Stuck On You

She picked up an iPad from the end of my bed and looked it over as I sighed.

“That’s good… I guess,” trying to make myself feel better.

“You, however, had a bruised rib, and a slight concussion besides the few other cuts and bruises you got. You were lucky, but we need to keep you until that rib heals up a bit more. We don’t want it to break and hurt the baby,” the doctor explained. I stopped breathing. It felt like I was entering a dream. Everything was starting to get fuzzy.

“B-baby?” I whispered, thoroughly stunned. A look of regret crossed the doctor’s face.

“Did you not know that you were pregnant?” she asked me hesitantly. I shook my head as a stray tear left my eye.

“You have to promise me that Hayden is going to be okay,” I said hoarsely. I was trying my best not to cry again. I felt my eyes water anyway. The doctor sighed and put the iPad back.

“All I can promise is that we’ll do our best. You can start accepting visitors now. I’ll come back later with a sonogram machine to check in on the baby. You’ll probably be released in a few days,” she said, changing the subject. She left and a nurse brought me a cup of ice chips. I was worried about Hayden. I needed Hayden to be okay. I needed Hayden to live.

A few minutes later, Quinn was poking her head into the wash-white room. Lana, Jason, Kendra, Bradley, and Luca came in after her. My heart dropped when I realized that Hayden wouldn’t be coming in behind them.

“How are you feeling?” Luca asked. I couldn’t find my words. Those simple four words sent me spiraling again. I felt my eyes start to water. I tried to hold them back, but the more I tried, the harder it became to hold them back. I shook my head as I closed my eyes. Quinn sat next to me in the bed and put an arm around me. I subconsciously put a hand over my stomach. I leaned my head against her shoulder as my tears fell again. She shushed me and eventually, it worked. I sighed and looked to Luca.

“We’re fine. Have you heard anything about Hayden?” I asked.

“We?” Quinn picked out.

I breathed, looking down to my stomach. “We,”

you’re…?” Lana trailed

you heard anything about Hayden?” I asked again. Everyone was quiet as they

don’t know when he’ll wake up,” Jason said softly.

to this ‘we’,”

pregnant. I just found out a while ago. The

“And Hayden?” Kendra asked.

appalled that she would even think that. “I’ve only ever been

when are you going to be released?”

and make sure that my

for him, really. I didn’t think that he would ever settle down, but he…he had a ring picked out for you. He was planning on proposing to you at our gig in

wasn’t supposed to know that!” Quinn said, reaching over and hitting his

her to know, just

as my eyes watered. “Please, stop.” Luca gave me a sympathetic

Quinn. She sat in the seat next to my bed

to see your baby?” she asked. Quinn got up to leave but I

asked. She squeezed my hand lightly before she