Matt's POV

I have no idea how I got to Grand Central. I ran into the lobby and went to the reception.

"Hi, hmm...Ms. Anna Vaughn?" I asked the nurse there

"Family?" She asked

I nodded

"Room number 214, floor 20" she said

"Thank you" I raced into the elevator and pushed the floor number and waited impatiently

As the elevator dinged open. I ran out of it and went in search of room 214. I finally found it.

I opened the door as everyone looked at me. Elsa, Kat and that Jason guy. Then I saw Anna's small figure on the bed, her eyes were closed.

"What happened?" I entered and closed the door. I walked towards her

"She wanted to go to bed. She was climbing the stairs when she fell" Kat said trying not to cry. Jason held her in his arms

I looked back at Anna's face. Her eyes had dark circle below and she looked pale and thinner than I last saw her...then I saw it.

Her tummy.

What the...?

I gasped and looked at the three of them.

"You knew and you didn't tell me"

They didn't say anything

"It's mine, isn't it?"

"Would you ever doubt that?" Elsa asked

I snorted as my eyes became teary.

This was why she was so mad at me.

This was what was so important.

She wanted to tell me and I didn't let her.

After all I did to her, she still wanted me to know that I was going to be a father.

I held her hand.

"I'm so sorry" I whispered

"I'm sorry for taking so long" the doctor said entering the room

"Is she fine?" Elsa and Kat asked the doctor

"Yeah she is. Just a bruised rib"

"What about the baby" I asked

"Are you the father?" He asked

"Yes" I said

He sighed

What the heck?

"The baby's fine too...but it'll only last if she stays in bed and doesn't stress herself. I heard she has been dizzy for the past few weeks. It's as a result of lack of sleep, improper diet, stress and staying on her feet for too long"

I nodded.

"Okay. We'll see when she wakes up" he said

"When would that be?" Kat asked

"Tomorrow at most." He said and left

"I'm gonna stay with her" I said later

"Take care of her Matt" I felt my sister's hand on my shoulder

"Call me when she wakes up" Kat said as Jason led her out

Elsa followed behind.

I was left alone with Anna...and the baby

I pulled a chair and sat close to her without letting go of her hand.

I tucked tendrils of her hair behind her ear and sighed

"I'm so sorry" I said with a throaty voice "I did this to you. I'm the reason you're a wreck. The reason you're in this bed. I would never forgive myself if anything ever happened to you...and the baby." A tear escaped my cheek "I love you Anna." I kissed her forehead and waited patiently for her to wake.

Anna's POV

I could hear voices but they weren't clear. I tried to get up or move any part of my body but I couldn't.

Then no one was talking anymore. I just felt someone holding my hand.

"I'm so sorry" I heard his voice. Matt's voice "I did this to you. I'm the reason you're a wreck. The reason you're in this bed. I would never forgive myself if anything ever happened to you...and the baby." Shit! He knows about the baby. The doctor must have mentioned it "I love you Anna." That just broke my heart.

I let the darkness take me one more time.

Matt's POV

I heard her groan. I looked behind to see her steer. I moved away from the window and went to sit beside her and held her hand.

She groaned again...in pain

"Anna?" I called

I saw as she struggled to open her eyes. Finally her eyelids lifted and once again I stared into her blue eyes.

"Hey" I smiled at her. I sighed.

Thank God.

She squinted her eyes cause of the lights. I quickly got up to close the curtain.

"Better?" I asked when I was back beside her

She nodded.

She looked at me for a while and a weak smile touched her lips.

That made my heart skip a thousand beats.

"How are you feeling?" I smiled back at her

"Tired" she said lazily

Her voice cracked. I poured her some water. Lifted her head to drink.

"Thank you"

Silence

"Do you remember what happened?"

She nodded slowly
"I was climbing the stairs to go to bed and I just...lost it. I can't remember anything from then"

"You've been unconscious since then" I told her

"How's the ba...?" She stopped herself

I smiled at her
"The baby's fine"

She looked confused. Maybe cause I knew.

Her hand went to her tummy protectively.

"Can...can I?" I asked, not sure if she would let me

She held my hand and placed it on her tummy. I smiled at the feel of my hand on top of our child.

Woahh!

Did I just feel the baby move or did I imagine it?

I looked at her and found her smiling at me.
"That's the first time it's moved" she said then placed her hand on mine

"Anna?"

She looked at me

"I'm sorry" I knew it was never going to be enough but it was a start. Even if she did forgive me...I wasn't sure if I would be able to forgive myself.

She nodded.

Anna's POV

After I woke up. I realized what I had before wasn't a dream. Matt did say he loved me.

Then a surprising thing happened. The baby moved for the first.

Matt apologized.

He meant it. He now partly understood what I felt after he broke up with me.

Even though he doesn't know about the almost-rape and my mum's death.

I saw a different side of Matt today. The side I never thought he had. The side I feared our child wouldn't see. His fatherly side. He was a natural.

He fed me and helped me to the bathroom when I needed to go.

Elsa, Kat and Jason came a few hours later. They forced Matt to go home and freshen up. He was reluctant to leave but he finally did.

He came back an hour later the same time the doctor came in.

"Can I leave now?" I asked the doctor

"Yes you can. Don't forget, stay in bed to keep the baby safe"

"I will doctor" I smiled at him

He finally left.

"Lets go" Matt said "You're staying with me"

"What?!" I looked at him in shock "I'm not going anywhere with you"

"Yes you are" he said

"No I'm not!" I said angrily

He sighed "Okay" he finally agreed "You either move in with me, or I move in with you and Kat, which will be inconvenient" he said

"No way!" I said

He'll make Kat and Jason's relationship a mess if he moves into her apartment.

"I guess I'm moving in"

Silence

"No!" I said

"What?" He asked

I sighed "I'll move in with you" I forced myself to say through clenched teeth

He smiled "Great. Let's go then" he helped me out of the bed

Elsa, Kat and Jason just watched us.

"I'll send your things" Kat said as I entered Matt's car

Thanks Kat. When I needed you, you didn't speak and now you do.

"Okay. Bye"

"Have fun" Elsa said

"I'm not going on holiday. You might as well call this an imprisonment" I made sure Matt heard

He just smiled and drove off.

I didn't say anything to him throughout the ride.

We finally reached his apartment. I opened the door before he reached my side. I shut the door and followed him behind.

He unlocked the apartment and held it open for me.

I just stared inside the apartment and everything came flooding back. My eyes became teary.

"Anna...?" He called

I entered the apartment before he could say anything else. He entered after me. I walked slowly into the parlour and tried to push back every memory that came back.

I don't know how I reached the kitchen. I was standing on the exact same spot I was when Matt yelled at me that night. I swallowed audibly, trying to push the lump in my throat.

I felt Matt come up behind me.

"I'm sorry" he whispered

I nodded slowly "I know. It's just the memory" I blinked to push the tears back. I turned to look at him. "I'm gonna go freshen up" I said and left to go upstairs but then I reached the stairs and just froze staring at the first stair.

I felt Matt's hand on my back. I looked at him.

"Its fine. I'm here" he said

I sighed and looked back at the stairs. I finally started climbing it with Matt's support. We reached the front door of the room I stayed in before.

"I'm gonna get you some clothes to wear when you're done. I'll leave them on the bed" he said

I nodded. He went to his room as I entered mine. I took off my clothes and went into the bathroom. I heard when Matt entered.

"Anna?" He knocked on the bathroom door

"Yeah?"

"I'll be downstairs when you're done"

"Okay" I called

I heard my room door close. I tied a towel round me and went to put on the clothes Matt left for me. It was one of his sweats and shorts. The sweats concealed my baby bump making me look not-pregnant.

I made my way downstairs after I combed my hair and let it down to dry.

He was in the kitchen warming up somethings.

I cleared my throat to make him aware of my presence. He looked at me and smiled.

"Hungry?"

"Starving" I said

"Well, come on over and take a seat" he said

I obliged and watched him take plates and remove the microwaved food.

He served mine then his.

We began to eat. I finished mine and asked for more. He just smiled and served me more.

"So what are your cravings?" He asked after dinner

"What?"

"I know pregnant women crave things. What's yours?" He asked

"Peanut butter and jelly sandwich, most times" I said "Other times its mostly junk"

"Okay. I'll make sure we're stocked with those by tomorrow"

"Thanks" I said and picked his plate and mine out of habit.

"Go sit on the couch, I'll do this" he got up and took the plates.

I went to sit and waited for him.

He came back with hot chocolate.

"Thanks" I smiled

He sat on another seat beside me and watched me

Silence.

"Do you want to talk about any of it?" He asked out if the blue

"About any of what?" I asked trying to be coy

"About what happened to us" he said

I sighed "I'm sure Nick said enough"

"I shouldn't have believed Nick"

I shook my head "No you shouldn't. You could have come back and asked me yourself. But you just chose to believe Nick"

"If I could go back in time to change anything, I'd change that. It was the worst decision I ever made"

I sighed "But its already happened. We can't change it...We just have to live with it" I got up to leave

"The night you left..." He started "...where did you go to?"

"Headed to KAT's but..." I stopped, trying to keep that part of my memory locked up. I haven't gone back to it or tried to think of it after I found out I was pregnant. Although it still haunts me some nights.

"But what?" He asked

I turned to look at him
"Trust me. You're not ready to hear it and I'm not ready to remember" with that, I left.

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