Chapter 11: Slow Motion
Kyle yawned as he rolled over in bed. He reached out for Jared and found the bed empty. He cracked an eye open, and didn't see the older male anywhere.
He looked at the clock which read, 12:00am. Confused Kyle got out of bed, he put on a pair of jeans.
He left the room and headed out to the living room. He saw Noah sitting on the couch. Noah pointed to the balcony doors. He looked over and saw Jared and Roldy leaning against the balcony. Jared had his head resting on Roldy's shoulder. They were talking it looked like.
"How long have they been out there?" Kyle asked quietly. He walked over to the couch and sat down next to Noah.
"Bout an hour or so," Noah replied. "Don't be so upset that he went to Ro and not you. They've always been like this."
"Jealous?" Kyle asked looking at Noah shocked. "You're marrying Ro in a month."
"A little, but not that way," Noah replied.
"I know what you mean, I wish Jared would talk to me," Kyle said.
"This is how they've always been, ever since I met them," Noah sighed.
"Their brothers No. There are things they can't tell us right away," Kyle replied. He grabbed Noah's arm and pulled him closer. Noah laid his head in Kyle's lap.
"So, what do you think about this? Can we get the girls back?" Noah asked softly.
"Honestly?" Kyle asked. Noah nodded his head. "Maybe, but he's gotta prove he's ready for this somehow."
"He's ready," Noah replied.
"I know, but they don't and this is gonna suck," Kyle replied looking down at Noah. Noah just nodded and looked out at the other two once more. "I hope tomorrow he does something to prove that he's ready. That judge doesn't see how he is with those girls. I just...this sucks."
"I know," Noah replied.
-Happy Mistakes-
Jared sighed as he looked out over the Palm Woods. It was late and everything was quiet, well as quiet as it could be in LA. He was thinking about his hearing tomorrow. They had one more day of trial, then the decision was being made. He was either going to get custody of his sisters or not. He wasn't sure what to think.
On the one hand, he wanted Jill and Carly with him. He wanted them close. Being apart from them for so long had been heart breaking. He hadn't been able to see his sisters for a long time. He missed birthdays and holidays, all because his dad wouldn't let him near them.
On the other hand, Jared was scared. Was he really ready to take care of two preteen girls. In a couple years they would be teenagers. He was sure he would be able to handle that. Right now they listened fine and followed most of the rules. Soon they would become rebellious and independent. They wouldn't need him for much longer.
"It's a little late don't you think?"
Jared looked over his shoulder at Roldy. He sighed and turned back to the city. Roldy moved to stand beside him.
"You couldn't sleep could you? I can't stop thinking about tomorrow either," Roldy said slowly. He leaned against the rail. "What if you don't win this fight? Do you think she can take care of the girls?"
"I don't know, I mean she's had kids before, but...I just want my sisters back," Jared sighed.
"I know what you mean," Roldy replied. "I wasn't allowed to see them either. They were practically my sisters growing up too."
"This is just bull shit," Jared said shaking his head. "I mean she hasn't had contact with them for years. Ever since the whole Jace thing."
"Right, I don't get it either," Roldy said looking ahead.
Jared sighed and moved closer to Roldy. He let his head rest on his shoulder. They stood there in silence for a moment.
"You're getting married soon," Jared said suddenly.
"I know, it's so weird," Roldy replied. "I never thought I'd get married this young, but it's right. I just know it."
"It is right, you two are perfect for each other," Jared said smiling up at his friend. "So did you want a bachelors party?"
"No, but I feel like you've planned one anyways," Roldy sighed taking a step away from the other male. Jared stood up straight with a grin.
"Don't worry it's nothing big. Tim and Darcy are letting us use their house, it'll be joint party for you and No, a few friends, and possibly some entertainment," Jared replied.
"Noah is gonna kill you," Roldy said shaking his head. "You know he doesn't like all that kind of attention."
"Which is why you'll be there," Jared replied. Roldy just shoved Jared in response. "What? Come on Ro, it'll be your last hurrah before you get married. I'm not saying you have to sleep with someone, just have a little fun with friends and maybe get a lap dance."
"Noah is gonna kill you," Roldy repeated.
"Nah, Matty has to break the news to him, not me," Jared shrugged, a grin spreading across his face.
"Right, but he'll know this was our idea," Roldy said.
"True, but come on, it'll be fun. Only big party all of us together, before..." Jared trailed off.
"Before what?" Roldy questioned.
"Before everything changes," Jared answered.
"Right," Roldy said. He understood.
Everything was changing. The two fell silent as they looked out over the Palm Woods. Things were changing for them. Jared was about to become a parent, and Roldy was getting married in a couple weeks. Their lives were going to be going into two different directions. Nothing was ever going to be the same. Everything was changing.
"Are you ready to be a dad?" Roldy asked quietly.
"No, I'm scared,"Jared admitted.
"It's a big change," Roldy said, "are you really ok with this?"
"Honestly I don't really like the situation, but I'm a little excited to meet this kid. Seeing her picture and hearing her heartbeat. That was the moment I fell in love with her," Jared replied.
"Really?" Roldy asked.
"Yeah." Jared blushed and looked away from the other male. "You'll understand when you have a kid. That first time you hear heir heartbeat, or see the ultrasound picture. It's magical."
"I'll take your word for now. No and I aren't having kids for awhile," Roldy said shaking his head.
"I never wanted kids, but with Kyle..." Jared trailed off. He wasn't sure if he wanted to go down that road.
"You want more already?" Roldy laughed.
"Maybe," Jared replied. "I can see us having a family together. I've never had a boyfriend where I saw future together."
"I know what you mean," Roldy said nodding his head.
"So one last hurrah?" Jared asked.
"Fine, just give me a little warning," Roldy sighed. Jared jumped up and down throwing his arms around Roldy. "Thank you."
"You still gotta convince Noah," Roldy said.
"Leave it to Matty," Jared said waving a hand.
"Right, he's Noah's best man anyways. I'll let him deal with it, but if he finds out I knew before hand he might get mad at me," Roldy said slowly.
"Give him a hint, but don't spoil the surprise, I swear to god Harold Harrison if you tell him everything we have planned I'll have to kick your ass," Jared threatened.
"Full naming me? You must be serious," Roldy joked.
"Dead serious," Jared stated.
Roldy just laughed and shook his head. They continued to talk, something they hadn't done in forever. It was nice to just get away from it all and spend time together.
"Come on, it's late," Roldy said.
Jared nodded his head. They entered the apartment and paused when they saw Kyle and Noah passed out on the couch. Noah had his head in Kyle's lap and Kyle has his lolled forward.
"That looks comfortable," Jared commented.
"Think they noticed we were gone?" Roldy asked softly as he walked over to the pair. He touched Noah's shoulder, which startled the smaller male. He jumped up bumping Kyle's face. Who jumped as well. "Sorry," Roldy said.
"You scared me," Noah said sitting up. He turned to Kyle, who was holding his nose. "Are you ok."
"If I said yes would you believe me?" Kyle asked in a pained voice.
"No, I'm so sorry," Noah cried his hands flying to his mouth.
"I'm fine," Kyle said holding up his other hand. He jumped up and ran to the bathroom. Noah and Hared followed him.
"I'm sorry Kyle," Noah said.
"Is it broke?" Jared asked stopping the door from shutting. He followed Kyle in with Noah edging in behind him.
"I don't think so, but it's bleeding, get out!" Kyle said shoving his boyfriend with one hand while he examined his nose with the other.
"I'm just trying to help," Jared replied.
"Noah come on," Roldy said grabbing his fiancé and pulling him away from the two.
"Should it have a bump like that?" Jared asked. "Should it bleed that much?"
"Shut up!" Kyle said slapping a hand over Jared's mouth.
-Happy Mistakes-
Kendall yawned as he made his way up to his office. He reached the lobby, where he was surprised to see Penelope waiting for him. She had two cups of coffee in her hands. She grinned at him as she stood up. This wasn't going to be good.
"Why do I have a feeling you have bad news," Kendall asked as he accepted his cup of coffee. He took a sip eyeing her suspiciously.
"Matt won't be in today," Penelope said, "he was up all night puking. He finally passed out about an hour ago, so I left him sleeping."
"You were with him all night?" Kendall asked causing the young blonde to blush.
"Shut up," Penelope said looking away from him. "Jared also called and said he won't be in today either. He's with his lawyer trying to figure things out."
"Do you have any good news," Kendall asked.
"Well, Roldy and Noah should be showing up soon," Penelope said checking her phone for the time.
"They're probably already here, but Kelly's probably got her hands on them," Kendall replied. He started towards his office. Penelope followed him.
"So what's on the agenda today, besides working with the guys?" Penelope asked.
"Meetings, Kyle, and I've got a girl coming in to record some demos too," Kendall said.
"Mind if I sit in?" Penelope asked.
"Not at all, I was hoping you would," Kendall said smiling. "Between you and Kyle, there is no one I trust more to help me with this."
"Aw, gee make me blush," Penelope said her cheeks turning red.
"You've got an amazing ear, and you're not afraid to be honest Pen, you'll make a great producer one day, hopefully at Rocque Records," Kendall said looking at her.
"Kendall there is no place I'd rather be, this is my end game," Penelope said.
"As soon as you graduate," Kendall said.
"Seriously?" Penelope asked.
"Assistant sound engineer working closely with me," Kendall said.
"Oh my god yes!" Penelope said throwing her arms around Kendall in a hug.
"Kendall blink twice if you're in trouble."
Penelope let go of Kendall and turned to ace Noah and Roldy, who had joined them. "Shut it Ro, I just got the best job offer ever!"
"Job offer?" Noah asked.
"Yes, Kendall offered me a job with him," Penelope said excitedly.
"Well duh, you've been working here forever," Roldy said.
"Yeah, it was only a matter of time, don't you graduate soon?" Noah asked.
"Yeah, this spring if all goes according to plan," Penelope replied.
"I'm just curious, but what drew you to Rocque Records?" Roldy asked Penelope.
"I don't know, I guess I just like a lot of the music that was coming from here, and Kendall has always been a big inspiration to me. When I applied for the internship, I had no idea is be working so closely with you guys," Penelope said, "as crazy as this all is, I don't think I would trade it for the world."
"Good, because we are not giving you up," Kendall said placing an arm around her.
"Like ever," Noah said.
"Especially Matty," Roldy said grinning as Penelope blushed.
"Speaking of Matty, where is he?" Noah asked looking around.
"He is currently dying on my bathroom floor. He's been there since last night and refuses to leave," Penelope said.
"Sick?" Noah asked.
"Something he ate probably," Penelope said, "we went to this new sushi place last night. He could not pronounce what he ordered and it looked weird. It's not pretty. It's coming from both ends. " she explained.
"'Nough said," Roldy said holding a hand up.
"Ok let's get to work," Kendall said cutting off the conversation.
-Happy Mistakes-
Miles ran up to Kyle, smacking his arm, making the blonde turn and glare at him. Miles eyes went wide as he took in Kyle's appearance. He had tape on his nose and bruises under his eyes.
"Whoa what's with the coon eyes?" Miles asked biting back a laugh.
"It was an accident," Kyle said waving a hand. "Your dad was not happy about being woken up at four in the morning, but pops doesn't understand what I'm fine means."
"Is it broke?" Miles asked.
"No this is just a fashion statement," Kyle dead panned. Miles put his hands up in surrender.
"So how did it happen? Is Jared beating you? Do I need to have Leora kick his ass," Miles asked jokingly.
"Have me kick whose ass?" Leora asked joining the two with Lucas as well. They both eyed Kyle's nose. "What happened?"
"Jared's real aggressive," Miles laughed.
"It wasn't Jared. It was an accident, it was Noah," Kyle replied. He explained the situation as best he could, trying to make it sound normal.
"Anyways," Miles said changing the subject. "You'll never guess what happened to me!"
"You've finally gone off the deep end-" Kyle started
"And decided to become a silent movie star?" Leora finished with a laugh, getting a high five from her brother and a chuckled from Lucas.
"Har-har, no," Miles said shooting the Knight twins a glare. "I have a date, with Sara Michaels," he said looking at Kyle.
"What?" Leora asked shocked.
"Dude! How?" Kyle asked.
"I may have accidentally ran into her yesterday and almost knocked her over. It it weren't for my cat like reflexes," Miles said puffing his chest up comically.
"How is it, you spill on people or knock them over but you still get a date out of the deal?" Lucas asked.
"Because I'm adorable and oddly charming?" Miles shrugged.
"But her? She's-" Leora started.
"Hot?" Miles asked.
"Head cheerleader," Lucas said.
"I was gonna say anorexic, shallow, bitchy, and she moves from guy to guy so fast," Leora said making a face. "Just be careful is all I'm saying. She's not really the girlfriend type. I wouldn't be surprised if she only liked you because of your related to."
"Who knows, I just know she laughed at my jokes and agreed to go out this weekend," Miles shrugged.
"The bell is gonna ring soon, don't be late for class," Leora said as she turned and left.
"What was that?" Kyle asked looking to Miles.
"What?" Miles asked confused.
"Is something going on between you and Leora?" Lucas asked as they started walking down the hall. Kyle arched a brow at Miles showing he wanted to know too.
"Nothing. She's right though. Sara isn't girlfriend material, but I can't turn down a date with her. I mean come on, she's freaking Sara Michaels," Miles said.
"Are you sure nothing is going on between you guys," Lucas asked.
"I'm sure. We are friends, she's like a sister to me. We grew up together,"
Miles said shaking his head.
"Don't worry about Le, her and Sara have this weird rivalry going on. Sara was just mad that Leora didn't want to be her friend. Le thinks she only wanted to be friends because of who are dads are and it's a whole thing. I don't really care about," Kyle said shaking his head.
"Yeah, but who knows, just because Leora doesn't like her, doesn't mean she's a bad person," Miles shrugged.
Kyle and Lucas shared a look, but didn't say anything. They just followed Miles into their homeroom. They quickly took their seats. Miles busied himself with his phone. Lucas nudged Kyle. Kyle glanced over at him. He held out a piece of paper. Kyle snatched it and read the note.
He's got the hots for your sister.
Kyle snorted and quickly jotted a reply down and tossed it back. Lucas arched a brow at him intrigued. Kyle just shook his head. He forgot Lucas was still new. Miles liking Leora was nothing new to him.
-Happy Mistakes-
Layla watched as Lilly paced back and forth. They were at the condo together. Logan and Carlos were working, so Lilly agreed to pick Layla up from school and keep an eye on her.
"Are you ok?" Layla asked as she watched her pregnant sister turn around again.
"I don't know," Lilly admitted.
"What do you mean you don't know? Layla asked shocked. "Either you're ok or you're not."
"I don't know. I think I'm about to go into labor," Lilly said slowly.
"Labor? Like you're gonna have the baby?" Layla asked her eyes wide.
"I think so," Lilly said her hands coming to her stomach. "I'm not having contractions yet, but the baby hasn't moved in awhile. I think she's getting ready to be born." Her phone rang and she answered it.
Layla sat back as she listened to what she assumed was a call with her doctor. Once she hung up Lilly looked at her.
"She said to meet her at the hospital," Lilly said slowly.
"The hospital? Are you really gonna have the baby?" Layla asked.
"I don't know," Lilly said slowly. "Like I said the baby hasn't moved in awhile. I called her this morning to ask about it and she just got my message. She doesn't sound worried, but wants to meet me at the hospital."
"Well what are we waiting for, I'll call Papi and let him know," Layla said quickly.
"Let's wait a minute, we don't even know if this is it. I don't want everyone to rush there for this to be a false alarm," Lilly said quickly.
"What about Kyle and Jared?" Layla asked.
"I'll call Kyle, they can meet us there," Lilly said quickly. She grabbed her car keys from the counter. "Let's go."
Layla followed her out the door. She wasn't sure what was going on. If Lilly was going into labor, then everyone would want to know, right?
-Happy Mistakes-
Kyle bit his lips as he looked down at his half finished coffee. He was meeting up with Jace. He knew Jared didn't want to involve him, but he had to. The girls belonged with Jared. He had turned his phone on silent. He didn't want anyone to call and interrupt. This was too important.
He looked up as Jace entered the cafe. He spotted the blonde and walked over. He looked confused.
"Jace," he greeted the older male.
"I'm surprised you called," Jace said.
"You've heard about what your mother is doing haven't you?" Kyle asked cutting to the chase quickly.
"First of all, we don't talk, her and I, and I saw the news. She'll never get the girls," Jace said shaking his head.
"She has them," Kyle said lowly.
"What?" Jace asked shocked.
"Jared didn't want to involve you, but something is telling me those girls are worse off with her," Kyle replied.
"Of course they are, she is bat-shit crazy," Jace hollered. People started to look at him. He pulled a panicked face and apologized quickly lowering his voice. "She is verbally abusive, she put me down all the time and didn't believe I had depression which let to my rage and alcoholism and slight drug addiction. She doesn't believe in modern medicine either, and refused to send me to treatment, until it was court ordered. After my dad divorced her he took me and we left, I got the help I needed and I've been sober, mostly, ever since. I got to AA, I just got another two year chip."
Kyle sat back and let all that news sink in. He hadn't been expecting that. There was no way he could let her take those girls now. Jared needed to know this, he needed to know now.
"You have to come with me, you have to tell Jared this. You have to testify against her," Kyle pleaded.
"I don't think it'll make a difference. You don't understand. She has a way of twisting things until she's the victim of the situation. Like when I got arrested she tried blaming Jared and his friends for making me turn to alcohol when it was her fault. She alienated us from that side of the family. I barely know Jill and Carly," Jace said shaking his head.
"With or without you, I will not let her do this. Those girls need Jared, Jackie, Carter," Kyle said shaking his head. He stood up, and left the cafe. He pulled his cell phone from his pocket to call Jared only to see he had a few missed calls from Lilly, Logan, and his dad. He quickly checked his voicemail. The messages went from happy to sad real quick. He didn't know what was going on, just that he needed to get to the hospital.
-Happy Mistakes-
Leora watched and Miles and Lucas argued over where to go. They were heading to the mall to hang out for a bit, but Lucas wanted to see a movie and Miles wanted to get food. They could never decide on anything lately.
"Oh my god you guys are impossible," Leora shouted making herself known to the two. They both froze and turned to face her shocked. "While you two bicker I'm an gonna go shopping. Once you get thugs figured out come find me. I'm not answering my phone either," she said as she turned and left.
They called after her, but she ignored them. She wasn't in the mood for this we childish behavior right now. She had wanted to come to the mall relax and spend time with her friends. They had had other plans. They could never agree on anything anymore. She almost dreaded spending time with the both of them.
She shook her head as she wondered into Sephora. She needed some more makeup. Maybe she could forget about the arguing for a bit. She walked around looking at stuff. She wasn't sure what she was looking for. She wasn't even sure what she was mad at either.
What was she even mad at? All day Miles had seemed to get on her nerves. She should've been happy he was talking to her again. However, all he could talk about was his upcoming date with Sara Michaels.
Sara Michaels was not a good person. Leora knew that, and had been sure that Miles knew that. She was shallow and bitchy. She put down other girls to make herself feel better. I'm Sure she was head cheer leader. She had this flawless beauty(that her dad probably bought her for her) that everybody seemed to envy. She was everything boys fought over.
Sara was not right for Miles at all. She was twenty steps down from Rion. Nothing about her was girlfriend worthy. She was more of a side chick girl. Everyone knew that. Miles should know that.
Leora sighed as she glanced in a mirror at her reflection. She was pretty, but nothing like Sara. Her face was far from flawless. She was pale skinned and her nose was a bit goofy looking. Her eyebrows were bushy, if she didn't take care of them. She hated that she had inherited Kendall's nose. She looked more like a female version of her dad, and she didn't like that. Everybody called her a mini Kendall, much like they did Kyle. She didn't want to be a mini Kendall. She wanted to be Leora.
"How did I know I'd find you here?"
Leora turned as Miles walked up to her. She gave him a questioning look. She was still a little mad at him.
"I'm sorry Le," Miles said giving her an apologetic smile.
"Miles-" she started.
"Look neither of us grew up with siblings. Sure I had you and Kyle, but it wasn't the same. I could do whatever I wanted whenever I wanted," Miles said walking up to her. He hooked his arm with her. "Come with me. Let's go get smoothies. Lucas is looking for you too. We didn't mean to upset you."
"I'm sorry, it's just...with everything going on with Kyle and Jared, and the girls. Thugs have been stressful at home," Leora sighed. She leaned on Miles for a moment. "I just wanted to come here with you guys and chill."
"I know I'm sorry," Miles said hugging her with one arm.
"Come on, you owe me a smoothie," Leora said.
Miles agreed and texted Lucas to meet them at the food court. The two walked along in silence. Miles linked his arm with her as they walk. She glanced over at him questioningly.
"Come on baby, you got ta tell Mama Miles what's wrong," Miles said with a thick southern accent, that made Leora laugh.
"Nothing's wrong," Leora replied.
"Come now child, Mama Miles knows all," He said with the accent.
"Nothing's wrong," Leora insisted.
"Leora do I look dumb to you?" Miles asked dropping the accent. "Don't answer that." He said quickly realizing what he had asked.
"Miles I'm fine," Leora said.
"Are you sure? It's like ever since we were in New York with Kyle you've been acting a bit strange," miles said.
"Me? You're the one who's avoiding me! You don't answer my texts or phone calls until way after the fact. What did I do to make you mad at me?" Leora asked quickly.
"I-I-I'm not mad you you Leora," Miles stuttered.
"Then what did I do? Because one minute you're there in a heartbeat and now I'm lucky if I'll get a text back," Leora said.
"Can I be honest with you?" Miles asked.
"Yes please," Leora said.
"I'm not mad at you. I'm mad at myself," Miles admitted.
"What?" Leora asked confused.
"After everything that happened with Rion, I think I might have put myself in a pseudo relationship with you," Miles said looking away from her.
Leora stopped walking. Her arm slipped from Miles' arm. She looked at him confused. He paused and turned to her.
"Can I be honest too?" Leora asked slowly. Miles just looked at her confused. "I think I let you," she said slowly.
"What?" Miles asked.
"Lucas and Artie both kept asking me if something was going in with us. I just kind of downplayed it because that's us. We've been friends forever. I mean you've always been like a brother to me," Leora said quickly.
Miles sighed and ran a hand through his hair. He gave her a small smile. "I wanted so bad to move on, that I think my brain just put you into that spot. I mean you texted me all the time and we went out a lot. We were having so much fun and then when I heard that Artie set you up on a date with someone else I got jealous," Miles said slowly.
Leora walked up to him with a small smile. "When you mentioned your date with Sara, I saw red too. I don't want to lose this friendship we've built."
"Yeah," Miles agreed.
Leora pulled him into a hug. She was glad that they could talk about this, but she felt like he was holding something back. She could tell that he was looking for a way out of this conversation. She gave him another smile, and gave him an out of the conversation. "Let's go get some smoothies."
-Happy Mistakes-
Matt groaned as he pressed himself further into the bed. He wanted it to swallow him whole. He felt miserable. All day he had been running to the toilet to puke. He hadn't ate much either. He had some soup and crackers. That had been it, he couldn't even keep that down.
Penelope had called him twice to check in on him and make sure he was alive. He had not been amused with her attitude. Here he was probably dying and she was cracking jokes.
He heard the front door shut followed by the usual thud of Penelope's Mary Poppins purse on the counter. Her purse had everything in it and Matt was amazed at how she found anything. He crawled out of bed, despite his body's protests. He made his way out to the living room/kitchen. Penelope was rummaging through a bag on the counter and didn't even notice him.
"Pen," he said his voice raspy. Penelope looked up startled.
"Oh Matty, I was about to come check on you. I brought you some cold and flu medicine," Penelope replied. She quickly pulled the bottle from the bag she had been looking in. "I know you said not to bring any food, but I got some soups and some ginger ale and crackers..." She trailed off slowly.
"Thanks Pen," he said walking over to her. He took the medicine from her.
"Take some of that and go lie down. I've got a paper to work on. I'll check in on you later and maybe bring some soup. You gotta eat something," she said quickly.
Matt just nodded his head. He took the medicine and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Thanks."
-Happy Mistakes-
Kyle stood facing the doorway of the OR, where Lilly was. He had rushed to the hospital after getting several alarming voicemails from Lilly, Kendall, and Logan. They had all told him that he needed to get to the hospital ASAP.
She was being sent to emergency surgery, for a c-section for the baby. The baby's heartbeat had been weak, and Lilly was in distress. One person had been allowed to go with her. Naturally everyone had thought she would ask Logan to go with her. She had shocked them all by asking Kyle. He had looked to Logan who nodded his head. It was his baby being born after all.
After the nurses came to get her, Kyle as ordered to put on some scrubs and to wash up. Lilly had been prepped. There was a blue curtain up keeping her stomach from view. Kyle stood by her and gave her a weak smile.
After that they cut into her. They set about getting the baby out. There was no cry like Kyle had been expecting. That seemed to worry the nurses, which made him worry.
The baby was out, the nurses were rushing around her, cleaning her off and trying to check her vitals frantically. Lilly seemed to be breathing shallow as the doctor started to stitch her up. She seemed out of it. Kyle got a nurse to take a look at her.
The a a switch flipped. Everything was loving in slow motion. The nurses were along to the doctor to look at the baby, but he was preoccupied with Lilly. He used the words 'excessive bleeding,' and 'shock.' A nurse hollered that there was no heartbeat from the other side of the room. Kyle felt himself being pulled away. He was out the door with one of the nurses. He stood there in shock himself. He had no idea what was going on. He was snapped back to reality as the nurse shook his shoulder gently. He looked to her confused.
"We are doing everything we can, I think you should go to the waiting room," she said.
Kyle just nodded his head numbly. He watched as the nurse headed back into the room. He leaned back against the wall. He slid until he was sitting on the ground. He couldn't get his legs to work.
So there you go. Sorry for the wait. I had trouble writing this. No questions this time. Just let that settle in your mind. You ask me questions and I'll do my best to answer them in the next chapter.
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