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Next week there will be no chapters on Tuesday or Wednesday and possibly Thursday. I will keep you guys updated but we have to meet a deadline of January 31st and it's going to mean some crazy days and long hours so no chapters. Monday and Friday next week will for sure have chapters, Thursday might have a chapter depending on how the day goes.

Of course today was busy as usual and it's on the short side. This chapter also ended up being all in Paige's pov.

Ch. 20 At the Junction of Right Now & a Little Too Late

(PAIGE)

"Okay Paige we're going to extract an egg now. As we discussed previously this will take about twenty minutes. Some patients experience minor cramping or bleeding after it's normal and you can take over the counter pain medication. We'll be using donor sperm with both your egg and Adam's egg in the lab. When both eggs have become fertilized we will have back in for implantation in the uterus."

"Thank you Doctor," Adam smiles taking my hand.

When Adam and I began discussing having children and came in for our first consult with the doctor he asked if I wanted one of my eggs to be fertilized as well. Adam and I both said yes even though we knew it could result in twins. However we couldn't imagine anything better than being pregnant with twins and each of our eggs. We also know that there are risks with IVF and it was possible even both eggs were fertilized we could still lose one fetus.

The procedure of egg extraction goes well and I have no pain or bleeding. After leaving the doctor's office we drive to Manhattan and the cancer clinic where Clare is getting treatment. Adam has been going every day to see Clare after work. Her aplastic anemia is making her extremely weak. When we get to Clare's room she's sleeping and Drew is sitting next to her bed holding her hand. Helen and Audra are both in the room, sitting on the sofa and talking quietly.

"How was the appointment?" Audra asks.

"It went fine but it will be several days before we know if the fertilization was successful and then we'll go back in for implantation. Any news here?" Adam questions.

"The medications don't seem to be working she's just getting weaker and weaker. They want to give the medications another 48 hours and then they'll start giving her transfusions. They're already asking for people to get tested for bone marrow transplant," Drew tells us with such agonized and heartbroken voice it's hard to hear.

"I've been tested and Clare's father is being tested at a local hospital but we have no way of getting in touch with Darcy. I've tried everything she's just disappeared. I've reached out to other family and so has a Randall but the more distant the relation the less likely the match. We'll be asking everyone to get tested just in case," Helen says and her voice too is strained by pain and fear.

"I'll get tested," Adam nods.

"Drew maybe you should go get some dinner," I remark. He hasn't looked at us since we walked in he's just watching Clare.

"I'm not hungry," he shakes his head.

"They'll send food up, he hasn't left her side at all but his job starts in a few weeks. Glen and Omar will be down in the morning. Owen and Ash said they'll come by tomorrow along with K.C. and Jenna. Jake and Katie are flying out this weekend in case…" Helen is saying and her sentence drifts off. We all know what she was going to say though; they're flying in in case Clare dies. With this terrible thought we all go silent and we remain silent until Drew breaks the silence.

"Hey Pretty Eyes," Drew grins and we look over to see that Clare has opened her eyes, "Adam and Paige are here."

"Hi," Clare smiles, "did you see the doctor today?"

"Yeah and our eggs are in a lab to get fertilized," I tell her.

"That's great news, you'll be wonderful parents," Clare says.

"And you're going to have a niece or nephew or two of each or one of each," I comment.

"Being an aunt will be fun, Drew and I can spoil them and give them back to you," Clare smiles and then coughs a little.

"It will be fun to be the ones to do the spoiling," Drew grins as he helps Clare drink some water.

"Drew," Clare gasps in a sort of desperate whisper and then her eyes roll back and alarms start going off.

"CLARE!" Drew cries just as doctors rush in.

"Her pressure dropped," a nurse says in a sharp voice.

"She's probably bleeding let's get her to imaging, get some blood in her and stabilize pressure we'll need to open her up," the doctor commands and Clare is rushed out on a gurney.

When they're all gone Drew and Helen just collapse. They're still conscious but they're slumped over and sobbing, what just happened has deflated them completely and you can see how they're hardly holding on or keeping it together. Audra is doing what she can to console Helen while Adam and I do what we can to console Drew.

"Clare is being prepped for surgery, she has some internal bleeding. They'll stop the source of the bleeding and then we'll begin giving her blood and platelet transfusions," Audrey says coming in after a short time.

"Will she be okay?" Drew asks with tears running down his face.

"They're stabilizing her for surgery now. They know where the bleeding is, they'll stop it and give her clotting medication but they have to be careful. The bleeding is a side effect of the aplastic anemia, she had some internal bruising and it bled. The surgery should take less than an hour. You can stay in here; she'll be brought back in. If there's a complication with the surgery then I will be back but everything should go fine. If anyone needs anything call me."

We thank her and Audrey leaves. I realize people need to be called so while Audra and Adam comfort Drew and Helen I step out to the hall. I call Omar first, he and Glen are already coming in the morning but I figure they should know what's going on. Omar says he'll call Glen and thanks me for calling. Next I call Ash and Owen; I call her cell but am surprised when Owen answers.

"Hey Paige Ash is in the shower," Owen tells me.

"Oh that's fine I was calling to let you guys know Clare is in surgery. She was bleeding internally."

"Fuck. We'll be right there. How's Drew holding up?"

"About how you'd expect, he and Helen both. If Clare doesn't make it through this I'm not sure that Drew will either."

"Yeah," Owen sighs, "I just heard the shower turn off. We'll head straight there."

"See you soon, I still have to call Jenna and K.C. and I should call Jake too. Anyway I'll see you guys soon," I say and hang up. I call Jenna and tell her the same and she says that she and K.C. are on her their way. Finally I call Jake, it's about three in California and Jake's at work but I call his cell.

"What happened?" Jake inquires knowing that the only reason I would have to call him is if something is wrong with Clare.

"She was bleeding internally and she's in surgery. She should be out soon and they'll begin blood transfusions."

"Shit. I'll call Katie maybe we can get our flight changed to tonight."

"We'll call you when she's out and if anything else happens."

"Thanks we'll see you guys tonight or tomorrow," Jake replies and hangs up.

"I called everyone," I tell them when I go back into Clare's room. "Owen, Ash, K.C. and Jenna are all on their way."

"That's good Clare will need lots of support, she'll know that we're all here even if she's not awake," Adam says.

I sit down with Adam again and help to console Drew. After a while, what feels like a very long while, Clare is brought back in. She's got a blood bag on her IV and two more bags. She's asleep and looks more pale than usual which I didn't think was possible. We all move away so they can get her on the bed and back on the monitors and all.

"The surgery went well and we stopped the bleeding," Dr. Kennedy tells us while Clare is getting hooked up. "We've started her on blood and platelet transfusions she's going to be weak after the surgery and we're going to keep her sedated for several hours so she can heal from the surgery. We'll be monitoring her condition and I'll be meeting with her care team later this evening. It's clear that the aplastic anemia medications aren't working so we'll continue with the transfusions but we will begin testing people for a possible transplant tonight."

"Thank you doctor," Helen nods.

Dr. Kennedy leaves as do the nurses and orderlies now that Clare is all hooked up. Drew looks at his wife and takes her hand; he kisses the back of it gently before interlacing their fingers.

"You know if all of us are staying here tonight, and I imagine we are, we'll need hotel rooms," Adam speaks up. Audra and Helen are staying in Drew's room at the attached hotel.

"Yeah let's go see what we can find we can reserve them and change the credit cards when the others arrive," I nod. Adam tells them we'll be back, we both kiss Clare's forehead and leave the room getting in our car. "You know I forgot to call Eli," I remark.

"I'll call him, here let's try this place it doesn't look like much but I imagine we'll be at the hospital for the most part anyway," Adam says pulling into a cheap looking motel. The motel has no vacancies so we get back in the car. I start driving while Adam calls Eli. "Hey Clare went into surgery, she's out but she was bleeding internally…yeah everyone else is on their way too we're looking for rooms right now…okay sounds good Paige and I need to eat anyway," Adam says and hangs up. "Eli said he's coming and he might have a solution to the problem of where we'll stay. He said he'll call us back in a bit, we should get something to eat and then head back to the hospital."

"Yeah I guess I am a little hungry," I reply. We find a restaurant and pull off waiting for Eli to call back. Eli calls just after we finishing eating and gives us an address to meet him at in an hour. We eat dinner and pay then leave and find the address Eli gave us. Eli is waiting for us outside a fancy building, he hugs us and waves to the doorman when we walk in and get on the elevator. Eli uses a key and the top most floor lights up but there's no button to push.

"How was your appointment today?" Eli asks while we ride the elevator to the top floor.

"It was good they took one of my eggs and now one of each of our eggs is in the lab to get fertilized. If it takes I'll go back in about six days to have the fertilized eggs implanted."

"Great," Eli grins. The elevator doors open right into a gran apartment and there are two women standing there that look vaguely familiar. I don't know them personally but think I've seen picture of them in Adam's things.

"Fiona! Imogen!" Adam exclaims happily and rushes in to hug them.

"We went to high school with Fiona and Imogen, they dated back then and lost touch for a while but reunited three years ago and were married two years ago," Eli explains to me while Fiona and Imogen are still reuniting with Adam.

"You must be Paige it's wonderful to meet you and so nice to see Adam with someone he deserves. I'm Fiona and this is my wife Imogen. This is my parent's place but they're in Europe and we've been staying here while our loft is getting renovated. Anyway there's plenty of room for everyone to stay here and we understand that it's not too far from the hospital," Fiona says. I shake hands with her and then Imogen.

"Have you been in touch with Eli this whole time?" Adam inquires. We move into the living room and sit on the sofa.

"No actually I ran into Eli just yesterday and we caught up. He told us about Clare it's just terrible we thought we'd go visit but we weren't sure if it was okay," Imogen replies.

"Yeah it would be good, the more people to visit Clare the more support she has and Drew too," I tell them.

"Yeah and I'm sure Drew will happy to see you guys. Clare too but they're keeping her sedated so she can heal and they'll wake her up tomorrow," Adam adds.

"They've been through so much already I can't imagine how Drew is holding it together," Fiona says.

"He's not really. He's already lost his son and the strain of that nearly broke their relationship. They had even drawn up divorce papers and then Clare gets cancer and now she's hovering near death," Adam speaks but his voice gets tiny and strained at the end.

"It's just awful. I called Declan I thought he might want to know he was pretty fond of Clare when she was young. He's in London but he's going to try to come out. On a happier note Eli told us you two are trying to get pregnant," Fiona remarks.

We spend about a little while talking with Fiona and Imogen. Adam and I tell them about the IVF process and we hear about their wedding and I get some deeper background on their relationship. After that we all leave for clinic again in one car. We take them up to the room which is pretty full but it's good that so many people are here for Clare and Drew and Helen.

"Hey look who we found," Eli announces and everyone looks over.

"Fiona, Imogen it's good to see you guys," Drew smiles. He actually gets up and comes over to hug them.

"Hi Drew it's really good to see you I just wish it wasn't under these circumstances," Fiona says.

"Yeah we're really sorry for everything you and Clare have been through. Oh my gosh she looks…" Imogen is saying catching sight of Clare.

"It's okay you can say it she looks like death," Drew comments going back over and taking Clare's hand again.

With Drew's attention back on Clare Fiona and Imogen greet Audra and Helen, they hug Owen, say hello to Jenna and K.C. and then meet Ashley. Fiona tells Owen, Ash, Jenna and K.C. that we can stay at Fiona's parent's house. We all stay for a couple more hours but Clare is out and when Drew falls asleep at her bedside we decide to leave. Eli, Adam and I ride with Fiona and Imogen again and the others follow us, except for Helen and Audra who are staying at the hotel attached to the clinic.

"Well we have the master but there's Declan's old room, my old room, the guest room and Dad's office. Eli should probably take Dad's office and the rest of you can pick any room you like," Fiona says when we're all up in the apartment.

While Fiona gets Eli set up in the office Imogen shows us through the rest of the apartment. Adam and I decide to sleep in Fiona's old room, there's a queen bed and it actually reminds me quite a bit of my room in high school. Jenna and K.C. take Declan's old room; Owen and Ash take the guest room. Imogen points out washrooms and everything and then we go down to the living room. Even though it's been a long day and we're all tired we're all worried about Clare so we sit in the living room talking for a while.

"Are you okay?" I ask Adam when we're in our room and getting ready for bed.

"I don't know, I'm worried about Clare and my brother. I'm sorry I know we are preparing for a baby and I should be thinking about that," Adam apologizes.

"You should but you should also be thinking about Drew and Clare. They've been through a lot and they're going through a lot and it's taking a huge toll on them and all of us. Right now let's get to sleep so we can be with them tomorrow," I comment and Adam kisses me.

"I love you so much you brought a light to my life and you make me endlessly happy. I don't know how I got so lucky to be with you," Adam says.

"By being the incredible person you are," I reply and kiss my husband again.

Like I said next week there is no chapter next week because of work obligations. The update on Tuesday February 2nd will probably begin the following day and may also include Paige and Adam returning to the doctor for implantation.