Million Reasons (3)

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"Chris, where is she?" Scarlett was in a panicked state as she rushed into the hospital only a few minutes after getting off of the phone with him.

"Follow me." Chris motioned for her to follow him as he made his way through the emergency room.

"Lizzie, baby." Scarlett went running to her wife who was sobbing in the hospital bed, her face buried in her hands. She placed her hands over Lizzie's, trying to pry them away from her face, "come on, babe, just look at me."

Lizzie quickly shook her head.

"Baby, it's just me. Just grab my hands, ok?"

Lizzie was reluctant at first but eventually grabbed her wife's hands, allowing Scarlett to pull them away and hold onto them in her lap. She pressed a soft kiss to Lizzie's wet cheek, "It's ok, baby."

Lizzie cried harder, wrapping her arms around Scarlett, needing someone to hold onto.

"God, how did I let things get so bad between us?" Scarlett asked, her face buried in her hands as she sat with Chris in the waiting room. "She was going through so much after Posey and I did nothing to help."

"You were both going through a lot, Scar. You both lost your baby, it was a rough time."

"I know, but I was the one who pushed her away first. She probably thought that I blamed her or that I didn't love her anymore because our baby died."

"Scar-"

"I pushed her so far that she moved across the country to be away from me. How could I have been so stupid?"

"It was hard on both of you, but even after all of that, you were the only person she wanted while she was trying to die on me."