I lost, but i fought 2 || J.B

Chapter 24

my eyes flutter open, my face is squeezed against a male chest, i'm in someones arms.

"Ariel" I mutter.

"we are on our way" the voice says, it's such a comforting voice, so soft, so beautiful.

"Lucas" I croak out.

"he's here"

"mommy" I hear a cry from behind me. I look up at the person and see a worried Justin. I look around and we're walking on the sidewalk. I decide that I should just keep quiet.

"they know" Justin says.

"know what?" i ask confused.

"us" I nod understandingly.

"how?" I ask as we walk through a swarm of paps.

"I'll show you later" he says going through the flashing lights. I hear Lucas crying from behind me.

"who has Lucas?" I ask hysterically trying to get a glint behind.

"aye, Caleb has him" he says calming me down. I stay in Justin's arms for the rest of the walk. when he enters the hospital safely, he asks me if I can stand, and I nod so he sets me down. We walk in silence to Ariel's room. I think we're all a little shook up, I don't know what the hell happened, but my head is throbbing, and I'm sure Justin is thinking about how they know about us. Lucas who is silently crying into Caleb's arms is probably confused and slightly scared.

"Dear god, you are here" a nurse says and drags me into Ariel's room.

"Princess" I start as I sit down at the edge og her bed. "mommy's here" I say to the crying girl in the bed. she immediately relaxes.

"So many people" she mutters and turns to look at me. she has a cannula in her nose and her side is covered with a big band aid. I do my best to not let the threatening tears fall.

"it's okay, they are here to help you" I assure her, afraid to touch her so I just look at her. Under the interview I got a call from a nurse, the nurse was stressed and worried sick. Ariel had woken up from her surgery and she was scared, refused to talk to anyone and just cried, of course I should have seen this coming, she is just like I was. She hates new people, they scare her, she's so shy and fragile, but that's what makes her Ariel. I look up and immediately meet some beautiful brown eyes. He looks so worried, with Lucas in his arms. "Ariel, princess" I say to get her attention. her green eyes finding mine. "there is someone here you should meet" I start. "it's daddy" her eyes widen.

"where?" she asks excitedly. Justin sits down on the other side of the bed, with Lucas in his lap. Lucas crawls from Justin's lap over to mine, his body on the bed, but head on my lap. I stroke his hair as I watch Justin slowly approach Ariel, her eyes are wide. She smiles up at him, her eyes glow with excitement as they talk. she tells Justin about how she loves his music and that in the car she and Mommy, me, would sing along. I blushed as Justin looked at me when she said that. I didn't say a word as I watched them bond.

This is what Ariel always wanted, a daddy. I was to caught up in being Hannah Marie Steele the artist that I forgot to be Hannah Marie Steele the Mommy. I didn't even know that Ariel got bullied. It was a horrible thing for a mother to hear, and yes I blame it all on me. There is so many things I could've done to prevent it. First off, I could've never broken up with Justin, second, but as I did, I could've started dating earlier. no way...

As this feeling of failure flows over me, I decide that leaving Justin here with them would be the best, before I snap, or breakdown. Lucas fell asleep so I lift his head so it isn't on my lap any more. Justin doesn't acknowledge me leaving the room, and I don't mind. I walk further down the hall till i arrive in front of fredo's room. he's good, I talked to him this morning. I knock on the door so he knows I'm coming in. He smiles when he sees it's me.

"Ariel is awake" I announce as I sit down on the chair next to his bed.

"good" he sighs. i know he feels like this is his fault.

"don't blame yourself, okay?" he just looks at me blankly. "I promise you, that even if it was your fault, I would always hold on to the theory that it weren't" I sigh. "it was an accident anyway, wasn't it?" he slowly nods. "how's your head?" I ask changing the subject.

"better" he says. "but if i was put off medicine I think it would feel like shit" he chuckles. "they say that in a two days time I can leave"

"that's great" i say. "it get's gloomy in here, trust me"

"how's Justin?" fredo smirks. I stare at him in shock.

"W-with Ariel" I stutter. how? he's been here the whole time and Justin said he didn't tell him, but wait, Justin said they knew, who are they? everyone?

"finally" I hear him mutter. I don't think it was meant for me to hear, so I don't say anything. "Do they know?" he asks, I don't really know who he's talking about so I just nod, everyone seems to know everything now so whoever they are, they probably know. "good"

"who are they?" I ask after a minute of silence, curiousity getting the best of me..

"they?" he asks, I nod. "they as in your children" I nod again because they do know.

"who else are they?" I ask, more referring to who Justin was talking about.

"everyone" he says casually. I choke on air. Everyone?

"how?" I ask when I recover from chocking.

"I'll show you" he says and pats the bed for me to sit in it. he takes out his iPhone. and presses a few things before he holds it out for both of us to see. I can clearly see that it's a YouTube video. it's named: "The interviews, Justin & Hannah's confession?"

as the video starts an immediate calm romantic music is played, my face is shown, with the headphones on. Next Justin appears on the screen also with headphones on. it's both from the interviews today.

"it's a pleasure to have you here, thank you for coming" both the male interviewer that I had and the female one Justin had says at the same time in the video, Justin's face still showing. how could they have said the same thing at two totally different interviews.

First it shows my reply, my face showing, then Justin's and his reply.

The next question was also exactly the same. but this time me and Justin also answer at the same time. No, we weren't in a relation ship.

again as the romantic music keeps playing the interviewers ask the same question. Again even me and Justin answer at the same time. Yes, we both are in love.

It continues with the same, romantic music, Interviewers asking the same question, me and Justin answering, either the same or differently. Even though they are answered differently, they are still basically the same.

This is one big blow out.

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