Chapter 4
Jack slowly looks up. He is in a hospital. He looks around, the halls are empty, and the hospital is quiet.
"Micki?" Jack hollers out. "Ryan?!"
"Jack?!" A woman's voice is heard. Jack turns around. A beautiful woman with short curly blonde hair and blue eyes runs up to him.
"Vi?" Jack questions. "My God...I..."
She runs up to him and hugs him.
"Jack...it's wonderful...our son...he's awake Jack!...It's a miracle!"
Jack stares at her.
"What's wrong?" She replies and touches his face.
"It...it just feels like...I haven't seen you in...in a long time."
"What are talking about dear...we've been together since 67' don't you remember... you could never miss me darling, I'm never too far away."
"Since 67'?" Jack ponders. "Yes...I remember...I proposed to you..."
"Yes..." Viola replies with a smile. "Now come on our son!" She then turns to walk back down the hall.
"Son?"
Viola turns toward him.
"Yes, Peter...are you alright?"
"I...I'm fine."
Viola smiles and continues walking.
"Peter..." Jack exhales.
Micki slowly wakes up in a bedroom. She gasps and holds the covers to her and looks around. She then takes notice of a wedding picture on the nightstand. A picture of her and Ryan. She gets up slowly and walks over to a mirror. She lets out a scream and backs away from it. She then covers her mouth and stares harder. She turns to the side. She is pregnant. Micki lets out a gasp and covers her mouth again.
"Micki?!" Ryan's voice is heard.
"Ryan?" Micki says and turns toward the bedroom door. Ryan breathless enters the door holding a little girl. "I heard you scream, are you alright?"
"Uh...ah...yes...it's just... I...Ryan..."
"Hold on." Ryan interrupts. "Cassidy go play in your room."
"Okie Dabby." The little one exclaims softly. Micki smiles. Ryan kisses the side of Cassidy's head and puts her down. He then walks over to Micki and takes her hands.
"Now...what's wrong?"
"I...I don't know...it's just I was...someplace else one minute and now I'm here...it's just strange...and...and Cassidy?"
"Yeah...She really wanted her Momma this morning, but I told her you needed to sleep...Hey I got breakfast downstairs." Ryan exclaims with a smile and kisses her. He then winks at her and leaves the room.
"Mom?" Micki breathes.
Ryan gasps and sits up in a car, he is on the passenger side.
"Oh, it's alive, hey Ryan save the snoozing for after the game huh?"
Ryan gasps and looks at a man driving the car.
"I...I um... how'd I get here?"
"Picked you up remember...this is our day, Minnesota Twins against the St. Louis Cardinals remember?"
Ryan looks down then looks at the man.
"The Twins are playing against St. Louis?"
"Yeah...come on Ryan, what's up with you today man?" The man then lets out a laugh. "It's the world series, you wanted to go, and Dad said I could take you...I wanted to go too of course. We haven't had a day just for us in a long time." The man responds and looks in his rearview mirror, then back at the road. He continues to smile as he drives.
"Jimmy?" Ryan breathes.
"Yeah...what's up?" Jimmy turns toward him and smiles. Ryan smiles shyly and his eye glistens.
"Nothing...I...I missed you Jimmy."
Jimmy looks confused and looks at Ryan then back at the road.
"Missed me?" Jimmy says with a laugh. "Where'd I go?"
Ryan breathes out and looks down.
"Uh...Forget it." Ryan exclaims and looks out the window. Jimmy just nods and turns on the radio. He nods his head to the music and continues to drive. Ryan slowly looks at him and looks down.