Chapter Four
Sorry that the updates have taken so long...I graduated and then I was out of town for a month without any chance of access to a computer to update from...What can you say family vacation...Anyway I'm here to update now and hopefully I will keep rolling out the updates! Alright, well I'm a complete idiot I kept getting these reviews that I didn't understand, but then I re-read what I had written and I was going one way (the Theresa thing was there because I'd intended for Ryan to explain why he named her Aurora...So anyway...I was being dumb!
"I'm think everyone needs to go home." Sandy stops the three teenagers mid-bicker.
"I'm not going home." Seth states.
"Me either," Marissa crosses her arms and glares at Seth who returns the look.
"I don't care what any of you want," Sandy responds.
Summer holds up her hand, "I WANT to go home."
"We'll get you home Summer." Sandy responds, "as for you two, you fought all the way downstairs for breakfast, through breakfast and the car ride to the hospital. You're both going home and staying home, you can help out with the baby. Here's the deal, Kirsten, the three of you and the baby are going home as soon as we get all the release papers filled out for the baby. You can come back and visit Ryan over the weekend."
"Dad..."
"Mr. Cohen..."
"I'm sorry, but Kirsten and I have decided. I don't want to hear anymore on the topic," Sandy states once they've reached the nursery.
A nurse steps out just as they reach the window, they don't recognize her but she seems to know who they are, "you're here to take home baby girl Atwood, right?"
Kirsten mouths the words "baby girl Atwood," while Sandy nods, "that's right. Is she all ready to come home?"
The nurse nods, "we've been taking special care of her. There's just some paper work you have to fill out."
"I'll take care of it," Kirsten states, "Sandy you haven't gotten a chance to hold the baby."
"All right Mrs. Cohen, follow me," the nurse gestures to the other nurse inside, "and Lorraine will bring the baby out to you Mr. Cohen."
Sandy nods, "thank you." Once the baby is settled in Sandy's arm Summer, Seth and Marissa crowd around him.
"What do you think Ryan's going to name the baby?" Marissa asks.
"Theresa maybe?" Summer suggests.
"I'm not sure," Sandy responds, "when he's more alert I'm sure he'll get a chance to think about it."
"You can't go in there," a tall nurse stops Marissa from entering Ryan's hospital room.
Marissa stares in the window watching Ryan sleep before turning to face the nurse, "please. I just need to talk to him."
"I can't let you in there," the nurse shakes her head. "I'm sure you're worried about your boyfriend but he's in very critical condition and I'm under strict orders not to let anyone outside of his adoptive family in there."
Marissa bites her lip hard, "please. I have to see him, I have to see him. Before I go home I have to make sure he's okay."
The nurse glances around, "his doctor stops by to check on him every hour on the hour, that's 10 minutes away so you have to get in there and out before he comes. And don't tell anyone I let you in."
Marissa smiles appreciatively before slipping into the room, sitting in the chair beside his bed Marissa takes his hand and whispers, "I love you Ryan."
"Marissa," Ryan's words are hoarse but his eyes immediately lock onto Marissa's.
"Oh my God, Ryan," a fresh round of tears come to Marissa's eyes. Ryan gives Marissa's hand a weak squeeze, "I missed you."
"Missed you too..." Ryan responds softly.
"I can't stay long," Marissa responds quickly. "I'll be back to visit but Kirsten and Sandy are making us go home, they are trying to get you moved to a hospital in New Port. And we are taking the baby home with us."
"Aurora," Ryan chokes on the words.
"What?"
Marissa helps Ryan drink water some water before he continues, "her name, Aurora Kirsten Cohen. Tell the Cohen's for me."
Marissa nods, "I will." Glancing at the clock on the wall she sighs, "I have to go, I'll come back I promise."
"Marissa, where have you been?" Kirsten asks when Marissa meets the group back up in the nursery.
"I went to see Ryan." Marissa responds sheepishly.
"You're not supposed to be in there," Kirsten reminds gently and then asks, "how is he?"
"Better, I think." Kirsten responds. "He told me her name."
"Oh really?" Sandy asks, "what is it then?"
"Aurora."
"That's a pretty name." Summer comments.
Marissa nods, "Aurora Kirsten Cohen. He didn't explain, he just want me to tell you." Marissa stares at Sandy and Kirsten and both have tears in their eyes.
Sandy nods, "I'll make sure that they put that on the birth certificate. You guys should get going though."
"Is she ever going to stop crying?" Seth asks from the front passenger seat, they were half way back to New Port and Aurora hadn't stopped crying since they'd gotten in the car.
"Probably not until we get home," Kirsten responds. "You screamed whenever you were put in your car seat and that's probably her problem. Are you girls alright back there?" Kirsten glances in her rearview mirror and Summer nods for the both of them, Marissa's eyes focused on something outside the car window.
Marissa wipes the tears off of her cheeks before nodding. "We're fine," and then turning to the baby she asks, "aren't we Aurora?" Gently Marissa lets Aurora take hold of her finger, "we're fine."
Sorry that the updates have taken so long...I graduated and then I was out of town for a month without any chance of access to a computer to update from...What can you say family vacation...Anyway I'm here to update now and hopefully I will keep rolling out the updates! Alright, well I'm a complete idiot I kept getting these reviews that I didn't understand, but then I re-read what I had written and I was going one way (the Theresa thing was there because I'd intended for Ryan to explain why he named her Aurora...So anyway...I was being dumb!
"I'm think everyone needs to go home." Sandy stops the three teenagers mid-bicker.
"I'm not going home." Seth states.
"Me either," Marissa crosses her arms and glares at Seth who returns the look.
"I don't care what any of you want," Sandy responds.
Summer holds up her hand, "I WANT to go home."
"We'll get you home Summer." Sandy responds, "as for you two, you fought all the way downstairs for breakfast, through breakfast and the car ride to the hospital. You're both going home and staying home, you can help out with the baby. Here's the deal, Kirsten, the three of you and the baby are going home as soon as we get all the release papers filled out for the baby. You can come back and visit Ryan over the weekend."
"Dad..."
"Mr. Cohen..."
"I'm sorry, but Kirsten and I have decided. I don't want to hear anymore on the topic," Sandy states once they've reached the nursery.
A nurse steps out just as they reach the window, they don't recognize her but she seems to know who they are, "you're here to take home baby girl Atwood, right?"
Kirsten mouths the words "baby girl Atwood," while Sandy nods, "that's right. Is she all ready to come home?"
The nurse nods, "we've been taking special care of her. There's just some paper work you have to fill out."
"I'll take care of it," Kirsten states, "Sandy you haven't gotten a chance to hold the baby."
"All right Mrs. Cohen, follow me," the nurse gestures to the other nurse inside, "and Lorraine will bring the baby out to you Mr. Cohen."
Sandy nods, "thank you." Once the baby is settled in Sandy's arm Summer, Seth and Marissa crowd around him.
"What do you think Ryan's going to name the baby?" Marissa asks.
"Theresa maybe?" Summer suggests.
"I'm not sure," Sandy responds, "when he's more alert I'm sure he'll get a chance to think about it."
"You can't go in there," a tall nurse stops Marissa from entering Ryan's hospital room.
Marissa stares in the window watching Ryan sleep before turning to face the nurse, "please. I just need to talk to him."
"I can't let you in there," the nurse shakes her head. "I'm sure you're worried about your boyfriend but he's in very critical condition and I'm under strict orders not to let anyone outside of his adoptive family in there."
Marissa bites her lip hard, "please. I have to see him, I have to see him. Before I go home I have to make sure he's okay."
The nurse glances around, "his doctor stops by to check on him every hour on the hour, that's 10 minutes away so you have to get in there and out before he comes. And don't tell anyone I let you in."
Marissa smiles appreciatively before slipping into the room, sitting in the chair beside his bed Marissa takes his hand and whispers, "I love you Ryan."
"Marissa," Ryan's words are hoarse but his eyes immediately lock onto Marissa's.
"Oh my God, Ryan," a fresh round of tears come to Marissa's eyes. Ryan gives Marissa's hand a weak squeeze, "I missed you."
"Missed you too..." Ryan responds softly.
"I can't stay long," Marissa responds quickly. "I'll be back to visit but Kirsten and Sandy are making us go home, they are trying to get you moved to a hospital in New Port. And we are taking the baby home with us."
"Aurora," Ryan chokes on the words.
"What?"
Marissa helps Ryan drink water some water before he continues, "her name, Aurora Kirsten Cohen. Tell the Cohen's for me."
Marissa nods, "I will." Glancing at the clock on the wall she sighs, "I have to go, I'll come back I promise."
"Marissa, where have you been?" Kirsten asks when Marissa meets the group back up in the nursery.
"I went to see Ryan." Marissa responds sheepishly.
"You're not supposed to be in there," Kirsten reminds gently and then asks, "how is he?"
"Better, I think." Kirsten responds. "He told me her name."
"Oh really?" Sandy asks, "what is it then?"
"Aurora."
"That's a pretty name." Summer comments.
Marissa nods, "Aurora Kirsten Cohen. He didn't explain, he just want me to tell you." Marissa stares at Sandy and Kirsten and both have tears in their eyes.
Sandy nods, "I'll make sure that they put that on the birth certificate. You guys should get going though."
"Is she ever going to stop crying?" Seth asks from the front passenger seat, they were half way back to New Port and Aurora hadn't stopped crying since they'd gotten in the car.
"Probably not until we get home," Kirsten responds. "You screamed whenever you were put in your car seat and that's probably her problem. Are you girls alright back there?" Kirsten glances in her rearview mirror and Summer nods for the both of them, Marissa's eyes focused on something outside the car window.
Marissa wipes the tears off of her cheeks before nodding. "We're fine," and then turning to the baby she asks, "aren't we Aurora?" Gently Marissa lets Aurora take hold of her finger, "we're fine."