"Gabriela Dawson, if you ever scare me like this again, I'll beat you myself! Do you understand?" Emma Herrmann asked her longtime best friend as she sat down in the hospital chair beside her bed.
"I got it Em. I'm fine. It completely breaks my heart that we lost the baby, but your dad said some wonderful things to me, and we think we'll try again one day." She replied looking into Emma's dark brown eyes.
"He does have a way with words doesn't he?" She giggled as she watched Matt walk in and sit beside his girlfriend.
"Emma, what are you doing back here? Does Kelly know you're back in town?" Matt asked looking at Herrmann's youngest daughter.
"I just got in this morning. Daddy called me about Gabby, and I was in the process of moving back anyway. No he doesn't know I'm here. I'm not really looking forward to that conversation." She answered with a sad smile, running her fingers through her chocolate brown curls.
"Emma he doesn't know why you left." Gabby replied.
"What are you talking about? I thought you got into school." Matt asked confused.
"I did, but that's not the only reason I left. I guess you should kno-" Emma was cut off by Gabby's concerned voice.
"Em you don't have to do this."
"It's time. It's okay. Well, the day Kelly found out he was named Lieutenant, I also got some news. I had been sick for a while, but thought it might've just been a stomach virus. I took Gabby to the doctor with me and found out I was ten weeks pregnant. That night I wanted to tell Kelly, but he beat me to it with his news." She said looking at Matt with tears in her eyes.
"But why did you leave? Did he know about the baby? Where's the baby now?" Matt asked looking at something outside Gabby's hospital door.
"I never told him. I knew he wouldn't take the position and I didn't know how he would take it. So, I left town. About two weeks after I left, I had a miscarriage. Hell, daddy didn't even know until the hospital called him and notified him. I know I should've told him. I know I hurt him Matt, I do. When I left he told me he hated me and didn't care to see me ever again. Now I'm back and everything's different. I just don't know what to say to him or know how to even begin to tell him what happened." She said looking up with tears running down her face.
"I don't think you have to worry about that." Matt stated solemnly looking at the door.
Matt watched as Emma's face turned ghostly pale and her almond shaped eyes grew to the size of saucers, as she stood up on shaky legs.
"Kelly."
She watched as he turned on his heel and marched down the hall.
"Kelly wait!" Emma stumbled out of the room, trying her best to get the love of her life to stop running from her.
"What more do you have to say Emma? I'm pretty sure I heard it all. I was going to have a kid and you run off without uttering a word. How the hell am I supposed to even look at you right now?" Kelly asked, not caring who was watching the argument.
"I know you're mad, but "
"No, mad doesn't even begin to describe what I'm feeling right now Emma. Why are you even here? Think you could waltz back in and everything would go back to the way it was?"
"No, that's not it at all. Please just let me explain!" She pleaded, tears clouding her vision.
"You've said enough. I don't want to see your face again." He responded as he got into the elevator.
All Emma could do was slide down the wall and sob uncontrollably. She pulled her phone out of her pocket and dialed the all too familiar number, on the third ring he picked up.
"Daddy, please come get me."