A/N: Hello, so I meant to have this up ages ago but I was having conflicting emotions with it. So my apologies, especially to my TWO wonderful reviewers, Sister Of The Light and bristow1965. Hope you like this one, next one will be more about Alex and Elliot I promise!

Chester sat in a hard plastic chair watching his wife anxiously from across the room. Having changed into a hospital gown, she was laying curled up with her twin on the bed. The harsh fluorescent light reflected off her paler than usual skin and made her look like a ghost. There were several things stuck on her body connected to machines and an I.V. bag. She was sleeping somewhat fitfully with one hand wrapped around her sister's wrist. Casey had refused to let go of her for the past 2 hours. Every time Sarah moved Casey's unconscious hand tightened its grip.

Chester was having a severe internal struggle. His wife was clinging to a woman who not two hours ago had called her a slut but keeping him, a man who loved her more than life, at arm's length. He trying not to be mad at her though; while she was going through this hell she was entitled to whatever she wanted, unfortunately what she wanted right now wasn't him.

Chester stared at the two of them thinking for a moment about how uncanny their resemblance was; they were identical down to their matching moles. Sarah's hair was a little redder and shorter but other than that, and the belly of course, it was like he was seeing double. His phone started ringing and Sarah shot him a dirty look as he got up and walked out of the room to answer it.

"Lake", he said grumpily. He kept watching Casey through the window.

"Hey, Chester it's Liv. I hope it's not too late. I just tried to call Casey; I wanted to see how she was doing."

"Oh, well we're actually at the hospital right now..."

"What? Why, what happened?"

"She...started having contractions really bad; the doc has her on something that's supposed to stop them. Looks like we'll be here for a while."

"I'm so sorry, you guys must be terrified. Is there anything I can do?"

Chester was about to say no when an idea struck him. "Um, actually yeah. Do you think you could you come by tomorrow...I need a favor."

"Of course I will, but is it serious? Should I come by tonight?"

"No no, that's okay, hopefully she'll sleep some and be better in the morning; I want you to talk to her for me and I don't think she'll be up to it tonight."

"Okay sure, well I'll see you tomorrow then."

"Thanks Liv."

"No problem."

Chester hung up with a sigh and went back to staring at his wife. He couldn't take this anymore. Sarah eyed him warily as he came back in and walked straight over to them.

He sat on the edge of the bed next to Casey and cupped her cheek gently and bent down to kiss her forehead. "I love you sweetheart, and you're gonna be fine."

"No." She murmured. Chester reached down and held her hand. "You're gonna be okay sweetie, I promise."

"Stop...Don't touch me."

Chester withdrew his hand immediately feeling hurt. "Babe, it's just me"

"Get off me...please."

Chester stared at her. Her eyes were shut tight; tears were streaming down her face. She's still asleep.

"Stop it Danny, you're hurting me..." Her hands started fisting the blanket she was under.

Chester's jaw dropped, he made eye contact with Sarah who looked like she'd just been slapped in the face. Casey was having a night terror that much Chester could deduce, what it was about, he had a guess. And it wasn't over yet.

"No, I don't wanna...do this...Please don't." Her legs started moving in a kicking motion. Sarah pulled away completely, got off the bed and took a few steps back;

"She's having a bad dream right? Just a nightmare?" She looked at Chester as if wanting him to confirm this. He shook his head in disbelief, "You keep telling yourself that Sarah."

"Danny, please...please let me go." She was shaking now and her blanket started to tear in her tightly clenched fists. Chester narrowed his eyes at Sarah as if this proved his point.

Chester couldn't stand to watch this anymore; he pulled Casey upright and into his arms. "It's alright baby," he whispered, "No one's gonna hurt you, I'm right here." She whimpered and struggled a little in his grasp but he held on tight, "No one's gonna hurt you baby, you're safe now."

Out of the corner of his eye he saw Sarah's face flush bright red before she bolted from the room in tears. He couldn't help but feel an inkling of satisfaction.

Casey's eyes snapped open abruptly. For a few seconds she couldn't see a thing, the lights in the room were blinding. She blinked slowly, relieved to be out of that horrible dark place but wondering where in the world she was now. Then she realized someone was holding her. She tensed up immediately, fear shocking her nerves into high alert. A soft sob escaped her lips as she tried to get away but the arms wouldn't let go. Then she heard a voice; a voice she knew, a voice that made her feel safe. She relaxed a little, took a breath and inhaled the scent of his hair, his skin.

"Chester" she whispered to no one in particular. Everything came back to her at once and she got tense all over again.

"Yeah, baby it's me." He loosened his grip and pulled her back to look her in the eyes, glad to see that they were finally open. She stared at him for a second before pushing him away again and this time he let her.

"I'm sorry, I'm okay now," she said wiping her eyes. Chester was not convinced. He reached for her again, but she scooted further back against the pillows shaking her head. "I'm fine Chester, really." She put her hands on her belly and took a few deep breaths. As she looked around avoiding Chester's gaze she realized something was missing.

"Where's my sister? Is she coming back?" she asked the room. When the room didn't answer her she finally looked her husband in the face. His expression made her feel a slight stab of regret, he looked sad, crushed even. She looked down at his hands and wondered why they made her so nervous.

"Honey, your sister, she...she got upset because you were talking in your sleep...about Danny hurting you." Chester said this gently unsure how she would react.

"W-What did I say?" she asked softly. She remembered her nightmare vividly, and hoped she hadn't said everything out loud.

He couldn't tell her. He couldn't repeat those words; it hurt him even to think about it. "Honey that doesn't matter; what matters is that I get it now...Danny hurt you, he made you do something you didn't want to do...and you can tell me what that was. You can tell me anything, baby."

Casey was quiet for a while. Then she was shaking her head as the tears started up again. "No, I-I can't" she tried to talk but was soon overcome with sobs. Chester decided that it wasn't worth it if it was going to make her this upset. He couldn't do this now.

He sat back and scooted next to her on her bed, putting his arms around her protectively, much to his relief, she let him do it. She relaxed in his embrace as he rocked her slowly. "It's okay baby, we're not gonna talk about it anymore," he whispered, "I promise we won't talk about it anymore unless you want to okay. I love you." She nodded in response and he held her like that until she fell asleep again, this time he prayed it would be dreamless.

A/N: So ends another short chapter...Hey so you all know I had to lay a guilt trip on the sister, we'll see what she does about it. Also, I know I promised some baby genders, those'll be coming next; that is if you want them. Hmm...I don't know, maybe you should let me know! xoxo