ABC Owns them
Chapter 26
Natalie made her way to the elevator, as she waited for it to take her to the fourth floor things hit her, she hadn't really had anytime till now to just decompress, to just think about all that had happened today, first she found out she was pregnant with his child, then she thought she was just getting information to catch Izzy for his crimes, and for what he did to her last month, next thing she knew Izzy had her again, he was striking a deal with John so he could go meet Martino without being followed, she shook her head as the elevator doors opened and she stepped inside.
Natalie began to shake, for no apparent reason she felt her body shake, she continued to think about what else happened tonight, about what could've happened tonight, how she almost lost it, and lost it all, lost what she felt she had just found, John and ... and a baby. She was having a baby and although when Michael first told her it was true she seemed taken back a bit, she was excited about it, she seemed to be content with the idea of being pregnant, and with John's baby. She really didn't know how else to describe what she was feeling about having his baby, it was.. it was just.. it just .. just felt right, good, her heart felt content with it. And although this wasn't the plan, a baby wasn't in the plan, yeah, maybe when she was married to Chris, but now, now with John. She was happy about it; she touched her stomach gently and smiled as the elevator came to a stop and the door opened to let her off.
Natalie walked towards his room and she began to think about the kind of life they could have together, John, the baby and herself, what an amazing life the three of them could have, that was... that was if, he wanted this, a baby, she started getting insecure about it for a few minutes, what if John didn't want a baby? To have a child? Children even? What if he didn't even want a commitment or want them to be more? She shook her head trying so desperately to clear her doubts that were forming in her head, she just couldn't, she hadn't known him long enough to know about these things, to even know what kind of father he would be.
Natalie approached his room and stopped before going into it, she stood up against the wall by the door and closed her eyes tightly, tightly to try and imagine what John would be like as a father, as the father of her child. When she closed her eye's she saw it, she remembered it, what she saw when she seem to be between to places, his dad. She sighed a sigh of relief as she began to feel content again. She opened her eyes, pulled herself off the wall and walked into his room ready, ready to give him the news, the blessed news of them sharing a child together, something beautiful that was conceived out of them sharing their hearts with each other.
Natalie walked into his room, as she saw a nurse by his bed checking him as she walked in.
"I'm sorry Ms. he's not to have any visitors yet, not till he wakes" the nurse told Nat and Nat ignored her, Natalie laid herself next to him in the bed, in the little space that his body didn't occupy. The nurse was getting rather angry at this point at Nat's defiance of the rules.
"Ms. you can't do that, no one, and I mean No one is allowed in here none the less in his bed" the nurse said staring at Natalie as she continued to totally ignore the woman, the nurse started getting more and more angry.
"If you don't get out of that bed and out of this room, I'll have you thrown out" the nurse said and Natalie finally acknowledged her words.
"Do what you gotta do, but there's no one getting me out of this bed" Natalie told the nurse as the nurse pushed the call button for security, the nurse started tapping her foot as she waited a few minutes for security. After a few minutes the nurse left the room to go find security herself, Natalie looked out of the door and saw Michael talking to the nurse and they both looked at her briefly. The nurse walked away steamed and Michael laughed, he walked into John's room.
"Seems your starting more trouble again" Michael told Nat as he looked over at a still sleeping John
"I don't try and start trouble," Natalie said as they heard a voice
"It just finds her," John said softly as he woke ahead of schedule.
Natalie heard him and she couldn't help but get teary eyed, he was awake, she looked at him as he still looked very weak, his eyes couldn't stay open yet and they kept fluttering closed, he tried so hard to keep them open so he could look at her but he was still some what under the anesthesia, he wasn't completely out of it yet.
"Hey" Natalie said as she saw him weakly pick his hand up for her to hold.
"I've woken up to see you and all you can say is Hey" John told her and he smiled slightly while his eye's still fluttered open and closed.
Natalie saw how anxious he was to try and keep his eyes open so he could see her, see for himself she was okay. Natalie took his hand and brought it to her face, she placed his hand on her face and held it in place on her cheek.
"Keep them closed John, don't fight it, I'm fine, I'm here and I'm not going anywhere, you need to rest now while you still can" Natalie told him as she felt his hand take over control on her face. He felt her warmth and he closed his eye's knowing she was all right.
"That's right, I won't have any time to rest once the baby comes" John said groggy and Natalie smiled, John traced her lips with his fingers and felt her smile. Natalie leaned her head down slightly resting on his.
"That's right John, neither of us will be getting any sleep once our baby comes along" Natalie said as she closed her eye's and tried to rest herself.
