He Rescued Me

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Brantley's POV
It's been a few days since we found out about the miscarriage. I'm having a hard time dealing with it all, and I have no idea how to help Maci. She won't hardly get out of bed. I go in the room every once in a while to check on her, and she can't even look at me. The last couple nights, I've slept in the guest room to give her space. Right now, I'm out in the driveway, polishing my motorcycle, trying to think about anything else. "How you holding up?" I hear Maci ask from behind me. "I've had better days. Don't worry about me, how are you?" "I can't stop thinking about it. I feel like it's my fault. I let you down and I'm so sorry." She says, breaking down. "Baby, come here." I pull her to me as I sit on the bike, and wrap my arms around her waist. "This is not your fault. These things happen baby. I hate that it happened to us, but we can try again some day. I just want to see that beautiful smile on your face again. I love you." I lean up and kiss her softly. Maci pulls back and has a small smile on her face. "There ya go." "Thank you Brantley. I love you."

Maci's POV
I've been so caught up in my dark hole, that I never even thought about how Brantley was doing. We are still sitting outside on his bike, holding each other. "Come on, let's go inside." I tell him grabbing his hand and pulling him inside. "Hold on baby girl. Let me pull the bike back in, and clean all this up." He says as he pulls away from me and walks off. I turn around and walk in the house and try to find something to make for lunch. I'm cutting up tomatoes for the salad when Brantley walks in. "What are you doing? You need to be resting." He says. "I'm fine. I don't hurt anymore and I need to get out this funk. Just let me do this please." I tell him getting frustrated. "I just want to make sure that you're ok." Brantley says walking over to me. "I promise I'm fine. I could really go for a kiss though." I tell him with a smirk. He leans down and kisses me roughly and I almost melt. "I have missed that." "Me too angel. Me too."

(The Next Day)
"Dammit Maci! Get out of bed! I can't keep doing this." Brantley yells walking into the room. I ended up ruining our evening last night because I couldn't get out of my head. "Stop yelling at me! I can't help it! I lost my baby and I don't know how to deal with that!" "I lost my baby too! It kills me that it happened, and I have my moments that I break down too! Life goes on Maci. We have to keep living to heal. We have to live for our baby." Brantley says trying to calm down. "I called Mama and she is on her way. She is going to take you out for a girl's day. Please get up and dressed and go try to have fun." He leans down and kisses my cheek, before walking out of the room. I know that he's right, so I decide to get out of bed and go enjoy a day with Mama Becky.

Brantley's POV
I walk into the living room right as Mama walks in the house. "Hey baby. How you doin?" She asks walking up and hugging me. "Maci's getting dressed. She will be down in a bit." I tell her, pulling out of the hug. "You didn't answer my question son." "I'm having a hard time Mama. I have my breakdowns alone, because I have to be strong for Maci. In reality, I need her to be strong for me too. I don't know how to help her. I can't even help myself." I say, letting the tears fall freely. "Y'all are gonna have to talk to someone honey. If y'all can't figure out how to move past it, that is your best option." Mama tells me. Maci comes walking down the stairs, and walks straight into my arms. "I'm sorry baby." She whispers to me. "Mama, can I have a couple minutes with her?" "Yeah. I'll be in the car Maci." Mama says, and Maci nods. "Maybe we need to talk to someone. I don't know what what else to do." I tell her as soon as Mama closes the door. "Brantley, I don't want to get anyone else involved. I promise that we can make it through this. Let's just get out of town for awhile. Just us. If that doesn't work, then we can try talking to someone." I smile and lean down and kiss her. "Deal. I'll plan while you are with Mama." She kisses me one more time before running out the door to Mama's car. Now I just have to find the perfect spot to go.