Piece By Piece

It's Quiet Uptown

TW: Loss Of Pregnancy

The last few days had been filled with doctor's appointments and getting things ready for when the baby would arrive. Jensen made sure to be at every appointment as well as helping Malia with what needed to be done and bought for the baby. They knew they had time but they wanted to get a jump start at it so they wouldn't forget anything.

They decided to tell the staff the good news, simply because they would need their help with converting one of the bedrooms into a nursery. Malia chose the room closest to theirs, and to surprise her and make it official, Jensen had bought a little plaque that read "nursery" and pinned it to the door.

One afternoon, Mackenzie, Jensen's sister, dropped by for a visit. Malia set an afternoon snack for them in the parlor so they could catch up. They hadn't seen each other since the dinner party, even though they would speak every other day on the phone. Malia wanted to tell her the good news but knew she couldn't. They decided to wait for a good reason and, besides, it wouldn't take much longer for them to be able to tell everyone.

Halfway through Mackenzie's visit, they heard a commotion at the door. As Malia is standing up to go and see what was happening, Mallory walks in the room. Malia immediately refuses to have Mallory in her home and tries to kick Mallory out, but she wasn't going anywhere.

They began arguing, Mallory making crazy accusations at Malia and Malia continuously trying to get her out of her home. That's when the unthinkable happens. Mallory, in an access of rage, shoves Malia, who loses her balance and falls. Mallory, seeing this, takes advantage of Malia's fall and starts kicking her repeatedly, as hard as she could.

Malia did her best to protect herself but with little success. Mallory was quick and was hitting her over and over again, despite her cries to stop. Mackenzie jumped in and tried separating them, but Mallory was deceivingly strong. It took Malia's staff to step in for Mallory to stop.

When Mackenzie was finally able to reach Malia, she noticed that she was bleeding and quickly yelled for someone to call an ambulance. Malia was crying, afraid of what that might meant for her unborn child and begged Mackenzie to call Jensen.

Jensen arrived at the house shortly after the ambulance and the police, and as he stepped out of the car, he saw Mallory being brought out in cuffs. Rushing inside, fear creeping up on his chest, he saw the paramedics placing Malia on a stretcher and starting to carry her out to the ambulance.

He grabbed her hand, telling her that he was there and letting the paramedics know that she was pregnant. Jensen heard the small gasp that came from behind him, knowing it belonged to his sister, but he didn't turn. His whole focus was on his wife.

Jensen had been waiting for news on Malia for what felt like hours, sitting in the waiting room of the hospital. His family, as well as Malia's father, had join him soon after he had gotten there. He was sure that it was Mackenzie who had called them. He was thankful for that; at that moment he couldn't think about anything else other than his wife and he was grateful to have them there for support.

It didn't take long for a doctor to come find him and to give him the news he had been dreading. Due to all the blows that Malia had sustained to her lower abdomen, she had lost the baby. Jensen doesn't remember anything else. He didn't know how he got on his knees, or who helped him sit back on a chair, or even who was that asked what room Malia was in. All he remembered was the sound of his heart breaking and the thought of how was he going to tell her about their child.

Jensen took a few minutes to pull himself together. He couldn't break down now, he had to be strong for her. She had been so excited about the baby, he knew without a doubt she would've made a great mother, and now he was going to have to break her heart and tell her that the baby was gone. Life wasn't fair and all he wanted was to punch something, scream until he lost his voice, but he couldn't. She was going to need him now more than never and he was damned if he wasn't going to do everything he could for her.

Walking into her room, he was sure that as soon as she would see him, she would know, so it came as an unexpected blessing to find her asleep. Sitting next to the bed, he held her hand, caressing it with his thumb, and waited, preparing himself to tell her something he never thought he would have to.

Malia stirred and Jensen knew she was waking up. As soon as her eyes opened, she looked at him and asked him about the baby. He knew he had to tell her, but for a split second, he considered lying. Instead, he very carefully told her the truth. Seeing her breaking down in front of him, almost made him lose it, but he didn't. He got up and laid next to her in the hospital bed, holding her close while she cried.

It took a nurse coming in and giving her another sedative, for Malia to be able to rest again. Jensen was even more broken now than he was when he was first told. Watching his wife retreat into herself, not even looking at him, made him feel like he was losing a war he didn't even knew he was fighting. He was sure it would take some time but that, eventually, they would be back to their old selves. Just how much time, he didn't know, but he was determined to wait for as long as it took.