Chapter 60

Jamie looked over as Hunter grabbed her hand. They were currently in a hospital room, on the maternity floor, in the high risk area. Jamie hated that she was labeled as high risk and that they were all really worried about the twins, and the fact of the matter was, she was just as worried as everyone else at the moment. Jamie didn't think she could survive it if they lost another child, and if they lost both of the twins because of the stress or whatever it was that had happened that was causing her to be in the early stages of premature labor, then she wasn't sure she could ever face her husband again. Jamie knew this had to be her fault, that she was hurting herself by always worrying about when Shane was going to pop up next, when he was going to hurt her again, and when he was going to try and hurt the babies. Jamie knew it was her job to protect the twins, and she couldn't do that and worry about Shane every single second of every single day, it was hurting her babies. Jamie was just grateful that they had managed to stop the labor for the moment, but they said that there was always a chance that it could start itself back up again.

"Hey, stop blaming yourself, this isn't your fault." Hunter said as he kissed her temple and lightly ran his fingers through her hair, knowing that it usually helped to calm her down and soothe her.

"How could it not be my fault? I am the one carrying them inside of me and that means it's my job to protect them and keep them safe, and instead I am hurting them by not following the orders my doctor left for me." Jamie said evenly.

"Jamie, no one else knows what you go through. The doctor understands that you are really stressed, that your life is full of stress. He knows that you are terrified of Shane and having him come back around again, and he knows what happened at our last house and how it terrifies you that Shane could have somehow gotten into our new one. He also knows you are terrified to lose these two, like we lost our first baby." Hunter said softly, knowing that deep down his wife was completely and utterly scared out of her mind.

"What if Shane tries to hurt the babies after they are born? What if I end up having them super early and they need to go to the NICU and Shane manages to get in there and hurt them while they are so vulnerable? What if after I give birth and everyone is focused on the babies, Shane sneaks in here and tries to kidnap me again? What if I go into premature labor and it's way too early and the babies can't make it, what if we lose them after they are born?" Jamie whispered all her fears, but it was the last one that had tears falling from her eyes.

"Jamie, everything is going to be just fine. You heard our doctor, the NICU team will be on standby if you have the little ones too early, and there are babies who are born way before 28 weeks and they survive." Hunter pointed out. "Honey, you just have to remember, that the doctors here are trained for every scenario and we have our own security team that will help keep Shane away, so just relax and try to calm yourself down."

Tyler looked over at Edge and could tell that he was worried about her. Tyler was 34 weeks pregnant, not yet full term but just about there. Edge was concerned that Tyler would be so stressed about Jamie and what was going on with her, that she might cause harm to herself and the baby she was carrying inside of her. Tyler had missed her own appointment, mainly because there was no way that Tyler was going to be able to stay at her doctors office, knowing that her best friend was in premature labor with the twins and that if it wasn't stopped, than those two little ones would be coming out way too early. Now the two of them were sitting in the waiting room, waiting to see if Jamie would be released or if they were going to admit her to the hospital for a little while. Tyler looked up as a nurse came out and walked over to them.

"You can come on back now. Your friend is in room 30098." The nurse told them as she let them through the locked door and back into the main ward. She pointed towards the area that was stated as high risk and Tyler's eyes widened, knowing just being in that area probably had Jamie freaking out more.

Tyler and Edge walked down the hallway and into the room. When Tyler saw the red swollen eyes of her friend, she knew how scared she really was.

"Ahh… Jamie, everything will be all right." Tyler said as she walked, well, waddled, over to the bed and took a seat in the other chair that was over there.

"I know." Jamie said as she held her friends hand. "How are you feeling? Did the doctor manage to find out what you are having?"

"I didn't go to my appointment. You're my best friend and there was no way that I was ever going to allow you to go through something scary like this without me being around." Tyler informed her with a soothing smile. Tyler could tell that Jamie was strung up tightly and one little thing going wrong could possibly make her snap. A quick glance at her friends husband confirmed he was incredibly worried about his wife. "So, are you getting to go home or are you stuck here?"

"I am staying here, at least overnight. However, if the doctor thinks it's necessary than he may admit me for the remaining time of my pregnancy." Jamie sighed with frustration as she glanced over at her husband. "Which totally sucks considering there is so much I still have to do for the twins."

"Honey, I can handle whatever is left and there is my family." Hunter reminded her with a smile.

"Your family is coming here?" Tyler asked with a shocked look at Hunter.

"Yeah, they weren't going to come until the twins were born but after this whole thing, they decided it would be best if they came early so they could help out and keep Jamie as stress free as they could make it. My sister husband is a cop, so he is taking vacation time and bringing his weapons and stuff down here, that way he could make sure that Jamie knows they won't let anything happen to her or the twins. There is more…" Hunter trailed off and the worried look on his face said he wasn't sure how this was going to come across.

"What is it?" Tyler asked looking between her best friend and her best friends husband.

"We are planning to move back to my hometown, closer to my family." Hunter said softly.

Tyler felt like she had been kicked in the gut. She had always figured they would be raising their kids together, that they would always live close to each other and that they would carpool their kids to school, laugh about the teachers that were at the school and doing the holidays together, especially the Halloween trick or treating. Tyler didn't know how she was supposed to react to this news, she didn't even know how she wanted to react because she felt numb and blindsided. She could see the fear and panic in Jamie's eyes and as much as she wanted to reassure her friend, she didn't think she could. Tyler didn't know whether or not their friendship could even survive this secret, because it was obvious this wasn't something that just came up, and Tyler wondered how long Jamie and Hunter had been holding this in.

Shane was pacing back and forth, wondering how long it took for the medicine he had managed to slip to Jamie would take to kick in. He had managed to slip some stuff into her favorite tea and he knew it would send her into premature labor. She would probably be at home alone and unable to figure out what was going on when everything hit and so by the time she made it to a doctor or hospital, she would be in full labor and they wouldn't be able to stop it. He knew that it was a big risk, but he was tired of waiting for her to have those babies, he wanted Jamie and he wanted her now. If this didn't work then he had a new plan and as soon as Jamie was at home alone in their new house, she would become his the way she was meant to be, and if he had to cut the babies out of her womb himself, he would do it, because he was tired to dealing with a pregnant and irrational Jamie, once those babies were out of her, she would see that he was the one for her, he just knew it.