Chapter 4
Nate dived over to Vanessa and helped her over to a chair, Blair opened the room door and shouted out,
"We need a nurse!"
The nurses rushed in and helped Vanessa out on a bed trolley and wheeled her off towards the maternity ward. Everyone else but Dan followed the screaming Vanessa and her excited troops. Dan remained in the room fixated and looking at Serena who lay motionless and unstirred by the previous events. Dan gazed at her and sighed, he then turned away and looked out of the window onto the hospital grounds below. Serena then began to stir,
"Dan? Dan? Is that you?" Serena asked groggily
Dan swivelled around to look at Serena; her pale white face was screwed up into a retarded expression. She squirmed and wriggled in the little bed the tubes moving as she tried to sit up, her eyes then fell onto Dan who was looking at her in an uneasy stare.
"Dan? Where am I?" Serena asked with fear in her voice
"You're in the hospital, you overdosed. If it wasn't for Vanessa you'd be dead" Dan answered bluntly
"Oh yerh I remember now, god what was I thinking!" Serena said with a hazy voice
"We need to talk Serena, I want a divorce, I filed for one today and I'm also after sol custody" Dan blurted out with no regard for the situation
"What?" Serena asked confused
"I want a divorce, we haven't been working and never have, look at yourself Serena, you're a mess!" Dan answered getting angrier
Serena's eyes bubbled with tears, here she was sat in a hospital bed, overdosed and hooked up to many machines and Dan was telling her that he didn't want her anymore. Why couldn't he understand she needed help, thoughts passed though her head, she needed Dan and if she had to admit she had a drink problem to keep him she would.
"Dan, I'm sorry I know I need help but I need you to stay beside me before I can get any better" Serena answered with sadness and pain in her voice
Dan turned his back and headed for the door to leave the room, he couldn't look Serena in the face as he knew it might break his heart. He tugged the door open and turned to look into her tear filled eyes,
"I'm sorry Serena but I've had enough! It's over" Dan said and walked out of the door
Serena was let sat in her bed, tears filling her eyes and sorrow in her soul. Dan stood outside the room leaning against the wall, he was too filled with tears, he loved her but he couldn't stick around and watch the women he loved destroy herself. He wiped away the small tears that feel from his eyes and charged out of the hospital, he didn't want to see the baby, he wanted to go home to his daughter. The cold air whipped his face as he stepped outside the hospital, he wrapped his coat tighter round his body and ran for his car which had parked itself in front of the building. He jumped into the back startling the driver, who had almost fallen asleep listening to the baseball game on the radio.
"Rufus Humphrey's house please and quickly!"
Dan tried to say this without crying. The car pulled away and he relaxed into his seat, the memories of his life with Serena playing back to him.
Nate waited impatiently outside the delivery room, he wasn't allowed in as the birth was being rushed and they wouldn't have time to prep him. Worry was plastered across his face, Blair leaned herself up against Chuck and worried herself because she wanted her friend to be alright. Jenny was perched on a chair, Eric holding a diet coke can and staring into space, neither of them showing real emotions. A nurse came out of the door, her face expressionless; the group of friends raised from their seats and stood up straight. She walked towards Nate and held out her hand,
"Congratulations, you're a father! Baby and Mother are both fine."
The group let out their breathe heavily and cheered, Nate stood motionless and was then surrounded by his friends patting him on the back and the realization hit him, a smile erupted across his face and he laughed realizing his dream to be a father had finally come true. He pushed his way through the crowd of friends and headed towards the delivery room, bursting through the door to see Vanessa and a beautiful baby boy lying in her arms. The sweat was still dripping from her forehead but she was smiling and looked up to beckon Nate in. Nate shuffled into the room, a beaming smile on his face, as he approached the small child and his wife he placed a hand on his wife's forehead and kissed her. Her eyes flickered closed for a second and she smiled as she looked down at the tiny child in her arms, Nate's attention suddenly swapped to his son who lay helplessly there, he felt proud of his wife, himself and was so please with the outcome. He had never been proud of anything he'd done before, but this had made him realize he was really worth something.
Outside the delivery room, Jenny sat with Eric who had remained in the same place clutching his can of diet coke, they both showed no emotion to the event. Jenny slipped her hand onto Eric's shoulder and the Eric raised the free hand and placed it there, no words spoken but the gesture alone showed they shared a love together.