This Love

The Last Goodbye

August 4th, 2026
Malibu, USA
Miley's POV       

2 am

"Liam, Liam wake up. Please Liam, Liam." I say while crying.

"What's wrong? Is everything okay?"

"My water broke...and there's blood."

Liam sat up quickly and looked under the covers, he froze also but only for a couple seconds.

"What happened?" Liam asks.

"I don't know. I woke up and felt something wet so I looked, and I saw this. Liam I'm freaking out."

"Just calm down, I'll grab the hospital bag."

"Liam what about the kids."

"Stay there and relax, I'll get them."

Liam leaves the room and I change into some clean clothes. He comes back and grabs the bag in one hand and helps me with the other.

"Mommy where are we going?" Jessica asks.

"Mommy has to go to the hospital, the baby decided to come a little early." Liam answers.

"Is it bad?" Leonardo asks, and I start to cry. "Why are you crying mommy?"

"Liam, we need to go. I'm really dizzy." I say, completely ignoring Leonardo's questions.

I didn't know how to respond to Leonardo's questions. I wasn't gonna tell him I don't know if it's bad, and I didn't wanna tell him I'm scared. I don't want the kids to worry. As far as they're concerned, the baby is coming early and that's that.

I got in the passenger seat while Liam helped the kids in the car and put the bag in the back. He got in and we were on our way to the hospital. I closed my eyes during the whole ride because of how dizzy I was. Once we got there and parked, we all went into the emergency room. I couldn't believe what was happening, everything was fine, why now? I got into a room and into a gown. I'm freaking out, I know I need to be calm and relax but I can't do that right now. I know it's horrible to think but I don't care about myself right now. I don't care how I'm feeling. All I care about is the baby. The kids were sitting towards the back of the room by the window, and Liam was sitting next to me. After a few minutes of waiting, Dr. Walsh came in.

"Hi Miley. So it says here your water broke?" Then I nod.

"There was blood too."

"Okay, I'm gonna check to see how dilated you are." She puts gloves on and I spread my legs.  "You're about six centimeters."

"Already?"

"Yes. I'd say if you were only a few centimeters there are ways to slow it down, but you've progressed too far. It'll be a quick one though most likely. I'll be back in a bit, if anything serious happens, get a nurse to call me." I nod before she leaves, then rest my head back.

"Liam, nothing can happen to him. What if something happens? What if-"

"Shh, hey, I know you're scared. Trust me, I am too. But we can't freak out too bad okay? We gotta keep positive."

"I don't know how. Liam, what if he- what if he doesn't make it?"

"You can't think that."

"I finally started to act more positive about the pregnancy, now look." I say. "It's because I stopped worrying."

"It's not your fault, babe. Shit happens all the time. No pregnancy is perfect."

"But not every pregnancy ends like this."