Warm Without a Care Chapter 5
Gabriella's POV
When I awoke the next morning the pillow beside me lay hardly touched, and the empty space was quite cold. Troy had been gone for some time. I quietly walked downstairs, hoping he'd be down there; when suddenly the floor and my legs felt warm, squishy and wet. My water broke; three months early!
"TROY!" I belched out, hoping beyond everything that he'd be here, and I soon saw his face looming over mine which was now leaning against the cool wall.
"What happened?" He asked, looking bewildered.
"My water broke, call an ambulance." I spoke softly as Chad appeared.
Troy threw his cell to Chad and then sat down to where I was sitting and patted my hand. He looked as scared as I thought I did. What if we weren't good parents together? What if our babies all died? I couldn't believe all of this was happening so fast, and when it wasn't even supposed to be going on for a few more months, then I would have been prepared, I wasn't prepared now. I thought maybe I was, but I'm not, and there wasn't any time, there was supposed to be more time!
"Troy?" I whispered out, grabbing his hand. He softly made little circles into the skin while whispering my name back.
"I'm super scared." I answered, not even tempting to look at him and see the hurt in his eyes, because I knew it would be there.
"Me too." He said, surprising me, and causing me to look directly at him.
"What?" I asked, looking at him with eyes I knew had to be close to the size of saucers.
"We were supposed to have three more months to have time for these babies. Three more months!" He said, pulling his hands through his hair before covering his face with them and cowering down into his crossed legs.
"I know. But we'll be okay. No matter what happens. We still have each other, and Austin." I spoke hopefully.
"What if they aren't ready though? And Austin's the only one we ever have. I want you to have a baby, Gabby. You deserve one." He whispered, pulling his head out and looking directly into my eyes with such intensity it made me uncomfortable.
"It'll be fine." I answered, just as the sirens came form outside and paramedics pulled me out of the house with Chad and Troy promising to meet me at the hospital.
Troy's POV
As I watched the ambulance disappear out of my view, and was suddenly filled with a cold sweat that I knew meant I was scared beyond belief. Chad turned to me and just by looking at me, he knew something was wrong. He grabbed my shoulder and instantly pulled me into the passenger's side seat, knowing that I wouldn't have been able to make it myself.
"Wait here." He spoke sternly, as if I could actually find the strength to move, as if.
I watched him walk into the house, and knew that he was getting Austin out of bed, and grabbing Gabby's hospital bag before getting his own cell phone and stuff to entertain us while we were waiting, especially for Austin. He emerged about ten minutes later, arms laden with bags and Austin by his side, just as I expected.
"Alright man, you're gonna be a dad, again! How's that feel?" Chad asked, smiling brightly and pretending as if everything was okay.
"Gabby's having the babies today?" Austin asked from the back, bouncing around with his usual excitement and hyperactivity.
"Yup!" I answered, trying to sound just as excited as them, but I knew I had failed as soon as the words came out of my mouth.
"Daddy, what's wrong?" Austin asked, looking at through the rearview mirror with a knowing look.
"Daddy's just scared." I answered solemnly, wondering how my little boy could be so smart and intuitive.
"You're gonna be a great daddy to the new babies, just like you were with me. And Gabby's awesome!" My boy answered smiling at me and reassuring me that Gabby and I could do this. And then it hit me, we could do anything, the two of us, just as long as we had each other. I instantly felt the chill leave my bones and felt a warm glow take its place.
And just as I was feeling this happiness inside of me, I felt like I was flying, and then noticed that the car was actually flying, and flipping. I looked back at my dear, sweet little boy, and hoped that no matter what happened, he'd be okay, and then as soon as the thought flitted through my mind, I felt the car crash donw on my side, my head crashed into the glass, and then it all went dark. The world became an empty, lifeless hole.