The Aftermath

22 - Blood

A/N: This chapter is a very sad and could be stressful to some readers. My advice is to remember that it is just a story and everyone is okay in real life.
Becky
For once I knew where I was when I woke up, I was in the maternity unit. I had a monitor around my bump of course I went straight to panic mode, why would they need to be measuring my baby? What's wrong? I moved slightly and felt a strange pain, I tried to press the call button but I hurt too much. I could see my heart rate going up and my machine started to beep, I was already crying. I am in a world of pain, I feel something pouring down my chest so I press my hand to the pain. I pull my hand out and see it's covered in blood, this immediately unsteadies my breathing.

"Help!"

I see the double doors push open and I see Colby, I see his expression change instantly from a look of joy to one of horror.

"Help me..."

I don't know what's going on, why am I bleeding and why is nobody helping me. I feel my eyelids getting heavier and I try to fight off the uncontrollable unconsciousness. I'm struggling to breathe and my heart rate has jumped up. I see Colby reach for my hand and unconsciousness sweeps over me like a blanket.

Colby
I don't know what's going on, all I know is something is seriously wrong. Every machine is beeping and flashing red, I'm scared. I see the emergency team start to pool into the room. I'm asking to leave so the porter quickly took me outside to where my sister was sitting. She saw the blood on my hands and her face turned pale.

"What's happened?"

She spoke in such a soft but scared tone, I wiped Becky's blood off my hand before looking back up at Krisi.

"I don't know, all I know is when I went in there she was bleeding a lot. I reached for her hand and squeezed it but she didn't squeeze back...what if I lose her?"

She pulled me in for a hug, she couldn't be all reassuring like before because we really don't know if Becky will be alright. She just let me cry, she held me close to her because I think she can see into my broken facade.

Ashley
I can't help but thinking about it all, throughout my pregnancy the worst thing that happened to me was that I was sick a lot. But Becky has had to deal with everything, seizures, Colby almost ending his life and now all of this. I feel so bad for her and I know it's not my fault but she's had so much stress during her pregnancy. She's also terrified, every time anyone mentions her pregnancy she shuts down. It still hurts her a lot that she lost her first one so of course she's scared to be pregnant, I would be fucking terrified if I was her. She seems strong to the naked eye, but I can see through it all. I can see the pain and the fear behind her eyes and I think Colby can too. I'm so stuck in my own head that I don't realise that Joe had gone. I look around and I can't see Luis either. My eyes go wide as I realise that I've just lost Krisi's son. I notice Joe walking out of the bathroom with a grim expression on his face. I walk up to him and notice he seems off, he looks pale and sweaty.

"Look I've lost Luis..."

"Oh let's go find him."

"Do you wanna take a minute, I'll go look for him."

I see him nod, he goes to move towards the seating but almost collapses.

"Joe?"

"I'm fine, I just need a minute."

I helped him over to the seat and gave him a kiss on his boiling forehead before going to look for Luis. It doesn't take me long to find him, he's standing by reception trying to steal a lollipop from the jar.

"Ah ha!"

I see him turn to face me, shocked expression on his tiny face.

"Do you want Auntie to buy one for you?"