Live Simply

Chapter 40

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Cailas POV

Bella and I sat in Hailey's room doing nothing. Bella was on her phone and I was looking at Hailey.

"Bella." I said, not removing my eyes from Hailey.

"What caila?" She asked.

"Can I trust you?" I asked her. She looked at me like, 'why the hell not?'

"Of course you can trust me." She said sitting up.

"I need to tell you something." I said standing up and sitting down next to her. How was I going to say this.

"I'm scared. About having the twins."I said. Bella looked at me and smiled.

"Your going to be a great mom." Bella Said to me. I nodded.

"That's funny, Matt was saying the same thing last night." A voice said. I looked up and saw that Hailey was awake.

"Hailey!" Bella and I both yelled. We hugged her.

"Get the doctor." I said to Bella. She went out the door.

"Where is everyone?" She asked quietly. I explained everything about how all the guys were meeting Ivy, how she had cancer and how they were going to bring her on a day of fun.

"So why aren't you guys there?" She asked.

"We aren't apart of magcon, Ivy wouldn't know who we were. Matt wanted to stay but I wouldn't let him." I said just as the doctor walked in.

"How are to feeling?" He asked her. She replied good and then he checked her blood pressure and all that jazz. Then he left.

"Ya know, Matt hadn't left your side for more than ten minutes." I told her. She frowned.

"He's the best brother." Bella said sitting down.

"He's gonna be a great dad too." Hailey said. I nodded. After five minutes of sitting in silence, Hailey spoke up.

"So if the guys are with, Ivy? And you guys are here, where's Natalie?" She asked looking at us. I looked at Bella and she looked at me worried.

"While you were out, she had a stroke. She doesn't remember anyone or anything." I said finally. Hailers face dropped.

"She woke up this morning." Bella added. Hailey closed she eyes.

"I want to see her." She said.

Matts POV

"What's your favorite place in the world?" Shawn asked Ivy.

"The beach!" She yelled. We all smiled. We loved the beach. We all went and took pictures with Ivy and left.

When we were walking down the hall, I got a text from Caila. I didn't open it I just read what the notification said.

Come quick. Hailey is...

I sprinted down the hall and up the stairs. She could be dying and I wouldn't even be there. I swung into the room so are Caila and Bella standing next to the bed Hailey was in.

She was awake! I ran over o her and hugged her.

"Hey." She said hugging me back.

"Thanks for staying with me." She whispered in my ear as I pulled away.

"No problem." I said just as the other guys came in.

"Hailey your awake." Aaron said running over to her and kissing her lips. I don't know why but whenever I see them kiss, my protective instincts go sky high.

When they pulled Aaron took her hand and stood next to her.

"I want to see Natalie." Hailey said. We all looked at each other.

"Okay, let's go." I said getting a wheel chair for her. Aaron and I helped her into the wheel chair and I pushed her to Natalies room.

When we got there, we went Ina mad saw Natalie was watching tv.

"Hey. Matt right?" She said cheerily. I nodded.

"Hi Natalie." I said waving. I pushed Hailey next to her bed. Cameron's net over to Natalie.

"Hey babe." Cameron said leaning down and kissing Natalie. Be was trying so hard.

"Hi." She said after he pulled away.

"Natalie, this is Hailey Espinosa. She is my sister." I said to her.

"Nice to meet you." Natalie said extending a hand. Hailey looked at. Not moving.

Hailey's POV

Natalie extended her hand to me and said it was nice to meet me.

"Natalie, we have meet before." I said. She frowned and looked puzzled. She put her hand down.

"I'm sorry, I don't remember." She said. I looked at Matt and he gave me a reassuring look.

"Can I have a few minutes alone with Natalie please?" Hey nodded and went out the door.

"Natalie, you need to remember. You have to. I know in the back of your mind you remember." I said looking up at her.

"I don't though. I don't think you know how hard it is." She said looking at me.

"Okay. Here's what we are going to do. I'm going to tell you a bunch of stories l help you remember." I said wheeling myself closer to her bed.

She nodded. The first story I'd tell her was how we met.

"We met September 5, 2007. In kindergarten. We were in the same class, Mrs. Rinskie. We were sitting on the carpet reading a book. I asked you if you wanted to be friends and you said sure. We split apart until 8th grade playing volleyball." I said. She shook her head.

"Next story. 6th grade. We were in the same gym class and we were playing hockey. Mrs Tuttle put us on the same team. We'd argue over who's be goalie or not. Neither of us wanting to." She shook her head again.

"8th grade. Volleyball. I had played in 7th grade and you were just starting. You were really good. As you served, the whole team and I'd yell, "DONT BEND YOUR ARM."

She still shook her head.

"I'm sorry. I just can't remember." She said