jock → reggie mantle [riverdale]

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The weeks felt like years, but today was the day, we get to find out what the baby is. I don't want to say a specific gender, I just want a happy healthy baby, but if I must, I would love to have a little boy. But I know Reggie wants a baby girl. I tapped my foot anxiously in the waiting room, my dad wasn't here today and Reggie was supposed to be here, but he picked up an extra job for the summer, to save for the baby. So Betty was here with me, she laughed at my eagerness. "You should go get the baby's first outfit after this." Betty added as the door swung open, my name being called. "Definitely." I answered as we stood, walking down the forever going hallway. 

"The doctor will be in shortly." We sat playing yet another waiting game, just in a different room. "I think it's going to be a boy." Betty spoke out of nowhere as she scrolled through her phone, a chime going off in the room. "There was a bad accident on highway 16." She mumbled, I sighed, "that's horrible, I guess we'll just have to take a different way to the store, I'm in no frame of mind to see that." I spoke, rubbing my stomach, "agreed, they aren't even releasing information yet." She added, proving how horrible the accident is. "Hello Jackie." Dr. Morgan came in, a smile across her face, "ready to find out what you're having?" She asked, knowing full well that I've been ready to know for weeks. "I'm still not used to that." I laughed as she squirted the cold gel on my growing bump, "you never do get used to it." 

I watched the screen intently, watching as she did all of her measurements, listing them off to me as she goes. "Well, you are going to have a very healthy..." She trailed off, moving the wand around a little more. "Little girl." She grinned, I felt my eyes fill with tears, as Betty came to my side, smiling along with me. "Jackie that's great." She added as the doctor wiped off my stomach. "I'll see you again in four weeks." Dr. Morgan exited the room as I gathered my belongings. "Reggie is going to flip out." I sniffled as I hopped off the exam table, I quickly scheduled my next appointment. Dialing Reggie as I walked to Betty's car, "hmm, no answer, he must be busy." I mumbled as she started the engine. "You can surprise him, get like a little baby outfit that says 'Daddy's Little Girl'." Betty got all excited with her idea, as did I, he will love it. 

I looked through almost all the racks of girl clothes, not finding the exact outfit I had pictured in my head, I went onto the last section of clothes as Betty answered a call from Jughead, "Hey Jug." I heard her say faintly as her voice went low, I came over to her wanting to make sure everything was okay. I watched as her face turned pale, "okay, I'll-um-I'll bring her there." She looked at me, her eyes glossy. "What's wrong?" I asked before she could even finish hanging up. "Jackie we should really go to the car first," she gently pulled the small stack of clothes from my hands, setting them down as she started guiding me to the car. "Betty, Jesus, just tell me." I stopped in my tracks as I saw Jughead pulling up on his motorcycle next to her car, followed by Archie and Ronnie in her car. "What is it?" I pleaded beginning to cry, I can feel it in my heart, this is not going to be good. 

"The car accident," Betty paused, the guys going to stand on either side of me, "oh god, it was Reggie, Jackie. He's in the ICU at the hospital, it's not looking to good." Betty rushed her words as I felt my legs go out from under me, my knees buckling. Jughead and Archie both grabbing onto me, keeping me from hitting the ground. "No, he was supposed to be at work." I shook my head vigorously, "he wouldn't lie to me now." I cried, "he wouldn't." I could barely breath as I sobbed in the middle of the parking lot. "He was coming to surprise you at the appointment." Veronica, sniffled, both girls crying at the sight of my heart breaking. "We'll take you to see him." Veronica added, ushering me to her car, with Archie's help. I saw Betty going back into the store with Jughead as we rushed off. Archie drove as Veronica sat in the back with me, letting me cry into her shoulder. "It's a girl." I let out, as I thought of how excited Reggie would have been. 

"Oh sweetie." She sighed holding me tighter. I continued to cry on and off the whole way to the hospital, I don't think I've ever gotten out of a car so quickly. "I need to find out what room my boyfriend, Reggie-" "Come with me Jackie." I heard from down the hall, I looked over and saw Reggie's father. He doesn't really care for me, especially since I got pregnant but he's come to terms with it because he knows Reggie won't leave me. "Before you go in there, you need to be prepared, he doesn't look too good." As I looked at Mr. Mantle, only then did I see his eyes were actually bloodshot. "Okay." I whispered, slowly entering the room, forcing myself to keep my eyes open. 

"Oh god, baby." I cried, wanting to fall to my knees at the sight of him, covered in bruises and scrapes, a tube down his throat. No one told me he was on a ventilator, my poor baby. "I'm here, Reggie, I'm here." I whispered sitting on the chair at his bedside, squeezing his hand. I closed my eyes, praying that he'll be able to make it through this.

A/N: this chapter was hard for me to write, I've seen two of my family members go through this pain of being on life support, its just as hard to be the one sitting in the chair praying for them to make it.