Nightmare

Chapter Fifty-Four

Zack

Everything happened so fast. I couldn't believe how fast.

One minute Dez was absolutely fine, sitting there scowling at me. Like she normally did when I was mad. Always scowling, like she could never do wrong. Oh how I wish I could go back to that. But something was wrong, she went from scowling at me to the weirdest shit happened. Then she spoke to me, but her voice sounded so strange. It sounded almost strangled, breathy, when she spoke my name.

"Zack?" Desiree called.

I was texting everyone letting them know what was going on, my family, Kat, telling them what I knew so far, also ignoring Dez because I was afraid of what I would say if I spoke to her,  so I looked up at her "What Desiree?" I asked looking up from my phone.

She was smiling at me, but even her smile seemed off. It was almost like she was falling asleep. Like she was slipping away.

"I love you" Dez whispered closing her eyes.

"I love you to Dez" I sighed standing up and walking to her side. She knew telling me that no matter how angry I was or what she had done wrong I wouldn't be able to stay angry for long. "Are you okay?"

Her eyes fluttered open and she looked at me smiling again "Yeah, I just feel really sleepy." she shrugged.

"Do I need to get the doctor?" I asked her trying my best to sound calm, but now that I was near her there was a strange metallic smell and she looked pale. Actually she looked more grey than pale, like suddenly she was really sick.

"Dez?" I practically screamed. I was scared. She didn't look so good. In fact she looked half dead.

I didn't have a chance to wait for her answer, the alarms on the monitors hooked to her started screaming and the door flew open, doctors and nurses busting in looking alarmed.

"Sir, we're going to transfer her to the O.R. now" A nurse yelled at me, pushing me away from her side.

"Wait, no I'm coming too" I yelled following them out. There was no way in hell she was having this baby without me.

"I'm afraid not" A young blonde nurse pushed me back away from the double doors that they pushed Dez into.

"No, she's my girlfriend." I yelled,  pointing towards where they disappeared with Desiree " You can't keep me away from her. That's my son!"

"Sir, listen to me" The nurse calmly said grabbing my shoulders "There's no time for you to scrub up. I will come back as soon as I can to let you know what's going on, but based on the monitors her blood pressure which was high, plummeted which could mean internal bleeding, the baby's heart rate was under duress and she was unconscious. There's no time for you to scrub in and no room for you. The doctors will do there best and take very good care of here, there's nothing you can do now."

"But I love her" I whispered "She needs me"

"Listen sir I know you love her. I can see it" The nurse smiled "But what she needs is for us to do our job.  She needs you to go wait and stay out of the way. You don't want to be in the way and cause her more harm do you?"

"No" I choked

"Okay, now let me get to her okay?" The nurse whispered

"Where do I go?" I asked feeling lost. Without Dez I literally had no sense of direction or even purpose.

"There's a waiting room just outside of the ward's doors. Ask the receptionist. She will tell you." The nurse patted my arm "I will come find you as soon as I know something. That I swear"