AN: Hello readers. So numbers went down a ton with last chapter, but I'm going to be an optimist and chalk it up to tons of finals, graduations, and happenings in life keeping people super busy. Any who, I've combined the next two chapters, so you'll have a long one here, and I hope that you enjoy it! Can't wait to get some feedback. This one picks up right after the last chapter with Haley leaving for work in the morning, and Nathan and Jay left in bed.
Disclaimer: I do not own One Tree Hill or any of its characters! They belong to Mark S, his writing team and the CW/WB.
Nathan was up again at nine-thirty. It was one of the two days he was able to sleep in and he always took advantage of it. He also got to get Jay ready; something Haley always had the pleasure of doing every morning.
Getting out of the shower, he dressed in a pair of boxers and tee shirt he'd brought in knowing his son would be up when he was finished. When he walked into his room, he saw Jay on the bed with the remote in front of him.
"What you watching man?" he asked his son while he went in the closet to pick out his clothes for the day.
"Fwanklin, but it's ovor' now. SpongeBob's on daddy."
"What's he doin today?" he said, always taking interest in his son's favorite cartoon.
"Working at the Cwabby Patty with Patwick" he said laughing. He obviously thought it was the funniest thing, although he was there almost every episode.
"Man, you gotta learn howda' talk" He said poking fun at his son's common speech impediment.
"I can talk daddy!" he said scowling at his father. Nathan could have sworn it was the same one his wife constantly threw at him.
Nathan walked away and started to straighten up the room, knowing he and the four year old would get into it if he didn't let him watch the childish show. Walking into the bathroom, he brought out the huge clothes hamper that stayed in there and took it to the washroom that was right off the garage. After retrieving Jay's small one out of his bathroom, he started up a load of darks; combining all their clothes together.
He was so grateful when Haley told him they didn't need to separate Jay's clothes from theirs anymore. He understood when he was a baby, but Haley still refused to wash their son's clothes with anything but Dreft until recently. She had good reason though. Their son had plenty of allergies, and broke out easily, so she could never be too sure.
After about an hour, Nathan was able to put the white clothes in the dryer and started to fold the first load.
But first, breakfast.
Nathan grabbed a toaster strudel from the freezer and popped it in the toaster, then put the icing pack in the microwave for a few seconds. As much as Haley hated buying those, she knew it was the only way to get her husband to eat. Unless she cooked breakfast, he would only eat the sugar packed strudels. If there weren't any in the house, he'd gulp down Gatorade until he was full, and wait until lunch. So she had no choice. He was such a guy.
"Jay, come eat some breakfast buddy" He hollered towards his room, already getting down the Luck Charms.
He refused to eat any other cereal.
"Is it Lucky Charms?" he asked once he'd turned off the TV and ran in the kitchen. Nathan never understood why he asked. He was usually present when the grocery shopping was done, and they only ever bought that kind and Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
Guess he loves to be reassured. Nathan thought to himself.
"You know it" he said watching him climb onto the stool at the island.
"Can I call mommy?" he said after a few spoonfuls.
"In a minute"
They both finished up eating, the older Scott of course finishing first, and returning to fold the clothes. Once Jay was done, he put his bowl in the sink, and went into his room watching his dad putting his fresh clothes up in their respective drawers.
"You want to call mommy now?" he asked once he was done.
Seeing him nod, he made his way into the master bedroom and dialed the familiar numbers knowing she would have her cell on vibrate in her pocket.
"Hey"
"Hey Hales"
"Did you sleep well after I left?
"Yea, are you busy? Jay wants to talk to you"
"No, I can talk for a minute" She smiled when she heard buttons being pressed, knowing that her son had trouble grasping the huge phone.
"Hi mommy!" he smiled into the phone.
"Hey baby, you having fun with daddy?"
"Yes, we ate lucky charms. Are we coming to see you today?"
"Yea, for lunch you are. And you go to your basketball game tonight with daddy remember."
"Yep, I 'member mommy! I get to see Ginovi and Pwaker." He said pumping his tiny fist in the air.
"I know, so I'm gonna see you at lunch time okay? Love you"
"Love you too mommy"
"Let me talk back to daddy"
"Hey" he said after a few seconds.
"Hey, so there's this little girl that was born with a ton of problems with her heart and a blocked artery. Guess who's the lucky nurse scrubbing in?"
"Well, Hales you always tell me there's no guarantee, but you'll do your best. That's all that matters. You'll be fine."
"I'm just so nervous and scared. I've never scrubbed in on a surgery this detailed and difficult on an infant this small"
"Don't think all negative Hales. We need to get ready, so we'll see you in a little while. I love you"
"I love you too, see you two soon"
Looking over at the clock, Nathan saw that he only had an hour and fifteen minutes until he needed to be at the Medical Center for lunch.
"What is that smell?" He asked coming over to sniff around Jay.
"I dunno!" he said giggling while his dad sniffed his neck and stomach, while tickling him.
"Man you stink! I have to give you a bath before mommy smells you and throws you away." With that he scooped him up, carrying him upside down over his shoulder while the young boy had a tight hold on his father's arm.
"Big tub with bubbles! Big tub with Bubbles!" he said kicking his feet wildly.
Changing directions, Nathan turned right, walked through his bedroom, and into the huge bathroom that sat off his room. While fixing the temperature of the water, Jay took the liberty of stripping his night clothes off, and using the toilet.
That was something both parents had to be strict about with their four year old. He'd get so excited about the water, and usually urinated right in the clean water. So every time he was given a bath, he had to use the bathroom before getting in.
Once Nathan put the cap full of bubbles in the water, he turned to see Jay's arms lifted, ready to be put in the gigantic Jacuzzi tub. After letting Jay bathe himself, Nathan took a hold of the washcloth and went over the young boys cleaning job. Before Nathan could reach for the shampoo, he heard his cell phone ring out in the kitchen.
"Jay, sit down while I get the phone, and be careful" He said looking in his eyes. He knew he had to stare him down for him to know that he was serious and wasn't joking.
"k daddy" he said nodding his head, before sending a smirk in his direction.
While Nathan went to get the phone, Jay looked around the tub, and saw all the different bottles of shampoo, conditioner, and body wash his parents used. He picked up the bottle of shampoo and figured it was just like his, but it wasn't.
On his hair, Haley used Johnson's Tear Free shampoo, but this was Haley's Garnier Fructis, which Jay poured in his hands and began to rub it in his hair. Haley allowed him to do this with his own shampoo, but he wasn't aware of the difference in the two bottles. After he covered his head in shampoo, he leaned forward and dunked his head in the water and came back up.
Eyes Open.
The stream of water came down from his head and fell immediately in his eyes. He felt the two brown orbs start to burn and he started to rub them, but seeing as though he already had shampoo on his hands, it made it worse. He then let out the loudest cry and screams while his little eyes continued to burn.
Nathan, hearing Jay's cries, ran back into the bathroom. He saw his son standing up rubbing his eyes and saw the shampoo bottle open and he instantly knew he'd try to wash his hair.
"Jay, calm down. I got you, don't rub your eyes"
"It burns daddy" he cried out in pain.
He carried him into the kitchen, where the deep sink was, and ran the cool water. He had to restrain his hands with his forearm and open his eyes up to pour the water in.
"Buddy, I gotta get the soap out. Stay still." He knew it was hurting him, and he couldn't stand the feeling of his little body fighting under him still. "Daddy's sorry, but I don't want your eyes to keep burning. One more time okay."
He poured one more cup of cool water over Jay's eyes, and then turned the water off. He lifted the crying child up in his arms and held him, while he laid his head on his shoulder. He carried him back into the room, and covered him with the towel that had been discarded only minutes ago. Walking around for a few minutes, Nathan continued to rub his sons back, calming his cries, until all he heard were sniffs here and there.
Walking into Jay's room, he sat down on the bed, and held him at arm's length on his lap in order to look at his eyes.
"Let me see your eyes Jason. Can daddy see your eyes?" he said feeling somewhat guilty for leaving him in the tub alone. It wasn't the first time they'd done it, he was four now and was able to be left alone for minutes at a time in the tub, but he still knew his son. His son the Daredevil.
He helped Jay open his eyes, and saw that they were pretty red. Sitting the little boy on the bed, he got out his clothes for the day, and dressed him. He was wearing a pair of faded blue Gap jeans, a white long-sleeve thermal shirt, with a red shirt over it. Looking around the room, he found the small Timberland boots and put them on his feet, and afterwards changed the now wet shirt that he was wearing.
He was running so late to meet Haley for lunch.
He got out Jay's coat with matching hat and gloves and made sure he was tightly bundled up. Putting on his black coat, he grabbed a fresh washcloth and ran cold water on it. After rinsing the cloth, he handed it to Jay.
"Buddy, you need to hold this over your eyes okay? It'll make them feel better." He watched as he put it on his eyes, and picked him up to carry him out to his SUV.
Nathan buckled him in the booster seat, and the two Scott's made their way to the hospital to see Haley.
When they pulled up to the hospital, it was 1:25. He parked, and saw Haley approaching the car, once he called her to let her know they were here.
"Well, look who's late? I guess it's a good thing, I have a long break today." She said settling herself in the seat next to him
"Haley, we had a small accident this morning in the tub"
"What do you mean? What happened?"
She looked at Nathan, then in the backseat and saw Jay asleep with a washcloth in his hand. Looking closely, she could see the red, and puffiness around his eyes.
"I was giving him a bath when my cell rang, so I went to get it and was gone for like two minutes when I hear him screaming. I ran back in, and there was shampoo everywhere. He was trying to wash his hair."
"Oh God, did you rinse his eyes out?" She went about unbuckling her seat belt and hopped out of the front seat, only to jump in back, scooting close to her sleeping son.
She gently pulled open his eye lids and saw the slight redness. It wasn't that bad, but she was still worried.
"Of course I rinsed them out Haley!" he said somewhat upset at her insinuation.
"Well did you ask him things, to make sure that he could see alright?"
She knew his answer, from his silence.
"Wake up baby. Come on Jay, it's time to wake up." He slowly started to wake up, and take in his surroundings.
"Mommy, I hurt my eyes in the bath" he said, rubbing his hand on her face, something he always did as a baby.
"I know, daddy told me. Does it still hurt baby?" she said leaving feather-like kisses all over his face.
She continued to coddle him, while Nathan drove to the restaurant.
After eating lunch, the family of three made their way back to the hospitals' entrance to drop Haley off.
"Love you baby, make sure you be good for daddy and have fun at your game. I'll see you in the morning."
"Why in the morning?"
"Well, you'll be asleep when you get home. You'll be really tired. I gotta go, gimmie kisses" She said leaning forward and rubbing her nose against his for a few seconds. Kissing his cheek with her lips, she pulled back and went to the drivers' window.
"Dress warm tonight, it's freezing. And make sure you guys have fun."
"We will, good luck today on your surgery and remember, I love you and you are more than qualified to do this."
"I love you too. I'll see you tonight" She kissed him and left.
After an eventful day for the both of them, Nathan tucked Jay into his bed after changing his clothes. He'd been out as soon as Nathan carried him over the mass of Spurs fans celebrating their win.
Nathan thought of how he used to celebrate their winning drinking and partying with his friends. He definitely preferred watching his son cheer throughout the whole game, sharing a nice cold apple juice and tucking the exhausted boy into bed.
Going into his room, he turned on Sports Center to look at while he changed and waited for Haley to get in.
Haley sat in her car for a few more minutes trying to get herself together before going in. Her day had been terrible, and she didn't want to get home only to put a damper on Nathan's mood. She knew the Spurs had won, meaning her husband and son had a great night. She had been crying since she witnessed the doctor tell the horrible news to the waiting parents, and all she wanted to do was erase the day she'd had.
When she walked in the master bedroom, Nathan gave her a worried expression. He'd heard the garage door open, and knew she'd been out in the car for some time.
"Hey.. talk to me, how was work?" he said coming closer to her and intertwining his fingers with hers.
"It was work. How was the game?" she said ignoring his question.
"How was the surgery?" he wasn't letting her off easy.
"I heard the Spurs won." Her voice trembled as she turned away from him, and he noticed.
"Stop. Haley, talk to me." Grabbing her hips, he turned her back towards him. That's when he saw the tears slowly streaming down her face. "The baby died." She said just above a whisper.
"It wasn't your fault Hales" He pulled her into his embrace, knowing she blamed herself.
"I wasn't good enough to be on the team, it was my fault Nathan. We weren't quick enough and she was just so small."
"Come here" he led her to their bed, and held her while she cried that night. He knew it would take her a while to get over this, and he would be there no matter what.
"It's gonna be okay Haley.. it'll be okay," he wasn't sure how many times he repeated the mantra, but he didn't stop until her breathing evened out and she was asleep for the night.
After losing the young life on the operating table, Haley could only give credit to Nathan for helping her through that rough time. It had been a good two months since Haley's team lost the baby, and they had finally begun to move on. They had been with the case since the beginning and it was a hard loss on her department.
But that didn't stop Nathan from worrying about her.
For the last few weeks, he'd notice his wife start to bury herself in her work and watched her slowly put their son and himself on the back burner. He didn't like that.
It was only Tuesday, and her week was only getting more stressful. She came home from work and immediately got into writing profiles on her patients that were past due. Looking out of her office, and towards the new noise in the house, she saw Nathan come in carrying Jay who was talking at the speed of light.
He'd just spent the weekend at Deb and Dan's house, and they spoiled him rotten, meaning he always had so much to tell. As soon as he was places on the ground by his father, he ran into the office and started babbling non-stop.
"….and we saw Uncle Mike, and look what grandma got me"
"Not now baby"
"But look mommy, it's a racecar" He desperately wanted to show his mommy his new toy.
"Jay, not now, mommy's working" she said, her patience wearing thinner by the second.
"And a movie too, my Disney movies mommy, look you hafta' see" he said shoving the DVD box on her laptop, consequently hitting random buttons. Moving the box away, Haley looked up and saw everything she had been putting in for her patient gone.
Before she could try to restore the lost information, he began again, "…and then we got to go to the park and…"
"Dammit! Be quiet Jay! I said be quiet and I mean it. Can't you see mommy is working? Damn!" She bellowed out at the sensitive boy.
First his lip started to quiver, and then tears spilled down his rosy cheeks as he ran out of the room and into his fathers' arms. Nathan scooped him up in his arms and tried to hide his anger while comforting him. After telling him to go to his room, he walked into the office to find Haley still typing away.
"What's going on Haley?" he said trying to keep his temper in check.
"I'm busy Nathan, get out" she said bluntly.
"Really Hales? Hell no! I'm not four, you can't tell me what to do and expect me to listen."
Grabbing her arm, he pulled her out of the chair, and forced her into the garage, closing the door behind him.
"What the hell is wrong with you Haley? Making him cry like that?" he said not letting her pass him, when she tried to leave.
"What do you think? I'm so stressed Nathan. There's so much shit that I'm dealing with and…"
"Like what?" he interrupted "Huh? What is so bad, that it makes you not only ignore us all day, then go off on our fucking son?" There was only so much he could take. He knew this wasn't her, and he had to let her know that.
"I'm..." she started, but ended up choking on her words.
"You're what Haley!" he encouraged.
"I'm pregnant Nathan!" she screamed as the tears finally made their appearance.
"What?" He clearly thought he'd heard her wrong.
"I said I'm pregnant" she whispered.
"Just because I'm pregnant doesn't mean you can tell me what do to Nathan" Haley said to her husband climbing into his SUV outside of her doctor's office. They had just come from her 12th week check-up and were on the way to get Jay from preschool.
Nathan didn't smile or laugh at her statement, but sent her a grave look that proved he was not in a kidding mood.
"I still don't get why the hell the technician didn't say she wasn't gonna make it in. I really wanted to see the baby and make sure everything was fine."
"Babe, she was stuck behind an accident. We couldn't wait because we had to get Jay, so calm down. Dr. Lewis said I'm looking great and we'll come back in a couple days to get our ultrasound done. Stop worrying before you start to get wrinkles or something" She didn't want her husband to be as worried as he was, and she surely didn't want him to know how upset she was as well about not getting to see their baby.
"But Haley, you're still spotting. You shouldn't be spotting like you are this far along, it's not normal Hales. I just want to make sure everything is fine. I know what the doctor said, but you can't blame me for being a little on edge."
Haley held his hand the rest of the car ride and once the family made it home, Nathan got out plates for the pizza they'd picked up from their favorite restaurant. Haley placed him in the high chair and they both laughed as the nearly three year old went for the pizza with determination. They'd gotten used to letting him handle his food on his own, and only with certain foods, did they take over and feed the toddler themselves.
Once they were done with dinner, Haley took it upon herself to bathe Jay, and when they tucked him into bed, both parents were eager to sleep as well.
Nathan hadn't paid much attention to Haley climbing out of the bed well after midnight to get her routine glass of water, but shortly after she laid down next to him, he'd been awaken by the cold and wet sheets. Reaching to his left, he clicked on the small lamp on his side of the bed, and pulled the sheets down only to see his wife's bottom surrounded with blood.
"Haley, baby wake up. Wake up" he said not fully comprehending what he was seeing.
"What Nathan" she spoke groggily.
"You're bleeding Hales. You're bleeding"
Looking down at the front of her cotton night pants, Haley saw the large red stain, then looked to where Nathan was and saw another covering their sheets. She shook her head in denial as a sob left her body before she completely broke down.
Haley was unaware of what happened the remainder of the night, and wondered if it were possible to black out, but still be awake. She remembered sitting in the passenger seat of their car while Nathan reversed out of the parking lot. He had made it as far as their rental office when the car stopped and he went back to their previous parking space. She wasn't sure how long she sat in the car all of a sudden feeling cramps, but she vaguely remembered Nathan carrying her sleeping son out to the car and then apologizing for leaving him.
At the hospital she sat in a white room, but anything anyone said to her went like the expression, in one ear and out the other. She remembered hearing words like, chromosomal abnormalities, miscarriage, and sorry, but she felt numb and did her best to focus on her husband. She wasn't sure how much she cried, or if she even had visitors. She did know that she'd gotten to the hospital on "Thursday night" and after some procedures was home Friday afternoon. She didn't see Jay again until Monday. She hadn't even wondered where he was and didn't know until he told her on his sleepover at Logan's house.
Nathan had been her rock. No matter how much she cried, fought and purposely used her words to hurt him, he stayed by her side and refused to leave her alone. She was proud of herself when she'd awaken on Saturday morning, too early for anyone in their right mind, and held her crying husband. She knew he didn't mean to make anything about him, but she knew he'd lost their baby as well, not to mention he had already been so worried about the baby that day.
"Tell me what you're thinking Haley." Nathan had just put Jay down for bed, and joined his wife in their room. It had been three weeks since they'd lost the baby, and with Jay's birthday that weekend, they were still trying to cope with their loss while staying in good spirits for their son. Nathan's mom agreed to plan the boys' party, and Tonya was kind enough to host it at her house.
"I can't even think about possibly going through this ever again Nathan. Ever, I don't think I'm strong enough as it is so if I lose anoth…" she chocked on the words and reached over to grab his hands for support. "For now… no more. I don't think I could survive it"
"Okay… no more kids for now" As much as it hurt him to hear her say that, he knew he had to support his wife's decision.
"Are you sure?" he said moving closer to her.
"No, I mean I haven't been to the doctors, but last week I took a test and it came out positive."
She was obviously avoiding his gaze. The topic of more kids hadn't been brought up since their last discussion of "no more kids for now" and the fear sadly overpowered the excitement and possibilities.
"When was I going to find out?" he said looking down. This brought back memories that he didn't want to relive.
"I was going to tell you Nathan, I promise. I just got scared."
"Of my reaction?"
"No! Scared of being pregnant Nathan! Scared of losing another baby! Scared of being depressed again, shying away from Jay like I don't deserve him! I'm scared of it all. " she admitted crying.
Seeing his wives insecurities, he came and knelt in front of her. "I know how hard it was when we lost our baby Hales, it was the hardest thing we've ever gone through but we can't keep living in the past when it comes to our family. I can't guarantee that nothing will happen again, but I can promise you that no matter what I'll be there with you every single step of the way. Every doctor's appointment, every weird feeling, every craving you have, I'm there. You are a wonderful mother and what happened was not your fault Haley. You did everything right."
He hated to see her doubt herself like this.
"I trust you…it just brought back so many memories. I was such a different person after it happened. I can't lose another baby and lose myself as well. I can't do that to you and Jay."
"You know Hales, you know that you never have to go through anything alone, and you're so much stronger baby. You're the strongest person I know and I believe it's time for us to add to our family.
"I'm so sorry Nathan, I should have just come to you. I trust you, I do. I want to believe that we'll all be fine because I could never raise two kids without you. I don't know what I'd do if I ever lost you." She buried her face in his neck, breathing in his scent.
Kissing her hair, he held her body closer to his. "You'll never have to find out. I love you Hales, so much, so don't you ever forget that"
"I won't. I love you too" she pulled back and kissed his lips, while he wiped the remaining tears from her cheeks.
"You want to go to the doctors? I'm sure we can get an appointment for some time this week."
They were now both sitting on the floor with Haley in between his legs and his arms wrapped around her from behind.
"Yea, but... I wanna talk about it first." She started to play with his fingers, twisting his wedding ring off, and sliding the oversized ring over her slender fingers.
"Okay, you first" he said with an edge of concern in his voice.
"I wasn't sure how you would feel about having another baby… we didn't plan this and with work and Jay, I just wasn't... I don't know I was just scared I guess"
He maneuvered her around so that he could see her big brown expressive eyes staring back into his blue ones. "Haley, even if I wasn't ready for another baby, you weren't going to get an abortion, and I'll never put my kids up for adoption. There's no way, I could ever be upset about you being pregnant. No way. We didn't expect Jay, and he turned out to be the best thing in my life, along with you. I love that damn kid Hales and I'll love any other babies we have. We're going to be okay Hales, we have to believe that."
"I hurt his feelings didn't I?" she asked now really concerned and aware of how she treated her son.
"Yea, he might now like you right now."
"I never wanted to hurt my children like that, especially when they're this young and taking everything to heart."
"Just tell him you're sorry, but next time you hurt my lil man's feelings like that, you're gonna be on the couch, and we're taking the big bed, and I love hearing you say children" Smirk never leaving his face.
"Thank you for loving us so much" her eyes clouded with tears and before she knew it, she was sobbing once again with her head buried in the crook of his neck. But these were different tears. "I really am so happy"
He squeezed her back and nodded in agreement, controlling his emotions. "Me too Hales, me too"
Haley leaned up and kissed his lips passionately before pulling back after a few minutes. She quickly kissed his lips one last time, then walked back into the house. He knew she was going to see Jay.
When she walked in the toddlers' now Thomas the Train themed room, Jay was lying on the bed looking extremely sad, not to mention heartbroken.
He was holding a soft dark brown teddy bear closely to his chest. It was the bear that Nathan had brought to the hospital when he was born; his first present to his son. He loved the bear dearly, and usually never slept without it. The parents had recently started to wean the child off the bear, since Nathan found it "wussy" to have him clinging to a bear while growing up.
"Come here baby" she said taking a seat next to him on the bed. She lifted him in her arms and held him close to her as she rubbed his back, knowing it always soothed him.
"I'm so sorry baby. I wasn't being very nice, and I was wrong. Mommy's gonna try not to yell and say bad words anymore okay?"
She felt his head nod against her chest, and gave him an extra squeeze. "I love you baby, so much"
"I freakin' love you baby"
She could have sworn she was staring at her husband in that very moment. "Your father is brainwashing you" She said laughing. "No he not!" he said standing up next to her on the bed, now towering over her. Now he really looked like his father, height and all. After correcting him, she looked up to see Nathan standing in the doorway.
"I don't' know about you two, but I'm starving."
"Me too daddy!" he said jumping from his place on the bed and into his arms.
Taking a seat beside Haley, Nathan could help but think about the baby that could possibly be growing right now. "When is Drew coming back with Auntie Brooke and Uncle Lucas?" he said looking between both parents.
They knew he missed the three of them very much. It was hard on both boys; they were best friends. "Well they've still got a few more states to go to, and it should only be for a couple more months. I'll tell you what, how about we call them tonight after dinner that way you can't talk to them"
Just two days later, Haley and Nathan had the confirmation of her pregnancy and discovered she was already five weeks along. They were both pretty surprised that they hadn't realized it earlier, but with Haley's irregular cycle, they should have known better. The same happened when she was pregnant with Jason. The doctor spent a lot of time going over every question they had and could see the relief on their face when he announced that the pregnancy was not high risk. Haley's fears were settled and after a long visit, the couple was back home with their son.
They weren't sure at first if they should tell anyone yet, the fear although settled, still lingered deep down. Together they decided that they would tell Nathan and Haley's parents, Brooke and Lucas, Tonya and Matt and Haley's co-workers their news. Where Jay was concerned, Haley finally decided to just tell him whenever he became curious about her growing stomach and Nathan agreed.
They were pregnant again, and couldn't wait to see where this new road would take them.
AN: I know this chapter had some weight to it and I did much research to not have anything just falsified. I've experienced, with others, not myself miscarriage and how it affects a family and the parents. You have my sincere apologies if you've been through this tragedy, and I pray you've had much support and love through it. Please review and give me your thoughts. Thanks so much for reading!
Jennifer