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Chapter 2: Lost Baby:
When Tristan first heard her voice, an uneasy feeling came over him. 'Something's wrong.' He thought to himself. There was something in her voice. He didn't know what it was, but he knew something just wasn't right. After realizing he hadn't said anything yet, he finally spoke up.
"Ror, what's wrong?" He asked, concern evident in his voice. "You don't sound so good."
"Tris, I need you here." Rory replied, trying to hold back her sobs. "I'm in the hospital and it won't stop hurting. It hurts so much, Tris!" By the end, her voice came out sounding strangled, from keeping back the tears, and trying not to scream out in pain.
As soon as he heard the word 'hospital', he began to panic. Rory needed him. He had to go homeā¦now. Even though his meetings were almost done, he had to leave. His wife and baby needed him, and they were so much more important than any meeting would ever be. "Baby, I'll be there as soon as possible." He said, "How's our little baby?"
"I don't know, Tristan, but I think something is seriously wrong." Rory said, as she started to cry her words becoming jumbled.
She didn't know what she would do if she somehow lost the baby. Pain shot through her abdomen and it was excruciating. A pain like no other.
As soon as Tristan heard what she said, and the pain in her voice he thought to himself 'They better be ok. They have to be.' He knew that if they lost the baby he would be upset, but he had no idea how Rory would handle it and she was his life. She was the most important person to him.
"Oh, baby, I promise I'll be there as soon as possible." Tristan said. He couldn't stand the thought of her going through all this without him there to help her through it.
"Tris." She said before she was cut off by more pain. Then suddenly, something worse happened. She saw blood. She dropped the phone and screamed.
Tristan hadn't heard Rory say his name as he had already hung up to make arrangements to head home. He hadn't heard her screams, so he had no idea what would be waiting for him when he got back to Hartford. Lorelai had been just outside Rory's room talking to her parents and Luke, when she heard the scream. She and a doctor, who had also heard the screams, ran into the room. Lorelai couldn't bear to see her daughter so scared, and in so much pain. She figured Rory could tell something really bad was happening and neither was prepared for the news the doctor would be giving them in a few short moments. All Rory was really aware of was the pain and the bleeding.
"Mrs. DuGrey, I'm really sorry to say this but you've just had a miscarriage." The doctor said and all Rory felt was numb.
As soon as the words were out of Dr. Crane's mouth, Rory just sat there.
Her baby was gone after only two months. She couldn't say a word. Lorelai was almost speechless as well, but she there was one question she had to ask.
"Is there anyway to find out what happened?" She asked figuring that Rory would probably start wondering that soon. She had never noticed the phone hanging off the hook.
Meanwhile in Australia Tristan had just called the people he was supposed to be meeting with and explained the situation to the best of his knowledge. Luckily they were sympathetic saying they could reschedule at a more convenient time. His next call was the airport to book the next flight back to Hartford. He was on the phone when Lorelai tried to call him.
"Yes I'd like to book a ticket for the next flight to Hartford, Connecticut." Tristan said. During the whole time, his mind was on Rory and the baby.
"That will be 1399.00 dollars or 1,985.53 AUD." The airline rep said.
Tristan didn't care all he cared about was getting to Rory as soon as possible. "I'll take it. I'll pay by credit card when I get to the airport." Money had never been a problem for him growing up and it wasn't about to be an issue now. One-thousand-three-hundred and ninety-nine dollars was a lot of money but it wasn't like he couldn't afford it.
After making the flight arrangements he packed up his stuff, checked out of the hotel and headed for the airport. After finally getting through security and boarding the plane, Tristan looked at his phone to discover he had voicemail. He couldn't check it now, plus he was exhausted, so he turned it off and tried to go to sleep. He fell into a fitful sleep thinking about Rory and what was going on with her and the baby. Tristan slept most of the plane ride back. As soon as they landed he got off the plane, headed for baggage claim, grabbed his bags and caught a cab.
"Hartford Memorial Hospital." He told the cab driver. The cabbie quickly navigated the streets of Hartford. Once they reached the hospital, Tristan paid the fare, and gave the cabbie some extra cash. "Could you also drive to 456 Asylum Hill and drop off my bags?" He really didn't want to have to carry them around the hospital. The cabbie nodded his agreement and voiced his gratitude at the large tip Tristan had given him.
Tristan gave a quick wave in acknowledgement as he ran into the hospital. Once inside, he ran straight to the nurse's station.
"What room is Lorelai DuGrey in?" He asked, as he tried to catch his breath. He was a man on a mission, he didn't need anything to get in his way now. He was so close. "I'm her husband." He added figuring that might speed up the process. He needed to be with Rory.
"She's in room 213, Mr. DuGrey." The on-duty-nurse replied.
Tristan said thanks and rushed off before she could say anything else. He found Rory's room pretty easily and saw Lorelai in there, talking to Rory. Rory was lying on the bed and he could see her face and there was a look on his beautiful wife's face that he'd never seen before. He walked into the room and to Rory thinking 'What's wrong?' The look on his face let him know that it wasn't going to be good news.
Tristan looked at Lorelai and saw almost the exact same look on her face. He then he looked back down at Rory as Lorelai exited the room.
"Sweetie, I'm here now." He said, tracing the side of Rory's face with his right index finger.
When Rory looked up at Tristan, he could see that she was trying to hold back tears. He took her hand intertwining their fingers, encouraging her to talk to him. The feeling she got when she saw Tristan was inexplicable but she knew she could face the news with him at her side. Once he took her hand in his, she knew she didn't have to hold back anymore.
"Our baby is gone, Tris. Our baby is gone." She cried letting all her grief and sorrow out.
Tristan couldn't say anything and while his heart was breaking for their little baby, it was breaking more for his wife. When they had first started trying to get pregnant the doctor had told them it was almost impossible. After all they had gone through together, they had finally gotten pregnant. To have it all turn out like this was almost too much.
Tristan pulled her into his arms letting her cry. Not letting go, he moved onto the bed beside her. He held her tight and stroked her hair as she sobbed. After a few minutes, her breathing had evened out, and she fell asleep, clinging tightly to Tristan. Tristan was at a loss. He didn't know what to do. Finally, everything he had put aside to get back to Rory came rushing in all at once, and he was exhausted. He placed a kiss on his wife's head, hugged her a little tighter, and fell asleep. That's the way Dr. Crane found them when she came to check on Rory later that night.
She paused at the doorway, to take in the scene before her for a moment, feeling sorry for the young couple. After a minute, she walked over and gently shook Tristan awake. "So you must be the husband." she said, giving him a sad smile. Tristan nodded as he yawned.
"Yes. What happened, Doc?" Tristan asked, needing to know. He slowly got out of bed, making sure not to wake Rory up. "What caused the miscarriage?"
"Your wife had an ectopic pregnancy." Dr. Crane replied, "She doesn't know this yet as I just found out. I came here to tell her, but she hasn't had much sleep since she got here." She added looking at Rory in bed.
"What is an ectopic pregnancy?" Tristan asked confused.
After Dr. Crane explained to Tristan what an ectopic pregnancy was, she left the room. He lay back down and tried to fall asleep again but he couldn't. He looked at Rory and thought 'If it's this hard for me, there's no telling what it's doing to Rory.' The person in question started to shift around on the small hospital bed and finally opened her bloodshot eyes.
"Tris, don't go." She gasped, reaching out for him. She was so scared he was going to have to leave again. The one thing she felt was that she didn't want to be left alone. She already felt so alone without her baby.
Tristan heard the fear in her voice. He knew that he wouldn't leave her for anything right now. "I'm not going anywhere, baby." He told her rubbing her back as she leaned into him.
"I don't know what I'm feeling." Rory told him as the tears started again, "We didn't even know if it was a boy or a girl." She added. "No we didn't." Tristan agreed sadly, as he continued to comfort his wife.
The more she thought about it the more it made her sad. As Tristan sat there with her and watched her, all he could feel was helplessness. He didn't know what he could do or even if there was anything he could do. He knew that the one thing he could do was to be there for here whenever or if ever she needed him. With that decision, he knew he wouldn't be leaving Hartford for business anytime soon. The only thing that mattered right now was taking care of his family. The only thing he cared about was Rory.
