He opened her hospital room slowly not wanting to wake her up if she was sleeping.
What the doctor told him, consoling or not. It all still points to the fact that George was the cause.
He walked into her room taking the image of her bruised cheek and lip with the white collar around her neck all in.
She looked fragile and tired even though her green eyes were opened watching him as he walked to her.
"Hey" his voice sounded hoarse and sad
"I'm sorry" he sounded like he'd been crying the whole day.
He was a mess. His hair was rough from the continuous raking of his fingers through it. and his shirt, well it was no more nicely tucked into his pants anymore.
"I really am sorry. I don't know what I'll do if I loose both of you"
"It's not your fault Dylan" she said stretching out her hand for him to hold.
He sat down next to her on the bed and held her hand "I don't know how you can still say that. I put you in this situation". he said looking for contradiction in her eyes but found non "Thank God Xander had a key to the house" he muttered
"Yeah. And no you didn't put me in this situation, I'm glad you're here with both of us. Yes I was scared" she nodded "but the doctor told me the baby is okay and that's all that matters right now" she said in a voice lower than a whisper
He nodded briefly "Yeah, he's okay" he put his hand on her belly
He had never talked about the sex of the baby before and now that he did, it intrigued her and she wanted to know about his actions.
"He?. What do you mean 'he'? We don't know if it's a boy or girl yet"
He shook his head "We're having a boy Raine"
Her gasp motivated him to smile, a little weary smile
"Are you serious?" she asked, surprise still evident in her head voice.
"Ues Raine we're having a baby boy," he said rubbing her right arm soothing her "but you need to be calm now" he said getting her attention
"The doctor said there was a little complication with the baby"
"What?" she tried sitting up but he prevented her
"There's nothing wrong with the baby, it's just that in order not to loose him you have to be calm because... Because it's an high risk pregnancy now and any rise in your blood pressure can-"
"Can make us loose him" she bit her lower lip fighting back tears from streaming down from her eyes to her face
"It's going to be alright. We'll do this together"
He said before the door was sent open.
"Lorraine. My darling" Lorraine's mom, Beatrice came inside with Kyle who had been in the hospital since afternoon. On cue Dylan stood up giving both of them the opportunity to see her.
It was 7:50pm already and visiting hours ends by 8:00pm. Dylan decided to go get some coffee before he returned to stay with his wife.
"Why didn't you call me uh?..." Beatrice's voice trailed off as Dylan excused himself quietly from the comfort of the room
A cup of coffee in hand, he sat beside Xander "Thank you for being there," he said
"It's okay man, I didn't do anything. I mean it's not everyday you go to your friends house to visit his pregnant wife and find her rolling down the stairs," he smiled, a tired smile. "How is she?"
"Doing better than I imagined"
"She's a strong woman" Xander patted Dylan's back
"I don't believe she's still with me after everything that has happened"
Xander chuckled "Who could have imagined. Dylan Walker in love"
"Even I can't believe it,"
"Thank you for handling the press" Dylan sighed
"No problem. The deal Now is, what are you going to do to George"
"I'm going to tear him apart, over and over again and not even his mother from the grave will recognize him" Dylan said though gritted teeth and tightened jaw that his ruthless expression was evident "I'm going to ruin George Spart"
***
Three long days later...
"Dylan, you didn't have to buy the wheelchair I can walk perfectly on my own" Lorraine whined as they got into their house.
"I don't want you to get stressed at all" he moved her into the lounge when they heard the door bell.
"I'll be fine. I promise" Lorraine sighed
"My darlings" Sadie's voice sang through the room. She looked relaxed, she was dressed in casual pencil pants with a nice top and flats. Even her hair was styled in a Pony tail.
They both looked to the direction of the voice "Mom what are you doing here?" Dylan asked
"I miss you"
"Mom, we saw each other the day before yesterday"
"So what? A mother can't see her own child now or what?" she narrowed her eyes at him
Lorraine and Eliza laughed at their little argument before they stopped. "Lorraine, my dear. How are you doing?" Sadie asked Lorraine
"Very good" Lorraine smiled
"That's good. Tell me something, would you Like to have a baby shower?" Sadie asked and her children just stared at her in oblivion.
"A baby shower?" Lorraine looked at Dylan and he gave her a 'it's all up to you' look "Errr... That'll be cool, I'll love to have a baby shower" Lorraine smiled.
The talk of the party went on for hours before Sadie and Eliza left.
***
The next day, blue ribbons and gifts nicely decorated the house, it was like a birthday party but without the celebrant.
The door bell rang and Kyle went to get it revealing a man she'd seen few days ago at the hospital. He had a pink bag in his hand.
She let him in, realising her confusion he told her who he was "I'm Xander. we met at the hospital a few days back"
"Right," she nodded, her blue eyes sparkled with realisation "nice to meet you" she stretched out her hand to shake him and surprisingly he didn't just shake her but kisses her hand softly
"That wasn't unnecessary" Kyle hid her smile by turning to the side.
"Xander" Dylan stood up to give him a brotherly hug
"I got this for the baby" he handed Lorraine the bag he was holding and she laughed
"Thank you Xander," Lorraine smiled "but it's a boy" Lorraine brought out the doll nicely tucked under layers of paper
"Oh... I didn't know that" he narrowed his eyes at Dylan "I wasn't informed" he added making them all laugh
They all talked about the baby till Dylan and Lorraine informed Xander and Kyle that they'll be the God parents.
* * *
"How do you feel about going to the beach house for a little while" Dylan ask as he snuggled behind Lorraine.
She smiled "that'll be amazing" she sighed "when do we leave?" She asked, rubbing on his hand.
"Tomorrow?"
Lorraine laughed "okay big guy, I'll go any where with you. And tomorrow sounds perfect" she gave a small laugh and not too long after she melted into sleep.
About an hour or two later, Dylan got up from next to her, quietly not to wake her.
He had gone down to the study to make the necessary preparations for the trip.
As he walked back up the stairs, he imagined Lorraine rolling down again and he felt bile rise up to his mouth, but by the time he took in the sight of her in his bed it all went away.
His heart swelled even more when he got in to bed next to her again and took in her scent as he slept.