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Jessi woke up to the feeling of a cool compress against her forehead. WHen she opened her eyes, she saw Kyle dabbing her face with a wet towel.
"What happened?" Jessi asked.
"You must have overworked yourself with me and Foss today," Kyle explained, placing his hand on her forehead to see if she had cooled down. "Right before we got home you fainted."
"I felt fine," Jessi said, confused. Kyle placed two fingers on Jessi's wrist.
"Your blood pressure has been a little low," he told her. Nicole walked into the room.
"Okay," she said, the telephone pressed against her ear. "Yes. Thank you, Doctor Saunders." Hanging up the phone, Nicole noticed that Jessi was awake. "Hey sweetie," she greeted. Jessi forced a smile, but it was hard when she felt so clammy.
"What did the doctor say?" Kyle asked.
"Jessi's circulatory system is expanding and sometimes the body doesn't produce enough blood quick enough for the heart to keep up," Nicole explained. "Dizziness and lightheadedness are common; actual fainting, not so much, but Jessi had just exerted herself prior." Jessi rolled her eyes. "Dr. Saunders just wants you to be careful."
"Doesn't everyone," Jessi muttered. She began to sit up in her bed and Kyle grabbed her to help her up.
"Don't move too fast," he said. Jessi pushed him away.
"I passed out, Kyle, I'm not a cripple," she said. Kyle took a few steps back.
"I'll go make you some soup," Nicole said before leaving the room.
"I wish you guys would stop hovering and watching my every move," Jessi said. She felt like she was being suffocated by all of the attention she'd been getting from Kyle and Nicole lately. She began to tear up. "I can take care of myself, you know."
"Why are you crying?" Kyle asked, perplexed.
"I don't know," Jessi said, wiping the tears and trying to pull herself together.
"Jessi, we love and care about you," Kyle tried to explain. "We just want you and the baby to be healthy."
"Then give me some space!" Jessi said, raising her voice. Kyle continued to look at her. "Please!" Jessi pleaded. Kyle nodded and left the room.
Kyle and Nicole gave in and gave Jessi more room to be herself again, which Jessi was enjoying very much. They might not have liked some of the things she was doing, such as going for runs and practicing rock climbing and wall jumping with Kyle at the warehouse, but she had proven to them that she could handle it. Especially after she fixed her dizziness issue by manipulating her blood cells to reproduce faster in order to catch up with what her heart required.
One afternoon, she challenged Kyle to a race from Foss' warehouse back home. Kyle obliged, but didn't run nearly as fast as he could have. Jessi rolled her eyes as she sped ahead of him, jumping onto the trash bins and fences. Kyle had to admire how gracefully she moved. He smiled when he noticed the small bulge beginning to protrude beneath her shirt. It wouldn't be long now until people started to notice.
"You could have at least tried to actually race me," Jessi panted, taking off her jacket as they walked into their house. It was cool outside, but running had certainly warmed she and Kyle up. Kyle didn't respond. Jessi knew why he hadn't truly been racing her, and he didn't feel like arguing with her anymore. They had been getting along well the last two weeks.
"Dinner's ready!" Nicole hollered from the kitchen.
"Perfect timing," Kyle said to Jessi as they moved into the dining room.
"As always," Jessi said with a grin.
The Trager's enjoyed their dinner, including Jesi who had certainly been gaining her appetite back little by little. For some reaosn it was any poultry that made her sick, so Nicole chose steak for dinner that particular evening. Jessi and Kyle both stayed to help Nicole with the dishes.
"Thanks, you two," she said with a smile. "Always so helpful."
"No problem," Kyle said. Jessi nodded happily, but in an instant her expression changed. She quickly grabbed her side.
"Is something wrong?" Nicole asked. Jessi looked up. She wasn't sure if the pain that had struck her was normal or not.
"I'm fine," she said as she tried to brush it off and continued to help with the dishes. By now, Kyle had stopped. He noticed something change. A noise he had become familiar with the past few weeks was slowing.
"Jessi, something's not right," Kyle said. The pain struck in Jessi's abdomen again, but this time it was almost unbearable. She doubled over, trying to grab onto the kitchen counter on her way to the ground. As Jessi fell, Kyle reached for her protectively but wasn't able to stop her from hitting the ground ard. Jessi was hunched over the floor, holding herself up with one elbow while caressing her side with the other hand. "We have to get her to the hospital, the baby's heartbeat is slowing down," Kyle said frantically, focusing almost all of his hearing on the sound of the slowing heartbeat.
Nicole dropped the dishes into the sink and quickly grabbed her purse, pulling the car keys. Stephen and Josh had not entered the room and looked at Jessi on the floor worriedly.
"Is she okay?" Josh asked nervously.
"I don't know," Nicole said, tossing the car keys to Stephen. "Go and get the car." Stephen hurried out of the room, Josh watched from as far away as possible, and Nicole bent down with Kyle and Jessi.
"There's not time," Jessi told them.
She could feel the baby's body failing. This couldn't happen. Not to her. Never would she have dreamed this would happen with a body as extraordinary as hers. It hit her in that moment that she realized that even though she was special, she was still human. But she wasn't like everyone else. She and Kyle were different. They could fix this. They had healed themselves and others before, right?
"We have to do something," Jessi pleaded. "We have to try healing it."
"But we don't know what's wrong," Kyle said, still not believing the situation that he was in.
"We have to try!" Jessi yelled.
Kyle picked Jessi up and carried her into her room and placed her on her bed. If they were going to attempt something like this, he could at least make her comfortable. Jessi immediately curled up, still grasping her painful side, and Kyle jumped onto the bed next to her, sitting on his knees.
"I can't do this alone," he said, reaching out and taking Jessi's hand.
They both tightly grabbed each other's arms, and Kyle put his free hand on Jessi's stomach. Nicole now stood by the door watching helplessly. Together, Jessi and Kyle manipulated the blood in her body to race and nourish the baby. Kyle then began sending small electrical pulses into her womb, trying to make its heart beat faster again. It seemed like a lifetime that they were on the bed, connected, both working hard to keep such a small life alive. In reality, Kyle and Jessi had only been on the bed for a few minutes before they both felt the heartbeat stabilize. Jessi's grip on her abdomen and Kyle's arm loosened. They were both panting, and Kyle threw himself onto the mattress with exhaustion. Nicole sighed with relief.
"Did you do it?" she asked.
"I think so," Kyle answered. "But I still think we need to get her to a doctor, just to make sure."
At the hospital, Jessi lay in bed, hooked to a mess of beeping monitors. They explained to the doctors that Jessi had been experiencing severe abdominal pain, but there was no way they could explain that they had stopped a miscarriage. The doctors told Jessi that she should be closely monitored for the next few days and rest to make sure the baby was healthy. She wasn't overly fond of the idea of being cooped up in the hospital for a couple of days, but the scare at home was enough to make her realize that her baby wasn't invincible.
All of the Trager's had followed Jessi to the hospital for support. When the emergency room doctor came into the room with the ultrasound machine, Kyle, who was sitting next to Jessi holding onto her hand, perked up. Jessi had almost been asleep when she noticed Kyle sit up.
"How are you feeling?" the doctor asked Jessi.
"Tired," Jessi answered quietly.
"I bet," the doctor continued. "I'm going to let you sleep, but I need to check on the baby one more time."
"Okay," Jessi said.
The doctor lifted Jessi's gown and put the ultrasound on her stomach. The sound of the baby's heartbeat was heard throughout the room. Of course Jessi and Kyle had heard the sound since it had started, but for the rest of the Trager's, it was a new sound. Kyle grinned proudly, looking at his family. Nicole was smiling, and Stephen couldn't quite hold back a smile either. He still wasn't too happy about the situation, but he was happy to see Kyle so excited.
"Whoa!" Josh said, moving closer to the ultrasound screen. "Is that it?" The doctor laughed as he brought the baby into focus.
"Yup," he said pointing to the screen. "There's the head, and the limbs are beginning to develop." Kyle and Jessi were both staring at the screen. It was the first time they had actually seen the baby. Kyle squeezed Jessi's hand and she grinned.
"Can you tell if it's a boy or a girl?" Josh asked expectantly.
"Not for another six weeks," the doctor said. Josh looked disappointed. "Well, everything looks surprisingly good," the doctor continued. "When you first came in the heartbeat was a little low, but now it's back at a healthy 150 and seems stable."
"That's great news," Nicole said.
"It is, but I'm going to have to ask you all to let Jessi rest up for the night now," the doctor said.
"Of course," Stephen said. He, Nicole, and Josh started to leave the room. "Kyle?"
"Can you just give me and Jessi a minute?" he asked. Nicole nodded and they left the room. Once the doctor left, Kyle turned to Jessi.
"We did it," Jessi said with a smile. "We saved it."
"I think it's safe to say she's a fighter," Kyle responded.
"She?" Jessi asked, taking note of his words. Kyle nodded.
"I don't know why, but when you and I were connected and I was sending the electricity to its heart, I had this overwhelming feeling that it was a girl," he explained. Jessi's smile grew, and a tear slipped down her cheek. She quickly wiped it away.
"Jessi," Kyle continued. "You see now why we've been so hard on you. I can't let anything happen to either of you."
"I'm sorry," Jessi said, more tears sliding down her face.
"I've been trying to give you space and let you be you, but I feel like you've been really distant with me," Kyle continued. He put both of his hands on either side of her face and put his face near hers. "I miss you." Jessi continued to cry, but Kyle brought her in for a kiss, to which Jessi accepted passionately. "Don't do that again," Kyle said, letting go and looking into her green eyes.
"I won't," Jessi said.
"Promise?" Kyle asked.
"Promise," Jessi said, and she meant it.