CHAPTER 27: Newz

"No." Matt said quietly.

"N...No what?" Chris asked, wiping his eyes.

"No, she won't die. She'll make it, just like Jeff is. They... they need each other." Matt said, letting his own tears fall.

"We know Matty, we know." Amy said, hugging him.

"What do I tell him? Chris barged in and said he had to talk to me. What do I tell Jeff? And he wanted to know where Nicole was. I can't tell him she's in a hospital bed... dying." Matt finished his sentence in a whisper.

"Man, you have to tell him something." Chris reasoned. Matt looked from Amy to Chris and nodded.

He kissed Amy quickly and walked back in Jeff's room.

"Hey Jeff." He said, walking to the bed.

"What's going on?" Jeff asked, his eyes full of worry and sadness.

"Look man, I'll tell you, but you need to stay calm." Jeff nodded, waiting for his brother to continue. Sighing, Matt started to explain. "Jeff, Nicole's here, but she's hurt."

"She...she's hurt?" Jeff questioned, his eyes filling with tears.

"Yeah, she got hurt, worse than you. She's still unconscious. They... they don't know if she's going to make it." Matt finished, tears now falling down his cheeks as well as Jeff's.

"Matt... I can't lose her. She means too much to me." Jeff sobbed, placing his face in his heads.

"I know Jeff, and you won't lose her. I promise." Matt sighed, just hoping that he could keep his promise.

*~*~*~*~*

"Hey Adam, you okay?" Shane asked, noticing the look on Adam's face. It was the same look he had seen on Jeff's face when they found out that Nicole had been raped. A look that said he could kill.

"Fine." Adam said through gritted teeth. "No, you know what? I'm not fine. And I won't be fine until that bastard gets what he has coming to him."

Jay walked over to his friend and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Man, I know how you feel, I would like to get my hands on him too, but we can't do anything about it now."

"Yes we can."

Both men looked at over towards the voice. "How Chris?" Adam asked, suddenly curious.

"When he called me... when I found Nicole, he knew right where I was. He knew where I had to look to find her, so he must've been around there. We go back there and look for him."

"I'm in." Adam said. "That son of a bitch is going to get what he has coming."

Chris nodded and turned to Jay. "You in man?"

Jay sighed and looked at Shannon and Shane, who shrugged. "I..."

"You don't have to come." Adam reasoned. "But we're doing this, no matter what."

Sighing, Jay nodded. "It's for Nicole, and that bastard deserves to pay. I'm in."

"I know Jeff would love to get his hands on him too, it sucks that he can't." Chris said, looking at his friends.

Adam grinned. "Jeff will get his chance, believe me." With that, he turned around and left the hospital, with Chris and Jay on his heels.

*~*~*~*~*

"Excuse me, Miss Dumas?" Amy turned around from her position on Nicole's hospital bed.

"Yes, that's me."

"You are a good friend of Miss Riley, correct." Amy nodded. "Well, when we were taking tests and checking her over, it's routine to check everything. And when our doctors did their tests, they found evidence that Nicole may have been raped, do you know anything about that?"

Amy nodded her head solemnly. "Yes, she was raped. We think the person who raped her may have been the one who did this."

The doctor nodded. "Well Miss Dumas, in that case, I have some good and bad news."

*~*~*~*~*

"Matt?" Matt looked over Jeff when he heard his name.

"Yeah?"

"Do you think they'll let me go see Nicole?"

Matt sighed. "Well, they said you have a head injury, they might not want you getting up."

Jeff shook his head. "I'm fine, I just need to see her. Please Matt, talk to them?"

Matt nodded. "Alright man, I'll ask them." He stood up and walked to the door. Stopping when his cell phone rang, Matt picked it up and answered. "Hello?"

Jeff watched from the bed, seeing Matt's expression go from shocked, to happy, to sad.

"Are you sure you know?" Matt asked. He waited a few minutes before answering, "Ok, I'll see you soon. Bye."

"Matt, who was that?" Jeff questioned.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you. You'll find out soon. I'm gonna go ask the doctors if you can see Nicole." Jeff watched in confusion as Matt left his room.

"What's going on?" Jeff asked out loud.

*~*~*~*~*

"Good and bad news?" Amy repeated, not sure if she wanted to know.

The doctor nodded. "Yes, would you like to know."

Amy nodded. "Yeah, tell me the good news first."

The Doctor sighed and nodded. "Well, the good news is, we think Nicole is going to make it."

Amy's eyes widened and her face broke into a grin. "She's going to make it?!"

"Yes." The doctor said, smiling slightly.

Amy nodded. "That's great. Now, what's the bad news?"

"Well, I hate to have to tell you this but..."

Amy looked at him with concern showing in her eyes. "But...?"

"Well... first I have to ask you... is she seeing someone?"

Amy eyed him carefully. "Why?"

"I just need to know."

Amy gave him a suspicious look and answered. "Jeff Hardy is her boyfriend. He came in here about an hour or so before her."

"Oh." The doctor answered. "Well, I have some news for them, but I guess I can tell you."

"Ok...?" Amy said, urging him to continue.

"Nicole's pregnant."

"Pregnant?" Amy repeated. The doctor nodded.

"Tell them congratulations for me."

Amy sat on the bed in shock. When the doctor had left the room, she whispered to herself, "They never had sex, the only person Nicole was 'with' was when she was... raped. Oh my God, Nicole's pregnant with her rapist's baby."

A/N: Uh oh... Nicole's pregnant!!! LOL Hope you like my little twist in the story... R&R as alwayz!!! :)Nicole***