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"You're underweight. It's not good for your baby, or for you. You need to be taking vitamins and prenatal pills. There are ways a normal person would be able to take care of their baby, but I feel that this is a special case." The doctor goes on to explain what I need to do, in order to care for my unborn child better.
"And if you do not gain more weight, and eat right. All the things that come with being an expectant mother, your baby will not be healthy." He finishes and looks at me, waiting for me to respond.
I look over at Phil who looks to be in deep thought, he takes my hand into his again, "I'll make sure she gets healthier. Now, I have a few questions." Phil says and starts talking to the doctor about everything.
What to eat, what I can't eat. What to drink, what not to. What to do if I get sick, what I should be doing for a workout, to keep my strength up.
The doctor lists off things I can or can't consume, it royally pisses me off. I can't have pop, I can't eat junk food. When he starts listing off types of fish I can't have, I look up at them.
"So I'm basically gonna die" is all I say and close my eyes when I start to feel dizzy, I have the biggest migraine right now and the doctor isn't helping.
The doctor doesn't even hear me, as I had just barely whispered it.
He walks out of the room, saying he will be right back to give us some papers and things to help understand more of what my body is going through.
I just lay there, eyes closed, trying not to cry. I don't like the way this doctor is sounding. Like I'm gonna die if I don't eat nothing but salad the whole time.
Phil strokes my hand and I open my eyes weakly at him.
"Are you hungry? I've got some stuff over here." He asks and I immediately nod.
I look at all of the choices, "Can I even eat any of this? He made it seem like I can't eat anything good." I ask and he laughs.
"Of course you can baby. Didn't you hear him? He listed off the things you can't eat." He states and I just shake my head, eyeing up all the things Phil had just sat on the over the bed tray for me.
I don't even hear anything else as I nibble on some vegetarian sushi rolls. Thank god he got the veggie ones because that's one thing I wouldn't be able to eat while pregnant.
I look down at my right now, flat stomach. This little monster is already causing me some trouble. I think to myself affectionately.
I drink some ginger ale, I'm lucky that the hospital has it. A few minutes into eating, my tummy wouldn't settle at all. So the bubbly drink helped me a lot.
I fall into a light doze. The doctor and Phil talking in the background, lulling me to sleep.
When I wake up, I see Hunter standing above me, talking to Phil, along with Stephanie. I just look around, I feel awkward still. What with Hunter yelling at me the other night.
It made me feel like I was getting scolded from a parent because I was being bad, I'm not use to that feeling.
Stephanie smiles sadly at me, "I'm sorry this happened Erica. I need to talk to some people about taking bribes to let those who are not authorized, in. Also, there was breach in security. That guy knew what he was doing. I can't believe this happened. How are you feeling?" She explains then asks and I give her a small smile.
"I'm ok I guess." Is all I rasp out. My voice hurts a lot. Probably sore from yelling at Dan so much. I look at the window and it's very early morning. I must have slept only a few hours though.
Hunter smiles at me, "I'm so glad to see that you're ok. We were so worried. Steph told me about the agreement you two had about your contract. I'll have my lawyers fax some stuff over to yours later today. But I feel like you could use some time to recuperate." Hunter explains as well and I just nod my head a bit.
I'm still feeling weak and ill. I wish this all would stop. At least Dan is behind bars for the time being. Which reminds me, I may have to go to court to get him behind bars for a long period of time. I'm not sure how I will handle that, being pregnant and all. I heard stress is bad for the baby, and I'm feeling stressed out just thinking about it.
Phil is standing up, talking to Stephanie.
Hunter sits down next to me, "I'm sorry about yelling at you. I know you are always very professional while out there. I was out of line, yelling at you in front of everyone. I was just angry that all that profanity was said on Live Tv." His apology takes me by surprise as he doesn't usually put himself in such a vulnerable place.
I smile a bit at him, "It's ok Hunter, really. I should have waited til we got in the back to scream at her. I lost my cool and I paid the price, literally." I say with a laugh.
He sighs, "I'm still upset about having to do that to you, and now with everything with the baby. You'll need every penny you can get. Trust me, I know. But it's protocol. I have to fine you, if you cause any stirring with our sensors."
I smile and rub my tummy, "It's ok Hunt, really. I don't even know what I'll be doing yet. Me and Phil haven't even talked, but.." I trail off and hold up my left hand, showing him my ring finger.
He smiles big, "I'm glad he finally did it. He's been talking to some of the guys about wanting to do it, for a few weeks now." He comes clean and I look at Phil, eyes widened, mouth open as Phil and Stephanie both look at me.
"A few weeks? I...I thought you just..." I ask then trail off as I rub my tummy again
Phil stands over me on left side of the bed and caresses my hand, diamond ring sparkling in the light.
"Baby, I love you. I asked you to marry me because I want you for the rest of our lives. Not just because you're pregnant with my child." He answered the question I had implied at Phil.
I bite my lip, "Really? You promise it's not because of the baby. At all?" I ask and he immediately shakes his head, both Hunter and Stephanie looking on.
"I'd never do that. If I didn't want to marry you. I wouldn't have asked, period. Babe, I've had so many girlfriends." He pauses.
To which I say, "Not making me feel any better." And Phil laughs.
He then adds," The only one I even remotely cared about was Amy, and you far passed her in the feelings department. Actually, every other one too. I never thought I could love so much before." He finishes and kisses my lips softly.
"Aww, how cute." Hunter says and Stephanie slaps his chest for ruining the moment.
I laugh, "Ok we can stop trying to make me cry now." I say which makes them all laugh.
"Well, we will see you soon." Hunter says which prompts Stephanie to hug me and they both leave me to rest.
I yawn and squeeze my eyes shut as the side of my face hurts.
Phil comes and just strokes my face softly for a while.
"I could just kill him" I hear him say after a few moments and look at him, startled.
"What do you mean?" I say groggily, I was falling asleep under his gentle touches.
He touches the huge bruise on my face, "I could kill Dan for hurting you." He says and curses when I whimper at the sound of that assholes name.
"I'm sorry honey, I'll try not to say his name again. Did... Did he even know about the baby?" Phil asks and I immediately shake my head.
"No, thank god. If he had, we wouldn't have it still. He would... He would have hurt me more." MY voice cracks at the end and Phil just holds my shaking form as I start to cry again.
"Shh, it's ok kitten, it's ok. He didn't. The baby is just fine." He tries to reassure me, but I shake my head.
"No it's not Phil! The baby may not make it, all because of me." I exclaim sadly and start to sob. Damn emotions!
I move a bit so that Phil can lay next to me, and I move into his strong arms.
"Shh, calm down babe. It's not good for the babe, all this upset. And don't worry, I have all the faith that we can keep him or her alive." he pauses then adds, "Just so long as you be more careful ok? And for fucks sake, no high heels." He teases me, as if I ever wear those god forsaken things!
It works, I laugh and smile at him.
I wish we were back at his apartment though, I miss his big amazing bed.
He smiles softly at me, as I start to fall asleep in his arms, he always makes me feel safe.
I yawn cutely as I eventually doze off. Snuggled into him and extremely cozy.
It's later on in the day when I finally wake up, I was so tired. I look around and Phil isn't even in the room, let alone in bed where I had last seen him.
I look around in a panic and get up to look for him, I take my IV bag with me, it has wheels, thank god.
I don't even have to walk out of my room that far before I spot Phil talking to Dean. They look to be in a heated argument. I bite my lip, unsure of what to do.
I walk closer to them and Phil sees me out of bed, IV rolling next to me, in nothing but a tightened hospital gown.
His eyes widen when Dean spots me and runs up to me, and hugs me tight to him.
"I was so fucking worried." Is all Dean says for a minute and just holds onto me as he hugs me. I look over his shoulder at Phil, who doesn't look too happy about the affection between me and Dean.
I pull back and smile at Dean, but when he looks at me, his face looks serious as he looks over my injuries, well... the ones that aren't protected by my skimpy gown.
"I'll fuckin kill him" Dean exclaims, then gets quiet as he sees my engagement ring. He swallows hard when he looks at Phil, then me.
"Congratulations." He whispers and I smile at him.
"Thank you" is all I say, I don't really know what else to say.
I hear the nurse call me, for me to get back into bed. I hug Dean one more time and tell him to call me soon, he promises he will and the nurse escorts me back with a disapproving look on her face.
I get back into bed and wince as the nurse has to check all my injuries to see if they have started healing up yet.
MEANWHILE WITH DEAN AND PHIL...
"I'm sorry about everything man. I'm only gonna be her friend now. It's just..." Dean apologizes and just trails off, thinking of how lucky Phil truly is.
Phil smiles softly, "It's ok man. Trust me, I understand. If the roles were reversed, I'd still be hung up on her too. I'm glad I won't have to worry about you with her anymore, her and the baby mean everything to me." He explains and fuck if it doesn't make Dean feel like shit.
Dean swallows the lump forming in his throat, "Ya, I uh... I didn't know you guys were That serious already. You're lucky as fuck though, I'd give anything to have that be my baby, and my ring on her finger right now" He pauses and sees Phil upset, and adds, "Don't worry though, like I said, I'm done trying to pursue her. I'll help out with her because I still care about her and probably always will, but she... she picked you and I have to accept that." He finishes and shakes Phil's hand then leaves. More depressed than ever.
Phil just shakes his head, and sighs, "He's more hung up on her than I thought." He walks back into my room, where I'm trying to breathe deep as the nurse instructs me, with her stethoscope on my back as she checks some vitals.
He sits down next to me and holds my hand as the nurse finally walks out to give the doctor the latest results.
Phil sighs upon seeing me hold my hand over my mouth as another wave of nausea hits me, well it is morning, so I'm really not that surprised. But I had eaten so much, to give the baby some food because I was starving. It's proving to have been a bad idea.
I just lay there, trying not to throw up, trying not to cry... This shit sucks yo!
I try to breathe deep a few times and that proves to be a huge mistake as I smell some breakfast that close by in someone else's room.
I'm about to get out of bed when Phil hands me a small trash can, I take it and vomit everything I have eaten, which wasn't much to begin with.
I lay back with a sigh after about 1 minutes of throwing up and about 5 or 6 of just dry heaving.
I look over at Phil and he has a concerned look on his face.
"Babe, maybe you should stay at home for a while?" When I hear him ask that, I start to tear up...
Oh no! Does he wanna be away from her?
Or is he looking out for her safety.
Find out more in the next chapter.
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