Love You Too: PART SIXTY

-NATE-

"Nate?" Tiffany said, turning over to put her arm around me.
"Morning"
"I'm sad, Nate" she said, in a youthful and childlike voice.
"I know you are sweetheart, so am I. But we have to put on brave faces for school. I called in and told them we probably wouldn't be in until the 7th, okay? That gives us today and a few days after just to stay in bed all day and recover"
"Thank you" she said, nuzzling her head into my chest and closing her eyes. I leant down and kissed her head, closing my eyes and holding my head there.
I felt a presence looking in at us though, causing me to open my eyes. Mollie went home at around midnight, so I knew it wasn't her.
When I looked at the window, I saw Sandy, tears in her eyes. I looked across at her and smiled weakly, gesturing for her to come in.
"Nate" she said, her voice crackling.
"Hi" I said, not moving from Tiffany's side.
"I came as soon as I heard. I really am sorry" she said, sitting down next to my side of the bed.
"Thank you, we haven't told any family yet which will be our next move, before it inevitably ends up in the press. We just wanted to share this day together before facing the world"
"No of course. I understand. Do you need anything?"
"T? Do you want anything?" I asked Tiffany, who was stirring underneath me.
"I want my baby back. I didn't know how much I wanted one until it's gone" she said, burying her head totally in my chest and beginning to cry again.
I rocked her slightly, calming her. "We can have another one, please don't worry. There's been no lasting damage to you, so you'll be right as rain in a few months, then we can have another" I said, reassuring not just Tiffany but myself too. I looked to Sandy for confirmation, and she smiled and nodded.
"Give it about 4 months and you'll be able to try again, that'll be better though wont it? You won't have to miss out on school, and you can live how you want to for a bit longer. You've still got Nate, who still loves you very dearly, and that's something to be thankful for" she said, getting up and stroking Tiffany's knee.
"See baby, there's nothing to worry about"
"What if we aren't successful next time though?" she said, turning her head slightly so she could see me.
"We'll keep trying. Don't worry, we won't give up"
"I think you should call your families. I can stay with Tiffany until you're finished"
"Thanks Sandy" I said, getting up slowly and kissing Tiffany before I left.
I dialled Tiffany's mother first of all, knowing she'd be the most devastated.
"Nathaniel, how are you?"
"I'm sorry, but we don't have good news. We lost the baby last night"
"Oh god. I'll come down right away, are you at the hospital?"
"Yes"
"Just hold on. Oh I'm so sorry. You must be devastated. I'll see you as soon as I can get there" she said, hanging up.
My next port of call was my mother, whom I dialled next.
"Hey mom"
"Nate! Sweetheart how are you?"
"Not great mom. I suppose things have worked out the way you wanted them though"
"What do you mean?" she said, sounding slightly offended.
"Tiffany lost the baby last night. So you can stop ignoring her and pretending that her and the baby don't exist, because I suppose the baby doesn't anymore" I said, releasing my anger on her.
"That's not fair, don't blame this on me"
"You're so selfish aren't you? You can't just be sorry can you? I'm going to go and sit with Tiffany again now" I said, hanging up.
"You're mother's coming over" I said, when I came back into the hospital room.
"Thanks. Did you tell your family?" Tiffany replied.
"Yeah. I don't want to talk about it though" I said, taking my old position on the bed alongside her. "Thanks Sandy" I said, as she told us she was going on her shift and she'd be back later.
"You know what?" Tiffany suddenly said.
"What?"
"24 hours ago I had a baby"
"Sweetie please don't talk like--" I began.
"It's true though. My life was perfect 24 hours ago, and I didn't even realise it"
"It still can be" I said, holding her tighter.
"No it can't. This is always going to hang over me like a shadow"
"No it won't. I promise everything will be back to how it was in a few months"
"You want to do this all over again?" she said, looking up at me with her beautiful brown eyes.
"Of course I do. This last bit won't happen again though, don't worry"
"I mean, you still want a baby, right?"
"Yes. Don't you?"
"Yeah, but part of me is scared"
"Don't be scared. I'm here to protect you. I'm never going to let you get hurt like this again. And I know I've said this before, but I really mean it this time. I just want to prove to you that I'm ready to protect you for the rest of our lives" I said, feeling myself drifting asleep.
"Let's sleep" she said, kissing me on the lips. I enjoyed the feeling of her on my lips, our lips intertwining and forming one. I continued the kiss, allowing my tongue to push past her soft lips, and into her small and delicate mouth.
"I love you" I said between kisses.
"I love you too" she replied, as I instinctively reached for where her bump used to be. She flinched and stopped kissing me, and just as I realised what I'd done, she'd already begun to drift back into her cave of subdue.