Sorry for long wait, just life got really crazy. I'll finish this story for sure, but I don't know when. I have no idea what should I put into this story, should I make it more dramatic or make it slow and happy. I don't know, if anyone are still reading this, you guys can send me your ideas, it'll be big help for me. Anyway… Hope you guys will like it and I'm waiting for your reviews ; )
''Come on baby…Wake up, please.'' Luke sighed holding Chloe's hand in his own. He was sitting on the chair beside her hospital bed. Suddenly he heard a doors open and saw their friend, Beca.
'' Hey there, how's she?'' Beca asked and handed him a cup of coffee.
'' The same, still the same…'' Luke frowned and looked at his wife. She was lying on the hospital bed, her face and arms paler than usual. The only color they could see was her red hair.
''I can't believe this happened so suddenly… I mean… What the doctor said?'' Beca said and sat on the other side of Chloe's bed.
'' He said that she should wake up soon. She didn't even said she was in pain or something… I thought that she had appendix surgery when she was a kid…'' Luke said still looking at his wife.
''Yeah, I didn't know either,'' Beca said. They were sitting in silence, when suddenly brunette's phone started ringing. She went out of the room, leaving the couple alone.
''I'm sorry Luke, I need to go. Jess called and…'' Before Beca could end her sentence Luke cut her off.
'' Okay, you were here long enough Beca,'' he said and stood up to hug smaller woman. '' Thank you for being here for her. '' He whispered into brunette ear.
''Of course. I'm here for you too, you know?'' She smiled and hugged him stronger.
''Thanks'' Luke said and let go of brunette grip.
''Call me if anything will happen'' Beca said and left few seconds later.
A nurse woke Luke up a few hours later, he hadn't meant to fall asleep, but once he saw Chloe, even in the state she was in, he was finally able to decompress a little bit after an incredibly stressful day.
"Mister, visiting hours are over." The nurse's voice was soft and warm, but not comforting in any way. Luke was still half asleep, blinking quickly to adjust to the harsh hospital lighting. It took him a few seconds to acclimate himself and figure out where he was, and then he quickly looked over at his wife, scared he had missed something important while he was asleep.
"Don't worry, she hasn't woken up yet."
"Shouldn't that be something to worry about?" Luke's mind was moving in a thousand different directions. "Shouldn't she be awake by now?"
"Not yet." He was assured, "with the amount of stress her body was put under today and the medication she's on, it would be very uncommon for her to be awake right now. The doctor will probably wean her off the medication tomorrow and she should wake up then."
"I can't leave her though." Luke protested, a little bit of panic in his voice. "What if she does wake up and I'm not here? I promised her I wouldn't leave."
"We'll take good care of her." The nurse assured him with a smile. "You should go home and get some rest."
"No, I told her I'd stay." Luke tried again "She can't be alone."
"Mister…" the nurse sighed, "I cannot let you stay."
"You don't understand!" Luke was trying not to raise his voice, but apparently he had enough because Beca poked her head in from the hall. Luke felt tears coming to his eyes and tried his best to hold them back. "She needs me here."
"Can you give us a few more minutes?" Jesse asked the nurse as Beca walked over to where Luke was standing, wrapping her arms protectively around her best friend who proceeded to completely fall apart. "We'll leave, just give him a chance to say goodnight."
The nurse looked conflicted, but after a few moments pause finally relented "I can give you 10 minutes, but after that I'll have to insist." Beca nodded and mouthed a quick 'thank you' to the nurse as she left, while she stroked Luke's arm, trying to calm him down.
"I can't leave her." He said "I promised her I'd be here."
"I know Luke, but those are the rules." Jesse had never seen Luke like this before, a mixture of overly tired, terrified and angry. It broke his heart a to see his best friend like this, as if his heart didn't hurt enough when he glanced over and saw his other friend hooked up to machines in a hospital bed.
'' Luke, man, come with us. We'll come back in the morning, now you need to rest.'' Jesse said and patted his friend back.
" 6 A.M. and I'm here," Luke said and walked to Chloe's bed. " I'll be back in few hours baby, don't wake up if I'm not here," He said and kissed her forehead. Then, all three of them walked out of the hospital room.
„Okay, careful baby'' Luke said to his wife, as she was stepping out of their SUV. After week of being in hospital, Chloe was finally able to come back home. Obviously, she needed to stay in the bed, for the rest of the pregnancy but lying in her own bed, in her own house was much better than lying in hospital room with white walls and all of that creepy, beeping machines.
"I know Lucas. I can walk by myself. I'm not disabled." Chloe said and rolled her eyes again as her husband grabbed her waist.
"I'm not saying you are disabled. I'm trying to help you," Luke pouted looking at his now 6 months pregnant wife.
"Luke…" Chloe sighed and squeezed his hand. "I'm okay, our son is okay too," she smiled at him and kissed him in the corner of his mouth.
"Please, let me help you Chloe." Luke said and they walked into their house. He felt bad enough for this whole situation. Maybe he should be more careful. Maybe he should have his phone with him all the time and that wouldn't happen. Chloe and his son would be safer.
Chloe took her jacket off and walked to the kitchen. She took a chocolate bar and bit it, as she turned around. Luke walked inside and smiled at his wife.
"I knew they won't survive for a long time" he laughed and went upstairs to put Chloe's clothes out of bag.
15 minutes later, when he finished, Luke came down to find his sleeping wife. She was half laying and half sitting on the couch with candy wrappers around her.
'' I couldn't sleep last night, you know? I couldn't because I knew you're here. Alone. I blamed myself for a lot of things and I was just sitting on the bed all night. I felt like… Everything was turning against me, when I was only trying to do the right thing. And… I felt like an idiot, I felt sad, angry… You could've die Chloe… And I just started crying… For a long, long time. I'm so exhausted.." With that words, Luke started crying again. " I was trying to protect you, keep you safe. It's like I had one job… One job and I screwed it up. And for that I'm sorry, I guess that's what I do. I let down people that I love."
" If I died, how would you live with that?" Chloe asked, out of blue. Luke looked at her, terrified. They were chilling out in their garden, after Chloe woke up from her nap.
" How would I live with your death?" Luke asked.
"Yeah, how would you?" Chloe said.
" I wouldn't. I would rather die, than live without you here," Luke said and hid his head in Chloe's neck.
" Good thing we don't have to check this, I'm here," Chloe said, kissing Luke's forehead. "We're all here, happy and safe, you can fall asleep now baby," And with this words, Luke closed his eyes.
