CHAPTER 23
Scott wheeled Shelby into the ICU and pushed her to the little incubator that held a very tiny little infant hooked up to wires and monitors. Shelby gasped and held her hand over her mouth to keep from screaming. "Oh my God. He's so tiny. He looks so helpless." She couldn't get a handle on her emotions and broke down and cried. Scott pulled her into his arms and held her tight.
"He's going to be ok Shel. It's just going to take some time." He stroked her hair trying to comfort her.
"I just want to hold him Scott. He hasn't been held and he doesn't know what love is yet. He must feel so alone."
"No he doesn't. That's why we are here. He can hear us and we can talk to him until we are able to hold him. Once he gets out of there you can hold him all you want. He will be so spoiled rotten that he might beg to be put down."
That helped ease some of her worries. They continued to watch their sleeping son until they both felt the need for some sleep of their own. It was getting late and Scott hadn't been home or asleep since the night before when he brought her in. He wheeled Shelby back to her room and kissed her goodnight. He would visit her tomorrow after school.
Scott was asleep even before his head hit the pillow at home. He hated being home alone but he was so tired that it didn't effect him just yet. It did hit him in the morning when he finally woke up and rolled over to find that she wasn't next to him. He picked up the phone and was about to call the hospital when he thought how selfish he was being. It was 6:00 in the morning and Shelby was probably still asleep. He would call her on his lunch break to check up on her.
He grudgedly dragged himself into the shower to get ready for school. He was running late so when he finally arrived, first period had already started. The halls where clear as he rushed to his locker. As he approached his locker he saw a huge sign above his locker with balloons and streamers decorating the front of it. The sign read, IT'S A BOY, CONGRATULATIONS SCOTT. The rest of the day was very hectic for him because people wanted to know every detail.
Lunch finally came and he went straight to the lounge to call Shelby's room. The nurse answered the phone and said that she was down in ICU. He told the nurse to let him know that he called and that he'd be there in couple of hours. The hours seemed like days and Scott just couldn't sit still in class. He was being very fidgety and constantly looking at the clock. After calling his name several times, the health teacher finally got Scott's attention.
"Tell me Scott, have you learned anything here today?"
He regretted being singled out and he slumped down into his seat. "Not really."
"Finding it hard to stay focused?"
"Yeah, something like that."
"Then I have only one suggestion for you."
Oh great here it comes Scott was prepared for her to send him down to the counselor's office or pile the homework on him. She was a hard nose teacher and knew that there would be some kind of consequence for not paying attention in class. He looked up waiting for his sentencing. "What?"
"I suggest you get your butt out of here and down to the hospital to visit your wife and baby son. I'm sure that they are the only ones on your mind right now. Am I correct?"
Scott sat up straight in his chair. "Really? You'll let me cut class?"
"Sure, just be prepared to give a talk tomorrow on your first hand experience of child birth."
"Yeah sure whatever. Thanks, see ya." He bolted out of the room and ran all the way to his car.
When Scott arrived at the hospital he went straight to Shelby's room to see if she was there. She was in bed suffering from hot and cold sweats. He looked over at her as she shivered and complained about how cold she was.
"Shelby what's wrong? I'd better get the nurse."
She reached out to grab him. "Don't bother. I was told this is what happens when your milk starts coming in. God I feel like a cow and I'm getting huge."
"Wow, this is great. I now have Dolly Parton for a wife."
She grabbed the front of his shirt, jerked him forward and said between clenched teeth. "How would you like me to hurt you?"
He thought that it was funny but she obviously didn't find the humor in it. The nurse came in pushing a small machine into the room.
"Since you can't nurse the baby just yet we need for you to use the pump to express your milk so you won't dry up."
Scott was trying hard to hold in his laugher. "Gee Shelby, if you need someone to suck on . . ."
"Don't even go their Scott."
The nurse smiled. "Spoken like a true male."
"Hey I'm just offering my helpful services."
"You're just jealous because Sheldon will be spending more time with them than you now."
"Lucky guy. As long as he doesn't kick me out of my side of the bed."
The nurse helped show her what needed to be done. Once she expressed some of her milk they were able to bottle it and take it down to the nursary. It was feeding time so they let Scott put his hand inside the incubator and try and feed the baby. Sheldon seemed to fight the foreign object that was being shoved into his mouth. They showed Scott how to rub the side of his cheek with the nipple and let the baby turn to it. This seemed to work and Sheldon began to guzzle down the milk like he was starving.
"Shelby look, he likes it. He's got good taste in beverages." Shelby playfully slapped him upside the head. "You'll have to let me sample the cuisine sometime."
"You really are the jealous type aren't you? They said that I can go home tomorrow but Sheldon will have to stay. We need to rent a pump to take home with us and buy some bottles so that I can bottle my milk and bring it back to the hospital."
"Does that mean if we run out of milk in the mornings than I can just use you to fill my cereal bowl?"
"Scott you're just never going to get over this are you?"
"I'm sorry. I've just never been with a lactating women before."
"Well I would certainly hope not and I better be the only one you'll ever will be around."
"I promise, you'll be my one and only."
Time flew by and they spent the rest of the evening together. Shelby did have some visitors from school stop by as well as the grand parents again. It was getting late and Scott needed to go home and get things ready for Shelby's return home in the morning.
Scott had just gotten home from gathering the supplies he needed for Shelby when the doorbell rang. He answered the door and there stood his worst nightmare.
"How the hell did you find me?"
"Why be so harsh? I brought you a baby gift and I wanted to say congratulations. Can I come in?"
Scott was about to say no when Elaine pushed right passed him and walked into the living room looking around surveying the place.
"What do you really want Elaine?"
"I wanted to talk to you"
"About what? I don't have anything to say to you."
She sat down on the sofa and made herself at home. Scott let out a loud sigh and plopped down in a chair across the room. "Speak because you aren't staying long."
"I just wanted to know what went wrong. Things were going so good for us and then one day you just snap. We had feelings for each other and then you just throw them all away."
"Are you demented? I never had those kinds of feelings for you."
"You wrote me love letters Scott. I would read them all the time but CPS took them away."
"Elaine, you made me write those letters. I never wanted too. You wanted me to say those things and when I couldn't you made me write them down. I did it to shut you up not because I meant any of it."
"Scott we were good together. You can't deny that. We belong together."
Scott was becoming very flustered. "What? No. It's all in your head. It didn't mean anything to me. I wanted you to stop and leave me alone but you wouldn't do that."
"No Scott you're wrong. We both had feelings for each other and we had great sex together. You can't have great sex without feelings."
Scott stood up because he didn't want to hear anymore. "Elaine you need to leave now. You are being very delusional and I want more than anything is for you to be gone out of my life for good."
"Oh Scott but that will never happen."
"Why not?"
"Because I have video tapes."
She must be bluffing "What do you mean video tapes?"
"Do you know how much money I can make off the Internet? When word gets around, you can kiss your collage scholarships and your wife goodbye. There is nothing like a good scandal to tear apart someone's family."
"You're lying. Besides if something like that got out then you could get busted because I was a minor."
"Have you not looked at the teen porn sites on the Internet Scott? It will show you a very willing partner."
Scott started pacing the room nervously running his fingers through his hair thinking of the possibilities. "I need proof. This could all be a lie."
"I can show you proof and then what? You willing to sell your soul?
"You show me proof and then we'll talk."
"I'll bring the tape by tomorrow."
"No. Shelby comes home tomorrow. We can't meet here."
She got out a piece of paper and wrote down an address. "You name the time."
"2:30 right after school."
"You better not be late or you can see your handsome seductive face all over the worldwide web." She gave an evil smile and walked out the door.
Shit what do I do? Scott had a bad feeling about this. She very well could be telling the truth. Everything was just starting to go so well for him and now this. He almost hated his father for hooking up with her in the first place. He knew that he wouldn't be getting any sleep tonight. He had to talk to someone about this so he called his grandfather. He explained the whole situation with him. Edward already knew about Elaine so he felt that there was that slight possibility that she could be legit. He told Scott to follow through with the meeting and if it were true then to find out what the blackmail would be. Scott was to contact him tomorrow night when he found something out.
Scott wheeled Shelby into the ICU and pushed her to the little incubator that held a very tiny little infant hooked up to wires and monitors. Shelby gasped and held her hand over her mouth to keep from screaming. "Oh my God. He's so tiny. He looks so helpless." She couldn't get a handle on her emotions and broke down and cried. Scott pulled her into his arms and held her tight.
"He's going to be ok Shel. It's just going to take some time." He stroked her hair trying to comfort her.
"I just want to hold him Scott. He hasn't been held and he doesn't know what love is yet. He must feel so alone."
"No he doesn't. That's why we are here. He can hear us and we can talk to him until we are able to hold him. Once he gets out of there you can hold him all you want. He will be so spoiled rotten that he might beg to be put down."
That helped ease some of her worries. They continued to watch their sleeping son until they both felt the need for some sleep of their own. It was getting late and Scott hadn't been home or asleep since the night before when he brought her in. He wheeled Shelby back to her room and kissed her goodnight. He would visit her tomorrow after school.
Scott was asleep even before his head hit the pillow at home. He hated being home alone but he was so tired that it didn't effect him just yet. It did hit him in the morning when he finally woke up and rolled over to find that she wasn't next to him. He picked up the phone and was about to call the hospital when he thought how selfish he was being. It was 6:00 in the morning and Shelby was probably still asleep. He would call her on his lunch break to check up on her.
He grudgedly dragged himself into the shower to get ready for school. He was running late so when he finally arrived, first period had already started. The halls where clear as he rushed to his locker. As he approached his locker he saw a huge sign above his locker with balloons and streamers decorating the front of it. The sign read, IT'S A BOY, CONGRATULATIONS SCOTT. The rest of the day was very hectic for him because people wanted to know every detail.
Lunch finally came and he went straight to the lounge to call Shelby's room. The nurse answered the phone and said that she was down in ICU. He told the nurse to let him know that he called and that he'd be there in couple of hours. The hours seemed like days and Scott just couldn't sit still in class. He was being very fidgety and constantly looking at the clock. After calling his name several times, the health teacher finally got Scott's attention.
"Tell me Scott, have you learned anything here today?"
He regretted being singled out and he slumped down into his seat. "Not really."
"Finding it hard to stay focused?"
"Yeah, something like that."
"Then I have only one suggestion for you."
Oh great here it comes Scott was prepared for her to send him down to the counselor's office or pile the homework on him. She was a hard nose teacher and knew that there would be some kind of consequence for not paying attention in class. He looked up waiting for his sentencing. "What?"
"I suggest you get your butt out of here and down to the hospital to visit your wife and baby son. I'm sure that they are the only ones on your mind right now. Am I correct?"
Scott sat up straight in his chair. "Really? You'll let me cut class?"
"Sure, just be prepared to give a talk tomorrow on your first hand experience of child birth."
"Yeah sure whatever. Thanks, see ya." He bolted out of the room and ran all the way to his car.
When Scott arrived at the hospital he went straight to Shelby's room to see if she was there. She was in bed suffering from hot and cold sweats. He looked over at her as she shivered and complained about how cold she was.
"Shelby what's wrong? I'd better get the nurse."
She reached out to grab him. "Don't bother. I was told this is what happens when your milk starts coming in. God I feel like a cow and I'm getting huge."
"Wow, this is great. I now have Dolly Parton for a wife."
She grabbed the front of his shirt, jerked him forward and said between clenched teeth. "How would you like me to hurt you?"
He thought that it was funny but she obviously didn't find the humor in it. The nurse came in pushing a small machine into the room.
"Since you can't nurse the baby just yet we need for you to use the pump to express your milk so you won't dry up."
Scott was trying hard to hold in his laugher. "Gee Shelby, if you need someone to suck on . . ."
"Don't even go their Scott."
The nurse smiled. "Spoken like a true male."
"Hey I'm just offering my helpful services."
"You're just jealous because Sheldon will be spending more time with them than you now."
"Lucky guy. As long as he doesn't kick me out of my side of the bed."
The nurse helped show her what needed to be done. Once she expressed some of her milk they were able to bottle it and take it down to the nursary. It was feeding time so they let Scott put his hand inside the incubator and try and feed the baby. Sheldon seemed to fight the foreign object that was being shoved into his mouth. They showed Scott how to rub the side of his cheek with the nipple and let the baby turn to it. This seemed to work and Sheldon began to guzzle down the milk like he was starving.
"Shelby look, he likes it. He's got good taste in beverages." Shelby playfully slapped him upside the head. "You'll have to let me sample the cuisine sometime."
"You really are the jealous type aren't you? They said that I can go home tomorrow but Sheldon will have to stay. We need to rent a pump to take home with us and buy some bottles so that I can bottle my milk and bring it back to the hospital."
"Does that mean if we run out of milk in the mornings than I can just use you to fill my cereal bowl?"
"Scott you're just never going to get over this are you?"
"I'm sorry. I've just never been with a lactating women before."
"Well I would certainly hope not and I better be the only one you'll ever will be around."
"I promise, you'll be my one and only."
Time flew by and they spent the rest of the evening together. Shelby did have some visitors from school stop by as well as the grand parents again. It was getting late and Scott needed to go home and get things ready for Shelby's return home in the morning.
Scott had just gotten home from gathering the supplies he needed for Shelby when the doorbell rang. He answered the door and there stood his worst nightmare.
"How the hell did you find me?"
"Why be so harsh? I brought you a baby gift and I wanted to say congratulations. Can I come in?"
Scott was about to say no when Elaine pushed right passed him and walked into the living room looking around surveying the place.
"What do you really want Elaine?"
"I wanted to talk to you"
"About what? I don't have anything to say to you."
She sat down on the sofa and made herself at home. Scott let out a loud sigh and plopped down in a chair across the room. "Speak because you aren't staying long."
"I just wanted to know what went wrong. Things were going so good for us and then one day you just snap. We had feelings for each other and then you just throw them all away."
"Are you demented? I never had those kinds of feelings for you."
"You wrote me love letters Scott. I would read them all the time but CPS took them away."
"Elaine, you made me write those letters. I never wanted too. You wanted me to say those things and when I couldn't you made me write them down. I did it to shut you up not because I meant any of it."
"Scott we were good together. You can't deny that. We belong together."
Scott was becoming very flustered. "What? No. It's all in your head. It didn't mean anything to me. I wanted you to stop and leave me alone but you wouldn't do that."
"No Scott you're wrong. We both had feelings for each other and we had great sex together. You can't have great sex without feelings."
Scott stood up because he didn't want to hear anymore. "Elaine you need to leave now. You are being very delusional and I want more than anything is for you to be gone out of my life for good."
"Oh Scott but that will never happen."
"Why not?"
"Because I have video tapes."
She must be bluffing "What do you mean video tapes?"
"Do you know how much money I can make off the Internet? When word gets around, you can kiss your collage scholarships and your wife goodbye. There is nothing like a good scandal to tear apart someone's family."
"You're lying. Besides if something like that got out then you could get busted because I was a minor."
"Have you not looked at the teen porn sites on the Internet Scott? It will show you a very willing partner."
Scott started pacing the room nervously running his fingers through his hair thinking of the possibilities. "I need proof. This could all be a lie."
"I can show you proof and then what? You willing to sell your soul?
"You show me proof and then we'll talk."
"I'll bring the tape by tomorrow."
"No. Shelby comes home tomorrow. We can't meet here."
She got out a piece of paper and wrote down an address. "You name the time."
"2:30 right after school."
"You better not be late or you can see your handsome seductive face all over the worldwide web." She gave an evil smile and walked out the door.
Shit what do I do? Scott had a bad feeling about this. She very well could be telling the truth. Everything was just starting to go so well for him and now this. He almost hated his father for hooking up with her in the first place. He knew that he wouldn't be getting any sleep tonight. He had to talk to someone about this so he called his grandfather. He explained the whole situation with him. Edward already knew about Elaine so he felt that there was that slight possibility that she could be legit. He told Scott to follow through with the meeting and if it were true then to find out what the blackmail would be. Scott was to contact him tomorrow night when he found something out.