Baby Mendes//S.M.

Chapter 17 - I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine!

Shawn's POV ———————————————-
I begin to pull out of the driveway, when I hear Melony's parents asking tons of questions I can't process. So much going on, and my mind is racing, I can barely hear anything.

"Shawn, what in the world are your doing?" Sharon asks, and I shake my head.

"I-I thought Melony was gone," I stumble, and Brian and Sharon both look at each other.

I was going to step on the gas, but something was telling me to stay home. Melony just called me. I heard her crash, I can't be going crazy. What the hell is happening? What is going on?

"She is gone," She pauses, and for a split second my breathing gets heavy.

She's gone? No, no, no! This can't be. I thought I had her. Right here. I was so close. She was in my grasp. Why?

"She went to the store, Shawn." Brian finishes, and I feel my eyes roll back in my head.

"She did! But she crashed, she told me to help her! I can't sit here, she's gone!" I exclaim, trying not to yell so loud.

"No she didn't, Shawn." Sharon told me, but I couldn't believe her.

"She would have called us first. And you had her on speaker phone the entire time. She never crashed. You hung up on her mid-sentence." Brian explained to me, and I looked at myself in the review mirror.

I took a deep breath, and I collected my thoughts. No... there was no way. This was real. I heard the horns. I heard her calling for me. I need to get to the hospital!

"I heard her! Guys, I'm serious, l know this happened. We're going. She was cut off mid-sentence, by a truck." I told them and then their faces turned scared.

Maybe this was real. I hope it was real. I didn't want this to be real, but I was hoping I wasn't crazy. I was hoping I wasn't imagining this. I hope she is okay.

Then it hit me...

She is two months pregnant with our baby. And we don't even know the gender yet. What if it was fatal? What if our baby doesn't live? I mean Melony is very fertile, but I can't lose this chance. She's always been afraid to lose to a pregnancy. I can't let this happen.

"We are going. We have to go. Guys I know I can't be imagining this. Melony is hurt, and I need to make sure she is okay." I said, my face becoming flustered.

"Mommy is hurt?" Andi said and she started to whine.

"Are we going to go see mommy?" Allison whined, too, and tears rimmed in my eyes.

This wasn't real.

"Yes we are."
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Melony's POV
I walked out of the store, carrying the cake with both my hands, and the very nice register man, pushing my — barely full — cart of groceries. I still had a pulling gut feeling. But then again, that could just be my baby squeezing on my bladder. I don't even know what I'm going to name this baby. I don't even know if it's a boy or a girl. I hope it's a boy, I have always wanted a boy. But I have always wanted children, so I guess I'm fine with either, really.

"Would you like help putting your groceries in your trunk?" The nice cashier guy asked me.

"Yes, thank you," I read his name tag "Clark. I appreciate it."

"Of course," he said to me and I smiled kindly to him, watching him return the favor.

I put the cake on the left side of the trunk, and kindly order the cashier to put the groceries on the right side. I thank him again, and he goes back inside, and I get in the driver seat. I start the car and begin to drive home. I call Shawn from my phone, and he answers.