Together

Chapter 27

Toby's POV

Dad checked on me a couple of times but I told him to stop because I was fine with what little emotional stability I could manage

After about 2 hours I began pacing, like a lot of pacing, doctors went in and out for the next few hours

I texted dad to tell him I was going for a walk because I couldn't go in there without breaking down

I started walking down the corridors of the hospital, dad said the longer it took the worse it would be and it's been quite a while

I looked at the clock as I watched the sun begin to rise out a corridor of windows

6:30 am almost, we came here just after 1 am that's nearly 5 and a half hours, a pretty long time for needing to get on with it

She's probably be fine right? They're probably just talking about what happens if everything goes absolutely wrong, it'll probably all be fine...right?

I decided to go get something to eat in the hope I'd be able to steady myself as if just noticed I was shaking a little because I was so worried

I went down to the hospital cafeteria, bought some sandwiches and bottle of water then went to sit down but I just found myself with no appetite, I just couldn't eat

Eventually I managed to eat some of it but I couldn't stomach the rest

My phone vibrated and I turned my head to look at it, I saw I had a message from dad but couldn't read all of it on my lock screen

I unlocked my phone and took a deep breath before checking the message

"Chloe's having the baby right now, you're gonna want to come here quick" I read the text from my dad

That didn't sound good, why didn't it sound good?

I rushed back to the waiting room I had originally been in and I could hear her crying out

I couldn't handle all this, I was terrified something bad was going to happen to her or the baby

What if this had something to do with me? What if I'd not started acting out and she's not been so stressed? Would that have changed it?

Everything stopped as dad came out of the room and headed over to me

I looked at the clock and noticed I'd been zoned out for almost 20 minutes, damn, okay then

The look on his face, it destroyed my heart, he looked shattered and broken, he had a look of sadness all over his face, not even a hint of excitement or happiness

My heart dropped and I felt like I was about to cry, I just couldn't handle it if something happened to her, she's the closest thing I have to a mother

"Dad?" I whispered in a shaky voice

He sat me down and sat down with me, he took a deep breath and then began to explain

"Chloe had the baby, the baby's okay, gonna need to stay here for a few weeks but then should be fine, they're still worried about the baby's size but because Chloe's quite small it's not too worrying" he tells me and I notice he totally avoided how Chloe

"What about Chloe?" I whisper nervously he turns to look at me and smiles a little

"She has a small haemorrhage but they sorted it, stopped the bleeding, she was pretty drained as it was so she's pretty exhausted having lost quite a bit of blood but she's okay, they're gonna keep monitoring her for a while so she'll be here for at least a week I'd expect but she should be okay" he tells me and glare at him

"What the hell dad?! You acted like something really, really bad happened!" I yelled at him and I watched him try to hold back a chuckle

"You can go see her if you want, she's pretty fuzzy but she's awake and I'm sure she'd be happy to see you" he tells me and I immediately jump up, and head straight towards her room

I stand outside nervously with my hand on the doorknob, I take a deep breath and then I'm ready, I'm about to meet my little brother or sister, that's insane

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I had this set up to post hours ago and then just legit forgot to publish it 😂😂 I DIDN'T KILL ANYONE BE PROUD OF ME GUYS 😂😂 final chapter and epilogue tomorrow, hope you're excited xoxo