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N I C U; previously Incubation Room
Topic Started: Jan 13 2009, 09:49 PM (2,433 Views)
Will Marrid
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When II kept refusing food, Will handed Lara the bottle before he pressed the call button for the nurse as he unwrapped II with his free hand. Will rubbed the little boy's stomach to see if maybe he was just gassy, but he was still warm to the touch. Grabbing the bottle again, Will tried and II turned away with a small grunt. Finally resorting to II's instincts, he brushed the little boy's cheek gently until he opened his mouth and Will slipped the bottle in. Glad that he got it back in his son's mouth, Will watched for a momnt happily, until II was spitting it up again and Will was not frustrated, he was worried.

The nurse came back in time and Will handed his son over to her. "I think he's running a temperature, and he;s not eating..." he said, trying to be calm for Lara's sake.
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5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby:
1) I am madly in love with her still
2) It is my baby after all
3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby?
4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her
5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind?
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Lara couldn't just sit watching Will try and get II to eat. She was out of the rocking chair in a moment, stood beside father and son, watching worriedly and intently. Taking the bottle as Will unwrapped him carefully, Lara was starting to worry. Clearly this wasn't jsut a case of a full tummy, or too many blanket. Something was wrong, or at least it seemed that Will thought so.

She handed him back the bottle when he reached for it and almost sighed in reliefe seeing the bottle's teet between II's lips, however the relief was short lived as the milk was spat back up. Will was worried too, Lara could read it on his face, scared about what could be wrong when Will pressed the call button and a nurse came over. "Temperature?!" Lara's eyes grew wide. "No... but he was fine before. He was getting stronger..." He had been. Why else would they have let them hold him and feed him?

The nurse, now with II in her arms, turned away to properly check II over and Lara and Will were instructed to wait outside while they looking after him. Lara was reluctant to leave their son. He was so tiny. What if he needed them? Maybe it was a mitake and the blanket was just too thick, or he was still full from his mid morning feed? Deep down though, she was panicking that it was more than that and she was scared, reachign for Will's hand. "He's going to be okay, right?"

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Taking Lara from the room, Will sat down and pulled her onto hid lap where he jsut rested his cheek against her back. "I hope so, it could just be a bug he's caught, but I'd rather the Healers and nurses take over." He told her honestly, wrapping his arms around her midsection, almost missing the baby bump... almost. It would be good to have the old Lara's body back.

Will moved back in his chair and rested his head against the wall and closed his eyes. He really wanted the day to be a dream, after II was getting better, he was declining just as quick.
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Thanks to ANNA for the awesome sig!
5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby:
1) I am madly in love with her still
2) It is my baby after all
3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby?
4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her
5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind?
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It was with immense reluctanc that Lara let Will guide her out of the NICU and over to the chairs by the viewing window. She didn't want to leave their son. He was so tiny and if something was wrong... if he was sick, shouldnt he have his mum and dad there? Her eyes were locked on the glass the whole time, watching the nurses stood around II's incubator, seeing to him with worried expressions.

She felt herself drawn onto Will's lap, felt the warmth of his cheek against her back and around her still slightly curvy stomach even after the loss of the bump. She was glad of the comfort. A bug. Lara really hoped that was all it was, if anyting. Ideally, she hoped it was just a full stomach and a too think blanket but somehow he doubted they were going to be even that lucky. She was pale and very quiet as she he nodded, agreeing to Will's preference that the nureses take over. They'd make II feel better, surely. That was their job. She didnt know what to say. She was scared to take her gaze from the window.

Lara felt Will lean back in his chair, reting his head back against the wall but remained sat up. He didnt want him to see her eyes watering as he kept a vigil watch on what was happening, hoped he couldnt feel her shaking. She couldn't lose II, not after how hard she fought to keep him, not after all they'd been though. She wanted to be a mum. She wanted to learn and see their little boy grow up. He had to be okay...
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Will rubbed Lara's back slowly and deliberately while she was on his lap. He knew she was crying even though she was trying to hide it from him, but he knew Lara well enough that she would cry in this situation. If it weren't jsut her personality saying that, it was also taking the extra hormones into account. Will on the other hand, sat staring up at the ceiling tiles above him with his jaw set into place. He just had a million things going on in his head, and he wasn't about to make the situation worse.

The biggest thing he didn't under stand was why II, out of all the premature babies born was the one that was so sick... babies his age and size made it every day.
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Thanks to ANNA for the awesome sig!
5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby:
1) I am madly in love with her still
2) It is my baby after all
3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby?
4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her
5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind?
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Why II? Why their baby, after all they'd been through to try and keep him alive, after how she fought to keep him. Why when Will seemed just to be accepting fatherhood? It wasn't fair. II was so tiny, so fragile, he didn't deserve any of this. "He has to fine," Lara murmured almst inaudiably, gaze still locked on the glass. "If anything happens to him, I... I don't know what I'd do. We can't lose him..."

They were sat out in the corridor for about an hour before anyone came out to give them any news, and when one of the Acolytes did, her expression was grave. Lara was out of their seat in a shot. "Is he alright? Can we see him?" She just wanted to hold her baby and look after him, make sure he was okay.

The Acolyte was quiet, glancing between mother and father warily. 'There've... been some complications. It seems that little II's immune system hasn't developed as well as we hoped and some bacteria has got into his system.' She sighed trying to explain the situation in a way they could both understand. Will with his medical knowledge and Lara without. 'I'm sorry to say that he had developed Sepsis and his immune system has started attacking his organs.'

Lara's eyes were round as she listened reaching blindly for Will's hands, fresh tears bubbling over with a choked sob. "But.. but he was fine. He was getting better...He was just full... the blanket was too thick." But the Acolyte was shaking her head.

'Temperature, irritability, loss of appettite and being ill are all symptoms I'm afraid. He did appear fine earlier, I'll admit but this ha come on quickly.' Lara didnt want to believe it. No. Their little boy couldn't be sick. He'd made it through all the arguing between her and Will, the spotting and cramps, the bed rest, he'd survived the labor. He was going to get better. Lara was determined. "But... but he' going to be alright, isn't he? You can make him better?"

The Acolyte sighed and glanced between the parents and a moment back into the NICU. 'Well, we've run a few tests and he does have a slightly slower heartrate than we'd like which means the Sepsis has been in his system for a little while. It wa never fun breaking the news to parents that their child was sick. 'Being so small and the fact that he's not as developed as a full term baby, the Sepsis is taking its toll on him. He's... deteriating.'

Lara swallowed. She was crying openly now, gripping Will's hand. It had to be some sort of a mistake. Surely. Not II. 'We've taken a blood and urine test from him and are waiting for the results. We would also like to take an x-ray of his chest to check he's not developing pneumonia.' It seemed like a lot on an infant so small but bes they knew what they wre dealing with. ' We'd like to start II on a course of antbiotics and an IV to keep fluids up, as well as some blood presure medication to keep the heart working. But you should know that if it takes a turn for the worse, he might not make it.' Lara looked distraught which wasn't surprising. That was a lot of tests and procedure but if it gave the little guy a better chance...

"Can we see him? Are we allowed to touch him?" Lara jsut wanted to get in there and be with their son.

The Acolyte nodded. 'You can sit with him and touch him but you must wear gloves and a mask and protective clothing. We don't want infection to spread. As for holding him... It's best you don't until he's stronger. It's best if he remains in his incubator.

The moment the Acolyte stepped aside, Lara was hurrying into the NICU, accepting the protective gear when she entered the room and putting it on before heading over to II' incubator. He looked even tinier, rigged up to more machines and tube, his green eye clamped shut as he slept, machine beside him beeping slowly away. It killed her to see him like this, tiny, helpess, so sick. Reaching a gloved hand into the incubator, Lara gently stroke a sleeping II's cheek. "He looks so fragile..." she was suddenly scared she'd break him just by breathing. "He's survived up to now... he can keep fighting... he's not going to... to..." Lara couldn't say it, she wouldn't.
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Will was floored when he found out II had developed sepsis and he was in pure shock. Unlike Lara though, Will managed to just bury this too inside of him and just let Lara close to him so she could feel comforted. His son, the little human in there, who breathed his first breaths just about a day ago, was in that room potentially dying. Will knew that if it was caught soon enough, and with antibiotics, the sepsis could clear up, so that was a way for him to be positive.

When the acolyte let them in, he let Lara go first, sitting in the hallway for a few minutes, taking all the information in. He slowly got up and went in, covering up as asked, and went to Lara's side. "Listen, if they got it early enough, he can recover, okay?" he said in as calming of a tone as he could. But there was also a part of Will that if II was in pain and would probably not make it, that he just go in peace and not hurt anymore. It would hurt him to have to watch his own blood suffer.
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Thanks to ANNA for the awesome sig!
5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby:
1) I am madly in love with her still
2) It is my baby after all
3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby?
4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her
5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind?
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Lara was aware of the fact that Will chose to sit out in the hall a moment or two before joining them in the NICU but didn't question, or press the matter. Will wasn't one for wearing his heart on his sleeve. He bottled things up and took moments to himself in order to cope - at least that's what Lara had gathered in the last year and a half.

When she felt his presence behind her, she turned to look at him, teary eyed, scared for their son. "But you heard the Acolyte. His blood pressure was low, the sepsis has been in his system is already taking its toll...." Lara's voice shook. She wanted to be positive but she couldn't help but think and worry about the worse. This was their son, their little boy and he had a potentially life threatening illnes. "Why didn't they notice it before? They have to make him better. I want to be a Mum, I want to be II's Mum. I already love him so much."
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Will pulled Lara into him and rubbed her back gently again, she was right, this was their son. "He's only a day old, a while is a relative term..." He tried telling her, he wasn't sure if it was to comfort Lara, or himself. "Lara, I don't know why no one noticed it, why didn't we notice? Maybe we picked him up too soon, maybe he caught it between the room and here... I don't know, I can't answer those questions. We just have to hope the healers fix him." He said, more muted.

Will reached into the incubator with his gloves and played with his son's foot, feeling like if he spoke more, he would surely cry or show some sort of emotion when he was supposed to be comforting Lara.
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Thanks to ANNA for the awesome sig!
5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby:
1) I am madly in love with her still
2) It is my baby after all
3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby?
4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her
5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind?
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Lara took comfort in Will's arms around her and his hand gently rubbing her back, burying her face into his shirt. "But he's so, so small and he's premature. You heard her his immune system still hasn't fully developed." Her voice was muffled, drawing it away from his shirt a moment later to glance round at the incubator and their sleeping son. She knew Will was trying to bring comfort but she was still worried. How could such a fragile little mite withstand so much?

There were countless reasons II could have got sick. Will was right. Lara would never forgive herself if it was something they'd done, without knowing or not. "Hopsitals are meant to be where you get better, not sick..." She turned in Will's arms to watch him playing with II's foot and his little toes curling, a small, sad smile on her face. Lara was besotted and watching Will with their son, she only wanted them to be a family more. Squeezing Will's free hand, she fell silent eyes glued to the incubator an their son.
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Will stood close to Lara, not letting her go. They each had to try and remain optimistic although it seemed as if it were harder than you'd think it to be. He knew the chances of II making it shortly after he was born, but he always hoped the little guy would make it. He couldn't comment anymore, he had the lump in the back of his throat that if he was to speak again, it would be a sob.



After spending the entire day with II, aside from he and Lara taking shifts in order to eat and stretch, The staff came back sadly to usher them out. It was almost as if Lara had magnets n the soles of her slippers and it was a metal floor. "Come on, you need sleep and we can't do much more for him right now, they will take over." He told her softly, pulling her out of the NICU.



Will had woken up early after having a rough night, partly because he was worried, and partly because the window seat was not a good place to lay down. Checking his watch, he noticed it was almost 9, and he woke up Lara to drag her back to the NICU, though when he looked over, it looked as if she was ready already.

When they got to the NICU, Will looked in the glass and saw many bodies around his son's incubator, and his heart fell.
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Thanks to ANNA for the awesome sig!
5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby:
1) I am madly in love with her still
2) It is my baby after all
3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby?
4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her
5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind?
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When Will stirred the following morning to wake her up, Lara had already been lying awake staring at the ceiling, counting the ceiling tiles to try and keep her mind off what the beeping machines around their son, all the tests and tubes and wires. Lara hadn't wanted to leave the NICU at closing the previous evening but the Acolytes wouldn't let them stay and Will had pulled her gently but firmly out the room for sleep. Not that she'd really slept a wink. She'd tossed and turned, sobbed and worried. It wasn't until about an hour before dawn that she finally drifted off. She couldn't bear the thought of their little boy so fragile and sick.

Lara didn't bother to get dressed, just tugging on her dressing gown and slippers, finding Will's hand as they headed out of her room to the NICU. They'd Owl'd their families to let them know what was happening and Lara's mum had owl'd back to say they'd come to see them later.

Lara was scared of what they'd find when they got there. They'd had no news over night and she had to hope that no news was good news... or else no news meant that they were waiting for them to wake up to tell them some bad news. At the sight of all the staff around their son's incubator, Lara drew up short a moment, wide eyed and staring through the glass. "Something's wrong..." she murmured pushing forward towards the door of the NICU to open it, but seeing her entering, one of the Acolytes - the one who'd spoken to them the previosu day - broke away from the group towards her, ushering her back out. Her expression was grave.

"What's wrong? What's happened? I want to see him," Lara hadn't like being ushered out of the NICU. If II had taken a turn for the worse, she wanted to be with him.

The Acolyte looked apologetic, glancing between both parents. 'I'm afraid he hasn't taken any food all night and his heart rate and blood pressure have been dropping. About an hour ago his kidney's failed and he's crashed. We're currently trying to resusitate him.'

"C...crashed!?" Lara's eyes were wide, fresh tears beginning to well back over. "Why did no one come and find us? Please, just save him. We can't lose him..."

The Acolyte looked with sympaty between the young parents. 'We'll do all we can. Someone will be out to update you in a little while.'

Lara watched as she disappeared back into the NICU and over to the incubator, sinking into a chair, looking up at Will. "We can't lose him, Will. We cant."
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Will's whole body tensed at the news they had recieved about their son, this was what he feared would happen, there was his son laying helpless, without a pulse, and they couldn't be there to do anything for him. Will looked back at Lara with a grave expression, he couldn't say anything of comfort today because he was too crushed. "I want them to stop trying after this last attempt... I will not allow them to continue defiling my son's body." he said in a tone that challenged Lara to argue. He was glad he owled his brothers, sister and father.
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Thanks to ANNA for the awesome sig!
5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby:
1) I am madly in love with her still
2) It is my baby after all
3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby?
4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her
5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind?
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Lara remained sat in the chair, shoulders shaking, but when she heard Will's words, her head snapped up as if she'd been slapped, hurt. "What? No. You can't. Please, Will..." She was choked up. How could he so easily say they should stop trying to help II? Maybe she was being selfish. II was suffering, but he was their little boy. Lara couldn't bear to lose him, not now that they were a family.

She caught Will's tone and the way he said my son and swallowed, trying to block out the word 'body'. Lara couldn't believe there was nothing else that could be done for their son. She wouldn't.
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"what do you want, Lara? Do you want II to be so badly burned when our family gets here? I want them to just let him stop suffering!" He asked getting his defenses up. He looked at Lara, he knew they were different people. He was merely stuffing everything away in a deep dark corner of his being where as Lara was outwardly devastated. "I need a walk, when they come out to ask you to continue or finish, you know my thoughts... Don't let him suffer, Lara, let him go in peace." he told her, his voice hoarse but no longer aggressive.

Will walked slowly down the hall, pinching the bridge of his nose, tryign to focus on being calm.
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Thanks to ANNA for the awesome sig!
5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby:
1) I am madly in love with her still
2) It is my baby after all
3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby?
4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her
5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind?
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"I want us to be a family. You, me and II." Lara felt silent though when he asked if she wanted II to be burnt. No, of course she didn't but she didn't want to lose II either. "Why cant they save him without him suffering?" The question was murmured, hopeful. There had to be something. She tensed as Will got defensive. She felt like she was being acused of wanting II to suffer but equally she felt as if Will was too quite to give up and let their son pass on. He could bottle up his emotions. She couldn't. It made it that much more difficult to understand Will.

"A walk?" Lara's eyes widened when she realised he was leaving her to give the final instruction. To tell them to stop. To let their son die. "Don't make me do this, Will. Please..." But Will was already disappearing round the corner at the far end of the corridor.

Lara sank back in her chair, head turned, staring through the glass. She could see the machines, see the paddles being used, even see one of II's little feet twitching as they tried to ressusitate him and it was breaking her heart. She didn't want to lose him, she was scared to.

She didnt know how long she sat there alone but hearing the door to the NICU open, Lara looked up swallowing. It was the same Acolyte as before, looking apologetic and wary. 'Is Will not with you?' Lara shook her head and nodded down the corridor. She nodded sympathetically. 'I'm afraid that we've been trying to ressusitate II now for longer than we'd normall try...He's not responding.' Lara knew what was coming, a lump forming at the back of her throat. Where was Will? He could do this. He could put on the brave face. She couldn't. 'We can only keep trying for so long. I'm sorry but we need your permission to...stop.'

Lara hated hearing it. She didnt want to give up. He was her son, her little boy...She sat frozen, trying to summon up the words... any words, then gave the slightest of nods, hating herself so much as she did so, voice choked as she managed to ground out, "I don't want him to suffer..." Neither I'd she want him to die.

'And Will...What does he say?' Again, Lara gave the slightest of nods, gave fixated on a spot on the floor. She felt like she'd just signed her son's death penalty and Will had left her to do the deed alone.

Her shoulders were shaking as the Acolyte disappeared back into the NICU. A few minutes and it would be over. Lara swallowed, turning in her seat, looking back through the glass towards her son's incubator. The group that had been gathered around him, had stepped back, allowing her a better look at II's little form lying there with the tubes and the machines...so tiny and the tears fell freely. She watched as the Acolyte approached the respirator, switching off the machine and flat line on the monitor disappear as the screen went black.

It was real. He was gone. He was... She couldn't say it or think that word. She wouldn't. Drawing her knees up to her chest, Lara just broke down, curling into a ball and cried., her body wracked with sobs.
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Will came back with Andy and Carter not long after they started the walk, the latter of two was still in work uniform, meaning that he was still on call. But Andy had her younger brother's hand tightly in hers and both their eyes were red. Andy was able to crack Will for a few moments before he shut even her out. When they came down the corridor, Will looked at Lara then through the window at his son's blank monitor and picked Lara up into the tightest hug he could muster.

Still, unless you were looking at Will, you would have never been able to tell that there were silent tears running down his face. His innocent child was taken from them. He had lots of questions as to how he got sepsis, and why his child. Of course Will was also angry, but he needed to be strong for Lara. He figured that he was taking it so logically was because he knew death was a part of life, but he also knew that II getting stronger was only too good to be true.

Will watched as they pulled the tubes from their son and he was glad that his son wasn't fighting anymore, he was in peace and wherever II went, Will knew he was going to be with his mother. "Come on now.... shhhhh" He tried calming her, stroking her hair back. "Do you want to know what my dad and I talked about yesterday? He said that if this was to happen to us, that he would pay for any arrangements we have to make." He told her, clearly choked up. Instead of continuing speaking, he just kept repeatedly kissing the side of her head.
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5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby:
1) I am madly in love with her still
2) It is my baby after all
3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby?
4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her
5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind?
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Lara remained curled up on the chairs crying, for how she didn't know but the approach of a couple pairs of footstep made her look up, eyes and cheeks red and puffy. It was Will and Andy and Carter, and Lara was almost surprised to see that Will's eyes were red. He'd obviously been crying but he never opened up with her. She wanted so much to yell at him for walking off but seeing he was as upset as her... she couldnt. Although she still wasnt happy.

"You left me..." Her voice was muffled behind her knees, still drawn up to her chest. "You left me to do that alone, to tell them to give up. I had to watch them turn off the machines and that heart rate monitor go black, on my own..." Still, when Will gathered her into a bone crushing hug, she only tensed at the contact for a moment before sinking into his grasp, seeking comfort.

Burying her face into Will's shirt as she continued to cry, Lara was surprised to feel tears in her hair, not her own but Wills, however she was scared to look up for fear that Will was clam up and bottle his emotions back up. They'd lost their son. They needed each other.

She couldn't watch, couldnt' look through the glass again at their son, not yet. She couldn't see him... like that. Lara wanted to see him alive. Will ontinued to comfort her, to try and quiet her but she couldn't stop the tears from flowing. Instead Lara tried listening past the pounding of her heart in her ears, and was surprised at what she heard. Lara chanced a look up catching the choked up sound of Will's voice and dampness of tears on his cheeks eyes widening momentarily but she didn't want to comment or to make Will uncomfortable although she wanted him to feel he could open up to her as well.

Lara had been scared to ask what he and Ralston had discussed the previous night. "He did...?" She didnt comment that they'd obvious thought there was the possiblity of II not making it if they were discussing funeral arrangements. "Tell him, thank you. I cant think about that right now..."

Feeling Will kissing the side of her head, Lara just closed her eyes and continued to sob. "I just can't stop crying or shaking. I don't know what to do. Why'd it have to be him?"
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Stroking her hair still, Will held Lara as close as he could, any closer and Lara would be a part of him. "I was going to be back before, I just needed to clear my head. My intention was for you to not do it alone." he tried comforting her. Will watched through the glass until they nodded that they could come in one last time. "Lara, they are saying we can go in and see him one last time. I would like to, would you?" He asked her quietly.

Will didn't want to be dragging things up or making this harder for them, but thankfully Ralston had offered. "I know you don't want to think of it, but we will have to. But cry as much as you need, Lara. As far as the why? I can't say." He told her, pulling away slightly inonder to cup her face and wipe her tears with his thumbs.

Just as Will was going to head in, he heard more footsteps approaching them and he turned around to be faced with the rest of his family: Ralston, Liam, Aaron and Trevor. Will went to Ralston first and it was something that hadn't happened in the last 15 years, the two embraced, leaving Andy to take Lara in her arms. It was a moment or two before Will and Ralston let go and the two older brothers embraced their younger brother as well, leaving Will to look at his little brother with difference to which they shook hands silently.

The Marrids rarely got along, but in times where they were being tested, they came together strongly. Ralston made his way over to Andy and Lara and awkwardly hugged Lara before backing away.
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5 Reasons I should accept Lara and the baby:
1) I am madly in love with her still
2) It is my baby after all
3) I am willing to pay child support, so why not go one step further and be a dad to the baby?
4) I am hurting Lara more than helping her
5) Did I mention I am madly in love with her and she is always on my mind?
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Lara took comfort in the tight hug and in turn wrapped her arms around Will where she could, hugging him back just as securely. She didn't want to let go. "I should have waited..." II could have lasted that few minutes longer. When Will mentioned going into the NICU to see II one last time, Lara froze. She was almost scared to...their son's body lying still in the incubator... But still it was their little boy, free from suffering, no more tubes or machines, and they wouldnt see him again after this. "I'm afraid..." but still she nodded. Yes she wanted to see their son again.

Lara knew eventually they'd have to discuss preparations for moving the bo...for moving II, but right now it was too soon. She couldnt stop the tears from flowing and even as Will cupped her cheeks and whiped at her tears with his thumbs, they were quickly replaced with fresh ones.

She'd almost forgotten that Carter and Andy were with them, almost embarassed at being seen in such a state but these were difficult circumstances. Still, when several sets of footsteps approached and she looked round to see the rest of Will's family approaching Lara really did feel embarrassed and awkward, eyes and nose streaming, face red, choked up... Lara worried they wouldnt approve but even in whiping at her eyes she couldnt stop the tears. She looked a state... they both did and Lara was very conscious of the fact and the fact that she wasn't dressed properly.

Lara was surprised to bear witness to what she felt to be a private family moment, Ralston embracing Will, Lara takin comfort from Anda during those moments, before Will and his brothers embraced. She almost wanted to smile if the circumstances had been dfferent. What surprised her the most, was Ealston approaching her and Andy and hugging her, if awkwardly on both sides, and brief. Lara hugged him back once she got over the initial shock, murmuring for him only to hear. "Thank you..." Maybe... maybe his family weren't so bad afterall. They stuck together, they looked after eachother in hard times.... She just wished her family were there too but they were on their way.

Stepping back towars Will, Lara glanced nervously at the doors to the NICU, reaching for Will's hand. still scared to face their son's still form. Whiping at her wet cheeks. "We should... uh..."

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