One and the Same

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-'WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN', Natali yelled into the cellphone, startling Ashley who was beside her.
Maria stayed silent for a second, -'I'm sorry...', -'ITS BEEN THREE DAYS YOURE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE!', -'I know! I know! Shit...', -'Your mom is in the hospital, so get your ass here NOW', -'Hospital? What happened?', -'She-she had some health issues, you have to come. Book a flight...tell us when to pick you up at the airport', Maria nodded, -'Will do!'.

Maria got to LA the next day, looking tired from the hectic light. She walked towards the car who was being driven by her stepfather. As soon as Cynthia saw her, she slapped her, -'WHY THE FUCK-?!', -'THREE DAYS WITHOUT KNOWING ABOUT YOU! YOUR MOTHER IS SICK!', -'Ouch! Damn...you didnt have to slap me...', -'You seem to think you can do whatever you want, not anymore. We are going to the hospital to visit your mother, HEAR ME?!', -'Gee, yes. What is it one of her hypochondriac episodes where she just has like a cold or something?', -'I wish' Lukas sighed deeply, trying not to demonstrate how he really felt aboutMaria at this moment.

When Maria went into the hospital room, she saw her mother talking to a doctor, just nodding her head and trying not to cry, -'Okay' she whispered, -'Yeah I think I can walk', -'Perfect, in two days you'll be out then!'. The doctor got out of the room smiling at the teenage girl.
Gaga saw her daughter and immediately started crying, -'Mom? Mommy? What happened? Why are you crying?', -'I-I was so stressed because of you. I was so heartbroken because yu didnt came back. I was scared you were leaving forever, you know?', -'What are you talking about?', -'Doctors say thats what caused it you know? Thats what it was...you did this', -'Did what??', Gaga started sobbing again and covered her face, Lukas sighed deeply, -'She had a miscarriage', Maria frowned, -'I thought you were infertile!', -'It happened. And thats what it is...', -'Oh my god...Mom, I-...', Gaga waved a hand in front of her face while Lukas cleaned the tears off her cheeks, -'You can leave. Go with your father if thats what you want', -'Huh? No! I wanna be here with you mom', Gaga drew a breath, -'Do you have any idea what I went through?! These few days?! You dont because you didnt cared to answer your god damn devices...', Maria bit her lip and looked down, -'Just go home, get out of my fucking sight', Lukas shook his head and got up, Maria glared at him, -'Arent you gonna say anything?!', -'I have no authority concerning you, okay? Do as your mother says', Maria looked back at Gaga. Her eyes were swollen from crying, her lips were cracked and she was slightly twitchy probably because of all the meds they had put in her body.

Lukas grabbed Maria's hand and took her out of the room.
-'She started having searing pain when you didnt come back. That same night. She was gonna travel to you...so that night, I felt her shaking beside me, she was bleeding so I took her here...I thought she was gonna die on me, okay? I have not gotten over that' he closed his eyes and collected himself, -'We got here and the doctors removed the-the tissue with a vaccuum. She has been remembering what happened, and that's fucking her up', -'H-How far alo-', -'Two months', -'Shit...', -'Yes...She's been crying a lot, at first she blamed herself but now...', -'She blames me', -'The doctors think the insane amount of stress and dread triggered contractions that expelled the whole thing out...And I had to fucking sit and watch that happen to the woman I love and our child together, okay?', Maria sighed deeply, -'...Shes not gonna be okay after this', Lukas shook her head, -'She's showing signs of depressions already, they're topping up her anti depressant doses', -'I want her to be okay Lukas. My birthday is coming up and-', -'How dare you make this about yourself?', he was right. She was being terribly selfish. -'We'll see once she comes home...we'll see what happens' and with that, she left.