I came into the room and gave a smile as everyone looked to me. "Dr. Tegard just took the donor back for the procedure."
Hunter looked to me with worry, "was he nervous? How are his kids?"
I smiled, "he chose not to bring them. His partner will be staying the night with him and I will be looking after him until she makes it."
Shannon stood and hugged me, surprising everyone. "Thank you for this, Will. You have really helped more than you had to."
I hugged her back before she finally let me go. The twins raced over and stood in front of me with excitement, "did you give it to him?"
I chuckled, "yes. He loved it and is wearing it."
"What?" Cam asked as he looked to me.
"The twins made a bracelet for the donor as good luck."
Archer turned on his toes and smiled to Hunter, "Momma found out his and your favorite colors, so we used them!"
Ashley bounced over to me and took my hand, "now Uncle Hunter will get all better!"
"And you can meet Addie!"
Hunter paused and looked to me, "Addie?"
I smiled, "the twins picked out a name for their sister."
"Jayden even added her to Momma's ring!"
I looked to the floor and felt like running. Five year olds say too damn much.
"What ring?" Sean asked with anger in his eyes.
"Don't worry about it. We need to focus on Hunter. Not the rambling of 5 year olds."
Chase came over to my side, "you're shaking. Are you okay?"
I turned to Elijah, "I forgot something outside. Can you help me get it?"
He nodded and looked to me with worry as I came to him. I grabbed his forearm and rushed out the door. When we were outside of the doorway, I ran to the bathroom nearby. Elijah rushed behind me and followed me inside. He kneeled beside me as I threw up three times.
I sat down and looked to him, "my heart's racing."
He placed his hand on my chest and felt how fast it was. "Where is your OBGYN? We should get the baby checked out. Your racing heart could be hurting her."
I felt torn, "I have to stay with Hunter!"
He sighed, "give me the name of the doctor and I'll think of something." I told Elijah where to find my doctor and he left me so I could clean up. As I walked back to Hunter's room, I was forced to take off my hoodie. It had become clear that I was pregnant without loose clothes, but I felt like I would pass out with the heat of it.
I walked back into the room with a smile as I felt everyone looked to my stomach. I leaned on the nearby wall as the twins talked Hunter's ear off. I could feel Asher staring me down but was surprised when Cam came over and leaned on the wall next to me.
"You're meeting with Jayden?"
I nodded as I looked to him, "we are trying to work together to raise our kids."
"OUR?" Cam said in surprise, "since when are they anyone but yours?"
I sighed deeply, "he is actually a pretty good parent. The kids are beginning to trust him."
Cam gave me a nasty glance, "who the hell are you anymore?!"
I froze as I saw tears welling in his eyes, "Cam, I..."
"Have you lost your mind?!"
I took Cam's hand, "We can talk about this another time. Right now is only about Hunter."
"Will," Hunter said and I quickly went over to him. "After the procedure is done, you and I need to talk."
We all looked up as the doctor knocked on the door frame. He looked to me with a smile before looking to the rest the room. "The donor is finishing up his part of the process. Are you ready to come back and get prepped?"
Everyone looked at Hunter as he gave the doctor a confident smile, "I've been ready," he said with a slight chuckle.
I looked down to the twins, "say bye to Uncle Hunter. You will get to come see him after school tomorrow."
They both went over and quickly hugged Hunter before he looked over to me. "You're going to go help out the donor, right?"
I smiled with a nod. "I'll try to sneak by after you're done." I hugged him tightly before whispering "I love you" to him.
Hunter smiled at me, "I love you too, moron."
I let him go and a transport nurse took him out of the room with Shannon following. I could feel Sean, Asher, Cam, Chase, and the twins looking to me. I couldn't fight back my need anymore and held the ring as it lay under my shirt. I closed my eyes and focused on keeping my composure. I opened my eyes when I heard a familiar voice nearby.
We all looked to the OBGYN as she walked in with Elijah. She rushed over to me and took my wrist. She began feeling my pulse before looking to me with worry. She let go of my wrist and sighed. "You're heart is racing too hard. We need to go make sure the baby's heart rate isn't spiking."
"Right now?" I asked as I looked to the doctor. The twins rushed over and grabbed either of my hands.
"What's wrong with Momma?" Ashley insisted.
The doctor looked down and smiled, "are these your twins?" I nodded and she crouched to get to their eye level. "You two look so much like your dad!"
I heard Cam and Sean tense and Asher gulp hard. "Well you kiddos should get home! I will keep a good eye on Uncle Hunter, okay? Make sure you behave for Elijah and Chase."
Chase came over with a smile before kissing my cheek, "let's go you two monkeys. Momma has to go talk to the doctor."
I kneeled down and kissed the twins on their foreheads. They both lightly hugged me and kissed my cheek. "Bye Momma!" Ashley sang.
"I love you!" Archer added as they left the room with Elijah and Chase.
The doctor gave me a sweet look, "they are adorable." She sighed, "do you want to call Jayden so he can hear the heart beat too?"
I felt my body fluster with just his name. I nodded before giving a kind smile, "could we discuss this in the hall?"
She nodded, "of course."
I gave a smile to each man in the room and made a quick look to Asher who looked beyond hurt. I fought back the urge to go to him. "Text me if anything happens and how he's doing. I will be with the donor." I led the doctor out to the hallway and a ways away from the room door. "Jayden is actually in a room here for a procedure. Could we get the baby's heart beat in his room? He will want to hear it."
"Sure. Go ahead to his room and I will meet you up there in a bit."
I told the doctor Jayden's room number before going to the elevator. I made my way up and met the woman at the desk. She smiled to me before bringing me through the locked translucent glass doors. She led me to Jayden's room and I was overwhelmed with relief when I saw him sitting up on the bed, watching the TV.
"Will," he said with a sweet smile and turned off the TV. I came over to his bed and kissed his cheek. The woman shut the door and I was startled by how quickly Jayden pulled me towards him and kissed me as deeply as he had before the procedure. I pulled us apart as I began breathing hard.
"Hold on," I panted as he looked to me with confusion. "The OBGYN is worried about the stress on my body. She wants to take the heart rate of the baby and I have to calm down before it happens. She will be coming up here to do it." I took his hand in mine, "I figured you would want to hear Addie's heartbeat."
He pulled my hand to his lips and kissed it. "I can't wait."
I sat in the cushioned chair by Jayden's hospital bed. Jayden grabbed the chair arm and pulled it so it touched the bed side. He kept my hand captive as he laid back on the lifted back of the bed. "How are you feeling?"
He kissed my hand again, "painful, but completely better now that you are here."
I scoffed, "such a cheezy line." I pulled our joined hands over to me and rested my head on them. "I'm so glad everything went okay. I was really worried."
He smiled to me, " I thought you trusted me?
I chuckled slightly, "I do, but that does not mean I don't worry." I gave him a smirk, "it means I care about you, idiot."
He gave me a sweet smile before clearing his throat. "How did things go downstairs?"
I sighed deeply and looked away from him. "Absolutely horrible. Archer and Ashley dropped a bomb on the situation.
"It couldn't have been that bad."
"They brought up the necklace," I mumbled before looking back to him. "Cam nearly lost it. If I hadn't insisted on focusing on Hunter, we may have gotten into a screaming match."
Jayden let out a deep breath as his face began to show slight annoyance, "I don't understand why they can't face the facts here. We are trying to work things out, for the kids and for us. We are destined partners! Why can't they just accepted and support you like they have in the past?"
"They don't believe that your right for me and that you can't make the kids and I happy." His face turned to a scowl as I quickly continued talking. "No one can understand the bond we have from being destined partners but us. They are unable to see what we are going through because it is so different from most people. They are under the impression that, with enough research and work, we will not need each other anymore and I can be with Asher."
"Is that what you think too?"