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"Why do I have to go to sleep now?" Caleb asked. "It's not eight o'clock yet, daddy."

Nate smiled. "Think of it this way: If you go to bed now you can get up earlier."

"But I-"

"Please, Caleb?"

"Okay."

"Good boy." Nate leaned over the bed and kissed his forehead. "'Night, sport."

Caleb was already half asleep and half mumbled, half sighed "'Night, Daddy. Love you."

"Love you, too, kid. Believe me." Nate switched off the light and closed the door. Mitchie was still sitting patiently on the couch.

Nate sat back down and sighed. Mitchie did not give mercy.

"So why did you two pick here, of all places?" she fired off immediately.

"That's obvious, because it was small and in the four years we have lived, here no one has come even close to recognizing us," Nate replied.

"But of course that didn't stop you from taking a few drastic measures," Mitchie pointed out, looking at his different clothes and hair.

"What do you mean?" Caitlyn asked.

Mitchie gently took a lock of Caitlyn's now dark red hair and hung it in front of her face.

"You know, you looked better with brown hair, same for you Nate, blonde is definitely not for you," she said with a giggle.

"See I told you that was a stupid idea!" Caitlyn said smacking Nate's arm.

"Well, nothing to do about it now."

"What about money?" Mitchie asked. "You guys look worse than…I mean…"

"We're starving," Nate finished.

"Well…kinda. But," Mitchie repeated. "What about money?"

"HA! What money?" Caitlyn asked. "Nate here doesn't like to take from his precious brothers."

"They earned it!" Nate exclaimed. "Besides," he added. "I work as a part time accountant at a UPS store here in town."

I nodded. "But that's not enough, is it?"

"No," he admitted. "It's not."

There was a very awkward silence, and Mitchie still had a lot of unanswered questions.

"Why?" she asked finally, looking down at her hands.

"Why what?" Caitlyn asked.

"Why did you leave? Why did both of you leave?" Mitchie whispered.

"Did you not see the toddler running around here?" Nate asked. "The press would have had a frenzy if they found out about Caitlyn's pregnancy."

" And I was scared, we both were, at the time we thought leaving was our only option," Caitlyn added, tears beginning to form in her eyes.

"But it wasn't, there was four other people on that bus that loved you two, you could have came to us," Mitchie spat, hurt.

"I know," Caitlyn replied softly. "But even you guys couldn't have hidden me…"

"Did you really think we would have abandoned you two? Especially in a time of need? Sure, things would have been tense at first, but you are family," Mitchie said.

They sat in another long moment in silence.

"Did you really believe that we would have turned our backs on you guys just because you were going to have a baby?" Mitchie said, tears starting to fall.

"I don't know, I didn't know, but I guess you wouldn't, But that was never the case. I had to hide…" Caitlyn said, "I'm so sorry Mitchie, I'm sorry."

Nate hugged Caitlyn and Mitchie noticed something.

They were stronger, together. This whole mess had brought them together even more. Nate was so protective of Caitlyn and Caleb now…it was actually very sweet.

Suddenly, Caitlyn gasped. "Nate! It's 7:15! My medicine…"

Nate's eyes widened. "Take it now!" he urged. "I think you'll be okay."

"Okay." Caitlyn hopped up and walked to the bathroom, shutting the door behind her. Mitchie turned to Nate, confusion written all over her face.

Nate sighed and leaned back onto the back of the couch. "It's a long story," he mumbled, his hands covering his face.

"I have time."

Nate sighed and looked at Mitchie. Mitchie was shocked to see so many emotions in his eyes.

"It happened when Caleb was born," Nate started. "Caitlyn is a strong person. We all thought she'd be okay. But…something went wrong. To this day, we don't know exactly what but…" He stopped, biting his lip, eyes closed again. "It was probably the worst and best day of my life," he whispered, then started over.

"Caitlyn went into labor around eight o'clock. Caleb was born exactly at midnight. That day was a full moon, you know.

"Anyway, there I stood…holding the tiny thing of a child in my arms..." Nate shuddered at what happened next.

"I said 'What should we name him?' Caitlyn had said almost nothing this whole time. But now she looked at the tiny baby I held and whispered

"'Name him Caleb. I've always liked the name. Nate…name him Caleb.' I didn't know what she meant by me naming him Caleb…He was both of ours.

"I turned around to tell the nurse the needed information when suddenly…" Here Nate's face went deathly pale. "Her…her heart monitor went off…her heart had stopped."

Mitchie gasped, eyes wide. Caitlyn remained motionless on the other side of the bathroom door, listening to the narration in horror.

Nate had never told her what had happened…only that she'd passed out. And she remembered…nothing. At all.

Nate spoke again.

"I only remember…spinning around…Caleb was gone suddenly. The nurse had grabbed him…"

Here, Nate was lost for words, only remembering the terrible memory…

Beep…beep…BEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPP

"NO!" Nate shouted, spinning around. "Caitlyn!" No. No! NO!

He rushed to her bed, only to have one of the male nurses pull him back. "No!" Nate shouted as the doctors crowded around Caitlyn. Nate pulled free and pushed his way to her side, grabbing her getting-colder-by-the-second hand.

"No!" he gasped, tears running down his face. "Caity, no, please, please. Don't leave me."

"You need to get out!" one doctor instructed. A nurse pulled him away.

"No," Nate whispered in horror. "Caitlyn…"

"We're losing her!" another doctor shouted.

The horror was only too real.

But then

A gasp, like someone had just been underwater for five minutes and now was trying to breathe…like Caitlyn was trying to breathe. Nate broke free again and ran to her bed. Caitlyn stared up at him with confusion and shock on her face then fainted.

"Nate?" Mitchie whispered when tears started rolling down his face. Her tears had already been and gone.

"They got her back," he whispered brokenly. "But only just. She was awake for barely three seconds before she fainted. Turns out…she wasn't strong enough…"

Alyssa- Okay, after Angie here messed up (don't worry, i forgive you ang) we finally got the right chapters up. This is one of my favorites. Hope you enjoyed. REVIEW.

Angie- I didnt mess up! I was half asleep!

Mya-angie messed up royally..but will anyone let me do the uploading....NOOOOOO! so ha. REVIEW!