Chapter 12
Author's Note: HEY EVERYONE!!! This is the last chapter of "Only Hope", so I hope you enjoy it!!! This chapter is going to be MUCH longer then the other chapters, duh! It's the last one…for now.
RIGHT, THIS IS IMPORTANT; I HAVE NO MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE, only a little which I gathered from a certain friend…he he he…you know who you are…
Disclaimer: I don't own "Only Hope" by Mandy Moore or the "A Walk to Remember" soundtrack…no…by Mandy Moore.
Ch. 12: "Consequences of Choices."
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'God Mimi, to much pain in one day…all cause of you. Don't die on me…I need you to be here with us. With me…make it for your baby…'
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After the trauma in the ER with Mimi, they 'healed' most of her body, and then she rested. The doctor came out of the room they had put Mimi in and Matt rushed to him, along with Mimi's parents, Tai and Sora.
"Doctor, please, is my daughter alright?" Mimi's mother asked the doctor with worry in her voice.
"Yes, everything is fine but there is one thing that your daughter is going to tell you."
"Why can't you tell us?" Matt demanded.
"Before she fell asleep, she requested that she would tell you all personally." And with that, he walked away.
"What kind of a doctor is he?" Her father asked outraged at why the doctor wouldn't tell them.
"Because he's a cold-hearted bastard." Sora mumbled loud enough for only Tai to hear, then she smiled a sad smile, "Oh well, at least he took care of Mimi."
"Yeah, I'm curious why she wanted to tell us herself." Tai questioned.
Then a nurse walked out of the room Mimi was staying in, and everyone turned to her. Matt asked the question that was on everyone's mind.
"Can we see her?"
The nurse answered. "Ms. Tachikawa is resting now, and I would prefer you not to visit her until she awakes since she needs the rest. But you may visit her, but please be very quiet."
"Thank-you." Matt replied as he walked into Mimi's room along with the others. There they found her sleeping, hooked up with the IV [am I right?] to her arm.
"Oh, Mimi honey…" Mrs. Tachikawa said. "You didn't deserve this…"
[OK, MIMI'S PARENTS DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE BREAK-UP, ONLY TAI AND SORA DO.]
"You can't blame yourself for anything that's happened to her." Her husband soothed.
"Yes, I know, but she's lying there in pain."
Her husband glanced at their daughter. "Yes…you're right."
Matt ignored everyone and pulled a chair beside her bed. He took her hand and held it in his own, cursing himself for being to late that he couldn't even save her. 'Damn…I could of saved her, if I only I turned around and saw what was happening…uh…this is all your fault, Yamato Ishida. This is all your fault why Mimi's laying in the bed that she is now.'
'Poor Mimi, I know she doesn't deserve the pain she has, any of it. It all started with that bastard, getting her pregnant, then she doesn't tell Matt, then he finds out, and THEN he broke-up with her, and now she's lying here in tons of pain…she doesn't deserve any of it.' Sora thought as she looked at her best friend sleeping peacefully, but she knew when she woke up that hell would take over with her pain.
'Man…what a poor girl. Geez, why did Matt break-up with her in the first place? They were almost getting' MARRIED! Oh right…Joe and his evil thinking. This is all Joe's fault. If I could kill him, I would.' Tai thought through the situation at hand. 'Man, if I ever see his face ever again, I swear, he'll be living hell on earth.'
A couple of hours past since Mimi was first rushed to the hospital, and she still hadn't woke from her slumber. A couple more hours past and that went into the next day. When Mimi finally woke, she was confused at why she was in the hospital.
'Huh? What am I doing here? This is the hospital, the only reason I'm here is because of the c-car crash that happened yesterday with me…oh my God!' She thought then came to an answer as to why she was here.
Just then, Sora walked in surprised to see that her friend finally woke up.
"Mimi, you're awake!" Sora said with happiness.
"Yeah…where are the others?"
"They'll be here in about an hour."
"Oh…ok." Mimi tried to sit up, but then a surge of pain ran through her stomach that forced her to lie back down.
Sora rushed to her friend's side and tried to help her. "You alright? Do you need me to call the doctor?"
"No…t-that's ok." Mimi said as she thought.
"Why, you know what's wrong?" Sora asked curiously.
"Well…yeah." Mimi whispered quietly.
"Well, spill. What's wrong? We all asked the doctor yesterday what was wrong with you and he said that you wanted to tell us personally. So, I'm all ears."
Mimi sniffed. She was going to cry again. She remembered specifically what the doctor said to her when she was in the emergency room.
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"Miss Tachikawa, I'm afraid that we have some news for you." The doctor said after he settled Mimi into her bed.
"Tell me, but don't tell my parents or friends. Whatever it is, I want to tell them myself. I'm ready for it; I want to know." Mimi said in a whisper. She was too tired and weak from the crash.
The doctor nodded his head. "I don't know how to explain this to you, but when that car crashed into you, the direct impact of it went to your stomach."
"No, that's not true." Mimi said with disbelief.
"Yes, I'm afraid that it is. I'm sorry to say, but the baby forming in your stomach was killed immediately." The doctor said with sympathy. "If you weren't carrying the baby, you wouldn't have lost that much blood, but all the blood you lost was from your own body…as well as the baby's whole body."
"No…my…my baby's gone." Mimi said as she unconsciously laid a hand on her now flattened stomach, and tears slid down from her eyes as she closed them and then drifted off into her world, but whispered. "It's gone."
[Not completely flat, but flatter, ok? I know, I just ruined the moment…sorry!]
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Mimi turned her head away from Sora so she couldn't see the oncoming tears that were going to slide down her pale face as she placed her hand on her stomach.
Sora saw Mimi place her hand on her stomach and asked. "What, is your baby ok?" She asked the WRONG question, and was greeted with a silence.
"Oh my God…"Sora whispered. "No…it's not true is it?"
Mimi lifted her head up and looked at Sora, tears on the verge of falling. "That's what I said." She answered shakily.
"No…it can't be." Sora said with disbelief, although she knew perfectly well that that was one of the consequences of the crash that Mimi took. "I'm so sorry Mimi. I'm so sorry." Sora whispered, tears that were also forming in her eyes and fell.
"No, don't be. I didn't even want that baby." Mimi said, but inside she did want to keep it.
"You're not serious, are you?" Sora looked to her friend and she nodded her head.
"B-but then—"
"You were going to kill an innocent baby? How could you?" Sora asked.
"Hey, YOU weren't the one who got pregnant by accident, no, it wasn't even and accident in the first place!" Mimi argued back.
"Well, I know that, but I wouldn't think of getting an abortion! You know I was reading an abortion article in a magazine and it said that the baby can FEEL it's going to get killed." Sora said with anger. "Oh…I get it. You were going to get run over and kill the baby at the same time. You're disgusting."
"Will you listen to me! Getting run over wasn't fun, and it wasn't supposed to happen. You aren't the pregnant woman who gets dumped when she's about to get married in a couple months. You aren't even engaged." Mimi said as she spat back at Sora.
"Ok, this time you've gone to far Mimi, and you know it."
"Well, when I woke up I thought that I could at least count on my best friend to listen to all my problems, but no, she decides to go insult me of something I was only considering to do, but I didn't want to. Deep in my heart, I know I wanted to keep my baby that I only loved 50% since the other 50% was Joe, but I didn't want to cause troubles with Matt. Look, can you get it into your head, I did not get an abortion and I never will." Mimi stated.
"Oh God…I'm so sorry." Sora said as she heard each and everyone of Mimi's words. "I'm supposed to listen to you and here I come bitching you of something you never did. I am SO utterly sorry Mimi. Can you forgive me?" Sora asked sincerely.
A smile came to Mimi's mouth, but it didn't reach her eyes. "Of course I can, you are my best friend, aren't you? I could never stay mad at you. Can you forgive me?"
"Why? You don't need to be?" Sora asked out of confusion.
"Well…I kind of insulted you of not being engaged and all that shit." Mimi whispered, but Sora heard perfectly.
Sora narrowed her eyes, "Oh yeah…anyways, ditto." Then she smiled. "I can never stay mad at you!"
And with that, Sora bent down to hug her friend. "Let me get some air outside, and I'll get a nurse to check you out while I'm at it. I'll be back in 10 minutes, k?"
"Sure. Thanks!"
"Anytime amigo." Sora replied as walked out the room towards the nurses' table on that floor.
"Oh man, she's been with Tai for WAY to long." Mimi said as she thought. Then a nurse walked into her room.
"Hello Miss Mimi, how are you doing today?" the nurse asked as she checked the IV pole and wrote something on the clipboard that she held.
"I'm doing just fine, but my stomach still hurts."
The nurse's smile was wiped off and she lowered her voice. "I'm very sorry, but that's the after affect that you will get for losing your baby, plus you were directly hit there. You're stomach will be hurting for the next 3 weeks, but the doctor has given you medicine in the IV that will try to help heal you're stomach quicker." [Don't know if that's true, I'm just making this up. Try following me, and TRY to at least understand! LOL]
"Thanks for telling me." Mimi smiled, but it didn't reach her eyes. [Ok, all the smiles she smiles DO NOT reach her eyes.]
"You're welcome, I give you my sympathy Miss Mimi."
"Thank-you, but please don't. It just keeps on haunting me now." Mimi replied.
"Yes, I understand." The nurse said. "Is there anything I can get you before I leave?"
Mimi thought. "Yes, there is actually. I was wondering if you could………"
The nurse smiled. The request Mimi asked for was unusual, but she had to follow it to make her happy since she did just lose a part of her. "Yes, it is very different from what I've heard, but I'll tell the doctor, and he'll be back later on to tell you."
"Thank-you very much…" Mimi said as she looked at the tag the nurse was wearing, "…Miss Rachel."
"Anything to cheer you up, Miss Mimi." The nurse said as she walked out of the room as Sora re-entered.
"Thank-you nurse." Sora said.
"You're very welcome, it's my job." The nurse smiled, and walked away.
"So, what did she say?"
"Well, she said that since I was hit on the stomach AND the baby was hit there to, so it'll hurt for the next 3 weeks, but there's some medicine in the IV hooked to me that might heal it faster."
"I see…well, I called your parents, Tai, and…" Sora said as she drifted.
"And who?" Mimi asked, but she knew it was Matt.
"…Matt."
"Great, the person I want to see right now." Mimi replied sarcastically. "Did he tell you that we broke-up?"
"Um…yeah." Sora replied uneasily.
"Oh, I see." Mimi said, then noticed a bouquet of flowers to her left. It was made of white and pink roses. "Hey, who gave me that?"
"The guy who hit you."
Mimi reached and took the bouquet and read the card that was in it.
'Dear Miss Tachikawa,
I am so very sorry for hitting you and killing an innocent life that was forming. If you are confused as to why I know, your doctor told me and I asked your friend, Sora, what your favourite colour was. I hope that you accept my sincere apology.
From, Travis.'
"Well, that was nice of him. Not many people would do this." Mimi smiled.
"Yeah, well, I guess he's got a big heart and he's feeling SUPER guilty." Sora said as the door opened.
"MIMI!" Her mother said as she ran to her daughter, hugged and kissed her.
"Hello mother." Mimi replied.
"Are you alright? Do you need a doctor to check up on you now? Should I go get one?"
"Relax mother, I'm fine, and a nurse checked me over a few minutes ago."
"Hun, are you SURE you're alright?" Her father asked.
"Yes daddy, I'm just dandy." Mimi answered.
"Dear, what's that in your hand?" Her mother asked as she noticed a card in her hand.
"Um, just a sympathy card."
"Let me read it." Her mother said as she grabbed the card from her daughter's hand. [that's what I would do, he he…]
"No! Mother, don't!" Mimi pleaded.
"Why? It's just a sympathy card." Her mother said as she quickly read the card, and then faced her daughter. "Mimi…is there something you didn't tell me?"
"Um…what if I said 'yes'?" Mimi said quietly.
"Don't tell me that this man ran over you, and nearly killed you, but he killed that baby of yours?" Her mother asked in a dead serious tone. Her father just gaped at her.
"Yes…I was going tot tell you myself but you grabbed that away from me!"
"Mimi…I'm so sorry daughter. I knew I should have never let you leave my site for 24 hours, 7 days a week!" Her mother wailed as she started to cry.
"Mimi, is your mother right? The baby is dead?"
"Yes daddy, my baby is dead." Mimi said sadly.
"My poor daughter lost her baby. I don't think I can take it." With that, Mimi's mother fainted right into her husband's arms.
"This is so complicated…" Her father mumbled to no one in particular. "Mimi, I'll be outside trying to wake your mother up." Her father said as he carried his wife to the family room. [Y'know, where the TV is and where some patients go to play games and talk to their family members? Stuff like that.]
"Well, I think you took this whole situation a whole lot better than your mother did 'cause you didn't faint." Sora stated.
"Well, I had to be strong in one way or another." Mimi sighed.
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"Matt, what's wrong with you?" Tai asked as he pushed the '3' button in the elevator.
"Everything." Matt said in monotone. [He's going to talk in monotone till I say so, ok?]
"Well, like I didn't know that already!" Tai laughed. "Yeah, you're worried about her aren't you."
"What's not to worry about her?"
"Well, for starters—"
"Forget it, I could never count on you." Matt said with a glare.
"Hey, I take that to heart! That hurts." Tai joked, but it didn't cheer Matt up one bit.
"I'm hurting a lot more then you." Matt muttered, but Tai heard it.
Tai placed a hand on Matt's shoulder as he said. "Look, when you're ready to talk, you can count on me to listen to you."
Matt stared at his best friend in shock; he was serious for once. "Ok, whatever you say." The elevator stopped and the two guys walked out and walked towards Mimi's room. They were outside of Mimi's room when Matt stopped.
"Yo, why'd you stop?"
"I…I can't go in there." Matt said.
"Oh yes you can, let me just shove—"Tai said as he was about to open the door but Matt grabbed him.
"I can't." Matt replied, than he released Tai.
"Fine, you can be a coward all you want." Tai commented.
"I am not a coward, I'm just not ready to face her yet."
"You are so a coward, coward."
"Tai, just shut-up."
"Fine coward."
"Didn't I tell you to shut-up?" Matt asked.
"………"
"Fine. I can't accept the fact that I'm a coward, so were going in." Matt said as he shoved Tai through the door.
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"So Mimi, I'm not sure if you're ready for it…but I'm curious."
"What, say it? If it's something bad, then don't say anything at all."
"Well…it's not bad—"
"Then say it." Mimi said.
"Um…was it a boy or girl?"
"I don't know, never went to check-ups, PLUS it was to early to tell." [Right? 4 ½ months?]
"Well, if it was a boy or girl, what would their names be?"
"Good question; for a boy…I would name him—" but Mimi never got to finish her answer since Tai had just burst through the door.
"Tai!" Sora said surprised.
"Oh, hey Sora. Hey Mimi, how ya feeling?" Tai asked as he walked and sat down beside Mimi's bed.
"I've seen better days."
"Not feeling all that great?"
"No…I'm feeling fine." She smiled.
'Hey, where's Matt?' Tai thought. 'It's safe to say he's being the coward he doesn't want to be. I bet you that he's outside listening to our every word.' "So…what did the doctor tell you?"
"Lots of things."
"Well, what was the thing that he said that you wanted to tell us about? You're having twins? Triplets?"
Sora smacked Tai's head. 'I could never count on you idiot.'
"Ow…what was that all about Sora?" Tai said as he rubbed his head, but all he received from Sora was a glare.
"To answer your question Tai…none."
"What?" Tai asked as his mouth went down [Like this ^0^ ~~looks like a bird.]
"I said, none. Zero." Mimi said with a sniff.
"Oh God Mimi, I'm so sorry, I…I…" Tai stuttered.
"It's ok, no worries." Mimi said, than turned toward the door. "I know you're there Matt. Just come inside." Mimi said coldly. 'Man, talk about being the world's biggest coward. He can't even walk in and say 'hello' to me.'
Matt walked into the room uneasily. "Um…hey Mimi." He said NOT in monotone as he was locked in a gaze with Mimi, both eye-to-eye.
"Hello Matt." Mimi greeted. 'Keep it cool girl.'
Sora saw the tension between the two 'friends' and she grabbed Tai's wrist and said, "Ok, me and Tai are going to get something to eat! See you two later!"
"That's my girl!" Tai responded, as he knew what Sora was getting to, plus he was a little hungry.
Once they were out the door, Mimi was the first one to respond to the deadly silence.
"Well, I'm guessing you heard every word I said."
"Of course I did." Matt said as he broke the staring contest. "I'm sorry."
"Sorry for what?" Mimi asked bitterly.
"Sorry for not being there when you needed me, sorry for turning around to late, I'm sorry to hear that you lost your baby."
"Well, that's nothing new. Everyone's feeling sorry for me since I lost that innocent child of mine." Mimi commented. "I want drugs."
"What?" Matt asked.
"I want drugs. I think I need some ecstasy to cheer me up." Mimi said as she looked up towards the ceiling.
"No, you're not getting any! Your body is already weak, and if you take ecstasy, your body will just die on you."
"Chill Matt. Glad to see you still care." Mimi smirked.
"I'm sorry."
"Is that all you can say?" Mimi asked in a bitter whisper.
"I…I'm just lost. I have no clue what to do."
"Well, neither do I. There's no hope left for me. The baby that's supposed to be in my stomach is gone and my fiancé broke off my wedding. There is no hope."
"Look, your making this even harder for me Mimi." Matt said as he faced Mimi.
"Well, you made it hard for me! You weren't the one who was pregnant, tried to tell you I was pregnant, overheard that I was pregnant, left me, then I got hit my a car, then…my baby died. Don't you agree that all this was just a bit extreme?"
"Yes, but I gave you my trust, and you betrayed it! That hurts more! Seeing the person that you wanted to spend the rest of your life with doesn't put her trust in you! If you had told me about the baby before…I would have accepted it" Matt argued back.
Mimi was happy and shocked at the same time. "Look Matt, I was scared. I was scared to death that you would find out and leave me. I made a big mistake by not telling you that I was pregnant, and I'm sorry. Now I can only hope that you will forgive me, and that you still love me." Mimi stated as she clasped her hands together in a praying position.
'So I lay me head back down and I lift my hands and pray,
To be only yours I pray to be only yours,
I know now you're my Only Hope…'
"Mimi…the damage you've done to my heart…it's unfixable." [talk about me being corny, eh?]
"But I can fix it! I know I can! Just give me another chance! Please!" Mimi begged as she sat up, but was met with the same pain as before, but she didn't care. "Please Matt…is there room in your heart to give me one, last chance?"
"Mimi…I'm sorry…"
"No, this can't be…" Mimi cried. Then the door opened. Both Matt and Mimi looked surprised to see who it was, and it was her doctor.
"Oh, I'm sorry, am I interrupting anything here?" He asked.
"No, nothing at all."
"Miss Mimi, the request you made…"
"Yes?" She asked.
"Here it is." The doctor said as he handed a folder to Mimi. "I'll leave you two alone for now." He said quickly as he walked out of the room.
Matt didn't say anything as another silence took place; he didn't want to break it.
Mimi gently opened the folder the doctor had given her. She was shocked to see the results, and her face paled.
"What's wrong?" Matt asked curiously.
"N-nothing's wrong." Mimi said, not wanting eye contact with Matt.
Matt arched an eyebrow. "Yes there is. Now tell me."
"I…I…"
"Mimi."
Mimi forced herself to look up to Matt, right into his azure eyes. "Matt…that baby was yours."
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Author's Note: Man, I LOVE this chapter!!! And…ON MY GOD!!!! I AM FINALLY DONE!!! WHOO-HOOO!!!! Oh right, if you're STILL wondering what the request was, it was a DNA test. Don't ask me HOW they did, I don't know, but my friend says they can. Man, I am ABSOLUTELY DONE!!! You don't know HOW long I've been waiting for this chapter! ~Has tears in her eyes~ Er…yeah…if you're wondering why I don't continue it's because that's all I had planned for! BUT if you want a sequel, you can review!!
I guess I have to thank BIG TIME to "Silver tears" and "Lilly Ishida", they know why BUT I'll tell you anyway.
~Silver Tears~: THANK-YOU! He he…for asking Em all those questions for me!!! [Even though they weren't the greatest questions to ask during LUNCH!] thanks for sticking with the questions…I thought you would be annoyed with them. Thanks for reviewing…ONCE IN A WHILE!!!
~Lilly Ishida~: THANK-YOU to you to!!! Ha…thanks for actually ANSWERING those odd questions during lunch, I thought you would be annoyed with them to! Thanks for stickin' with me 'n' my story, BUT that review ending thing IS true…just a bit.
~Angel of Fire~: Well Lauren…you didn't ANSWER or ASK any questions, but I guess I can thank you to for reviewing my chapters…cause you NEVER go on the net. Thanks for stickin' with me 'n' my story!
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