Terrified

AU. After Sammy and Dylan are caught in a car crash, Kelly rushes to their side. Set up in 2018.

Rest in peace the beautiful soul that was Luke Perry.

*I just realized Dylan's brother was named Jack so I changed the name of their second son to Evan, and yeah I know Andrea's daughter's name is Hannah but there's a special reason for the name, so that one is staying the same :)

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Here's the next chapter.

48 hours had passed and there was still no change on Dylan's condition. Kelly had sent Sammy with Donna and David as soon as he was discharged, cast in arm and all and made her friends promise to care for her kids once more.

"I love you Sam, you know that, don't you?" Kelly hugged her eldest child tightly, he was almost as tall as her and his unruly hair reminded her so much of Dylan when they were younger.

"I know, I love you too Mom." She held onto him just a little bit longer and when she finally let go, took a deep breath and went back to Dylan's room, as it had been, he was still there, asleep, he seemed peaceful but he was not Dylan peaceful.

Kelly knew him all too well.

Iris had passed away about a year before so Kelly was utterly surprised when Dylan agreed on their summer vacation to be spent in Hawaii even with her gone. He'd made peace with his mother in the last years of her life, Kelly figured, mostly because of the kids, Iris had not been a good mother in the least but she did love Dylan and adored her grandkids, so for the last few years she and them had been flying back and forth every time they could.

"No one goes into the pool without Mom or Dad there." Kelly said to her youngest children, eyeing Sam too, if he went in, his brother and sister would want to join him. "Sam, please help us with the bags?" He did as he was told, dragging his feet.

He was such a teenager now, he had just turned 14 and it was like a switch had been flipped, he was well mannered and polite and Kelly did her best to do what Jackie had never been able to do for her but she could see a change in Sam she didn't like, yet she hoped it to be just a phase of him being that age.

"Daddy, can we please go to the pool now?"

"Once you finish putting your things away in the room Han." Kelly said. "Remember that was the deal?"

"But..."

She huffed, looking at Dylan for support, he couldn't fight with the eyes she gave him, they were Kelly's. "You heard the lady, come on the faster you do it, the sooner we can go."

She was about to turn 8, all of her children had been summer babies, Sammy was born in June, Hannah, July and Evan in August.

"Fine and then can we go surfing?" She asked. Her little tomboy, she dreamed of being a professional surfer one day, with Dylan as her coach, there cheering her on, Kelly just like with Sammy, hoped this too would only be a phase.

"Tomorrow, I promise." Dylan said with a smile. "First thing in the morning, alright?"

And off she went, Kelly took strides then after she settled Evan with her phone in his own bed and followed Dylan into their own room.

"Why is it that I'm so tired?"

"Well it was a long flight, maybe that's it?"

"No, I'm used to the trip Dylan, but I'm just exhausted." Kelly sighed as she collapsed on the bed. "Are you really going surfing early tomorrow?"

"That's when the waves are at their best Kel, you could come along or I could take the boys too and let you sleep in?" Dylan said joining her and kissing her softly on the cheek.

"That sounds perfect, I might go to the spa."

"Sounds like a plan." He smiled. She had had a rough week with caring for Silver who had been staying with them after she had had a complicated couple months. "Now, can we please go to the pool before we have the kids rioting on us?"

"You want to go to the pool too Dylan Mckay, don't use your children as an excuse." She said as he rolled her over and was hovering on top of her which gave her the opportunity to kiss him.

"Can you blame me? I want to see my gorgeous wife in a bikini."

"You're bad, even now, did you know that?" Kelly said with an eye roll.

"I thought we'd already established that years ago." He mused kissing her again as he pulled her up to her feet and followed her outside to find the kids.

Kelly had gone to grab her second cup of coffee of the day when she saw Janet coming her way. "Hey, what are you doing here?"

"Donna and David made me promise not to leave you alone."

"Oh, yeah so typical of them huh?" Kelly sighed, moving back to Dylan's room.

"Well, they are just looking out for you." Janet said. "Can you blame them?"

Kelly sighed. "No, to tell you the truth, I can't."

"Mrs. Mckay." Dr. Bean made his way over to the women as they stood by the coffee machine corner. "How are we doing this morning?"

"I've been better, I can tell you that."

He nodded. "I've heard Sam was discharged, that's good news."

"Is there something you need to tell me about Dylan?" Kelly didn't need kid gloves, she needed answers.

"Yes, we've reviewed Dylan's latests tests and it seems he's suitable for a living liver transplant donation. We've taken this long to come up with the option because we needed him to cross the 48 hour window."

"So does that mean he can be taken out of the coma?" Janet asked.

"We can see how he reacts in the next few hours but his body seems to be healing as it should."

Kelly felt light headed. "Okay so how does it work?"

Dr. Bean smiled. "Well, waking up from a coma is like switching on a light with a dimmer and not with a switch. It's often a slow process that can take days or sometimes even weeks." He said. "But we can proceed to do it today and see how he responds to it."

"Okay, let's do it."

"Alright, there's some paperwork that needs to, uh, be filled out." Dr. Bean said. "Sandy will go over it with you."

"This is good news, right?" Janet said to Kelly softly. "And you said something about a living donor transplant? Does it need to be family?" She asked the doctor.

"No, not necessarily as long as the person is a match to the other donor."

"Okay then, we'll rally anyone we can." Janet said.

"Mrs. Mckay?" Dr. Bean spoke to Kelly who apparently had zoomed out. "Are you alright?"

"Kel? Are you okay?" Dylan's soft voice said behind her. She almost jumped away, as she felt him closing his arms around her.

"I'm fine, I just…"

"What?"

Kelly turned around to reveal the small box she was holding in her hand. A pregnancy test. "I haven't taken it but it might explain why I have been feeling so tired, I mean it's not just because of Silver, Dylan, it feels much like last time. Like the last 3 times."

"Okay, then if you are, we'll deal with it."

"How can we have a baby now? Evan 's barely out of diapers."

"Then it's a good thing we haven't lost practice yet." Dylan smiled and Kelly rolled her eyes at him.

"I'm not joking Dylan."

"Neither am I." He said in all seriousness. "Look, it's not like when we found out about Sam, and Kelly, we're not kids anymore. We can do this."

Kelly sighed once more. "I know we can but, I mean I'm not that young anymore, it feels like Erin and Jackie all over again."

"It's not Kel, trust me." He said. "Come on, you want to take it? Then I'll be here, holding your hand all the way through and we'll figure it out together."

"Kelly?" She heard Janet calling her name again.

"Uh, sorry, I just… can we go do the paperwork now?"

"Of course." Sandy said leading her and Janet to the nurse's station.

"Hey kiddo, what are you doing?"

"A picture for my Mom." Hannah said to Donna as soon as she entered the room she was currently sharing with Ruby. "See? It's me, Mom and Dad, Sam and Evan , our dogs and the horses at the farm." She explained, pointing at everyone in the drawing. "Daddy says that you must use your talents to make others happy, he always makes up stories for me and Evan when we're upset so I thought a picture would help my Mom not being so sad." The little girl explained as Donna tried to keep her emotions in check.

"I'm sure she'll love it honey, and just in time for you guys to go to the hospital so you can give it to her."

"Aunt Donna?"

"Yeah sweetheart?"

"Do you think my Daddy will be okay?"

Donna sighed, kneeling closer to the girl and pulling her into her lap. "Well, if there's something I know about your Daddy is that he's one of the toughest guys out there and there's no way he's going to give up." Hannah smiled.

"Yeah, I think so too." She agreed. "I just wish he'd wake up now so we could all just go home, I mean I like being here with Ruby and all of you guys, but I like it better when it's just the weekend."

Donna held the girl even closer. "I know what you mean sweetie, come on let's go find your brothers so we can go see your Mom and Dad okay?"

The drive to the hospital was quiet. Sam would be going back to school the following Monday and it seemed as if he had this big cloud over his head as he was moodier than usual, Hannah kept staring at her picture wondering if it would be good enough to cheer her Mom up and Evan just kept asking when they were going to get there because he missed his Mommy and Daddy, Donna would glance at David from time to time worriedly.

They all needed this to end.

"Now remember you guys? It might be a little scary when you see your Daddy because there are a lot of tubes and medicine around him okay?" David explained as they walked over. "And we have to be very gentle."

"Hey Kelly, we're here." Donna announced softly as they met her in the lobby.

"Let me look at you, goodness." Kelly said to Hannah and Evan who made their way over to her instantly. "I've missed you guys, have you been good to aunt Donna and uncle David?"

"Yes, they've been perfect." Donna said. "Han, why don't you show your Mommy the picture you made?"

"What picture?" Kelly inquired. Hannah unfolded it carefully and handed it to her. "Oh, sweetie is this us?"

"Yeah, I thought you could leave it in near Daddy so that when he wakes up he can see it."

"It's beautiful honey, of course I will." Kelly hugged her child as thigtly as she could. "Come on, let's go and see him and you can leave it there yourself, how about that?" Kelly took Evan and Hannah's hands in hers, with Donna, David and Sam behind her. Kelly opened the door slightly. Sandy was just there tending to Dylan and she turned around with a soft smile.

"Oh, I'm sorry I was just about to leave. You must be Hannah, I've heard so much about you and you too Evan and of course I know Sam, I'll leave you then."

"Thank you Sandy."

"Of course."

"Daddy wake up, Daddy." Evan said from Kelly's arms.

"Come on, you want to sit with Daddy for a moment?" She moved slowly and placed Evan on the bed. Donna froze for a moment but Evan was gentle enough and just cuddled up beside Dylan the best he could. "Daddy's better Mommy?"

"He will be baby." Kelly said, more to her than him. "The doctors are working really hard to make him better."

"Here Daddy, I made this, I'm going to leave it here for when you wake up okay?" Hannah said. Kelly felt like as if her heart was sinking into her chest again as she watched her children interact with Dylan like that.

But Sam had remained frozen in a corner. "Sammy? Are you okay?" Kelly pulled her eldest child aside.

"Is it true they are taking him out of the comma?"

"Yes, later today." Kelly said to him.

"And then he's going to wake up?"

"Well, it might take him a few days but yeah that's the idea."

"I heard aunt Donna on the phone, they said they are doing a transplant and they can do it with someone that's alive? I want to do it, I mean who better than his own son, right?"

"Well, honey, that's very brave of you but only adults can be donors." Kelly said softly. "But don't worry, we're all taking the test to see who's the best match, we're doing all we can, I'm doing all I can so I can bring your Dad back I promise."

Sam only nodded.

"Sammy, are you sure you are okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine, just worried about Dad." He said with a shrug but Kelly knew her son, something else was bothering him.

"Hey Sam, you know I'm here if you need to talk, right? Just as your Mom, not a shrink? We're all dealing with this differently and it's okay to talk about it."

"Yeah, I know, but it's fine, you don't have to worry about me." Sam moved to Dylan's side and away from his Mom for a moment to say goodbye as the nurse announced visiting hours would be over soon.

"Okay kiddos, we need to go now, Mommy's going to call you tonight. Evan you want to kiss your Daddy goodbye? Come here buddy." David lifted the little boy up so he could kiss Dylan's cheek and Hannah did the same.

"I love you Daddy, you need to wake up soon so we can go surfing, we're missing the best after summer waves." Hannah said kissing Dylan's cheek softly

"I love you all so much, I promise I'll take care of Daddy. Sammy? I love you." Sam nodded and said he did too and with one last glance at Dylan he followed David out the door.

"What are you thinking?" Donna asked Kelly.

"I'm not sure but if I didn't know Sam, I'd say he's worried about more than just Dylan waking up."

"Kelly, I mean he's clearly worried and upset about the accident. He lived it, it can't be easy for him to see his Dad like that."

"No, you don't get it Donna, I think something else happened the day with the two of them in the car."

A few hours passed and Kelly couldn't get the image of Sammy's face out of her head, even when the doctor said they were ready to proceed Kelly was restless, she stood there holding Dylan's hand as Donna, David and Steve stood beside her.

"You know that this feels like senior year all over again?" Kelly mused at her husband as she swam toward him.

"Yeah? Good, that's what I was aiming for."

"Really? Us being alone in a pool late at night?" Kelly smirked. "Well then, the occasion calls for this." And so she splashed water all over his face.

"You are in trouble now Kelly Mckay!" Dylan laughed reaching out for her and pulling her back into him, and it did feel like back then, with her kissing him deeply and wrapping her legs around him as they made out. "Are you feeling any better?"

"I don't know, I wanted to credit my tiredness to something more than just life, but I guess it's my age that's finally catching up with me."

"Kel, are you kidding me? We're at our prime baby." That made her smile. "I mean it, don't even think about it okay? Don't be a Beverly Hills cliché."

She rolled her eyes. "Fine, but I mean, is it wrong I'm a little disappointed, I'm not pregnant? After I made such a big deal about it being a possibility but now that I think of it, it wouldn't be the worse, right?"

"Of course not, we're good at making babies, who are we kidding?" Dylan agreed leaning his forehead against hers. "And we can do something about that Kel, if you want to have another baby, we could, I mean we have the money and my books are doing good and we are too relationship wise and I mean we're still able to."

"Really? You'd want another baby?"

"If you want to."

"I don't know, I thought three was our number but now that I have pictured this other perfect little girl in my head… it's hard to shake it off."

"Or we could end up with another boy?" Dylan said cheekily.

"Yes well, I'd be really outnumbered then." Kelly said attempting to kiss him and then pulling back."And you'd like that wouldn't you?"

"Don't do that if you don't mean it." Dylan echoed her own words at her.

"I mean it." She said, pulling him into her once again.

"Are we ready Mrs. Mckay?"

"Yes, go ahead." Kelly could feel David's hand on her shoulder and Donna's hand in hers as the machines beeped.

It was only a few moments but Kelly swore Dylan was going to open his eyes there and then but he didn't. "He's still under heavy sedation so we might have to wait at least 12 hours to see any major change."

"Don't worry, he'll wake up." Steve said to Kelly. "He will, right guys?"

"Of course."

"Any news on the test results?" Kelly asked, trying to shake her mind off the idea of Dylan's eyes remaining closed.

"Well, neither of your friends are a match as of now." Dr. Bean said softly. "You, on the other hand…"

"I'll do it." Kelly said without hesitation.

"Are you certain, Mrs. Mckay, perhaps we should speak in private?"

"No, whatever you have to say you can. We're all family here." Kelly said looking at the guys.

"Well, I don't know if you were aware or not but, you are pregnant and the transplant while it's not more dangerous than normal in a healthy person, it could be a grave danger to the baby."

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