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Chapter 21: Accidents

Week 17

Cruz stood in front of the mirror examining her stomach; it had grown a lot in 6 weeks. She was done street work for a while and now it was behind the desk for her. The morning sickness had passed and now she was fully enjoying pregnancy, she loved to show off her stomach, anywhere, the grocery store, work, anywhere.

She pulled on a T shirt and pushed her hair into a pony tail. She grabbed her jean jacket and slid it over the pink T.

"Bosco!" she yelled "I need to go grocery shopping!"

He appeared in the doorway and grabbed his jacket "I know, you already told me"

She grinned "Then let's go" She slid into the car next to him and he smiled over at her "How's my baby?" She smiled back

"Just fine" Bosco pulled out of the driveway and began to drive to the supermarket. About halfway there they came to an intersection.

Bosco went to drive out when a car came speeding from their other side, slamming into the passenger's side. He heard Cruz gasp and everything went black.

A few seconds later he came back to consciousness. He groaned, putting a hand to his head, he was bleeding. The he remembered Cruz

"Ritza? Ritza?" He asked. He turned and saw he leaning against the car door, her eyes closed and her forehead bleeding.

He gently shook her "Ritza? Wake up!" She slowly came to, fluttering her eyelashes.

She groaned softly "Bosco what happened?" He hugged her as close as possible "

We were in a car accident, how are you feeling?" She shifted "Ok I guess," Suddenly Bosco remembered "Cruz, the baby? How's the baby?"

She put a hand on her stomach, "It still feels ok, no pain" He nodded but suddenly she panicked "Bosco! My legs, I can't move my legs!" Bosco turned again

"What!" Cruz was sobbing now "I can't feel my legs" He just gawked at her

"Damn it!" He pulled out his cell phone, dialing 911, I can't believe I was so stupid, why didn't I call as soon as I woke up.

"911 dispatch what's your emergency?" Bosco's panic rose in his voice

"We've been in a car accident on 3rd and Arthur, my wife can't feel her legs, and she's just over 4 months pregnant." They promised they'd send someone over and Bosco turned back to Cruz.

She had stopped crying but the scared look hadn't left her face. He gently squeezed her hand and she laid her head on his shoulder. Bosco could see blood on her jeans, her legs had been crushed into part of the car and the car had been hit so hard they couldn't open the door to get out.

He heard sirens a few minutes later and looked up, relieved to see the paramedics. Cruz had fallen asleep on his shoulder, or maybe she had lost consciousness again, he couldn't tell.

Carlos and Doc came to his car window and with the help of the fire department they ripped the door off the car. They carefully removed Cruz from the car and Bosco could see that her leg was bleeding and bent.

She didn't resist as they strapped her to the board and Bosco climbed into the ambulance after her. When they got to the hospital she was rushed into a trauma room and Bosco paced in the waiting room.

An hour later Dr. Fields came out "Boscorelli?" He nodded

"Alright, Mrs. Boscorelli is doing fine and the baby is fine. Her leg had been crushed under part of the car shutting off the circulation. It was dislocated and bleeding but we replaced it and gave her a few stitches."

Bosco anxiously waited for him to finish, breathing a sigh of relief, he wanted to see his Ritza. The doctor led him into her room.

They had propped her leg up the right way with blanket rolls and had some ice on it to keep down the swelling. She smiled gently when she saw him

"Hey Bosco"

He smiled and sat on the end of the bed "How are you feeling?" She shrugged

"Tired and my leg feels like it's been run over by a truck" Bosco smiled

"They got the guy, It was an accident, he stayed around to make sure we were ok"

Cruz nodded sitting up "I want to go home"

"In a few hours, but we have to keep you off your leg" Cruz made a face at Bosco's demand but he knew she wouldn't do anything to make it worse. "How am I going to carry around thirty extra pounds on this?" Bosco shrugged "You haven't gained that much, just take it one day at a time"

A few hours later Cruz was hobbling around on crutches and was well enough to go home. Bosco helped her out when they got home and she carefully made her way up the stairs.

She spent most of the next week in bed but after that Bosco couldn't keep her down, she just wanted to go. She went back to work, but did no strenuous jobs. She could feel the baby getting heavier every day and her stomach grew larger and larger. She and Bosco would go home most nights to decorate the baby's room, green with small bumblebees as a border and a darker green on the bottom for the grass. The nursery was coming together and by the time the 2nd trimester was over it was finished, ready for a baby.

(A/N) Lol I dunno what to say, hope you like it!