A New Life

Chapter 33

Chris' POV:

"Katy!" I call out as I see her fall to the ground. I try to get her to wake up. Nothing. Shit! Oh god please no. I call 911 and get an ambulance here stat. "My girlfriend, she, she just collapsed. Please hurry!" I give them the address and try to wake her up. In a matter of minutes the ambulance pulls up. I go downstairs to get the paramedics. I show them where she is and they take her down. We drive to the hospital and they take her away. Leaving me behind the emergency room doors. Oh god please, please be okay. How did this get this bad? I message the bands group chat to let them know what's happened.

Me: Katy collapsed. We're at the hospital now.
Ryan: Shit dude, is everything okay?
Justin: What happened?
Vinny: Dude want me to come up?
Ricky: I'll be there soon, just picking Vin up.
Me: She was in our room, I went up, her face went pale as fuck and then she just fell down. I couldn't wake her. I called 911 and the ambulance came. She's in the emergency room now, I can't go in.

No more than 20 minutes later, Vinny and Rick turn up. I glare at Ricky. This is partly his fault. If he had just left it alone she probably wouldn't be here. I guess he feels the tension and sits a couple seats down. Vinny asks for an update, but I couldn't give him one. About an hour later a doctor comes out. "Who's responsible for Katy Swindell?". I stand up and go over to him. "I am. Is she okay?" I ask. "What's your relationship with her?" he asks coldly looking me up and down. "She's my girlfriend." I bite back a little. "Well Mr..." he raises an eyebrow. "Cerulli. Chris". "Well Mr. Cerulli. She's awake now. She's on fluids and the baby is just fine".
Wait. What? "I'm sorry, there must be a mistake. She's not pregnant." I correct him. He sighs. "I take it she hasn't told you. I'm sorry to be the one who did. I just assumed she would have let you know. It's been in her records for over a week". What the fuck? I look back at Ricky and Vinny. They both look just as shocked as I feel. "I can take you through to see her now if you'd like?" the doctor offers. I just nod and follow suit.

We walk down a hall and take a right. "She's just in there." he points to a slightly open door. I take a deep breath in and open it. "Hey..." I say, she tries to sit up. "Don't strain yourself. Just relax, how are you doing?" I ask standing at the end of her bed. "I'm okay, I guess the virus is just a little stronger than I thought". "Still going with the virus story I see..." I mutter. "What?", shit. "Nothing. That's some virus you've got." I try to laugh but it comes out dry. "Katy, I know." she looks straight at me. Her face confused. "I know about the baby. That you're pregnant." her eyes go wide. "H-how do you know?" she doesn't deny it. Fuck. "The doctor told me, thinking that you already did. You've known since you went to the doctors last week?", she just nods slowly. "Why didn't you tell me? Is this what your story was about on Instagram?" I say taking a seat at the end of the bed. She nods. "Can we talk about this later? I'm not feeling very well. She turns onto her side facing away from me. Tears falling down her face. My heart broke. "Sure.. Get some rest." I say and walk out the door. I feel tears welling up. Fuck. Why couldnt she have just told me? Am I really that bad of a person that my own girlfriend can't tell me I'm going to be a dad?
Shit.
I'm going to be a dad.

"I'm going to be a dad." I say walking out to the guys, who were still in the waiting room.