✔︎𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 // bryce hall

thirty

4 months later: june 7th

ethan just became 4 months old and dixie's baby girl, aria, is about 2 months old.

bryce is out filming with the house so savanna is sitting on her living room floor playing with ethan when the doorbell rings. she puts him on her hip and walks to get the door. she opens it revealing a red faced dixie pushing aria's stroller. "hey babes, what's up?" savanna frowns, noticing her friend's tears and lets the brunette inside.

dixie pushes the stroller inside and parks it by the kitchen counter and lifts aria out. the two girls sit on the couch with their babies on their laps. "what's wrong, dixie?" savanna asks.

"i-i don't know what i'm doing wrong" dixie sputters.

"what do you mean?"

"i just feel like griffin never has time for me or aria anymore! he's always at the hospital and i'm raising her all on my own. it's just too much for me to handle. i keep wondering, did i do something wrong?"

"no, honey! you're doing everything perfectly fine. maybe you should talk to him about it."

"yeah, i know... but what do i even say?"

"just him how you feel and that you need him. i'm sure he'll understand."

"yeah, i hope so."

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bryce comes home later just to tell savanna he's going out again.

"where?" she asks.

"um, just out with some of the guys" he says.

"oh, ok. don't be home too late then" savanna says.

"alright. love you" he says, giving her a kiss on cheek.

"love you, too" she says and he leaves.

savanna decides to put ethan to bed so she gives him a bath and changes him into his pajamas. she puts him in the crib and turns off the lights in the bedroom. then, she goes back to the living room and turns on the tv.

she must have fallen asleep because she wakes up to her phone ringing. "hello?" she says, answering the phone.

"hey savanna." she recognizes the voice as tayler's.

"hey tayler, what's up?"

"so bryce is kind of in the hospital right now."

"oh my fucking god, what did he do?"

"they think it's just a broken arm."

"but what did he do?"

"he jumped off a balcony and landed weird i guess."

"jesus. ok i'm on my way" savanna hangs up and quickly calls olivia, who picks up right away.

"hi sav, what's up?" olivia says.

"i need you to come over right now."

"okay" she line ends and a few minutes later, olivia is inside savanna's apartment.

"ethan's sleeping right now, but i need you to stay here and watch him because bryce decided to be a dumbass and is in the hospital right now so i have to go see him."

"ok, sure! i love ethan."

"thank you so much, babe" savanna says, grabbing her keys and wallet and heading out the door.

"that fucking dumbass" she mutters to herself and rushes to her car.

her drive to the hospital is supposed to be short, but with the traffic, it takes much longer than she wishes.

finally she arrives, and meets tayler in the waiting area. "is he ok?" she asks.

"yeah, he's fine, but he wants to see you" tayler explains.

"okay" she says and tayler leads her to bryce's hospital room.

tayler opens the door and lets savanna in before leaving, letting the couple have privacy. bryce is sitting up on the bed. "hey babe" he says when he sees savanna.

"bryce, what were you thinking?" savanna says, walking up to his bed.

"i don't know, babe. i'm sorry."

"bryce, you're lucky. it could've ended a lot worse, you know."

"i know, baby. i'm sorry."

"babe, i just don't want you to get hurt. i was so worried."

"i know, i'm sorry for worrying you." after a pause, he asks, "how's ethan?"

"he's good. olivia is watching him."

"well, we can go home now. we wouldn't want to keep olivia up too long."

"yeah, let's go."

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