Chapter 7
Amy and Jack had been sat in the waiting room for over an hour. Amy had got restless and started pacing back and forth, Jack was watching her worriedly. What was she thinking? Little did he know, she was thinking about how to tell him her big news.
After another 10 minutes, Amy knew she had to tell someone her news.
"Um, Grandpa?"
"Yes honey."
"I have to tell you something." She said.
"OK. What is it?"
"Well, I'm pregnant." she watched his expression. He sat with an unreadable expression. She wished so bad she could read it but it soon turned into a massive grin.
"Really?" he asked, excitedly.
"Yeah. But Ty doesn't know. I found out just before he got shot. I went to tell him but he got shot before I could." she explained, tears starting to drizzle down her cheeks again. Jack held out his arms and she gratefully fell into them. She sobbed into his shirt for a bit.
A few minutes later, they were called into an office by a doctor.
"I'm Doctor Binsten. I understand you are very close to him?" he asked, looking at Amy.
"Yeah. I'm his fiancée." she said quickly.
"And you are?" he looked at Jack.
"He's my Grandfather and he owns Heartland, where Ty works." Amy explained.
"OK. Well, the bullet was high enough to just miss his heart and we were able to find it and get it out so that will heal." Amy could sense a 'but' coming. "but to put it simply, he slipped into a coma when we got him here." Amy looked shocked, trying to take it all in. she glanced over to Jack who also looked shocked.
"A... a coma?" she stuttered. Doctor Binsten just nodded sympathetically.
"I think it would be better if he didn't have any visitors today, if that's alright?" he looked at them. They both nodded silently.
"Thank you." Jack said as he and Amy got up and walked out of the office. Jack looked down at Amy. She was just staring into space again, like earlier. He put his arm around her shoulders. She smiled at him weakly and leant against him as they walked.
In the truck, jack tried to break the silence.
"So, how old is this baby?" he asked.
"I don't know. I worked out that I was 4 months and two weeks late so probably about 4 months and I hadn't even realised." she said and sighed.
"I wouldn't worry. Your grandmother only realised she was pregnant with your mum 2 months before she was born!" Jack said, smiling at the thought of his wife and daughter. Amy laughed and Jack smiled. "You should book a scan and see how close you are." he added. Amy nodded.
"I'll do it once I've told Soraya and Lou. Is it OK if I ask Soraya to stay over tonight?" Amy asked.
"You know it's always fine. You know you have to tell your dad too, right?" Jack looked and her as she groaned.
"Do I have to? I mean, he'll have a go at me and blow up big time!"
"I know but he deserves to know!"
"I never thought you'd say that about dad!" Amy said smiling. Jack smiled back at her,
'At least she's cheered up a bit.' He thought.
Soon they got back to Heartland. Amy ran inside and straight to the phone. She punched in Soraya's number. Lou raised an eyebrow at Jack. He just shrugged and walked into the front room. Lou followed him.
"Hey Soraya. I was wondering if you could come over. I have something really exciting to tell you and Lou, Grandpa already knows, and I was wondering if you could sleep over here too?" she suddenly realised Soraya didn't know about Ty. "I also have some really really really bad news as well." she added. Soraya agreed she'd come over. Amy hung up and put the phone down. She walked into the front room.
"Any news about Ty?" Lou asked.
"He's slipped into a... a... a coma." she said, her voice shaking slightly.
"Oh, Ames. I'm sorry." Lou said, moving to give her sister a hug. Amy just nodded.
They soon heard a knock on the door.
"I'll get it." Amy said and got up. She opened the door and let Soraya in. They walked into the front room and sat down. Amy turned to face Soraya,
"Good news or Bad news first?" Amy asked. Soraya hesitated for a bit,
"Bad news." she answered.
"OK. Ty's in the hospital." she said.
"Is he OK?" Soraya gasped.
"He's in a coma." Amy said, simply.
"Is it alright for me to ask why or not?" Soraya asked.
"It's fine." Amy reassured.
"OK. Why?"
"Because of Kit and Chase. They tried to shoot Spartan but Ty jumped in front of the bullet so it hit him instead. So, Spartan's fine and Ty's in a coma." Amy explained.
"Omg Ames. I'm so so so so sorry!" Soraya said looking at her best friend sympathetically. Amy just nodded and smiled gratefully at her.
"OK. What's the good news." Soraya and Lou asked together. Amy looked at Jack who smiled at her and then looked at how excited Lou and Soraya looked.
"Well, I'm pregnant!" she said, grinning at Lou and Soraya.
"Really?" They asked together.
"Yep."
"With Ty's baby?" Lou asked. Amy raised an eyebrow at her.
"Yeah. Who else's?"
"Just checking." Lou said defensively.
"Does Ty know?" Soraya asked, carefully. Amy appreciated her friend's carefulness.
"No. I was about to tell him but he got shot and now he's in a coma." she said.
"How old is it?" Lou asked.
"I'm not sure, I think about 4 months but I only found out I was pregnant this morning." Amy said. "I'm going to go and book a scan quickly. I'll be right back." she left them talking excitedly. She was grinning as she called the hospital.
A few minutes later, she walked back into the front room.
"I got an appointment for tomorrow so I can have it done and then I can go and see Ty." Amy said.
"That's a good idea." Soraya said.
"Thanks." Amy replied, playfully. "Do you want to go for a ride?" Amy asked Soraya.
"Sure." She said. She looked at Jack who nodded.
"You need to get out." he said. Amy smiled at him gratefully and her and Soraya walked out to the barn. Amy tacked Spartan up while Soraya got Rocky tacked up. They started riding slowly out to the trails.
When they got back, they heard a loud whinny. Amy quickly untacked Spartan and went to see who whinnied. Alano. Amy walked to his stall and sighed.
"I know boy. I want Ty here too. Lets hope he'll be back soon." Amy whispered. Her and Soraya had soon done the feeds and went back inside for supper.