Promised You Heaven

Chapter 27-Exhausted

Rhiannon's POV

I got up from the couch and hurried to the bathroom.  I had been cramping for a while, I didn't mention anything to Josh because I figured it was nothing.  The cramps started to get more severe as the movie went on.  I finally got up and rushed to the bathroom, If I was feeling what I thought I was feeling then there was definitely something wrong.  I pulled down my pants and to see blood on them.  I felt my heart start to race,

"Josh!" I screamed.  I heard the sound of him running to me and tried to remind myself to breathe. He turned the corner stopping in the doorway as he stared at me, "We need to go to the hospital," I managed to say even though it felt like no words were coming out,

"What, why?" He asked in a shaky voice as he got closer to me,

"I'm bleeding" I said, and when the words left my mouth and I saw Josh's reaction I felt my heart break. I started to cry as Josh froze

"What do I do?" He asked suddenly,

"Go get a shirt and shoes on so we can leave," I said half yelling because I was starting to panic.  He nodded and quickly ran to his room.  I looked around trying to figure out how to get to the hospital without bleeding on the seat of Josh's car or through my clothes.  I didn't have pads or anything.   I decided my best option was to wad up toilet paper and use it as a makeshift pad, the drive to the hospital wasn't to far thankfully. 

"I need pants!" I shouted to Josh,

"Ok hold on!" He said, and I could hear the panic in his voice.  I could hear the sound of his feet hitting the floor as he ran around getting things and putting on clothes.  He rounded the corner with a pair of sweatpants and I quickly slid them on.  I grabbed a towel from one of the boxes to put down on Josh's front seat just in case.  His face was flushed as he grabbed my hand and wrapped his arm around me.  The cramps had gotten pretty severe at this point and I was almost doubled over in pain.  We got into the elevator and Josh pushed the button repeatedly until the doors opened and we stepped in,

"I'm so sorry Josh, this is my fault, I carried those heavy boxes and I just did too much today," I said as tears streamed down my face.

"It's going to be ok, we just have to get you to the hospital," Josh said in a voice that I knew was supposed to be comforting but I could tell he was just as scared as me.  I also knew he was probably wrong about everything being ok, but I didn't have the heart or the energy at this point to tell him.  The elevator doors opened and we hurried to the car.  Josh opened the door and I quickly tried to lay down the towel with my shaky hands.  He helped me into my seat than ran to get into his.  The car ride consisted of me trying to slow my breathing as my sobs continued, and Josh holding my hand, constantly telling me how much he loved me and that it was going to be ok, which only made me feel worse.  We pulled up to the emergency entrance and Josh dropped me off before quickly parking the car.   He ran over to meet me at the door and I hobbled inside with his help.  We walked up to the counter to the receptionist who seemed very unbothered by our prescence

"She's bleeding" Josh said urgently, the lady behind the counter got out papers from a filing cabinet

"Did you cut yourself ma'am" She asked calmly, Josh put his head in his hand realizing she wasn't understanding

"I think I'm having a miscarriage." I said softly, Josh's eyes shot to me and his face fell.  I knew he probably had an idea that thats what was happening but I think hearing it come from my mouth shocked him.  I saw his eyes start to tear up as he quickly turned away, trying to discreetly wipe them away. 

"Can you please just get us into a room so we can see a doctor," He said harshly, but I knew it was just because he was scared, and hurting. 

"A nurse will be right out" she said as she handed me papers to sign.  A few seconds later a nurse walked out and called my name.