Chapter 18
Mandy's POV
The official term they gave me was spontaneous abortion. My god why couldn't they have just said miscarriage? The word abortion just makes it sound so much dirtier. It turns out I had been pregnant for five weeks without knowing it. Yeah, that sounds about right, I hadn't seen Adam in five weeks. They put me on a painkiller and told me that I would be released sometime in the afternoon but in the meantime they were concerned about infection or any other complications. I knew I had taken a harder spill than usual from the top of that ladder, but the nurse assured me that any bump at all would have been enough to cause the miscarriage which made me wonder how I had made it five weeks in the first place. After the pain had subsided and I was cleaned up, I had a chance to just relax when they moved me to my more permanent hospital room.
"Excuse me," asked a quiet voice. I was almost asleep so I opened my eyes to see a short plump nurse sticking her head into my room. "I'm really sorry to bother you again, I know you've had a hard night, but there is a man in the waiting room that won't stop yelling. I tried to tell him that he can't see you unless he is immediate family but he is insisting upon seeing you." I felt so bad for her. I knew how Chris could get and I didn't even want to picture him yelling at this sweet little woman like I'm sure he had. I smiled at her and almost laughed a little at the thought of Chris overreacting.
"It's okay, you can let him back here...he's...ah...he's the father," I assured her. She shook her head and smiled back at me sympathetically. I guess I was getting good at this acting thing. After all, it is kinda required to be a wrestler these days, not to mention having to pretend Chris and I were good friends in front of Adam which proved to be my best work to this day. Honestly, I didn't want Adam to know that Chris and I were less than friends. I was Adam's girlfriend and Chris was one of his best friends so I didn't want things to come across as awkward as they really were. Chris had actually surprised me with the compassion that he showed when I showed up at his door at three in the morning. I guess he does have a soul.
Now I knew I had a lot more acting ahead of me. I was not even close to being ready to tell Adam about losing his child and Jay and Trish being the loudmouths that they are, I knew couldn't know either. I knew I had to tell Chris, there was no way around that. He had been there for everything so far and I wasn't about to leave him out in the cold. I just had to make him understand that nobody else could know right now. It was going to be strange having to only confide in Chris, but I was going to make it work. He had proven that he had hints of decency in him somewhere.
The nurse left me alone and for a while things were quiet but I knew that wouldn't last long. As soon as they let Chris out of the waiting room, I knew there would be trouble of some sort.
"Get your goddamn hands off me, I'll find it on my own thank you very much!" I could hear from halfway down the hall. I smiled at the sound of his voice since it was the only thing in the hospital that I could recognize. I guess Chris was my security blanket of sorts. "Run along Jr., I told you I'll be fine on my own. Took you long enough to come to your senses in the first place. Yeah that's right, father over here." I couldn't help but laugh to myself. It was too bizarre. I heard my door squeak open a crack soon followed my Chris popping his head through the door. "Mandy, you in here?" he asked quietly.
"Yeah, I'm here," I replied. He walked in the dark room completely and came over to the chair beside my bed and tried to make himself comfortable.
"Are you okay? What's this about me being a father?" he asked genuinely concerned even though he smirked a bit at his last comment. I opened my mouth to explain, but I was interrupted before I could even speak.
"Excuse me, we were wondering if we could get an autograph?" I snapped my head to see two nurses standing in my doorway. Chris exploded at them. HELLO, I was only freaking in the HOSPITAL. Talk about bad timing. I tried to calm him down because he was just going off. Despite their rudeness, I felt somewhat bad for them because Chris scared the shit out of them. I signed their stuff anyway.
Mandy's POV
The official term they gave me was spontaneous abortion. My god why couldn't they have just said miscarriage? The word abortion just makes it sound so much dirtier. It turns out I had been pregnant for five weeks without knowing it. Yeah, that sounds about right, I hadn't seen Adam in five weeks. They put me on a painkiller and told me that I would be released sometime in the afternoon but in the meantime they were concerned about infection or any other complications. I knew I had taken a harder spill than usual from the top of that ladder, but the nurse assured me that any bump at all would have been enough to cause the miscarriage which made me wonder how I had made it five weeks in the first place. After the pain had subsided and I was cleaned up, I had a chance to just relax when they moved me to my more permanent hospital room.
"Excuse me," asked a quiet voice. I was almost asleep so I opened my eyes to see a short plump nurse sticking her head into my room. "I'm really sorry to bother you again, I know you've had a hard night, but there is a man in the waiting room that won't stop yelling. I tried to tell him that he can't see you unless he is immediate family but he is insisting upon seeing you." I felt so bad for her. I knew how Chris could get and I didn't even want to picture him yelling at this sweet little woman like I'm sure he had. I smiled at her and almost laughed a little at the thought of Chris overreacting.
"It's okay, you can let him back here...he's...ah...he's the father," I assured her. She shook her head and smiled back at me sympathetically. I guess I was getting good at this acting thing. After all, it is kinda required to be a wrestler these days, not to mention having to pretend Chris and I were good friends in front of Adam which proved to be my best work to this day. Honestly, I didn't want Adam to know that Chris and I were less than friends. I was Adam's girlfriend and Chris was one of his best friends so I didn't want things to come across as awkward as they really were. Chris had actually surprised me with the compassion that he showed when I showed up at his door at three in the morning. I guess he does have a soul.
Now I knew I had a lot more acting ahead of me. I was not even close to being ready to tell Adam about losing his child and Jay and Trish being the loudmouths that they are, I knew couldn't know either. I knew I had to tell Chris, there was no way around that. He had been there for everything so far and I wasn't about to leave him out in the cold. I just had to make him understand that nobody else could know right now. It was going to be strange having to only confide in Chris, but I was going to make it work. He had proven that he had hints of decency in him somewhere.
The nurse left me alone and for a while things were quiet but I knew that wouldn't last long. As soon as they let Chris out of the waiting room, I knew there would be trouble of some sort.
"Get your goddamn hands off me, I'll find it on my own thank you very much!" I could hear from halfway down the hall. I smiled at the sound of his voice since it was the only thing in the hospital that I could recognize. I guess Chris was my security blanket of sorts. "Run along Jr., I told you I'll be fine on my own. Took you long enough to come to your senses in the first place. Yeah that's right, father over here." I couldn't help but laugh to myself. It was too bizarre. I heard my door squeak open a crack soon followed my Chris popping his head through the door. "Mandy, you in here?" he asked quietly.
"Yeah, I'm here," I replied. He walked in the dark room completely and came over to the chair beside my bed and tried to make himself comfortable.
"Are you okay? What's this about me being a father?" he asked genuinely concerned even though he smirked a bit at his last comment. I opened my mouth to explain, but I was interrupted before I could even speak.
"Excuse me, we were wondering if we could get an autograph?" I snapped my head to see two nurses standing in my doorway. Chris exploded at them. HELLO, I was only freaking in the HOSPITAL. Talk about bad timing. I tried to calm him down because he was just going off. Despite their rudeness, I felt somewhat bad for them because Chris scared the shit out of them. I signed their stuff anyway.