Forbidden Bonds

Chapter 22

Sebastian

Sebastian is woken up the next morning by a loud banging noise coming from the bathroom. "Ouch!" someone yelps.

He gets up and rushes into the bathroom, where Skye is on the floor. "Skye!" he says, alarmed, "Are you okay?"

"I'm o...okay," she answers, "I think I h...hurt my a...ankle."

"What were you doing? You aren't supposed to be up by yourself anyway!"

"I had to go to the b...bathroom!"

"You should've woken me up! Angela could've helped you!"

"I'm s...sorry, I d...didn't t...think a...about t...that. I t...thought it would be o...okay."

He shakes his head. "Let me help you up. I'm going to have Angela look at your ankle."

"O...okay." She slowly stands up and her leg buckles from beneath her. "Ow!"

Sebastian sighs and gently picks her up, carrying her back to the hospital bed. Once she's settled on the bed, he mindlinks Angela. "Angela," he says, "could you come to Skye's room?"

"Yes, of course," Angela responds, "Why?"

"She went to the bathroom by herself and took a fall. I think her ankle is sprained."

"I'll be there soon."

Skye begins to fidget around in the bed, obviously uncomfortable. "Skylar," Sebastian says, "stop moving around some much. You're going to hurt yourself again."

Angela comes into the room, where Sebastian is gently scolding Skye. "Skylar," she says, "let me look at your ankle." Skye moves her leg to where Angela can see it. "Ooh, ouch, that's definitely sprained. Were you able to put any weight on it?"

"She wasn't," Sebastian answers, "her leg buckled when she tried to."

Angela sighs. "I'm going to wrap your ankle."

"W...will I still be a...able to go home?"

"Yes, as long as your ankle doesn't worsen."

"So r...rest?"

"Yes, rest. I'll go and get your discharge papers." She leaves the room.

Silas and Celeste begin to fuss. Skye looks startled. "Skye?" Sebastian says, "What do I do?"

"Give them to me. T...they're probably hungry a...again."

Sebastian carefully gives Skye Silas and then Celeste. Skye awkwardly lowers her gown and begins to feed them both. "Skylar? Is it okay for you to feed them at the same time?"

Skye looks unsure. "I d...don't know." She looks frantically around the room "I d...didn't t...think about t...that! I...this...t...this is h...how I f...fed G...Gray and T...Theo!"

"Skye, it's okay, we can ask Angela when she gets back." This doesn't help as much as he thought it would. "Skylar, it's okay!"

Angela comes running into the room. "What the hell is going on?" she asks. She sees that Skye is feeding the twins. "Oh, they're eating well, that's good." Skye lets out a whimper, her uncertainty and fear finally coming to a head. Angela sets the discharge paper onto the bedside table. "Honey, what's wrong?" She shakes her head, unable to answer. Angela turns to Sebastian. "What's going on?"

"Is it okay for her to breastfeed both at the same time?" he blurts out.

"That's fine, one may need more than the other though." She looks back at Skye. "If that happens, don't worry too much. Babies each have their own personalities, so if things differ a bit between them, that's okay."