Tina II Chapter 13- If Tomorrow Never Comes
Tina II Chapter 13- If Tomorrow Never Comes- A Gray Muzzle Story
Tina found herself walking down a very pleasant road. It was not a place that she had ever been before, but this did not concern her. Everything about the day was perfect; Neither too hot or cold, the sun shown, birds were singing. She was happy and comfortable. Mostly, Tina was drawn to what was ahead. Oddly, she had no idea what that might be, but she was attracted to it just the same. Her pace quickened, as she became more eager to reach her destination. As she walked the wonderful road, she encountered a figure. It was the first person she had encountered in this magical place. It was a Fennec fox, a small one with huge ears. He wore a heavy leather coat, with a magnificent Ermine collar. On his shoulder was a huge satchel
"Hello" offered Tina, politely
The fennec put up his hand, indicating Tina should stop.
"Is there a problem?" she asked
"I'm afraid you'll have to go back" he stated, with great gravity.
"But I WANT to go there!" Tina pleaded "Please let me through...."
The fennec lay down his bag, rummaging through it, until he produced a big book, bound in old leather. He consulted the book.
"I'm sorry, dear; I'm afraid I can't permit that. You're not on today's list."
Tina thought.
"Can I get through tomorrow?" she asked hopefully.
"No, not tomorrow, either."
"Then, when IS there an appointment?" she asked with impatience.
"Doesn't work that way." The fennec answered, sitting on his sack, preparing to light the pipe clamped tight in his jaw. "We let YOU know when it's time."
"PLEASE, fox, I must go there!"
Initially, the fox said nothing, focusing instead on the lighting of his pipe. After a time, once it was well lit, he turned toward the traveler.
"It's important to understand that this road that you are on, from this point forward, is a one way journey."
Tina looked confused.
"Once you pass this point, there is no return."
Tina thought about that, but only briefly.
"I'm sure it's wonderful; I'll gladly stay. Please let me pass!"
The fennec tamped his pipe.
"There is..." he stated "A big plan, of which we are all a part. You are needed elsewhere; it's simply not yet time."
Tina was confused.
"A plan? What type of plan? I don't know of any plan...."
"The children, Tina. Faith, Hope, and little Stan. They need their mother to raise them. Ray needs you. All those people at the DMV. Your parents, your cousins...."
Tina sat down so as to be face to face with the little stranger.
"You speak to me, as if we had met. Why then, do I not know you?" Tina was now quite perplexed.
The fennec smiled.
"Relax, Tina. You HAVE a date here, but it is far in the future. Go back to your family. They're missing you badly right now. Go back and comfort them.
It was with great sadness that Tina turned to go home.
"I will get to pass....someday?" she asked, with a touch of hopefulness.
"Count on it. Your name is already in the book."
"May I see it?"
"NO!" the fennec quickly snatched the book, before Tina could look inside. "You would not be well served with the information here. The book is my burden to carry."
Tina turned to leave. She paused a final time.
"What if you are not here? What if the same thing happens next time?"
The fennec smiled.
"If I'm not here, tell them Ernie sent you. Gets you in every time. Now, go, shoo!"
When Tina turned to bid him good bye, he was gone. Oddly, she understood that it was time to go home. She turned toward home, with a strange peace, as if somehow important things had been resolved. As she walked back, her thoughts turned toward her family.
Ray rushed over to Stan, who sat in the waiting room of the I.C.U. The two hugged.
"Thank God you were there!" Ray declared
"I get up early. Always have. When I heard the splash in the pool, it didn't make sense. I went to see what it was. That's when I found her. She wasn't breathing, so I started CPR. Georgettte came out to see what was going on. She called 911. I kept working until the paramedics came. By then she was breathing.
"Have the doctors been out?" Ray asked?
"Just once. She's breathing, but they've got her in an induced coma, until they know more."
Ray slumped in his chair, head in his hands. He sat, and waited. It was about two and a half hours before the doctor came out. He was a short, round Indian doctor, the Head of Neurology; Dr. Goldstein had insisted. Ray followed him to a private office.
"The good news, Mr. Goldstein is that she is stabile. Right now, she is in no immediate danger."
"Will she be alright?" Ray asked expectantly
The doctor sat back.
"We don't know. She was without oxygen for a time, how long is not known. She'll be kept in an induced coma, likely for forty eight to seventy two hours. When there is a brain injury, there is swelling. That should peak, then subside in two to three days. Then, we can begin to determine where she is. There is one other issue......."
"What is that, Doctor?"
"Tina is pregnant. With puppies."
The look on his face told the doctor all he needed to know. The doctor leaned forward, and took off his glasses.
"Your wife is extremely anorexic. Her body mass index is as low as I've seen. When it goes this low, the menses almost always cease. What I'm saying is that she may not even have known about the pregnancy. We've taken an ultrasound. The pups appear to be at a point where they are viable outside of the mother. We believe that the pregnancy endangers her life; conversely, we feel that Tina's condition endangers her pups."
"What are you saying?" Ray asked
"We want to do an immediate section. We feel it's best for her, and the best chance for the pups survival."
Ray sat back.
"I.....need.....time to think......" Ray stammered.
"I understand' the doctor stood, walked to Ray, and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Just not too much, OK? There are things we need to do. Our main need, other than monitoring her brain, is to make her strong. We think she blacked out from an imbalance in her electrolytes. If the bodies chemistry is out of wack, nothing works. The heart stops, the brain quits working. Then death follows. That's where Tina was. Had she not fallen where her father heard, she'd likely not be here. It saved her life."
"Can I see her?"
"Yes, but be prepared. She's heavily sedated. She can't see or hear. She's on IV, and ventilation. She's on a feeding tube, since she needs nourishment to build strength. I'll have a nurse escort you."
So, a nurse took Ray to the room. Even though Ray thought he had prepared himself, he was taken back by what he saw. Tina lay in the bed looking small and frail. There were machines on every side. She was on IVs, and a ventilator breathed for her. She was on a feeding tube as well. She looked somewhat grey, and her skin was cool.
"Here's a chair, Mr. Goldstein. Let me know if you need anything.....
Ray sat down beside his wife, and took her hand. He leaned toward the bed, and lay his head against her shoulder. Tina seemed to stir when he touched her.
"Baby? Can you hear me? I'm here, Hon. Not gonna leave you. Don't leave us.....PLEASE don't......we need you so......"
By now, Ray was crying too badly to go on. He held her for as long as he possibly could.
When he left Tina, Ray took some time to compose himself, before he went to see Tina's doctor.
"Have you decided?" he asked.
Ray shook his head 'yes'.
"Do everything to save Tina....and the babies."
This time, the doctor nodded. He got up from his desk, and embraced Ray. They parted without speaking further
"How is she?" Stan asked, upon seeing his son in law.
"Holding her own." Ray relied "She's pregnant. With pups. They want to go in, and try to deliver them now, to save them."
Stan nodded.
"Is that what they'll do?"
Stan nodded.
"Go home, Ray. Be with your children. I can stay with Tina."
"You saved her life. I'll stay."
"We'll both stay, then."
So, the two settled in for a long night. After a time, Stan spoke.
"I'll always feel....responsible.....for all that Tina had to go though. We owed her a normal, happy childhood."
"You did the best you could. Besides, you saved her life." Ray almost smiled.
"No, she saved mine. She kept us together. It was Tina I thought about, all of those months in the hospital." Now, it was Stan who was crying.
Ray put his arm around the black Poodle hybrid, but didn't say a word.
Early the next morning, they preformed a Cesarian, and two puppies were born. A white male, and a black female. Ray and Stan got to see them briefly, before they were rushed to Neonatal ICU.
"Will they go to a Veterinary Hospital?" Stan asked.
The nurse stooped to whisper.
"Tose pups have some very important friends. They'll stay here, behind a screen in the Neonatal ICU. They'll stay here, but we're bringing the best Vets in, too. Just in case."
They both nodded, and thanked the nurse. Now, there was nothing to do but wait.
So, they waited. Stan took the overnights, so Ray could be at home with the children. Ray was there days, so Stan could get some sleep. Georgette filled in, watching the grandkids with her own, with some assistance from Flower, her husband's pregnant Saluki girlfriend. If there were any issues, it was decided that they could wait until Tina's return. It went on like that for four days. For Ray, it seemed like forty. On the morning of the fifth day, The doctor came to see Ray.
"We're satisfied with where Tina is, and how she's doing. There's no danger of brain swelling now. It's been decided that we're going to bring her out of the induced coma."
"Will she be OK?" he asked, expectantly.
"We'll likely know in the next two days. It make take some time for her to come around. When she does, we can assess any deficits....."
"Deficits?" Ray asked, nervously.
"Yes. We have no way to tell what functions- if any- she may have lost. Remember, we have no idea how long your wife was without oxygen."
Ray nodded, and sat down. The long wait was not yet over.
It was almost five p.m. when a nurse came in. She seemed to be smiling.
"Someone is waking up. I think she'd like to see you."
She escorted Ray to Tina's bed. Her eyes were closed, she lay motionless. Ray sat beside her bed, and took her hand. At first, nothing happened. After about twenty minutes, Tina began to move.
"Tina? Are you there?"
She did not respond at first. Slowly, her eyes opened.
"Uh huh"
Ray got up, and hugged her.
"What......happened?"
"You had a little accident."
"My belly hurts."
"You had a little operation, too. Now rest. There'll be plenty of time to talk later."
Ray stayed by her side the entire night. In the morning, Ray awoke to find Tina up already.
"You're up already?" he asked, surprised.
"I always did."
"We may be changing that."
"Already nagging..."
Ray smiled, and hugged his wife.
"This is the best morning in a long time. Welcome back."
Ray and Tina hugged.
"Ray?"
"Yes, dear?"
"I almost got to see Heaven."
"You did, didn't you?" Ray laughed
"I'm being serious!" she fumed
"I'm sorry, dear. What did you see?"
"It was the most wonderful thing. It was peaceful, and happy, and I really wanted to be there. But there was this little fox guarding the road, and he sent me back. He told me my name wasn't in the book. He told me to go back, that you and the babies needed me."
Tina was very excited and animated.
"I'm glad he sent you back. We DO need you. Very much."
She suddenly got serious.
"Ray? What happened?"
"You don't know?"
"No. I remember nothing from, maybe the last week. I asked the nurse. She said that you could tell me."
Ray adjusted himself in his chair.
"OK; I guess you need to know."
"You went running, last week. You were about to go for a swim, when you lost consciousness. You fell in the pool. Stan heard it. Stan saved your life."
"But why did I pass out?" she asked
"The doctors blame anorexia and bulimia. Your electrolytes were badly out of balance, from malnutrition, and vomiting. You almost died."
She took some time to let everything sink in. Still, she desperately needed answers.
"I've had an operation...."
Ray paused, then spoke carefully.
"You.....turned out to be pregnant. They needed to deal with that, to allow you to heal."
"They.....abortion?" Tina began to cry.
Ray hugged his wife.
"No. They did a section."
"Don't leave me in suspense....tell me....."
Ray got very serious.
"Puppies. A white boy, a black girl. They're small, but they're getting wonderful care. They think they'll make it."
It was as if a light went off.
"So THAT was it! I kept trying to lose, but I couldn't get rid of my belly. I was pregnant."
Tina said it, as if it was the most normal thing in the world.
"you almost killed yourself, and those babies. What were you thinking?"
Much to his surprise, now that Tina was better, Ray found that the anger that he has surpressed, now boiled to the surface.
"I had a vasectomy! How do you end up pregnant?" Ray groweled.
Tina was taken back.
"Ray, I never....I would never THINK........"
Tina stopped in mid sentence
"Unless........"
"Unless WHAT?"
Tina paused.
"Well, for starters, remember how they wanted you to go back AFTER the 'procedure' to masturbate in that tube?"
Ray shrugged.
"I trust doctors. So sue me."
"Well" she continued "They do those tests for a reason. We aren't really SURE that you're sterile...."
"And that's it?"
"well............" Tina blushed, and looked away "There was this one thing....."
"TINA......."
She took a deep breath. This wasn't going to be easy.
"Remember my last heat? Maybe not; you were away. Well, at the height of it, I was so miserable, I needed a day off. I didn't want to take meds, 'cause they make you all swollen and bloaty. Anyway, I was in bed reading. But I couldn't think of anything but my bloody cunt. Nothing made any difference. I was reading, like I said, front down, ass up, 'cause that's what felt best, when the dog came sniffing around...."
Ray raised an eyebrow
"And?"
"Well, he started sniffing my privates, as dogs will, I shoo'd him away, burt I feel a wet tongue....there."
Tina inhaled deeply before she continued.
"I know it was wrong, but I pulled my panties aside, and wiped a little of my 'juice' on his nose"
Ray just stared.
"Ray!"
Ray looked at Tina.
"Part of me is revolted.......but......part of me is turned on....."
Tina continued.
"Feeling his tongue there felt wonderful, so I let him. He licked me all over, again and again. Like I said, I liked it, but....."
"But?"
"But I was beginning to get turned on. It was then that he started to hop around."
"'Hop around'?"
"Don't be a baby, Raymond! You know- like he was trying to.....mount me."
"Was he?"
Tina blushed deeply.
"I hoped that he was. I got down low, and stayed still. I felt something slapping between my thighs. That's when I saw it. He was all the way out. Really long and kinda thin. Not at all like a human. Or a hybrid."
"Then?"
Tina turned away.
"When it looked like he was having trouble, I lay down, and reached between my legs. I grabbed his penis, and rubbed it between my lips. As soon as he felt my sex, he thrust. Before I knew it, he was in. I never really though about, you know, the REALITY of having....sex. In seconds, he was done. I knew what had happened. I felt his semen draining into me. Of course, by now, we were locked together. Even as small as he was, he was trapped inside me. He lay down on me. Now, I'm hot as Hell, 'cause I've just had sex in heat, and I didn't cum. So I carefully.....put my hand under me. To masturbate. I was all wet, and with his cock inside me, it felt good. It didn't take me long before I had a really strong orgasm. I just didn't consider the problem...."
"The problem?"
"Yes. He's still knotted inside me when I cum. By the time I'm through, HE'S up again. Within minutes, I'm being humped again. In seconds, he's cum inside me again. I'll confess, it's a nice feeling. I think as a bitch, I'm wired to enjoy that after sex feeling...totally relaxed, full of cum. But then....."
"You're feeling horny again."
"Uh huh"
"Let me guess....."
"Yup, the whole thing over again"
Ray rolls his eyes
"Where does this end?"
"About five....maybe six, he got hungry. Got up and started looking for food. I was pretty much OK by then, too. So I put on some panties, and one of your shirts, and went to get us something to eat."
"You didn't consider where this could end up?"
Tina looked in Ray's eyes.
"I have never been so humiliated in my life, as I am right now, admitting what I did. But I did it. Look, I hadn't had my period in over a year; what are the chances I could get pregnant?"
Tina looked down.
"I've let you down. I've disgraced myself, and the family. I'd understand if you walk out, and take the kids, and never speak to me again. I won't fight you. I deserve what's coming."
Ray was silent for a time.
"Tina, do you love me?"
Tina held up her arms. Ray hugged her.
"More than life! More than anything in the entire world. You are the love of my life. If I never saw you again, I'd go to my grave knowing you are the love of my life."
Ray was crying.
"I love you, Tina."
Tina was crying.
"Hold me, Ray"
Ray lay on the bed next to Tina for a long time, when there was a knock on the door.
"You've got visitors" the nurse whispered
"Can they come back?" Tina asked, her pain still apparent.
"I don't think they'll wait....."
The nurse rolled in a small bassinette. It was covered with a towel. The nurse removed the towel to reveal two tiny pups, one black, one white. Tina slipped her gown off to reveal two human breasts. When Tina lay back, the nurse placed one pup at each breast. Eagerly, they clawed their way to the nipple, and began to nurse. Ray watched them nurse, and stroked her hair as they did. Seeing all was well, the nurse left, leaving the new family together for the first time.