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Chapter 27
John arrived at Llanfair sometime close to midnight, he was debating whether he should just wait till morning to come and see them but he just couldn't, he needed to see them now, as soon as possible, he needed to tell him how wrong he was for leaving this time and last time, how much he needed them, and wanted them to be a family, how much he loved them, and that nothing else mattered.
John rang the door bell, wait a few minutes but no one answered, he continued to knock for a few more minutes and still no answer, he got a strange feeling come over him, he turned, pulled out his phone to leave when he heard a voice.
"Do you know it's the middle of the night?" Lois the live in help asked
"I'm sorry yes but I need to see Natalie and Aiden" John told her as his heart calmed a little, he still had an uneasy feeling about him but it was calming now that someone answered the door.
"Ms Natalie isn't here, Aiden's asleep in his room, but I was told not to wake him"
"Natalie's not here? Where is she at Midnight? And why can't you wake Aiden?"
"They don't want him to know Ms. Natalie was taken to the hospital, they don't want him upset anymore."
"What? Why is Natalie at the hospital?" John asked really starting to get freaked inside, he saw Lois think about whether he should tell him or not.
"They think there may be a problem with the baby," Lois told him not knowing anything about him not knowing Ms Natalie was pregnant. As far as Lois knew everyone knew and she just assumed it was her dead husbands baby, not John's.
"What?" John questioned her softly not believing what he just heard
"Ms. Natalie was having pains, they rushed her to the hospital, told me not to wake Aiden and upset him"
"What Baby?" John asked getting a little anxious for answers now
"Ms Natalie and her dead husbands baby" John heard her say that and now he was more confused than ever, he thought Darren couldn't have kids, was that a deception he told Natalie also along with all the rest. He didn't stand there and analyze things any longer he ran to his car and towards the hospital.
John arrived at the hospital in record timing, it was late and there wasn't many cars on the road, he ran into the hospital and over to the nurses station, but before he asked for Natalie he saw Vicky and Clint sitting in a few chairs outside one of the rooms, he started to walk over to them when he saw Michael walk over to them, he stood back for a few moments just observing the situation, when it hit him, what Lois said that Natalie was pregnant, pregnant with Darren's baby? He was still questioning that last thought when he saw Vicky walk into the room Nat was obviously in, Clint went down the halls and he saw Michael turn to see him.
"Hey, what are you doing here? When did you get back?" Michael asked as he walked towards John.
"I'm back, that's all that matters, where's Natalie and is she okay?"
"I guess you heard that she was here then, she's in the room with her mom, she's okay"
"And the baby?" John asked and Michael got a puzzled look on his face
"You know about the baby?" Michael questioned
"Yeah, I just found out, can I see her? Please?" John asked him softly and getting a little emotional
"Vicky's in with her, it might upset her more to see you right now"
"I won't upset her, I promise, I just have to see her for myself to make sure she's alright"
"John... now isn't the time to be screwing with her mind..."
"Just say it Mikey"
"If you're not back for good, if you don't plan on sticking around, I think it's best that Y---"
"I realized it Mikey, what you were trying to tell me, what it seemed everyone was trying to tell me, I'm not going anywhere, this is where I want to be, with her, with Aiden."
"And the baby?"
"Yeah, even with a baby that isn't mine" John told Michael and Michael looked at john weird, John had his facts screwed up but he would leave that for her to tell him.
"Please let me see her, Mikey please I promise not to upset her"
"Okay, but only for a few minutes, I need to do a few tests on the baby still to make she it's alright" Michael told him and he walked him towards the door of her room, Michael poked his head into her room.
"Hey, are you up for a visitor?" Michael asked Natalie as he saw her laying her head on her pillow trying to stay calm
"Not really, I just want to get these tests done and make sure my baby is alright"
"I think maybe...maybe you might want to see this guy" Michael told her she sat up in the bed carefully
"Aiden's here, I thought we were going to let him sleep" Natalie said as Michael opened the door wide and John walked into the room
Natalie was a little in shock, she didn't know what he was doing here, did he know about the baby, if he did is that why he was here, did Michael call him and tell him to get here? No, she shook her head he couldn't have, even if he did, he couldn't have gotten here this fast.
John walked in, he nodded to Vicky, she got up slowly and walked out of the room knowing they needed to talk, Michael followed behind her.
John took a seat next to the bed; he stared into her eyes as he leaned his hand down to take hers in his.
"What? What are you doing here? Why are you back so soon? Did you get the guy you were looking for?" she asked and he put his hand to her mouth to stop her from speaking.
"That's not important right now, right now, I just want to make sure you are alright," he said, as they got lost in each other's eyes.
"I'm...I'm alright... why are you here?" she asked needing to know
"I'm back cause...cause I was sitting alone in a empty dingy room longing for you, for Aiden. I was thinking and...and well I came to some realizations, realized some things that everyone kept telling me but I didn't listen to, that...that I was an ass for leaving you guys and... and I don't want to be an ass again, I don't want to be away from you and Aiden again, I never do. I Love you Natalie and that is all that matters" he told her and he brought her hand to his lips and kissed it, she stared at him almost in shock
"What..did you catch your guy?" she asked and he shook his head no
"No, you're more important that catching that guy"
"Really, you mean that?"
"Yep, I do" he told her and he saw all the tears forming in her eyes, she sat silent for a few minutes and then when she opened her mouth to speak a few tears escaped.
"John...I...I...I need to tell you something" she told him with the tears full blown now, he reached up with his thumbs and wiped them away.
"I already know Natalie...about the baby.. I just found out.. Is it alright? Are you sure you are alright?" John told her and she sighed, she got a weak smile on her face
"I can't believe you know, I'm sorry, I should have told you before you left told you ... how do you feel about it, or don't you know yet"
"Natalie, don't be sorry, I'm the one who should be sorry, sorry for leaving you again, just when I had just found you again, you and my son, and as for you being pregnant, I have no problem with it, I... I want us to be a family, if that's what you want Nat and... and I'll be a great father to the baby, I won't treat him any different than Aiden, he will be my son or daughter no matter whose blood he or she has running thru it"
"What?" Natalie said almost chuckling a bit, John just looked at her confused
"You think this is Darren's Baby? John, I'm not having Darren's baby, I'm having your baby again" Natalie told him and he sat him dumbfounded, he just stared at her teary eye's and his got teary as well, a few tears actually shed from his eye's and he hadn't even realized it.
"Natalie" was all he could form as he closed his eyes.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to keep it from you but...but you would have felt obligated to stay and I knew that finding that guy who shot your dad was the most important thing to you so I..."
"It was the most important thing to me, and for a long time, but not anymore, not anymore, not when I have so much more in my life, things that are more important, you, Aiden and now a new baby" he said a few more tears fell down his cheeks, she reached up this time with her fingers and wiped them away.
"John" she spoke softly, she held her hand on his cheek
"I had a few pains tonight, Michael's doing tests, I may be losing the baby" she told him strong on the outside cause he seem to be so upset already, but on the inside she was just as upset as he
"No" he said softly
"No, what?"
"It's going to be fine, the baby will be fine, we're all going to be fine, I refuse for it to be anything but fine"
"John, this is out of your hands," she told him and they heard a knock on the door, Michael poked his head in.
"Sorry to interrupt but.. Nat are you ready for the ultrasound?" Michael asked and Nat looked at john, they stared into each other eyes.
"Yeah, we're ready" she told him as he wheeled the ultrasound machine into the room; Michael applied the gel and moved the wand around on her belly.
"Just remember, you aren't that far along, so the things we see will appear small and confusing, so don't get upset, alright?" Michael told her, she nodded
"She won't be getting upset cause it will be fine, the baby will be fine, our baby will be fine" John said reassuring what he felt in his heart, his heart was telling him it was all going to work out this time, for them, for all of them.
John and Nat sat in silence as Michael preformed the ultrasound, he moved it around, he listened closely as he watched the ultrasound screen, he got a small smile on his face, then he put the volume on the monitor up louder so they to could hear, hear their baby's heart beat, their baby's strong heart beat.
"It's strong Nat, really strong, and it doesn't look like anything is wrong, I think my brother may be right for once in his life, I think this may have been the only thing he has gotten right the first time." Michael said and he smiled at them.
"Really Mikey, the baby's alright?" John asked softly
"Yep, mother and child both seem to be fine, Natalie will have to take it easy for a few days, maybe stay in bed and let someone pamper her but then everything should be fine."
"So when you say take it easy.. Does that mean she can't do things like... like get married or anything like that" John asked him and he smiled at her, Michael noticed they never broke eye contact so he excused himself.
"So?" John asked her
"So what?" she said smiling at him
"So will you marry me?" he told her and she acted like she was thinking really hard
"Not sure"
"What do you mean, you're not sure?"
"Well...you know ..That really was a lame way for someone to ask someone to marry them, I think you may need to put some more effort into it," she told him with a smile on her face. He sat himself on the edge of her bed, he wrapped his arms around her, pulled her upper body closer to his, he looked into her beautiful blue eyes.
"Will you marry me... was that better" he asked and smiled
"Better but not perfect, you need to kiss me after you ask"
"No, the kiss comes after you say yes"
"No, the kiss should come before I say yes that way I see what I'd be getting myself into" she told him, he smiled and shook his head
"Natalie will you marry me?" he asked her and then kissed her, she smiled
"Not sure, I think I need another kiss before I decide" she told him and smiled, she mouthed the word yes, he smiled back at her and they kissed again.
"I love you John"
"I love you Natalie"