Chapter 3 ~ The Only Exception
This is Chapter 3, and I hope to get some more reviews. Well, Alright… This chapter, is going to bring out more of the pregnancy, and probably going to bring in Fitz again? I don't know. And, since the marriage, Clare hasn't seen Adam, Alli, or Declan in a long time. That's why she was so excited to see Adam at Little Miss Stakes. So, please… read on, and enjoy. (:
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Eli POV
I couldn't believe it. Clare was pregnant. When Dr. Mason told us about it, I was shocked. I was extremely excited. Clare didn't seem really happy about it though. I asked her why, and she was afraid that the baby would have a sickness like Dakota's, but I told her that she had absolutely nothing to worry about, and that I would be right by her side, no matter what.
The most important thing that's on my mind right now is about Dakota. Clare needs to decide to go through the surgery. I was totally up for it when Dr. Chris explained everything, but I was nervous about how it would affect her life, and what Clare would say.
The night at the hospital I dreamed about our family….
Clare was with the baby, a small baby boy. Jeremiah. She was smiling down at the soft pale face, looking up at me smiling whispering at how beautiful he was. Carson came into the room, looking at Jeremiah with wide eyes, like he's never seen something like this before.
Then, I left the room. I heard the baby crying hysterically inside the other room; I came back and saw Clare walking in circles around the room to keep the baby calm. I asked to hold him, she nodded and slowly handed me the fragile body of Jeremiah James Goldsworthy. I sat him down in the chair and he slowly stopped crying, and closed his paper thin eye lids, carefully falling asleep in his daddy's arms.
Flash Forward – 12 years later
Everything was a disaster. I lost my job, and Clare left me taking the kids with her. I had nothing left for me. I tried calling her and searched day and night for them, but I never found them.
I heard a knock at the door, and opened it up to see a tall young boy, dark hair and blue eyes. He stood there motionless, trying to find the right words to say. Finally he managed and spoke up.
"Hi Dad."
I smiled and ran into in arms. Carson, the son that I haven't seen in 6 dreadful and miserable years. I wondered if Clare, Jeremiah, or Dakota was with him. He shook his head sadly, and started crying. He rushed into the apartment and sat down, with my arm around his shoulder.
He told me that all 3 of them, were killed.
-End of Dream-
Suddenly, I woke up. I had tears coming out of my eyes and I was breathing really heavily. I looked around the room and realized that I was still in the cramped up hospital room, with Clare sleeping peacefully in my arms. I sighed in relief and placed my hand on her stomach. I smiled, at the touch of the baby bump coming in.
Spinner came back in this morning, asking if he could talk with me. I agreed and wrote a note and placed it next to Clare's sleeping body. I leaned down giving her a light kiss on the forehead, making her shift in her place. Spinner smiled at me as I walked around the bed and next to Spinner. He looked determined, like he really needed to speak to me. I was very worried, if he was going to say something about Clare, or about the baby or Dakota. He brought me to a small room and shut the door behind him. He sighed deeply and sat down pointing to a seat for me. He looked over his list of Clare's last black out of the previous night. Maybe he was going to say something about that? Maybe what happened will affect the baby's health?
By this time, I was totally freaking out. I felt like I could pass out with all the tension filling inside the small spaced area. He placed the paper down and looked up at me.
"Nothing is wrong with the baby, by her blood work, Clare is perfectly healthy, and with that… the baby might be also."
I sighed in relief.
"If you want to know the gender, we can take Clare in for an ultrasound in an hour."
I smiled and nodded my head.
"Great, but I wanted to inform you what happened, like why she blacked out at Dakota's appointment."
I nodded telling him to continue.
"It looks like that her blood pressure was off the charts, really high. If we didn't get to her in time, the results would not be good. But since she was in a hospital, we got her in time to get her help." He smiled a fake one and looked down.
"Thank you… for everything." I smiled at him and gave him one of those guy hugs.
I walked back into the room where Clare was and she was already dressed, sitting and reading in the lounge chair. She looked up at me and smiled brightly, getting up crushing her lips onto mine.
"Whoa, someone's excited." I joked smiling down in her beautiful blue eyes.
"Where were you?"
"I was with Spinner, we talked… and he said that if you want to know the gender of the baby, then be ready in 15 minutes." I smiled and her jaw dropped with excitement.
"Are you serious?" She asked with a bright smile.
I nodded and she got ready, and by the time she was out of the bathroom, Spinner came back in, asking if we were ready. We both nodded and he walked us down the endless hallway to the ultrasound room.
Clare held my hand tightly as she lay on the bed, lifting her shirt up, just under her bra. Spinner put down a towel on each side of her waist and turned on the machine, as he placed the blue gel onto the handle.
Clare squeezed my hand tightly, looking up at the ceiling, trying not to react from the freezing cold gel on her lower abdomen and upper stomach. Finally, the machine started beeping, and Clare and I both looked over at the small screen at the same time.
"There's the baby, see? Right there." Spinner pointed to the small body on the screen, just enough to see the small head and not fully grown arms. I pulled Clare's hand up, kissing it lightly as she smiled.
"What is it?" Clare asked teary eyed.
"Its… a boy!" Spinner yelled looking over at his computer with a wide smile.
"A boy! Really?" I said excitedly while giving Clare a small kissing and going to hug Spinner.
"Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Goldsworthy, you are having a healthy baby boy! Have you found any names?"
"Jeremiah. Jeremiah James Goldsworthy." I whispered smiling down at Clare's glowing face.
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Clare POV
We were having a baby boy! Eli and I were so excited; we couldn't wait to tell the family. Ever since Katie came back, and Eli's mixed emotions about it, we've became the best of friends. We talked on the phone a lot and went out to eat or went shopping. I decided to call her up first so I could tell her, I talked to Eli about it, and he said that it was fine if I told her ahead and that he wanted to be there when I told her also.
I asked Katie to meet me up at the Dot so we could talk, and she agreed right away.
About 30 minutes, we were all 3 sitting in the booth, talking away. Katie cut her hair shorter and she straightened it. She had a thin layer of eyeliner with made her green eyes pop out. She looked amazing today.
As we all got deeper into the conversation, I finally started dropping hints about the pregnancy, and of course… she didn't get it. As the silence filled the area around us, I looked over at Eli and he nodded his head with a smile.
"Katie, we have something to tell you." Eli whispered with a wide smile. "But you have to promise not to tell anyone."
Katie nodded her head with agreement.
"When we took Dakota to the hospital for her check-up, Clare blacked out for a few hours, and it turns out she had high blood pressure. The doctor came back in, and said after he took blood work, we found out that… Clare is pregnant."
With that being said, Katie jumped from her side of the booth and gave Eli a huge hug, and nearly jumped over him to give me one. I laughed at her, while she jumped across the seat, tackling me. I looked around, and noticed that the people in the coffee shop, staring.
"So, I'm going to be an Aunt to another beautiful child?" She asked excitedly.
"Yes, to a beautiful baby boy." I whispered with a smile, as I rubbed circles on my baby bump.
"His name is Jeremiah." I smiled and grabbed Eli's hand in mine looking at Katie's bright smile.
"I'm so happy for you guys! When are you going to tell the family?" She asked again, sitting back down in front of us.
"Tonight, we are going to try to make plans to go to dinner." I smiled and looked over at Eli.
Eli pulled out his phone and narrowed his eyes when he didn't recognize the number. He looked at the text and his eyes widened with fear and worry. I asked him what happened, but he didn't answer me, he just got up from the table and sprinted down the road, disappearing after a few seconds.
"I wonder what that was about." Katie asked looking to back to see if she can spot him.
I shrugged my shoulders and pulled out my phone, to dial his number.
After a few tries, he finally answered, with heavy breaths and his voice was filled with worry, like he was about to cry.
"Eli, what wrong?"
"WHAT?"
"Eli…"
Silence. I heard yelling in the background, and Eli screaming.
"ELIJAH! Answer me, please…"
I fought the erg to cry, but knowing me, I couldn't.
"Eli, where are you."
"I can't understand you, just tell me what's going on."
Then, I heard nothing. I just heard Eli yell the word "NO.. GET OUT OF HERE!" Then, nothing… The line went silent. A small tear slipped out of my eyes, Katie tried to talk to me, but my worry of Eli blocked her out.
I heard a gunshot. I covered my hand with my mouth and broke down right there.
"Eli…" I whispered sadly. I held back sobs when I heard Eli pick the phone back up.
"Clare, call 911. It's… it's Adam, he… he… is not breathing. I'll explain everything. Please. Just call 911."
"I love you, Elijah." I cried harder, hearing the painful tone in his voice. As he talked, his voice hissed and he was groaning in pain. Someone hurt Eli.
"I love you too Clare. Please, hurry up… we… don't have much time."
With that, I heard someone yell at Eli, and the man took his phone and broke it. By then, Katie was by my side, crying with me as I explained. I was scared, and worried. I thought the worst possible thing ever. That my three babies' will not have their daddy anymore.
I pulled out my phone and dialed 911, telling them that someone is in serious trouble. I told them where they were, and they told me they are on their way. I turned around to face Katie and dug my face into her chest, and when we saw the ambulances, Katie drove us quickly to the spot.
I cried even harder when I saw Eli being put on the stretcher. His eyes were closed and his left arm was wrapped in gauze, with blood all over his chest. I ran up, past the police officers and ran over to Eli's side, begging the lady to let me in the tuck with him. She finally gave in and made room for me as I slowly looked to my left.
Adam was lying motionless on the cold hard ground. There was blood around him and he was covered in bruises and scars. I watched as my best friend was pulled up on the stretcher and carried into the other ambulance car. I looked down at my feet and started to slow down my crying, as I entered the back of the truck.
I held onto Eli's motionless body and murmured to myself a bunch of words. I looked at the gauze on his left arm, as the blood spot grew bigger every minute.
"I'm sorry, ma'am. We are going to find the person who did this. All we know is that he has a criminal record." The police officer explained.
I nodded, I couldn't speak… I only knew that I would cry again if I tried to speak.
"My name is Jane." The lady spoke, and as I looked back up, I recognized her completely.
"Jane… Vaughn?" I asked quietly.
She nodded.
"Seriously? You and my sister were best friends, well before she killed herself."
"Are you talking about Darcy?"
I smiled softly and nodded.
"Clare, goodness, you look… great. It's been a while." She smiled and looked down on the ground.
"You don't look so bad yourself" I complimented and she grinned… "But do you know what's going to happen to him?" I asked looking back down to his cold, bruised face.
"Well, all we know is that whoever did this, he knocked Eli out and shot him. We don't know who."
"What about Adam?"
"Adam, well… he wasn't breathing when we came to the scene. We did CPR, and we didn't get anything. It would be quite a miracle if he got through this. The best news we got, is that he might be in a coma, I know it isn't great… but that's all we can tell you now."
I nodded letting another tear fall. I wondered if Katie went to tell CeCe and Bullfrog or my parents. She wasn't a huge fan of hospitals so I asked her if she could watch over the kids while we were gone. She agreed and went her own way, giving Eli a kiss on the forehead before we got into the truck.
We finally arrived at the hospital, and I didn't leave Eli's side once. When they took him into the surgical room, I panicked because I couldn't go with him. I had to stay in this cramped up waiting room for hours until I got the news. CeCe came rushing inside the waiting room, in tears. Once she saw me, she ran over giving me a tight hug.
Every time the door opened, my heart always sped up, hoping it was for Eli. But it wasn't. I was in the waiting room for almost 4 hours. Finally, when the time came, a nurse stood in front of us with a sad expression.
"Adam Torres, he is breathing, but is in a small coma. When he got attacked, the victim hit his head on the ground, causing brain damage. We have not figured out the time of his awakening, but it could be weeks, months. We don't know."
CeCe pulled me closer rubbing my back in small circles.
"Elijah Goldsworthy, when he came into the surgical room. He wasn't breathing either. We got him to the hospital in time to repair the damage. Without your phone call, Clare, Eli wouldn't have made it. We found out, that he did get shot, and it broke his bone. He is awake now, and he wants to see you."
I smiled and hugged CeCe then ran over and hugged the doctor. I held her into my arms for a long time. As weird as it sounds, I was happy that she is the one that fixed Eli. I didn't know what to do, so I hugged her.
"He's in room 1240" She yelled as I ran down the hallway into the room.
I stopped inside the doorway and peeked inside, seeing the end of the hospital bed, with his jacket and shoes hanging there. My heart sped up; I was scared on how he was going to look, and how he was going to react. You can't even describe the way I felt. I was nervous as hell; let's just put it that way.
I slowly stepped at the end of the bed and Eli opened his eyes slowly.
"Eli…"
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Oooh, Cliffy. I hope you all enjoyed it. I was too lazy to right more, so I ended it there. (: I hope you guys liked it.(:
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