Chapter 14
by punk
(Jeremey's POV)
I dropped to the floor once Dusti told us what happen. I took a shaking breath and started to hyperventilate. Andy grabbed me and Dusti held my shoulders, trying to help me breathe better. "How..."I gasped for breath over and over. "How do we tell." I gasped more, Dusti told me not to speak and just focus on breathing but my throat locked up. "Te-tell Cole." I started to catch my breath. Dusti shook her head. I caught my breath and sighed burying my head into my knees.
How was I supposed to tell my brother that his girlfriend killed their baby? More so the man he looked up to just about forced her. My siblings and I are really pro-life, we get it from our parents, especially our mom. Mom will have a lot to say about this if Cole doesn't. Ville and Jussi should be happy they live in Finland.
I got up and grabbed my stuff. I knew I couldn't run away now. I headed home trying to keep my composure. Mom was the only one home when I got there. "Jey, where have you been?" I looked up at her and told her I was planning to run away. Mom said getting that sad look on her face. "Oh Jey. I'm sorry things have been so fucked up lately." She reached out to hug me but I pulled away.
"Mom, it's about to get a whole hell of a lot worse." She looked at me and her eyes widened. "Mom, Aila got pregnant by Cole." She gasped. "But...Mom she had an abortion."
Her jaw dropped and she could only manage a murmur. "Why?" I told her what Dusti had told us and she basically stood their in shock. "Cole doesn't know, does he?" I shook my head and looked away.
Dad came in just then and things went from bad to worse. Mom had called Ville by now and started bitching at him. She started yelling things like "You had no right to kill my grandchild." and "I don't care if it was your daughter's body, it was still my son's child." And then Dad got into it and basically it ended with Dad storming out and Mom upstairs in their room crying.
She came down a little while later after she'd calm down. "Josh called me. You have a nephew. Aiden Michael." I nodded. Happy for the child of one brother and mourning the loss of another's. The door open and shut just then. Chris followed by Jacey and Corey came in.
"Hey Jey, Hey Mom." Jacey looked at us and her face clouded. "What's wrong guys?" We told them and Jacey had to sit down. Chris looked down and put his face in his hands. Corey shook his head and looked away kicking an imaginary opponent.
"Hey guys. Why is Dad sitting on the ramp smoking? Did Josh and Amy have their baby?" Cole started just as he came in the door. We all looked up at him and I slowly nodded.
"Aiden Michael."
Cole grinned and then stopped. "So why does everyone look like someone just died? Oh God is Amy okay?" His face filled with worry.
"Amy's fine sweetie. But maybe you should sit down." Mom told Cole gently. Cole looked confused and look a seat between Chris and Corey.
"Did something happen? Is Aila okay?" Cole was growing pale.
"Baby. Aila had an abortion." Mom broke the news straight to him.
"What!" Cole stood up and Chris and Corey sprang up and gently tried to push him down. He shrugged them off. "She killed my baby!" He'd gone from apple to red as hot tears sprung from his eyes. "She killed our baby." He collapsed and started crying. Mom got down and held him. I looked away as she told him the rest.
(Cole's POV)
My girlfriend killed our baby. My girlfriend, the girl I've known for all her life, killed our baby. And Ville practically pushed her onto the table. I sobbed blindly shaking off my mom. I got up on shaking leg and ran blindly out of the house to my car. I got in and pulled out of the driveway, my brothers trying to stop me.
I shouldn't be driving. But I was, tears streaming out of my eyes so fast I couldn't see straight. But I didn't care. All I could think was that Aila killed my baby without even telling me. How could she do that to me? And Ville and Jussi, they've known me my whole life and they killed my child. I was crying so hard I didn't see the truck but I felt it smack into me. My last thought before giving in to blackness was that at least I'd get to meet my baby.
The soft buzzing of machinery awakened me. Well not really, because in all honesty I wasn't really awake. I could just barely open my eyes but it hurt too much keep them opened. I couldn't feel anything, and I was wondering if it was still there at all. I prayed it was because the last thing I'd want is to live the rest of my life with something missing. Hell I didn't want to live.
"Cole? Cole it's Jacey." I opened my eyes briefly again. I couldn't speak because of the tube down my throat.
"Don't worry dude, you're intact." It was Chris. He came over and I guess he grabbed my hand but I couldn't feel it. I closed my eyes again.
"Cole!" Corey shouted. I could hear movement and crying but I couldn't open my eyes. My chest started feeling heavy and a white light appeared in front of me. I looked down and around me. I was crying again and I just walked toward the light.
I knew I had died once I saw a blonde woman in white holding a baby in her arms. She looked just like my mom and I knew at once who she was. My aunt Briana. She was my mom's stillborn twin. "Hi Cole." She said softly holding the baby in one arm and stroking my hair back with the other. She looked down at the baby. "You want to hold her?"
I nodded and held my arms out. She placed my daughter into them and hugged me. "I'm home."