Oh crap its a baby!

Sophia nodded and followed Khaat into the room and gave Ash and Varod a soft warm smile letting them know everything is alright. Sophia nodded at Khaat's instructions and went towards the cabinet and opened it up and looked for a bottle with a round crystal stopper. "Ah... here it is."said Sophia taking it out as she opened the bottle and set it down on the counter as she grabbed a gauze pad out of the glass jar that was on the counter. As she picked up the bottle with her left hand she slowly put the potion on the gauze until she had enough on the pad. "Ok Ash, I'm going to ask you to lay back alittle bit so I can but this potion on your stomach."said Sophia. "Ok Ash, this might feel alittle cold and tingle some so if it does I'm sorry."said Sophia softly.

Varod was feeling nervous and put an arm on her shoulder as he followed her into her room and helped Soph get her onto the bed. Then Khaat was there, and he knew everything was going to be all right. Khaat was one of the few people he knew for a fact he could trust with things like this, and he kissed Ashling's cheek gently before helping her to lie back.

"How ya feeling with that spell, Ash?" he asked, voice still full of worry even though Khaat was here to help. She had, of course, alleviated some of said worry.

Ash had calmed down a bit with the spell Sophia had used on her. She seemed a bit more relaxed but she was still remained with a look of total utter terror at what was happening. She actually let Varod help get her into a bed and she just nodded. "Yeah...at the worst moment possible." she said looking at Khaat. She leaned back. "What is that for?" she asked, ever curious as to what they were going to do to her and everything they would give her. She had witnessed muggle births and already terrified by that she was scared of not knowing what they were going to do.

Her eyes glanced over at Varod, jumping a little as Soph rubbed the potion on her stomach. She felt the tingling sensation and closed her eyes trying to focus on not thinking about it. "Yeah, I'm fine...just scared." she said finally looking at her husband.

"Relax a little, Ash," Khaat said, watching the little pink fluffy cloud rise up from the potion Sophia put on Ash's stomach. "Looks good, Soph." She opened Ash's chart to show Sophia a standard pictorial diagram of what color the cloud should be to show the health of the baby and mother and how far labor had progressed. It showed a long continuum of colors from dark purple if there was a great deal of distress to the friendly little pink cloud that they now saw hovering above Ash that signalled all was well.

"Looks like, for right now, you're about 2 hours away from delivery," Khaat said, laying her hand on Ash's stomach to double check things. All did appear to be well and on schedule. "The pain spell will keep you from feeling pain. The rest of it is just a waiting game until Mother Nature does her stuff. Some women can speed up the process if they take short walks up and down the hallways as they feel up to it. Don't overdo it, though. Save your energies for the delivery itself a little later."

Sophia looked at the fluffy cloud on Ash's stomach and then the chart opened for her and nodded. "Yup, you and your baby are in great condition!"said Sophia giving Ash as a soft warm smile. As she walked over towards the trash can she threw the gauze pad away and went over towards the counter and screwed the lid back on the potion and put it up. 'Ok... Khaat, so you just want me to kkep as comfortable as possible for the next two hours?"Sophia asked her softly. Sophia wanted this delivery to go as smoothly as possible and she wanted Khaat and Robert to be proud of her. "Ash, is there anything I can do to make you more comfortable, like more pillows or anything?"Sophia asked her softly.

Varod felt a little...miffed that he had been pretty much ignored by Soph and Khaat, but he acknowledged that this was more so for Ashling than it was for him and instead tried to focus on making this as easy and good for her as possible.

"I love you and I'll be here the whole time, okay?" he told her with a small smile, putting a hand on her shoulder. It wasn't often anyone got a smile from him, so he hoped it might make her a little happier. On his face, there was an expression that, he hoped, would clearly express his affection for his amazingly beautiful wife.

Ash looked at Soph. She swore that if she could get anymore cheerful and perky that she would come off the bed and smack her, herself. She couldn't stand fake cheery and she wasn't sure if the girl was doing it on purpose or just trying to make the situation be a bit less frightful. "You better not leave me alone with her. If she stays this cheery I think our daughter might have an intellegence drop in the womb." she replied pulling him down to her. She kissed his lips quickly with a small smile. "Don't leave me here." she said very low so only he could hear her, her eyes wide and her look terrified.

Khaat saw Ash's ill tempered mood. That was not good for her or the baby. The pain had been remove, which was most generally the source of a woman's poor mood. Khaat went to the cabinet and poured her a does of a honey colored potion. It tasted like honey too, only not quite so sweet. Khaat had never had anyone not like it, and typically, they liked it and the good feeling it gave them so well they wanted more of it. The problem usually only came with trying to tell women in labor they were feeling chipper enough. Khaat had seen some women giggle through labor and delivery if they had enough of it. And for some wizarding women, once they were relaxed, the birth happened much quicker and easier. And when the delivery was quicker and with less stress, the babies were less stressed and healthier. Some women were able to go home in as soon as 12 hours after the birth if they had enough help at home so they could rest. Khaat wasn't going to try to sell Ash on it. She was only going to offer it to her.

"Try this, Ash. It will make things go easier for you and the baby," she said quietly, handing the little glass of potion to her. "It won't be much longer. I promise."

Sophia looked at Khaat and gritted her teeth at Ash's comment but she kept her cool seeing how she was a healer. As she gave Khaat a 'could I kill her now?'"look she looked back at Ash and gave her a look that could kill. Sophia looked at Varod and nodded. "Yeah Var you better stay in here, but if you have any problems let me know ok?"said Sophia. "What else is there I can do Khaat besides kill her?"Sophia asked her to where Khaat could only hear her. Sophia usually always gotten along with her patients but this girl she literally couldn't stand. She just wanted to stay no to Khaat and leave but she had a job to do and she wanted to get this deilvery done with.

Varod kissed her back and nodded, looking reassuringly into her eyes before looking around at the other two.

"Just chillax and talk like you normally would. I'm sure the whole 'happiness' thing is making her nervous," he said, more to Soph than Khaat. When Khaat offered the potion to Ashling, he immediately said something. "What, exactly, is that Khaat?" No matter how much faith he had in the senior healer, he'd need to know whatever they were doing to his wife. Anti was suddenly beside him, face scrunched in worry. And, as much of a jerk as he could be, he still cared about Ash because V did.