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Chapter 34
Lars POV
I glanced around for Twister as me and Reggie walked through the double doors. I spotted him, a long with Otto, over against a far wall.
I walked past Otto without giving him a glance; I knew that wouldn't be good if I did. Reggie followed close behind avoiding Otto's eyes.
I sat down next to Twister who was leaning over with his face in his hands. "You ok bro?"
"Lars?" Twister asked, not moving.
"Yeah Twist?" I replied.
Twister sat up, his eyes were wet and red. He looked so lost.
After a few minutes of silence, I repeated my question. "Are you ok bro?"
Twister stared at the chair across from him, "Yeah…" He sniffed. "I'm good bro." I could tell he was fighting back tears.
"She'll be ok Twist." Reggie, who had sat next to me, said.
That did it, as hard as he tried to fight it, tears slid down Twister's face. It was awkward… I didn't know how to convince him everything would be ok. All I knew was that his pregnant girlfriend fainted and was taken by ambulance to the hospital.
"She said it would." Twister's empty glaze never left the chair in front of him.
"Mr. Rodriguez?" A nurse called from another set of doors.
Both Twister and I stood; the nurse looked confused. Feeling stupid I sat back down.
Twister walked over to the nurse. I wish I could hear what they were saying. Twister nodded to the nurse and walked back over.
"She's still in the ER room, the nurse said that they usually only let family in but I can go back." Twister informed us.
Reggie stood and hugged Twister, "See? It'll be ok."
Twister held on like a lost child, I could tell he was fighting against crying again. "I hope so." He mumbled.
"It will." Reggie encouraged. She let go, forcing herself to smile.
Twister turned and headed back to the double doors by which the nurse stood waiting.
Reggie sat back down next to me and looked at me worried.
"It will be ok babe." I put my arm around her and pulled her close, kissing the top of her head.
Otto sat a chair over, saying nothing. But I could tell he was watching us. Not a word was spoken, and that was probably for the best.
Twister's POV
I followed the nurse down the wide white hall; the smell of medicine hung in the air, and the sound of busy nurses echoed up and down the hall way.
The nurse stopped at the doorway of a room, "Right over there." The nurse pointed to a bed where Melissa was lying.
She had been conscious by the time we got to the hospital, and I hated waiting in the waiting room while she had to be taken back there alone.
Melissa smiled weakly; the bed she was lying in was propped up in the back so that she could sit up.
I walked over smiling, almost crying again. It was hard to watch this happen, but I was going to be strong for her. I took her hand, the one without an IV, holding it carefully. "You ok?"
Melissa smiled, "Yeah, the doctor said that my blood pressure just dropped to low… That can happen in this stage of pregnancy he said."
Then my most dreaded question, "How is the baby?"
"They said the baby is just fine." Melissa said calmly.
I breathed a sigh of relief. They were both ok. Both Melissa and the baby.
Just then the doctor walked in, looking at me he smiled. "You must be the father… Twister? Is that right?" The doctor didn't seem like he understood very well.
I grinned sheepishly, "Yeah, that's me."
"Ah, well nice to meet you. I'm Dr. Adair." Extending his hand out, I took it shaking hands with him. Dr. Adair started explaining Melissa's condition; he used a lot of medical terms - of which I only understood a few. Melissa seemed to understand most of what he was saying. All I understood was that her blood pressure dropped to low, there was no proof that any harm was done to the baby, she should drink a lot of water, and rest up until she got her strength back or else it probably would hurt the baby. "Alright, any questions?" Dr. Adair asked at the end of his speech.
Melissa shook her head.
"Ok, then we'll be moving you another room soon, and you should be able to go home tomorrow." Dr. Adair smiled, and after shaking hands with me again left the room.
Lars POV
It seemed like Twister had been back there forever… but it had only been fifteen minutes. I hoped everything was ok…
Otto hadn't said a word to me or Reggie since Twister left, and that was fine as far as I was concerned. He better not say anything about Reggie in front of me, if he did he would be glad it happened in a hospital.
Just then the set of double doors me and Reggie had entered opened, and in came Sam and his little sister Sarah.
"Reggie!" Sarah exclaimed when she spotted us. Letting go of Sam's hand she ran across the room, and excitedly climbed into Reggie's lap.
Reggie picked the small girl up with a smile on her face. For the first time I noticed how well Reggie did with children. But Reggie had always been a caring person…
As I sat outside my house, leaning against the side wall I could hear my parents inside yelling. My Madre… or as I started calling her more often now, mom, was mad at my dad for staying out drinking and spending so much money.
Twister was over at the Rocket's house. Now that he was 6 and in school, he spent the afternoon over there a lot. He was lucky, our parents hardly ever fought in front of him.
"You hardly ever go to church anymore!" My mom yelled in Spanish at my dad. "You're a disgrace to this family!"
"Are you ok?" A voice asked.
I looked up and saw the Rocket's beautiful daughter, Reggie. She was the most beautiful girl in the fourth grade. Also the toughest…Not a lot of boys chased her at lunch time. But everyone knew she was beautiful, everyone except her.
Reggie sat down next to me, "You look upset." I hadn't even heard her walk up.
"Nah, I'm fine." I wasn't going to admit my problems to a beautiful girl.
"You don't have to lie to me, I won't tell your secrets." Reggie said softly.
I looked up at her beautiful brown eyes and couldn't understand the look in her eyes. It was caring, and… honest.
We both winced as something crashed and shattered from inside my house.
"You can come to my house and play if you want." Reggie offered. "Or we can skate board down the street… my dad lets me go a whole block now."
I looked at her surprised, "You can skateboard?"
Reggie grinned, "Yep."
After thinking about it I did remember seeing her with a skateboard a few times. "Cool," I grinned back, "Think you can keep up?"
"Why should I? You're the one I'm going to have to wait on." With a quick kiss on my cheek, she got up and ran to get her board. It was a kiss that I wouldn't forget… until a few years later.
"So what happened?" Sam asked as he walked up.
"We don't know for sure, Twister has been back there forever." Reggie said; Sarah now settled in her lap.
"He told me that she was awake by the time they got to the hospital." Otto stated, it was the first thing he'd said since me and Reg had gotten there. His eyes looked at Sam only though.
"Are you ok?" Reggie whispered in my ear, then lightly kissed my cheek.
"Ew!" Sarah shirked.
"Sarah! Don't be so loud!" Sam scolded.
"Oopsys." Sarah threw a small hand over her mouth.
"Yeah, I am." I replied. I had seen the disgust on Otto's face out of the corner of my eye… And I liked it.
"Where are Melissa's parents?" Sam asked.
"Her dad had a business trip and her mom was about an hour away when Twist called." Otto stated. I had no idea he knew any of this… And he had sat there not giving any information until now.
"Here comes Twister!" Reggie sat up.
"Twister!" Sarah shouted.
Sam sighed as Sarah got down and ran up to Twister giving him a hug. Reggie looked at Sam and laughed. "I can't ever take her anywhere!" Sam stated.
Twister came over holding Sarah, "She's ok."
"What happened?!" Reggie demanded.
"The doctor said her blood pressure dropped to low. But she's ok now, and so is the baby." Twister grinned. "You guys can go back and see her once they get her room set up."
I felt relieved, and everyone else around me looked relieved. We had all grown to know her, and it was pretty cool she was going to have my niece or nephew.
Twister's POV
I walked down the long hallway I had become familiar with very fast. Room 267. I turned and walked in.
Melissa, who was standing by the window, turned at the sound of my footsteps. She smiled.
"Ready to go home?" I put my arms around Melissa drawing her close and kissing her.
"Very much so. I miss my bed." She said sweetly. Her lips brushed mine.
"You shouldn't be up." I gently said.
Melissa sighed, "But it's so boring."
"Ready to go Melissa?" A nurse asked walking in. "I have your discharge papers here. And we'll have a wheel chair up soon to take you down."
"Oh, I don't -" Melissa started.
"Doctors orders." The nurse interrupted.
Melissa pouted, not enough for most people to notice, but I had grown to know that look. I thought it was cute.
"As soon as the wheel chair gets here you're ready to go." The nurse handed Melissa her discharge papers.
As soon as the nurse walked out I looked at Melissa, "Sit." I said firmly - but not too firmly.
Melissa folded her arms and raised one eyebrow at me. I took two steps towards her; she sat down on the neatly made bed.
"Do you have all your stuff ready?" I asked.
"Yes, it's all in the bag mom brought me last night." Melissa pointed to her bag next to the night stand.
"Melissa?" A nurse asked walking in pushing a wheelchair.
Melissa looked at me rolling her eyes then got up. I grabbed her bag and her pillow off the bed. Then followed them downstairs.
After pulling my SUV around I gently helped Melissa in and thanked the nurse.
"Ready babe?" I asked getting in the drivers seat.
"More than ever!" Melissa replied.