Breathe

79

Harrys P.O.V

The clock in the room makes an annoying ticking noise, I stare up at it 7:38am, I look over to my beautiful Nina she hasn’t woken up. I haven’t slept much, the nurses come in ever so often to change Nina’s IV, check her pulse or give her medicine and do whatever nurses do. It keeps me up.

I don’t mind though I’d do anything for Nina.

“Good morning beautiful” I whisper while looking up at her pale face. My eyes trailing down to her stomach covered by bandages and blankets, you can see a wire sneak out through the blanket and attach to the smaller monitor beside her own. I gulp, I never considered a baby well I did but never at this time. It’s all too soon this is happening too fast. She doesn’t even know the baby exists and that it’s a boy.

A knock at the door makes turn quickly. It opens and my mind goes to relief when Wyatt walks through the threshold holding crutches beneath his arms. He’s all bandaged up, a cast on his left wrist.

“Thought you’d be here,” He says quietly, his eyes skimming around the room. There’s a bouquet of flowers in his left hand.

“These are from my wife and the kids, I know Nina would have no care for flowers” He pulls up a chair and it scratches across the floor making a noise that makes me cringe.

“How are you feeling?” I ask

“Better, I’m on a shit ton of meds” He answers dully

“Nina took the most of it” He frowns, looking down at his feet.

“I tried to protect her Harry I tried so hard” His voice cracks and I stare at Nina’s face. I don’t know if I’m waiting for her eyes to open or for the monitor to flat line.

“It’s okay Wyatt, you did your best” I try to reassure him

I see his face drop and go pale “She took a bullet for me”

I keep my eyes fixed on Nina unable to look him in the eyes

“I did this to her”

“No you didn’t, those ass holes and Tia’s dad did this to her”

“I signed first, I should’ve never signed. I should’ve taken the beatings for her, cause I’m her big brother, that’s what big brother’s do they protect their little sisters” He sobs, I’ve never really witnessed a grown man, especially Wyatt’s size cry before.

“It should be me in that bed not her I’m so sorry Harry”

“You did what you could, I don’t know what happened out there and I’m not sure I want to know but you did everything you could to your ability, Nina’s stubborn and I’m sure no matter what you did to protect her she’d try and protect you no matter what- she’s just like that she doesn’t like relying on someone for protection or help” I mumble, my voice sounding flat.

“She loves you” He whispers after a few moments, It takes me by surprise.

“I know” I say with no expression as I look down at the small monitor again it’s still beeping.

“She’s pregnant isn’t she?” His voice sounds like he already knew the answer,

“How did you know?” I turn and raise an eyebrow

“Besides the monitor, they hooked one up to my wife during her pregnancies. But Nina did say something on the boat that she thought she was because she was feeling weird, I told her it was just her injuries but she kept on thinking it was something more” He pauses

“I didn’t think she was, I heard the nurses talking about how Nina is a miracle, the fact that she’s alive” He bows his head

I don’t know what to think, I wish she were awake so I could ask her. Nina is a miracle and I’ve known that this whole time but the fact the nurses are saying it means that the doctors expect her to die.