| Chapter 11
"Pretty soon, we'll be twice as lucky!" I whispered into Dillon's ear and then pulled back to see his reaction. "Are you saying what I think you're saying?" He asked as his eyes softened and he cupped my face in his hands. Tears threatened to fall from my eyes, I nodded not trusting my voice at the moment. "Georgie, oh my god, I love you so much." He whispered, his voice thick with emotion, before he leaned up and captured my lips with his own. He broke the kiss and pulled me tight against him in a hug that felt like he was trying to pull me into his soul. I finally realized that I was still sitting on top of him, so I sat back up and climbed over him and out of bed. I walked over to my dresser, and Dillon sat on the edge of our bed and stared off in a daze. "You know, everything is going to be different this time." He said as he walked up behind me and wrapped his arms around me, resting his hand on my stomach, rubbing it soothingly. "How so?" I asked as I covered his hands with my own and leaned back into him. "Well for one, we are older. We are also financially secure, we have our own house. We don't have to worry about telling our families, or friends and how they will react to it. Don't get me wrong, I loved every second that you were pregnant with Emma but this time we will be able to focus souly on the baby, you and Emma, nothing else." He said as he gently turned me around. Just then the phone rang, and Emma ran into the room. "Hello?" Dillon said as Emma came over to me and tugged on my shirt impatiently. "When are we going to go to the park? Can Alexis and Lily still come with us?" Emma asked. "Are you sure? Ok, we'll be right there." Dillon said as he hung up the phone. "Babygirl, I hate to tell you this, but we can't go to the park today. Aunt Maxie is going to have the babies!" Dillon said as he crouched down to Emma's level and took her hands in his. Emma seemed a little disappointed but she was also very happy that the babies were finally coming. "Was that Kyle?" I asked as I ran to the closet and pulled out a pair of comfortable jeans and a tank top. "Actually that was Bobbie. She said that Kyle just brought Maxie in and asked her to call us. I guess Maxie isn't handling it too well. The doctors said it might have something to do with her heart." Dillon said quietly as he rushed to get dressed. Over the years, him and Maxie had grown extremely close. On top of my own distress, it pained me to see him so worried, because it really took a lot to worry him. Within 5 minutes I had Emma ready and we rushed to the car, and made it to the hospital 10 minutes later. "Where's my sister? Is she alright?" I said as I ran off the elevator onto the maternity floor. Dillon kept Emma and parked the car after I jumped out of the car at the entrance. "Maxie is in room 708B." Bobbie said as she came up to me, "But listen, she is pretty weak right now, and the doctors are just waiting for an operating room to open so they can do a C-section, but don't talk about it. She is already worried about the babies enough. She might go into shock if she keeps stressing." Bobbie said as she held onto my hands. Knowing Bobbie, she had already checked on Maxie ten times. we had always been really close to her. "Ok thank you." I said as I went to go find Maxie's room. "Georgie!" Dillon yelled as he got off the elevator with Emma. "How's Maxie?" He asked as they caught up to me. "Umm...not to great." I whispered, not wanting to worry Emma. "Ok, well I'll keep Em busy, don't worry about her. Tell Max I said hi and me and Em are waiting to see the babies." Dillon said with a weak smile as he softly kissed my cheek before I took off back down the hallway. When I found her room, I stopped and took a deep breath before slowly opening the door. Kyle had his head resting on his arm on the bed beside Maxie, who looked like she was about to fall asleep. One of his hands was gently rubbing Maxie's swollen belly and Maxie was running her fingers through his hair. The both looked up when I entered the room. "How are you feeling?" I asked as I walked over to her bed. Kyle got up, hugged me and motioned for me to take his seat. "Pretty good, considering." Maxie said weakly as she tried to smile. It broke my heart to see her like this. "Well you look good." I said as I laughed trying to lift the mood. "Liar!" "I'll give you two some time alone, is Dillon here?" Kyle asked as he walked back over and kissed Maxie's forehead. "Yea, he's with Emma out in the waiting room." I said as he nodded and walked out of the room. I turned back to Maxie, "Em can't wait to see those babies." "The doctors said they're going to bring me into the OR in about 15 minutes." Maxie said as she looked at me desperatly as she grabbed my hands. "Georgie I am so scared." "Maxie, everything is going to be fine, women have C-sections all the time." I said as teared welled up in my eyes. I felt so helpless. "This is all my fault..." She went to say but I stopped her. "Maxie, that is rediculous. This isn't..." "No, Georgie listen. I knew how my heart was, I knew it and I still took those drugs when we were teenagers. I didn't think about what could happen, or how much it would hurt me. If I wouldn't have done that, than none of this would be going on right now. I would be healthy, allert, screaming at Kyle for doing this to me, but no, all I can do is lay here and wait for whatever is going to happen to happen." She said as she faught to keep her eyes open. "Listen, you made some bad mistakes when you were younger, but we all do. Everything happens for a reason. I hate that I can't make everything better but this is out of our hands now. We just have to believe that everything will work out." I said as a few tears fell from my eyes. "Will you just help Kyle while I am in there? The doctors already said that no one is aloud in there. He is blaming himself just like I am blaming myself. Please, just help him out." She said. "You know I will." I said as Dillon walked in the room. "Where's Emma?" "She practically jumped Kyle when he came out, and he said he would watch her while I came in here. So, how is my beautiful sister doing?" Dillon said as he came over and kissed Maxie on the cheek. I wipped the tears from my cheeks and smiled up at him. "We've still got 4 more months till I'm your sister, or did you guys forget that you are not married." Maxie said with a laugh. Dillon was always good at making people laugh when they needed it the most. "Nahhh, you're my sister in every way but legally. What's a piece of paper gonna prove?" He asked as he sat on the arm of the chair I was sitting in. Just then Bobbie walked in the room. "The doctors are ready, we need to get you down to the OR." She said as Dillon and I stood up. "I'll go tell Kyle." I said as Dillon hugged Maxie, then I followed and hugged her too, it took everything in me to let go. I just wanted to hold her and protect her from everything. I wanted so badly to be able to tell her that her and the babies would be fine. But I couldn't "Thanks, give Emma a kiss for me." Maxie said just before we left the room. Kyle was right down the hallway talking to Monica who was holding Emma. They seen us come out and Kyle ran over to us while Monica motioned that she was going to take Emma somewhere around the corner to give us some time. "How is she?" He asked as his eyes kept darting back and forth from mine to the door. "They are getting her ready for the OR. We'll be in the waiting room." I said as he went back into Maxie's room. As soon as I turned back to Dillon I threw myself into his arms and let all of my frustration, pain, fears and uncertainty come out of me in my tears. He held onto me tightly, not saying a word, just letting me cry. After about 5 minutes I pulled back and tried to straighten myself up as best I could before we headed back to the waiting room. Monica was showing Emma how to use a stethescope and Kyle walked back into the waiting room. "They said it'll take about 30 minutes." He said as he sat down in the chair beside me. "Are you ready to be a daddy?" I asked as I took his hand in both of mine in an attempt to calm him down. "Why did I have to get her to do all that crap back then?" He asked outloud. "Listen, I wouldn't let Maxie blame herself and I am not going to let you do the same thing. This is no ones fault." I said as I squeezed his hand for reassurance. For the next half hour we sat there in relative silence as Emma played with the toys in the corner. At that point I think we all wished we had her innocence. We weren't sure if not knowing how bad things could be was better or not, but it sure seemed to be working for her. "Mr. Radcliff?" A doctor said as he walked into the waiting room. We all stood up quickly. "Yes?" Kyle asked as he looked up at the middle-aged doctor. "Congratulations, you have two beautiful baby boys." The doctor said with a proud smile. Kyle turned around and grabbed me in a tight hug as Dillon patted him on the back. I could feel Kyle stiffen in my arms and knew what he was thinking. I held my breath as he turned back to the doctor and asked him what I myself was too scared to ask. "Is Maxie alright?" ***I hope you like it!! Feedback is loved*** -Evelyn |