Broken

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It had been an hour since they had arrived at the hospital, and no one could tell Jack what was going on. He had spent the last thirty minutes pacing in the waiting room, hoping for answers, hoping for some good news. He couldn't believe he had let this happen, he should have taken her to the hospital right after she fell, he should have but he didn't.

"Are you Kate's husband?" A voice asked as it snapped him out of his thoughts.

"Yes," he answered, "Is she okay?"

"She is fine," the doctor said, "but she lost the baby."

Jack didn't know what to do, at that moment he felt so empty inside, so guilty that he had let this happen.

"Does she know?" he asked.

"We thought it might be best if you told her," the doctor replied.

"Okay, thank you doctor," he said with a sad smile on his face.

As he and the kids made their way down the hall towards her room he began to think of how he was going to tell her the news. He knew that no matter how he said it, it wasn't going to take away the pain; it wasn't going to bring the baby back.

"Hey," he said as he walked into her room.

"Hey," she said as she saw him standing in the doorway.

"Mommy!" Aaron shouted as he ran to her side. "Are you okay?" he asked her.

"I'm fine, sweetheart I just need to get some rest," she answered.

"Well the doctor said I can go home," she told them, "so lets get out of here."

"Wait," he said as she began to get out of her bed.

"What?" She asked.

"We need to talk," he answered.

"Can't we talk in the car?" she said starting to get annoyed, all she wanted was to get out of the hospital.

"No, this can't wait," he said

"Jack, what's going on?" She asked him her eyes now full of concern.

"We lost the baby," he said as the tears started to fall.

"Jack, that isn't funny," she said.

"I'm not joking," he replied, "We lost the baby."

"Speaking of the baby, I think when we get home we should start on its room." She said completely ignoring him.

"Kate, the baby is gone its never coming back," he said hoping that she would realize that this wasn't a joke.

"Jack, I don't want to argue with you," she said annoyed at the fact that he would play this stupid joke on her.

"Kate, I know this is hard for you but you need to understand that we lost the baby, you can't just pretend that it didn't happen," he said desperately trying to get her to realize that this was happening.

"Jack if you don't want this baby all you have to do is say so, you don't have to make up stupid stories!" She yelled.

"I'm not!" "We lost it, we should have gone to the hospital after you fell but we didn't and now its gone!" He shouted back.

Kate finally realized that this was no joke, that everything he said was true, and that it was her fault they had lost it. She suddenly could feel the tears in her eyes, she had to fight them, she had to keep it together, she couldn't cry in front of Jack.

"Lets just go back to the hotel," she pleaded with him, "I just want to go back to the hotel."

"Okay," he said as he helped her get out of the bed.

The car ride back to the hotel was a long one; Kate didn't speak at all, not even when the kids were talking to her. She just wanted to be alone; she wanted to get away from everyone. She felt so broken inside, so alone. She kept thinking back to when she fell, how Jack had tried to convince her to go to the hospital and get checked out and how she had been stubborn and said no. She wished she could go back to that moment and fix this.

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Jack knew that things would get better she just needed some time. He knew that her heart was breaking and she was having a hard time coming to terms with what had happened, he wished more than anything he could fix this, but he knew he couldn't. If only he had forced her to go to the hospital then maybe they would still have their baby.

After thirty minutes of driving, they finally reached the hotel. Kate got out of the car and headed inside, leaving Jack to get the kids. As soon as they reached the room, she went straight into their bedroom and locked herself in.

"Kate, are you hungry?" He asked her know that she had to be starving by now.

"Leave me alone!" she shouted.

"Why is mommy so upset?" Aaron asked him.

"Because she lost the baby," Jack said trying to make it as simple for him as possible.

"Is she going to be okay?"

"She is going to be fine," Jack, answered, "She just needs some time."

Three hours later Kate still hadn't come out and Jack was starting to get concerned. He didn't want her to be alone during this time; she needed to be around her family.

"Kate, please let me in," he pleaded with her.

After a few minutes of waiting, the door final opened, revealing a brokenhearted Kate. Her eyes were all puffy, cheeks were tear stained, and her nose was all red.

"Kate, it's okay," he said trying his best to comfort her.

"It's all my fault," she muttered.

"No, it's not anyone's fault these things just happen," he said as he held her tight.

"I want to go home," she whispered.

"Okay, we can go home," he answered.

They began to pack all of their stuff, and then they packed the kids toys and went to the lobby to check out. Once they had checked out they loaded the car, and headed out on the road.

This is going to be one long drive home, Jack thought.

Authors note: I hope you guys liked this chapter. Loads of drama coming up, and a familiar face will be showing up soon. Tell me who you think it will be.  Thanks for all the reviews they mean a lot.