"I just don't understand why we're going to the hospital out of town when there's a perfectly good one in town," Hopper says.
"Because the further away the better please keep your eyes on the road."
Hopper shakes his head in disbelief, "Jane you have got to explain to me what's going on here."
"I can't right now."
"Why what's stopping you?"
"The fact that I'm having a baby."
"Which definetely needs an explanation, I mean Jesus Jane, you disappear for two years, and then I find you on my doorstep with broken glass in your feet and a baby in your belly, I'd say I'm entitled to some answers here, don't you?"
"Dad, please!"
He sighs, "I'm not mad okay, if anything I'm glad you're back, but why now is what I want to know, and why you're in the condition you're in."
She looks over at him, "I promise, once the baby's out, I'll tell you everything."
He nods, "Okay. We're nearly there."
…
Mike and Nancy both sit in the empty reception.
"I'm thinking of an animal," Nancy says.
Mike nods, "Okay."
"It's a big cat."
"Okay."
"What's your guess?"
"Is it a tiger?"
"Nope."
"Is it a…" Mike is cut off by the sound of a car pulling into the hospital parking lot.
Nancy stands, "Is that the chief's car?"
Mike also stands, "Oh has the donut consumption finally got him?"
They watch him get out and move to the passenger door. He opens it, and helps Jane out of the car.
Mike's eyes widen in shock, no, it can't be.
Nancy is equally as shocked, "Is that…?"
"Jane," Mike answers, completely frozen.
"Jesus Christ," she runs behind the front desk and picks up the phone.
"Dr. Carter, we've got one coming in, I'm gonna bring her up to you," she slams down the phone as the automatic doors open, allowing the chief and his daughter to enter.
Nancy runs over and takes Jane from his arms, slinging her arm over her shoulders.
"Mike, give me a hand."
He doesn't move, he is still in shock.
"Mike!" He returns to his senses, "Help."
He nods and runs over, slinging Jane's other arm over his shoulders, the first physical contact he's had with her in two years.
…
Dr. Carter and Nancy stand over Jane, now asleep in a clean patient gown.
"Alright, she'll be able to sleep through some of those contractions now, I will need your assistance when she goes into labour."
Nancy looks at him surprised, "Doctor I'm not trained for-"
"The only other one here who can help me, it has to be you."
She sighs, "Alright Doctor."
…
Mike sits across from Hopper in the reception.
"So she just turned up outside your cabin?"
"That's what I just said Wheeler."
"And she won't tell you why?"
"No! She wants to wait until after she's given birth."
Mike sits back with a sigh, "Let me guess, you think I have something to do with this."
"What?"
"Well let me tell you something, I didn't the first time, and I don't this time."
"I never said you did this time."
"No but your thinking it!"
The two stare at each other angrily.
"As a matter of fact, I'm not, because there's only thing I've thought about in regards to you."
"What's that?"
"That you're a disrespectful little shit!"
Mike stands, "Well you know what you are?!"
Hopper stands as well, towering over the black haired boy, "Tell me!"
"You're a failed father who can't blames all his problems on other people because his own pride stops him from seeing what he really is, a joke."
Hopper grabs Mike by his shirt collar.
"Hey!"
They look to see Nancy standing there, "Let, my brother, go."
Hopper complies and sits back down, still looking at Mike like he wants to kill him.
"She's awake, and she wants to see you first Mike."
Hopper scoffs, "Unbelievable."
…
Mike walks through the door and sees Jane sitting up. The two make eye contact and nervously smile at each other, they both sense the awkwardness of the situation.
"Hi Mike."
"Hi Jane."
He shuts the door and moves to sit in the chair closest to her bed.
"It's pretty quiet for a hospital," she says.
"Yeah it's just me, my sister and the head doctor, we're acting as a skeleton crew, the hospital's getting shut down soon," he says avoiding looking at her.
"Shit."
"Yeah."
"Never you'd be a janitor," she says with a smile, trying to lighten the mood.
"Neither did I."
Her smile fades, "Mike I-"
He finally looks up, and he has tears in his eyes, "Where were you Jane? And why now have you come back now?"
"It's hard to explain."
He stands from his chair and moves around the room before turning to face her again.
"You destroyed me Jane, when you left, I became broken, I'm a janitor because I lost any and all passion, because of you."
Jane's eyes well with tears.
"And now you show up out of the blue, with no explanation, and a child, clearly I'm easily replaced."
"Mike no-"
"No Jane!"
"I love you."
He hesitates, he loves her too, but he has been hurt once, and won't go through it again.
"So did I."
He walks to the door, opens it, and walks out, leaving Jane in a mess of tears.
…
Outside the hospital, from the trees, several pairs of eyes watch the building, waiting to attack.
