Change for the Better

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Meredith and Melissa were out of the room and now it was just me Sarah and Elijah. Sarah looked over at Elijah with a smile. "Are you her father?" She asked.

If I had water in my mouth I would have spit it out from shock. Elijah chuckled and shook his head "no I'm just a friend helping Amelia."

Sarah nods "well we will be going over some personal stuff like how to breast feed and pump if she chooses to and other things, you are more then welcome to stay or step out for now." She said with a bright smile.

Elijah looked over at me with a straight face. "What would you prefer Amelia?" He asked gently.

My face turned really red, I could feel the heat. "Can you step out? Just for the first part at least?" I asked quietly.

Elijah nods and stands up leaving the room just for me and Sarah.

*****

It's been 2 hours and we have finally finished. I decided that I want to breastfeed so I don't have to by formula. That is one of the only reasons I choose to pump. Elijah cam back in a few minutes ago which was kinda useless cause Sarah went to get a pump so she could help me pump for the first time.

I look over at Elijah and smile "hey I just wanted to say thank you for everything, I know we only just met yesterday but you have done so much so thank you."

Elijah smiled "you don't have to thank me Amelia, I am happy to help. Oh I should probably mention you will be staying with me until you are ready to be on your own. Don't worry about rent, food, clothes or anything cause I will supply all of that, even diapers, and clothing for your daughter."

I was shocked. I could feel the tears start to fall from my eyes. That is truly such a big relief. "Thank you so much Elijah... how can I ever repay you?"

Elijah got out and stood by my bed holding my hand tightly. "No need for that, I promise. But right now I'm going to head home and change, get a room set up for you and baby then I'll be back ok? I'll be back within 3 hours I promise."

I nod knowing he won't lie to me. "Ok, I'll see you when you come back."

He nods and walks out.

*****

"Is this supposed to be this painful?!" I asked quickly as I held onto the bench by the window tightly. Me and Sarah were behind a curtain and she was showing me how to pump for the first time. It's really uncomfortable.

Sarah frowned and nods "it normally is painful the first time and then the first few seconds you do it again after today. It is normally unpleasant and uncomfortable. We can look at formula options if you don't like this?" She said quickly, telling me my choice's.

I shake my head as the pain goes away but is still very uncomfortable. I lean against the window trying to relax. "No, I want to breastfeed." I spoke quickly.

Sarah nods as she sits down beside me and rubs my arm comforting me to the best of her ability.

We sat there for about 15 minutes pumping. When the pumps finally came off, I don't know anything better then that feeling. It was such a relief.

Sarah helped me back to the bed before cleaning up. It was weird I thought it would take longer to move around without pain, but I'm moving around 5 hours after my procedure with little to no pain, I have a lot of discomfort but not really any pain, which I think is good.

There was a knock on the door and I was expecting a nurse to just walk in but no one did. "Come in!" I spoke loudly.

In walked Elijah wearing a different suit. I smiled at him but my smile immediately dropped when I saw Meredith and Melissa behind him.

"Hello Amelia I hope you have time for my questions now. This will only take 20 minutes." She asked with a smile on her face.

I groaned and sighed before nodding. "Fine, 20 minutes" I said sternly. I swear I just went through the 5 stages of grief in 5 seconds.

Melissa smiled and grabbed a chair as Meredith left the room once Melissa was settled.

"So Amelia I heard you are a runaway, and have no place to stay, so where will you be staying with you daughter?"

Wow way to jump right in to it I guess. "Well I'm staying with Elijah until further notice." I look over at Elijah as he nods his head in agreement.

Melissa nods as she starts to write something down. "And what is your relation to Elijah?"

I sighed. I can't wait for this to be over. "He's my friend"

Melissa wrote something down, her face still showing no expression. "What drugs have you used before?"

My face dropped. I'm going to kill her. I looked down at my hands and started to fidget with them. "Elijah can you leave the room please?" I really don't want him to hear this.

Elijah nods and leave the room quietly. He's going to think lowly of me now. "I started out with pills, then a month before I found out I was pregnant I started heroin...." I said lowly as I'm very disappointed in myself.

Melissa nodded and wrote everything down. "Do you plan on going back on drugs?"

Yup that's it I'm going to punch this bitch. I quickly get out of the bed even though my body is screaming at me. "Get the fuck out of here you bitch!" I yelled get as far as I could before my body collapsed onto the floor.

Melissa quickly got up and went over to me. "Amelia are you ok?!" I could hear worry in her voice. Faker.

I heard the door open and close before Elijah was down next to me. "Amelia are you ok? What happened?" His worry seemed real.

I glared at Melissa. "I want her out of here... now!" I don't want to see her face ever again in my life.

Elijah nodded and escorted Melissa out, as I stood up, being very careful as my body hurts badly. Elijah came back in a little bit later with a smile "I have great news, we can go see your daughter now."

I quickly look up at him with a huge smile. "Really?!? Well what are we waiting for, let's go!!" I grabbed the walker that the hospital gave me to help me get around and headed towards the door with Elijah behind me.

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Date Finished: 04/08/24

Word Count: 1159