I was not feeling well, I knew something was not right, but I could not assure it one hundred percent, so I tried to give it as little importance as possible, rethinking whether to explain it to Mon-el, or to keep quiet, even though he was the one who sat next to me and, despite not speaking, thought about it, worried about what might be happening to me.
"I don't feel her, I listen her heartbeat, but she doesn't move" I explained without wanting to cry.
"She doesn't have to move all the time" he whispered resting my back on his chest, placing his hands on my belly.- Surely she's fine, okay?" he kissed my hair.
I wanted to nod despite not being sure, but his words were true, she did not have to keep moving all day, so I should not worry.
I woke up to the stiffness and pain of my abdomen, thinking I might be in labor, but it was still early for that, so I was alarmed. I wanted to get out of bed, but I was caught the moment I saw the pool of blood on the sheets, wanting to scream, wake Mon-el up, but finding myself completely paralyzed by panic.
"Mon-el" I managed to find my voice to call him, watching him get up and turn on the light, feeling as he was alarmed when he realized the scene, having to hold me in the moment I fell against him.
"Kaelah, shh, hold up" he asked me, but it was difficult, everything was starting to spin.
He laid me on the bed, getting up to call Alex, listening him speaking in the background, but without being able to focus on the conversation or on something that was happening around me. I closed my eyes in tears, trying to keep myself as calm as possible, but it was not easy, losing the notion of time, rather, losing consciousness, because when I woke up, I was in the DEO and Alex was asking me questions, but I was stunned as to understand her.
"Kaelah, hey, look at me" she grabbed my face to help me focus, but it was easy to disperse me. "Hey, we have to do a c-section, I'm sorry, but it's the only way for this to go well" she dried my tears, allowing Mon-el to stand beside me, holding my hand.
"Take care of her" I asked feeling that I was returning to unconsciousness.
"Kaelah ..." I was not able to focus on his words, because I soon fell unconscious.
When I returned to consciousness, my mother was sitting in one of the chairs, making sure that the blanket that covered me was well placed and still covering me.
"Mom ..." I called her.
"Hey, shh, you have to be calm, honey" she whispered caressing my hair. "You lost a lot of blood" she said while I was trying to find Mon-el, to know something about the little girl. "They just let him go see her, they haven't given us any kind of explanation" she said trying to keep me calm, but that only altered me more. "Sweetheart, hey, everything will be fine, she's strong, okay?" she stroked my face with the intention of drying my tears.
I closed my eyes to the little information I received, trying not to get upset, because I knew it was worse for me. However, I was aware that I needed some kind of information about the little one and I was not going to calm down until that did not happen.
"You are very pale" said Alex placing her hand on my forehead, making me look at her. "Hey, she's okay, all she can be" she said crouching her head. "There was a moment that I thought that I had lost both of you, but her heart started beating again, yours too and you will recover properly, okay?" she dried my tears, because they had increased with her last words. "Soon you will be able to go to see her, but first you have to rest," she whispered with a small smile. "Kara is out, scared, I haven't seen her like that for a long time, she wants to wait a while before coming in" she commented, to which I nodded slightly. "I'll come to see how you are, okay?" she kissed my forehead before leaving.
I looked at my mother, who smiled at me slightly before brushing the hair away from my face, watching me closely while caressing my cheek and kissing my forehead, turning her head towards the door, which made me want to move, but it was somewhat complicated with all the blankets that covered me. However, I felt my eyes fill with tears the moment I saw him there, watching me with a small smile before kissing my forehead.
"Have you seen her?" I asked in just a whisper, watching as he nodded. "How is she?" I questioned.
"So little" he answered with a smile. "She has to be watched for now, they think for a month," he explained. "How are you?" he asked me.
"Better" I answered.
"I thought I was losing you, that I was losing both of you" he began to cry. "I didn't know how to react, I got scared when I came back and I saw you unconscious" he admitted.
"I'm fine" I whispered without wanting to cry with him.
"I know" he smiled slightly. "You just need to rest" he affirmed to what I nodded, because it was true. "Try to sleep, sweetie" kissed my hair.
I could not believe what I was hearing from Alex, smiling at Mon-el, who was helping me to get up, rather, he was grabbing me to sit in the wheelchair they had just brought, nervous about what was going to happen.
As we got closer, I was feeling the tears in my eyes, which increased the moment I saw the little girl in the incubator, it was true that she was smaller than the twins.
"If you need to leave, we can do it" Alex whispered, to which I nodded. "I'm sorry you can not hold her yet, but she is progressing, little by little" she said making me look at her with a smile, grateful for everything she was doing. "Have you decided a name for her?" she asked us.
"Eira," replied Mon-el placing his hand on my shoulder.
I could not help smiling, because the debate of the name had been broad, at first we had not agreed, because we both had different ideas, but it was my mother who had contributed the idea, getting us not to displease anybody, as well that this must be the right name for her.
I felt the tears begin to take over my eyes, making me sob without even being able to prevent it, drawing the attention from them, for I felt their eyes on me, indeed, Mon-el came to crouch in front of me, stroking my cheeks.
"Do you want us to go out?" He asked me to what I agreed with determination, yes, I needed to be in a different space. "Okay" he smiled sitting up.
At the moment we were back in the room, Mon-el did not hesitate to hold me in his arms and sit on the bed, hugging me so that I could be with my head buried in his neck, unable to stop crying.
It was true that Alex had tried to explain to me on more than one occasion what had happened, but I had refused to listen to her, because I did not want to continue thinking about it, I wanted to believe that everything would be fine, that she would be fine and I refused to know in what situation she had been in the beginning.
"What happened?" For the first time in two days I heard my sister ask, getting me to look at her, wanting to get rid of Mon-el's hug to hug her. "I'm sorry I didn't come before" she whispered hugging me tightly. "How are you? "She asked worriedly, which made me shrug as I pulled away from her, making her look at Alex with concern.
"She's better" she said at the same time that my sister was holding my chin. "It is logical that all this affects her" she explained.
Kara hugged me again, not letting me go, because she seemed afraid of doing it and, truthfully, I did not want to separate from her, because my sister meant too much to allow her to leave again.
"Hey, you have to calm down, okay?" My sister caressed my hair. "Everything will be fine" she whispered making me nod, yes, I wanted to believe that everything would be fine.
Thank you for reading,
Ayrin
