Authors Note: I know it's short but i just had to get it out. It was always intended to be this short. The next one is somewhat long i think. It's got a lot going on and i just wanted to get it established that Jackie...well you'll see. The song at the beginning is the same one that Hyde was singing at the end of the last chapter. It's called 'Believe' and it's by the bravery. I wanted to let ya'll know that i'm going to be putting a list together of all the songs that i've used. I've actually made a couple soundtracks for my friends. Anyway when this is all over i'll post the list and that way you'll have an easier time finding all the songs if you liked any of them. Alright so enjoy and as always please review (ashley your review made me smile)
Chapter Fifteen: Believe
The faces all around me they don't smile they just crack
Waiting for our ship to come but our ships not coming back
We do have time like pennies in a jar
What are we saving for?
There's a smell of stale feeling that's drinking from my skins
The drinking never stops because the drink off all our sins
We sit and throw our roots into the floor
What are we waiting for?
So give me something to believe
Cause I am living just to breathe
And I need something more
To keep on breathing for
So give me something to believe
Something's always coming you can hear it in the ground
It swells into the air
With the rising
Rising sound
And never comes but shakes the boards and rattles all the doors
What are we waiting for?
So give me something to believe
Cause I am living just to breath
And I need something more
To keep on breathing for
So give me something to believe
I am hiding from some beast
But the beast was always here
Watching without eyes
Because the beast is just my fear
That I am just nothing
Now it's just what I've become
What am I waiting for?
It's already done
Ohhhhhhh
So give me something to believe
Cause I am living just to breath
And I need something more
To keep on breathing for
So give me something to believe
"Hyde," Derek, their new manager yelled as he stood on the side of the stage, "Hyde come here."
Hyde looked at Travis who announced that they were going to take a short break.
"What's up?" Hyde said as Derek handed him and Eric their cell phones.
"Eric's wife has been trying to get a hold of the two of you since you started Believe."
"What'd she want?" Eric asked fearing the worst about his wife.
"You two need to get to Wisconsin." Derek said as he started walking away from the guys.
"What's going on Derek?" Hyde asked as he ran to catch up with him.
"It's your girlfriend Hyde."
"What happened to Jackie?"
"I don't know but you two need to go. The limo is already here and your tickets are inside. Go!" Derek yelled as he ran back to catch up with someone.
"Go guys, Nick and I will handle the press." Travis said as Hyde nodded then took off towards the limo.
Five hours later in Point Place Wisconsin-
"Donna," Hyde said as he walked into the waiting room with Eric.
Donna walked over to Hyde and pulled him into her arms. "I'm so sorry Hyde."
Hyde pulled away and looked at her. "Is my son dead?" Hyde asked as he held onto Donna's shoulders.
"You need to come with me Hyde okay?" Donna asked as Hyde nodded and she took his hand in his. "Eric," She said as she held her other hand out to him and he took it.
She led them down the hall and into the preemie wing of the hospital as Hyde held onto her hand tightly. Donna stopped in front of a large window and looked up at Hyde. "Look," she said as she pointed to a tiny baby that was lying in a box inside the room. The baby was hooked up to all kinds of tubes and machines, but Hyde knew instantly that, that was his son.
A tear fell from Hyde's eyes as he stared inside the room. "What about Jackie?" Hyde asked as he turned to Donna. "Where is she Donna?"
Donna dropped Hyde's hand and looked down. "Go see him Hyde."
"No I want to know where Jackie is."
"Hyde please go see your son. He needs you and you need to go see him."
"Donna," Hyde said as he turned her towards him, "please where is she?"
"I'll show you after you see him. Please Hyde they wouldn't let me go in and he needs someone right now. Please," Donna cried as she stared at into Hyde's blue eyes. "Steven please." Donna said as Hyde looked at her.
"That's the first time you've ever called me Steven."
"I know…will you see him?"
"I will. But afterwards I need to see Jackie." Donna nodded as Hyde walked over to the door of the room.
"Sir Can I have your name please?" the nurse beside the door asked as she looked at Hyde.
"Steven Hyde, my son was born today. He's in there."
"Oh we've been expecting you. Here let's get you ready." She said as she pulled out hospital gowns and a mask for Hyde. "Now when you get inside you might be overwhelmed by what you see. But I assure you we are doing everything in our power to help you son Mr. Hyde."
"I know you are." Hyde said as she nodded for him to go inside.
Hyde walked in the door and looked around. He noticed a couple sitting in chair's beside their child. They both looked like they hadn't slept in weeks and Hyde felt sorry for them He stopped watching them and slowly walked over to where his son was sleeping. He looked down at the boy and instantly fell in love with him. Tears began to fall freely from his eyes and he did nothing to stop them. "Oh god," he said as he sat down in the chair beside his son and continued crying. "I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have left. I should have been here and maybe your mother wouldn't have collapsed. I'm so sorry." He said as he slipped his hands in the protective holes and lightly touched his son. "I swear William I will make this up to you. I love you so much son. But you have to pull through. Your mom and I love you and we need you. Just be brave son and I will be here every day with you. I won't leave you, never again." Hyde said as he continued to lightly touch his son.
Hyde walked out of the room and pulled off the mask and gown as the nurse gave him a light smile. "Watch over him. I'll be back."
"Um sir we still need a name for him."
"Oh yeah…it's William Steven. My girlfriend picked it a few months ago."
"Thank you. We'll have the birth certificate ready soon."
"Alright thank you." Hyde said as he smiled at her then walked back over to Donna. "I want to see her."
"Alright," Donna said as she nodded then took his hand again. She led him through the doors and towards one of the rooms in the maternity ward. "She's in there." Donna said as she stared straight ahead.
"Are you coming with me?" Hyde asked as he looked at her.
"No, there's only supposed to be one of us at a time."
"What am I going to see when I get in there?"
"Right now Jackie is unconscious. She went into labor, and the strain was too much on her heart or something I don't know for sure. But she passed out after she had the baby and she hasn't woken up. That's all I know." Donna said as the tears were falling again and Eric pulled her into his arms.
Hyde nodded at his brother then slowly opened the door and walked in. He slowly walked over to the bed and couldn't believe what he was seeing. The woman he loved didn't even resemble herself at that moment. She looked tired and worn out. Her skin didn't hold its natural color, it seemed dull and gray. He slowly walked over to her and took her hand in his. Her hands were even cold. Tears fell from his eyes and he laid his head down on her arm and cried.
"Mr. Hyde?" the doctor said as he walked in the room.
Hyde looked up at the doctor, "What's going with Jackie?"
"There was some strain on her in the delivery and it caused her to pass out. There's little we can do until she wakes up. That's the primary goal…to wake her up."
"Do you know when that'll be?"
"The longer that she is like this the less likely it is that she'll ever wake up."
"What if she never wakes up?"
"I'm sorry."
"No how did this happen? We were careful; she didn't everything she was supposed to."
"We're not sure. We think she might have had a disease that is brought on by over exerting oneself and extreme stress."
"She…she was always doing stuff. Donna called me a couple times and told me that Jackie wouldn't stop going." Hyde said as he turned to Jackie. "She just didn't want to be like all those other pregnant women that took it easy during their pregnancies."
"I see. Well that could very well be it. But we'll know more if she wakes up."
"Thank you." Hyde said as the doctor turned to leave. "Jackie baby you have to wake up." Hyde said as he turned to her. "Please baby look I got you something." Hyde said as he pulled out a ring box. "I was going to purpose when I got home. I want to marry you Jackie. So you have to wake up. Please." Hyde said as he pulled out the ring, "I swore I'd give it back to you. So I need you to wake up please." He said as he stared at her before the tears began falling again and he put his head down on her arm once more and let to tears fall.
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