Craig and Chris stood in front of the doors, as they waited for someone to come out. They needed answers, and they needed them now. The more time that went by the more worried they got.
"We're losing her," they heard someone yell from within the walls.
At the sound of that Chris lost it, screaming, "Kelsie!" It felt like someone had kicked him in the gut. He darted right for the doors, "I have to find out if she's alright," he cried.
Craig pulled him back; it took him a lot of strength to do it though, but some how he found a way to do it. Somewhere inside he found a calm voice, "Chris, you can't go in there, you got to let the doctors do their thing. You don't even know if it is even her."
Trying to pull away from him, "I have to go in, she needs me," he wept.
Having a hard time finding the words, he was feeling the same way even though he wasn't ready to admit it, "I know, but going in there isn't going to help, you'll only be in their way at the moment."
Just standing there doing nothing, Chris felt like the walls were closing in on him, beads of sweat covered his fore head, the room was spinning, and he was barely able to breath. He needed air he needed to escape from this world. Without saying a word, he just jetted towards the closes exit.
Craig watched him and wondered what was up with him. He tried to call out to him, but Chris just kept on running. He decided to go back to the waiting room, when he got there, he went up to Jimmy. He thought that Chris was more likely to listen to Jimmy then him, "Jim, something happened, and I tried talking to Chris, but he ended up taking off."
Feeling for Chris, knowing that he would be the same way if Ashley were here. Getting up from his seat, "I'll go look for him."
"Thanks," sitting down in his seat.
Chris could feel the breeze on his face and it felt good. He couldn't get rid of the feeling that he was losing Kelsie all over again as he had last year. He still remembered the moment the car hit him, the last thing that went through his head was that he might never see her beautiful face again, or even feel her touch. His world fell apart the day, and now his world seemed to be shatter into pieces right before him again, and he was locked in a little box, unable to get out, to help. He felt so helpless. He was her boyfriend and he was supposed to be able to keep her safe, to help her when she was in need. And at this moment, he wasn't doing his job he was failing.
He sat down on the curb, with his arms around his legs, and sadness in his eyes as he watched the cars drive in and out of the parking lot.
Jimmy walked out of the doors to see him sitting down on the ground. He slowly came behind him. He felt for him. "You want to talk?" he asked as he sat down beside him.
"Yeah, I could use a friend since I have none here," wishing that Blake or Connor was here so he could talk to them, They knew how much she meant to him, they knew everything about their relationship, they would know how to help. However, he guess that Jimmy would have to do for now.
Looking over at him, "So tell me what's bothering you."
"It's just not fair. Nothing seems to go right in Kelsie's life. Something's always happening to screw things up. Like me coming back into her life, after she thought that I was dead or her losing our daughter. I mean, nothing ends up as it's supposed to be."
"Something did happen right for her; she got the love of her life back," knowing how happy Kelsie was when she had phoned Ash with the news. He had been over at her house and could hear her excitement over the phone.
"Yeah, but at what cost? I mean she wouldn't be in this situation if I didn't come back into her life," he wailed.
"You don't know what would have happened. That's the thing about life it's so unpredictable."
"I love her so much, and it hurts me to see her like this. I want to fix it, but I can't," he said with so much frustration. He was suppose to make everything better.
"You just need to be there to help her fight." Standing up, "Why don't we go inside and see if there are any updates on her and the baby?"
Getting up from the ground, "Alright."
Dr. Abbott came into the waiting room, to find them all looking into space. They all looked like they could use a good sleep. When they all finally noticed that he had arrived, they gave him their full attention. They wanted to know how everything went.
He stood there for a few seconds before he said anything, "Kelsie had a baby girl."
With joy at the thought of having a granddaughter, "That's great…" Joey said.
Interrupting him, "That's not all; we had to put her in an incubator."
The smile that had been on Joey's face was now gone, as he listened to an update on her. His poor granddaughter there having to fight for her life.
"At the moment she is having hard time breathing on her own. We're hoping with in a few days that this will no longer be a problem, that we will be able to release her from the hospital in about two weeks."
They were filled with joy at the news about the baby, that is seem like she was going to be alright, that they almost forgot about Kelsie, and how she might be after this whole ordeal.
Then he began to speak again. "Now Kelsie on the other hand, isn't doing as lucky. She started hemorrhaging while we were doing the C-section. We were able to stop the bleeding, but not without leaving some damage."
"What kind of damage?" Karen asked she looked at the doctor with so much fear in her eyes. She had heard what hemorrhaging could do to someone, and she couldn't bare that happen to her only child, a child that she was just starting to get to know all over again after missing a lot of her teen years.
"Right now she is still in a coma, holding on for right now, but she lost more blood then we would have hoped, so anything could happen."
"You mean she could die!" Nick roared.
Finding it hard to look at them directly, knowing how they would react, "Yeah, from the amount of blood she lost her fingers and toes have turned blue; we're trying our best to get them back to normal."
"Say she does live, is there any other type of damage? " Karen asked.
"Well I saw some in the inside of her uterus, from the look at it she'll be lucky if she will be able to have anymore kids after this."
At the sound of those words, Craig began to feel even more dreadful. He hated to see that she might never be able to have any more kids because of him. He knew how much kids meant to her, she wouldn't take those words too well. And he thought that he couldn't feel any worse about the situation.
"Is there any way of knowing?" Karen asked, knowing that her daughter wanted more kids eventually. If the news was that she couldn't have kids, she worried how Kelsie would take it.
Shaking his head, "Not until she has healed." He wanted to be nice, but he knew it was unlikely that the tests would come in their favor. This was probably the last child she would ever have. He hated to see this happen to such a young person, a person who seemed so desperate for children.
"Is there anyway we could go see her now?" in desperation.
"Let's get her settled back into her room, and then you can go see her."
Looking at the doctor, with apprehension in her eyes, "Thanks."
"Am I able to go see my daughter?" Craig asked with so much hope. He needed to see her, to see that she was all right with his own eyes. This was his child he was someone's father, it seemed so surreal to him, but yet it felt so natural to him.
Pointing at the nurse, "Go with the nurse, she'll take to her."
Craig began to follow the nurse, leaving his friends, and family, when he heard his name being called. It was coming from a far, so he couldn't quite figure out whom it was. He turned around to see who it was, and he was very surprised by who had showed up.
She ran up to him to him and gave him a big hug. He didn't know what to think about this. He just began to hug her back.
