I sit there in the waiting room with Avi sleeping against my shoulder.
Its been almost eight hours and Scott's still in surgery. Everyone is here. Alex is watching Zac, so we don't have to worry about him.
I sit there, rubbing my belly and thinking about Scott. God, I hope he's okay. I've never seen that much blood. Ever. I'm so scared that he's not gonna make it. The thought brings tears to my eyes. I just want him to be okay.
I lean my head against Avi's and stare at the floor. If feels like days before a doctor comes out and taps my shoulder.
"You're here for Scott, right?" She asks.
I carefully stand up, moving Avi's head so he's comfortable, and walk away with the doctor. "Is he okay?" I say worried.
"I have to ask before I say anything: are you immediate family?"
"Yeah, I'm his sister." She nods. "Is he okay?" I repeat.
"He will be. He's asleep, right now, but He's gonna be fine. The bullets missed anything vital. He did lose a lot of blood, but we quickly replaced it. Thanks to you're friend there." She gestures to Avi. "Hes gonna be just fine. He can leave in a couple days. He's in a room if you'd like to see him." She offered.
I nod quickly and start to walk with her. "Oh! Wait. Do you have a pen and paper I can use?" I ask.
She nods and hands me both items and I wrote a little note and place it on Avis chest before I go. I look to the doctor and give a small smile. "Sorry. I didn't want him to panic when he wakes."
"Understandable. Ready?" She smiles. I nod and follow her. I gasp when i see scott on the bed, he looks so peaceful. "I'll let you two be. He should wake up in a few hours." She walks out. Tears fall onto my face as I walk over to him. I grab the chair and sit next to the bed and grab his hand, hoping it'll wake him up.
But it doesn't. I bring his hands to my lips and just look at him. "I'm so sorry." I sob. I rest my head on the mattress and cry. "Please be okay." I whisper.
Yes, they said he would be fine. And physically, I guess he will, but mentally is a whole different story. Not to mention his family is missing. I watch the heartbeat monitor for hours, it feels like.
Then I look at his face. Just by looking at his face, you wouldn't think anything was wrong.
"I love you Scott." I whimper. "Please wake up." I beg, hoping maybe his subconscious can hear me. "Please..."
I shift in the chair so I can lean back, but still hold his hand. "You'll never guess what I found out today." I chuckle. I pull the picture from my ultrasound and look at it. "I'm having twins." I smile. I look at his face again and sniffle. "I'm terrified, but Avi's so excited. I saw his face light up when they told him. He's so excited to be a father, Scott."
I put the picture in our hands and claps my hand around his, keeping it in place. "You know, I always wanted a brother. I'm glad it's you." I attempt, but I deflate as I look at him again. I lean back forward and rest my elbows on the side of the bed and kiss his hand again and just watch his face.
I sniffle as I decide to climb up next to him and curl into his side as gently as I can. I lay my head on his chest, as far from his shoulder as possible so I don't hurt him. I listen to his heartbeat and feel myself falling asleep.
I dream about how the kidnapping might've happened happened. I see three guys. One holding Mitch by his throat with a gun to his side. I can't hear anything that's being said, though.
Scott takes a step forward and the guy that was holding Addalin put a gun to her little stomach. She doesn't think anything of it and she just looks at Scott, who is shaking with rage. I see the man holding Mitch say something and the one holding Addalin starts moving.
Scott lunges, but the man holding Mitch shoots him, hitting him in the shoulder, and he falls to the ground. He watches as they put both Mitch and Addalin in a van and the man that had Mitch walks forward.
He says something to Scott and the third guy, who I hadn't realized vanished until now, makes an appearance and shoots Scott in the stomach.
I wake up after that. I feel tears on my face. I look around and see that its daylight and Avi's sleeping in the chair. I lay my head back down. I close my eyes as I see two people walk in.
"Um, is she allowed to do that?" One of them asks.
"Give her a break. Its her brother. Besides, based on how shes positioned, I think she made sure to be as gentle as possible. She's fine." The other one answers.
Thank god they aren't making me move.
"Do you think he's gonna wake up?" The first one asked.
"I do, yeah." The second one said. "Nothing major was damaged. He should wake up today. Gosh, I can only imagine how shes feeling about this."
He must have been talking about me.
"I mean, she's clearly pregnant, and that's scary enough as it is. Her brother getting shot, not once but twice? I couldn't do it."
They stop talking after that. I hear then walk out, and peek just to make sure, before I opened my eyes all the way. I sniffle as I remember my dream.
It felt so real. Even though I couldn't hear anything that was said, it was terrifying enough. I'm honestly glad I didn't here anything. I lightly trace little shapes on Scott's chest and just listen to his heartbeat, which strong and steady. I hear Avi stir and I look over at him, expecting him to wake up, but he doesn't.
I'm glad he didn't, because if be did, i would lose all of the little composure I have. I'm grab Scott's hand, and the picture is still in it. I smile just a little. I want to say something, but I don't know what I would say. I have no idea if he can hear me anyway.
I continue to trace little shapes when I look and notice Avi watching me. "Mornin'" I mumble.
"Morning, baby." He stretches and rubs the sleep from his eyes.
"How long have you been in here?" I ask.
"Few hours? You were asleep when I came in." He looks at me and tears form in my eyes. "He's going to be okay." He tells me.
"How do you know?"
"He's one of the strongest alphas I know." He smiles. "Scratch that. One of the strongest people I know. He'll be fine." He leans against the bed and looks at Scott. He grabs Scott's hand and hold it. "He's gonna pull through."
"How is everyone?" I sniffle.
"Kevin came in about an hour ago to check on us. There's coffee if you want it."
"Cant have coffee, remember?" I chuckle, pointing to my baby bump.
"Correction: you are allowed to have coffee, just not an excessive amount. One coffee isn't gonna do any harm." He smiles. I raise an eyebrow at him. "Don't look at me like that." He chuckles. "I've done my research." He hands me a coffee. I taste it and its perfect.
"Thank you." I hold it against me as I look up at Scott.
No one says anything for a while. By the time Avi says something I've finished my coffee. I reach forward and hand the empty cup to him and snuggle back into Scott. "I heard you whimpering. What were you dreaming about?" He asks softly.
I sniffle as it comes back again. "The kidnapping. Or at least how I imagine it happened. It felt so real. I could almost feel the pain when he got shot." I choke back a sob. "Someone held a gun to Addalin, and I watched them shoot him, and I just-" I'm cut off by a sob. "I just want him to be okay. I want him to wake up." I sob into Scott's chest.
I hear Avi stand and come over to me and kiss my head. "He will. I promise." He rubs my arm and grabs my hand. "He's strong."
"I know he is." I whimper, fighting back more sobs.
I feel Avi pull me and gather me into his arms. I'm still sitting on the matress next to Scott, but I really need the comfort of someone holding me tight. I sob until I can't anymore and quiet down soft whines and whimpers.
I feel a hand lightly touch my back. At first, i think its Avi, but I realize that both of his arms are around my shoulders. I gasp and turn around quickly.
"Kirssie..." Scott slurred and looked at me through half shut eyes.
Fresh tears spring into my eyes and I gently throw myself onto him, being careful of his shoulder and stomach. "You're awake!" I sob. I feel an arm wrap around me lazily and hold me.
"Its gonna take more than that to knock me down." He chuckles. "Ow." He says.
"You got shot. Twice." I sit and wipe my face, which is futile, because more tears appear.
"Still not enough." He smiles and slowly put a hand up to cup my face. "I love you." He says.
I sniffle. "I love you too. I'm happy you're awake. I was so scared for a minute. I cuddled up to you because I couldn't stand it." I grab his hand.
He smiles and kisses my hand. "I'm not going anywhere."
"Better not." Avi chuckles. I honestly forgot he was there.
"Oh, hi." Scott gives a slight wave with his other hand, then notices the picture I put there. He lets go of my hand and unfolds the picture. Then he smiles and looks at me. "Twins?" He raised his eyebrow.
I nod with tears in my eyes and smile on my face.
He takes his good arm and pulls me in for a hug. Few seconds later i stand back up and he places his hand on my stomach. "Still think your gonna be a great mom." He smiles.
Avi drapes his arm over my shoulders and kisses my temple. "Damn right she is." We all chuckle. "I'm gonna go get the doctor and let him know you're awake."
"'Kay." Scott says. He looks at me and opens his arm. "Come here." He says.
I laugh and curl back up next to him, placing my head on his chest. He plays with my hair and we just lay there.
I'm so happy that he's okay.
Now onto the next problem: We need to find Mitch and Addalin