Hey guys!
I hope you all had a great Christmas/other holiday. Anyone watch the Doctor Who special or series 3 of Sherlock? Leave me a review if you did!
I'm sorry it's been a couple of months since my last update, but (not wanting to go into details) I'm struggling a bit with life in general. I'm not trying to start a pity party, I promise, I just want to tell you guys why you aren't getting fast updates.
Also: I wrote this whole chapter on my mobile phone, so there might be a couple typos that I've missed. If so, I apologise ahead of time!
Disclaimer: I don't own Gone. All rights go to Michael Grant.
This one has some Caina thoughts, but no physical interactions just yet. Patience is a virtue, guys, it will happen. (You have my word). Maybe you guys will be able to sympathize will Cara in this one. I know you all loathe her for breaking Caine and Diana up (understandable), but she's got some good qualities-right? Maybe you'll still hate her after this, but maybe you can try to see things from her perspective for a bit :)
Well, hope you enjoy this installment of Diana, I will see you all at the bottom!
Two Months Later
Cara POV
I wake up in the middle of the night in agonizing pain. Immediately I know what's happening-the baby's coming. Two weeks early, but I'm fairly sure that's not entirely unusual.
"Molly!" I cry, "The baby's coming!"
My daughter rushes into the room, panic written all over her face.
"What do I do?" she asks, breathing fast.
"You need to get me to the hospital. The contractions have only just...holy shit...started-but hurry!" I splutter.
She nods, and helps me out from the couch in the family room to her car. She gets me into the passenger seat and sets off for the hospital.
We arrive in ten minutes, with me chewing the inside of my cheeks to ragged pieces in a half-hearted attempt to stop myself crying out in pain.
The nurses help me to a room where I lie on a table that takes me straight back to long forgotten memories of Molly's birth. Suddenly I'm struck with the memory of a pain I'm not sure how I managed to forget.
"Fuck!" I yell as the contactions get stronger and the gaps between them get smaller.
"Don't push yet, honey." A midwife tells me, "You aren't diluted enough."
I lay my head on the pillow and brace myself.
Caine POV
My phone goes off at 2 am. Cara. I drowsily answer the phone.
"Caine?" I recognise Molly's voice.
"Yeah?" I answer, not entirely sure what's happening.
"Mom's in labour. I think you should come to the hospital as soon as possible."
Immediately, I am wide awake. I promise to get there as soon as possible and bolt out of bed, quickly dressing and leaving a hurried note for Diana before driving myself to the hospital.
When I get there, a nurse takes me to Cara's room. Molly comes out of the room to tell me that Cara doesn't want me in the room with her. I feel annoyed for a few minutes, but I do understand and she has a pretty good reason for me not to be there, so I sit outside and wait.
Cara POV
It feels like it's been hours before Stacey, my main midwife tells me I can push. Molly is holding my left hand, one of the midwifes my right.
"Okay honey, breathe in deeply for me." Stacey instructs.
I follow her orders and she says, "very good-now breathe out and push."
I do as she says, screaming, and squeezing Molly and the midwife's hands.
We continue on like this for what feels like years, everyone shouting words of encouragement to me.
Eventually, the pain vanishes, and I listen for the thin wail that I remember clearly from Molly's birth.
But it doesn't come.
Caine POV
I'm smiling when a midwife comes to tell me about the baby-excited to find out if I have a son or a daughter.
"Mr Soren, I'm afraid we have some bad news for you."
I feel myself freeze, my emotions dropping.
"I'm afraid your son was stillborn. You can go in and talk to your girlfriend now, if you want."
I almost correct the nurse, tell her that Cara isn't my girlfriend, but I don't have enough strength.
When I enter the room, Cara looks pale, worn out. She has huge bags under her eyes and tears stains all over her face. Molly is beside her, rubbing the back of her hand gently, trying to comfort her distraught mother. Both of them look up when I enter the room.
"You can leave, Caine." Cara tells me, her voice hollow, free of any and all emotion, "there's no reason for you to stay around me any more."
I nod, feeling a huge lump in my throat. I swallow, but nothing happens.
As I turn to leave, I'm stopped by Cara calling me.
"Caine. Make her happy. You two were always meant for each other. I loved you, but we both know you didn't love me back. How could you have? You were too in love with Diana Ladris."
I feel my eyes begin to water, and I hurry out of the room, out of the hospital. I get into my car, and all I can think about is what Cara just said to me. Do I love Diana? I think about her all the time. I want to feel her lips on mine-I crave it. By the time I get back to Diana's house, I think my mind is made up.
Yet when she opens the door, I tell her what has happened, and she says that she's so sorry, and she hugs me, but it only feels like a hug between friends. She doesn't know how I feel about her, but I know how she feels about me. She must resent me, leaving her for Cara. She'd never want that kind of relationship with me. We gave it a go once and I fucked it up. As ever. Now we can nvere go back to the way things were, when Annie was little. And surprise, surprise, it's all my fault.
One Month Later
Layla POV
Annie refuses to open the letter from Harvard until everyone is downstairs.
Once Diana, Caine and I have gathered in the kitchen, she just stands and stares at the envelope.
"Open it, Annie." Caine urges, "The suspense is killing us."
Annie gulps and looks up at each of us in turn, then back at her letter.
I rest my hand of hers, "You can do this, Ann."
She nods, and in one movement, opens the envelope and pulls out the letter. She reads it over in silence once and then sits it back on the table and stares at it blankly.
I put my hand under her chin and lift her head to make eye contact with her. She meets my eyes and shakes her head softly.
I instantly give her a hug and rub her back.
"It's fine, Annie, you did your best, that's all you could have done. You can still go somewhere else, somewhere closer to home. Maybe it's a good thing."
Annie pulls back and gives e a watery smile.
Diana and Caine each hug Annie, and tell her that it's fine, she's young and she has plenty other options.
Eventually, we order pizza and watch a movie together, which we find will (generally speaking) make you feel better in most situations.
Short but sweet, huh? Leave me a review, pretty pretty please!
Also, I just want to say to the guest reviewer who complained about the British TV programmes, there are a few reasons why they're in here;
1) Doctor Who and Sherlock are the bomb. I adore them.
2) I'm British, and I wanted a little bit of Britain in here, despite it being set in America.
3) They do have Doctor Who and Sherlock in America, so it isn't altogether unbelievable, is it?
So yeah, no offense meant, but there's a bit of explanation for anyone who wanted some!
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed that chapter! Leave me a review and tell me what you thought: seriously, the reviews help. I read through them all before writing this, and if there weren't so many lovely people willing to make my day by leaving your opinions for me, this chapter wouldn't be up here today. Thanks to every single person who has reviewed (yes, even the haters). I love you all to bits-you have no idea!
Toodles-
Sophia xo