Sera's POV

We had to tell everyone that we were pregnant. I was getting more excited than ever awaiting our boy. Carter and I were on the ninth cloud. We were preparing everything… doing everything. I had won the bet, and the nursery was filled with laughing clowns. It was so cute… one wouldn't mind staying in there. We loved going shopping preparing for the baby… we loved doing anything together. We even decided on the names, but that was something we decided to keep to ourselves till our son was born.

I still went to work, although Carter didn't agree with it. There was nothing wrong with doing some work while being pregnant. I made a promise to take it easy, and that was what I was doing… but these days, I couldn't even get out of the house. I was constantly tired and in bed. My stomach was increasing in size by days. At one time I could see my feet, and one morning there was a huge bomb in front of me. It was expected, as I was in almost my 5th month of pregnancy. I was still having morning sickness, although I was almost in my second trimester. I was getting dizzier and dizzier, and abdominal pain on the right hand side was only increasing. I almost stopped peeing completely, only once or twice a day at the most, and everything was blurry at times… even the light was giving me the severest headaches.

The nausea shook me wide awake. I made a quick run to the bathroom before I managed to fill our bedroom with my vomit. I heaved and threw up violently until Carter came beside me and rubbed my back gently. He held my hair back and held me tight.

Carter's POV

I was getting worried now. She would never miss work unless she's in real pain, and that rang bells. She made one run to the bathroom and I followed her. She was throwing up, and I could do nothing to make her feel better.

'Sera… are you ready?' I asked her gently as I filled her a glass of water to rinse her mouth.

'Mhmm…' She replied as I helped her up, but she soon crunched up in pain again.

'Sera… maybe we should see Dr. Greene again…'

'I'm not due to my appointment as yet… She's still waiting for the test results.'

'…but I'm getting worried… maybe she could give you something…'

'I'll call her today…' She replied as I helped her in bed. 'I just don't know how I'm going to the clinic.'

'That's the least we should worry about…' I replied as I helped her in bed and placed the warm quilts on top of her. 'I'll call Dr. Greene Sera… you rest… ok?'

'Mhmm…' She replied as she buried her face into the pillow.

'Is there anything I can do?'

'Just go to work, and don't tell my parents about this for now…'

'Your father is getting suspicious… You haven't shown up in 2 weeks Sera…'

'Doesn't he always?' She chuckled as she cringed again.

'Did your feet swell again? Or am I seeing wrong?' I asked her again.

'Close the blinds Carter… My head is killing me…' She begged as I obliged.

'I'm staying here today… I'm not leaving you like this…' I replied as she went into a seating position.

'Damn… no position is comfortable…'

'Do you need anything?'

'I think I need to pee… but I'm not sure…' She replied as I helped her up. 'No… I don't need to…' She said again. 'Carter I want to pee but I can't…'

'We'll talk to Dr. Greene tonight… You can't stay like this…' I replied worriedly. 'Look whatever happens; I want you to know that I'll always love you no matter what…'

'I know baby… and so will I…' She smiled.

Dr. Greene managed to squeeze us in at her earliest convenience. She said that she had some news and that we had to discuss things at the earliest possible. I didn't want to worry Sera, so I kept this piece of information to myself. At least till she talks to us.

I held her hand, while Dr. Greene proceeded with the ultrasound. Our boy was beautiful. I couldn't believe we made this life. She printed out some pictures, but after this we had to sit down and discuss some more important things.

We waited for her till she got our results. I kept rubbing Sera's hand. We looked at the picture of our boy. He was so beautiful… but soon we were disrupted by a rather worried face.

'Dr. is everything ok?' I asked while she sat down.

'I'm afraid I have some rather bad news…' She started.

'What is it?' Sera asked.

'Sera… I have to be blunt… You have a very high blood pressure – above 160/100, you have severe nausea, your kidneys are shutting down…' She started. 'Are you having dizziness? Blurred images? Sensitivity to light? Severe headaches?' She asked.

'Yes… to all of them.' I quickly replied. 'She's also having abdominal pain…'

'I know what you're suspecting…' Sera replied. 'It can't be… right?'

'I'm afraid… it is Sera…' Dr. Greene replied while Sera hid her face behind her hand.

'What is it?' I asked lost.

'I'm afraid your wife is suffering from a condition known as eclampsia. Nobody knows how and why this condition arises, but I'm afraid this is putting your wife's life in danger.'

'What do you mean by danger?' I asked again.

'It means Carter that I can bleed to death while giving birth…'

'…or she can have multiple organ failure. She's already having her liver and kidneys shutting down…' Dr. Greene replied.

'No… this can't be…' I denied.

'I'm afraid it is…'

'Can't we do something about this?' I asked panicky.

'We can…' Sera replied. '…but I'm not doing it…' She retorted to the doctor.

'Sera, I know this is hard…'

'What's the solution? We'll do everything…' I said again. I don't want to lose my wife.

'Carter, in Sera's case, there is no turning back… the only solution I see… is termination of pregnancy…'

'No… no… I'm not killing our baby…'

'Is it the only way?' I asked Dr. Greene completely ignoring Sera.

'I'm afraid it is… but you can also chose to fully continue this pregnancy…'

'We'll terminate the pregnancy…' I automatically answered.

'We what?' Sera asked. 'Carter this is not your choice! This is our baby!'

'…and you're my wife… We can have other babies… but I won't have another you…'

'No Carter… I'm taking this pregnancy to full term!'

'No you're not! The baby will kill you!' I threw back.

'Look… first and foremost, the least amount of stress on both your wife and the baby won't serve good…' Dr. Greene stopped us. 'Go home… discuss this between you and limit the stress. You have my number. Whatever decision you make, I'm going to be here to support you.'

'Doctor, what do you suggest best in this situation?'

'I think termination of pregnancy is the best solution to save your wife's life… but…'

'We'll…'

'Carter… we'll talk this over…' Sera stopped me immediately.

The drive to home was the quietest one we ever had since we got married. I jinx that moment I got her pregnant. Now we have to choose between her and the baby. My choice is obvious… I'd choose Sera over everything in an instant… and that's what I'm doing. We finally were home. I helped her slowly. She was exhausted.

'Sera… we need to discuss this…'

'Carter… there is nothing to discuss…'

'So what? You're just taking this decision on your own… without consulting me…'

'I'm carrying this baby Carter…'

'…and I made that fucking baby Sera!' I threw back as I paced away. 'Look, if you continue this pregnancy and you die, I'm not going to give a damn about him. He's taking you away from me.'

'The baby… doesn't have a fault in this Carter…' She shouted back. 'WE made him out of LOVE!' She continued.

'I would have never gotten you pregnant if I knew this was going to happen.'

'You regret this?'

'How can I not Sera? He's killing you!'

'It is not his fault!'

'Yeah right!' I replied sarcastically as I grabbed the keys.

'Where are you going?'

'To think…'

I drove and drove, not caring where the road took me. Tears messed my vision. I was either going to lose the love of my life, or my baby. We can make other babies… but I can't have another Sera… I cannot change her mind… she was so damned stubborn. She took care of everybody except herself. She simply chose the baby instead of her. There were only two people that could change her mind.

I quickly pulled to Aspen. I had to tell Ana and Christian. They would understand… they would make her see the light. Taylor took me to the living room, and both were there.

'Hello Carter…' Ana greeted as she kissed my cheek. 'What brings you here?'

'Is this a good time?' I asked them.

'It always is…' Christian smiled. 'Where's my baby?'

'Home… I came alone…' I replied.

'Is everything ok?' He asked concerned.

'No…' I replied.

PLEASE REVIEW