Loved By You

Forty-seven

Angelo

"It appears that Maja had an ulcer on her stomach which caused her to vomit blood. It seems that it has been developing for a while now and had nothing to do with the accident. We fixed it and examined her abdomen thoroughly for any more lesions and everything else seems fine. We're going to let the anesthesia wear off so she can wake up on her own." The doctor said. I nodded my head as I looked at her sleeping form.

"And the baby?" I asked which caused the doctor to sigh. "The baby was oxygen deprived for about an hour or so." She paused looking at me with sympathetic look in her eyes. "I'm sorry but the baby didn't make it." She said. I turned away from her. "I'm so sorry." She said before leaving me alone with Maja.

~

2 days later

"Nooo." Maja cried after I told her what happened with the baby. "I'm sorry baby. I'm so sorry." I said holding her as she cried. The door opened and our families came in. "Maja I'm so sorry." Her mom said hugging her. I moved so her sisters could join them. I quietly stepped out and made it outside to see my uncle on his way in. He stopped me and went to pull me into a hug, but I stepped away. "Angelo, I know how you're feeling." He said taking a step towards me. "How could you possibly know how I'm feeling? Have you had almost everything taken from you?" I asked. "Has your girl constantly been hurt and broken? Have you been tried time and time again like you won't kill all these motherfuckers in a heartbeat? Huh, have you?" I barked out as I felt myself seconds away from snapping.

"Yes." He said. I paused and looked at him. "What?" I asked. "It was when you were younger. Because of my line of work, I've lost people who can never be replaced. So yes, I know what it's like to lose everything and want blood from the person who caused it. If anybody understands it's me so talk to me." He said. I opened my mouth to speak but nothing came out. "I can't." I said shaking my head before I turned walking off.

Maja

I woke up to see Angelo coming into my room. I looked at him unable to get a read off him. His eyes locked in with mine and we just stared at each other for a while. "Where have you been?" I asked. He just continued to look at me. I sighed. "Come here?" He continued to just stand there silent. "Angelo!!" I snapped before I grabbed my lower stomach. He came towards the bed standing over the bed looking down at me. "I'm sorry for causing all of this. If you want nothing to do with me..." "Stop." I said. "We've experienced an awful tragedy. If I blame anyone it's myself. I had been having light stomach pain for a while now but it always coincided with my period. Then once I got pregnant the stomach pain had turned into heartburn which isn't suspicious either. Had I told someone soon maybe this all could have been avoided." I began to ramble.

"Don't do that. Don't blame yourself." He said. "I won't if you take your own advice." I said. "Why are you taking this so well? I feel like I just had my chest ripped out." He said as he dropped his head. "I don't think it's fully hit me yet." I said lowly. "Honestly with all the drugs they have me on I just want to sleep." I said.

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It had been several days since I lost the baby and I hadn't really been up for having too many visitors even Angelo and Sami had been too much for me to deal with. It was getting late and I was lying in bed staring at the ceiling. I felt numb and I couldn't find the words to express what I was thinking. I heard the door to my room open only to see Angelo had come in. He came and laid next to me and for a while it was quiet between the two of us. "They said the baby was a girl." I said softly. "She would have been just as beautiful as you and Sami." Angelo said staring at the side of my face. I knew if I looked at him all the emotions I had been avoiding would hit me.

"Eva." He mumbled. "What?" I asked looking his way. "I like the name Eva." He smiled. "Our Eva." I said as I linked his fingers with mine as I rested my head on his shoulder. "Keep going," I mumbled.

"Eva would have loved her big sister so much. They would have done just about everything together. She would have been loved by everyone. She would have been the happiest little girl." He paused as his voice slightly broke. "She would have been a daddy's girl. I would have spoiled the hell out of her." He chuckled. "But her best friend beside Sami would have been you. You, Sami, and Eva would be best friends. She would have loved you with all her heart." When he said that I couldn't hold back the tears anymore. "We all would have been happy." He said as he kissed my temple.

Angelo

It had been about two weeks since we lost the baby and Maja had been home for a week. She had been sleeping most of the time and she and only talking to Sami, so I wanted to do a little something to cheer her up. "Gelo!" Sami called me. "What's up?" I asked once got to her room. "When is mama going to feel better." She asked. I sighed. "I don't but we're going to help her feel better okay?" I said. "How are we going to do that?" She asked. "We're going to go get her somethings from the store. You want to come with me?" I asked.
She jumped up nodding her head quickly. "Put your shoes on." She quickly threw her shoes on and went to go check on Maja before we left. "Hi, mama," Sami said crawling into bed. "Hi, my love." She said as I leaned against the doorframe watching them. I loved watching the little moments Maja and Sami shared.

"Gelo?" Sami called. "Yeah?" I answered. "You okay?" Maja asked. "Yeah, fine. We just wanted to come check on you." I said. "You didn't have to..." "Of course I do." I smiled walking towards her kissing her forehead. "Thank you." She said. "Welcome shawty." Her eyes widened as we stared at each other before laughing. "Don't... ever say that...again." She said between her fits of laughter. "I like it. I think I'm gone start calling you that." I said laughing. "Boy bye." She said laughing.

"I hear laughter!!" Arnell sang as she and Nadia came in. "I was just talking to my shawty and she laughed at me," I said looking at the three of them. "Did this goof just call you shawty?" Nadia asked trying to contain her laughter. "Right!!" Maja said laughing all over again. Arnell, Nadia, and even Sami joined her in her laughter. I was enjoying seeing Maja laugh and smile it felt like forever since I had seen either. "Wow so yall all gone just laugh at me," I said chuckling myself. "It's out of love though," Maja said. "Yeah. Yeah, when we come back we're going to talk about what's wrong with me saying shawty." I said kissing her lips. "Oh, we definitely will." She smiled.

A.N.
Don't hate me!! 😭 I have a plan.

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