His Forever Family

3. Will & Nat's Life

It'd been a few months since Will and Natalie had made it up to the cabin to visit Jay and Lauren. Truthfully, they barely had time for themselves and the kids. Will could see the toll being away from the kids so much was taking on Nat. He knew he needed to get them to Wisconsin soon for a visit.

They both had been working crazy shifts because Med was staying bust after being named Chicago's #1 hospital. They were currently on shift; Will in the ED and Nat on the pediatric floor. It'd been busy, but he had a break and decided to go find her and suggest a trip to Wisconsin soon. It'd done wonders for his brother being out of the city. He knew it's ultimately what they needed.

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Nat had been going non-stop with incoming pediatric cases. She also hadn't been feeling her best, chalking it up to exhaustion from the crazy shifts. She missed her time with her kids and she missed time with Will.

If there weren't at work, they were usually crashing before next shift. She wished she could just escape the city life for a bit and reconnect with everything. If she were being totally honest, she was quite jealous of her sister-in-law. She wished she could have time with her kids like Lauren did. At the same time, she was equally happy for her.

She ventured down to the ED to try and catch Will for a minute. As crappy as she was feeling, she just needed his comfort for a bit. Before she could find him, she doubled over in extreme pain that stole her breath.

Maggie was instantly by her side. "Nat? You ok?"

Nat only responded with a broken whimper and a cry of pain. "April! Page Halstead, stat," Maggie shouted as she gained Ethan's eye requesting help as Nat cried out again. They managed to carefully get her on a bed in an empty ED room.

"Nat tell me where it hurts," Ethan prompted as Maggie took her vitals. Nat drew her knees up trying to elevate the pain as tears silently rolled down her cheeks.

"Nat we're gonna do an ultrasound ok?" Ethan said trying to help her as Maggie drew some blood.

"What happened?" Will asked breathlessly rushing to her side.

"She just doubled over in pain," Maggie said telling April to tell the lab to put a rush on the test.

"It's not her appendix. She's had it removed," Will said grabbing her hand trying to get her to relax so Ethan could do the ultrasound. They were finally able to do it and Nat calmed enough to relay she'd not been feeling good all day.

Maggie saw it before Ethan and her heart broke for her friends. "Guys, I'm so sorry," Ethan said quietly giving Will's shoulder a squeeze as the couple watched the screen.

"How?" Nat cried clinging to Will as Maggie had Nat's OBGYN paged.

"I don't know baby," Will whispered over and over holding her tight. Nat's pain was from an ectopic pregnancy they knew nothing about. Ethan informed Goodwin, and she immediately pulled them from shift. Natalie was rushed to emergency surgery and Will was left in stunned silence in an empty hospital room.

His wife was having emergency surgery and they'd lost a baby they never knew about. The emotions were so overwhelming. He sank to the floor along the wall and pulled his phone out. Seeing his background of Nat and the kids trigger silent tears. He didn't try to fight it. She and the kids were his everything.

He dialed Jay without thinking needing his brother to keep him sane.

"Hey man. What's up?" Jay answered almost immediately.

Will's tears reached him before his words and Jay became instasntly worried. "It's Nat," he whispered.

"Will? What's wrong? Are y'all ok?"