Chapter 8

Seth slowly opened his eyes. His head hurt like hell and the taste of blood in his mouth was making him sick. It took a couple of minutes before he remembered that they've been in an accident. The car lend on the roof and Seth was upside down. If he hadn't put on his seat belt, who knows what would have happened to him. Every part of his body was aching as he tried to move.

"Charlie?" he groaned.

That's all he could think of. He had to know that she was ok. The little girl was upside down just like him and her head was bleeding. She didn't respond to him but Seth could see that her chest was raising with every breath she was taking.

"CHARLIE!" Roman yelled.

He got out of the car and he was trying to open the door on Charlie's side, but it was so damaged that he couldn't.

"Baby girl, you hear me?"

Roman's head was bleeding, soaking his blue shirt with blood. He wiped it off of his eyes as he tried to see inside the car. There was blood on the window and he couldn't see his daughter.

"She's ok. She unconscious but she's breathing." Seth said as he unclip his seat belt.

"R-Roman…" Deb murmured.

"Get Deb out of the car Rom'." Seth yelled to his brother. "I'll take care of Charlie."

Roman wanted to get his baby girl out of the car so bad that he nearly forgot that his wife was still in the car. A part of him didn't want to let Seth take care of Charlie because he wanted to take her out himself. That way, he would know for sure that his little girl would be out of danger. The front of the car was on fire and Roman knew that they would have to do this quick. Seth unclip Charlie's seat belt and grab her before she fell on her head. He groaned as he was lifting her in his arms, using all the strength he had left.

"Charlie, wake up baby." he said as he was patting her face.

The blood was streaming down her cheeks and Seth did the best he could to stay calm. He knew he had to get her out of there, his brother was counting on him. He buried her face in his chest as he was kicking in the window to break it.

"Take my hand honey" Roman said to his wife once he got her door opened.

Deb's whole body was hurting but luckily for her, she wasn't bleeding. She grabbed her husband hand and fought her way out of the car. She heave a sigh of relief when she felt his big arms around her waist as he was pulling her to safety. As they were running away, the car exploded and they were both pushed to the ground.

"CHARLIIIIIE!" Deb yelled.

Roman grabbed her and pulled her back to stop her from getting back to the car. He cupped her face asking her to stay away while he was going to get their girl. If anybody was going near that fire, it was going to be him. He ran toward the car as he was yelling his daughter's name. His heart was beating a hundred miles an hour as he thought that she might have still been in it when it exploded.

"CHARLIE!" he yelled when he spotted his brother a little further away from the car.

Seth was lying down on his back with Roman's daughter on top of him, both of his arms wrapped around her frail body. He had no idea how he got out of the car in time but he was glad he did. The explosion pushed the two of them on the ground and Seth did the best he could to protect his niece. He groaned as he opened his eyes and the first thing he did was to check if the little girl was alright.

"SETH!" Roman yelled as he was running toward them.

"We're fine. Charlie's fine Rom'."

Roman took his daughter in his arms as Seth tried to get up. Every inches on his body was hurting but he managed to get back to his feet.

"You need to get the hell away from here." Roman said as he heard the sirens coming their way.

"I'm not leaving you guys."

"The cops are going to be here any minute and you're a wanted man, remember?"

"I don't care."

"Seth for one time in your life just fucking do as I say!" Roman snapped. "We're going to be fine, just get the fuck out of here!"

Seth hesitated and looked at his niece. He didn't want to leave until he knew that she was going to be alright. The sound of the sirens was a lot closer than before and Seth could see the ambulance approaching.

"NOW!" Roman yelled.

Seth briefly hugged his brother and kissed his niece cheek before he ran away while Roman was getting back to his wife with his unconscious daughter in his arms.


Seth was in the waiting room at the hospital and he was getting nervous. His brother Roman called him in the middle of the night to tell him that his wife was going into labor. After nine long months of waiting, he'll finally get to meet his niece. When Roman announced him that Debra was pregnant, it made Seth so happy.

"I can't believe we'll finally meet that little girl." Dean said as he arrived in the waiting room.

Seth stood up and hugged his brother. Dean was also very happy about Deb's pregnancy. He knew how much Roman wanted a kid and he couldn't believe that day had finally came. He sat next to Seth as he was asking him if he had news from the doctor. His brother nervously shook his head.

"Calm down, bro… Everything is going to be fine." Dean said as he pat Seth's back.

Roman was making his way to the waiting room with a big smile on his face. Both of his brothers stood up as he was getting closer to them.

"Are you guys ready to meet my baby girl?" he asked them.

He led them both in his wife's room. Debra was sitting on a bed with the baby wrapped in a cute little pink blanket. She looked exhausted with her dark rings under her eyes but the smile on her face was lighting up the room.

"Hey Deb." Dean said as he kissed her forehead. "You look gorgeous."

"Shut up. I look like hell." she said. "Charlie, meet your uncles Dean and Seth. Guys, this is your niece Charlie."

"She's beautiful, bro." Dean said as he pat Roman's shoulder.

Seth couldn't say a word. He couldn't get his eyes off of that tiny little thing. When Roman took his daughter in his big arms, she looked even smaller.

"You want to hold her?" he asked his little brother.

"I-I don't know…"

"Don't be scare." Deb said with a smile.

Seth looked at her and his heart was beating fast. What if he hurt her or worst, what if he dropped her? He was so nervous that his palm were getting sweaty. Roman gave him a warm smile as he was explaining how to hold her. Seth did exactly what his brother told him and a second later, that tiny little princess was in his arms. She opened her eyes and both of them were staring at each other, making Dean, Roman and Deb laughed. Seth couldn't stop smiling. It was literally love at first sight.

"Did you ask him?" Dean asked Roman.

"Ask me what?"

Deb and Roman looked at each other smiling. Seth had no idea what was going on.

"Well…" started his older brother. "Deb and I were wondering if you would like to be Charlie's godfather."

"Me?" Seth asked as he looked at Dean.

He always thought his other brother was the obvious choice.

"Yeah. You." Roman said with a warm smile.

Seth looked down at Charlie as tears was coming to his eyes.

"I would be honored." he murmured.

He knew at that exact moment that he would do anything for that little girl.


Seth was waiting for the doctor to get out of Charlie's room. He was sitting in the waiting room with his hoodie on his head so that nobody would recognize him. He was looking down to avoid people's stare and he was shaking his leg in impatience. Roman asked him to run away but he couldn't leave without knowing that his princess was ok and he had nowhere to go anyway. He couldn't get back to Roman's house and there was no way in hell that he was going back to his apartment. After getting away from the accident, Seth found a payphone and called the hospital to know if they had a patient named Charlie Reigns and the receptionist gave him her room number. When he got there, he saw the doctor speaking with Roman and he decided to wait before going in.

When he finally left the room, Seth stood up and went inside. His heart ache when his eyes laid on Charlie. She was lying down in a bed with a lot of tubes plugged in her little body and she was still unconscious. He couldn't help but to feel responsible for what happened to her.

"What the fuck are you doing here?" Roman asked. "I told you to run away! If anyone sees you in here, you are fucked!"

"I needed to know if she was ok." Seth said, letting out a deep sigh.

He looked at Debra and the pain he read in her eyes made him feel the guilt even more. He thought about what she said in the car, about how he was always causing trouble around him. Debra walked toward him and Seth hold his breath. He closed his eyes, preparing himself for the slap she was about to give him, but nothing came.

"Thank you." she said as she wrapped her arms his chest. "You save my baby's life."

He buried his face in Deb's long dark hair and started crying. He let go of all the pain he was feeling since he woke up next to Cassie's dead body. He was crying for her death and for Charlie. He was also crying for what he did to Dean. He kept that inside for so long and he was finally letting it all out.

"She'll be ok little brother." Roman said as he rubbed Seth's back. "The doctor said that her vitals are ok and that she should wake up soon. She had a concussion but she'll be alright."

Debra let go of Seth so that her husband can comfort him. Roman pulled his brother into a warm hug.

"Are you ok? Did you get hurt in the accident?" he asked him.

He was so busy worrying about his daughter that he totally forgot to ask Seth if he was fine.

"My shoulder hurt but I'll be fine." he said as he wiped his tears. "What about you guys?"

"We're ok. We've been lucky." Debra answered.

"I bet that fucking bastard didn't expect we'd be getting out of there alive." Seth mumbled.

"You think it was him?" Roman asked, concerned.

The thought that the accident was planned never crossed his mind. Seth told him about the black SUV following them.

"Why haven't you told me?"

"Deb and you were arguing about me and I thought I was being paranoid. But now, I'm a hundred percent sure that it was him. He sent a message to Dean saying that he wanted to destroy his family and we got into a car accident a couple of hours later." Seth explained. "I don't believe in coincidences either."

"What are you guys talking about?" Debra asked.

Roman didn't have the chance to tell her everything that was going on. When they got hit by the SUV, he just finished telling her about finding Cassie's dead body.

"I'll explain everything to you in a minute, honey." Roman said. "But Seth, you got to get out of here and I mean it."

"I have nowhere to go Rom'. I can't go back home."

"Go where we used to go when we were little. Nobody could ever find us there, remember?"

"You think it still exist?"

"I'm sure it does." Roman said. "I'll join you as soon as Charlie wakes up."

Seth nodded, thinking that his brother's idea wasn't bad at all. He approached Charlie's bed and looked down at her.

"I love you sweetheart." he said as he slowly kissed her forehead. "Please wake up soon."

Seth pulled his hoodie back on his head and headed to the door.

"Be safe, little brother"

"You too." he said as he opened he left the room.


A/N - I hope you liked this chapter. Sorry for those who were worried about them. Gladly, everyone is alive! Don't forget to review, favorite or follow.