Time Heals All Things

The heavily pregnant white bat growled in frustration as she tossed around restlessly once more still trying to find a comfortable position to sleep. Ever since her hicks had started a few days ago the mother-to-be had been struggling to sleep and her baby seemed as uncomfortable as she did. Rouge finally sighed and laid flat on her back giving up before she looked over at her sleeping husband and saw the middle-aged red echidna peacefully sleeping next to her. She was jealous and very tempted to hit hit just to disrupt his sleep but she let him be. Not only could Knuckles be highly volatile when rudely awakened but he looked so cute and almost youthful in his sleep. It seemed a shame to ruin it just because she was not able to sleep. Unable to resist the charm of her sleeping husband she stroked his ruby red quills and this caused a smile to tweak his lips.

A sharp pain caused her teal eyes to widen and water, her bronze skinned hand jerked to a stop and she winced feeling an uncomfortable lurch.

Darn hicks. Rouge growled in pain, biting back her squeal of agony so she wouldn't wake her husband. This pain was deeper, more pronounced than her hicks and came with a burning sensation in her hips that was like a more fiery version of her season. Unable to hold back her strained whimpers anymore the female bat scrunched up her eyes.

"ARGHHHHHHH...!!" Her outburst of pain came with a gushing sound and suddenly Rouge found herself sitting in a huge wet patch, completely soaked through.

"Huh.. wh-wha—?" Knuckles jerked awake, still looking half asleep before frowning confused at the fact that their marital bed felt wet down one side. "W-why is the bed wet?" He mumbled groggily.

"Because my waters broke you— URGH!!' Rouge gritted her teeth tightly and this immediately roused Knuckles fully and he immediately lumbered out of bed and hauled open Rouge's wardrobe pulling out dry clothes for her.

"Uh, Knuckie. I'm not wearing that blouse, it's so frumpy looking." Rouge winced out half due to her labour pains and half out of disgust for what he had pulled out for her to wear.

"This isn't a fashion show Rouge, your going to G.U.N to give birth! Who cares what your wearing!" Knuckles exclaimed loudly looking slightly irate with his pregnant wife.

Rouge's make-up less mouth dropped open in shocked before she nodded tentatively as her first contraction waned.

"Your right, I'm sorry... Help me get dressed, will you?" She finally smiled nodding in agreement that her clothes were not important right now. Sure, she liked looking good but now was not the time to be picky about it.

"Of course love. Come on, let's get you into dry clothes and out to the plane. It will take us a couple of hours to get to the mainline." Knuckles said as he assisted Rouge up on her feet, letting her strip off her wet bottoms and helping her into new underwear then stretchy black leggings. The female bat winced uncomfortably then sunk down into the seat that her husband had built for her when her pregnancy bump started to take it's toll on her back and feet. Her husband might not be the sharpest of minds but he had always been very good with his hands and he always seemed to surprise her with nuggets of brilliance just when she thought she had him all figured out.

"You alright Rouge?" Knuckles' tender voice murmured and her teal eyes look up into his heavily lined but concerned face. He was holding her top in his arms ready to pull it down over her head and arms.

"Yeh, just fine..." She uttered back and lifted her hands as her husband pulled on her top then standing back to let her sort it herself.

"Ok, I'll get the overnight bag, we should go before the next contraction hits." Knuckles stated quickly before quickly grabbing the bag that they had packed in advance for this very moment.