Hayley's POV

My eyes cracked open but my vision remained blurred. My head felt like it weighed two tons. I could see people all around me and I felt like I was moving

People were calling out numbers around me. "BP 119 over 76" I heard a mans voice yell. Suddenly a woman was shining a flashlight in my eyes

"Welcome back Miss Williams. Do you know where you are" I shook my head no and she sighed "you're on your way to the hospital in an ambulance it appears your going into premature labour"

Labour? But I'm not pregnant...oh no

"Miss Williams are you aware you're four months along" she asked. I shook my head no again. "I-Is my baby going to be okay" I asked

She looked into my eyes with sympathy in hers and a frown on her face "I'm very sorry Miss Williams" she apologized

I felt tears fall down my cheeks but I couldn't bring myself to scream. That's when I heard an angelic voice from beside me

"Don't cry love" Taylor whispered wiping the tears from my cheeks "we'll get through this Hayles" he said with a small smile

He squeezed my hand and I squeezed his right back. I was grateful that he was here for the birth of our baby

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"Okay Hayley we're ready to start" the doctor said from behind his mask. I was receiving an emergency c-section

Taylor kissed the side of my head and I squeezed his hand. When we got here they confirmed that we lost the baby, now they had to remove it

Along with a piece of my heart

I looked down between my legs watching the entire operation. When I saw the baby's head I looked away though, I couldn't look at the child I failed

Then, if by some miracle, I heard a small sniveling sound and my head snapped down "we've got a pulse on the kid!" The doctor yelled

Small and weak were the two words that would probably come to your mind but the only one I could think of was beautiful

I looked at Taylor and he had tears in his eyes "they made it" he whispered and kissed the back of my hand softly

Taylor's POV

They made it.

"Doctor we have to stitch the wounds she losing blood" a nurse yelled. The doctor laid the baby on Hayley's chest and went to attend to the opening in her abdomen

Hayley looked at it with amazement and wonder and smiled "welcome to the world little one" she whispered

"I'm your mommy and this is your daddy" she continued "we promise to always love you and always take care of you" she finished

Suddenly the baby's eyes opened. They were a deep chocolate brown like mine. It didn't have any hair on its head yet

It looked up at Hayley and it smiled. Hayley brought her hand up and it wrapped its small hand around the top of her pinky

"What is it" Hayley asked and looked at me "pretty sure I don't have the authority to do this" I chuckled and very carefully observed the baby

"It's a girl" I smiled to Hayley

"Well she's perfect" Hayley said smiling at our daughter. She started to whimper and cry which made Hayley frown

"And the salt in my wounds isn't burning anymore than it used to

It's not that I don't feel the pain, it's just I'm not afraid of hurting anymore And the blood in these veins isn't pumping any less than it ever has And that's the hope I have, the only thing I know that's keeping me alive" Hayley sang softly

She piped down and smiled up at her mother once again. She made the most adorable tiny grumbling sound, just like Hayley, and began to fall asleep.

Hayley brought her other hand up and used her forefinger to gently stroke up and down our daughter's back " shhh go to sleep baby, you've had a long day" she giggled at the last part

I smiled and wiped my eyes "she's beautiful Hayles" I told her, Hayley smiled "I can't believe we made this" she responded looking at our daughter who's back seemed to be rising and falling a bit too slowly now

A nurse came and took her away from Hayley. "What are you doing" Hayley demanded angrily. The nurse took care of the baby first before she answered Hayley

"Miss Williams I'm sure you're very aware of how big a miracle your baby is but she could only sustain herself for so long. It's a miracle itself that she lasted that long. She'll be kept in an incubator on a ventilator and monitored constantly"

Hayley nodded and sat back. "Stats" the doctor asked the nurse. "Born 8:09 pm on Sunday, December 7th, female, 1 pound 2 oz, eyes : brown" the nurse said

Hayley observed this, taking in every detail about our daughter "any names yet?" An older kinder looking nurse asked from beside Hayley

"Sarah" Hayley said looking at our daughter then at me, I nodded "I like it" I stated. "Your turn" the nurse laughed looking at me

I thought a bit "I like Sunday" I said "y'know cause it's the day she was born and it's kinda cool having a day as a name, like Wednesday Addams" I explained

Hayley smiled and nodded "Sarah Sunday Williams" I said. "Maybe she should go to private school" I joked and Hayley smacked my arm

I saw the nurse write the name we picked out on a form and walk away "why doesn't she have your name?" Hayley asked me

I sighed "well y'know we're not really together let alone married" Hayley frowned, I shook my head "no no Hayley that doesn't mean I won't be around or I don't want us to be together I just-" I was cut off by Hayley's lips

When we pulled away we just stared into each others eyes "I love you" Hayley whispered "I love you too Hayles" I replied with a smile