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A/N: Alright here we are with another update. I want to thank my reviewers from last week; dreamer 3097, kuropie, AyaneC, HelloLish, xoSuperstarletxo, Sciencefreak2007, Favor1234, Angel and Yellow-queen18. I hope everyone enjoys this new update and please remember to Review and so I can know what you think.
Baby S
Chapter Twenty-Five
You know I had a nightmare like this once. It happened a little while after my on site accident with the construction company. I think it was about two or three months, all I know is that I had it and scared the living shit out of me. All I remember is the heartache I felt during the dream, because in it. Taylor had been killed. I don't know of the circumstances, and I don't know where everyone else was. All I remember was looking into an open casket and seeing her beautiful face there, all the while knowing that she wasn't going to wake up no matter how hard I cried, and now here I am praying that this doesn't turn out to be my dream. I'm praying that instead of things turning out like my dream that Taylor instead wakes up and gives me that smile that makes me want to do any and everything for her. My children need their mother, and I don't want to imagine raising them without her in their lives, but most importantly I need Taylor…my wife in my life because I know for a fact my life would be nothing without her in it.
Troy had hardly moved since he had taken his place beside Taylor's bed. He continued to hold hand tightly as he drifted in and out of sleep. It was the second restless night of sleep that he had ever had the first being then night he had his nightmare. Jerking his head up at the sound of a door closing down the hall, Troy looked around the room and then allowed his eyes to fall on Taylor who was still resting peacefully on the bed. He frowned as he studied her for a moment. She hadn't moved since last night, and that worried him greatly. Glancing up he looked towards the window and saw a few rays of light breaking through the blinds and curtains. With a broken sigh he ran his thumb along the back of her hand while standing up slightly so he could kiss her temple before he whispered in her ear. "Come on baby you gotta wake up for me and the kids." He studied her for a few more moments but when she didn't stir, he sat back down in the chair after pulling it closer to her bedside. Kissing the back of her hand, he laid it across her stomach and then rested his head on the available area on her bed. Closing his eyes he decided he needed a much needed rest before he headed out to go visit their daughter. After a few minutes of resting his head there Troy fell asleep feeling a small bit of comfort by being as close as he was to Taylor.
A soft moan slowly drew Troy out of his sleep, with a tired groan he lifted his head and saw Taylor slowly moving a hand to her stomach while moaning in pain. He watched in shock for a few moments and then reached out grasping her hand. "Tr…oy." Taylor groaned out brokenly, he cleared his throat and spoke up gently.
"Baby wake up." As soon as the words left his mouth, she quieted down. Troy stood up and watched her trying to figure out what was going to happen next. Suddenly Taylor moaned again as her eyes opened up and she looked up at him. Troy looked down at her and then pulled her into a quick hug while making sure he didn't put to much pressure on her. "Oh thank god, baby." He murmured into her hair as he held her to him. As he held her, Taylor's shoulders started to shake and soon Taylor's cries filled the room. Troy moved back a bit so he could look at her, what he saw shocked him to his core. Taylor's chest was heaving up and down as tears streamed down her face. "Shush, baby it's okay." He whispered as he lifted a hand up to wipe the tears away. Taylor shook her head, as she placed a hand on her stomach.
"No…my baby, where's my baby. I…I…feel so empty." She cried, Troy eyes widened in shock and quickly pulled Taylor into his arms while whispering in her ear.
"Our baby is fine…we have another beautiful daughter. She's fine Taylor." He kept whispering over and over again. Taylor hugged him tightly as she could, as she cried into his shoulder.
"You promise?"
"I do." He whispered back. "Now you need to lay down, you need your rest." He said softly as he kissed her on cheek while pushing her back down on the bed. "I'm going to go and get-."
"Troy, I'm so sorry." She sobbed as she lifted a hand to cover her mouth. "I should have taken my leave just like you said I should have-." Troy placed a finger on her lips and shook his head at her.
"Don't blame yourself, baby. I don't blame you and I'm not going to let you blame yourself alright." He said softly. "I'm going to go and get the doctor, I'll be right back." He whispered as he looked at her. Taylor slowly nodded her head, and Troy quickly slipped out of the room. As soon as the door closed he took out his cell phone and called Roland and Michelle. In the middle of the first ring, Roland answered.
"Troy?" the older man grunted out.
"She's awake, call everyone and tell them alright."
"Alright son, and how is she."
"She's okay…she feels bad about what happened and she even tried to blame herself, and you know I won't let that happen."
"I do…well look I'm going to go and call everyone else. Michelle and I should be there soon enough. Tell Taylor we are on our way."
"I will." Troy said as he saw Dr. Nique walking towards him. Hanging up his phone, he looked at the doctor and smiled. Dr. Nique came up to him and studied him for a moment before speaking. "Dr. Nique, my wife is awake can you come and check on her." Nodding his head, Dr. Nique looked at him and checked his watch.
"I have a brief meeting to attend but once I'm out of it I will come and check on Mrs. Bolton okay." Troy nodded his head, and headed back to the room. When he entered he looked over at Taylor who was watching him silently.
"Is the doctor coming?"
"He has a meeting but he will come here immediately once it's over." Troy said with a sigh as he sat down on the chair by her bedside, and reached out to grab her hand. She turned slightly in the bed an asked her next question.
"So are daughter's okay right?"
"She's fine…she's doing well." Troy said softly.
"But she's premature."
"She's strong, and she'll make it." He said dismissing the thought of his child being weak simply because she was born premature. As far as he was concern that word didn't describe his daughter. She was strong and he needed to focus on that. Taylor realized what her husband was doing and made a small mental note not to mention the word premature anymore. They sat there in silence before Taylor asked the next question that was on her mind.
"Did you name her?"
"I thought…um I couldn't do it, especially without you." He admitted as he looked down at his hands. "But I did think of some names." Taylor smiled at his words and then reached out grasping his hand within hers.
"And what were those names?"
"Well, I was looking through some of your family photo albums and I found a name I really liked. It was your great aunt's name."
"Ayanna?"
"Yeah that's the one, and then I said why don't we name her after your aunt and my grandmother, you know Rachael."
"Okay I like the sound of that so how do you want to arrange that name."
"Ayanna Rachael Bolton." He said softly as he looked at Taylor who closed her eyes and smiled at the sound of the name.
"That sounds really lovely."
"So is that-."
"I can't wait to see my little Ayanna." Taylor gushed as she looked at Troy. "She's beautiful isn't she?" Troy smiled and nodded his head as he brushed his finger along her jaw line for a moment.
"She looks just like her mother." Taylor gave him a sideways look and smirked.
"Is that insult or a compliment."
"Well I see you still have your humor…but just so you know it was a compliment because she looks just like her beautiful mother, which is why I'm going to build a huge tower and put Aisha and Ayanna all the way up there."
"What are you going to do about J.J.? I'm sure he's not going to let you take his Aisha away."
"His! Oh please. I wish J.J. would say that."
"I'm sure whatever you're thinking Sheldon and Jasmine wouldn't like it." She replied with a smile as looked at the expression on her husband's face. "Now when can I go see our daughter?"
"After Dr. Nique comes and checks on you, and not a moment before." He said with a small smile.
"Oh come on you sure about that."
"Positive actually, I'm not letting you go anywhere except to the bathroom until Dr. Nique checks you out and you know how I am about my word."
"I do." She said with a smirk. As soon as she said the words, the door opened and Dr. Nique entered the room. He smiled at Taylor and walked over. "Hello Doctor."
"Hello, Mrs. Bolton and how are we feeling." He asked as he picked up the clipboard that was at the edge of her bed.
"I'm feeling okay." As she moved to sit up, Troy immediately helped her out by setting up the pillows behind her so she would have something behind her back to support her. Dr. Nique waited till they both were settled before continuing.
"You gave everyone quite a scare, but I'm glad you're now awake." He said with a smile. "Now let me check you out." He said coming over to the bed, Taylor immediately reached out for Troy's hand as Dr. Nique came over to her. "Now I'm going to gently press down on your stomach for a moment tell me to stop at the area where you feel the most pain." Taylor nodded and he pressed down, once he hit a spot that caused Taylor to hissed, Troy spoke up.
"Alright that's it man." Dr. Nique ignored him and looked at Taylor who had her eyes closed.
"Taylor?"
"That's the spot." She whispered softly, Dr. Nique nodded his head and wrote down some things before setting the clipboard down on the foot of the bed.
"Alright then…just as I expected, I'm going to suggest that you say here for at least another week or maybe even two. I want you to be fully healed before I release you." Taylor nodded her head in understanding.
"Okay."
"Are you going to do anything else for her while she stays here?" Dr. Nique looked at him for a moment before nodding his head.
"She will receive antibiotics; we want to release her when we are absolutely sure she has made a full recovery. We don't want to risk re-injury." Troy nodded his in agreement, because that would be the last thing he wanted. Taylor looked at her husband and then at Dr. Nique.
"What about our daughter…I want to visit her." Dr. Nique nodded his head and picked the chart back up.
"I guess that can arranged…I'll contact a nurse to come here and help you out with that, and then I'll come back to check on you later on today." Dr. Nique said. "I'll go and get the nurse right away…you take it easy Mrs. Bolton." He said gracing Taylor with a bright smile.
"Thank you Dr. Nique."
"No problem, Mr. Bolton," he said as he opened the door. "I'm just doing my job." Once he was gone, Troy turned to look at Taylor who was sitting quietly now. Noticing her worried expression, he reached out and grabbed her hand.
"What is it baby?"
"Do you think…once I'm healed that I will be able to have more children?" Troy looked down at her stomach and gently placed a hand on it, and then back at her. He slowly nodded his head and Taylor squeezed his hand.
"I think you will be able too…but I thought you said that Ayanna would be the last child we have."
"Well I just wanted to know…you know just in case we have a late baby surprise when we get older."
"Baby we're twenty-five going on twenty-six…so when are we going to have this late life surprise when we're thirty." He asked with a smile as he looked at her. Just as the door opened up, they both turned and looked. Roland, Michelle, Jack and Lois entered the house with bright smiles on their faces.
"My baby." Michelle exclaimed as she rushed to the bed and hugged her daughter tightly. Taylor hugged her back and smiled as she looked at her mother. "How are you feeling? Are you comfortable enough? When did you wake up? Have you seen the-."
"Baby let the girl breath." Roland said as he came to stand beside his wife, while giving his daughter a smile he used to give her when she was a child. Taylor looked up at her mother and said.
"I'm feeling fine and I'm very comfortable Troy made sure of that and I woke up sometime this morning and no I haven't seen our daughter yet."
"Have you two decided on a name yet?" Lois asked from Jack's side.
"Yeah we have actually." Troy said as he shared a smile with Taylor and then together they said their daughter's name. "Ayanna Rachael Bolton."
"Oh that's a lovely name." Lois and Michelle gushed at the same time as she looked at her, while Jack and Roland nodded their heads in agreement. Troy smiled happy with their reactions and looked at Roland.
"Did you call Sheldon and Jasmine?"
"Yeah, right now he has his hands pretty full at home with your kids there. He said that he and Jasmine would come and visit when they had the chance." Troy nodded, he completely understood especially since he knew that Sheldon was watching his children. Bolton children were perhaps the most energetic children in the entire world, especially when they didn't have Taylor's sharp look to quiet them down. He and Roland shared a look and the older man chuckled.
"I offered to take the boys off his hands but he said he was okay."
"Oh." Troy stated with a smile, as he looked over at his father who had made his way over to Taylor's hospital bed following behind Lois who embraced Taylor and spoke with her briefly. Both Troy and Roland quieted down as they watched to see what was going to happen. Jack Bolton looked down and Taylor who was silently looking back up at him.
"I'm glad you're alright." He whispered nervously as he noticed how quiet the room had gotten. "I was worried about you and Ayanna, and I'm glad you're both okay." He stated as he reached out and placed a hand on her shoulder. Troy smiled at the scene, everyone knew just how little Jack and Taylor had gotten along especially since for the longest time Jack blamed her for Troy not going to college, but slowly ever since his on site accident. Jack and Taylor had tried to have a civil relationship with one another.
"Thank you for saying that, Jack."
"I mean every word." He replied with a small smile as he looked at her, Taylor smiled back and opened her arms up.
"Well." Jack smiled at her and stepped forward wrapping his arms around her and pulling her into a tight hug. She hugged him back, and everyone smiled at the scene they all thought they would never see.
As Jack and Taylor released one another the door opened a plump nurse entered the room. "Why hello everyone." She said with a bright smile as she walked over to Taylor who had now settled back on her pillows. "Mrs. Bolton?" she said as she came to Taylor's bedside.
"Yes." Taylor said as she looked at the older woman.
"Well I'm here to take you to see your daughter…are you ready to go. I can come back if that's what you want." Taylor looked over at Troy who was watching her quietly once he noticed she was looking at him he spoke.
"Baby we all know you want to see Ayanna just go."
"I want you to come with me." She said back giving him a pout she knew he couldn't resist. Troy smiled and nodded his head.
"Alright baby." He said. The nurse smiled and headed back towards the door.
"Good I'll be back soon enough with your wheel-chair and then we will go and see your daughter." The nurse said as she headed out of the room. Troy turned around as Roland made a whip sound with his mouth which caused Jack to laugh as well.
"Sorry, Troy but I had to do it for Sheldon's sake I know he would have hated it if no one did it to you." Roland said through his laughter while Jack just smiled and laughed along with him.
"Don't make fun him." Taylor said crossing her arms over her chest. "Mom do something."
"She's right Roland."
"I agree too, so you stop that laughter Jack Bolton." Lois exclaimed right after Michelle. Both men stopped and looked down while mumbling.
"Yes dear." They said together, Troy raised an eyebrow at their words and smirked.
"And you call me whipped."
After Taylor and Troy scrubbed in the nurse helped them maneuvered around the other cribs until they were looking at their daughter. Taylor placed a hand over her heart as she looked down at her daughter. Troy stood behind her chair looking on as Taylor laid her eyes on their daughter for the first time.
"She's beautiful." She whispered as she looked on as the little girl waved her fist in the air. "She's beautiful, Troy."
"I know baby…she's beautiful just like her mother." He said with a smile as he looked down at her and kissed her forehead. "Do you want to put your hand inside." He asked softly as he knelt down a bit so he could be on the same eye level as his wife. "I think she needs to know that her mother is here…why don't you introduce yourself."
"Okay…help me." He nodded his head and gently lifted Taylor up out of the wheelchair. As he was doing so he quickly spoke to her.
"The minute you start to hurt you need to tell me immediately so I can help you." He said as he got behind her so she could lean against him for support. "Now put your hands through those gloves and introduce yourself." Taylor followed his instructions and slid a hand through the glove. She smiled as her daughter's eyes seemed to stay lock on her hand as it entered the plastic covered crib. A bright smile spread across her face as her daughter started to get excited by waving her tiny fists around in the arm.
"Hey sweetie…how are you?" she whispered as she looked down at her daughter. "This is your mother…I heard you already met your father."
"She sure did." Troy said with a smile as he looked at the interaction between his wife and daughter.
"We can't wait to take you with us…but the doctors say that you and I need to rest up a bit, and that's what we're going to do sweetie."
"Yeah, I got your room all picked out, and I just know that you're going to love it." Troy said as he looked down at his daughter watching as Ayanna grabbed a hold of her Taylor's finger. Taylor looked up at Troy and smiled brightly.
"She has a strong grip."
"That's my girl." Troy said with a smile as he looked at Ayanna. "Oh and baby girl we picked out a great name for you. Ayanna Rachael Bolton, I really love that name and so does your mom, and both sets of grandparents." The little girl gurgled something out as she looked over towards them.
"And guess what you have three brothers and a sister waiting for you when we take you home."
"Yep, and the best part of that is that you have three older brothers…plenty of guys to protect you when you get older." He said with a smile as he saw the look his wife was giving him. "What…I'm not kidding."
"I know and that's why you're getting this look." She whispered as she looked back at her daughter and smiled. "Troy…I love you and our family so much." He knelt down beside her and nodding his head in agreement.
"I love you and our family too…and believe me we're going to get through this baby. I promise." He said as he wrapped a strong arm around her shoulders and kissed her cheek as they continued to look at their daughter.
A/N: Alright we only have one chapter left and then this journey will be over, please remember to review so I know what you think.
Baby S