Chapter Eight: Love
It was only a matter of minutes and Dante heard the sirens of the ambulance coming. He didn't know what to do, he felt so helpless.
One of the paramedics rolled in a gurney while the other checked Lulu's vitals and asked Dante questions.
"What's her name?" He asked.
"Lulu Spencer." Dante answered keeping his eyes on her.
"Does she have any pre-existing medical conditions?"
"No." He shook his head. "Not that I know of."
"How far along is the pregnancy?" He asked as Lulu was lifted onto the gurney.
"Almost twelve weeks." Dante said, making it a point not to look around at their families faces.
"You all can't ride in the ambulance." The man said.
"We'll meet you there." Lucky said putting his hand on Dante's shoulder.
Dante nodded and then followed the paramedics into the ambulance.
He paced back and forth in the waiting room while he waited impatiently for any kind of news about Lulu and the baby.
The waiting room was full of people. Lulu's family, his family, but still he felt alone. Lulu and that baby were his life and if he lost them he wasn't sure what he'd do.
"Dante, honey." Olivia tried to talk to him but he ignored her.
"I can't...I can't talk right now." He finally said while he walked out the door.
"Everything seems fine, but Lulu needs to keep her stress low." Dr. Lee told Dante.
He nodded. "And the baby?"
"I'm going to do a sonogram in ten minutes, that should tell us the baby's condition."
"Can I see her?" He asked.
Dr. Lee nodded.
Dante walked into Lulu's room, he smiled seeing she was awake. "Hey."
"Hey." She smiled.
He sat down next to her and took her hand. "How are you feeling?"
"Better." She said starting to cry.
"Hey, hey. Don't cry." Dante said whipping the tears from her face.
"Did Dr. Lee tell you anything?" She sniffed.
"She said that the pain was stress related and that your going to be fine." He smiled.
"And the baby?"
"She doesn't know yet, they're going to do an ultrasound in a few minutes."
She started to cry again.
"Lulu." He said moving closer to her. "Everything's going to be fine, okay?"
She nodded.
"Know matter what happens." He sighed.
Dante walked back into the waiting room, rubbing the tears out of his eyes.
"Honey?" Olivia asked.
"Dr. Lee said that it was stress related and that Lulu's going to be fine." He said.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"And the baby?" Sonny asked.
Dante shook his head. "They don't know yet, um, they have to do an ultrasound."
"You should go, be with Lulu." Carly smiled. "We'll be here."
Dante nodded as he turned around and walked out the door.
"Dante!" Olivia called running down the hall after him.
He turned around to her open arms.
She hugged him tight. "It's going to be okay. I promise."
Dante didn't say anything, he was to busy crying like a baby.
He gripped Lulu's hand tight as they watched Dr. Lee squirt clear gel on Lulu's stomach and then search for the baby on the screen.
Is everything okay?" Lulu asked.
Dr. Lee was quiet, She kept looking at the the screen.
She finally got up the nerve to ask again. "Is my baby okay?"
Dr. Lee nodded. "Your baby's fine."
They both breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank God." Dante said hugging Lulu.