Brian went to buy some food for Olivia when he received a call from her, when he answered the phone he knew by the way Olivia was speaking that something was wrong.
"Olivia, what's wrong?" he asked concerned.
"Where are you?" she cried, breathing heavily. "Bri, I need you here now, where are you?"
"I'm right there, parking the car. What's the matter Olivia?" he was now getting really worried.
"Dylan is dying!" she cried, not knowing what she was talking about.
"WHAT?" he shouted, holding himself up with the car door. "Why? I'm on my way."
"She- she stopped breathing, they took her I don't know what's wrong, they still didnt- didn't say anything. Brian-" she paused and took a deep breath, "I told you I wasn't gonna give you a healthy second child, I TOLD YOU. She might be dead right now and I don't even- I don't-" she choked on air and sobbed.
"Calm down," he entered the room and hung up the phone, rushing to her side. "It's okay, deep breaths baby." he rubbed her back. He wiped away her tears, not knowing he had some streaming down his face, too. "I'm gonna find a doctor right now, you calm down okay?" She nodded, he kissed her head and ran out, leaving Olivia crying even harder.
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"Is she alive?" was the first thing Olivia asked the doctor when he entered her room.
"Yes. You need to calm down, Mrs Benson. It isn't good for you. Your baby is fine, she had some trouble breathing but now she is okay. You need to remember that she is a premature baby and needs more time because her lungs aren't fully functional. She'll be fine, you'll be able to see her tomorrow. She can breathe by herself now. Just a little scare." he reassured the parents.
Olivia breathed a sigh of relief and reached for Brian and held his hand, he leaned down and kissed her forehead.
"Are we positive that she won't have any problems breathing anymore?" Brian asked to make sure. The doctor smiled at the parents.
"We can't be 100% sure but there's a good chance that she'll be okay now, this happened because she was born earlier than planned, but now that she can breathe on her own we can be hopeful that it won't be likely to happen again." he tried to explain.
The next day, the nurse brought the baby to her mother and left the two of them alone for some time.
"Hi little princess, you gave mommy and daddy a big scare last night didn't you?" she spoke quietly to her daughter lying in her arms who was looking up at Olivia. She smiled, "You have to promise me never to do that anymore, okay?" She chuckled, knowing she wouldn't get any answer from a 3 days old baby. "Daddy went to get your grandma, it's your daddy's mommy. You'll see she is a very good woman and I'm sure you will love her as much as she loves you."
"I already love her" she heard a voice say, when she lifted her head Gloria, Brian's mother was standing at the door frame. She smiled at her and looked down at Dylan.
"Look Dy, look who came to see you!" she said happily. Gloria approached her and bent down to kiss Olivia on the cheek. "Can I hold my granddaughter?" she asked shyly.
Olivia looked at Gloria and nodded, "Of course you can," she handed the baby to her "there you go." she watched as her mother-in-law interacted with her daughter.
"Hello gorgeous little angel, welcome to the World, I'm your grandma." she watched as Dylan yawned, "look at you, you look just like your big sister when she was born."
Olivia smiled "That's very true, Sara was just a little taller."
Gloria watched baby grip her finger, "and you look so much like your daddy. You have his chin, his nose but you have mommy's eyes." She turned her head when she heard the door open, showing Sara and Brian. She lowered her voice and said to the baby "Let's just hope you don't have daddy's character." she chuckled as Olivia laughed.
"Saying bad things about her daddy already?" Brian teased as he placed Sara on the bed next to Olivia and took the baby from his mother. "Don't listen to them, they are just jealous." he kissed her head "Daddy missed you baby girl." he turned to Sara who was hugging Olivia "Hey Sara bud look who is there," he pointed to the baby in his arms. He sat on Olivia's bed and motioned for Sara to inch closer to him. Sara looked in awe at her little baby sister and watched as she sucked her thumb.
That was what a real family looked like.
Hey, hi. I know, I know it's short but next chapter is the last and will be much longer, Read and Review please I love you verymuch for all your support. Amy
