Ethan snuck up to Theresa's floor and looked in, he saw Chad get up so he hid before Chad could see him. He looked down the hall and didn't see anyone coming so he quietly went into her room. She looked so pale and helpless as he took her fragile hand in his. He gently brushed her hair away from her face and kissed her forehead. "I'm sorry I got mad at you but I felt hurt and betrayed. I understand now. I love you too, Theresa, so please wake up." Said Ethan with tears in his eyes. "Deep down inside I have always loved you, your smile, the way you light up a room, you have always been one of the people closest to me and I can't let you die on me, you are so much to me and I know I hurt you but I love you with all of my heart and soul." He said kissing her hand.
"Ethan, how-how could you!" said Gwen as she stood at the door she looked at him with tears in her eyes and slamming the hospital room door she ran off.
"Gwen, come back, please!" yelled Ethan running after her. All of a sudden Gwen collapsed in the hallway.
"Oh God!" I need a doctor!" yelled Ethan. He watched helplessly as they took Gwen away on a gurney and into an exam room. Ethan tried to go in with them but the closed the door and shut the blinds.
"You'll have to wait out here." Said the nurse.
Ethan waited and watched as doctors and nurses ran in and out and he heard Gwen screaming. His stomach was in knots and he didn't know what to do and finally a doctor came out. Ethan saw blood on the doctor's gloves and got fearful. "Is my wife okay?" he asked shakily.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Winthrop, we tried our best but we weren't able to save your daughter, she was too small and her lungs weren't developed enough, we tried to resuscitate your baby but we couldn't, your wife had a miscarriage."
"No!" cried Ethan sinking to the floor with his head in his hands.
"Your wife is fine, physically, there was minimal blood loss, but I think she would probably like to see you know, if you need anything just call."
Ethan took a few minutes to wipe away his tears and then went into Gwen's room where she was laying on the bed, crying and holding onto their baby who was wrapped in a small blanket.
"She's so tiny, Ethan, but she's the most beautiful thing I have ever seen."
Ethan looked at the limp figure in Gwen's arms and fresh tears sprang to his eyes.
"Can-can I hold her." Asked Ethan walking towards Gwen.
Gwen held the baby longer and then kissed it and handed over the small bundle to Ethan. Ethan just held the small limp baby girl and after a while the doctors came and took her away. "Gwen what happened?" asked Ethan when they were alone.
"I woke up a-a little while ago and I started to have cramps I didn't think it was that serious so I called a taxi because you weren't there, in the taxi -I started bleeding in the taxi ." She said the last part with hostility. Ethan walked over to her and tried to put his arms around her. "Stay away from me, Ethan!" said Gwen pushing him away with tears running down her cheek. "You weren't there for me or Becky, our baby, you care more about that slut Theresa than you do about me and our baby, get away from me and go back to her. All this time I thought you loved me and I thought she was my friend, when we were in Bermuda did you play me for a fool and sneak into her room while I was sleeping, or maybe you just decided making love on the beach was better-."
"Gwen, you don't understand-"
"The Hell I don't, just get away from me, I never want to see you again." Whispered Gwen as she continued to cry.
"I love you." Said Ethan but Gwen ignored him.
Ethan needed Sheridan to talk to he felt so lost and empty, maybe if he hadn't come her for Theresa he could have got Gwen here sooner and they would still have a baby, his baby, his little daughter. He had wanted that baby so bad, a little life to care for and shape, he had always wanted a family. He started crying again as he made his way to the waiting room where Sheridan was at with Luis.
"He slowly opened the door and walked in. "Sheridan-." He began.
"This is all your fault, Crane." Said Luis forgetting Ethan was no longer a Crane as he pushed Ethan against the wall. Ethan and Luis were civil to each other since he had got engaged to Sheridan but when it came to Theresa, Luis was still in protective mode. He had let Theresa and Ethan be friends but Chad had told him why Theresa was laying in that bed in a coma and it was all Ethan's fault.
"Luis, no!" said Sheridan trying to pull him off. Ethan started sobbing and Luis let him go. Ethan slumped to the floor still overwhelmed.
"Ethan, what's wrong?" asked Sheridan as she bent down over Ethan.
"Gwen-she lost the baby." Said Ethan covering his face.
"Oh, Ethan, I'm so sorry." Said Sheridan hugging him.
"Ethan, I'm sorry I didn't know." Said Luis.
"Sheridan, can we go outside and talk?" asked Ethan standing up.
"Sure. I'll be back." She said to Luis.
"It's all my fault." Said Ethan as he and Sheridan talked out in the hall.
"Ethan, it's not your fault, things like this happen." Said Sheridan almost in tears.
"No, if I was at home where I supposed to be I could have drove her here sooner and we would still have our baby.
"Where were you instead?" asked Sheridan.
"I was here, for Theresa. Right when I told Theresa I loved her Gwen walked in and heard me, I chased after her but she collapsed in the hall, if I hadn't told Theresa I loved her, maybe Gwen wouldn't have collapsed and now she doesn't want anything to do with me and neither will Theresa."
"Ethan, it was all just horrible timing, Gwen loosing the baby wasn't your fault. Do you really love Theresa, though?"
"Yes! But I just don't know what to do."
"Who do you love more?"
"What?"
"Do you love Theresa more than Gwen?"
"I don't know but since Gwen is leaving me, what choice do I have?"
"Ethan, if you love Gwen more than Theresa don't let her go. You can't just settle for Theresa if you love Gwen more" Said Sheridan. "I need to go see Gwen, this must be hard on her too. What room is she in?" asked Sheridan.
"When I left they were going to take her up to the second floor for observation, please tell her I love her and I never did anything with Theresa."
"Okay, I will, I'm so sorry Ethan."
"Thanks, Sheridan."
"Ethan, how-how could you!" said Gwen as she stood at the door she looked at him with tears in her eyes and slamming the hospital room door she ran off.
"Gwen, come back, please!" yelled Ethan running after her. All of a sudden Gwen collapsed in the hallway.
"Oh God!" I need a doctor!" yelled Ethan. He watched helplessly as they took Gwen away on a gurney and into an exam room. Ethan tried to go in with them but the closed the door and shut the blinds.
"You'll have to wait out here." Said the nurse.
Ethan waited and watched as doctors and nurses ran in and out and he heard Gwen screaming. His stomach was in knots and he didn't know what to do and finally a doctor came out. Ethan saw blood on the doctor's gloves and got fearful. "Is my wife okay?" he asked shakily.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Winthrop, we tried our best but we weren't able to save your daughter, she was too small and her lungs weren't developed enough, we tried to resuscitate your baby but we couldn't, your wife had a miscarriage."
"No!" cried Ethan sinking to the floor with his head in his hands.
"Your wife is fine, physically, there was minimal blood loss, but I think she would probably like to see you know, if you need anything just call."
Ethan took a few minutes to wipe away his tears and then went into Gwen's room where she was laying on the bed, crying and holding onto their baby who was wrapped in a small blanket.
"She's so tiny, Ethan, but she's the most beautiful thing I have ever seen."
Ethan looked at the limp figure in Gwen's arms and fresh tears sprang to his eyes.
"Can-can I hold her." Asked Ethan walking towards Gwen.
Gwen held the baby longer and then kissed it and handed over the small bundle to Ethan. Ethan just held the small limp baby girl and after a while the doctors came and took her away. "Gwen what happened?" asked Ethan when they were alone.
"I woke up a-a little while ago and I started to have cramps I didn't think it was that serious so I called a taxi because you weren't there, in the taxi -I started bleeding in the taxi ." She said the last part with hostility. Ethan walked over to her and tried to put his arms around her. "Stay away from me, Ethan!" said Gwen pushing him away with tears running down her cheek. "You weren't there for me or Becky, our baby, you care more about that slut Theresa than you do about me and our baby, get away from me and go back to her. All this time I thought you loved me and I thought she was my friend, when we were in Bermuda did you play me for a fool and sneak into her room while I was sleeping, or maybe you just decided making love on the beach was better-."
"Gwen, you don't understand-"
"The Hell I don't, just get away from me, I never want to see you again." Whispered Gwen as she continued to cry.
"I love you." Said Ethan but Gwen ignored him.
Ethan needed Sheridan to talk to he felt so lost and empty, maybe if he hadn't come her for Theresa he could have got Gwen here sooner and they would still have a baby, his baby, his little daughter. He had wanted that baby so bad, a little life to care for and shape, he had always wanted a family. He started crying again as he made his way to the waiting room where Sheridan was at with Luis.
"He slowly opened the door and walked in. "Sheridan-." He began.
"This is all your fault, Crane." Said Luis forgetting Ethan was no longer a Crane as he pushed Ethan against the wall. Ethan and Luis were civil to each other since he had got engaged to Sheridan but when it came to Theresa, Luis was still in protective mode. He had let Theresa and Ethan be friends but Chad had told him why Theresa was laying in that bed in a coma and it was all Ethan's fault.
"Luis, no!" said Sheridan trying to pull him off. Ethan started sobbing and Luis let him go. Ethan slumped to the floor still overwhelmed.
"Ethan, what's wrong?" asked Sheridan as she bent down over Ethan.
"Gwen-she lost the baby." Said Ethan covering his face.
"Oh, Ethan, I'm so sorry." Said Sheridan hugging him.
"Ethan, I'm sorry I didn't know." Said Luis.
"Sheridan, can we go outside and talk?" asked Ethan standing up.
"Sure. I'll be back." She said to Luis.
"It's all my fault." Said Ethan as he and Sheridan talked out in the hall.
"Ethan, it's not your fault, things like this happen." Said Sheridan almost in tears.
"No, if I was at home where I supposed to be I could have drove her here sooner and we would still have our baby.
"Where were you instead?" asked Sheridan.
"I was here, for Theresa. Right when I told Theresa I loved her Gwen walked in and heard me, I chased after her but she collapsed in the hall, if I hadn't told Theresa I loved her, maybe Gwen wouldn't have collapsed and now she doesn't want anything to do with me and neither will Theresa."
"Ethan, it was all just horrible timing, Gwen loosing the baby wasn't your fault. Do you really love Theresa, though?"
"Yes! But I just don't know what to do."
"Who do you love more?"
"What?"
"Do you love Theresa more than Gwen?"
"I don't know but since Gwen is leaving me, what choice do I have?"
"Ethan, if you love Gwen more than Theresa don't let her go. You can't just settle for Theresa if you love Gwen more" Said Sheridan. "I need to go see Gwen, this must be hard on her too. What room is she in?" asked Sheridan.
"When I left they were going to take her up to the second floor for observation, please tell her I love her and I never did anything with Theresa."
"Okay, I will, I'm so sorry Ethan."
"Thanks, Sheridan."
