Wesley

Silence

Wesley

I wake up to the sound of crying.

A familiar cry.

I sit up, but the doctors walk in, telling me to lay back down.

"Where's A?! Wh-"

"She's right next to you" the nurse says and I turn to see a curtain.

"Why's she crying? What happened?" I stress, sitting up once again.

The woman frowns. "You two got into a car wreck. It hit Aaliyah's side of the car and-"

"Aaliyah!" I shout.

"Sir-"

"Just open the curtain" a doctor peeks his head in before walking off.

The nurse nods and opens the curtain, revealing an exhausted, eyes swollen Aaliyah.

She's hooked to an IV and I can see all the bruises and cuts on her arm.

My eyes widen. "A" I grab her attention. She turns to me, crying more. "No baby, don't cry! I'm so sorry! I'm so fucking sorry! But you're safe now! You're in the safest place you can be! I know it's scary, I do! And I'm so sorry for this!-"

"Wes stop" she cries.

"I'm so sorry" I get out of the hospital bed as I don't have anything hooked to me, just pain on my right side. "I'm right here" I hold her little shaking hand. "I'm not going anywhere" I kiss her temple.

"Wes" she sobs, squeezing my hand.

"Yeah?" I frown.

"I was pregnant. The baby didn't make it" she says with uncontrollable sobs.

My eyes widen. "W-what?"

"I didn't know! I'm so sorry! I killed our baby" she closes her eyes, crying.

"Aaliyah..." I try to form words and a shiver runs down my spine. "You were pregnant?"

"I didn't know until just now, Wes, I'm so sorry!"

I back up, sitting down on my bed with my elbows on my knees and hands running through my hair.

"I-I was gonna be a dad?" I look up at her.

"Yes" she cries hysterically. "You were gonna be a daddy to a little girl"

Tears escape my eyes. "I-is she out?"

"They had to get her out immediately"

"A"

"We were gonna be a mommy and daddy"

I break down crying.

**

"How does your arm feel?" I hand her a slice of pizza.

"I wanna go home" she hands the plate back to me.

"Me too-"

"Do you? You're acting so calm!" she starts to cry for the sixth time in an hour.

"I don't know how to act, A. I don't know what to say-"

"Our child is dead! We got in a car crash, Wes!! And you have nothing to say or do?!" she stands up from the couch.

I try to form words. "I'm just in shock, A. I know nothing-"

"And I'm not?! Fuck you, Wes! I should've never got in that car with you! I should've never said yes!" she takes the engagement ring off her finger and throws it on the floor before storming off.