She decides that if Macy needed help she would say something.

Danny began growing concerned as she saw Macy’s face twisted into a mask of pain, but then slowly go back to normal. “Are you really okay?” She asked, her voice full of concern.

“I told you,” Macy panted. “It’s nothing. All natural. At least here we can relax and things won’t get out of hand for either of us.”

“What do you mean, either of us?” Danny asked after a minutes pause.

Macy sighed as she slowly lowered herself to the floor. “Look, first thing you have to realize is that physical activity can speed up labor. Neither of us needs to drop our caves before school lets out. That happened with my second one and it was no picnic.”

“Wait?” Danny said processing what Macy had just said. “You’re in labor?” She shouted in surprise as everything suddenly clicked into place.

“Of course I am. What did you think I meant when I said that I was hiding the same thing?” Macy asked.

“Well, I just thought you meant the pregnancy.” Danny said taking a seat along the opposite wall, with a grunt. Almost at the same time, she felt her own belly go stiff with her first real contraction and she had to grunt to get through it.

“There’s a little trick that helps.” Macy said noticing Danny tense with the contraction.

“What’s that?” Danny grunted.

“Focus on something, anything, just to take your mind off of things.”

Danny panted with the pain as she looked for anything to focus on. The bathroom was long dark and lined with white stalls and counters. Soft tiles in light blues and yellows covered the walls while the school colors of deep green and purple made up the floor. The room itself was long and rectangular but the main problem was that it was uniform in every way possible as the bathroom was simply a bigger longer version of the ones inside the main school buildings. Maybe it was the pain clouding her mind and making it harder to pick out the details, but she couldn’t be sure of anything as tears ripped across her face and began to well at her cheeks. Then, she saw it. It wasn’t big, just about halfway down the length of the wall, right where the wall met the floor. A small tile was missing from the floor. It wasn’t much, but just focusing on the missing two by two inch square the pain seemed to fade into the background. Even the panting helped a bit as soon the contraction stopped.

“See,” Macy said rubbing her belly.

“You’re right.” Danny answered as the contraction fully passed and her wits returned. Slowly more of the room came into focus and she realized it wasn’t her imagination. The room itself had no defining feature. On one side were just a long line of bathroom stalls and the other a line of sinks running the same distance. The only change was where they were seated just inside the door which was completely bare. Slowly Danny inched herself over to look out the door and seeing the back parking lot and the woods beyond, she wondered if this might be a better place to go through labor. She began to wonder whether she should mention her thought to Macy.