DISCLAIMER: GO TO FIRST CHAPTER. Hope you enjoy the chapter. As the title kind of gives away. We'll be finding out who's in a coma and who isn't. And the babies names. So on with the story...
Names:
Danny sat next to Lindsay. He had yet to go to the nursery. "Hey Montana. It's been a crazy couple of days. I would give anything to go back. Go back and keep you in the bed. I haven't been down to the nursery. I'm waiting on you. Just so you know. Hawkes caught the bastards that shot up the dinner. They were two young kids looking for a thrill. And look where you are? You here in this hospital bed."
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Don looked at his wife in the hospital bed. "Do you know how scared I was. When I heard the gun shots through the phone. Knowing I wasn't there to protect you. It nearly killed me Jess. Not knowing if I lost everything that ever meant something to me. Or Danny or Mac did." Don put his head on her bed. He felt a soft hand run through his hair and lifted his head.
"Have you seen them yet?" Jess asked
"Not yet. I was waiting for you."
"How's Danny holding up?"
"I don't know. After he heard the news he went her room and said he didn't want anymore to bother him."
"Mr. and Mrs. Flack?" The nurse came in.
"Yes."
"I'm just here to check your vitals."
"Can we see our girls?" Jess asked
"Sure. I'll bring them up to the room. Give me about ten minutes."
"Thank you." The nurse left. "Go check on Danny."
"Ok. I'll be back in ten minutes to see those babies."
"We're not going anywhere." Don headed down the hall to Lindsay's room. He opened the door and went in. "Hey buddy."
Danny looked up. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be your wife."
"She wanted me to check on you. How are you holding up?"
"My wife's in coma. How do you think I am?"
Don was taken back by Danny's tone. "Have you seen your daughter yet?"
"Not yet."
"Go see her."
"I'm fine. I got to be here in case Montana wakes up."
"Danny…"
"I'm fine. Go be with your wife."
"Don't snap at me."
"What do you want from me?" Danny snapped slamming his fist into the table. "My wife is laying in hospital bed in a fucking coma."
"And your daughter needs you. Get up."
"S'cuse me?"
"Get. Up." Don pulled him up.
"Get the hell off me." Don pulled him down to the nursery. Pushing his face against the glass.
"You see that little girl in there? Wrapped in that pink blanket. You helped make that. You and Lindsay. She's living and breathing and she needs her father. So stop wallowing in your stupid self-pity and go hold her."
"What if I fail her too?"
"Fail? What are you talking about?"
"I should have stayed with Lindsay. I should have gotten here sooner. This would have never happened."
"You can't blame yourself for things you couldn't change. Yeah this is hard. We don't know when Lindsay is going to wake up. But there is someone else depending on you now."
"And you have three. Go be with your wife." Danny spoke much softer this time. "I'm fine I promise."
"I'll stop by later." Don said before he headed back to his wife's room. Don was half way down the hallway when Danny called out his name. "Yeah?"
"Thank you."
"Don't mention it." After Don walked away Danny took a deep breath and tapped on the glass.
"Can I help you?"
"My wife just had a baby. I was wondering if my daughter could be brought to her room."
"Sure. Let me just scan your bracelet." Danny held out his left hand with his hospital bracelet hanging there. "It's almost time for her bottle. We can show you how to feed her if you like?"
"That'd be great."
"I'll bring her up to your wife's room in just a few minutes."
"Thanks." Danny went to sit up with his wife. He took her hand in his. "You have to get better. So I can show both of you off to the world. I can't raise a baby by myself. We promised each other we would raise our baby together."
Flashback:
"Montana?" Danny muttered reaching over to pull her closer. All he was met with was cold sheets. Telling him she had been gone from the bed awhile. "Montana?" Danny got out of bed. He was headed for the living room but saw the light on in the nursery. "Baby? What are you doing out of bed?"
"Couldn't get comfortable." Lindsay gently pushed herself in the rocking chair.
"So you thought you'd find it in a wood rocking chair? Why did you wake me up?"
"You just got done work and you were tired. I wasn't going to bother you cause I couldn't sleep."
"I put you like this. You don't sleep, I don't sleep. We're in this together."
"What if we don't have a choice?"
"What are you talking about?"
"My grandmother died giving birth. What if I'm not strong enough?"
"Hey. Listen to me." Danny raised her eyes to his. "You are one of the strongest women I know. You are going to come through this just fine."
"How can you be so calm?"
"Baby I am anything but calm. I am terrified that I could lose you both. But you know what a wise man once told me?"
"What?'
"It's okay to break in each other's arms. We're both trying to be strong for the other one." Lindsay nodded and let the first few tears slip out.
"So you wouldn't be mad if I broke now?"
"I could never be mad at you. If you want to cry and scream or throwing something. We'll cry, scream, and throw things together." The flood gates opened and Lindsay cried her fears into Danny's chest.
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"So you see. You have to get through this."
"Mr. Messer?" The nurse rolled the bassinet in with one hand while the other held a bottle. "You ready?"
"Is here good?" Danny asked pointing to the chair.
"You're fine." The nurse lifted the baby up. "Support the head the cradle her body. There you go." Danny went misty eyed over the tiny baby in his arms. "Here's the bottle. Rub the nipple against her lips and she'll latch on." The nurse left after he got the hang of it.
"Oh my god. Montana look at what we made. She's so beautiful."
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"Don those are horrible names." Jess said rolling her eyes. "I am not naming my daughters Bess and Tess. They sound like two cows."
"Mommy has no imagination." Don muttered to one of his sleeping daughters that lay in his arms.
"Oh I have an imagination alright. I can imagine you sleeping on the couch for a long time."
"Ouch baby. You wound me." Don gently laid his daughter down. He gazed down at both of them of a few minutes.
"I want their names to mean something?"
"What about Alanah and Bryna. Alanah means little rock and Bryna means strong one in Irish."
"Babe…those are perfect. I get to pick the middle names." Jess looked at the sleeping baby in her arms and grinned. "You are Alanah Keegan Flack." Jess looked at her other daughter. "Her name will be Bryna Rylee Flack."
"Those are gorgeous. Just like our girls and you."
"You're a liar. I look like crap."
"Having kids have mad you mean."
"I didn't even feel it." The words slipped out before she could stop them. "Don…I."
"It okay. I'm sorry."
"Sorry? What are you sorry for?"
"Not being there of you."
"Don we've been over this. I don't blame you and shouldn't blame yourself. The girls and I are fine and we're healthy."
"Okay."
"Now let's just concentrate on our daughters."
And chapter ten is done. We have about six more chapters to go. Please review. Reviews = quicker chapters and a happy me. :) Tell me what you think. Even if you hated it. Just be gentle.
Preview:
"Oh crap. I left my phone in the room. I got to run back and get it." Don went into Lindsay's room. He crossed the room to her bedside. "I don't know if you can hear me Linds...
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