a mixup caused by a switch up (a David Dobrik fanfic)

(23) the truth

we barely slept a wink. no one slept well. i decided that it was best to call derek and get him on the next flight here. bailey had another surgery coming up really soon. she and the baby had a smooth night. the doctors induced her into a medical coma in hopes to give her brain a rest. the surgery was neurosurgery. they needed to go in and assess the damage and fix what they couldn't last night. nurses kept coming in prepping her and monitoring the baby. i looked at my phone it was 3:37am. they are taking her back at 4:59am for the surgery. everyone was up. heath went on a coffee run. derek would be here before she got out of surgery. i am going to have to explain that i put her and our children in danger because i was jealous of him.

the hospital staff came in and started to take her out of the coma. she may wake up, or the pain medication might keep her asleep. i sat on the edge of her bed and rubbed around the iv in her hand. hoping to get to talk to her. i just need her to know how sorry i am. and how im going to be there the whole way through this recovery no matter what it takes. bailey began to move after a few minutes.

"hey she's moving!" i say to everyone in the room.

everyone gathers around and waits to see if she'll open her eyes. a could of minutes later her eyes flutter open.

"oh my god. bailey." zane gasps and grabs her hand.

"bailey baby. hey beautiful. i am so sorry i love you." i begin to tear up.

she didn't say anything to either of us. she looked at us blankly with a hit of fear in her eyes. she lightly squeezed my hand.

"she just squeezed my hand!" i say to everyone around.

"mine too!" zane smiles.

a small tear ran down my face. i love this girl more than life itself. i don't deserve her.

the nurses and doctors came and and started checking her responses. they hit her to squeeze their hands, shined a light in her face, and then asked her to speak.

"hey sweetheart. i know it's difficult and if you can't that's okay. let's just try" the doctor said.

she tried to speak and shook her head as tears formed in her eyes.

she kept hold of my hand. she had a look of fear in her eyes as the nurse dialed her pain medicine back up and she fell back asleep.

the doctors took all of us out into the hallway to speak with us.

"it looks like the brain damage she sustained was very severe. we expected the vocal deficits. hopefully we can reverse then in surgery and she will regain her speaking function." the doctor says

"thank you so much" we all say.

i heard footsteps and i turn around and see the reason i was so jealous. derek.

"hey man. how are you holding up? how is she?" he said as he walked in and shook my hand.

"hey man. she woke up for a couple minutes and was able to squeeze my hand. she still hasn't got her speech back yet but the doctors are going to try to reverse it during her next surgery." i say back to him.

"poor bailey. she always has the worst luck with this type of stuff. i kept trying to call her and get ahold to her but i wasn't getting an answer. can i see her?" derek says to me.

"yeah. for sure." we walk into her room where she's sleeping peacefully.

derek sighed and sat beside her.

"i'm sure she wanted to tell you on her own but we are expecting a second baby. it was news to me. she was going to tell me the day everything happened. they said as long as bailey can keep healing the baby will be fine" i walked to the edge of her bed.

"oh my." he turned back to her. "you better pull through. you have the life you deserve. after everything you are the one who deserves a happy family"

"i feel like i should get this off my chest.. this is all my fault. when you called her i got jealous for a spilt second. i let my anger take over. i threw her phone in the back of the car and she unbuckled to get it. and i immediately regretted it. i looked back to apologize and a truck was stopped on the interstate. i didn't mean for any of this to happen. i put her and both our children in danger because i was jealous. i know you are a good man derek. im sorry i did this." i said hanging my head.

he was silent for a while.

"hmm. as much as i want to get mad at you. we are all human. i know how it goes. we all make mistakes. i do love bailey but not like that anymore. you and her are inspiring. the way y'all click is so amazing. i have never seen her so happy. i respect you man. i know this is a very bad situation but learn from it. but also don't let this weight you down." he says and pats me on the back.

our conversation was cut short by the nurses coming in the take bailey to surgery.

i really started to think. i needed to listen to dereks advice. mistakes happen. although i still completely blame myself because it is clearly my fault. hopefully i can forgive myself. i picked luke up and hold him tightly. my little family means the world and i made a promise to myself that i would never put my family in danger like that w we again.

hours went by so slowly.

finally they bailey was being brought back from recovery where we would wait for her to wake up.

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wow it's been a very long while. hopefully i can get this story back up and running. college and covid times was rough but i am back hopefully!!