10 minutes pass and there is a knock on the door.
"Colleen, it's me" I hear Josh's voice say. I wipe away my tears and go over to answer it. As soon as I see him I hug him and cry in his chest.
"Shhh. Let's go over and sit on the bed and talk" Josh comforts me and leads me over to the bed while I nod. We sit on the bed. I don't wanna let go of him. I feel... safe.
"I told Erik how you were nice enough to give us money and support us and he flipped out on me for still talking to you. He yelled at me saying he doesn't care if she will get better. The doctors came in here about 5 minutes ago and said she is getting worse. I don't know what to do. I already kicked Erik out of the room." I sob in Josh's shirt getting it soaked.
"I'm so sorry, Colleen. I think I understand where he is coming from but I will never know unless he says it himself." He says rubbing my back. Just then the room phone rings and I pick it up.
"Hello?" I answer.
"Hey ms. Ballinger. Erik Stocklin, your fiancé, is he here and he really wants to see you but you don't want him in your room. Was this a mistake?
"No" I coldly answer
"He and I got into a big argument today. He said something that upset me a lot. I guess you can let him up." I say.
"Ok, ma'am. He is on his way up"
I hang up.
"You should probably go... Erik is coming up." I say to Josh.
"Ok, but if you need anything I'm here." He says and hugs me.
"Thank you" I reply.
He opens the door to leave and there stands Erik. Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!
"Well isn't it Mr. Evans, the man who treated my fiancé terribly," Erik says coldly to Josh. I could tell Josh was hurt by that but he stayed strong. He didn't let it affect him.
"Look, man, I'm not here to argue. Just to help Colleen with a hard time. Please go talk to Colleen. She is hurting right now. Bye, Colleen. Bye, Erik." Josh says and walks out. Erik looks to me.
"Colleen... I'm sorry. I really am. I'm here for you. I shouldn't have freaked out. I was just afraid that you would eventually leave me for him. Please forgive me. I do care about you and our daughter. Give me another chance" he cries. I run up to him and cry in his arms.
"The doctors told me she is getting worse. She needs surgery in the next hour if she is gonna survive." I sob soaking his shirt with my tears. He rubs my back and we stay silent. Soon the doctor comes in and takes Kelsy and it's just Erik and me.
"I just wanna go home," I say looking down. Erik lifts up my chin and kisses me.
A couple of hours pass and Kelsy comes back. They inform us that she should be fine now and will be ok to go home in couple days. That is such a relief. I look at Erik and smile. He smiles back. I look down at my ring. I'm such a lucky girl. Great fiancé. Great daughter. Great friends. Great job. I couldn't have asked for more.
I pull out my phone and tweet about how Kelsy gets to go home in a couple days. They all freaked out and were filled with so much joy. All the prayers worked. I sit next to Erik on the bed and cuddle with him.
"Happy?" he asks me.
"Mmhmm" I smile and close my eyes.
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A couple of days have passed and Kelsy gets to go home today! Yay! I grab one of her newborn outfits from our bag and put it on her.
"My perfect little princess" I read her shirt and smile. I pick her up and hold her. She starts to fuss a bit.
"Hey, Erik can you help me feed her?" I ask him he nods. He comes over and holds her while I get set up. When I'm ready he hands her off to me and I position her.
"You two are so beautiful," Erik says and smiles at us. He pecks me on the lips.
"I couldn't have asked for a better life," I say smiling staring into his eyes. A few minutes later Kelsy finishes, I burp her and gently place her in her carrier and strap her in. She looks at Erik and I and smiles and giggles. Her little brown hair was now starting to grow in again and she was so much happier and alert. She also had the most beautiful eyes.
"Feel better princess?" I ask her in a baby voice. She just smiles.
"Ready to finally go home?" Erik asks. I nod. Then we head off.
We get in the car and I pull out my vlog camera.
"Hey, guys! I'm back. Kelsy is doing amazing. She is so alert and much happier and her little brown hair is starting to grow back! It makes me feel so relieved. Anyway, I'm in the car with Erik and Kelsy and we are finally heading home! I missed home so much. I hate being in hospitals. I like to be at home. One of my favorite places to be!" I say.
"Home is where the good tube is." He says and I crack up laughing. He laughs too. I shut off my camera and put it away. We pull up to our house and I take little Kelsy out of the back seat.
"We are home darling" I smile at her. I take her straight up to her room. It was a simple looking bedroom. Blacks, whites, grays, browns. We didn't want to make it too much of one gender than the other. especially since we made it before we even knew what the gender was. I set her in her crib and look down at her and watch her. Our little girl was home and in her own crib. This made me the happiest. There was a moment I never thought this would happen but never say never. I feel arms wrap around me.
"Hey. You have a visitor downstairs." He smiles. I quickly peck him on the lips and I go downstairs. There sitting in our living room was Josh.
"Josh? What are you doing here? Is everything ok?" I ask him.
"Yeah, everything is ok but I wanted to give you this check." He smiles.
"Aww, thank you so much, Josh."
"Anyways I better go. Pamela is probably wondering where I am. See you around"
"Bye thanks again" he then leaves.
"He isn't that bad of a guy." Erik smiles at me. I smile back at him.
"Yeah. He's gotten way better. He is so happy right now and so am I. we then peck and it leads to more. So much more.
