Chapter 10

After they had finished singing, Matt left the room to go tend to other patients. While on his way to the front desk to see what patients needed attending, Matt passed Sarah.

"How's Mary?" Sarah asked her husband.

"She's fine, my family is in with her now," Matt told her.

"Okay, I will go see her soon. I am off in fifteen minutes," Sarah told Matt.

"Me too," Matt told Sarah. With that, Matt walked to the front desk.

Meanwhile, inside Mary's hospital room, everyone was admiring the babies.

"They are so beautiful Mary," Lucy said sitting down next to her sister.

"Thanks," Mary told her sister.

"How are you doing?" Mary asked her sister.

"I am fine," Lucy told her sister.

"So does it hurt?" Lucy asked Mary after a few minutes.

"Yes, but after holding those babies for the first time all the pain that you experience is worth it," Mary told Lucy.

"So what does it feel like when your water breaks?' Lucy asked her sister a few minutes later, noticing the strange feeling that she was experiencing.

"Well, it hurts a little and you feel pressure, why?" Mary asked her sister, concerned now.

"Because I think that my water just broke," Lucy said quietly, noticing the puddle of water on the bed.

"What's wrong?" Mrs. Camden asked, noticing the pain stricken look on Lucy's face.

"I think my water just broke," Lucy told her mother.

"Okay, I'll be right back. I am going to go get Matt," Mrs. Camden told her daughter. With that, Mrs. Camden left the room.

"Matt!" Mrs. Camden called once she spotted her son. Matt immediately came rushing over to his mother.

"Mom, what's wrong?" Matt asked his mother, noticing the worry on her face.

"Your sister, she thinks her water just broke," Mrs. Camden told Matt. With that, Matt hurried to Mary's room along with his mother. When he got to her room, he found Lucy crouched down, holding her stomach and crying.

"Lucy, what's wrong?" Matt asked his sister as he crouched down next to her.

"I think my water just broke," Lucy told her older brother.

"What do you feel?" Matt asked his sister.

"Pressure," Lucy responded weakly.

"Okay we need to get you to a room NOW!" Matt told Lucy. With that, Matt left the room to go get Lucy a wheelchair. Once Matt returned with the wheelchair, he helped Lucy into it and then wheeled her to the room next door to Mary's. Everyone followed except for Ben, who stayed with Mary.

Once they got Lucy to a room, they helped her out of the wheelchair and onto the bed. Once she was in the bed, Matt hooked her up to all these machines. After that he checked Lucy.

"You're only dilated 2 centimeters, it could be several hours before you deliver," Matt told his sister.

"Oh man," Lucy sighed, frustrated.

"I will be back in a little while to check on you; in the meantime try and get some rest, it's getting late," Matt told his sister.

"And you guys should try and get some sleep too," Matt said turning to face his family. It was almost 11:00; Mary had been in labor for 15 hours.

"Okay thanks Matt," Mrs. Camden told her son and she and everyone else went to the waiting room.

After everyone except for Kevin had left to go to the waiting room, Matt turned to his sister.

"I will be back in a little while to check on you," Matt told her. With that, Matt went next door to check on Mary.

"How are things going?" Matt asked Mary.

"Things are going fine. How's Lucy?" Mary asked her brother.

"She's doing fine. She's only dilated 2 centimeters though, she has a long labor ahead of her," Matt told his sister as he started to leave.

"Matt?" Mary said.

"Yeah," Matt said turning around to face his sister.

"Do you think that I could be with Lucy?" Mary asked.

"Mary, you really should get some sleep, you and Kevin both, after all you did just give birth to quadruplets," Matt told his younger sister.

"Please Matt, just for a little while. I promise that I won't be in there long," Mary pleaded.

"Fine, but only for a little while, you need your rest, we all do," Matt told Mary. With that, Matt reached for the wheelchair that was placed beside Mary's bed and Mary got in it while Matt held two of the babies while Ben held the other two. Once Mary was in the wheelchair, Matt placed the babies back in her arms and wheeled her to Lucy's room with Ben trailing closely behind him.

"Mary, what are you doing here?" Lucy gasped when saw your sister entering the room.

"I just wanted to see how you were doing," Mary told her sister.