I know, finally! Hope you all like it and it was worth the wait, I sure think it was ;)
You'll be mine and I'll be yours
All I know since yesterday is everything has changed
"You're not all bubbly and happy, I thought you would be once you got that thing off." Lucas said, taking his eyes off the road for a minute to grab my hand and give me a quick glance so he could try and read my facial expression. I was happy but nervous. I worked up the courage to ask Lucas to move in with me, but didn't know when to do it…it had to be special.
"I am, really." I gave him a genuine smile. "Just tired and a little sore.'
"Too tire to go out for a celebratory dinner?" Perfect timing to ask him my question…I perked up a bit.
"Never too tired for you babe." I leaned over and gave him a kiss.
"I'll drop you off at the house and pick you up in like 2 hours?"
"Perfect." We drove the rest of the way in a comfortable silence. We were happy with that. Before we knew it, my house came into view.
"I'll see you in a few hours." Lucas walked me towards the door, always being the gentleman that he is.
"Ok, text me the name of the restaurant so I know what to wear."
"Will do…"
"Drive home safe and I'll see you soon." Leaning in and kissing him was magical and confirmed even more that I was making the right decision.
Slipping off my shoes, I made my way upstairs to the bathroom, calling Haley on the way up to let her know how I made out at the doctors. After 4 rings it went right to voicemail, which was strange because she's the one who told me to call her as soon as I got back from the doctors. It didn't really bother me too much, I figured that she must be in the middle of something and the minute I step into the shower I'd hear it ring. I showered the best I could with the tiny bit of pain in my arm and when I did check my phone, there was nothing from Haley…only a text from Lucas telling me the name of the restaurant and what type of attire to wear. The hours flew and just as I was putting my heels on, Lucas rang the doorbell. When I opened that door, I swear my breath got caught in my throat…he was so handsome and mesmerizing. It was then that I realized how truly lucky I am to find a guy like that. Those types of thoughts continued as we drove to the place, and I was happy they were occurring because it made me a tad bit more confident about the question I was going to ask him right now, just as we were seated.
"So what are you thinking to eat?" My attempt at a small ice breaker.
"The steak looks good. What about you?"
"I heard the pasta here is amazing, so I'm gonna try that." I put my menu down and I noticed that Lucas did the same. Here it was, my shot at doing this. "So I have a question for you…"
"Go ahead." He just smiled at me.
"I was thinking that I would love it if you moved in with me. We spend almost every night together at either your place or mine, and it would save you the expense of renting out your apartment. I love you, you love me…I think its just the right next step we need to make. And we are happy, so happy together, and I think that this would just make us even more happy." Luke picked up on how much rambling cause he started smirking at me. "You think this is funny? I was so nervous to do this cause I thought that you would think that we are moving too fast too soon. And…and…"
"Pretty Girl, slow down. First of all…I love you, and we are not going to fast…the love we have will always be there and nothing is going to change that. Now getting to your actual question…"
One day when the light is going
"Sorry babe, I thought I turned it on vibrate." I glanced down and saw that the ID said Nathan, so I figure it must have been Haley just calling me back. Ignoring it, I looked back up at Luke and grabbed his hands with mine, his thumb slowly stroking the watch he gave me for my birthday. It was then that I felt his vibrations from his phone, which I could tell by the look in his eyes after he looked down to see who it was, that it was again Nathan. Before he could even continue his thought, my phone started vibrating. Quickly realizing that something important must be going on, I answered my phone on the final ring.
"NATE! What is so important that you keep calling us?" I could tell that Luke was very frustrated that I answered the call, he wanted me to let it go to voicemail so we could get back to our conversation. "What…When…How long…Where are you now…Ok we'll be there soon.'
"What was that all about?" His anger was completely relevant in his tone of voice.
"We have to go…now…I'll explain in the car." Grabbing his hand and making our way to the car, fear was the only emotion that I was feeling. As soon as Lucas unlocked the door, he snapped at me.
"Care to explain why we had to rush out of there and miss our dinner?"
"Haley's in labor…she's 10 weeks early." I don't think Lucas knew how bad that truly is, but I think the worry all over my face led him to believe that is was really bad.
"She and the baby will be fine." He just grabs my hand, trying to calm me down with some sort of a distraction. "So I talked to my Mom today before I left to pick you up and she was thinking about coming down for a long weekend with Lily to see me and met you of course. That would be fun, wouldn't it?"
"Ya." His attempt was sweet but my mind was distracted, I could not focus on anything but where we are on the road and how much longer it would take. When we pulled into the parking spot, I practically jumped at out the car once he stopped. By the time I got to the front door, Lucas was on my side, grabbing my hand, and I was on the phone with Nathan to see what room they were in; I was some what happy that the elevator ride to the fourth floor was quick. "Hey, what room are you guys in?"
"475, but…"
"Ok, we are just getting off the elevator now."
"But you guys can't come in."
"What do you mean we can't come in? I'll just say I'm her sister or something."
"No one is allowed in the room because of how premature the baby is, just me and Haley." I let out a stressed breath; I realized that Lucas was going to kill me. We could have just finished our meal and then came over here. What's done is done; its in the past now and I certainly did not have time to worry about it now.
"She's a mess right?"
"Ya."
"With just yes and nos…what did the doctor say? Mostly bad news?"
"Maybe, there's a chance that the lungs may not be fully developed and with her high blood pressure, chances are they maybe other complications with Hales as well." He said in hushed tones, not wanting to further upset Haley any more.
"How are you holding up? Putting on a brave face for her?" I had silent tears coming down my face and a sinking feeling in my stomach, this wasn't good at all.
"Ya."
"Do you need me to do anything? Call anyone?"
"No."
"They'll both be fine. Is she up to talking to me on the phone?"
"Mmhhm, hold on."
'Hello?"
"Hey buddy…" I tried using a soothing tone, that would hopefully keep her calm.
"Oh, B…I'm so scared." And that's when we both started crying hard, so much for the keeping calm idea.
"Shushhh, I know you are but everything is going to be ok. I know I can't be in there with you, but I'm right outside the door. Look inside your heart and I'll right there, I'm always there. This baby is a fighter, just like it's mother…that's how I know you BOTH will be alright in the end."
"Ya, I guess."
"I'll talk to you soon, keep your chin up…love you."
"Love you too, thanks." The line went blank and I'm guessing that Haley didn't want me to hear her break down and cry more. Which is probably a good thing then because that's what I was doing right now; head against the wall, with my back towards Lucas, and uncontrollably sobbing and shaking. When did everything become so messed up, yet complicated? Luke grabbed me and pulled me closer to him, not asking any questions or prying me for information, just knowing that I needed him and only him to calm me down right now. Just whispering sweet nothings in my ear, letting me know that everything will be ok, and that I need to be strong for their sake.
"Why don't we go sit down? I'll grab you food or coffee or something?"
"I have to call Rachel and let her know what's going on."
"Ok, just take a breather though and calm down." I slowly breathed in and out, it only helped a little bit. "Why don't you call Rae while I go get some food or something for you to eat cause you haven't eaten all day and we are probably going to be here for a while." I just nodded, the shock and realization of it all clouding my brain.
I called Rae and filled her in on every detail, crying again; not quite sure how much tears I will have left in me after all of this. We sorted out what was going to happen with the now failed baby shower; we were just going to have it as a welcome home party type of a thing. As always she appreciated the call, and said that she would stop by early in the morning to check in and see how they are doing. After hanging up with her, I realized that Lucas has been gone for a long time and that was making me even more nervous. I put my head down in my hands and prayed for a miracle and the strength to get through this because Lucas was right, it was going to be a really really long night and next twelve hours or so could be the worse of it all. A few minutes later that strength and my shining light came back into the room. He approached me slowly and put the food and coffee down on the side, bent down to my lowered face level, put his hands under my face, and lovingly pulled my eyes up to meet his. As soon as our eyes locked, his hands went to my side in an attempt to calm me down.
"Hey, I bought you some food and coffee."
"No thanks, I'm not hungry."
"You gotta eat, we ran out of that restaurant so quickly before we had a chance to even eat the bread and you barely ate before we left for the doctors this afternoon."
"I'm sorry about that; just leaving like that during our planed romantic night out to celebrate this…" I motioned to my arm. "healing, and I just ruined it by making the decisions without having all of the facts. If I would have known that we weren't allowed in the room, we could have stayed and had our meal."
"But hey, you would have been worrying about Haley the entire time, and even though that you are not in there with her, I'll bet you any sum of money that it means the world to her that you are here for her. Look around, no one else is. You're the one she can count on, that's why she called you, ok? I'm not mad anymore, this is life, things happen. I called Hales and she dropped everything to rush to the hospital after your accident. That's what friends do for each other."
"Ya, I guess."
"Come here…" I quickly entered his loving open embrace; its something that I love and especially need in this situation. "don't you ever doubt anything that you do for me, her, or any of your friends as long as it comes from the goodness of your heart. Its one of the many things I love about you, you're big, opening and loving heart." I started crying again. "No more crying."
"It's ok…these are good tears, I promise. I love you too. Thank you, for this and everything. You are my world."
