckles while the other was pressed to her very large belly. Raelynn was due in a week.

  “ Babe?” Sebastian asked worriedly as he moved into the bathroom.

  Raelynn shook her head, her expression in the mirror tight. “ Just a contraction.” She winced.

  “ They’ve been coming and going all day.”

  “ Should we go to the hospital?” Sebastian asked, wided eyed.

  “ No. They will only send me home. You have to be having contractions every three to five minutes for at least an hour before they will keep you.”

  “ That’s ridiculous,” Sebastian snarled. He didn’t like that Raelynn was in pain and there was nothing they could do about it.

  Raelynn sighed and her whole body relaxed. “ That was a rough one,” she murmured and straightened up.

  Sebastian watched her. She seemed okay now. Pleasant, even. “ So Claire went into labor?” she asked, turning around to face him.

  Raelynn was looking cute in an floral empire waist summer dress. Lately, that’s all she’s been wearing. It was July and getting hot out and she had been sweating like a fucking pig. Her words, not his.

  Sebastian nodded.

  Raelynn smiled. “ Good, we can finally find out if they’re having a girl or boy. I’m betting girl because of the stubborness of not wanting to be seen.”

  Sebastian snorted. “ I totally agree.”

  Henry and Claire had tried multiple times to find out what they were having. The baby refused to cooperate. Well, they would all find out soon enough. Sebastian watched Raelynn for a moment. He was still wary about these contractions she’s been having. Raelynn gave him a reassuring smile as she placed her hand on his forearm. What happened next was something he never ever expected...Raelynn’s grip tightened on his arm a second before a rush a fluid splashed to the floor from between her legs. Raelynn groaned in pain and grabbed her stomach with her free hand. Sebastian’s eyes widened as his mind tried to process what just happened.

  “ Holy fucking shit! Did your water just break?!” Sebastian asked frantically.

  “ Yes!” Realynn gasped and doubled over.

  “ It’s time to go to the hospital now, right?!”

  “ Yes!” Raelynn ground out.

  Chaos ensued from there. Thank God they already had a bag packed and sitting by the door because it took Sebastian a good fifteen-twenty minutes to get Raelynn out to the car. She had to keep stopping because the contractions were so strong and frequent that she couldn’t go more then a few steps before having another one. Sebastian finally got her into the passenger seat of her car. It was just easier for her to get in and out of then his truck. Sebastian tossed the bag in the backseat and hopped in the drivers side.

  The hospital was forty-five minutes away. Sebastian was driving as fast as he possibly could. He prayed that they made it in time. Raelynn wasn’t doing so well. She was sweating so much that her hair line was soaked. Her eyes were squeezed shut and her teeth were bared. He could tell she was in a tremendous amount of pain. It killed him to see her like this. They were almost halfway there when Raelynn actually screamed, scaring the shit out of Sebastian.

  “ Stop the car, Sebastian!” Raelynn panted.

  “ What?! Why the fuck would I do that?!” Sebastian asked incredulously.

  “ I’m not going to make it! This baby wants out!” Raelynn cried.

  “ Tell him to stay the fuck in there!” Sebastian exclaimed in horror.

  “ Sebastian!!!” Raelynn screamed.

  “ Goddammit!” Sebastian bit out and found an empty parking lot.

  He pulled into the parking lot and stopped the car. He got out and dialed 911 as he ran around to Raelynn’s side and opened the door. She was trying to take deep breaths through her nose but it didn’t really seem to be helping.

  “ 911, what’s your emergency?” the operator answered.

  “ Yeah, hi. I was on my way to the hospital with my fiance, who’s having a baby and she said she’s not going to make it. I pulled into an parking lot,” Sebastian told him.

  “ Okay, sir. I’m going to dispatch an ambulance to your location. Where exactly are you?”

  Sebastian told the guy where they were.

  “ Oh God! I feel like I have to push!” Raelynn screamed.

  Sebastian shoved his free hand into his hair. “ Jesus Christ...”

  “ Sir. Just stay calm and put your phone on speaker. I’m going to walk you through what to do,” the operator said.

  “ What the hell do you mean you’re gonna walk me through what I have to do?” Sebastian demanded almost hysterically.

  “ It looks like you’re going to be delivering your baby, sir,” the operator replied calmly.

  “ Like hell I am!” Sebastian exclaimed in alarm. He couldn’t deliver a baby! He wasn’t a doctor! They needed to be in the hospital!

  “ Sebastian! Please!” Raelynn sobbed.

  Sebastian bit out a nasty curse and put his phone on speaker. He then placed it on the dashboard. “ Now what?” he asked the operator.

  “ Do you have any blankets?”

  “ Yeah”

  “ Get them ready, you’re going to need to wrap the baby up once it’s out.”

  Sebastian grabbed the bag out of the back seat and pulled out the baby blankets that Raelynn had packed. He handed them to Raelynn who laid them on her heaving chest. She was in such pain. It was making Sebastian sick to his stomach. The operator then instructed Sebastian to take Raelynn’s underwear off and take a look to see if the baby’s head was visible. Sebastian did as he was told. And wouldn’t you fucking know it, he could see the baby’s head. Raelynn wasn’t kidding when she said she wasn’t going to make it.

  “ Okay. Ma’am, can you hear me?” the 911 operator asked.

  “ Yes,” Raelynn panted.

  “ Good. On you’re next contraction, you need to push. Alright sweatheart?” the man said calmly.

  “ Okay...okay,” Raelynn agreed.

  “ And sir, all you have to do it catch. Do not pull the baby out. Just make sure he doesn’t fall.”

  “ Oh Jesus,” Sebastian breathed. Hoping like hell he didn’t pass the fuck out.

  He was squatting down in the open doorway of the passenger side. Raelynn’s rear end resting on the edge of the seat, her back pressed against the center console. The next contraction came and Raelynn screamed as she bore down. Sebastian’s eyes widened as the baby’s head popped out. He kept his hands under the head. They had to wait for another contraction before Raelynn could push again.

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nbsp; When the time came, Raelynn bore down - screaming through clenched teeth as she did - and pushed the baby the rest of the way out. Sebastian caught him, immediately tucking him in close to his chest. He didn’t give a shit about the mess. He was holding his baby boy in his arms. Sebastian couldn’t believe it. His son was here.

  “ Sebastian,” Raelynn said wearily.

  Sebastian’s head snapped up to look at a completely exhauted Raelynn. She held open a blanket. Sebastian laid their son on her chest, both working together to wrap him up. It must have made him mad because he started crying. Sebastian and Raelynn looked at each other, tears in their eyes as they both choked out a relieved laugh. Sebastian leaned into the car and kissed Raelynn sweetly.