Page 152 of His Sunshine Baby

“I’m fine, I get to rest by watching you. It doesn’t hurt and it’s healing fast, as usual.”

“My babies have good health and self-healing,” says his mom. “But you, sweetie, you know you have to take it easy, right? Especially with your little one in there.”

“What happened to me? Was it because of the fight?”

“Well, we took you to the ER and did an ultrasound–” starts Daniel, but I interrupt him.

“Daniel, English, please. Cut it out with the scientific stuff.”

His mom laughs and is the one who turns to me to explain.

“It’s called threatened miscarriage.”

“I don’t like how that sounds.”

“It means you almost had a miscarriage, and right now your body and baby are fighting to prevent it. Your blood pressure was too high, Elena, and that leads to complications for pregnant women.”

“You mean it can still happen?”

“Yes. Unfortunately, the only thing you can do is rest. Rest a lot and wait a bit to see what happens next. We will keep you here for a few days, do HCG tests and ultrasounds often to verify until we think it is safe for you to go home.”

I want to cry. Damn, I knew it was going to be hard. I take a deep breath to calm down. Low blood pressure, Elena, low, low, low. I exchange a look with Daniel. I know my best friend is trying to be as comforting and optimistic as he can. He keeps holding my hand, rubbing it with his thumb.

“What do I do now?”

“Rest, Elena. Lots and lots of rest. Not just staying calm, but you need to lie down and rest. No caffeine, no effort whatsoever, and when you’re released from the hospital, you go straight home and rest.”

“You know Clark is not just going to let it slide. Did he say anything?”

“Well, he was mostly worried for you, but he wants to know who the father is. He kind of already suspects it’s not Levi. But, trust me, he has no idea about you-know-who.”

He’s in for a big surprise, then. Daniel seems uneasy for a second.

“Clark’s here.”

“What?”

“Well, he was here a few minutes ago, and he just went to visit your dad, so he's probably still around.”

I’m not sure I’m ready to confront my godfather and Alpha now, but after what happened with Xavier, and the fact that I’ll be completely unable to move around or do any pack activities for a while, I guess I’m going to have to do this sooner or later.

“…Clark?”

“Elena? You’re awake! Wait a minute, I’m coming to see you!”

I exchange a look with Daniel, letting him know. He nods. Abigail, who caught on to what was going on, crosses her arms, unhappy.

“Elena! Your blood pressure!”

“It’s going to be fine, I promise to stay calm.”

“You’d better! I’m staying here anyway!”

We hear someone outside the door, but to my surprise, Levi shows up instead of Clark, smiling from ear to ear as soon as he sees me.

“There she is! Hey, glad you’re back with us, princess.”

He comes and gives me a soft hug.

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