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"Oh! Aria!" I cried, "you woke up!" I embraced her, but she didn't hug me back. She was staring off into space until she looked back at me and once again asked what happened. A tear came to my eye, and I instantly wiped it away. I didn't want to make her any more scared than she had to be.
"What's wrong? Am I going to die?" she asked, an expression of terror coming over her face.
"NO! Of course not!" I said, she relaxed a little bit.
"Then why are you crying?" she asked. She looked up at me with wide eyes. She gave me those deer in the headlights eyes that Lily sometimes did, and I realized how young she was on the inside at this moment. She looked like a bewildered toddler, who didn't know what was going on. Her mind was probably racing, a million horrible thoughts coming into her mind. "Please," she said, tears on her face, "Ezra, tell me." I held her hand, and looked into her eyes.
"You..." I paused, "Maybe the doctor should tell you..." I said. She shook her head, and I knew I had to tell her. "You were in a car accident. Aria did you know?"
"Know what"
"About the babies."
"About the what?" she cried.
"You were pregnant...with twins." I said, holding her hand tight in mine. She began to sob, and she asked me the one question I didn't know how to answer.
"I...I was?"
I recounted the information the doctor had told me. It wasn't until I was done that I realized how cold that sounded. I brought Aria's petite body to mine, and let her cry into my chest, as I held her. I don't know if she could breathe, my grasp was so tight. "I killed it..." she said through the sobs. "It's all my fault..." she said.
"Oh my god!" I exclaimed. She thought this was her fault. There was no way she could blame this on herself. "It isn't your fault, a drunk driver smashed into you." This didn't help at all. She just continued to cry, and blame herself, and nothing I could do would stop her. I watched the love of my life fall apart. Behind me, I heard a small voice say, "Mamma..." It was Lily, who was being carried by Natalie, Wyatt behind her, hiding behind her legs.
The little girl rushed over to where I was, and right into my arms, Aria looked at her like she was something she had never seen before. "Why are you sad?" Lily asked Aria. She wrapped her little arms around Aria's neck, and Wyatt, now also on the tiny hospital bed, mimicked his sisters actions. Aria began to cry even harder, as she hugged her two small children like they were the only things keeping her anchored to reality...
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