Getting To Know You

CHAPTER 6

I get a call at midnight. "Beau Beau? It's me Bailey, mom's in the hospital, some guy hit her head on coming home from work tonight."

"W-Why was she out that late sis?" I said confused knowing my mom works in the morning at her business office.

"Boss said she had a meeting, she was working on a project with her partner Deb."

"Is Mom ok? I'll come and visit but jesus it's midnight!"  I could hear stumbles coming from the hallway, it was Emily.

"Beau who are you talking to at this time of night! You need a full rest you have a preseason game in 2 days hun!" Emily said worried, then she saw the look on my face and got even more worried.

"BAILEY ANSWER ME! IS MOM OK? WHAT HOSPITAL IS IT?"

"Sorry Beau, Doctor caught me on the phone. APPARENTLY WE AREN'T ALLOWED PHONES IN THIS ESTIBLISHMENT. But mom will be ok, she has a broken hand according to the x-ray they took. We are at PGG Hospital in emergency care."

"I'll be there in a minute to check on her, when I get there get some sleep."

Emily standing beside me looking confused as hell I said "Mom got in a wreck, you stay here and get rest, I'll text you when I'm coming home I promise sweetie." I kissed her goodbye and off I was to the hospital. Emily's appointment was at 8:00AM I had to be back by then, which wasn't a problem.

When I arrived at the hospital I found myself being the only one who wore their pajamas to the hospital at god damn 12:30. I don't understand how you can be capable of arriving at the hospital in jeans and a tshirt saying "I'm here to see my son, yes I know it's 12:30 but I'm dressed." How can you be that ready? I walked in my mom's room and she was getting her hand wrapped, Bailey hopped up from the chair in the corner to give me a warming hug. Which is surprising. Mom looked up at me and said "Now I know how you felt when you broke your wrist with a big brick on you." I laughed and asked her what all happened. She said "The guy slipped on ice and started spinning in circles, I tried to swerve around him but obviously that didn't work out well." I grabbed my mom's good hand and said "I'll pay the bill no worries mom! You have enough pain now." Mom got released at 1:20, Bailey drove them to their Pittsburgh home and I went back home to get ready for another doctors visit.

Emily was ready already.. It was 6:00AM when I arrived home. I had to take tons of back roads to not get stuck in traffic which I guess everyone else had the same idea. Emily handed me a pan of warm bacon to eat, I chowed down at our counter as Emily paced around worried about what was to come. I washed my dish and asked "What's on your mind Em?" She looked up with red eyes and said "When my mother was pregnant with my brother, the baby bump came early, when he was born he had a heart defect. A few days later he passed and I don't think I can handle my own child dying before I do." I hugged her and she began crying even more, I ran my fingers through her hair mumbling "Sweetie it's our baby and they will be great I promise." She smiled and said "I'm glad your here to keep me positive." We spent the remainder of the time watching The Ellen Show, Emily's favorite talk show.

We arrived at the doctors office and Emily put on her brave face and walked in the room. She turned around and blew a kiss to me telling me to just wait in the waiting room. I waited patiently reading a few magazines hoping no fan would see me, I didn't want the questions. At least another 30 minutes later the doctor opened the door and said "Mr. Bennett, please come in." I shook the doctors hand and sat in the chair next to the bed where Emily was laying. The doctor flicked on the projector showing a picture of the baby, he looked at me and said "What do you see there?" I said pretty stupidly, a baby. The doctor clasped his hands together and said "That's not just any baby.." I turned to Emily confused and mouthed "What's going on right now?" She grabbed my hand and squeezed it almost in pure excitement in waiting of what was going to be said next from the doctor. The doctor took out his pen and pointed to another circle in the picture, and said "What's that?" I said "A head of a kid.." He then pointed to the other circle, and said "How many are there Mr.Bennett?" I gasped and said "Oh my god em...we are having twins."