Isn't it supposed to be 'Happy' New Year?
ooc: *Hands over post in a blue box wrapped up with a blue ribbon and blue wrapping paper plus a pretty blue card with a picture of a naked and well muscular Riley on it* Feelin' better?
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The last three days had been the most pleasant of the trip to Iowa; Riley had been in an agitated state on his return from dropping Ben off in Town and had stalked off into his room until Dinner was ready. The meal was splendid, Catherine and Stephie seemed to have become friends of sorts, well Riley noticed they where talking a lot, he had been a little jealous that they talked about the baby together and yet Catherine often had avoided or got annoyed when he himself had tried to being it up. Though Riley didn't realize they where talking more about the pregnancy then the actual baby, but when Stephie left the following day Riley had been able to have Catherine all for himself. He had calmed down from the day before and was in a much pleasant mood, they had spent most of the day with Penny, Riley showed Cat how to groom and care for the creature first. Then came how to saddle and ready her for riding, and then he showed her how to sit properly while Penny walked.
Riley was pretty sure Catherine was hoping for something more exciting, but he didn't want her to hurt herself because she didn't know what to do. It wasn't till the next day after that, just after they had groomed Penny and Sky and brushed their hair and checked their hooves, amongst other things that added to the workload of caring for a horse. Although it initially started as a 'well done' kiss, the act seemed to instantly burst into the passionate embrace that soon after lead to their long awaited moment of once again sharing their love for each other. Deciding to stay out of site, it had taken place up on the couch in Riley's soon to be personal loft, though they had not completely undressed since they where worried about someone walking in on them.
Yesterday Riley had started being more openly affectionate towards Catherine since his parents seemed completely all right with the fact they weren't married (once Ben left everything become so wonderful and peaceful in the home). It was obvious he was still shy about kissing her in front of his parents, but holding her, especially her hand, was something he was finding pleasant enough to do. Offering her a quick kiss every now and then when he thought his parents weren't looking.
Today Riley had been in his most high spirited of moods, most likely it had involved the fact he had been able sleep with Catherine, and although undressed (they had both had a shower together, Riley coaxing her with his charming smile and puppy-eyed look) they hadn't slept together, but they had still kissed and held one another. Waking up lazily in the morning to the memory had put Riley in an extremely satisfied and delighted mood, even when Ben had returned with Stephie from her parents. Ben had gone on about wanting to go to his favorite food place, of course it was 'Anti-Mutant' and this had furiated Stephie and the others to no end. But he had said it had lovely food, and they could get take out for Riley and Catherine, Martha and Jonathon declined the 'kind' offer and decided to take the two somewhere else.
They where rather surprised that Riley didn't seem at all irritated with what Ben had done, seeming perfectly content just to be anywhere as long as he was still able to hold Catherine's hand and be next to her. They had decided on the Cafe/Club across the street to his Grandparents shop, which had been well taken by the two since both Riley and Cat had at one point or another wanted to come here.
Riley and Catherine where sitting at a table off to the side of the room while his parents went off to get some drinks and see what there was to eat. Riley had flashed a coy little grin towards Catherine while he leaned towards her and whispered quietly, even though there was music, not really loud, but acting as if he didn't want anyone to hear him.
"Mum and dad are thinking about staying at the shop tonight.. you and I could be left on our own for two days.. they say as long as I promise to keep you entertained and fed, and that you don't mind, then they'll stay.. I said you wouldn't mind me entertaining you." There was a little cheeky grin but he looked away as his parents arrived and his father wanted Riley to give Catherine one of the menus. Riley kept the teasing grin on his lips while handing Catherine the menu. But his grip on the black folder was too strong by the time she went to take it, his iron grip holding the menu as Riley's head dropped a little, a pained expression etched on his face and his jaw clenched tightly.
There was a pained choking sound in his throat as his head jerked back, his body that had been half twisted towards Catherine now agonizingly toppling off his seat. It had been so long since his implant went off, he had almost forgotten how excruciatingly painful it was... almost, but one can never truly forget something so terrifying as this. In a panic his parents went to help him, though Riley seemed more focused on trying to curl into a tighter ball as if that just might drive away the pain.
He didn't understand what was triggering his implant, he was sure it was just some electronic pulse that no one could see or feel, he never could have imagined it was just the beginning only more horrific pain, both mentally, as well as physically, that was about to follow.
The cafe restraunt was lovley, lots of young people all out to enjoy themselves for New Years. She could see a couple sitting over in the far corner from her, the boy who looked younger than her had brown curtains and was wearing a rather nervous expression that made Cat think that this was the first time he'd taken the girl out that he was with. His girlfriend had black hair done up in pigtails and was smiling at the boy an awful lot. Being surrounded by so many younger people after being cooped up at Riley's parents house for so long felt like a breath of fresh air to her. Her eyes were everywhere, looking at the festive decorations that were still up and over all the happy faces. She'd been a little worried that they wouldn't get to go out somewhere because the place everyone else had gone was really anti mutant but she'd been delighted to hear they were going somewhere else especially since that place didn't contan Ben.
She felt like nothing could keep her down at the moment, Stephie was being really nice to her and Riley had let her ride Penny the other day, then to make everything just perfect Riley had made love to her. She was still thrilled to pieces with the idea of getting a horse and all the time she was asking Riley about her even if they were things she'd already asked before. It felt like things were almost back to the way they had been before everything with Jon and Marc had occured. They hadn't been back to the school though so she hadn't had to face the rumours that would be flying around at the moment. Poor Cat had no idea of what was going to happen to her in the next few mintues .... in just five mintues time she'd be lying in a pool of her own blood fighting for her very life. At the moment however it felt like nothing in the world could go wrong.
"Mum and dad are thinking about staying at the shop tonight.. you and I could be left on our own for two days.. they say as long as I promise to keep you entertained and fed, and that you don't mind, then they'll stay.. I said you wouldn't mind me entertaining you." When his parents went off to order drinks and pick up some menu's Riley leaned over to talk to her. She blushed at the look in his eyes as he suggested that they might have the house to themselves. It was quite obvious he was hoping they might have a replay of what happened in the barn the other day.
There was a grin in response to him but she didn't have chance to say anything because his parents were back, passing Riley a couple of menu's, one for her and one for him. He held one out towards her and with a smile Cat reached over and took hold of it. At first she thought he was just winding her up not letting go of the menu but then she realised that his face was screwed up in pain, the next moment he toppled off the side of his chair. Riley's body curled up on the floor. Cat knocked her chair over, she stood up that quickly, instantly dropping onto the floor next to him, her hands reaching out for him.
Unlike his parents who both had no idea what was wrong with him Cat had some idea. There was a sudden look of fear that flooded through her as she got to her feet, her eyes looking at the people around her and then over out of the window at the darkened street. But the Initiative had gone, there was no way they could be here now .... it just wasn't possible.
Cat: It feels like my world is slipping through my fingers and I don't know how to hold onto it
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He's been fleeing the initiative on his way to new york when the overide had kicked in, causing him to crash his bike on the freway. Now T1 stood outside a cafe in iowa and although his CPU had been shut off from all motor and most sensory functions he knew why he was here, he knew who lived in Iowa because he had stolen all remaining files on the pair with him when he fled.
as his body stomped erratically towards the cafe he felt an electrical pulse flow through the air, probably to make his task simpler. "hey" a policeman ran in front of him brandishing a shotgun, it was probably because the robot was crudely pointing his grenade gun in front of him, try as he might though T1 could not stop the overide from pulling the trigger.
he still had control of his voice "sorry" he knew there was little point in appologising as he caught the shotgun and dropped the empty grenade launcher, the guy was in pieces, much like the window to the cafe. it pained him to see the people inside the cafe, couples fleeing for their lives because of him, Riley incapasitated on the floor, Cat gawping in horror at him. How could she know he didnt want to do it, the only other times she had seen him he'd been trying to kill her, but that was before, before he'd spoken to holly, before he'd learned all he knew now.. it was the reason he'd stolen the files, he planned on giving them to Riley, so he could finally have some closure to live his life.
"RUN" he spoke in as urgent sounding a tone as he could, to anyone with half a brain they would see that he was not fully in control of what he was doing, his telling them to run would probably be the biggest giveaway. "systems overriden" it probably sounded garbage to Cat, riley would have understood, but he wasn't in the sort of state to do anything.
the targeting screen flashed up, locking onto Cat's head, as he struggled to fight the overide the shotgun fired, he only managed to pull it low, it wasnt enough he saw the shot hit cat even before it left the barrel. "stop me" he hissed, his Cpu frantically trying to connect to more systems, he gained control of the gunarm and let go. most of tha damage had been done when the shotgun hit the floor, even though she was still moving his sensors detected the termination of a lifeform from Cat, he'd killed her.
It was against his programming to self terminate, in fact it was supposed to be impossible, but as he approached Riley he knew that it was the only way to stop the overide from killing him. With the right arm he'd managed to wrestle control of he reached to his chest, forcing the fuel cell panel open. once more he had to fight his programming as he grasped the two fuel cells that powered his systems, and crushed, knowing full well that they were specialy designed, two of a kind cells.. without which he would be effectively dead.
"sorry" his words escaped slowly as he slumped to the floor next to Riley, the smashed cells falling from his gloved hand, his head now turned towards him only a short distance away "i couldnt stop them" as he finished his last words the light in his eyes dimmed to nothing, he needed riley to know that it hadnt been him who'd done all this
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Outside their was the report of a gun being fired, causing her eyes to instantly snap back to the window after having moved back down to look at Riley who was still curled up in a ball of pain on the floor. There had to be something that was causing him this much pain and in her knowledge the only thing that could activate the chip in his head was a member of the Initiative.
Her eyes widened in shocked horror as she caught sight of the mechanical humanoid who was standing outside, the body of the cop was still hanging, supported in mid air for a few moments before he slumped to the ground and lay still. She watched in horror as the robot advanced towards them. Her brain was telling her what she had to do, grab Riley, get him up onto his feet and get him and his parents away from this place before he did the same to them as he had to the man who was now lying dead outside. It wasn't that easy though, her body didn't want to obay her and she was field with horror over the fact that she'd just seen someone die.
The robot had a shot gun held in his hands, as he advanced towards the people in the shop, every one seemed frozen to the spot in terror, trying to register what had just happened. She didn't even seemed to have processed the fact that the window was gone, all she had eyes for was the huge robot that was walking towards her.
"RUN" But her legs didn't seem to be working, not quite understanding what he was asking her to do. "systems overriden" Her eyes blinked, looking behind him to the body that lay in pieces now on the floor. It was hard to believe that had been a man just a few moments ago. A moment later she found herself looking down the barrel of a gun, she barley had a moment she resister what was happening before he pulled the trigger.
There was a burst of red hot pain in her lower body but for a moment at least it faded away as shock kicked in. Her face looked more suprised than anything else, not understanding what had just happened to her. Her body toppled over backwards, she didn't remember hitting the floor, her face looking confused over what had just happened to her. There was the sound of rushing as blood rushed to her head, trying to comprehend the fact that she'd just been shot. It was a minute or so before blood began to ooze out over the white cashmere jumper she was wearing, staining it a dark crimson colour. It felt like someone was compressing her chest and she couldn't breath properly.
ooc: Looks proud .... see I edited
Cat: It feels like my world is slipping through my fingers and I don't know how to hold onto it
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ooc: *Claps* I was going to post this last night.. well.. 4 this morning, but it was so small I decided to wait until you posted incase there was something in it to help me add to my post..
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"RUN" The words where just a distant cry that sounded rather muddled to Riley, it hurt so terribly, he "systems overriden" It was a Cyberdroid, they had a device inside thatm that could send out Electro Magnetic Pulses. It wasn't designed origanlly as a device against other rogue agents, but it was soon realized how easy it was to terminated them while they where incompasitated.
Everything was suddenly silenced after the gun fired, Riley had been pulled up somewhat so his back could rest against his father's front, Jonathon's arms laced about Riley's chest while Riley was clutching his head and struggling about painfully still. Catherine had disappeared as a ear shattering sound erupted from the Artificially created Initiative Agent, at first Riley thought her body had disappeared because she used her agility.
"sorry" The pain from his chip was dying down, Riley turned his head, unable yet to register his mother crying out in tears beside Catherine "i couldnt stop them" As the machine's power died, Riley was freed from the agony it was causing him, still taking a moment or two to recover from the horrific agony the machine had caused him. Riley's hand's slowly dropped away from his head, it was easiy for Riley to pull away from his father's hands, staring at Catherine as she laid on the ground behind him, she had been standing next to him, but with the force and proximity to the weapon it was no surprise her body and been shoved backwards while it fell.
"I'll get Penny, someone call an ambulence!" Jonathon struggled to his feet, he'll ask quetions later, right now he had to focus on Catherine, his legs felt weak, but he ran from the scene, Penny and Roger where already outside the shop from having heard the granade luncher.
"Riley, becareful!" Martha panicked when Riley almost touched the bullet wound, he looked completely confused, as if he didn't understand why she was lying down, though Martha would think he was in shock from her getting attacked, but Riley didn't even know she was bleeding.
"Is she ok?" His voice was a shaky whisper, for all he knew she had just tripped over, or she had fainted, or anything else, he wouldn't allow himself to think that she might have been shot. Penny was knelling beside them, Riley had scooped up her hand, bloodied by the red that seeped from her body. Panic rose even more inside Riley, Penny was focusing so greatly on Catherine's stomach, trying to help stop the flow of blood while the amblience were on their way.. Everyone was looking at her as if she was going to die, it was so horrible, he wanted to see everything they could see, even if it was going to hurt him to see it, he hated not understanding what was going on.
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She couldn't actually hear anyone around her, due to the rushing sound in her ears, for now at least anyway her eyes were still open and she could see everyone around her. There still wasn't any pain from the bullet wound even though her blood was beginning to form a small pool behind her on the ground.
Above her she could see Martha's face, she looked like she was crying and there was part of Cat that wanted to tell her that it was alright but when she opened her mouth nothing came out. She felt someone take hold of her hand, her eyes instinctivley flicking over towards Riley, the burning sensation returned a second later along with a lancing pain in her lower stomach as Penny attempted to stop the majority of the blood flow. Her hand closed sligtly around Riley's as she made a pained noise, her eyes scruntched up a little. It felt like someone was sticking hot pokers into her, her other hand weakly tried to grab hold of whatever was pressing down on her stomach. She attemped to push Penny's hands away but the older woman seemed to ignore her, not that she even knew who was touching her.
All that mattered was that Riley was here with her, she opened her eyes and looked up at him, he seemed so far away though, almost as if she was looking up at him through a dark tunnel. He was saying something but she wasn't sure what it was, his lips were moving but she couldn't hear what he was saying. Her grip on his hand weakened slightly as the pain increased, making a type of groaning noise. She felt so tired, so drained ... it had been a couple of minutes she'd been lying here and though it would have taken her ages to die she was still loosing a lot of blood. There was a sudden feeling of helplessness in her, it wasn't fair, she didn't want to die, not like this, but Riley's face just seemed to slip away from her along with the pain until her mind blacked out from the pain. She wasn't dead, there was still a slight rise and fall in her chest that betrayed the fact she was still alive, her hand had gone limp in his grip though.
Cat: It feels like my world is slipping through my fingers and I don't know how to hold onto it
Re: Isn't it supposed to be 'Happy' New Year?
ooc: *Grumbles* I HATE losing posts.. how DARE they not save themselves when I'm unable to stop my aunt from pulling the plug on the laptop while I'm out of the house!! Sorry it's so horribly short.. I might edit it within the week if I find time and motivation...*sulks*
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The life seemed to slowly drain from her body, his eyes staring down at her hand that grew limp in his own, his hazel gaze hurried back to her face in panic. Gently squeezing her hand, wanting her to respond some how, just tighten her grip a little more so he knew she was still with him. But there was no responce, there was a soft frightend little noise in the back of his throat while his fingers caressed her hand more desperately.
The sirens of an ambulence could be heard outside, but Riley ignored them, only focused on Catherine's hand and then her face, trying so hard to understand what was happening, but it was so obvious to everyone she was shot that no one figured Riley wouldn't be able to realize, he could only guess she had been... he hoped not, but there was a bang and she had disappeared. Where was she shot though? Was it her chest, her shoulder, her head? her stomach or her arms or just her leg? He stared at her stomach where his grand mother's hand where, her voice faintly heard yelling out orders to the nurses rushing onto the scene.
If she was shot in her stomach, then that would mean the likely hood of his baby surviving was nearly impossible, short of a miracle, and he was certain that no one would be willing to give someone like him something so special, he had been given a chance to meet and share time with Catherine, what more did he deserve?
Right now the robot was completely forgotten about, but Riley would eventually call the school and have Kurt teleport down and take the damaged robot back to Xavier's. Riley couldn't even imagine how he would feel the next time he sees T1, when he realizes Beast had used his knowledge to repair and partially reprograme the machine so that the Initiative wouldn't have control over the cyborg. He didn't even consider they would do such a thing, but if it was not his fault, then Beast would see no reason in terminating the metallic man, instead they just fix the thing that made him do what he obviously didn't want to do.
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ooc: Dan, you can have T1 back at the school after the two month leap, that would have given Beast plenty of time to repair and fix him up. Hope that's alright!
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It took the surgeons around four hours to repair the damage to Catherine's body. Not only did they have to give her blood transfusion to compensate for the amount she'd lost but they had to locate the bullet inside her and then repair the damage that had been done to her intestines. They'd had to remove part of her large intestine and sew the two open ends back together again and during the whole time her life seemed to hang on a thread. Her face seemed really pale and withdrawn and there was and E T tube down her throat which kept her breathing. Riley had at first been allowed into the opperating room, though he'd been made to wear a mask and gown. The nurses had let him sit near her head even though she wasn't aware of the fact that Riley was with her. Her face had blood smeered over the right cheek, though it had dried to a dark stain. At the moment the emphasis was not on how she looked but upon keeping her live while she was opperated upon.
There had been a horrible few mintues when her body had gone into cardiac arrest as her heart stopped beating. Riley had been sheparded from the room by a middle aged over weight nurse who patted his hand sympathetically before she turned back into the room. The team of doctors and nurses tried to start her heart again by shocking her heart into starting up once again. They'd been sucessful but they hadn't wanted Riley back in the room again incase it happened again, so he'd been made to wait anxiously and impatiently in the relatives lounge with his parents.
Finally she'd been carefully sewn up again and had her wound bandaged and then taken to an intensive care room. It was a small room full of beeping devices which were monitoring her vital signs. The walls were a cream colour and there was a small window which looked out over the town, not that the girl recovering in the bed would be aware of her view for some time to come. The floor was lino, a pale green shade and the lighting was strip lights. They were really bright and once she'd come around they'd hurt her eyes until she got used to them.
Hospitals always have the effect of making people look worse than they actaully are and the lights made her skin look even more pastey due to lack of blood than it actually was. She had dark circles under her eyes which were closed in sleep. She'd come around for a moment after the opperation but only for a few seconds, not long enough for her to realise where she was and what had happened to her. She'd been left alone in the intensive care unit, it was just nest to the nurses desk though so if any of the machines started beeping unusually she'd be in to check on them within seconds. Next to her bed, on either side were drips, one transfusing blood into her, the other giving her fluids. The one giving her blood would be removed in a couple of hours but she'd have to keep the fluid one in for longer which would be a battle for them since she despised needles.
She'd knocked her head pretty badly on the floor when she'd fallen over in the cafe so once she'd come around they'd have to scan her to make sure that she hadn't caused herelf any damage. She was young though so they weren't too worried about her.
The doctor who'd opperated on her was pleased that he managed to save her life even though there was no chance that the child she was carrying would have survived. She'd lost a lot of blood and in an attempt to keep her alive her body had diverted blood away from all non-essential areas of her body and that included her womb so the little spark of life inside her had been killed. There had been a couple of moments when the doctor wondered if she'd scrape though but she was past the worst now. She just had a long process of recovery to get though now.
He knocked politley on the door of the relatives lounge to warn the people inside that he was about to come in. He didn't just want to barge in on them. At least he hadn't had to bring the the news that the young woman had died. As he opened the door, he could see that everyones eyes had turned towards him, obviously anxious for news of how Catherine was doing. He gave them a supportative smile before he began to speak.
'She should be alright now we've sown her up again.' He was a middle aged gentleman with a soft caring face, sporting a neatly trimmed beard on his face, sporting a pair of dark brown eyes. He thought he should start off with something positive to tell them, there was reliefe on all their faces as he spoke, obviously they'd been fearing the worst. They all looked drained, but then they'd been sat here not knowing how their young charge was for hours now. He knew how horrible it felt not knowing if someone you care about will be alright. His own sister had been involved in a stabbing inncident the year before that had shocked the town and it had been his turn to sit anxiously in the waiting room then. 'I'll not deny she's a very lucky girl, a few inches higher and she'd have lost her liver.' He went into a few details of exactly what they'd done to save her, there was a pause however before he told them the bad news that he guessed they all must have known was coming. 'I'm afraid she'll have lost the baby however.' He looked at them all sympathetically, he knew this family since Penny worked at the hospital and he knew how delighted they were not only to have got their son back but to have gained a daughter as well as a grandchild all in one go when they'd given up hope of anything like that ever happening.
'Did you want to go and see her for a few mintues? ... She probably won't wake up just yet though.' His question was directed mainly at Riley though he wouldn't stop any of the others if they wanted to just make sure she was alright with their own eyes.
Cat: It feels like my world is slipping through my fingers and I don't know how to hold onto it
Re: Isn't it supposed to be 'Happy' New Year?
ooc: Theeeeere..*Hands Jenn her long awaited post* lol, sorry for the wait..
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There had been some nurses that felt so sympathetically compassionate with Riley who looked utterly devastated and lost, they had dressed him, and guided him into the room with Catherine. There was something so distant about the way he was staring at her, his mind was only partially listening to what they where saying, half understanding what they were doing. If Catherine died.. there was a part of Riley that was already thinking over how he would go with her. Back at the school, in his medical Kit he had from the Initiative, there was a collection of needles, most were his 'meds' they used to brainwash him, but there was one, a red one, that he was meant to take if he thought someone was about to capture him, or was figuring out he wasn't who he was supposed to be. In the Initiative they'd rather the agent die then have their world exposed through interrogation, but Riley never had to use it.
In truth, he had also forgotten about it, but now while he was thinking, a bullet would be too bloody, a stab wound to, but the needle he would look so peaceful, his parents wouldn't have to deal with seeing him all bloodied, it would just look like he was sleeping, like Catherine looked to him, his eyes still blind to her blood. It felt like something was gripping hold of his heart so tightly, squeezing his chest, he was still in shock, and the fact he was partially readying his mind for his own death the pain of losing her didn't hurt as much as if he thought that he'd spend the rest of his life without her.
Everything seemed to suddenly pick up about him, his distant eyes focusing for a moment, looking up from the face he had woken up to this morning, it had felt so perfect, her body so warm and comforting to hold against his own. There had been a few hours were he had felt as if nothing could hurt him, nothing could rip away the joy she had given him. Now it was hard to believe he had been happy.. hard to image she had been smiling at him, holding his hand, speaking with him..
Riley had been lead out of the room, barely even noticing the fact, only registering the one thing that felt so important, they were taking him away from Catherine. Turning to look over his shoulder towards her, then watching as a door was closed between them, like a barrier, as if he was caged again, locked away from seeing her, forbidden to be with the one and only person that seemed to give meaning to Riley's shattered and yet highly sheltered, abused, misused and mistreated life. His fingers had reached up to gently pull the mask off from over his mouth, staring at Catherine's body that was obscured mostly by the other people struggling to save her life. The window was small, and slim, and there was metal wires woven into the glass to make it stronger, it made it all the more harder to get a perfect view of his girlfriend. Someone's hand took hold of Riley's arm, helping undress the man before the male nurse escorted him to the rest of his family.
When Riley was lead into the room with his family, his head turned to watch the door being closed, another barrier between him and Catherine. Jonathon moved over to Riley, his fathers voice sounded like a mumble in the distance at first, Riley's mind so focused on Catherine he was having trouble paying anything else any attention.
"It'll be alright Riley," It was so hard to know what to say, they had already given up on the hope that the baby was still alive, now they were just trying to focus on praying for Catherine to stay with them. Riley barely noticed that his father had guided him over to the couch with his mother, but as soon as Riley's mind did focus on how horrible he felt, on his family about him, one everything that had happened, he also realized how sick he felt, his head was spinning and he felt as if he was going to be sick.
By the time the doctor arrived and gave a soft knock at the door, Riley had somewhat recovered, though he still hadn't said anything and everyone was a little worried about that. Riley was half laying on the couch, his mother could tell he wasn't feeling well so Martha insisted that he rest a little, it had help chase away his queasiness though so he didn't complain.
'She should be alright now we've sown her up again.' Riley was getting to his feet while the doctor spoke, Jonathon standing up and placing a hand on his son's arm since Riley looked a little unsteady for a moment. Taking in a little breath and rubbing his eyes, even though he felt so tired, there was no way he could sleep, his mind was being bombarded with images of Catherine and their time together, slowly starting to realize that his memories might be all he had left of her if she did die. 'I'll not deny she's a very lucky girl, a few inches higher and she'd have lost her liver.' He felt so relieved to here she was well, and completely forgot there and then about his plans for suicide, after all, she was alive, so he still had someone to share his life with, still had a reason to be here. He wanted now so desperately to be holding her and for her own arms to be about him.
'I'm afraid she'll have lost the baby however.' Riley's eyes lifted to stared at the doctor, his mind had wandered off while the man had been talking before, but the news of the baby's death was crushing, even if part of him already knew there was so little chance of the bullet missing the baby if it hit the stomach, and even if it did miss the child then the body would still have to compensate to save Catherine's life and to do that it would have to neglect the child in favor of the mother's body.
'Did you want to go and see her for a few minutes? ... She probably won't wake up just yet though.' Riley didn't care, he didn't care even if she was never going to wake up, he'd still sit with her, he'd still keep her company. He already felt so lost, but it would be all right, he had to keep his thoughts on Catherine, he'd help her recover, and together they'd deal with the loss of the baby. He had no idea that she was going to break up with him soon, that he wasn't going to be able to have her to comfort and help him cope with his loss. He was going to be all alone again, it would feel as if a small piece of him died every night that would pass without her beside him.
"How long can I see her? Can I stay with her?" He didn't want to go home, he didn't want to leave her side, he wanted to stay with her, even if it meant he was sitting on the seat for the entire night, he didn't want to leave until at least she woke up, he wanted to be there when she did.
Re: Isn't it supposed to be 'Happy' New Year?"How long can I see her? Can I stay with her?" The doctor gave Riley a sympathetic look along with a smile. He didn't like this side of his job, he pefered the part where he was saving lives or at least spending the money he's earned. He didn't like informing people that they'd lost relatives and he hated the fact that they couldn't just spring up healthy and well from the opperating table. It was especially horrible when they were youngesters like the one he'd opperated on.
'You can stay until she wakes if you want but after that you'll have to leave her to rest.' Staff at the hospital pefered paintents in intensive care not to be unduely excited or taxed since they were seriously ill. But they knew that people often wanted to stay with their family until at least they'd awoken.
With another smile he held the door open while Riley, his parents and Ammie made their way down the corridor towards the room Catherine was in. The doors to the intensive care rooms were always kept open so that the machines could be heard easily and someone could be rushed out to the opperating rooms if needs be.
The doctor paused by the enterence to the room, smiling towards the rounded nurse who was sitting at the desk, it was the same woman who'd led Riley from the opperating room and she gave him yet another sympathetic smile. Doctor Geter waited for the others to move into the room, his eyes moving past the two chairs that were in the room and over towards the girl who was lying on the bed. Someone had cleaned the blood off her face and there was a tube down her throat to help her breath. There were also tiny tubes in her nose, helping monitor her breathing and every half an hour she'd have her blood pressure and heart rate monitored by a nurse.
'Please try to speak in hushed voices.' He said quietly 'It's late and there are other patients in at the moment.' Some of them were in a great deal of pain and the only times they could find reliefe was when they were asleep. 'The visiting times are between three and eight o'clock.' He gave them one last smile before he dissipeared off down the corridor again, giving them some privacy.
Cat: It feels like my world is slipping through my fingers and I don't know how to hold onto it
Re: Isn't it supposed to be 'Happy' New Year?
The words the doctor spoke were barely heard by Riley, his mind so engulfed on Catherine before him, she looked so weak and helpless and sick.. There was an emptiness about her now that he knew the baby was gone, that warm glow of pride and hope as distant as the forgotten memories that remained trapped beneath the abuse delt to his mind at the hands of the Initiative.
No one spoke, there was a sad sob from his mother who had her face half barried in her husband's chest while he held her, half in pain at seeing Catherine like this and half reliving the moment she heard she had lost her baby during her sever depression a few months after Riley was declared dead. She wished no one had to suffer that kind of pain, and now Catherine was going to feel it as well, Martha could only wish that holding the young no longer mother to be in her arms would make it all better, but from experience she knew that didn't take away all the pain.. only soothed it slightly.
Ammie pulled a seat up against the bed for Riley who was standing beside her, the tips of his fingers touching her arm, lightly tracing down to her hand before he slowly sat down, only half aware of what was going on around him. The minutes seemed to drag by where Riley simply stared at Catherine's hand and the silence in the room between them seemed almost unbareable. Jonathon quietly suggested they leave now, guiding Martha and Ammie away, Riley could hear their steps retreating out into the hall, his fingers curling more about her hand that rested so peacefully at her side.
It seemed the instant they left the room his head had dropped to rest against the edge of the bed, a soft sobbing breath being followed by a whisper that was mumbled between his lips.
"I'm sorry.. I'm so sorry," It was all his fault she was like this, that's all he's ever done for her, cause her to get into situations that end up hurting her, if she's not being taken captive and drugged, she's getting raped or shot at, and she never had any of these problems until she met him. Maybe she was right, god did punish them, this was his punishment, to see how wonderful it felt to think you had everything you've ever wanted and then have it all ripped from you in such a horrible way like this.
It was a long time till Catherine woke, forcing Riley to remain by her bedside till about four o'clock the next morning. It was still dark outside, though inside there were still lights on and there was a certain air of happiness since it was the start of new year and patients and staff alike were all hoping for the start of a good year, it seemed to be giving everyone hope. Catherine wouldn't be enjoying the new year much, especially in a couple of days when she learns about the death of her baby.
Everything seemed really foggy, she kept her eyes closed, looking up at the blackness of the back of her eyelids wondering where she was. She couldn't remember going to sleep, she couldn't even remember the day at the moment. Her eyes blinked open and then shut again against the fierce glare of the lights above her. Luckily the pain killers she'd been given hadn't worn off yet so she wouldn't have to deal with the pain of her injuries till later. She struggled to open her sleepy eyes once again, she just wanted to drift back off to sleep, but another part of her wanted to know where she was.
There was a strange beeping sound in her ears, her eyes looking up at the ceeling, the beeping seemed to speed up, it was infact mirroring her heart beat. Where was she? She didn't remember being anywhere with strip lighting, there was a sudden horrible fear that she was back in the Initiative again, there was a very weak attempt at sitting up that failed at once, she couldn't even lift her head off the pillow. She felt all weak and sick and her body wasn't obaying her.
The nurse out at the desk noticed the change in the heart monitor and bustled her rotund form into the room. She was used to having people wake up with no idea where they were, so she knew exactly what to say to put the young girl's fears at rest. She waddled upto the edge of the bed and looked down at Cat with a sympatheitic smile on her face.
'Hello Catherine, you don't need to worry, you're in hospital but you're going to be fine.' She let the information sink into Catherine's mind, smiling as she heard the beeping of the heart rate machine slow down somewhat as Cat registered where she was. She was still worried as to why she was in a hosptial, maybe she'd collapsed?
'Now then I'm just going to remove the tube that's down you're throat helping you breath.' Her touch was soft and gentle and helped to sooth Catherine who was still feeling paniky over what had happened to her, her brain felt all groggy and as if it wasn't working quite right. It was almost like when she was drunk. Her eyes stared up at the nurse as she removed the tube from Cat's throat. She hadn't looked around her yet so she had no idea that Riley was there.
Cat's lungs instinctivley started drawing in air by themselves again, even though she was so tired it felt like an effort even to do that. The nurse was teeling her she was going to remove the needle that was transfusing blood into her, Cat's eyes slowly moved down to her hand and watched as the nurse slipped the needle from the back of her hand, quickly covering where it had been with a plaster of sorts. She felt too tired even to be repulsed that there was a needle in her.
Her eyes moved to the other side of the bed, seeing the other needle that was in her, giving her fluids and then moving over to the concerned face of Riley, she managed to give him some sort of smile. If Riley was here then she must be safe. The nurse had vannished off for a moment but she returned a second later and slipped a hand under Cat's head, lifting it slightly off the pillow so she could put a glass to Cat's lips, encouraging her to swallow a tiny bit of the water, just enough to wet her mouth.
She put the glass down on a table near the door, moving back to the bed she took Cat's temperature and blood pressure before turning to Riley.
'You've got five mintues.' She gave him a little smile then patted Cat's arm gently and moved out of the room, shutting the door this time to give them both a little privacy. She wanted to say something but her body didn't seem to want to obay her at the moment.
Cat: It feels like my world is slipping through my fingers and I don't know how to hold onto it
Re: Isn't it supposed to be 'Happy' New Year?'Hello Catherine, you don't need to worry, you're in hospital but you're going to be fine.' There was a slight struggle while Riley forced his exhausted eyes open at the sound of Catherine's name. He was tired, he just wanted to go home and cuddle with Catherine in her bed again like they had done just the night before. 'Now then I'm just going to remove the tube that's down you're throat helping you breath.' At that comment therewas a more painful rememberance of what he has lost, he didn't know how he was supposed to deal with such a horrible thing, and in the end when Catherine dumps him, he try and cope by not dealing with it, and it'll only make everything for him worse.
Lifting his face a little, and sitting up straighter in the chair, Riley watched as the nurse removed the tube from Cat's mouth. At first Catherine didn't appear to be really focusing about her, and she looked over towards her other hand before she even looked towards Riley. There was a strained attempted smile, any kind of smile was enough to make him want to yank her from the bed and just wrap his arms about her. It almost hurt to know he wasn't able to hold her for a while, another part of him was glade for it, a small part, but the shame over how he'd caused all this to happen by running away from the Initiative was really hurting him.
There was a slightly pained expression for a moment on Riley's face as the nurse had to help Catherine drink, then he ignored everything the nurse was doing, devoting his attention solely towards Catherine's drained and tired face.
'You've got five mintues.' Only five minutes? He waited so long, he didn't want to leave now, not as soon as she was able to open her eyes. Upon hearing the doors close and the nurse was gone, Riley reached out and took Catherine's hand lightly between his own once again.
"Hey Catherine," His voice was so quiet and tender, almost whispering to her though his words were clear and easy to hear. "Mum and everyone were here earlier, she wanted to get you flowers but they said you can't have any in this room," He stood up, standing closer to her, already scared the nurse was going to come in and start dragging him away from Catherine. "Heather had her puppies.." His hazel gaze seemed to swell slightly with tears before he blinked them away, one of his hands moving over to her forehead and gently stroking some of her fringe aside. He promised himself that he'd keep all topics of conversation off what had happened, he didn't want her to get upset and he didn't want to break apart on her when she might need him to be strong.
Re: Isn't it supposed to be 'Happy' New Year?
Everything seemed so hard to focus on, she'd look at something and it would take her brain a few moments to catch up. Her eyes followed the nurse as she left the room but then slid back over to Riley again. There was the strong desire just to close her eyes and go back to sleep but what if Riley wasn't here when she woke up. Hadn't the nurse said he could only stay for five minutes .... what would happen to her when he left? She didn't want to be here all alone ... she knew she was in hospital ... but which hospital ... and what was wrong with her.
"Hey Catherine," Her eyes blinked closed for a long moment before she wrestled them open again against the sleepiness that was attempting to overcome her. "Mum and everyone were here earlier, she wanted to get you flowers but they said you can't have any in this room," There was another faint smile on her face, her eyes looking over at the beeping machines she was hooked up to then back at Riley again. "Heather had her puppies.." At the moment Cat didn't seem to interested in the puppies, in truth she was more concerned over the fact that she couldn't remember anything after getting to the restraunt.. what had happened to her?
'Why am I here?' ... there was a slight note of panic to her voice and the beeping from the machine sped up slightly, indicating her heart pace was increasing again. Had she collapsed? or maybe she'd eaten somehting and it had made her sick? She wanted to know the date too, How long had she been here like this? 'Are you taking me home?' She didn't want to stay here by herself, her fingers closed around his palm a little. She didn't want him to leave her here by herself.
She could feel his fingers in her frindge, stroking lightly against her skin, the machine started beeping more slowly, betraying the calming effect the simple touch was having on her.
Cat: It feels like my world is slipping through my fingers and I don't know how to hold onto it
Re: Isn't it supposed to be 'Happy' New Year?'Why am I here?'
The words were like sharp knives in his heart, but he was used to some people who would be suffering from battle wounds and not remember what had happened to them. Riley just offered a pained and exhausted little smile that barely managed to tug at the corner of his lips.
"You're here to rest, they won't let me stay any longer, but I'll be back as soon as I'm allowed, which is three," His voice was quiet, not wanting to speak too loudly since that would only wake her up more, "If you go to sleep now, you'll see me sooner." He added with a little grin, he himself was just staying at his grandparents, so he'd collapse there for the time between now and seeing Catherine again.
"Penny works here.. she'll be watching over you during the day, you'll have company still, so don't worry about anything, just focus on resting now, rest as much as you can so you can get better sooner." Bending down, he lightly pressed his lips against her forehead, "I love you," When Riley pulled away from her, he could almost feel the nurses eyes on his back, but he still didn't want to leave.. not unless Catherine could come with him.
There was another pained look at the thought of leaving her, his eyes peering over his shoulder towards the nurse and then back at Catherine. There was a final stroke of his fingers from her forehead through some of her fringe before his hand moved over to take her own hand again so it was between both of his larger palms. After a moment he gently slipped his hands away and moved towards the door, constantly glancing over his shoulder towards Catherine's body before he turned down the corridor and she disappeared from sight.
Re: Isn't it supposed to be 'Happy' New Year?"You're here to rest, they won't let me stay any longer, but I'll be back as soon as I'm allowed, which is three," Rest? But that didn't tell her why she felt so unbelievably drained of life and energy. Maybe this was all a bad dream and when she woke up she'd be back at his parents farm again and lying in his arms. It all felt horribly real however. Where was he going? She didn't want to be here all by herself ... there was a little flush of fear and dissapointment that he was leaving her that sent the machine beeping furiously again, she didn't relise that it was the alteration in pace that had brought the nurse to the door once again.
"If you go to sleep now, you'll see me sooner." She could see him smiling down at her, she didn't want to go to sleep again though, she wanted to stay awake and talk to him some more. Her body seemed to have other ideas though since her eyes kept blinking shut every few moments.
"Penny works here.. she'll be watching over you during the day, you'll have company still, so don't worry about anything, just focus on resting now, rest as much as you can so you can get better sooner." He bent down, his lips touching her forehead as he kissed her. Couldn't he stay at least untill she fell asleep? She didn't want to be here.. couldn't he take her with him, she wanted to go home. She didn't like hosptials, especially since her parents died. Was that was wrong with her? Was she going to die too? The machine went off on another beeping fit with all her jumbled thoughts.
"I love you," Her eyes followed his movement as he took hold of her hand again, careful not to knock the drip she had in. There was a sudden sense of loss that ran through her as he pulled away and she lost his touch. Riley vannished out of the room, her eyes staring after her as he walked away. The nurse fussed around her for a few mintues, letting her know there was an emergancy call button on her pillow if she needed anything and then she left. Turning the lights out in the room but leaving the door open so the room was still quite well lit. She fought with the desire to sleep for a few moments but her eyes seemed to slowly close.
It seemed only a moment however untill they blinked open again, for a minute she couldn't remember where she was but the steady beeping of the machine brought it home to her. The first thing she was concious of however was that she was in pain, the lower half of her body hurt so much she felt like being sick. There was daylight streaming in her small window. A different nurse from the one of the night before came into the room. She had strawberry coloured hair that was fastened away under her cap. She smiled at Cat, telling her she was glad to see her awake finally. Cat seemed unwilling to talk to her though, she wasn't even breathing too well because of the pain. The nurse gently took her temperature and her blood pressure before encouraging Cat to take some pills which she said would help with the pain. It took rather an effort and a couple of attempts for Cat to manage to swallow them along with a little water.
The nurse kept up a bright train of chatter, not seeming to notice that Cat wasn't answering her. Cat wasn't sure that taking those pills had been a good idea, she already felt ill and the pills had made her feel worse. The nurse noticed however that Cat seemed to be having trouble breathing so she carefully placed an oxygen mask over her face to help her. She smiled at Cat and told her to try to sleep again.
It wasn't that esy though, she felt awful and the fact she was in alot of pain didn't help either. If anything she looked worse than she had the day before. She wanted to go home, maybe when Riley turned up he'd take her. She had no idea of the time so she didn't know how long it would be untill he turned up. She didn't have anything to do other than to lye there though, with every minute feeling a like a painfilled hour
Cat: It feels like my world is slipping through my fingers and I don't know how to hold onto it
Re: Isn't it supposed to be 'Happy' New Year?
It was two in the afternoon before Emily started knocking at Riley's door, she had actually knocked at one but he had cuddled back under the covers so she didn't try and wake him up again until two. But this time the young Finn was stubbornly refusing to let Riley sleep any longer, he had to get ready and they were meant to take him to see Catherine by three.
Secretly Riley didn't want to wake up, he didn't want to believe any of what had happened was real, so if he just laid there a little longer then he'd wake up to Catherine's voice whispering his name, or his arms still wrapped about her, he didn’t want to open his eyes and see it was just a pillow he was holding tightly in his arms. But Emily knew he’d be upset if she let him sleep in any more, so she stood at his door calling him to wake up until finally sat up, once he was up things didn’t much improve with him, he half dragged himself about to have a shower and get dressed. In the end Emily had to inform Riley that his shirt was not only back to front but inside out as well, he woke up a little more though when he started moving about to tidy up his room while Roger was closing up the shop. There were three costumers lingering about to get things to restock their fridges since most places had been closed for the holiday, Riley ended up waiting impatiently in the back seat of his car until a quarter to three when they started to drive off to the hospital. If Riley had really thought about it and been more awake he would have realized he could have just gone on his own instead of accepting Roger’s offer of driving him.
It was only a ten-minute drive away from their home, maybe a little under, but it felt like forever to Riley, and once they had arrived to the hospital he had hurried out of the car and rushed ahead of Roger and Emily who trailed behind. The entire place suddenly felt like a maze, he asked a few nurses for Cat’s location, and the fact it helped remind him of the initiative didn’t make it feel any better. It hurt even more when he found Catherine, she looked so drained of not only energy but of her very life as well, why did she have an oxygen mask on? Part of him panicked slightly but just hoped her condition hadn’t worsened during the night while he wasn’t around, right now he couldn’t look worried or confused or too overly concerned or upset, he didn’t want Catherine to feel worried or concerned herself over either his or her condition over this event.
Penny was in the corridor talking with Roger and Emily was looking rather shy being surrounded by so many elderly sick people, Riley glanced back at them before quietly making his way into the room, he wasn’t sure if she was asleep or not, he couldn’t tell from this distance if her eyes were open, besides, he was more focused on her mask right at this moment. She looked so sick, he didn’t want her to stay here, he wanted to take her back to Xavier’s, but asking for a transfer right now wasn’t possible, she wasn’t in any condition to be moved, and by the time she was able to move the worst of it would already be over.
Re: Isn't it supposed to be 'Happy' New Year?
She'd spent the last couple of hours drifting in and out of sleep, trying to ignore the burning pain that was in her lower stomach, it hurt even to breath. She wished she was still hooked upto the machine they'd had her on last night, she hadn't needed to breath then. Every now and then the nurse would pop her head around the door so see how her young charge was getting on and occasionaly she came in to talk to Cat and changed the bandages that were on her once. It had really hurt Catherine to do that since they'd stuck to her stitches while she'd been asleep.
There didn't really seem to be much reliefe from the pain even in her sleep and she had horrible dreams about being back in the Initiative. After a while however the drugs she'd been given seemed to kick in and the pain she was feeling had lessened somewhat. She was semi awake when Riley hurried into the room and her eyes struggled open to look at him. She'd been waiting for him to come back since she'd woken up and he wasn't there. She was really hoping she could have stayed alseep at least untill he got there.
She smiled slightly even though it was hard to see because of the mask that was over her face, a moment later the smiley brown haired nurse had hurried into the room, giving both Riley and Cat huge smiles.
'Good afternoon Riley.' She knew who he was, she'd gone to school with him, though she knew he wouldn't remember her, she'd talked with his Grandma about him so she knew about his amnesia. She bent over Cat for a moment, checking her drip which Cat had already managed to remove once. Then she took the mask of Cat's face, she looked over at Riley and smiled. 'If she needs it just pop it back on.' There was a pause where she looked at the machines, checking that everything was as it should be. 'I'll be back in to check you soon Catherine.'
She hurried over to the door then paused warning Riley not to over excite her and then breezed off to check in on some other of her patients. She was sitll young and had the impression that she could save everyone. Cat however managed to give Riley a rather more cheerful smile, it was easy to see she was in pain by the expression of her face and the look in her eyes.
Cat: It feels like my world is slipping through my fingers and I don't know how to hold onto it
Re: Isn't it supposed to be 'Happy' New Year?
I really pained him to see her smile behind the mask, at least she seemed happy to see him, but he he would give anything right now to be a mutant with the ability to heal, then he could make this all better.. but he wasn't a mutant, he wasn't even really human. He was some genetically and chemically altered lab rat that is only around to be a burden on others, his thoughts drifted off slightly from this as he heard his named being mentioned.
'Good afternoon Riley.' Riley didn't like her, she was too happy, no one ought to be so cheery when his life was falling apart like this and when Catherine lay in so much pain. He watched looking slightly releaved that she was moving Cat's mask, keeping a little bit of a distance while she checked over Catherine. 'If she needs it just pop it back on.' There was a small nod of his head, he had more then just a basic understanding of nursing, he had taken a medical course in the Initiative, they all had to, in order to be effeciant enough to handle any battle wounds out on the field. 'I'll be back in to check you soon Catherine.' Not too soon he hoped, he wanted to be alone with her for a little while, giving a rather distant and sad look to the ground when the nurse warned him not to get her excited.
When he looked up at her again, Catherine was smiling at him, she looked like she was hurting so badly... he felt horrible and guilty and as if he should be making this pain go away instead of just standing around like this. Dropping his eyes to the chair beside her bed that he had been sitting on just earlier this morning, his hands pushed it back closer beside her bed.
"I missed you," He leaned down and gently pressed his lips once again against her forehead, he was too scared to kiss her lips, as if he might cause her to suffercate by doing that. He slipped his fingers gently beneath her hand, his other hand reached over for her cheek, letting the backs of his fingers lightly stroke against her skin while he spoke.
"Visiting hours finish at eight, that's in five hours... if you want I'll stay right until eight, and if you're tired you can still sleep, I'll sit here with you for as long as you want until they kick me out." He offered a little smile, even though it wasn't hard to tell he was in a great deal of pain, though unlike Catherine's right now, his pain was only emotional. He didn't know what else to say, he wanted to break down and cry and yet he also wanted to stand tall and strong, he wasn't thinking about the loss of his baby right now, even if it was in the back of his mind, Catherine's health was more important at this moment in time.
Re: Isn't it supposed to be 'Happy' New Year?"I missed you," She gave him another smile as he bent down to press his lips against her forehead. She could tell he was upset even if he wasn't saying as much. He sat down, holding onto her hand as he did so. His presence had cheered her up though, it had felt like an age since he'd left although she'd woken up less than two hours ago.
"Visiting hours finish at eight, that's in five hours... if you want I'll stay right until eight, and if you're tired you can still sleep, I'll sit here with you for as long as you want until they kick me out." There was a long pause filled only with the beeping of machines, her eyes didn't leave his though and it was plain that she wanted to ask him something. She'd tried to ask him last night but he'd just left and she hadn't wanted to ask the nurses.
'Riley? What happened? Why am I here? My stomach hurts.' She looked close to tears as she finnished the sentance, it was awful knowing something had happened to you and no one was telling her what it was. She assumed however that if something had happened to her baby she'd have been told about it earlier so she was more worried out what had happened to her.
ooc: Sorry not long ive got will (4of12) up at the campus at the moment
Cat: It feels like my world is slipping through my fingers and I don't know how to hold onto it
Re: Isn't it supposed to be 'Happy' New Year?
ooc:What is he doing up there, he should be posting! *Waves fists*
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'Riley? What happened? Why am I here? My stomach hurts.' Tears threatened to force in her eyes and Riley wasn't sure he was strong enough to handle that, he wasn't sure how much pain she was in so all he could do was hold her hand and it felt so wrong to be so distant when she was crying. But he couldn't handle explaining anything yet, especially since he had been told not to tell her about the death of the baby, he was hurting so dreadfully and they couldn't even comfort each other in their arms.
"Catherine.." His eyes dropped to the back of her hand, both his hands once again returning to cup her small hand carefully within his own lager ones. "If we talk about this you'll get upset and they'll make me leave.." He shook his head a little as he added, "I don't want to leave." There was a forced smile now tugging weakly at the corner of his lips even though his eyes easily told her how much this was all hurting him. "But you don't have to worry, you're safe now, and they said you're recovering well, that you will be fine." But only she is recovering he thought bitterly.. their child wasn't able to recover, their little baby girl, but she wouldn't be as upset as Riley, or so he thought, she had made it sound as if she didn't want it that night in front of the fire, which was relativly correct.
"Besides, there's plenty of time to talk about that later when you're better, I promise." Lifting her hand a little from the bed, he leaned forward and left his lips touch her fingers in a soft kiss before he simply allowed them to rest against her hand, drawing his own comfort from the simple touch.
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