AN:
I seriously can't believe that I've reached chapter 9 of Things happen. I didn't think it would be this long. Apparently a few characters decided to not agree with that sentiment so here we are.
I have realized that I haven't named Hope´s therapist yet, that's cause I don't know if the name I do choose end up being an actual therapist, but just know that the name the therapist gets is not based on a therapist that actually excists!
Here's the thing, this chapter is posted as an 'I'm sorry I messed up the last chapter posting'-apology. So, here's chapter Nine of Things happen.
To those who might skip the Lope-scenes, Please read the one in this chapter because it connects to the end of last chapter.
As always, I do not own a single thing that has to do with the show or possible songs used.
Things happen
Chapter nine
The Spencer livingroom
Bill walked through the door at 8:50 pm that night after having a really busy afternoon at the office with a lot of issues that needed to be sorted.
He walks straight over to the couch and sprawls right over it. He hears someone walking down the stairs and looks over to find his wife.
"Hi! Is Will sleeping?"
"Hi!" She walks over and gives him a kiss. "Yeah, I just put him down for the night. How are you doing? How was work?"
He repositions himself so that she can lay down beside him.
"I'm a little stressed, but it's nice to be able to leave that insanity behind for a few hours to spend them in your arms." He leans over and kisses her on the top of her head. "Just being near you reduces my stress levels so much."
"Well, I'm sorry to put another thing on your shoulders, but tomorrow is egg retrival time and you need to be there and we also need to pick who we feel should be our surrogate." Katie lays her head down on Bill´s chest, he then gives her another kiss on the top of her head.
"Should we go look at the files?" He feels her nod her head against his chest. "But let's stay like this for the next fifteen minutes first?"
"Most definitely." She gives a content sigh as her hand searches for his.
"Oh, I heard some news today that weren't the best news I've ever heard." Bill says with sadness in his voice.
"Oh, what's that?" Katie says with concern.
"Steffy called after trying to reach Liam for fifteen minutes or so to tell him that she had to cancel his time with Kelleigh today."
"Why?" Katie frowns.
"She had called her mother earlier and Taylor had told her that Eric had been admitted to the hospital two days ago and it wasn't good news, so Steffy decided to take Kelleigh with her to Stephanie and Eric´s house to distract Stephanie and keep her mind off her current situation in life."
"Oh, well, that was a good idea. I can't imagine how Stephanie must be feeling right now with her surviving her cancer and then Eric getting ill and then it turns out that it's a zero chance of survival, it must be hard and that little girl is such a good distraction. I can't imagine a better distraction then new life against the loss of an incredibly loved old man who's spent his life loving so many people."
"Mhmm."
"I can't believe I'm going to say this, but Steffy ending up pregnant might have been the thing that's going to save Stephanie so much heartache after Eric dies. Kelleigh is going to mean so much to Stephanie once he's gone."
"Yeah and now that Ridge and Taylor are married again I think she'd be quite happy to pass on the responsibility of the family to them and take a step back from everything and live her life to the fullest."
"Yeah, that's another thing that's improved life for all of us so much. I know that Rick calmed down so much the moment Ridge married Taylor because then he knew there was no chance for Brooke to get involved with Ridge again. I think that's the best thing in his life right now. I do believe though that Ridge and Taylor do belong together. This notion that Brooke has in her head is really all it is. A thing that's festered so long in her mind that she's started to believe that there's no other way it should be. It makes me sad really."
"Yeah, I understand what you're saying. During the years I've been in your life I've seen the way she throws herself at him eventhough he clearly hasn't been really interested in a relationship with her. Her desperation to tie him to her is so sad to see."
"Now, this has been a to heavy conversation to have at this time of night. Let's go and take a look at those files." Katie starts unwrapping herself from his arms, but is pulled back. So she chuckles a little before she settles back down in her husbands arms.
"We'll do that in a little bit. I want to cuddle with my wife for a little bit more before we get to the important baby-making stuff."
"Yeah, I wanna cuddle with my husband as well for a bit more. But we need to do the important baby-making stuff before our appointment tomorrow!"
"Yes, but in a little bit, not right now."
And so they spend the next fifteen minutes curled up in each others arms on the couch. After that they spent two hours trying to figure out which woman they would feel the most comfortable with carrying their child. In the end, the only thing they were sure of were which the women they weren't going to choose. Of the five women they had to choose from, they now had two women left and both Katie and Bill had things they did and didn't like about both of them.
~Things happen~
When Hope entered the door to the beach house, she saw that Liam was already there, he looks up when he hears the door open.
"Hey! Where have you been?"
"After I left your office I went to moms house and we talked about some things. Then I told her what you said about Eric and she said that we should go see them. So we did." She sees the worry fly across his face. "Don't worry. I didn't speak to Steffy other then to say hi and bye. I didn't look at Kelleigh once and I yelled at my mother."
"Why did you yell at your mother?"
Hope starts telling him what happened.
Flashback
The rage on Brooke´s face at the clear dismissal is evident on all the people in the room.
"Oh mom, give it up already!" Everyone turnes their heads to the person who's spoken up with surprise on their faces.
"Why?" Brooke turns to her daughter startled by the force behind her daughters words
"You're seriously asking me that? He's married mother! You cannot be angry at a man for kissing his wife!"
"Oh please, like that marriage is going to last anyway? It never has before!"
"Yeah, and how long has your marriages to Ridge lasted? Let's take the last one for instance. Two weeks right? Didn't even last through the honeymoon and then he runs off to Paris to get away from you. Read the signs mom! And get over it!" Hope is so frustrated. "You know what? I used to think that there was no way he wouldn't come back to you, but he's been back for months now and he hasn't seen you once on his own and he didn't even tell you he got married. You found that out from me!"
Taylor has had enough.
"Brooke! Maybe it's time you leave!" Brooke goes to start arguing when she looks around and everyone including Brooke's own children is nodding their head agreeing with Taylor´s request.
"Ridge! She can't talk to me that way!" Brooke looks at Ridge with her eyes pleading him to see her side of the story.
"Why not? Didn't you just stand there flirting with her husband? All she did was suggest you leave and I see nothing wrong with that!"
"Bridget!"
"Yes? What do you need mom?"
"Are you really going to let them talk to your mother like that?"
"Yes! Why are you here mom?"
"We came to offer our support to Stephanie, but mom seems to think this was a chance for her to flirt with another womans husband." Hope offers an explanation.
Brooke huffs at her daughter.
Hope walks over to Stephanie to give her a hug and then she says bye to everyone.
"Let's go mom!" Hope walks out the door after sending her mother an angry glare.
She goes out and sits down in her car. When her mother still hasn't come out five minutes later, she walks back into the house.
She sees Taylor holding her cheek a bruise slowly forming, Ridge holding his wife, Bridget staring at their mother with distain in her eyes, Kristen and Felicia are trying to keep Brooke from forcing her way back into Taylor's face. Thorne is holding Stephanie back from trying to smack Brooke in the head with her cane and Steffy is walking out from the kitchen.
"Brooke Logan!" Brooke whips around at the sound of her daughters voice. "Get in the car! Right now! It's all starting to make sense now."
When Brooke doesn't move and having had enough of her mothers delusions Hope walks over to her mother, grabs a chunk of her hair and starts pulling her out of the Forrester Mansion. Having no other option then to follow her daughter if she wants to keep her hair, Brooke followed her daughter out to the car. Hope pulls her forward to the passenger side of the car.
"Get in!" The venom present in Hope´s voice makes Brooke recoil in surprise.
Hope gets into the drivers side of the car, glares at her mother. "Do not say a word!"
Then she picks her phone up, calls her therapist and asks if she can see her in a little over thirty minutes, she is avaliable for thirty minutes. So she hangs up and starts the car.
"Where are..." Brooke really doesn't get far as her daughter turns her head with an expression of Don't you dare talk to me right now!-look on her face.
When they get to the therapist, Hope gets out of the car, goes around the car and opens the door to let her mother out. She then takes a hold on her mothers arm and pulls her with her after closing the car door and locking the car.
They get to the therapists office and Hope is told to walk right in. Hope pulls her mother with her and then forces her down in the chair across from the therapist.
"Now, tell her what you did today! Tell her what you did to your 'destinys' wife! Tell her why the whole family is furious with you right now! Tell her why I feel like there's no reason why I should even think Steffy is the cause of all the stress in my life!"
The therapist raises her eyebrows.
"I didn't do anything!" Brooke looks so confused.
Hope just throws her hands up in frustration.
"That's where all the stress in my life comes from. It's not Steffy at all because my mother has been present for everything! All of it. The stress I feel is coming from all the little things she's been whispering in my ears about everyone. The conversation we had with Rick and the bruise forming on my brothers stepmothers cheek and the way everyone looked at her when I came into the Mansion less then an hour ago made my whole world come into focus! She's the root to all of it!"
The therapist looks at Hope as she's talking seeing the young woman finally coming alive. She also sees that the weight that has been put on the young woman finally leaves her and Hope having such a break through is draining her and all that's left when she's done is tears, knowing that Hope would probably need someone to hold on to, Dr Marielynn Edwards walks over to her client and pulls her into a hug. Hope holds on for dear life, but she can already tell that her world is lighter.
Liam walks over to his wife with a small smile on his lips. "So you took my suggestion seriously then?"
Hope starts giggling through her tears. "Well, the picture that Steffy posted when Kelleigh was named made me see the truth, that the little girl really is your daughter. She looks just like you, but thankfully she has Steffy´s nose."
Liam brings her into a hug. "Yeah, she also has her grandmothers eyes. She's gonna be such a heartbreaker when she grows up. I take it you've made great progress?"
"Yeah, me finally realizing that my mother has been subtly manipulating me my whole life trying to make me believe that Steffy´s side of the family is the family that's in the wrong was the break through I needed."
"I'm proud of you!"
"But just so you know, I'm not ready to spend time with Steffy or Kelleigh just yet, I need some more time."
"I know and you should take the time you need. But I'm going to spend almost the whole day with Kelleigh tomorrow."
"Of course, you didn't get to see her at all today!"
That last sentence makes him feel the shift in his wife. The anger that used to be radiating off of her every time Kelleigh or Steffy was brought up is gone, but the sadness isn't and that's what Hope got left to work on. Coming to grips with her feelings about her husband having a child with his ex.
~Things happen~
The next day, Taylor, Ridge, Stephanie and Katie and Bill meet each other in front of the hospital. Katie recoils back when she sees the bruise on Taylor´s cheek.
"Hey! What happened to you?"
"Your sister did. She decided that I stood in the way of her and her destiny after he had specifically told her that there were no feelings there left from his side of their relationship and she got pissed." Taylor raises her hand to her cheek.
Katie´s eyebrows raises in surprise and then after thinking about it, she realizes that Brooke has always been violent when people stand in the way of her and her current destiny.
"Hope came back in and yelled at her then pulled her out by her hair when she didn't leave on her own. What happened after that I have no idea."
"Oh, well, I'm sorry she hit you! Are you okey otherwise?"
"Yeah, Kristen and Felicia grabbed her and held her back before she could do any more and I'm not really surprised she got that way, it's her automatic respons when things don't go her way."
They all walk into the hospital.
"What are you two doing here?"
Katie sends a small smile her husbands way. "It's egg retrieval day today!"
Bill puffs her chest up causing Ridge to laugh at him.
"Let's hope for a daughter shall we?" Ridge says inbetween laughter causing Bill to start lauging too, causing the women to look at each other confused.
"Are you here to take Eric home?" Katie sends a small smile Stephanie´s way.
"Yeah, it's gonna be so nice to have him home. We're done with the remodeling, nurses have been hired and schedules have been made. We wanted to have a nurse with us now and she's meeting us in the office of the doctor who's been treating Eric these last few days getting some information right now about Eric´s current health." Taylor explains.
"That's good!"
"Yeah, so we're gonna go get that done and you better lay some eggs Katie!" Ridge looks at Katie with laughter in his eyes.
"I'll try to!"
"Let's meet up for dinner later!"
"Sounds good!" Katie accepts Taylor´s invitation. "I'll talk to you later!"
Taylor nods her head and then they split up.
Both appointments go well and just an hour or so later, both Katie and Eric are sitting in a car on their way home.
~Things happen~
Steffy had stopped by Liam´s office at eight am that morning dropping Kelleigh off to see her father and it had been a quick visit.
Steffy had heard rumours that work was backing up at the office that she needed to get on with and after that she was going to go see her grandfather leaving Kelleigh with Liam for about ten hours before coming back to Liam's office just after 6 pm to collect her daughter.
She knocks on the door to his office and enters when he comes in.
"Hey! Did you get everything done you need to do?"
"I did and it was a great feeling leaving the office when the pile of stuff I needed to take care of had vanished. Granddad looked relaxed when I went to see him and he looked a little healthier. Maybe taking the stress off grandma to take care of him reduced his own stress to the point where he's slowly getting a little less sick. We know he's not going to make it, but it felt good seeing him look a little better."
"That's good." Liam sends a smile her way.
"I have something I need to talk to you about. It in part concerns your brother."
"Okey." Liam looks confused.
"It's partly because I need a bigger place and I asked my brother and Michala if they would like to move in with me in a house and they agreed. The other part is that Michala doesn't feel safe. Anyway, while we were talking, Wyatt asked if he could move in as well as his lease runs out about the same time as Thomas´s does and so Michala and I will sell our apartments and move in with my grandparents for a little while during the construction of the house and then Kelleigh, Michala, Thomas, Wyatt and I will move into a house a little bit from granddad and grandmas house."
"Okey, sounds like a good plan to me." Liam smiles at his ex. "Thank you for telling me!"
"Thank you for not saying that Wyatt can't live there!"
"Why wouldn't he be able to live there? I think it's a good idea, especially if his lease is running out."
"That's good! Thomas made a beautiful sketch of the house that we're going to be showing the architect who's going to design the house for the builder to build."
"That's great!" There's a genuine smile on Liam's lips so Steffy knows he's telling the truth.
"Good, how has your day been?"
"It has been really good. There's been a lot of ooh-ing and awe-ing around the office today when I walked around with Kelleigh in the Baby Bjorn trying to get everything I needed for everything that needed to be done. It's been a good day!"
"That's great!"
"I heard what happened yesterday. Are you doing okey?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, it's nothing I haven't seen before. I was surprised though that she did it in front of her so called Destiny. I also have never seen Hope so angry and it looked like something clicked in her eyes when she saw her mother being held back by my aunts and the bruise forming on my mothers cheek. I can't imagine what happened after they left in that car."
"Well, it's not my story to tell, but when Hope came back home last night, she looked so much calmer and she was so much happier then when I left yesterday morning. She needed what happened yesterday to happen."
"I can say it was a good thing to happen then!" Steffy sends a smile off to Liam. "Tell her I'm happy for her!"
"I most definitely will!"
"Anyway, I'm hungry so I'm just going to grab my daughter and head on home. I believe Michala has made lasagna for dinner and there's no way I'm missing out on that!"
"Sounds delicious!" Liam walks over and gives Steffy a hug before handing over the diaper bag and going to the room through the other door of his office to collect his daughter, who's peacefully sleeping in the stroller.
"Thank you! Bye!"
"Bye Steffy!"
After Steffy and Kelleigh are gone, Liam decides to go home as well.
~Things happen~
Katie spent the rest of the day in bed with Bill bringing her lunch and dinner. It was a nice change of pace for both of them and they realized what it was that made them fall in love with each other in the first place. Between Bill´s hectic situation at work and Katie being home with Will, they had somewhat drifted apart since Will was born, but somehow, the making of their newest addition to the family had brought them closer.
"Don't you think it's strange that Brooke hasn't called yet? I mean, whenever she's got mantrouble, she always calls to pick my brain about it." She's currently eating from a bowl with yoghurt and some mixed berries while Bill is sitting at the foot of the bed giving her a footrub.
"What I think is strange is the fact that she didn't bust through our door yesterday after she left Stephanie and Erics house to come and get some sympathy from you because big bad Ridge wouldn't leave his wife for her because you know he doesn't love her like he loves Brooke!"
"Point taken, yeah, that's strange as well. I really don't understand what she's thinking about. Punching the guy´s wife because he won't leave her? I just don't get it. But she does have a tendency to get violent when things don't go her way. I mean, she slapped me after finding out about Nick and I´s baby and I'm pretty sure that Steffy has received a few slaps or punches as well. Taylor I know for sure has gotten slapped more times then just yesterday and I've walked in on her slapping both Donna and mom when we were younger. I believe Storm even got his fair share of beat downs." Katie puts the bowl on her bedside table. "She was the most popular girl in school until her violent tendencies started showing up and she put two girls in the ER over the course of a week. When things don't go the exact way that Brooke has planned, she slaps and punches. I'd say there's been a few out right fights between her and who ever has been standing in her way."
"Ever since I came into your life, there's been this dark cloud over Brooke, I always thought it was because of Stephanie´s determination to get Brooke out of her life, but maybe Stephanie has sensed Brooke´s cloud and didn't want that in her life and that's why. I mean, Brooke practically forced her way into Stephanie´s family by getting pregnant by Eric. Then, as if that wasn't enough, Donna did the same, first by using Thorne to get back at Stephanie and then when that didn't work, she went after Eric. I'm pretty sure you, Bridget and Hope are the only Logans Stephanie actually likes." Bill starts working on her other foot.
"Oh!" She sighs. "That feels so good."
"What? Knowing that Stephanie likes you or the footrub?" Bill chuckles.
"Well, both to be honest. I think that one of the reasons Stephanie likes me is the fact that Taylor and I have never had any issues that doesn't have it's roots in something Brooke has done. All mine and Taylor´s issues has always had Brooke at the root of them. Then when the BRT-triangle ended when Ridge left Brooke during their honeymoon, all our issues are just gone. Taylor has always been a good judge of character, I'm thinking she's seen the cloud over Brooke as well."
"How are you feeling?"
"It hurts less, so I'm thinking I might want to take a small walk in the hallway for a while and then I want dinner and then you can go to Liam and Hope and pick our boy up! I need my Will cuddles!"
"Okey, I'll help you get out of the bed and then I'll go downstairs to put the in the pizza order and then while you walk around the hallway I'll go and get our son, hopefully I'll be back before the pizza arrives!"
"Good plan! That way I get to eat with my son!" Katie smiles brightly at her husband.
"Hey! What about me?" He starts turning her around so that her feet touches the floor.
"Oh, I totally forgot that I'm married. I'm sorry!" She places a kiss on his lips as he pulls her off the bed.
"So, how does it feel standing up?" Concern evident on his face.
"It feels okey actually, I might have been a baby about all this."
"Well, the doctors said that you needed to take it easy and to start gently moving about when you stop hurting and I'd say that's about now. So, no need to down talk youself, you're just following doctors orders!"
"Thank you for saying that!" Katie smiles as she's walking around the bed. "Now, go get our son!"
He starts walking for the stairs and looks back as Katie walks out of their bedroom into the hallway. Katie looks up and sees him still standing there so she shoos him away, he just chuckles and then goes down stairs to call in their order and then go and get their son.
Just as he closes the front door however, she stumbles, falls with her left side into the dresser that stands between the door into the bedroom and the guestbedroom and as she's laying on the floor, she doubles over from the pain and then her whole world goes black.
Thankfully, eventhough Bill is not that far away, Steffy had decided to talk to her daugthers other set of grandparents about the build of the house that night and so when she knocks on the door, no one comes to open it and getting concerned as there are lights on inside the house, she checks if the door is unlocked, which it is, so she walks inside the house, calls out for Bill or Katie and when no one answers, she puts the carseat containing her daughter and the diaperbag on the floor and walks up the stairs as she knows Katie has had minor surgery today.
When she gets up the stairs, she's shocked, but jumps into action calling for an ambulance and then calling Bill knowing that since he's not home, he's probably getting their son from Liam´s place. When Bill doesn't answer the phone, she calls Liam. His phone goes straight to voice mail and knowing that there's no other option and hearing the ambulance coming, Steffy calls Hope.
"Hello!"
"Please please please don't hang up! Can you tell me if Bill has already left?"
"Steffy?"
"Yes, it's Steffy! I'm at his house right now, can you tell me if Bill has left yet?"
"Why are you at his house?"
"That is so not important right now, just tell me if he's left already? Because if he hasn't he needs to come to the hospital where Katie had her surgery today because we're leaving in just a little bit! I came here and she was laying on the floor and I couldn't make her respond to me."
"He's just on his way out the door!" Steffy can hear Hope calling out to Bill that Steffy needs to talk to him.
When Bill comes to the phone, Steffy tells him what she had just told Hope and that he should probably leave Will were he is at the moment because he really doesn't need to experience this right now, she also tells him that she has her daughter with her and she'll be coming with in the ambulance.
Within ten minutes of the ambulance arriving, Steffy, Kelleigh and Katie are in the ambulance, Kelleigh riding in the passenger seat with the seatbelt holding her carseat in as it took to long to install the carrier.
Ten minutes after that, Katie is being wheeled into surgery and Steffy is standing in the hallway outside of the room Katie had been examined in before the operating room-order had been called with small tears flowing down her cheeks.
Bill and Liam comes flying through the doors of the ER and sees Steffy standing in the middle of the hallway and both of them come running down the hallway to talk to her.
"What happened?"
"I don't entirely know, but there were talks of a bleeding in her abdomen caused by the needles that did the retrival this morning. I'm guessing the doctors will know more once they've checked her out."
"But she looked just fine when I left!" Bill starts scratching his head in confusion.
"Yeah, well, if could've been pressed together while laying down and then when she got up the pressure decreased and the blood just poured out of the wound. There's no way of knowing."
Liam feels a little left out, so he asks Steffy if he should take Kelleigh home with him while Steffy stays here to help Bill in case he needs it.
"Wouldn't it be better if you stayed though?" Steffy asks with confusion on her face.
"Well, we've got a one year old at home and Hope hasn't been alone with him without me ever before and I don't know how she's coping. Besides, I don't know if I'd be much help in this situation as I'm freaking out just as much as dad is. It would seem you are more clear headed then I am right now and I think that dad needs that more then me right now."
"Yeah, maybe. Okey. Kelleigh should be sleeping for a little bit longer but after that she needs a feed and a diaper change. After that tummy time is scheduled for 30 minutes. You know her schedule already. Just keep up with that."
"Okey! I'll see you when you pick her up!"
"I'll probably stay here until tomorrow if I'm needed. When Katie is taken to her room I'll probably just stay a little longer and then go home and take a nap. Wyatt, Michala and Thomas are coming over tomorrow to check out some architects and builders."
This is news to Bill so he starts paying attention. "Hey, why are you talking about architects and builders?"
"Wyatt, Michala, Thomas and I are building a house on a plot a few streets from Grandma and Granddads house. It's what I was coming to talk to you about when I got to your house. Anyway, let me get my phone and wallet out of the diaperbag and we'll let you go home. Maybe you should call your wife and prepare her for Kelleigh coming home with you so she's not blindsided when you walk through the door."
"Yeah, that's a good idea. I'll do that once we're in the car."
"I'll call you when I need you to come get me and take me to my car at your fathers house."
Liam nods his head.
Bill and Liam had taken Liam´s car in case Steffy would need to stay as Liam had the thing to put the carseat in in case Kelleigh would need to come with him home or if Steffy needed to get back to Bill and Katies house to collect her car.
When Liam walks out of the ER with his daughter in the carseat and diaperbag thrown over his shoulder, Steffy stands there looking after him.
"She'll be fine!" Bill reassures his former daughter in law.
"Yeah, I know, but I'll miss her so much."
"I know. But you'll see her soon!"
"Yeah, let's focus on your wife right now!" Bill just nods.
So they walk into the waitingroom to wait for news, Steffy takes the time to send a few texts to the people she'd be meeting tomorrow to postpone the meeting. She gets a response from Michala saying that Thomas is currently with her and they would go and get her car and come get her tomorrow, so she sends a text back that Kelleigh is currently with Liam and that she'd need to go and get her daughter as well.
When Michala responds, she wonders if Steffy wanted them to go collect Kelleigh and bring her to the apartment and Michala and Thomas would stay at Steffy´s that night. Steffy replied that they could call Liam and ask him what he thought about it. Ten minutes later, Michala replied and said that Liam thought it might be a good idea for Michala and Thomas to come and get Kelleigh because Hope wasn't handling being so close to the baby very well.
Wyatt responds saying that he'll meet them at the hospital in about half an hour to lend his father some strength.
"Wyatt will be here soon." Steffy relays what Wyatt told her in the text to his father. "Thomas and Michala will be picking up my car and getting Kelleigh from Liam and Hope´s house, apparently Hope isn't doing to good. It had been fine when Kelleigh was still sleeping, but the moment she woke up, something happened and Hope just refuses to look at the girl and is neglecting Will. But it'll be alright after my brother gets to the beach house and gets my daughter."
"Okey! As long as everyone is doing good."
Steffy gets a text from Wyatt asking where they are, so she sends a text back telling him they're in the waitingroom of the ER. Five minutes later, Wyatt walks into the waitingroom and sees them instantly so he walks over and sits down on the other side of his father.
~Things happen~
Ten minutes later, Thomas is collecting Steffy´s car from Bill and Katie´s house after Michala dropped him off, just before getting out of the car Thomas told her that he would go and get Kelleigh while Michala went and got everything ready at the apartment.
So while Michala went to Steffy´s apartment to rip the bedding off Steffy's bed in order to place her own on it, Thomas was driving over to the beach house to collect his niece.
He walks up the walkway to the house and rings the doorbell. The door opens and he can see that Hope has been crying.
"Hey! Just let it take it's time, this was just to soon." He gives her a hug and then let's her go. "Now, where is my beautiful niece?"
Hope just points to the guestroom. "Knock on the door. Liam is inside with both kids. I couldn't handle Kelleigh being so close."
Thomas nods his head and watches Hope walk into the bedroom. When she's safely inside, Thomas walks over to the door to the guestroom and knocks on it. When no one answers, he gently opens the door and walks into the room. What he sees makes him smile.
Will is laying on his stomach across the bed looking at his niece with an adoring smile on his lips, Kelleigh is laying on the bed doing tummy time and Liam is sitting in the armchair in the corner watching the two children on the bed.
Liam´s head whips up when the door opens. "Oh, you're here now?"
"Yeah, Hope let me in. She's currently hiding in the bedroom. I knocked on the door, but you didn't notice so I just opened the door. I have Steffy´s car with me so we're good to go!"
"Thank you! With her break through yesterday I thought it would be easier, but her seeing me spend all my attention on my daughter was just to much. I didn't even think about asking you to come get her. I can't put my wife through that kind of stress when she's not ready to meet my daughter yet."
"Yeah, I totally understand. So how are you doing with all this?"
"I don't know, I'm so happy to have my wife back, but I'm even more happy to have my daughter in my house. But I know it's not going to happen again just yet. It was just to soon and I should've thought about calling you to remove the stress it put on my wife."
"Yeah, well, when Steffy sent that text and Michala had this feeling that Hope wasn't doing so well, we knew we had to come and get Kelleigh so we called you and you know what happened after that. But, we're pretty tired and we need to get to bed."
"Yeah, let's get her ready to go home."
So they get everything ready and then Thomas secures her in the carseat and puts it in the car and then he goes home to his sisters apartment where his girlfriend is currently working on warming the bottle for Kelleigh´s pre bedtime feed.
He gets to the apartment complex just as the bottle is ready and walks through the door with a pretty sleepy little almost three months old. He walks in and places the carseat on the couch, then he walks over to the girl who turned into his girlfriend so slowly but he wouldn't have it any other way to give her a kiss.
"Hey!" Michala turns her head up to meet his lips.
"She's almost sleeping so she might not need the whole bottle."
"Okey! That's good! Let's feed her what she wants and then put her to bed. You also need to tell your sister that you have her baby in your eyesight!" Michala takes the bottle and walks over to the baby as Thomas sends a message to his sister.
~Things happen~
Three hours after they took Katie into surgery, the doctors come out and informs Bill that Katie lost a lot of blood, but they did manage to control the bleeding and that she should be fine. They do need to keep her for observation for the next two days, but everything should be fine. Their initial thoughts had been right as they found a laceration on one of her organs.
Bill´s reaction was to pass out, wether it was because he was happy his wife was okey or that the surgery they had willingly put her through had caused this was causing him guilt was to be undetermined, but he got a bed right next to his wife in the recovery room until he woke up, after that he was parked in a chair next to her bed until she woke up.
She wakes up silently and sees Steffy standing by the foot of the bed. "Well, look at you, giving us so many scares in such a little time!"
Steffy smiles.
"Oh, I'm sorry? All I remember is walking in the hallway, falling into the dresser and then so much pain after that I blacked out."
"I think I found you within five minutes of you falling so you got to the hospital really fast. The needle missed it's mark during the retrival this morning and the cut was apparently managed quite well by your body until you fell into the dresser and it started bleeding. But you should be just fine, they do want to keep you for observation for the next two days though."
"How long have I been out?"
"Not that long, about five hours."
"Where's my son?"
"He's with Liam and Hope, Bill was on his way back from picking Will up when I tried calling them, neither Bill or Liam answered their phone so I called Hope and caught Bill just as he went to leave with Will. Liam and Bill came in Liam´s car so he brought Kelleigh home with him."
"How did Hope feel about that?"
"Liam called her on his way home from the hospital and she had no problem with it as long as Kelleigh was sleeping, but then she woke up and took so much of Liam´s attention and Hope didn't feel comfortable. Thomas and Michala went to get my car over at your place and then go and pick up my daughter. Hope seems to have calmed down since Thomas left so it's alright again. Will is snoozing away in Hope and Liam´s guest bedroom and they're both okey."
"That's good. When did he fall asleep?" Katie nods to her husband.
"About an hour ago."
"Let's let him sleep then."
"I'm going to go and ask if you can have something to eat, maybe yoghurt or something like that. Easily digested. I'll see you soon!"
"Yeah! I was having pizza today."
"Yeah, about that, Thomas said that there was pizza boxes by the front door when they got there, he brought them with him to Hope and Liam."
Katie nods her head and says she'll see Steffy later.
Steffy leaves the room and walks up to the nurses station and asks them if Katie could have something to eat. Which she could so Steffy goes to the store across the street and buys a little tub of youghurt and a banana.
When she comes back into the room, Bill still hasn't woken up and Katie is almost falling asleep again. Steffy walks to the other side of the bed and then gently shakes Katie back from her semi-sleeping state.
"Eat this before you fall asleep again!" Steffy hands over the yoghurt and banana.
Katie eats both foods offered and then she falls right back asleep.
~Things happen~
AN:
Yeah, so, this was the chapter where Eric was supposed to pass away, but Katie disagreed with me and I am starting to get pissed at all these characters disagreeing with me.
Eric was supposed to die just before the IVF-doctors were supposed to fertilize Katie´s eggs. But, Katie´s eggs are already fertilized and Eric is still alive.
I'm thinking Eric wants one last Christmas Carrol and one last New Years-martini, so I'm going to give him what he wants. I mean, Christmas is only one month away and New Years is a week after that.
It's going to be one gigant Christmas celebration.
Katie and Bill still haven't chosen their surrogate yet, so I'm going to make them do so in the next chapter.
I would like to know what you'd name Thomas and Michala as a couple?