he could up chuck at any moment. Juelles was starting to perspire and
he was a little jittery. Noelle could tell he was nervous.
“ I’m…okay.” His voice cracked a little. “ It’s just I’m starting to
feel a little claustrophobic.” He said while looking at one of
thousand nurses disgustingly. He felt as if they were judging him,
scrutinizing him for not being more cautious with his sex life.
“I can’t imagine what’s going through your mind but just breathe.”
Suggested Noelle in a sarcastic but caring tone.
“It’s all these fucking nurses walking back and forth that’s bothering
me. The smell is also bothering. It’s suffocating me.” His voice was
faint.
Juelles couldn’t stand the smell of hospitals. The odor wasn’t’
unpleasant but suffocating. The air was stale, and Jules felt someone
was forcing a spoon full of it down his throat.
“I understand what you mean, like the smell of old people gives me the
creeps.” Noelle shrugged, as it was he wasn’t paying attention to
jules dilemma. “I’m here for you and I’m here to support you.”
Nurse came out of the room that Sarah was giving birth in. She looked
tired as if she’s been doing this all day. But Jules felt she
shouldn’t look tired, she should be happier than Santa Claus to calm
him down. I t’s not she had to wake up to her girlfriend hysterically
crying as she yelled “My water broke.” at three in the morning.
“The baby is almost here-“ That’s all Jules heard Nurse Jones say
until the realization that he was about to be father hit him. He
progressively start pacing back and forth. He even got a little misty
eyed.
“ Jules, Sarah is the one having the baby not you” Noelle laughed
little inside. “ You’re about to be a dad. Say hello to parenthood.”
He said in is not good impression of Scarface.
“No!!!” Jules had thrown an innocent and frightened expression on his
face. “ I can’t do this, I’m not ready to be a father” Jules said .
“ Wait, what do you mean you’re not ready. The baby is almost here.”
Noelle looked baffled as he sat straight up in his seat.
“ Shut up!!!” Jules replies in an annoyed tone. He started to pace
across the room faster and faster”
“ You need to calm down” Noelle was a little annoyed by Jules bitching.
“ How can I relax when in the next few seconds Sarah is about to bring
our child into the world.” As he began to raise his voice, it became
shakier. “ How can I relax when I’m about to be...when I’m about to be
a father.” The word ‘father’ felt weird in his mouth. “You’re telling
me to calm down and instead of being a friend, you’re being a
sarcastic bastard.” Jules felt the need to stand up to get his point
across. “ I’m going to have to get a job and stay in school. While you
get to enjoy the pleasures of being a senior, I’m going to have to
work my ass off for this baby. So, not you don’t understand.” He sat
back down and took a deep breath.
“You know what?” Noelle stood straight out his chair. “ Whose fault is
this ? Because I’m pretty damn sure Sarah didn’t impregnate herself.”
Now he was really ticked off. For a second he felt that Jules envied
him.
“What did you just say?” Jules was in shock.
“ You hear me.” Noelle sat back down, trying to speak on Jules
“level”. “The matter of the fact is that this is your fault. You made
this decision...when you decided to have unprotected sex. This baby
has been coming since nine months ago and now you're worried. Grow up
and be a father to that baby.” This time you heard sympathy in his
tone.
“ But I don’t know how to be a father.” You could hear in Jules voice
that he honestly had know Idea what the hell he was doing. “I never
had a father figure when growing up and truth is that I’m scared I’m
going to fail at it. I'm scared I’m scared I will do the same things
My father didn’t do.” Jules was frustrated.
Noelle exhaled and said “ It takes time and it’s going to be scary,
but you are going to the best father to you kid ever. It’s hard being
a parent, a teen parent, but you'll get the hang of it.”
The atmosphere of the room cooled down and Noelle and Jules eagerly
waited, the nurse came floating out the room. She approached the boys
and said “ Young man, it’s a boy. Are you ready to meet him? because
he been waiting to meet you.”
Noelle grabbed Jules to make sure he was ready and said “ Let’s go see
your baby boy.”
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