Chapter 8
Brooke was laying down in her and Julian's bed. She didn't want to get up. All she wanted to do was just lie down. Julian came into the room and closed the door.
"Brooke," Julian said. "The twins are asleep."
Brooke didn't say anything.
"Brooke," Julian said. "I know it's been hard for you, but I need you to understand this."
Upon hearing that, Brooke sat up and Julian sat on the bed facing her.
"You're not the only one who lost the baby," Julian said starting to cry. "It was my baby too."
"Julian," Brooke said.
"No," Julian cried. "Let me finish. I know you don't want to publicly express your grief, but you haven't even been crying with me. You've been dealing with your grief privately by yourself and so have I. But we need to grieve together. I need someone to grieve with. We lost the baby Brooke and it's not okay."
Brooke burst into tears as well.
"You're right," Brooke sobbed. "It's not okay! How can it be okay? Our baby died! It's not okay!"
"We're going to get through this," Julian sobbed. "We have each other."
"I'm so sorry I've been pushing you away," Brooke sobbed.
Brooke and Julian embraced tightly and let out loud sobs.
"I love you so much," Brooke sobbed.
"I love you too," Julian sobbed.
"If it were a girl, we could've named her Eva," Brooke sobbed. "And if it were a boy, Jacob."
"Yeah," Julian sobbed. "It would've been a lucky baby to have a family like us."
"When will the pain go away Julian?" Brooke sobbed.
"I don't think it ever will," Julian sobbed. "But we're going to be okay. We'll get through this. As long as we have each other."
"Yeah," Brooke sobbed. "As long as we have each other."
Julian and Brooke stayed up all night crying in each other's arms.