I'm Yours (Sequel to "You're mine")

Chapter 64: Sharp pain

Talia's POV

"Yes, Peter, that's the right answer," I said and, right after, the bell rang. "We'll end here and continue tomorrow. Have a good day."

The students started clearing the tables and packing their things. They weren't that fast, they seemed to have all the time in the world which I thought was odd as they had another class right now...

Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in my belly. I put my hand over it and caressed it gently. I breathed deeply in and out, trying to calm down.

When the pain didn't stop, I slowly made my way to my desk and sat down on the chair. I waited a bit and was relieved when the pain slowly lessened.

"Hey Talia," Heather said as she entered my classroom. She frowned when she saw me. "Is everything alright?"

"Yeah," I forced a smile on my face. "Things are perfectly fine."

She looked at me for a while before walking to me. "How is Leah doing?"

"She's good," I nodded. "She's been meeting with a therapist."

Heather raised her eyebrows. "Really?" She seemed to think about something. "How is that going for her?"

"It's going well," I frowned a bit. "Why?"

"Just asking," She smiled then. "It's good she looked for someone if she needed that."

I slowly nodded.

She looked serious then, looking me up and down. "Are you sure you're ok?"

I nodded again. "I'm just a bit tired," I faked a yawn. "I think I need to sleep more, especially with the pregnancy..."

She nodded then, seemingly believing my lie. "Yeah, make sure you get enough rest. That's important."

"I know," I smiled a bit. "I'll go to bed early today."

"Good."

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As the day went on, the pain got worse. The pain got sharper and didn't go away. It felt as if my belly was being strangled. The pain was too much to handle...

During lunchtime, I took my phone. As I was going through my contacts, I noticed just how harsh my breathing was. Something was wrong...

"Hey T." Leah said, she sounded happy.

"Baby," I looked down. "You have to come to get me."

She didn't answer immediately, as if she didn't know what to respond. "What's wrong?"

"I'm in pain," I started to sniffle as I finally let my true emotions out. "It's not good, please hurry."

I heard her breathing change, indicating she was getting worried as well. "I'll be there in 15 minutes. Wait in your classroom, I'll come to you."

I nodded, even though she couldn't see it. "Hurry."

"I will, I'll see you soon." She then hung up.

I put my phone down and rested my head on my desk. I felt like making myself small, like I wanted to roll into a ball. Something was wrong...

After a while, the door to my classroom opened. "T," And I could hear it was Leah. She rushed to me. "Hey," She pulled me up and looked at me. "What's wrong?"

By now, I was crying. Tears were streaming down my face as the pain got too much. Instead of talking to her, I showed her with my hand.

She looked at my belly and gulped. She looked back into my eyes. "Let's go to the hospital," She wrapped her arm around me and pulled me up. She supported me all the way to the car. On our way through the hallways, I could see how my colleagues and students were looking at us. Some colleagues knew Leah from when she was a student here, I knew then I had some explaining to do... When we reached the car, Leah quickly opened the passenger door and helped me get in. "Are you good like that?"

I nodded.

She closed the door and hurried to her side of the car. She rushed and brought me to the hospital.

When we arrived there, nurses came with a bed and I was taken away from Leah.

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Leah's POV

I hated feeling so powerless. As they had taken T away from me, I was just waiting for any kind of news from her. I knew nothing. I didn't even know what they were doing with her. I kind of thought that I could be with her, as I'm her wife...

I tried to keep myself busy with my phone. Or I'd listen to some music. But nothing would really work. My thoughts were with T. I was worried!

Finally, after 45 minutes, a nurse came to me. She took me away from the waiting room, which I knew meant that there was bad news. "Our apologies for the long wait, Mrs. Jacobs."

I nodded.  "How is my wife doing?"

"We did some tests," She took a clipboard which held some papers. "We were able to see she is pregnant with twins, is that correct?"

I nodded again.

She nodded and suddenly, a sad expression was on her face. "Your wife told us about the pain she was experiencing, we immediately worried for the babies."

I sighed and looked away, preparing myself for the bad news I knew would come.

"We could see with the tests that one of the babies died," She said, pausing a bit. "The other baby seems to be doing alright."

I looked back at her. "What now?" T will be devastated when she finds out... How was I going to deal with that? Again...

"We'd like to keep your wife here for a few days, due to her past. We saw in her records she had two miscarriages before this one."

I nodded again. "She had severe depression afterward too."

The nurse nodded and wrote something down on the papers, I wondered if she wrote down what I had just said...

"Can I see her?"

She looked at me then. "Of course," She showed me a small smile. "It's this way," We walked to a quiet place in the hospital, a few rooms were there. I noticed we were close to the ER. "Here you go, ma'am."

"Thank you," I smiled politely at the nurse, who then left. I then looked at T, she was laying in the same bed I had seen her in before. "Hey," I said as I slowly walked to her. I sat down on the chair next to her bed before taking her hand in mine. "How are you?"

T shrugged. "The pain is gone," She sighed deeply before looking at her belly. She caressed it with her free hand. "Are they ok, baby?" She asked softly.

I gulped, unable to say the bad news yet again. How do you tell that to someone? How do I break my wife's heart again?

She looked at me then, her eyes got teary-eyed. "Did they both...?" She was unable to say the word out loud, but I knew what she wanted to ask.

I shook my head. "One of them is."

She looked back at her belly. She caressed it again. "Keep strong, please."

Seeing that and hearing that... It was my worst nightmare come true. I knew, I felt that this could happen. I feared for this to happen. Why did it happen? Was it my fault because I thought about this bad outcome? Was I to blame?

She looked at me again. "What now?"

I looked at her then. "They're going to keep you here for a few days, to make sure you and the other baby are ok."

She pulled my hand to her lips and kissed it. "I don't want to miss you so long."

I gulped. "You won't," I got up and sat on her bed then. "I will stay here, day and night, with you."

She smiled a bit. "What about school?"

My eyes went to her belly, thinking about the loss we had. I knew she was going to feel it sometime. I knew I had to be here when she did. I looked back at her. "This is more important now."

"Thank you," She said, barely above a whisper. "I love you."

I smiled a bit. "I love you too."