Destined

Chapter 32

The song for this chapter is "It's You" by Michelle Branch. It'll be good to listen to it especially near the end of the chapter! Enjoy!!! VOTE and COMMENT please <3

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The nurses and doctors rushed to check on Isaac in another room since there were rooms left empty down the unit. I didn't know how to react to this kind of situation. It was like a complete 360-degree-turn to when Tim was brought to the hospital first. I was worried about how Isaac was doing now. His parents were in the waiting area. They seemed to look not shaken at all with what was happening. 

I went up to them leaving Brandon who was talking to one of the beneficiaries of the foundation. Everyone was staying calm in the waiting area and I couldn't understand why. 

"Hey, how are you guys holding up?" I asked as I took a seat beside Isaac's mother, Amelia. 

"We are holding on... this wasn't the first time that Isaac collapsed after a chemo session." Her face wore a sad smile. Her husband placed a comforting around her arm. It seems that the three of them were a solid image of what a family should be like. I wanted to have this kind of nurturing base. 

"Amelia and I are getting ourselves ready for the worst. It's a fact that our baby boy is trying to fight but there is a chance that he might not get through with this. We're constantly asking God to hear us. To let us have him for a longer time. He's all that we got. We can't have children anymore." Teddy, Isaac's Dad answered more for his wife. 

From Isaac's record, I remembered reading that his Dad was a soldier that was sent to Afghanistan a couple of years ago but then he chose to come back home when he found out that Isaac was diagnosed with leukemia. He's been trying to make ends meet. Amelia, on the other hand, was a teacher who was forced to quit because no one would be looking after Isaac and she had a condition that made pregnancy quite difficult. I felt bad for them but I know that giving them all the help that they needed was better than just to sit down and do nothing. 

I got my check book and wrote a hefty amount on it. I loved Isaac and the rest of the children admitted here. I wanted to show them there was still hope and I will do everything in my power to help raise the foundation's cause. I handed them the check and they had this surprised look on their faces. 

"Ms. Robins, what is this for?" Amelia asked me as she took the check. "We can't accept this."

She was about to return the check when I covered her hand with my own. They needed this. This can help Isaac. 

"It's my gift to you and your family. I love Isaac and it pains me to see him like that. I want to help your family and if ever you need anything, just give me a call. I'll even sponsor Isaac's next cycle."

Amelia cried and got up to embrace me. "Thank you, Ms. Robins. This is wonderful news. I can't thank God enough for sending you our way." I smiled and for the first time in my life, I felt what being a blessing to others meant.

"You're welcome, Amelia and Teddy. You are part of my family now...with Brandon. And call me Calleigh."

She nodded and continued to sob. I looked at Brandon and he smiled at me as he approached me and Isaac's parents. We waited for the doctor to give us an update about the little boy. And luckily, we got some good news too. Doctors said that there was nothing to worry about. He was just experiencing fatigue and that it was best to give him time to rest. 

I decided to leave my birthday gift for the birthday boy with the promise of visiting him on the weekend. I had to go back to work the next day so that only leaves my weekend to be my free time. I also gave Teddy my calling card so that I'll be easier to reach whenever they needed something. Brandon and I left the hospital. It was quite a tiring day but I was happy to know that Isaac's vitals were stable and that he was still fighting. 

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Back in the house, I decided to skip dinner. Since I was so tired from today's ordeals, the last thing on my mind was eating. I thought about Amelia and Teddy's family. After taking a shower in my room and changing into comfortable sleeping shorts and one of Brandon's shirts, I went to his room. 

He just finished showering and there was only a towel covering him from the waist down. Water was dripping from his hair and some of the drops were running down his chest. He looked so good and to think this guy was the last person that I thought I'd fall in love with. Love was something so unexpected. I was thankful to have him in my life. 

"Can I help you dry up?" I asked as I approached him. He got a cocky look on his face, clearly telling me what was on his mind. 

"Whatever makes you sleep at night, babe." 

Rushing to get a towel from the cupboard, I thought about opening the topic of having a family with him. I was just curious of what kind of family he had in mind or if he was even thinking of making everything between us permanent. 

"So I was just curious... do you want to have a family some time in the near future?" I got busy trying to not get distracted with the muscles on his chest and abdomen that were screaming to be touched. And I did touch them with the towel. 

"Of course" he said as he tried to pull on his pajama pants on. "You?"

"Well, of course...if I'm with the right guy, I want to have one of my own." I placed the wet towel in his hamper and proceeded to pulling him towards the bed. I liked sleeping on top of his bare chest. The warmth there was comforting and it was really nice to hear the beating of his heart. We got under the covers and in no time, I was laying my head on his chest and his fingers started to run through my damp hair.

"How many kids do you want?" I asked as I started to drift off to sleep. 

"I want to have 5. I want to have a big family. It's clearly something that I didn't have growing up. I pretty much fended for myself until Tim came along and he made me see some purpose and gave me some idea that having a family isn't bad after all."

I raised slightly to look on his eyes. They were sad but he was trying hard not to make me see it and his only way was to throw the question back at me. "How many kids do you want?"

"I want three. Actually, I wanna have twins because they are cute to look at. But since you want five, okay... I'm considering that now. Is gender important to you?"

"Not really but I'd really like to have a couple of boys and the rest could be girls... three boys or two girls. That's more like it."

I smiled at the thought of Brandon being a father. His past was something that I still needed to uncover. He is an enigma and despite that, I still loved him. I made a mental note to myself to do my best in patching up the broken pieces of Brandon to make him whole again. I looked at him with a smile and he did the same as he held the side of my face with his hand.  

I sealed my mission in a kiss to which he matched with equal fervor. After today's events, I was thankful to have him in my life. He keeps me on my feet and deep down, way deeper than the broken heart that he has, I know that he has love for me, stronger than anything that I've ever known. 

"I love you, Brandon." 

"I love you, too."

"Show me how much."

"With pleasure."

He went back to sealing our lips together and went one to make sweet love the whole night through. This was life and the start of my new forever.