Love Knows No Yamato: Chapter Seven (Thanks to Lord Patamon For The Correction!)
Matt collapsed down to the floor sobbing as he heard the sickening suctioning sound from the DVD player, now sitting tipped on it's side on the bed.
No…how could he…how could she…how could they…
"It's not real…" Matt choked out, pounding on the floor. "How could someone do something like that…to a living being?"
"June was about to."
Matt looked up, eyes bloodshot red. "How could you do that every day?"
"I don't. I never did and I never want to." The doctor said, extending a dark hand. "Got a lot of flack from my superiors for it, but I didn't care. My own personal mortality is more important than a paycheck or a grade."
"What I don't believe, is how June could do that to our child." Matt sniffled, wiping his cheeks with his shirtsleeve. "How could she…"
"She didn't, though. She was on the edge of the edge of it, though. Any normal doctor would have went through with it." Dr. McKnight said, pressing stop on the DVD player and closing the cover. "But she stopped it just before penetration."
"Please let me see her. I just want to see her…and my baby." Matt whimpered, "I'm in love with them both already; more than I thought was humanly possible."
"Well, I certainly believe you. But I am not her OB." Dr. McKnight said, shaking his head. "Her physician is Joe Kido and that's who you need to talk to."
"But—"
"However, as his teacher and supervisor, I can gently persuade him to probably let you come in." Dr. McKnight said, shrugging his shoulders. "No promises, though."
"Please, try." Matt pleaded, sitting down on the bed. "I just got to see her. I love her. I love our child she's carrying. If I don't see her, I don't know what I'll do."
"Well, I know you're going to do one thing: You're going into that bathroom and clean yourself up." Dr. McKnight said, pointing to the closed bathroom door. "You look a mess. Now just wait here, and I'll be right back."
"Dr. McKnight…thanks." Matt said, as he walked to the bathroom door. "I really appreciate it."
"How much longer, Joe?" June groaned as he peeled off his gloves. "I don't think I can take it any more. It hurts too bad."
"You're making good progress. You're up to about six or seven centimeters and your water is broken. I'll get the anesthesiologist on call down here and we'll get you set up with a little relief." He said, scribbling in the chart.
There came a knock at the door and Dr. McKnight stuck his head in. "Joe, can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Sure. I'm on my way." Joe said, closing the cover on the chart. "Oh, and June, I am so sorry about this, but your contractions are still a bit on the irregular side, so I'm going to up the dosage on the pitocin a bit more."
"Joe, I can't do it! It's already hurting worse than before the medication. It's going to rip me apart." June cried, holding her stomach.
"Only for a while until the anesthesiologist gets here to give you your epidural." Joe explained, sympathetically as he keyed in a command on the IV keypad.
"Ahhh…" June groaned, as she shifted uncomfortably in the bed. "I think I'm having another one…how long until he gets here?"
"Depends on if he's in surgery. But I'll put out a STAT page call for him." Joe said, hand on the doorknob. "Just focus on your breathing and I'll be right back with you as soon as I can."
"Hurry, please." June groaned, taking several deep breaths.
"Tell that to your baby." Joe said with a grin as the door closed behind him.
June panted and grunted as her abdomen tensed up. She felt her back start to arch as she let out a loud moan; her body feeling as though it were trying to squeeze out it's vital organs through an opening the size of a glass coke bottle.
It's going to kill me…It's going to kill me…
"No…I won't let it kill me…" June groaned to herself, sitting up, taking deep and heavy breaths. "I have to live…for myself and for my baby."
The tension reached it's peak as June actually felt her muscles enclose around her unborn child and painfully push it down; lower and lower into her waist.
June panted harder, groaning and straining against the pain. She concentrated on her breathing, making sure each breath was productive and taking in as much air as possible.
After thirty seconds, the tension slowly eased, and her stomach gradually relaxed back into it's normal round shape. She sighed deeply and groaned as a dull ache spread up her spine and down to the small of her back.
There was a knock at the door. "Don't worry, Davis. I'm decent. You can come in." June called, sitting up, covering her eyes with her hand as she massaged her temple.
The door opened with a soft squeak and soft footfalls echoed in the room as June uncovered her eyes.
"I was wondering where you were hiding out a—"
Oh my God…It's him…after all this time, it's him.
The slim blonde stood at the foot of the bed. His hands relaxed at his sides, his face was a bit puffy around his azure blue eyes, which had a slight hue of pink around the whites. His face bore the expression of sorrow and longing.
"Matt…what are you…how did you—"
Matt slowly strode over to a chair that was next to the bed and sat down. "June…I…there aren't enough words in the human vocabulary to tell you how sorry I am." He began, looking in her hazel brown eyes. "I was so caught up in my career and in my own selfishness, I forgot what was really important to me."
"I…" Matt stammered, "I let others fill my head with ideas and other crap that I didn't even think about what you were going through."
"You didn't come around the whole time I was pregnant." June said, accusingly. "You didn't call, you didn't answer your messages, you never answered your door. Do you know that I almost had an abortion? Did you know that my parents put me out of the house? Did you know that I been living on my own off my college funds for the past 3 months?"
"Yes. And I know what you went through. Joe made me watch a video and I couldn't stand to watch as they stuck that…thing in that girl and literally…" Matt swallowed hard. "Suck the life right out of her. I broke down into tears: I cried like a baby. I don't think I ever cried that hard before in my life. Not because of the actual abortion…"
To June's surprise, Matt reached out and set a hand on her belly. "What are you—"
"But because…" His eyes began to brim up with tears. "You were close to doing the same thing to our child…and I was going to truly be happy about it."
Our child…he said "our child"…
"Before I saw the abortion video, I saw the ultrasound video. I should have been there for the live thing. I should've been there for the exams and the visits and the ultrasounds."
Matt sniffed as he held both his hands in front of him, glaring. "These hands should have been taking care of you; making sure you eat right, cooking, cleaning. These hands should have been feeling your belly as our child moved and grew inside your heavenly body. These hands should have been there to wipe the tears from your eyes after a nightmare, and to comfort you afterwards."
Matt's voice wavered, as his tears started sliding down his face. "When I saw that video, June I…I…fell back in love with you and our child. Seeing it move and kick and hearing his heart beat as he grew and grew inside you for nine months. I didn't think it was possible to love two people as much as I loved you and that child at that very second. And now, now that I'm here…with you…and the baby…It's just…just…"
Matt folded his arms on the bed and fell down into it, sobbing. "I don't want to loose you. I don't want to loose this child. I can't loose either of you. I can't bear the idea of not having the baby in my life…or you."
"Please…I know I can never erase what I did…I can't erase the last nine months…if I would…if I could, I would give everything I own…I would give my soul if I could just relive that time with you… But I can't…All I can do is swear on my own pitiful life…that I would never leave you. I would never hurt you…."
"Matt, I don't know…" June sighed, sitting up slightly in the bed. "You've hurt me so bad, you drove me away, and I just don't know…"
"June, As long as there is breath in my body and blood flowing through my veins, I will never, EVER drive you away. You and I are attached together for life now; both spiritually and physically. I would give anything…anything…to be with you, June…" Matt sobbed.
"My heart, my soul…my life. Just to be with you and our child is enough. I'll kill myself before I think of leaving you and this child. Just please forgive me…and marry me."
June gasped and gently shook her head. "What did you say?" she said, eyes slowly widening.
"I've loved you since the first instant I laid eyes on you." Matt said, wiping the tears off his cheeks as he pulled a black velvet box out his pocket. "You're always on my mind. When we're apart, I'm always trying to figure out how to get to you and when we're together, I try to figure out how to stay with you. Leaving you and our child was the worst mistake I ever made in my whole life."
Oh my God…he's actually doing it…
Matt gulped audibly, his hands trembling. "I want to make it up to you and our child until the earth stops rotating. June…will you marry me?" he asked, opening the box; revealing a platinum ring with a small diamond in the middle.
To Be Continued...(Thanks again to Lord Patamon!)
(D/C – Okay. I know I said that after this chapter, I was going to delete and re-post the story, but I got so many reviews from so many nice people, and I don't want anyone to struggle to find the story who doesn't have my Author Alert or Story Alert, so I'll delete and re-post this story when the last chapter posts, which will be very, very soon!)