Because You're Mine (COMPLETED)

Chapter 132: Avi

We find out genders today. Im hoping for one of each, a boy and a girl, but honestly, I couldn't care what they are, I'm just happy to finally be a father.

I'm laying in bed next to Kirstie, who is cuddled up with the wall. I grab her shoulder and gently pull her to turn her around, and she wraps herself around me, but doesn't wake up. I just snuggle against her and think about everything.

Since neither of us really wanted to leave the house, we talked to our doctor and she said we could just do the ultrasound at home, since Kevin is a doctor himself, and as long as we sent her the results, all would be fine. I'm pretty sure she's not allowed to do that, but she did anyway. But since its kinda still the middle of the night, we have no rush.

I bring my hand down and place it on Kirstie's belly. I hear my phone ring, and for the love of god, whoever is calling me at this ungodly hour, better have a damn good reason. I grab it and see that its my mother.

Christ.

I gently get out of bed, making sure not to wake Kirstie, and go downstairs to call my mom back, only to see Mitch curled up on the couch, facing the back of it. I put my phone in the waistband of my briefs and walk over to him. "Mitch." I whisper. Then I drop my head because its not Mitch. "Hunter?" I try. I see head twitch and immediately know he wasn't sleeping. I grab his shoulder and roll him over so he's facing me, and I see that his eyes are red and puffy from crying. "What's the matter?" I ask gently, rubbing my hand up and down his arm.

"Mitch." He said simply, then sniffled again.

"What about him?"

"He's hurting." He covers his face with his free hand. "He's hurting and there's nothing I can do about it. He refuses to talk to me about anything regarding Rick or your father. I know that I should at least have an idea of what he went through, but it was like I was blocked or something. I couldn't help him then, and I can't help him now. I have no idea what to do!" He started sobbing hard enough that his small body was bouncing on the cushions.

"Hunter, its alright." I say, trying to comfort him.

"No. Its not. I'm supposed to help him. Im supposed to be the one person, or wolf, or whatever, that helps him and I can't even do that. He won't let me. He doesn't talk to me. Hell, half the time i can barely feel him there." His eyes shift to mine with a serious look in them. "And you know what happens if he fades away."

I give a sad nod. If Mitch completely disconnects, he could be lost for a very long time, or we just may never get him back. He'll be gone forever. That would ruin Scott. It would ruin Kirstie. It would ruin this whole pack. "You need to try and connect with him."

He quickly sits up. "You think I haven't tried?!" He shouts, tears streaming down his face. I can tell that Mitch isn't the only one hurting here. "You think I want him to disappear forever?! He's literally my other half! I want to bring him back, but he's gone from begging me to, to not saying a goddamn thing to me. He's so far into his depression that even I feel like we won't come back from it. He's beating himself up because of what happened to Addalin. To our baby girl. He blames himself for putting you through so much fucking stress. He doesn't want to be here, and I'm the one who has to deal with all of these feeling. He hates himself, and he feels like no one here notices. With everything going on, he's not gonna speak up about it. With Addalin's birthday coming up, you and Kirstie having your babies soon, and just everything, he's not gonna put a damper on it. Not on everyone's happiness. But what he doesn't realize is that he's only hurting himself more." His voice quieted down at the end.

"I had no idea." I say after a while.

"No one does. That's my point. He's been holding it all in. Half the time he's terrified to be in his own bed because he feels that he's the reason that Scott was shot. He's just waiting for the day that Scott realizes this and will eventually leave him." He looms down at the ring on his hand and twists it around his finger. "He loves Scott so much. I love Scott, and it almost kills me that Mitch thinks this way."