Abandoned Baby
Chapter 19
The next morning Drew was up when he saw that Catherine was wide awake early standing up in her playpen.
"Hey sweetie. You're up early."He chuckled as he slowly got out of bed careful not to wake his sleeping girlfriend and decided to scoop up the little darling.
The baby cooed and giggled as she gently tugged at the end of his long hair.
"You want to wake mama?"He smiled pucking the little princess down onto their bed. The little girl looked at him slowly as he nodded laughing as if she was asking his permission.
The little bundle of joy crawled over to Bless while cooing. A few minutes later the young woman stirred when she felt movement on her side of the bed.
Slowly turning around, she was surprised to see Catherine was wide awake so early.
"Hey you, good morning."Bless greeted the little baby with a smile as she kissed the baby on the forehead. She then smiled at Drew who watched from his side of the bed.
"Hey sweetheart. Good morning."The tired raven haired girl greeted her boyfriend.
"Good morning to you too baby."The Scot greeted his girlfriend as he leaned in to kiss her.
"How long were you awake?"She asked him.
"Few minutes when I saw Catherine wide awake this morning."He mentioned to her.
"What time is it?"She asked her boyfriend.
"8:45AM."He told her.
"What are your plan this morning?"She wanted to know.
"Maybe we can have breakfast this morning then the guys and I have a signing this afternoon from 12-4PM and I should be back here at the hotel that way I can get you and Catherine before leaving for the show tonight."He suggested.
"That sounds great baby."She agreed upon the plans.
"Do you want to eat downstairs or order in?"He asked grabbing the hotel phone.
"I think order in would be fine."She suggested as she held the little one in her arms as she went to grab a few things she would need to change Catherine and give her a morning bath before she ate her breakfast.
He nodded as he dialed the number for hotel room service while Bless went in the bathroom to do the motherly duties.
After the Scot got off the phone, he headed in the bathroom to help his girlfriend give Catherine a bath.
Cat started to cry when Bless put on the baby shampoo.
"I know you don't like this part baby...it's okay."The soon to be mother consoled the little one rubbing in the shampoo to clean her hair.
"It's alright lass...mama is almost done."Drew comforted the young one too.
He then saw her rubber ducky and gave it to the baby to distract her for a while that way she was calm.
"That'a girl. No more tears."Bless smiled at the baby as she tilted Cat's head back to rinse out the shampoo.
Once the soon to be mom finished giving Catherine a bath, she and Drew helped each other change her diaper and changed her into some warm pj's.
A few minutes a knock was heard at the door.
"That must be room service."Drew said as he went to the door to find he was right then tipped the guy before closing the door.
"Baby,breakfast is here."The Scot brought in the cart pushing it close to their bed.
"Let me just finish feeding this little one then I'll eat. You have a head start hon since you have a busy day ahead of you."She told him as she was feeding the little one her bottle.
After Drew finished eating, he took over feeding the young one while his girlfriend had her turn to eat.
The brunette stood up getting a spit rag from the diaper bag putting it over his shoulder while patting Catherine's back to burp her.
"You're such a natural with her. . You'll make a wonderful daddy."She told him with a smile.
"Thank you babe."He said with a smile as he walked over to kiss her.
After burping Catherine, he settled the little one on their bed on his lap.
5 minutes later Bless' cell phone rang. Looking at the caller ID was from the New York State Hospital. She wondered why there would be a call from them.
Bless: Hello
Richards: Yes is this Miss Bless Mendoza?
Bless: Yes speaking...
Richards: Miss Mendoza, My name is Richards and I want to call you to inform you about an emergency abut your sister an Evelyn Mendoza.
Bless: What about her? Is she okay?
Richards: Miss Mendoza...your sister was involved in an accident earlier in the day and was hit by a drunk driver and was hit head on. She has a fifty fifty chance survival rate. Your name was on her emergency contact list so I thought of letting you know.
Bless:Um..Thank you and I'll try to get the next flight out to see her.
After getting off the phone with the hospital, Bless broke down in tears and Drew could sense something was wrong as he put the baby in her playpen to console his girlfriend.
"Baby,what happened?"He asked in a soft yet concerned tone.
"My sister was in an accident earlier by a drunk driver and has a 50/50 chance of making it."She told him as tears filled her eyes. Drew didn't know what to say as the news of his girlfriend's sister hit him.
"Baby, I'm so sorry...Is there anything I could do?"He asked her as she shook her head.
"I think I'm going to get a flight out to go see her."She said as she broke from his embrace getting her cell phone to call the airlines to see what flight she could get out as soon as possible.
Drew felt the sadness overwhelm him feeling so sad for his girlfriend letting the news still absorb.
"Baby,do you want me to go with you for moral support?"The Scot asked his girlfriend after he saw her get off the phone.
"Baby,I couldn't ask you to do that plus you have a match tonight."She would feel selfish if he sacrificed himself for her.
"Sweetie,I don't care about my match. You're more important to me than anything else in this world. I just want to let you know you're not alone in this."He let her know taking her face into his hands wiping away her tears.
"I don't want you to get in trouble with Vince though."She sniffled trying to be strong and as much as she loved her boyfriend, she didn't want him getting in trouble with Vince or management officials.
"Honey, I want to go with you and be there. I'll make up for the match. Right now family is important."He let her know while looking into her eyes.
She saw the love shine in his eyes and knew how much she meant to him and didn't want to see her cry.
She sat on their bed watching him giving Vince a call to let him know of her situation. Drew explained to Vince he was going to be with his girlfriend since she needed him at this time.
Vince understood the situation and would write him out with an "injury" and give them some time off until things were situated with Bless' sister.
"Babe,Vince is okay with it that I go with you and he understands. Do you know what flight you can get?"The Scottish Wrestler explained what happened and asked her.
"The latest is around 9:00PM but there are no earlier flights out. I don't know how long Evelyn will last if we get to New York by morning."She sniffled hoping her sibling was okay and Bless wanted to be there if worse came to worse.
"What about your parents?"He asked curiously.
"My mother is on the other side of the ocean working in Japan as a DOH which is something like a domestic worker and haven't heard from her in quite a while and our father was never around after my sister was born so I don't know much about him. My sister and I grew up together and I took care of the responsibilities taking care of each other since were were little so we only had one other."She explained how the two were close and how they grew up together.
"I love my sister so much. I wouldn't know what to do without her."Bless sighed trying hard to fight off the tears that were falling down her cheeks.
"I know sweetheart. It's going to be okay."Drew walked over to his girlfriend wrapping his strong arms around her letting her cry onto him.
"Shhhhh...please don't cry angel."Drew whispered consoling the raven haired beauty as tears threatened to come out of his green eyes feeling the pain she was feeling. When something hurt her, it hurt him too and wished he could take away her pain.
"You're crying..."She noticed his red eyes filled with tears softly brushing his tears with her right thumb.
"I'm sorry babe. I just hurt when you're hurting and it breaks my heart."He said to her taking her hands kissing her knuckles.
"I really appreciate you sacrificing your time for me Drew. You mean the world to me and I love you so much."Bless said with a little sniffle.
"I love you too and I wouldn't let you go through this alone. We're in this together plus you're my family now."He honestly told her how he felt and in his heart Bless was his family and so was their soon to be daughter Catherine. He would do anything for them.
A few moments a knock at the door was heard at the door. Drew got up from the bed to answer the door to see his bestfriend Stephen Ferrelly aka Sheamus.
"Hey, you know we got a signing and wanted to know if..."Stephen started when he saw his bestfriend had the look as if he had been crying.
"Hey fella, is everything okay?"The redhead asked concerned.
"Yeah...Actually Bless just got a call and her sister is in the hospital after an accident so I'm not going to the signing or show tonight. Vince wrote me out for an "injury" until Bless knows her sister is okay."The Scot told his bestfriend.
"I'm sorry to hear that lad. Is Bless okay though?"He wanted to know feeling concerned for the young woman.
"She's actually packing now until we can figure out how to get out a flight by 9 tonight."The brunette rubbed his neck while looking at the tall redhead.
"That's pretty late. Are there any earlier flights available out when it comes to these types of emergencies?"He was wondering.
"I wish there were pal but it seems Bless has no luck until we have to wait. Right now is a touch and go situation so I guess we're stuck here unless we can try to call any airlines to see if they can hook us up to go."The young man sighed.
"I hope all the plans fall through. Just try your best to be there for your girl. That's the best thing you can do until you two get a flight out. My thoughts and prayers are with you both."The tall redhead told him putting a hand to his best friends shoulder letting him know he was there as moral support.
"Thanks Ste and tell the other guys I'm sorry I couldn't be there but something came up."Drew apologized to his best friend who was like a second brother to him.
"It's no problem. Call me if you two ever need anything and let me know how things go."Ste understood and gave his best friend a hug. Drew nodded with a weak smile before Stephen left.
"Any luck yet honey with the airlines?"He asked walking over to her to give her a hug.
"Not yet. I hope we can get one by early tonight."She sighed sadly looking up at him.
A few minutes later Bless heard her phone ring. She broke out of her boyfriends arms to see it was the hospital and she just had chills hoping it was not for the worse.
Bless: Hello
Richards: Hello Ms. Mendoza. I'm sorry to disturb you this afternoon. This is again. I just wanted to let you know your sister's diagnosis is not really improving this evening and I'm afraid if she doesn't improve by tonight then things might turn for the worse so I must prepare you.
Bless: Doc...please do whatever you can to keep her alive until I get there.
Richards: We will try Miss Mendoza but I can't promise you anything. Your sister Evelyn's sister's injuries are very severe that she probably won't make it through the night. I will keep updating you throughout the night if there are changes or not.
Bless: Thank You Doc. I appreciate it and I'll get there as soon as I can try to get a flight.
After the doctor hung up with her, sobs just racked her body as Drew held her close knowing whatever happened didn't seem like good news at all.
"Evelyn won't probably make it through the night."She mumbled into her boyfriends chest.
"Baby, I'm so sorry..."Drew apologized just holding her close just letting her cry as his heart kept breaking for her. He didn't know what else to say at this very moment but all he could do was hold her till her sobs died down.
Drew sighed sadly as he watched his girlfriend break down in tears until she had cried herself to sleep. Tear marks along with her mascara ran down her beautiful face after she had cried out the last of her tears.
He layed her down gently on the bed and covered her up before kissing her forehead. He checked on Catherine to see she was down for the count so all was quiet in the hotel room except for the soft breaths of their soon to be daughter and his girlfriend.
The brunette walked into the bathroom and wiped away his remaining tears after he had cried with her. Just hearing his girlfriend crying broke his heart in half. He wished so dearly he could take away her pain but there was nothing else he could do but hold her at that very moment.
Walking out of the bathroom, he sighed as he got into bed holding his girlfriend close and kissed her left cheek. He made sure his alarm sounded on his cell phone to 6:00PM that way they could get a head start on their flight on to New York.
After setting up his alarm, he tucked the cell phone underneath his pillow and let sleep over take him.
A few hours later Drew's cell phone went off causing the young woman next to him stir. Bless opened her swollen red eyes and sighed as she sat up in bed. Feeling movement next to her, the young man awoke as well seeing his girlfriend was up as well.
"Hey...you okay?"He asked reaching out to rub her knee that was covered by the blankets that covered them.
"Not really babe but I'm trying."She told him as she looked at him with glassy eyes.
"Don't worry baby, I'm here though."He let her know in a comforting way trying to be the strong one for her.
"Thanks sweetie."She appreciated his comfort as she took his hand into his feeling him squeeze her left hand.
"I think I'm gonna try to call the airport again to see If they have any flights out for 8:00."She said reaching for her cellphone hoping that there was something earlier than 9.
"Okay baby."Drew understood to kiss her cheek causing her to smile a little bit.
Bless smiled in relief when she heard there was a flight out available for 8:30 so that gave them a lot of time to get to the airport by 7. They were already packed and ready to go so all they had to do was get dressed and get everything else in the rental car and they were ready to go.
"We got a flight out by 8:30 so I guess we might as well just get dressed,pack the rest of the stuff out to the rental and we should be ready to go."She explained to him.
"That's great baby!"He rejoiced as she embraced him thanking time was on their side that they could get to the airport in time since they were only 20 minutes away from the airport.
After packing and getting Catherine ready and getting themselves dressed, they made their way out of the hotel to bump into their friends such as Justin Gabriel (Paul Lloyd Junior), Heath Slater (Miller), Wade Barrett (Stu Bennett), and Sheamus (Stephen Ferrelly) who was talking with them were just coming in after a signing and ready to relax for the night when they saw their two friends looked pretty down in the dumps.
Stephen mentioned what happened to them earlier since Stu wanted to know why Drew didn't show up for the autograph signing earlier in the day and as a good friend decided to walk up to check up on him.
"Hey, I heard what happened. You two okay?"The big British man asked the couple.
"Hey Stu, we will be pal...Bless and I were just about to check out since we got a flight out to go to New York."Drew told his bestfriend who understood the situation.
"You two take care okay and give us any updates."The Brit let his best buddy know patting his shoulder.
"You know it."Drew man hugged Stu.
"Honey...I'm sorry to hear about your sister, if there's anything the guys and I can do just give us a holler will ya?..."Stu turned to the little female in Drew's arms.
"I will. Thank you Stu."Bless hugged the big man as he kissed the top of her head.
"The guys and I will keep our cell phones on just incase you two need anything."He let the couple know if they needed them in time of need.
Drew and Bless nodded to their friend and thanked him for the support. They truly loved him as if he were their big brother.
"Drew, before you go...take care of our girl will you?"Stu requested from his best friend before watching them walk off out of the hotel.
"Yeah I'll keep an eye on her and we'll call as soon as we land." The Scot reassured him with a small smile as the couple left with Catherine in tow with them for their flight at the airport.