Realistic or Modern Put It Into Speed Drive

[Forever6A7X]

Eddie held her to him looking down at his phone as it rang. He gave a confused look seeing Jamie's name pop up on the screen. It had been years since they last spoke. "Hey man....yeah real long time. Listen I uh...I'm not sure I'll be able to. Just had a bit of a medical scare with my girl and we just had our daughter. I'll need to make sure they're both okay before I set any plans." He explained to him

Max got out of the room with Grace as quickly as she could trying to stay calm. She went into the ICU waiting area to sit down but stopped as she saw Drew come through the doors "Something....something is wrong....he had brain bleeding and was okay.." she tried to explain but ended up breaking down in his arms.

 

[decadent-rider]

Drew frowned the moment he saw her and just held her tightly, “shh, hey hey, come sit down. Breathe… steady max steady.” He coaxed, getting her to sit down while he kept Graces carrier right by his feet. “Someone fucked with his bike. His brakes weren’t working and we were coming down the interstate. Matt asked him for a quick race. They’ve done it a hundred times but…. His accelerator locked. He crashed on purpose so he wouldn’t hit a tree but going the speed he was already… im just glad he was wearing his leathers for once.” He muttered.

He frowned but nodded. “Another kid huh? Bet Oz is excited…. Tell me it’s not chrissys.” He chuckled a little, nodding when he was assured it was someone else. “Alright… well you talk to them, see if you’re good to meet. I can even come down to wherever you’re at. I won’t take up too much of your time but it would be good to see you.” He told him. “Good luck with your family Ed, let me know if you can talk when I come round.” He finally hung up and Carmen glanced up at him a little concerned.

“everything okay?” She asked him quietly, playing with his rings some. “If you need to go deal with something we’ll be okay here. I can always call you if somethings going on with baby.” She suggested.

 

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Max took a deep breath as she tried to calm herself "Why would...the prospects were working on his bike. Why would they hurt him?" She asked quietly as she wiped her eyes and grabbed a kleenex from the table beside them.

Eddie nodded giving her a small nod "Yeah everything is fine. That was Jamie, he was gonna be in town soon and wanted to meet up, said he had some kind of proposal for me." He explained before kissing her temple "I wanna make sure you're okay though before I do anything like that."

 

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She lit up a little when he mentioned it was Jamie. “Like lead singer of corroded coffin Jamie? Like teenage heartthrob Jamie? British accent and everything? I mean… he could always come here.” She smiled a little at him, looking like a star struck teenager for a minute.

He shook his head. “I don’t know. I don’t think Matt is on board about him leaving like he said he was though.” He told her. “But this conversation isn’t happening. You know nothing about this okay?” He coaxed, glancing up when a nurse called Jon’s name.

 

[Forever6A7X]

Eddie caught the look on her face and gave a small chuckle "That would be the one. If you're feeling up to it I'm sure he'll say yes. He's a really nice guy." He said softly before giving her another kiss on the head.

Max nodded and gave a heavy sigh "My lips are sealed." She said quietly before picking up Grace's carrier and going to the nurse "Is he okay?"

 

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She raised an eyebrow at the man who followed but let him through as well. “Whilst we are doing everything we can mrs Bernthal, your husband has suffered a lot of trauma to his head and chest in the wreck. He’s been lucky to make it this far but the likelihood of him fully recovering is less than 5%.” She explained and let them back into the room where he was back under sedation.

She nodded and smiled again. “Don’t tell Lita though. She’ll be so jealous.” She giggled a little before wincing. “Ooh that was a bad idea… Eddie… im okay. I promise.” She murmured seeing how worried he still looked. “I’m gonna be just fine.” She promised him, giving his hand a squeeze and noticing the nurse finally coming in to check that she could go see their daughter.

 

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Max took a shaky breath and nodded "Thank you." She said quietly before she sat down after placing Grace's carrier down "Drew....what do I do?" She whispered as she let tears fall.

Eddie grew worried when she started wincing but relaxed a bit when she said she was okay. He smiled widely when he heard the nurse "Well then lets get her going to see our beautiful little girl."

 

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She waited just a few more minutes for Lita to come collect Ozzy then let Eddie wheel her down there, chewing on her nails the whole time. “We sure about lilah? You think it fits her?” She asked him, about to say something else but it died in her throat and hen they got to her incubator. “Oh Ed… oh she’s so small.” She whimpered, immediately starting to cry, feeling really guilty despite the fact she did nothing wrong.

He frowned and shook his head. “You keep your head down. No matter what happens you don’t kick up a fuss. As far as Matt knows, you think it was just an accident. And you are safest that way.” He assured her, “I gotta go back but give me or Jess a call if you need anything at all alright?”

 

[Forever6A7X]

Eddie rubbed her shoulders gently and gave a small nod "Tiny and strong just like her mother." He said softly to her before bending down and kissing the top of her head repeatedly "She's gonna be okay love. You both will be and we'll be home before you know it."

Max gave Drew a hug before sighing heavily "Thank you Drew. I'll call if anything comes up." She murmured before going to sit by Jon's side.

 

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She nodded frowning and just squeezed his hands tightly for a minute. “I don’t know what I’d do without you sometimes yknow.” She told him quietly, wiping her eyes a little. They stayed watching her for half an hour before Carmen had to go back to her room and she cuddled with Eddie a little while before he had to go home for the night, making sure he would give Ozzy hugs from her as well, trying to sleep it off while he was gone.

Jon had no more scares for the rest of the night and they were pulling him out of sedation in the morning until he came to seeing max there again, still slurring his words and struggling to get his vision to focus much. “Grace?” He asked after he’d been checked on for the third time.

 

[Forever6A7X]

Max smiled softly at Jon and held Grace up to him so he could see her "She just got done eating." She murmured before kissing his hand gently "You rest okay?"

Eddie came in late that morning smiling softly at Carmen "Hey beautiful, sorry I'm late. Chrissy decided to come by and get Ozzy early, it was a while ordeal." He muttered shaking his head some "You feeling okay this morning?" He asked as he sat next to her.

 

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He frowned and just reached for her. “No…. Here.” He slurred to her, wanting to hold her even if he could barely keep his head up.

She frowned a little and watched him for a minute. “Was there a long line at Starbucks too?” She asked, having checked his location on the find a friend app. “Can’t believe you went without picking me up anything.” She grumbled a little. “Plus Chrissy can’t be doing that. This is no longer a Chrissy deciding when you can see Ozzy, this is weekend visitation rights now.” She muttered, fully ready to go off on the woman if she needed to. “But I feel alright, painkillers kicked in a little bit ago.” She mumbled, patting the space next to her.

 

[Forever6A7X]

Max nodded some and helped him hold her "Here you go love." She murmured smiling as Grace laughed and giggled at him

Eddie rubbed the back of his neck and chuckled softly "Sorry love, I needed a good boost. I promise to bring you some next time." He said softly and shook his head a bit "No need to go off on her this time." He murmured before smiling a bit "I'm glad you're feelimg better." He said softly before sitting beside her.

 

[decadent-rider]

She smiled and nodded "Well I've alreasdy been down to see our little one and I'm waiting on some juice so why don't you go down and see her now then come back and we can watch crappy tv until I'm allowed back down to see her." She suggested, pecking his cheek "Lita was gonna come see her today as well so you can show her which one is ours." She smiled a little.

Jon stared at herr for a couple of minutes, managing as much of a smile as he could until he couldn't keep his arms right to have her and he watched Max put her in her carrier again "I love you both.... So very much." He mumbled, starting to slur his words.

 

[Forever6A7X]

Eddie nodded and gave a small smile "That sounds good. I'll be right back then." He murmured before going down to see Lilah. He came back about 30 minutes later and sat with Carmen "So are we good with Lilah?" He asked softly

Max frowned when she heard how badly he was starting to slur "Rest baby, don't talk too much." She said quietly while pressing the call button wanting to make sure it was nothing of concern.

 

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Jess was working on getting the bar set up for opening and frowned when Lita walked in fifteen minutes late. “Hey. You took your time today. How was Carmen?” She asked her, knowing she’d been at the hospital but not realising she hadn’t even been to see Carmen. Just Eddie and the baby.

He frowned and watched her for another minute, struggling to stay awake and feeling worse than yesterday but he wanted to be there for his girls. The last thing he ever wanted to do was leave them and he frowned as there was a pain through his chest for a moment before the world started spinnin and alarms blared.

 

[Forever6A7X]

Lita looked over at Jess and nodded some "Oh uh she is good. Healing up well." She said before going to the back to drop her things off and sign in.

Max went wide eyed as alarms started blaring getting up quickly with Grace to try and call the nurses in but they were already at the door. She stepped out to give them space and started pacing outside of the room starting to panic at bit.

 

[decadent-rider]

She frowned but nodded. She’d been noticing how close her and Eddie had gotten as of late on top of things Carmen had mentioned and she was getting suspicious.

Carmen had drifted off while Eddie was seeing likah but woke up to him watching tv and doing some work on his laptop. “How long you got off from work?” She asked him tiredly. “Oh, nurse said they’re gonna let me go home this afternoon.” She mumbled.

He was in and out of consciousness and very aware of them taking him out of the room at one point, seeing max walking with him and just looking at her scared. He didn’t understand what was happening, hearing emergency and bleeding but that was all he could understand.

 

[Forever6A7X]

Eddie gave her a small smile as she woke up and nodded "I'm off til you're stable at home. Atleast another week." He murmured before getting up and going over to her kissing her head gently "We'll get you home and then we'll get our little girl home."

Max followed them all the way back to the OR where they told her his brain bleed was getting worse now. She took a deep breath and sent a text to Jess to update her about him.

 

[decadent-rider]

She nodded and frowned a little, “I’m just glad you have a job I can bring her down and you can see her.” She mumbled, waiting impatiently until the afternoon when they eventually brought her discharge papers.

They brought her no update for almost three hours but finally his doctor came to speak to her. “Mrs bernthal?” He asked, “I’m so sorry but it’s not good news. We did everything we could but unfortunately the damage was too extensive and I’m afraid he didn’t make it.” He told her as gently as he could. “They’re just cleaning up but you can go say goodbye to him in a moment…. Is there anyone we can call for you at all?” He asked.

 

[Forever6A7X]

Eddie smiled some as she started to sign all of her papers to go home "You wanna go see her before we leave?" He asked softly as he gathered up their things.

Max looked up when his doctor finally came out. She was first in shock unable to speak before taking a shaky breath "What? No.....no you're lying....he's okay..." she said taking shaky breaths before he shook his head again telling her he was gone again. She took a deep breath before nodding softly "I uh...here..please call them.." she muttered before writing Drew and Jess's phone numbers down.

 

[decadent-rider]

She nodded and smiled at him some. “I must’ve been asleep when Lita came to see me.” She yawned a little, not noticing him tense as she was focused on the papers. “Ed have you got my glasses?” She asked him.

He helped her get to the room where he was for now so she could have a chance to say goodbye while they had a nurse call the number to have someone come be with her.

 

[Forever6A7X]

Eddie tensed a bit at the mention of Lita and nodded some "Yeah she didn't want to wake you." He murmured before digging in her bag and handing her the glasses "Here you go babe."

Max followed them into the room where they had brought him. She placed Grace down and once the doctor had left she broke down sobbing holding onto his form until they told her it was time to leave.

 

[decadent-rider]

-6 months-

Carmen sat going through the paperwork with Eddie to finally bring Likah home. She’d been a lot more up and down than they had anticipated but they were finally sending her home and instead of excited Carmen was absolutely terrified. She was glad to get her home but she was still so worried about what could happen with her, glancing down and seeing her in her carrier until Eddie gave her hand a squeeze “Let’s take her home.” She smiked a little.

Jess sat in her car, waiting outside maxs house and honking her horn to Ellet her know she was there and ready to take her and Grace to the store. She’d made it hee mission to keep an eye on the two of them for Jon’s sake. It had turned out to be a genuine accident that his brakes had failed rather than deliberate and she wasn’t sure if that made it better or worse

 

[Forever6A7X]

Eddie smiled widely seeing Lilah all bundled up in her carrier, big bow on her head that nearly swallowed her "Yeah lets get her home." He murmured kissing her cheek gently. Things had been so up and down with Lilah that he was starting to pull away. Carmen had been so distant because for the baby as well, things just weren't the same between them and it was taking a toll on him. He had found some solace in Lita during the time though, she had been a real good ear to listen to him and his woes.

Max sighed heavily as she got Grace ready abd took her out to the car. She was a mess since Jon died, hiding herself away in the house for the most part. Grace was the only thing grounding her at this point and she was just making it day by day. She gave a small smile to Jess as she got in the passenger's seat after buckling up Grace in the back "Hey...thanks for this." She said softly