Our Love Story {Discontinued}

I Still Love You

"Stop him. Stop him." Those were the last words Michaela Stone heard while running up the stairs. It was her own voice in a calling, but she knew as soon as she opened the door who she had to stop. Within the second of opening the door and stepping in a gunshot went off. The room went dark and she felt herself collapsing.

"MIK! Michaela!" Jared practically shoves Zeke to the floor to get to Michaela before him, "No. No no no no no," Jared had his arm cradling Michaela's head the other making sure she still had a pulse, "What did you do?! Why? Why!"
Zeke was at a loss for words. He just stood there, he didn't seem shocked by Michaela lying on the floor nearing death, but by how quickly Jared became defensive.
"Get out. Get. Out. Get out!" Jared yelled at Zeke louder than had at anyone ever in his life. Zeke ran for the door and down the stairs.
"Mik, Mik please. Stay with me. Just... just hold on." At this point Jared had already dialed 911 and kept pressure on her wound until they arrived.

Within 10 minutes they had arrived at the hospital and the doctor had found Jared, who had just called Ben.

"Mr. Vasquez. Mr. Vasquez?" the doctor inquired.

"Uh... yes? Sorry..."

"Miss Stone hadn't been able to tell you the news I assume? We had just called her minutes before she was shot."

"What?"

"Mr. Vasquez, your ex-fiancée is pregnant. She might lose the baby-"

The doctor's words faded away while Jared's mind raced far away, back to the night less than 2 weeks away.

"Mr. Vasquez? Are you alright?"

"Ye-yeah I'm... fine."

"I need to know what you want us to do. Miss Stone did tell us you were the last person she was with and most likely the father."

"What... what can you do?"

"We can try to save them both, but it could result in an eventual miscarriage."

"Save them both. If you can, please try."

A few hours had gone by and Jared hadn't looked up from the floor while thinking since the doctor walked away. Ben was sitting next to Jared a long with Michaela and Ben's father. He hadn't told them yet and figured he would let Michaela tell them.

"The family can come in to see Miss Stone now," one of the nurses said. Steve and Ben stood up it Jared stayed with his head in his hands.

"Jared," Ben began, "You can come back with us."

"I'll wait. Go on without me," he replied. Ben nodded and gave Jared a soft pat on the shoulder before following his father.

Ben and Steve came back from the room. Ben nodded at Jared as Jared walked to the room.

"Mik?" Jared asked into a dead silent room, aside from the beeping of the machines. Michaela was asleep, but she hadn't been awake when her brother and father came in to see her, "I'm so sorry. This is all my fault. I'm so sorry, and I know you'll never be able to forgive me." Jared sat on the chair by the hospital bed and placed his hand over Michaela's lightly. "But I hope that you can forgive me. I love you and I want to be with you. I want to raise this baby with you in our own home. But if you want me to stay away I will. It's my fault you're here right now laying in this bed instead of safe at home and not in danger of loosing your baby or at risk of dying." Jared stopped speaking to breath and his breathe began to shake as a few tears fell down his cheeks. "I'm so so sorry Mik. I love you so much, that's why I'm letting you go." Jared leaned forward and kissed Michaela on the forehead before standing up and heading to the door.

"Jared? Please stay," Michaela stared, "Stay with me?"

"It's better for both of us if I go. I don't want to hurt you again."

"Jared, please, I still love you. I need you to help me through this, I can't do this without you."

Jared stopped and turned around slowly. He sat down next to her again, this time holding Michaela's hand. "I love you too. I always have and I always will." He leaned over and placed his other hand on Michaela's cheek. He kissed her and she kissed back, just before wincing from pain. "Sorry."

"It's ok... You really want this baby?"

"I- of course I do Mik. I want to be with you and have a family with you. I didn't propose to you back then just for the hell of it."

Michaela turned to her side and winced slightly before smiling. Quickly that smile became a grimace, "What about Lourdes?"

"I'm going to file for a divorce."

Michaela smiled again and turned over falling asleep again.

Author's note:
This is my new Jachaela fanfic and I'm suuuper excited about writing parts for it! The next part will probably be Michaela telling her family she's pregnant and then yeah... I probably should mention most of the time you can't see pregnancy that early on (within 2 weeks) but I think Mik was like a week and a half late so she went to the doctors after taking an at home test that had a faint second line. I hope you guys enjoy!
- Tori ❤️