Thank you for all the love, I think I still have four chapters of this left I'm almost done wrapping this story, although I have not finalized it yet, Thank you for those who left reviews. I do not own PLL, it's characters and circumstance. I reiterate, I'm not a writer.
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Caleb is losing his patience, he has always been the calm and collected one but this whole day events and the current situation of Spencer scared him the most. Their baby girl is safe, finally sleeping in the nursery, after he delivered the baby he felt like the happiest person in the planet. He is officially a family man that moment, Spencer and their baby is finally safe for all the harassment of A/AD. He remembered looking at Spencer, her face drenched with sweat, so much fear and pain it's almost cruel to think but she is still beautiful, he loved her more that very moment. Their daughter looked a lot like him, he recalled a tender moment that Spencer touched his face and told him she loved him and thanked him for everything. Then something unimaginable happened, Spencer looked at him and her doe eyes gently blinking but seemed like it's getting heavier, her hand dropped from his cheek to the carpet and she closed her eyes.
He called her over and over again then the paramedics came in, everything is a blur. With the confusion of Leslie's attack, seemed like Spencer lost so much blood and fluid and went to hypovolemic shock after delivering the baby.
The past few hours he watched Spencer from the glass panel of the hospital while she's touch and go with vital signs. The doctors raced to give her fluid resuscitation and more importantly control her bleeding.
There are so many things he wanted to tell her and apologized for, he shouldn't have left for work that day, and he should have stayed with her. This is partly his fault, he failed to protect Spencer this time around.
Sometimes life can be cruel, just as when he is starting his life with her, now she might actually lose her and Caleb never felt more scared. Just when he thought he couldn't cry anymore, fresh batch of tears rolled from his eyes. He clasp his hands under his chin and replayed the events of today and thought of what he could have done to change the course of this whole thing.
The neonatal pediatrics checked their daughter and assured him that she is healthy and strong, she weighs 6.8lbs and her vital signs are normal. Due to the sensitive situation Spencer is in right now, the baby is left to rest at the hospital nursery for the moment. Aria bought some baby stuff, blankets and diapers to the hospital. Caleb felt a little guilty about leaving their child in the care of the nurses when he should have been taking care of her, but given the situation right now of Spencer in grave condition, it's all for the best.
This should have been the happiest day of their lives, they became parents today but the worst case scenario frights him, possibility of losing Spencer.
"Coffee?" Emily handed him a Styrofoam cup of hot brew, "how is Spencer?
"No updates the past couple of hours but I hope she's stable now," he said while taking the cup from Emily. "Still touch and go two four hours ago. I shouldn't have left her, this is my fault."
"Hey, no one is blaming you, Spencer is a brave girl, she will get through this, Spencer never quits we all know that, " Aria said but this time you can sense the actual fear in her voice.
Emily looked up Aria who she has not seen in over two hours, "where have you been?"
"I went back to the apartment took more baby clothes, blankets and also called a cleaning service to get the carpet fixed. Spencer doesn't like messy apartments. I called Jason and Ali too they are on their way."
Caleb is very thankful that they two girls are here, he cannot imagine juggling and worrying about everything.
Emily's phone buzzed. "Senator Hastings will be here in a couple of hours, she and Mr. Hastings are taking the first flight out of London to here" Emily said while checking the message on her phone.
Aria turned her attention to Caleb, "How are you holding up?"
"I'm so scared of losing her, the possibility of raising our daughter without her is not something I ever imagined, I can never prepare for something like that. I cannot lose Spencer, that's not fair we only started our lives together, there is so much I haven't done as a partner. No one's ever told me that I have to prepare for something like this." Caleb started sobbing." "Spencer is not just my girlfriend but she is my best friend too, I can't begin to imagine our daughter growing up without having to meet her and its scares me more than anything, this is all my fault."
Aria and Emily rushed to pat Caleb's back. But as the minutes passed , no one has told them anything about the situation with Spencer, it is a scary moment when you cannot tell if she made it or not specially that a few minutes into the hospital earlier that day they said she's crashing and everyone started running towards the emergency room. It agitates everyone, the waiting game for Spencer's survival is almost cruel.
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After a few minutes, a doctor wearing blue scrub pants walked up to the group of friends.
"I'm Dr. Klein, Obstetrics Emergency Physician for patient Spencer Hastings. Any of you here family?" asked the doctor on duty.
"I'm partner, boyfriend whatever you guys call it." Caleb said
"Okay, patient Spencer Hastings loss a lot of blood during her labor and went to hypovolemic shock, her heart stopped beating once but we were able to bring it back and we continued fluid resuscitation including electrolytes, plasma expanders and whole blood." Everyone is hanging by the words of the doctor, "we repaired the bleeder on her uterus using laparoscopic procedure and we've been monitoring her blood pressure, kidney function the past four hours."
"Thank you for that but I just want to know if she's okay." Caleb's voice is shaking.
"Yes, she's stable now everything is working just fine and we're moving her to a recovery suite 512 tonight if everything goes well. But she's still unconscious right now, we just have to let her rest for a while and recuperate but she fought this through. We will still monitor her progress but I'm glad to tell you she made it." The doctor said to them.
Caleb felt tears on his eyes, Spencer made it. She really is tough and brave, bravest he's ever known. He can't wait to show her their beautiful daughter, he still has not picked up a name because Spencer said she had something in mind. Spencer is right all along, their baby looked a lot like him with brown eyes, raven hair, with the cutest baby dimples when she smiles and a strong grip. But what is more important is his family is safe now and they can finally be free.
He opened the door in suite 512. It's almost 10pm and Spencer is still sleeping peacefully wearing a light yellow hospital gown. Caleb gasped on how pretty she looked. Her right hand had IV lines attached to it. He could hear the vital monitor sound as he grabbed a chair and positioned it beside Spencer's bed. Caleb tucked some hair on her ears and he gently touched her hands, he held it and it pained him that she did not hold his back. He thought about catching some sleep on the couch but he cannot think of another place that he would rather be than here, somewhere where he can hold her hand. Caleb rested his head on Spencer's bed. He kissed her fingers before he drifted.
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Spencer opened her eyes and her heart melted when she felt that Caleb is holding her hand. She checked the wall clock it's been 6 in the morning already. He is asleep and it broke her heart that she has to wake him up but she wanted to see their daughter asap.
"Hey" she softly touched his face and he stirred.
"Spencer babe, you're awake, I'm so happy you're okay," He excitedly stood up and sat on her bed and kissed her head.
She gave him a weak smile. "Caleb how's our baby? Can I see her?"
"Yes, of course." He dialed the number of the nursery and asked for a nurse to bring their baby in the suite. "How are you feeling?"
"I'm actually good a little woozy but will you please help me up, I'm kind of afraid to move because of all these lines attached to me." She asked and Caleb carefully helped her girlfriend to sit. Spencer noticed that Caleb has been watching her and acting really weird like she's going to break. "Caleb, what's up? Something wrong?"
"No, no I just got scared yesterday, I thought I lost you. I'm just relieved and happy that you are okay now, I can't lose you ever."
Just that a nurse knocked on the door and wheeled a hospital baby carriage. Caleb stood up and smiled that the baby is actually awake too and looking at him.
"Hi, baby girl it's time for you to meet mommy." Caleb took the baby wrapped in pink blanket off the carriage and placed it on Spencer's arms.
Spencer looks at the baby with curious brown eyes looking at her and just like that she smiled and her small dimples on her face looked so adorable. Spencer is sure that she is not tearing up because of the hormones but because she cannot believe how pretty their baby is, she looked a lot like Caleb, his girl version. "She's so beautiful, it's surreal." She said in between shallow sobs, she knew all the sacrifices and pain just to make sure their child is safe is worth it.
"She takes after her mother." Caleb said while he put her arms on her shoulders.
Spencer smiled at her boyfriend, "She looks just like you, she's gorgeous." And the baby yawned.
"Thank you Spence for thinking I'm gorgeous." He said jokingly trying to lighten the air. And the couple laughed and the staring baby smiled again showing her pretty dimples.
Spencer noticed the hospital tag on their daughter, "Caleb why does it say Babygirl Hastings-Rivers?"
"We still have not agreed on the name, right? And since it's our daughter, you will name her and I will just wait for my turn when we have a baby boy."
With everything that has happened the day before, she's just glad with how optimistic her boyfriend is, "Baby boy, really?"
"Yeah, I'm not saying now, or next year but when you are ready, when we are ready." Caleb explained, "what is more important is for you to get better and we can start our life together again, no more fear of the unknown just us, our daughter and the rest of our lives together."
Spencer knew she loved Caleb but there is a chance that the past 24 hours that she loved him even more, she cannot wait to go home and take care of not just Caleb but their little bundle of joy too. "I actually thought of a name already, Arianna Camille."
"That's a pretty name but a very peculiar combination."
"Well it's for the strong and brave women that made sure our baby is safe, Aria, Hanna, Veronica, Emily and Ali."
"I will not object with that, I cannot imagine what would have happened if Aria and Emily are not around yesterday." Caleb will always be indebted with Aria and Emily for always saving Spencer in most dire situations.
"Where are they anyway?" Spencer wanted to know too if they are okay.
"In a hotel a couple of blocks away, your parents came around the afternoon from London and when the doctor said that you are stable, Veronica got a suite for Aria and Emily to stay in while they wait for the news, Jason and Alison are with them right now."
"That's good, is Hanna with them too?" Spencer has not seen Hanna in a long time, because she's not really allowed to go back to Rosewood for the rest of her pregnancy.
"She called Emily yesterday, she's worried about you, she's in Melbourne with Travis working on a fashion event tied to a race tour, and she actually wanted to go hop on the next flight to here but we told her she doesn't have to since you are safe and it's her chance to go international."
Spencer sighed a relief that their lives are finally coming together now.
"Caleb, can you please take our first family photo, I'm just excited." Spencer giggled on the idea about finally having her first family photo with Caleb.
Caleb held his phone up for a selfie and took several photos of them with Spencer still holding their babygirl, he reviewed the shots and marveled on how beautiful their family looked like. He tapped the post new photo option of his social media account and Caleb Rivers captioned his newest upload, Happiest morning #TeamHastingsRivers