"The hospital?!  What's wrong?"

"I've been having cramps all day and I should have said something, but I just went to the bathroom and I'm bleeding!  George, I can't lose this baby!" Jessica bawls.

"No, no, no, don't cry!  Everything's fine!  You're fine and the baby's fine!  I'm gonna take you to the hospital and they're gonna check the baby and you're gonna see that everything's fine!"

Jessica looks down and slowly nods her head.

The car ride over Jessica held her stomach.

"Is he moving?" George asks.

"No."

"It's okay.  The same thing happened when Samantha was pregnant.  Do you remember?"

"Yeah..."

George takes a deep breath and keeps his eyes on the road.

"George.. I can't lose this baby."

"You're not going to."

"Let me talk!

This is Sam's baby... If I lose him.. I-I couldn't live with myself!  This is the last little life that Sam and I created. I've failed him, George!  If I lose him then....  I don't want to live anymore."

"Jessica! Stop talking like that right now!

Let's just go to the hospital and see what's wrong."

Jessica stays silent and looks down with her hands on her belly.

She moved her thumbs back and forth and poked her stomach a few times to see if he would respond.

The baby didn't move a muscle, and silent tears started to fall down her face.

Sam.. I know you may want our baby up there with you, but I need him here with me.

The kids are apart of you, and I need them here with me during this difficult time.

Please please let me keep him.

Watch over his little body and protect him from any harm.

Jessica always feared miscarriage during her pregnancies. There was never any signs of it before, but the worry was always there.

This time she felt that it was happening. She was losing her baby, and there was no way of ever getting him back.

Sam was gone and now this little life was being taken away from her.

***

When they get to the hospital, they take Jessica to the back.

It had been five minuets of silence and George paced the room.

"What's taking them so long? I mean, come on! The baby could be-"

Jessica looks at him and he says, "Jess, I'm sorry."

"It's fine..." She looks down.

"Can you go out to the hall and call the boys, please?" Jessica says in a low voice.

"I'm not leaving you!"

"Please." She looks into his eyes.

*Sighs*

"Sure.."

George goes to the hall and calls the house.

"Hello?"

"Hey Mike! Is one of your older brother's there?"

"Yeah, just a second. Sam!

Uncle George wants to talk to you."

Michael hands Sam the phone.

"Hello?"

"Sam? Your mom wanted me to call you guys. I had to take her to the hospital."

"What?! What happened?!"

"She's been having pain all day and she said she was bleeding, so-"

"Oh fuck! No, this can't happen!"

"Sam calm down! You boys need to get down here and be here for her in case anything happens."

"He's gonna be okay, right? The baby's fine!"

"We don't know, the doctor hasn't seen her yet.

... It doesn't look good, Sam... She hasn't felt him move."

"Son of a bitch!" He sighs and runs his hand through his hair.

"I gotta go, I don't want her I there by herself."

"Alright.

... Tell her I love her."

"I will."

Sam goes back to the room with Jessica and stands beside her.

"They're on their way... Sam told me to tell you that he loves you."

Jessica nods her head and looks down before she starts crying.

"Jess, don't cry."

"I lost him, George." She looks at him with red puffy eyes.

"Don't say that! You don't know!"

She looks down as tears just pour down and land on her swollen stomach.

"Come here." George sits on the edge of the bed and holds her in his arms.

The doctor walks in and lifts Jessica's gown to listen for a heartbeat.

Jessica held George's hand as they waited for what seemed like forever.

Jessica closed her eyes and prayed.

Please let me hear it. Please God... I love this baby so much and I want nothing more than to be his mommy.  I promise to be the best mother I can possibly be!

...

*Ba bum.. Ba bum*

Jessica's eyes widened and she cries tears of joy.

"My baby!" She smiles big.

George tears up and hugs her.

"See? I told you he was fine! His daddy was watching over him."

"Yeah.." She wipes her eyes and chuckles.

"What was the cause of the bleeding and lack of movement?" George asks.

"I'm gonna do an ultrasound and we'll know more."

The doctor squirts gel on her belly and starts the ultrasound.

"Well he's definitely moving around now! I think he's just in an awkward position so you can't really feel him."

"Oh thank God! So he's okay?"

"He looks great! Now let's check on you."

The doctor does a vaginal exam so that she can see if Jessica is dilated and if her body is trying to go into labor.

"Well you're not dilated, but let's see why you're having pain and spotting.

Where was it you were getting the pain?"

"Around here." Jessica points to her lower stomach.

The doctor gently presses it and Jessica arches her back in pain.

"Ahh!"

"Sorry!"

"Why is that hurting her?" George asks.

"I think you might have an ovarian cyst.

I'm going to perform a pelvic ultrasound and that will give me the clearest result."

"Will it hurt the baby?"

"Not at all."

"Okay.. Then do it."

The doctor gets everything ready and Jessica lays back with her legs in the stirrups.

"Sorry you have to be here while I'm like this, George." She chuckles.

"Heh, it's fine! Just don't move that sheet and we're good!"

"Deal!" She laughs.

"Ow!" She lightly touches her stomach and lets out a deep breath.

"It hurts to laugh!"

"Just lay down and relax." He pats her stomach and she nods her head.

"Okay Jessica, just lay back and relax.  This may be a little uncomfortable, but will only take a moment."

"Okay..."

A picture of Jessica's insides pop up on the screen and George laughs.

"Well there's the inside of my sister's vagina.  Something I never thought I'd see!"

She chuckles and taps him.

***

"You definitely have an ovarian cyst..  I'm going to send you for some blood work, and we'll see where we go from there."

"Okay.."

George grabs her hand and says, "You're gonna be okay.. This little guy's okay and his mama is gonna be fine too." He smiles.

"Thanks, George." Jessica gives him a small smile.

The doctor smiles and says, "You're so sweet.  You're gonna make a great dad."

It wasn't Jessica's regular doctor, it was an on call doctor, so she had no idea.

"Oh I'm, I'm not the father!  This my sister."

"Oh!  I'm sorry!"

"Yeah.. The father uh.. Died..." Jessica looks down with slightly widened eyes.

"Oh no!  I am so so sorry!"

"Thanks..."

***

The boys POV.

"Are you fucking kidding me?!" James asks.

"No!  We have to get to the hospital in case something happened to the baby.  We need to be there for mom."

"You asshole." James stands up.

"What?"

"This is your fault, you know that, right?"

"Just drop it."

"No!  You went and stressed her out!  She's pregnant!  You don't do that, James!"

"I know!  God, I fucked up, I'm sorry!"

"No!  You don't get to be sorry!  Our little brother could be dead because of you."

"James calm down."

"Stay out of this, Michael!"

"If he dies then mom's gonna lose it.  This baby is what keeps her going.  Us and that little baby are the only reasons she wants to get out of bed in the morning!  You.. God!  You fucking asshole!" James punches Sam hard.

"You little bitch." Sam grabs the side of his face, then pushes James.

"Stop it!"

"Get out of here, Michael!"

The two throw punches back and forth, and Michael screams, "Stop it, you two!  Jesus Christ, what is wrong with you?  Mom is in the hospital, we need to be on our way to be with her, not fighting like two year olds!"

"You're right.. Let's go."

"Asshole.." Samuel mumbles under his breath as James grabs the keys and leaves.