Chapter 6: "No not alone"

Katie held Jessie as she continued to cry, until Jessie backed away from her and wiped her tears.

"Gosh, this is so embarrassing, I really need to go." Jessie said standing up quickly.

"Jess…" Katie said walking slowly towards the girl grabbing her wrist, pulling back when she realized that Jessie winced as she did so.

Jessie turned and looked Katie in the eye, … there was something different about her, and then Jessie got the feeling in her stomach again, … the butterflies, which only got stronger as Katie wiped Jessie's tears away.

Katie brought her hand down from Jessie's face, and without warning Jessie leaned forward and kissed her… It was a soft gentle kiss… What both of them had needed.

Jessie's cell phone ringing was what broke the two apart. Jessie and Katie searched all over the floor for the phone, when Jessie finally found it.

"E." She said into the phone.

Katie sat back on her bed, pondering what had just happened as she watched Jessie on the phone with her brother.

Soon Jessie hung up.

"What did he say?" Katie asked

"He's at the hospital." Jessie said in a whisper. "The doctors said that we can go see our brother now…" Jessie finished

"Do you want to go?" Katie asked

Jessie thought for a minute, and then nodded.

"Alright, I'll take you."

Katie soon realized that she and Jessie were still in their same clothes.

"I have something that you can wear." Katie offered, Jessie nodded

"Hey Katie." Jessie said looking down at her folded hands

"Yeah?" Katie said coming out of the closet with only a skimpy t-shirt on that caused Jessie's heart to skip a beat.

"Thanks…" she stuttered "for everything."

Katie and Jessie made their way to the hospital making small talk along the way.

"Jess." Eli said rushing up to his little sister, and giving her a big hug.

"How long have you been here?" Jessie asked

"About an hour." Eli said

"Have you seen him yet?" Jessie asked

"Yeah. The doctor wants to meet with me. You and Katie can go back and see him if you'd like."

A small smile crept onto Jessie's face.

"Does he have a name yet?" Jessie asked

"No, I figured that I would leave that up to you. That is more your area of expertise." Eli said with a smile as he followed the doctor away.

Jessie and Katie found the NICU, where "Baby Sammler", was being held. The nurse looked at Katie and Jessie strangely as they walked in.

"Hello." She said

"Hi." Jessie said as they approached the counter

"How may I help you?" The woman asked

"I am here to see my brother."

"Name?"

"Um… he doesn't have one yet."

"Baby Sammler!" The nurse said with a smile

"Yeah." Jessie said nodding.

"Well in that case you two can follow me." She said with a smile

Jessie and Katie enter a sterile white room.

"He is in the far left corner." The nurse informed them as she left.

Katie and Jessie cautiously made their way over to him.

Jessie gasped as she saw the baby… a spitting image of her father. From the strong hands, to the sad droopy blue eyes.

"Hi." Jessie said kneeling next to the crib alongside Katie.

"He's adorable Jess."

"He looks like my dad." Jessie said her eyes beginning to tear

Katie kissed the side of her head.

"He needs a name." Katie said

Jessie stared at her brother hard for a minute.

"Ethan Richard Sammler." Jessie said as though it suddenly popped into her head.

Katie smiled as she remembered the day in the car when she and Jessie were talking about what Lily and Rick should name him, and Ethan came up as the heavy favorite.

"It suits him."

Eli then entered the room, looking way passed stressed.

"You okay E?" Jessie asked him

"Yeah, we just have some important decisions to make about-"

"Ethan." Jessie filled in.

"Ethan." Eli said with a smile

"Whatever it is we can handle it. We're going to get through this." Jessie said looking at Katie, as Katie grabbed her hand and squeezed it lightly.

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