09-09-2012, 05:51 AM
After Jaro left everything progressed so quickly that Gemma felt she hardly had time to blink and gather her breath. Unlike her own previous births that had been so long and torturous, Io's was swift and over almost before it had begun. Bailik snuffled about on her shoulder before climbing down her body and crawling to a nearby chair where he watched the proceedings interestedly. Now Gemma moved closer to her brusque and gruff friend, here if she needed her.
Tears sprang to her eyes though as the first two puppies were born, their small lives already over. Io pushed aside her children with an emotionless that surprised and horrified Gemma. Io had told Gemma of the countless lives that had not survived the journey from her womb to the outside world and how she had learned to cope but it still stung Gemma fiercely to see. She knew that Io might still love her dead children and that she had to focus upon any that might survive but Gemma couldn't stand the sight of them there, pushed off to the side and picked up the two brown bundles, pulling them close to her chest. Her tears fell as she hugged the deceased pups close, trying to show their lifeless bodies that someone did indeed care. Her sobs were soft and quiet trying to avoid disturbing Io when really she wanted to scream and wail in despair.
A third was born now, alive and kicking. Through watery eyes Gemma watched Io name her and Jacinto's new son. Jakub was a lovely name, Kuba for short. Now Jacinto's emotional display made her feel uncomfortable with jealousy. She had never had anybody to nuzzle close and congratulate her on baring healthy children. The white woman had a new reason to despair now as well as the two dead in her arms. Her first two times she had been beaten and attacked ruthlessly by Gabriel, and then Matteo had been two concerned over his own dead children to care naught for her, lastly she had given birth to Payne and Nate-River alone. She sniffed softly, self pity welling up. Would she ever have anybody to love.
Tears sprang to her eyes though as the first two puppies were born, their small lives already over. Io pushed aside her children with an emotionless that surprised and horrified Gemma. Io had told Gemma of the countless lives that had not survived the journey from her womb to the outside world and how she had learned to cope but it still stung Gemma fiercely to see. She knew that Io might still love her dead children and that she had to focus upon any that might survive but Gemma couldn't stand the sight of them there, pushed off to the side and picked up the two brown bundles, pulling them close to her chest. Her tears fell as she hugged the deceased pups close, trying to show their lifeless bodies that someone did indeed care. Her sobs were soft and quiet trying to avoid disturbing Io when really she wanted to scream and wail in despair.
A third was born now, alive and kicking. Through watery eyes Gemma watched Io name her and Jacinto's new son. Jakub was a lovely name, Kuba for short. Now Jacinto's emotional display made her feel uncomfortable with jealousy. She had never had anybody to nuzzle close and congratulate her on baring healthy children. The white woman had a new reason to despair now as well as the two dead in her arms. Her first two times she had been beaten and attacked ruthlessly by Gabriel, and then Matteo had been two concerned over his own dead children to care naught for her, lastly she had given birth to Payne and Nate-River alone. She sniffed softly, self pity welling up. Would she ever have anybody to love.