Sunday, November 22 2020 5:30 AM
Amanda and Olivia were sleeping when they were woken up by Rocky barking. When Olivia and Amanda were woken up by Rocky Olivia did not know why the dog was waking her up but Amanda did.
When Rocky realized that Olivia and Amanda were awake she barked one more time before she walked out of the room and stood at the doorway.
Once Amanda realized what Rocky was trying to tell them, she jumped out of the bed and ran downstairs to Riley's room with Olivia right behind her. When she walked into Riley's room she noticed that Riley was having a nightmare. She ran over to the bedside.
"Riley. Riley wakes up!" Amanda said as she started shaking Riley's shoulder.
Riley slowly opened her eyes and saw Rocky on one side of her and her mom on the other side. Riley started looking around and saw that she was not in the apartment. She started crying.
"Shhhh, it's okay, it was only a dream." Amanda said as Riley moved a little closer to her.
Amanda pulled Riley into her lap and wrapped her arms around Riley. While Riley was in Amanda's lap Amanda noticed how light Riley was.
"Do you want to talk about it, baby girl?" Olivia asked as she sat down next to Amanda.
Riley shocked her head no.
"It'll help." Amanda said
"I said no." Riley said
"Okay how about we get some sleep." Amanda said as she and Olivia climbed into the bed with Riley in between them.
"Goodnight baby girl." Amanda said
"Goodnight mom. Goodnight Olivia." Riley said as she closed her eyes.
9:00 AM
Riley woke up the next morning still wrapped in her mom's arms. After a few seconds, later nauseous overwhelmed her and she ran to the bathroom. She bent over the toilet and threw up again and again. She didn't hear Amanda come in until she pulled her hair back and started rubbing her back.
"It's okay, take deep breaths in and out." Amanda said
Riley rests her head on her arms.
"I hate this." Riley whispers to herself.
Once she felt nausea had passed she stood up and wiped her mouth with the tissue her mom offered her, then she flushed the toilet.
Amanda wrapped her arms around Riley's waist and helped her to the bed, and then she laid down next to her.
"Are you feeling better?" Amanda asked
"Yeah." Riley said
Riley laid quietly next to her mom thinking about the baby.
"What are you thinking about?" Amanda asked
"Nothing." Riley said as she turned around from Amanda.
"Riley dont shut me out please." Amanda said
"Can you please just drop it Damn." Riley said
"Fine." Amanda said
"Great, I'm going to go back to sleep." Riley said
"Okay, baby girl," Amanda said as she kissed Riley's forehead.
Amanda watched Riley sleep for a few minutes before she walked upstairs.
Upstairs
Olivia and Billie were sitting on the couch together watching a movie. Jesse and Noah were at a friend's home until Tuesday afternoon. So it was just Olivia, Billie, Riley, Rocky, Frannie, and Amanda in the house for a while.
"How is Riley?" Olivia asked when she saw Amanda walking up the stairs.
"Well right, she's okay. She is sleeping right now." Amanda said as she sat down next to Olivia and Billie.
A few minutes have passed when Rocky came running up the stairs toward Olivia and Amanda. She started pulling on Amanda's clothes.
"Rocky what's wrong?" Amanda asked the dog.
Rocky just barked and walked toward the stairs. When Amanda realized what Rocky was doing she followed Rocky downstairs and into Riley's room.
When Amanda walked into Riley's room, she stared that Riley's fainted.
"Olivia, call 911!" Amanda yelled at Olivia.
9:30 AM North Star General Hospital, League City, Texas.
Once they got to the hospital the Drs and nurses worked fast on Riley.
Olivia and Amanda sat in the waiting room thinking about Riley. Rocky and Billie were also with them.
10:00 AM
The Dr. approached them.
"Family of Riley Rollins?" The doctor asked
"That's us." Amanda said as she and Olivia stood up.
"I'm Dr. Smith. Riley is still out. Resting comfortably. We'll keep her overnight to rehydrate her. She fainted because of lack of nutrients so she is malnutritioned. She is also a little over 12 week pregnant. And her electrolytes are a little off so I'll have her levels retested in the morning and before she leaves she would have to eat before discharge." The doctor said
"Can we see her?" Olivia asked
"Yes, follow me." The doctor said as they walked to the hospital room.
When they walked into Riley's hospital room, Amanda sat in the chair beside the bed and held Riley's hand. Olivia sat in the chair next to the door with Billie in her arms and Rocky sat on the bed next to Riley.
Monday, November 23, 2020, 8:00 AM
Riley woke up, and she realized that she was in the hospital. She looked around and saw Olivia sleeping in the chair next to the door.
"Liv." Riley said, trying to wake up Olivia.
After a few tries, Olivia finally woke up.
"Hey sweetie, how are you?" Olivia asked as she got up and walked over to the bed. She moved Riley's hair out of her face.
"I'm fine. Where is my mom and why am I in the hospital?" Riley asked
"She went to take Rocky out, she will be back in a minute and you passed out yesterday." Olivia said
Right at that moment, Amanda walked in with Billie and Rocky.
Riley sat up and kicked away the covers.
"I wanna go home. Please. Can we go?" She said. She was beginning to panic.
Amanda walked over to Riley and placed her hands on her shoulders and gently pushed her back against the bed.
"No sweetie," She said, shaking her head.
"We can't go right now."
When Rocky noticed that Riley was panicking she jumped on the bed and started licking Riley's face trying to calm Riley down. Riley finally calmed down.
Riley flopped back down against the pillows. She crossed her arms across her chest.
"How long do I have to be here?" She asked.
"It was just overnight honey." Amanda said as she moved to sit on the side of the bed.
"Then I can go home then. I want to go home. Please?" Riley cried as hot tears streamed down her face."
"Shhh." Amanda said, taking her in her arms.
"It's ok honey."
Rocky started licking Riley's face again, Riley couldn't help but smile at her dog.
A few seconds later a nurse knocked on the door, she came in pushing a tray with food on it.
"We're going to retest your levels, and let you out of here after you eat this." The nurse said, sliding the tray in front of Riley.
Once the nurse left Riley looked at Amanda and Olivia.
"I'm not eating this shit!" She said, pushing the tray away from her.
"You need to eat. The Dr. Says you're malnourished." Amanda said.
"I said no." Riley said
"Well if you don't eat then you don't go home. Take it or leave it" Amanda said sternly.
Riley just rolled her eyes and grabbed the plate. She then started eating it.
"There are you happy now I ate. Can you see if I can go home now? Please?" Riley turned her big brown eyes up at Olivia and Amanda.
"Ok. I will get you discharge papers." Amanda said as she walked out of the room.
Riley's eyes widened when she realized that only Amanda left and Olivia wasn't going to leave the room. She began to fidget. The food inside her body was equivalent to molten hot lava in her veins. As the minutes passed she began to feel her anxiety build more and more. She ripped out her IV, kicked off the covers, and made a beeline for the bathroom. That was until Amanda walked back into the room. Amanda saw that Riley was headed for the bathroom.
She beat Riley to the bathroom, closed the door, and stood in front of it.
Riley gaped at her. She began bouncing anxiously on her feet.
"Mom, I really need to go in there!" She said
Amanda leaned on the door, crossed her arms, and shook her head.
"You can't keep doing this to yourself. I won't let you do this. Please just talk to us." She said,
Riley clutched her stomach. She didn't care if her secret was exposed. She just wanted the food out of her body.
"Please stop. Just let me in there." She begged. She was near tears.
"I'm sorry sweetheart she can't let you. Let's get back in bed." Olivia said, stepping closer to her.
Riley did not know what to say or do. So she just sat down on the bed with Billie and Rocky. Riley did not even look at Olivia or Amanda.
Olivia and Amanda looked at each other. They did not know what to do with Riley. They want to help her but they can't do that until Riley tells them.
11:30 AM Rollins-Benson Household
It has been a few hours since they left the hospital. Jesse and Noah were spending another night at their friend's house. Billie was napping with Frannie. Riley was in her room with Rocky. Amanda and Olivia were in the living room.
"I think we should check on Riley." Amanda said
"Yeah we should." Olivia said as they got up and walked downstairs to Riley's room.
When they got to Riley's room they noticed that Riley's door was open, when they walked up to the door they saw that Riley was looking for something.
"Looking for something?" Olivia asked
"I was, but I can't find it. It's no big deal anyway." Riley said nervously.
Amanda reached into her pocket and held up the pregnancy test.
"Were you looking for this?" She asked softly.
Riley's eyes widened, and she worked hard to swallow the lump in her throat. She nodded and looked down.
"You knew?" She asked
"You're not in trouble sweetie. Why didn't you tell us?" Olivia asked.
"I don't know." Riley said as tears rolled down her face.
Amanda opened her arms. She held Riley tightly and kissed her hair.
"It's ok honey. Everything is going to be ok. We'll do whatever you want to do." She said,
"I don't know what I want to do yet." Riley said
"No matter what your choice is, we will support you." Amanda said
"Thanks." Riley said as they just laid in bed.
