Basketball Diaries.

Chapter 22 - Shattered Moment. [Part 1.]

"Oh my goodness!" Craig spazzed as he jumped up. "Are you bleeding? What's going on?"

In that instant, Rose smashed against the wall, holding her stomach. She started to scrunch her eyes and clutch her stomach in pain.

"Ooooooh!" Rose moaned. "Get me to a hospital!!"

"Okay! Okay, baby!" Craig panted as he picked her up and raced out of the house. "Lets get out of here!"

Craig placed Rose carefully into the passenger seat, jumped into the drivers seat, and sped off. The whole time, he was doing nothing but spazzing out. He didn't know how the "laboring" process worked, how it went, or what would happen. All he was worried about was getting her to the hospital as soon as he could. He sat close to the steering wheel, flooring the petal and racing as fast as he could. Suddenly, Craig got stuck in the middle of traffic. He started panting hard as he turned to Rose. She was scrunching and squirming in her seat, fighting through the gut wrenching pain. She started to shout and raise her voice as Craig started to freak out even more.

"What's wrong?!" Craig cried as he looked over at her.

"It........it hurts!" Rose squealed as she gripped onto Craig's cotton seats. "I need to get to the hospital! OOOH."

"Don't worry, baby!" Craig said, hyperventilating out of fear. "I'm going to get you there!"

Suddenly, a little bit more blood started trickling down Rose's legs, causing her to shout in pain. She grabbed Craig's arm and squeezed it extremely hard, causing him to jump.

"Rose!" Craig wailed as he looked at her.

"AAAREEGHHH." Rose screamed to the top of her lungs.

Suddenly, a large amount of blood splashed out from in between her legs. As Craig continued to drive, he heard a blood curdling cry.

"eeewahhh!" Rose's first daughter cried as she landed softly onto the floor.

"Holy shit!" Craig shouted as he looked at all of the blood on the seat and his first born child. "Is that......is that the baby?"

"Sigh......" Rose panted as she picked her daughter up and held her on her chest. "Yes......."

As a reflex, Craig rolled down his window and started screaming or help.

"HELP!" Craig screamed as he looked out of the window. "There's a baby in here! HELP!!!"

Craig looked over at Rose and the baby. Rose looked physically worn down. She cradled her first daughter as she sat in the seat, bleeding. When his baby girl started coughing and wheezing, that's when he knew that he had to take some action. He zipped through 3 lanes, ignoring the horns that followed after it. He sped into a parking lot that was right next to the hospital and went into husband mode. He picked Rose up as she cradled their first daughter, rushing inside of the hospital.

"Is that Craig Crippen?" A black woman asked, causing the hospital to spazz.

"IT IS!" Another woman screamed. "IT IS!!!"

But Craig wasn't listening to that. All he was worried about was getting Rose and his two daughters some help.

"I need a doctor!" Craig plead. "My wife is in the process of delivering my daughters!"

The doctors took Rose in immediately. Soon after, she gave birth to her second daughter. They named the girls Caylee and Riley, having the babies names start with the beginning of their names. Caylee was born second. She came out to be 5 pounds and 7 oz. Riley however, wasn't doing so well. She was the same size as her sister, but being that she wasn't taken care of by doctors after she was born, she wasn't breathing properly. While the doctors took her into the other room, Craig and Rose were greeted by the joyful Caylee. Caylee was cheering, cooing, and glancing around at the world. Rose held her daughter as she placed her fingers by her eyes, crying silently as Craig held her hands. She was happy about Caylee, but she couldn't stop worrying about Riley. Craig sat by her side, comforting her as she sat in her bed, weeping.