Give In To Me

Chapter 40 - Accidents Happen

8 Weeks Later - August 2/17

12 Weeks

Almost 7 Months Old

Things were doing good between Dave and I. We started getting closer and reconnecting and just not bringing it up. We had been home since last Thursday and the guys were leaving on Sunday to head back out on the road for a couple more months. Dave and I had the girls the whole time except tonight. Tonight they would be staying with Jordyn while Lachelle was with Taylor and Abby. Dave and I had a date and I was excited. I had picked out a really nice dress for tonight. Dave had taken all the girls out for a father daughter day before dropping them off for the night. I decided to do a load of laundry and went through all the rooms gathering clothes. I grabbed a blanket from Lachelle's floor and put it in the basket before heading downstairs, with Rumpel behind me. I was about six stairs from the bottom when Rumpel ran past me with the blanket in his mouth. I stepped on the blanket as Rumpel went by and ended up falling down the rest of the stairs. I laid at the bottom of the stairs with my ankle hurting looking up at the ceiling. I reached into my pocket and called the first person that came to mind. When he answered, I cut him off.

"Please come home now. I fell down the sitars and my ankle hurts. I'm scared and worried about the baby," I said.

"Ok ok fuck I'm close. I'll be there in like 5 minutes. I'm 2 blocks Britt. Don't move. I fuck," Dave said and then the call ended. I waited a few minutes and heard the van pull up to door. I heard running and then the door open and Dave was there.

"What happened to the phone?" I asked as he sat me up.

"I dropped it. What happened?" Dave asked in response.

"I was carrying that basket down and I guess the blanket wasn't completely in. Rumpel grabbed it. ran past me, I stepped on it as he was running and then here we are," I replied as Dave checked the back of my head.

"Ok well we're going to the hospital. I'm going to go put the dog in the garage and I'll be back," Dave said.

He grabbed Rumpel and ran to the garage and came back. He picked me up and carried me to the van. On our way to the hospital I called both Taylor and Abby. I left messages telling them what and happened and that Dave and I were going to the hospital. We got to the hospital and got put into a room. I had a concussion, a few bruises and a sprained ankle. I didn't care about me. I was worried about the baby. As the doctor was squirting the gel on my belly, I reached out for Dave. He moved closer, took my hand and kissed it as I gave it a squeeze. I closed my eyes and said a little prayer as the doctor put the wand thing on my stomach. When I heard the heart beat I let out a huge sigh of relief and Dave kissed my head. The doctor wiped the gel off my tummy and I sat up.

"Your little one is perfectly fine," she said and I looked at her as she wrote on a pad.

"It's not ours," I said and she stopped and gave me a funny look.

"She's being a surrogate for our friends," Dave replied after he stopped laughing.

"Oh that's awesome. Well here's a picture of the little one so they know it's ok. Stay off your feet. Use the crutches to get around when you need to but stay off your feet for six weeks. I'm going to give Dave a prescription for pain killers if you really need them. Just stay off your feet as much as possible," the doctor said. She handed Dave and piece of paper and a sonogram picture. We left and got into the van when Dave's phone rang.

"Hey T we're just leaving the hospital. Britt and the baby are both fine. Britt has a sprained ankle, a concussion and a few bruises but they're both fine," Dave said as he looked at me with a small smile.