Kyle just looked at Fish, who had nothing but hurt and sadness in his eyes. Kyle had so many questions, but at the moment he wasn't sure how far would be too far to pry into the revelation that not only had the man he loved had a child, but had lost that child.
"When? Who?" asked Kyle finally managed to asked after a few minutes.
"It was near the end of academy." Said Fish "I was dating this girl, we got pregnant. We had decided to keep the baby. But not marry, it was still pretty early on."
"Your parents must have loved that." Said Kyle
"Fire and brimstone," said Fish "but at least they still talked to me."
"Sorry." Said Kyle "Anyway continue."
"He was born 6 weeks premature." Said Fish as they got out of the car and started walking
"Oliver." Said Kyle just feeling the pain for the man he loved.
"He was alive, but weak." Said Fish as he stopped walking "They had him on a ventilator, but it wasn't enough, his heart was working overtime, he died within 5 hours."
"I am so sorry." said Kyle
"It would have been his birthday today." said Fish
"Oh Oliver." Said Kyle as Fish started walking again. Kyle then put a comforting hand into Fish's hand as they continued the walk that Fish knew so well.
After a few minutes of walking in silence, Fish stopped at a grave site that had a woman sitting in front of it, Kyle could only assume that was Fish's ex. Fish walked up and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Rikki." Said Fish as the woman looked up and stood up
"Hey." Said Rikki as the two hugged, then spotted Kyle "So is this-"
"Yeah." Said Fish "Kyle Lewis, Rikki Michaels."
"Nice to meet you." both Kyle and Rikki said as they shook hands.
"Sorry I'm late." Said Fish
"You haven't changed." Said Rikki
"Do you two need some time?" asked Kyle
"I want you to be here." Said Fish
"I'm going to go see mom." Said Rikki "I'll be right back."
"Okay." Said Fish as Rikki walked away "Her mom is buried a couple sites over."
"Ah." Said Kyle
"This is my son, Tyson Michael Fish." Said Fish sitting down on the ground "Hey buddy, I brought someone really important to me. Remember me telling you about Kyle, that's who I brought."
"He knows about me?" asked Kyle sitting down next to Fish
"When we ran into each other for the first time after college and everything just started happening." Said Fish "When I felt ready to implode I got in my car, drove the two hours here and told Ty everything. I could talk to him. Especially when I came out to my parents and you were with Nick, and I felt like my world was crashing down."
"Why didn't you say anything before?" asked Kyle
"Not many people know." Said Fish "My parents obviously. But Cris and Layla don't know. No one in Llanview does. It is just easier not to talk about it, but you have a right to know. I wasn't lying, I just-"
"Couldn't talk." Said Kyle as Fish dug out his wallet and pulled out a picture.
"I want to show you this." Said Fish handing the picture to Kyle
"A lot of daddy in him." Said Kyle looking at the picture of Fish holding a very tiny baby boy.
"He was a fighter." Said Fish "They told me and Rikki that they were surprised he lasted 5 hours."
"That is pretty good." Said Kyle, the med student shining through "You would have made an incredible father Oliver Fish."
"Thanks." Said Fish leaning onto Kyle's shoulder "Before you and I got back together, if I had a really bad day no matter the hour, I'd make the drive out here."
"Why?" asked Kyle
"I had nowhere else to go." Said Fish "No one to listen to me. I still do it sometimes, if you're pulling an all night shift at the hospital and I'm off."
"Hey," said Kyle "look at me, listen to me, are you listening?"
"I'm listening." Said Fish looking at Kyle
"I will always be here to listen." Said Kyle "All you have to do is be willing to talk to me."
"I know." Said Fish as Kyle kissed his forehead.
That's chapter 2. Hopefully chapter 3 will make it up soon. As always Reviews are always appreciated.