Eternally-Sequel to Unconditional(Nate Maloley)

Chapter 20

3 months later ;;;;;;;

Aiden and Annica are currently at my Aunt Liz's house because they wanted to be with uncle Ryan for a while. I was home. Nate? Who the fuck knows. He's gone. Again. Im getting so tired and used to this, it's insane. It's almost like we aren't married and he's distant as fuck. No calls, no texts, nothing. Nada.

Incoming FaceTime call : Sammy🏃🏽✊🏼👊🏼 I tapped answer and sighed, running a hand through my hair. (S-Sam ; A- Ana)
S-hey you!
A-hey...
S-okay what's wrong?
A-nothing, why'd you FaceTime me?
S-Ana I know yo-
A- I said I'm fine now answer me
S- is this about Nate? Because I haven't heard from him either
A- Sam I'm serious what do you want
S- okay I lied. I may or may not know where he is?
A- well that's good. I don't care.
S- don't say that...
A-give me one good reason Samuel. I'm fucking done
S- hospital. He's in the hospital
A-w-what? Wh-w-why?
S-drank too much, High as shit, and decided he was sober enough to drive home and crashed on his way there...

oh my god..... breathe, Anastasia Breathe!

S- Ana? You there?
A- S-Sammy I can't do it. I can't do this anymore!
S- yes you can. Do it for Annica and Aiden. For me! Please Ana. Nate needs you.
A-text me the hospital he's at. I'm fucking pissed so don't expect me to talk him yet
S- okay. Stay strong, it'll all be okay. Love you

I hung up after mumbling a love you too back. I pulled myself together after crying on the floor for a good five minutes after I hung up. I pulled on my sweatpants and one of Nate's Nebraska hoodies. I slid on my Adidas sandals and grabbed my phone and keys, leaving the house and driving to the hospital he's in. For Aiden and Annica. I mumbled to myself.

I arrived in the hospital and ran inside. "Nate Maloley?" I said. "Excuse me?" The receptionist said. "Nathan Maloley? What room is he in?" I said out of breath. "Um im sorry only family can g-" I stopped her. "I'm his fucking wife now tell me what room he's in!" I screamed, getting more pissed and stared down by everyone. "Can I fucking help all of you?" I mumbled. "Room 204 ma'am" she mumbled to me. I said thank you and ran off. Instead of the elevator I took the stairs. What more could I do? I got to the second floor and saw Sam and John standing in the hallway. Sam ran up to me and hugged me tightly. "It's gonna be okay, you hear me?" He said. I nodded. "Can I go in?" I asked. He nodded. He unwrapped his arms from my waist and I walked up to the door turning the handle and walking in. And there he lays. Asleep I'd hope. "Sam? That you?" I heard his groggy voice mumble in pain. "No..." I whispered on the verge of tears. "Ana- oh my g- what are yo- Ana?" He said in disbelief. "Not expecting me?" I ask. "Well no, not really?" He said trying to sit up. "Save the struggle" I said sitting next to him. "Aren't you like, pissed at me?" He said. "Yes actually. Very." I said calmly. "Ana I-" he started, cutting himself off by groaning in pain. "I'm sorry okay?" He said after recovering his pain. "And that's my problem here. I'm sick of the I'm sorrys, Nate. I feel like we aren't married. You've been so distant and I HATE IT! I hate it! Aiden is old enough now to realize something is wrong when you aren't around like normal and Annica is starting to pick up on things!" I yelled. "I don't know how many times I can do this Nate!" I said, now crying. "What's holding you back then?" He mumbled. Ouch. "Really? Really Nate? You aren't gonna argue to keep me around? No 'Ana please stay' or 'I need you don't leave me'? Ouch. You really wanna know what's holding me?" He sighed. "That's not what I meant.." He mumbled. "My fucking family is holding me back, Nate. My beautiful husband, my baby boy and my baby girl. That's what's holding me! Why can't you just see that I fucking love you?" I sobbed. "Ana I love you too! I didn't mean it that way when I said what's holding you back though. You have all rights to be single handedly pissed at me. I understand if you need to stay with John or someone to cool down, okay?" He said. I nodded. I sat up in the bed and sighed to myself, throwing my hair up in a bun. Nates hand ran across my back. "I love you, okay?" He said. I nodded. "I know. I love you too" I said. I stood up and kissed his forehead. "I'll be home tomorrow" I said. He smiled lightly and nodded. He coughed, "Ana?" He said. I turned around. "Yes?" I said with a small smile. "Thank you for coming" he said. "I just hate seeing you like this" I said. He nodded. "I know. I hate seeing myself this way. I'm fucking stupid, I know." "Stupid but I still love you" I said. I walked out and looked at Sam and John, starting to cry again. "I love him too much to fucking leave him!" I sobbed into Sams shoulder. He rubbed my back. "I know, it's okay Ana. John said you can stay with him I you need to since my apartment is small" he said. "Yeah, I was gonna ask you that, John. I hope that's okay. It'll only be for tonight" I said. "Of course you can. Anytime you need it" john said. I nodded l, rubbing my eyes, wiping them dry on the sleeves of his hoodie. Sammy let me go and John hugged me. "Nurses said he can go home tonight so I'm going home tomorrow. Sam can you stay with him tonight?" I asked. He nodded.

"Swift I don't think I'll ever be able to thank you enough" I said laying on his bed. "Don't need to Stasia I understand. Couples have their beef, married or not okay?" He said. "I know. I'm gonna get some sleep I can barely keep my eyes open and I feel like shit. So goodnight John. Love you" I said hugging his torso. He kissed my forehead and grabbed a pillow and a blanket. "Where are you going?" I mumbled. "Spare room. Night lil one" he said. "John this is your room! You can stay in here" I said. "I can take the spare room, it's nothing. Get some rest" he said. I nodded and rolled over.

The next morning I rolled on my back, opening my eyes to see it was 10:30 already. I sighed and grabbed my phone, seeing I had Twitter notifications.

@/skatemaloley: heart hurts, stayed strong
@/skatemaloley: love her 😭😩

I got up after favoriting and retweeting his tweets. I heard talking downstairs so I headed down there. "Oh hey, morning" John said. "Hey" I yawned. "Hey lexi" I smiled. "Hey. How come your here? Where's Nate?" She asks. "Long story.." I sighed. "I'm actually gonna head out though. Thanks again John" I smiled, hugging them both. "Anytime Ana. You know where I am" he smiled hugging me tightly. "Bye Lexi, sorry couldn't stay longer and talk" I said hugging her too. After grabbing everything I had, I drove home. I blasted some music to wake up my mind and soon enough I was in my driveway. I gathered myself and walked inside. Nate was asleep on the couch and Sam was sitting at the table. "Hey," I said setting my purse on the table. "Oh, you scared the shit outta me! He just fell asleep. I gave him his pain meds so he should be alright." He told me. "You aren't leaving, are you?" I asked. "Well I was going to. But if you want me to stick around I can" he said. I nodded, "Only because I will blow up on him if you go" I laughed slightly. "He also deserves it though. He needs to be put in his place, Ana. He needs to realize that he's a man now, not a boy, a child. He needs to own up to the mistakes he's making and take his role as a father and a husband" he said. "You're right Sam. But still stay?" He nodded, "Of course," he smiled.

This will be interesting....