Ryan wrapped his arms around Cassidy as she slept peacefully in the waiting room of the maternity ward at Albuquerque General Medical Center. Seven adults, including himself, occupied the averaged sized room as they waited for any news on Gabriella and her baby. Troy had been with her the whole time and they knew nothing – absolutely nothing. And little did they know - they'd be in the dark for a while longer too.

His hand gently wiped away the loose strand of hair from her eyes and looked back into them. Tears were held back as she clutched his hand, not letting it go like it was her life line for her and it was. Gabriella was scared and so was he. This was their first experience with this and Evan was still not there, instead it was his brother Peter. Peter was good, but he wasn't Evan and they felt so much more comfortable with Evan.

He kissed her hand gently and held it tightly, not wanting to let go. She hadn't felt the baby move in two hours and Troy was terrified. Maybe even more than her and he couldn't take the whispers between the nursing staff and the interim physician. He needed to know now. "I'll be right back, I promise," he whispered and kissed her forehead gently, walking over to the two R.N.s that where staying in the room and monitoring his wife. "Excuse me?" He called their attention. "Can you tell me anything about what's going on? It's been…"

"I'll answer that," Evan breezed past the two nurses and pulled Troy along with him. "Take a seat Troy," Evan told him, practically pushing him down on the chair he was previously in.

"Not to be rude Evan," Gabriella looked over at him and winced through another sharp pain, "but where the hell have you been?"

"If I told you a Stones concert, would you believe me?" Evan joked, looking once more through her chart and over the machines hooked onto her one more time before sitting down next to Troy.

"With you? Yea."

"Okay, so let me tell you both what's going on," Evan scooted closer to both of them as Troy pulled her hand back in his, waiting for whatever news the doctor was going to give them.

He ran his hands through his hair and let the deepest breath he'd ever known out of his body. It took all that was in him not to cry in front of Gabriella. They had both just made the hardest decision of their lives and he wasn't sure how to tell the rest of their family that was still outside in the waiting room. Letting his head hit the back of the wall, Troy looked up towards the blank, white wall space and said to no one in particular, "How on earth did you get that way sweetheart?"

Little and tiny Megan Sara Bolton had gotten herself twisted and turned around, lodging herself and several of her mother's organs in a completely different place than where they were supposed to be. And the even scarier thing was that if they didn't get them back to where they were supposed to be then both Megan and Gabriella would both be in serious danger. Troy closed his eyes and listened as Evan's words came back to haunt him.

Letting a few tears escape him before he was flooded with questions and concerns of every kind, Troy wiped them away and took a deep breath. He took a few steps down the hallway, his visitor sticker still clinging to the top of his shirt where Cassidy had placed it hours ago and turned to see his family and friends on pins and needles. Ryan was the first one to spot him.

"Troy," he nodded towards his good friend, "how are they?"

Note: Just so everyone knows, I'm not making this up. I worked in a small hospital a couple years ago where this did happen and was close enough to the family and medical staff that I was lucky enough to witness it. It was probably one of the most amazing things I have seen in my life.