This Love

Emily and Adalyn

"Your daughter Emily passed away about an hour ago." The doctor said. All I could do was stare at the doctor. How could Emily be dead? I just saw her. My daughter is gone. The tears started flowing down my cheeks. My head was pounding, but all I could do was cry. I looked over at Adam, he was sitting in a chair with his face in his hands. 

"What about our other daughter?" I asked the doctor. "You have another daughter?" He asked. I pointed at my swollen torso. "I'm pregnant." I said. "Oh, let me check your chart." He said. He opened the chart and I saw his eyes roaming around the page. He looked up at me. He looked like he had just seen a ghost. 

"I'm sorry, You've had a miscarriage." He said.

The tears started falling down my cheeks faster. I just lost two children in one day. How could this happen? "How?" I managed to say through the tears. "The impact of the crash was too much for the fetus. Their heart stopped beating, and didn't start again. I'm sorry. We delivered her a few hours ago while you were unconcious." He said. I buried my face in my hands and continued to cry. 

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3 days later, I was released from the hospital. Adam took me home and all I could do was sit in bed and cry. Adam called our parents and told them everything. E! News would constantly call about how it happened and Adam would only tell them that it was a car crash. 

"Good morning Syd," Adam said. "Hi," I said. It was 1 month after the crash and I was still sad. "Syd, do you know what today is?" He asked. "No," I said. He grabbed my waist and pulled me over to him. His body was now pressed against mine. "Happy birthday sweetie." He said. I can't believe I forgot my own birthday. "Thanks," I said. "Babe, be more excited! You're 27 today!" He said as he kissed my head. I could tell what he wanted to do. "Adam, at least let me brush my teeth first." I said as I rolled out of bed. I was in sweatpants and a sweatshirt. I walked into the bathroom and brushed my teeth. I took of my sweatshirt and looked at myself in the mirror. My black tank top revealed the small bump that I still had on my torso. Adam walked in behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist. "I love you Syd." He said. "I love you too Adam." I said. 

Adam grabbed my hand and led me back to the bedroom. There were 2 boxes sitting on our bed. Adam hand the first one to me. It was a silver necklace with a heart on it. On the heart, it said June 1, 2010. That was the day that Adam and I got married. Adam put the necklace around my neck and came back in front of me. "Gosh you look gorgeous Syd." He said. "This necklace is beautiful Adam. Thank you." I said as I hugged him. "You have another gift Mrs. Levine." He said as he handed me a square box. I opened the box and felt tears start to form around my eyes. It was a bracelet with a heart, just like the necklace. On one side of the heart, it said Emily Skye and on the other side it said Adalyn Faith. 

"Oh Adam," I said. He put the bracelet on my wrist and I hugged him. "Adam it's amazing." I said. "Only the best for my beautiful wife." He said before he kissed me. Our kisses got more passionate and next thing I know, Adam has pressed me up against the wall. All I could do was tangle my fingers in his hair. He pulled my tank top off of me and I pulled his black t-shirt off. Adam pulled my sweatpants down. I felt Adam pick me up and I wrapped my legs around him. He carried me over to the bed and laid me down. Adam climbed on top of me and our kisses continued.

30 minutes later, we were under the sheets and my head was on his chest. I started tracing the eagle tattoo on his chest. "Are you just trying to tease me now?" Adam said as he kissed my head. I giggled. "Thank you for the birthday gifts Adam." I said as I kissed his chest. "Your welcome sweetie. I have one more surprise for you." He said. "What is it?" I said. "It's a surprise." He said.

We put our clothes on and walked downstairs. Adam grabbed the keys and we got in the car. We drove for about 10 minutes. When Adam parked the car, I realized where we were. 

We were at the cemetary.

Adam grabbed my hand and we walked for about 5 minutes. We reached two gravestones. One said Emily Skye Levine and had her DOB and the day she died. It also said loving daughter of Sydney and Adam Levine. The gravestone next to hers said Adalyn Faith Levine and had the day she was conceived and the day she died. It also said unborn daughter of Sydney and Adam Levine. Their graves had flowers all around them. I felt the tears start to fall down my cheeks. I looked at Adam, he had tears falling down his cheeks too. I hugged him as we both looked at our daughters' graves. I walked in front of each of their graves. I said I love you to both of them. Adam did the same. When he was done, he wrapped his arm around my waist and led me back to the car. 

When we got home, Adam went upstairs to shower. I walked into the kitchen to open some bills. I was looking through the mail when I came across a letter from the city. I opened it. It was a traffic ticket from the day of the crash.

Adam was the one who blew the red light.