Chapter Five
Jane turned around with a grin.
"Eddie!"
She cried happily and ran to the bedside. She took his hand that was hanging over the railing and he winced.
"Sorry baby"
She gushed as she kissed it. Tears fell down her cheeks and she blushed.
"I'm sorry, I'm just so happy you're alright. God I'm such a mess"
"Je suis regarde, et vous etes beau"
"What did you say?"
"Sorry, I heard some people talking French, what I was said 'I'm looking at you, and you're beautiful"
Jane smiled, remembering his words from a long time ago
"I love you Eddie, I'm so glad you're alright. I should get the doctor"
She began to leave, but Eddie put a restraining hand on her arm
"No, just stay here a while, I want to talk to my daughter"
Jane's eyes filled with tears. He looked just like a little boy, so pale and helpless. Eddie propped himself up on his elbows and motioned Jane to lean forward.
"Now, this is you're father speaking young lady, when you're born, you'd want to go straight up the mother ship to feed. You're going to have a wonderful loving mother, and as for me, well, I'm going to be beating boys off with a stick all the time if you look the least bit like your Mom"
Jane smiled as she took Eddie's face in her hands and kissed his lips softly. As they broke apart, she sighed and began crying
"What's wrong baby?"
Eddie asked, a little alarmed
"Nothing, oh Eddie nothing, I'm just so glad you're alright"
Helpless tears fell down her cheeks and he caught them on his thumb and pretended to put them in a pocket of the crisp white hospital gown.
"I'm going to keep this, you don't let them fall often anymore"
The door creaked open and a pale blue eye looked around the corner
"Hi"
An unsure voice said
"Hey Ray. Come in"
Eddie said. Ray pushed the door open a little more and walked inside. He was wearing a black work shirt and blue jeans, very un-Ray like
"I just wanted to see how you are feeling, I got word from Diane that you were in the hospital"
Eddie beamed, he could feel how nervous Ray was, the air was almost rippling with the tension.
"Stay, sit"
"What?"
Ray asked a little shocked.
"You heard me, come sit"
He said motioning to an empty chair next to Jane. Ray slowly made his way over and sat I the chair with the torn padding. His sandy blonde hair was messed up like he had just come out of a deep sleep and his eyes were wide and cloudy.
"How are you feeling?"
Ray asked, unsure of what else to say.
"Well, I've got both my legs broken, my left arm broken which isn't too bad seeing as I'm right-handed. I have to be in a wheelchair for 2 months, oh and my fiancé is pregnant"
Ray raised an eyebrow
"Who is your fiancé?"
Eddie got an old familiar gleam in his eye as he looked between Jane and Ray
"I'll give you 2 guesses"
The light suddenly dawned upon Ray as his eyes sudden cleared and looked at Jane.
"The two of you are engaged?"
"Yeah"
Jane said, finding something suddenly very interesting embedded in the carpet. She didn't think she could risk looking at the shocked confused look on Ray's face. A face not more then a year that made her heart skip and leap
"Well congratulations. Um, I'd imagine that you'd want me to keep this from Diane?"
Eddie raised a dark eyebrow
"Why?"
"Because she doesn't look kindly upon inter-office relationships"
Jane gave a very unladylike snort and Ray blushed. Noticing that there was about to be a war, Eddie held up a bandaged hand
"Do whatever you think is best Ray"
Ray nodded slowly and stood to leave. As the door shut, Jane giggled into her hand
"What's so funny?"
Jane looked over at Eddie and grinned, still giggling
"Don't you see the way he reacts to you?"
Now Eddie looked confused
"What are you talking about?"
"Eddie! Ray is completely afraid of you. You can't tell me you didn't notice how he was cowering in the doorway"
Eddie did the best he could to shrug a shoulder.
"I guess not. But imagine how much power I have now that you've told me. I could hobble after in on my crutches when I get back to work and beat him with them. After all, I'm so terribly scary. Grr"
He said with dry humor that he always seemed to have a steady supply of
"I love you"
Jane said with a laugh. Eddie smiled as he kissed her hand
"I love you too Janey"
He yawned and said a little guiltily
"I'm tired, do you mind if I sleep?"
Jane smiled kindly
"Of course not. Sleep baby"
"Wait. Speaking of it, what are we going to name out daughter?"
Jane's eyebrow's furrowed
"I don't know, I never really thought about it. I kind of like the name Bridget Marie"
Eddie grinned, showing his perfect and straight white teeth
"Bridget Marie it is then"
His eyes slowly fluttered shut and Jane got up slowly to leave. She was about to close the door when she heard Eddie say softly
"You're theory is wrong Dr.Charles, I would always come back to you"
Jane turned around with a grin.
"Eddie!"
She cried happily and ran to the bedside. She took his hand that was hanging over the railing and he winced.
"Sorry baby"
She gushed as she kissed it. Tears fell down her cheeks and she blushed.
"I'm sorry, I'm just so happy you're alright. God I'm such a mess"
"Je suis regarde, et vous etes beau"
"What did you say?"
"Sorry, I heard some people talking French, what I was said 'I'm looking at you, and you're beautiful"
Jane smiled, remembering his words from a long time ago
"I love you Eddie, I'm so glad you're alright. I should get the doctor"
She began to leave, but Eddie put a restraining hand on her arm
"No, just stay here a while, I want to talk to my daughter"
Jane's eyes filled with tears. He looked just like a little boy, so pale and helpless. Eddie propped himself up on his elbows and motioned Jane to lean forward.
"Now, this is you're father speaking young lady, when you're born, you'd want to go straight up the mother ship to feed. You're going to have a wonderful loving mother, and as for me, well, I'm going to be beating boys off with a stick all the time if you look the least bit like your Mom"
Jane smiled as she took Eddie's face in her hands and kissed his lips softly. As they broke apart, she sighed and began crying
"What's wrong baby?"
Eddie asked, a little alarmed
"Nothing, oh Eddie nothing, I'm just so glad you're alright"
Helpless tears fell down her cheeks and he caught them on his thumb and pretended to put them in a pocket of the crisp white hospital gown.
"I'm going to keep this, you don't let them fall often anymore"
The door creaked open and a pale blue eye looked around the corner
"Hi"
An unsure voice said
"Hey Ray. Come in"
Eddie said. Ray pushed the door open a little more and walked inside. He was wearing a black work shirt and blue jeans, very un-Ray like
"I just wanted to see how you are feeling, I got word from Diane that you were in the hospital"
Eddie beamed, he could feel how nervous Ray was, the air was almost rippling with the tension.
"Stay, sit"
"What?"
Ray asked a little shocked.
"You heard me, come sit"
He said motioning to an empty chair next to Jane. Ray slowly made his way over and sat I the chair with the torn padding. His sandy blonde hair was messed up like he had just come out of a deep sleep and his eyes were wide and cloudy.
"How are you feeling?"
Ray asked, unsure of what else to say.
"Well, I've got both my legs broken, my left arm broken which isn't too bad seeing as I'm right-handed. I have to be in a wheelchair for 2 months, oh and my fiancé is pregnant"
Ray raised an eyebrow
"Who is your fiancé?"
Eddie got an old familiar gleam in his eye as he looked between Jane and Ray
"I'll give you 2 guesses"
The light suddenly dawned upon Ray as his eyes sudden cleared and looked at Jane.
"The two of you are engaged?"
"Yeah"
Jane said, finding something suddenly very interesting embedded in the carpet. She didn't think she could risk looking at the shocked confused look on Ray's face. A face not more then a year that made her heart skip and leap
"Well congratulations. Um, I'd imagine that you'd want me to keep this from Diane?"
Eddie raised a dark eyebrow
"Why?"
"Because she doesn't look kindly upon inter-office relationships"
Jane gave a very unladylike snort and Ray blushed. Noticing that there was about to be a war, Eddie held up a bandaged hand
"Do whatever you think is best Ray"
Ray nodded slowly and stood to leave. As the door shut, Jane giggled into her hand
"What's so funny?"
Jane looked over at Eddie and grinned, still giggling
"Don't you see the way he reacts to you?"
Now Eddie looked confused
"What are you talking about?"
"Eddie! Ray is completely afraid of you. You can't tell me you didn't notice how he was cowering in the doorway"
Eddie did the best he could to shrug a shoulder.
"I guess not. But imagine how much power I have now that you've told me. I could hobble after in on my crutches when I get back to work and beat him with them. After all, I'm so terribly scary. Grr"
He said with dry humor that he always seemed to have a steady supply of
"I love you"
Jane said with a laugh. Eddie smiled as he kissed her hand
"I love you too Janey"
He yawned and said a little guiltily
"I'm tired, do you mind if I sleep?"
Jane smiled kindly
"Of course not. Sleep baby"
"Wait. Speaking of it, what are we going to name out daughter?"
Jane's eyebrow's furrowed
"I don't know, I never really thought about it. I kind of like the name Bridget Marie"
Eddie grinned, showing his perfect and straight white teeth
"Bridget Marie it is then"
His eyes slowly fluttered shut and Jane got up slowly to leave. She was about to close the door when she heard Eddie say softly
"You're theory is wrong Dr.Charles, I would always come back to you"