blood still stains {open}

[Isabella Parker]

[/b] The doctor took his leave and left Bella alone to deal with what he had told her. She brought her knees to her chest, pulling the cover of the hospital bed along with her. It had been a few days now and her stomach wasn't the round hump it had been a week ago. Luckily she was close to the hospital when it happened.

After she left Jack's room she felt better than she had been feeling. The nurses were rushing another patient to the operating room when they knocked her over. She fell on her stomach and they rushed her to the operating room. There was a scar on her stomach from where they had to... No she wouldn't think about it. All she wanted to know was if she could go home and take her baby with her. Bella buried her face in her knees, wanting to scream. If she did that though, they would probably put her on medication. It would be best if she waited until she got home.

The first time she saw her baby, she knew that he would be beautiful, strong, and everything she had always wanted Rayden to be, that all her children were. The small infant that she had only seen, not even held, had already stolen her heart and she was scared to lose him only after a few days.

Bella stood up and walked to the door before opening it slowly. The people passing by paid her no attention. She read the signs that pointed to the nursery's and walked until she saw a room full of babies through a huge window. A smile danced on to her lips as she studied each one carefully. Her smile became weak when she found her own baby, hooked up to machines and being cradled by a nurse. That wasn't fair, she got to hold him, but Bella didn't? Then again she didn't want to hurt him anymore than she already had. She blamed herself for being such a klutz. 'Hayden.'[/size][/ul]

[Riley Pearson]

I had to say that I knew my way around here pretty good for it only being my first week. Especially since my week consisted of only two to three days of actually being here.. so I guess that means it's only my third day.

I still had my job at the Ministry and although it was my main focus, I figured out that I did actually need another job, even if it only was a couple days a week. I needed them and they needed me, so it all worked out. Hey, they even had daycare if I needed it. Sounds like a pretty good deal to me.. aside from the fact that I was going to be running on low amounts of sleep.

Thing's've been sort of hectic lately though... everything that was going on with Riyann. It was really worrying me that I couldn't see her everyday and sometimes have to go for weeks without knowing she was okay. It was really wearing me down, if more ways than one I'm sure. And with also taking care of the kids and now working this job as well as the other, I wasn't getting much sleep as it was.

Even though I thought I had a good grip on my bearings of this place, I realised that I had somehow gotten myself lost. I don't know where I made a wrong turn, but here I was, walking thorugh the Maternity Ward. I could even see the room where they kept the babies. Too bad I wasn't looking for babies, I was actually just looking for the right place for some files.

Before I could move on from where I was, I saw Bella standing infront of the large picture window. I smiled faintly and walked over to her, "Hey BElla." I said with a small smile before seeing her expression, which caused my own to fade a bit.

[Isabella Parker]

[/i]

A familiar voice interrupted her concentration. Bella turned to look at the person, casting one more longful glance towards the small boy. When she saw the man she stared for a moment. 'What's his name? R-' "Riley?" She finished out loud. It had been a long time since she had seen him. Here lately she had seen a lot of her old friends. "Hey," She mumbled, her voice sounding sort of scratchy. It was quiet for a moment and she didn't want to be rude. After all, it was a friend.

"What are you doing here?" Isabella tried to put on a weak smile, glancing a little back at the baby to make sure he was still okay. 'Hayden...' Her eyes floated back to Riley. She pushed a strand of her long hair to behind her ear. "He'll be okay, Bella, I promise."[/b] Tristan had said when he first arrived. She felt so much better when he was around. If only she wouldn't have fell and things could be normal... Jack should be with her, they should be at home, telling the kids to quiet down some because the baby is sleeping. Like they used to with Ashlyn and Harley when Dillon was born.[/ul][/size]

[Riley Pearson]

She looked like she was a mess. I didn't know what was wrong, but considering where she was standing, I was trying to figure it out. First I was thinking that maybe she had the baby that Jack had told him about earlier.. but then noticing her expression I felt like something was wrong. Something definately wasn't right.

I nodded faintly when she asked if it was me. I was slightly surprised that she had to ask. I feel like it wasn't too long ago that I had last seen her. At least not long enough to really forget who I was. "Hi.." I said back to her quietly, looking at her with some worryment.

"Oh.. Um.. I work here now.. first week." I said with a faint smile, still feeling very worried about her. "Um.. W-What aobut you? You don't look too good..." I added quietly with some concern showing across my face, hoping she didn't mind me asking. ".. If it's okay to ask.."

[Isabella Parker]

[/b] She asked with a slightly quiet tone, remembering that he had his own family now as well. Wow, had she seriously been so out of touch with her friends that she couldn't even remember anything about them? This was sad.

"Oh, I'm fine- is it that obvious?" Did she honestly look that bad? Bella glanced back towards the room full of babies. "I just had my baby a few days ago. He's sick..." It didn't occur to her to tell the whole story. When she looked back at him she smiled faintly. "I fell, me being my clumsy self, and he-" She swallowed hard, "He wasn't quite ready."

The nurses said that he looked just fine for being just eight months. All he needed was help breathing since he couldn't quite do it on his own yet. She couldn't stand seeing him all wired up. At first he was going to be okay, but then he started to get more sick and frail.[/size][/ul]

[Riley Pearson]

I smiled a bit and nodded, "Yeah.. The girls and Justin are fine.. They're going good." I told her with a small nod. She hadn't asked about Justin, and I didn't even mean to mention it, it just sort of came out lately when I was talking.

I shrugged faintly, "A little bit.." I admitted a moment or two before she went into an explanation. I couldn't believe this was happening to her. She's had quite a bit of bad luck with this in the past.. at least, I think so.. Some old memories have been a bit sketchy ever since the amnesia. "I'm so sorry Bella.." I said quietly, shaking my head faitnly, looking thorugh the window myself this time before back to her. "I'm sure that he'll be alright.." I started to say as I put a hand gently on her shoulder. "But if you need anything, just let me know.."

[Isabella Parker]

[/b] Remembering things hadn't been her strong suit anyway. "It's been a few days since I've looked in a mirror." Tristan hadn't said anything to her either. Maybe had just been used to seeing me in a mess, as sad as that seemed. "It's fine. He's a fighter, I know he is." She whispered, looking at the floor.

Bella nodded at his words. "I will, thank you. Hopefully it will all blow over in a week or two." Things would blow over with or without her baby. Maybe it will be with. "His name's Hayden. Hayden Michael." She smiled slightly and looked back up at Riley.[/size][/ul]

[Riley Pearson]

"No reason to be sorry about it.. I don't think we ever told you actually.. So maybe I should be apoligising.." I said with a faint chuckle, "Um.. About two months now actually.." I told her with a small smile.
"Oh, I-I didn't mean you looked terrible or anything.. just that you looked like you were stressed out.. or worried." I told her with a faint nod. I nodded again at what she said. "So he's gonna pull out of this." I said quietly.

"No problem." I said witha small smile. "Hopefully.." And hopefully it will be okay.. I thought to myself, really hoping that he did pull through this. I smiled a little back to her when she said his name. "That's a good name.. I really like it.." I said with a small nod, remembering when Riyann and I were considering naming Justin that.. but at the time we still thought it was Triplets.. I think?

[Isabella Parker]

[/b] Isabella laughed lightly. "Well I hadn't really talked to anyone in a while. So it's partially my fault as well." She gave a small nod. "I have been. Everything's just happening so quickly. It's all so tiring." His last few words made her smile falter. "I know he will. I have faith."

"Thanks. Jack thought of Hayden. It would be nice to have more boys. Only two against all us girls, I can't imagine how you feel." Bella laughed. "I love it when their still babies. They seem a lot more innocent."[/size][/ul]

[Riley Pearson]

I laughed a little, "Yeah.. It's pretty nice.. always wanted a boy." I said with a smile. The statement really was true, I did always want a boy, I just wanted a girl more at first for some reason. I nodded slightly at what she said next. "Understandable.. maybe you just need a break.. Slow things down a bit." I said with a small nod. I nodded again as she said that she knew he would, "Me too." I told her when she said that she had faith.

"You're welcome." I said with a small smile, chuckling a little bit at what she eventually said. "Eh, it's not as bad as you think.. but I'm definately in agreeance with the innocence thing.." I added smiling a bit again. "Plus, they can't steal wands.. which is even better."

[Isabella Parker]

[/b] She loved her girls more than anything though. Bella found herself nodding in agreement to what he said. "We're actually getting a divorce, me and Jack" Her voice was a little more quiet. What if he asked why? He was related to the girl. What was she supposed to say. 'Oh it was your cousin's fault.' No, she didn't want to act like it was all her fault because it was Jack's too. It takes two to tango as her dad had always said.

Isabella laughed lightly. "Yeah, though Dillon does like to play grown up with my wand sometimes." Her mind flooded back to the time Dillon and Ashlyn played house, using Bella's wand like they had seen her do around the house. It was cute though she had to take the wand away which they later on got mad about.[/size][/ul]

[Riley Pearson]

I smiled and nodded a little bit, letting out a small chuckle at what she said. "Yeah.. seems that way." I said with a small nod.
I frowned a bit now at the next thing she said and shook my head a little, "Wow.. I'm sorry.. I guess, um.. sometimes things just don't work out.." I said quietly, shaking my head faintly again. It wasn't my business to ask her about why or anything like that, if she wanted to tell me she could, but I didn't feel right asking.
I laughed a little bit. "That's cute sometimes... as long as you know they have it." I said witha small smile to her.

[[ ahh, sorry!!!! i dunno what happend to this, lol... it's up to you if you wanna keep going with it ]]

[Isabella Parker]

[/b] She wasn't supposed to leave the hospital but oh well. Rules were made to be broken. Besides it was Hayden that was sick. "It would take things off my mind for a while and catch up with you." Her smile became more of a smile.

{its cool lol [: we'll keep going i guess. just turn it around a bit}[/size][/ul]

[Riley Pearson]

"Um.." I started looking around the hallway a bit for some reason, thinking about if I could take my lunch now. I probably could, so I looked back to Bella and nodded a little bit. "Yeah, lunch sounds good." I said with a small smile.
I smiled and nodded, "And both of those things sound like a good idea." I told her nodding a little bit.

[[ yay, lol.. and okey dokes... i think i might too, because riley and riyann are on the rocks, haha ]]

[Isabella Parker]

[/b] Bella glanced one more time at her baby and began walking down the hall. "So, how's life treating you?" She asked with a small smile.

{{oh wow. drama. sorry its short.}}[/size][/ul]

[Riley Pearson]

[ lol.. yeah.. it might be over between them i think ... and that's fine ^^ short's okay ]

"Um.. I'm good with anything." I said shaking my head a little bit with a small smile as we began walking toward the door.
She asked me how life was treating me and well.. it wasn't treating me too great. In fact, it never seemed to really be treating me very well lately.
"Could always be better." I told her with a faint shrug, frowning slightly.

[Isabella Parker]

[/b] Isabella felt around in her pocket for her wand. "We could apparate I suppose." She smiled and ran a hand through her hair. "I agree. It will get better though. It's always going to get better before it gets worse." For some reason that always happened to a lot of people lately.[/size][/ul]

[Riley Pearson]

[[ yeah, lol.. just sort of more poor riyann, lol.. be cause I think Riley's just finally had enough and he isn't positive if he loves her as much as he did before.. eh.. i dunno.. lol XD me and megan should figure that out ]]

I nodded slightly, "Okay.. sounds good." I told her with a small smile. "Apparating sounds good too.. probably a lot quicker too." I added with a small nod. "You mean, it always gets worse before it gets better?" I asked her curiously wondering if that's was what she meant or not.`

[Isabella Parker]

[/b] Bella gave a small nod. His words made her think for a moment before shaking her head 'no'. "It's get better eventually, making you think that everything's actually going to be okay. I guess you could say it butters you up. Then somehow it always falls again and everything's back the same way again. Or we could go with your way too." She laughed slightly. When they got to the elevator she pressed the button to send one down.[/size][/ul]

[Riley Pearson]

[[ lol, yep xD ]]

"Exactly." I said with a small nod as I agreed with her. I laughed a little at what she said and nodded, as I stepped into the elevator with her. "I guess I see what you mean... That's happend to me a lot.." I shrugged a little. "Just different ways of looking about it."

[Isabella Parker]

[/b] Bella laughed slightly. "I've always wanted to go back to Hogwarts to see if I could start over and maybe choose a different life, see how things would have turned out then."[/size][/ul]

[Riley Pearson]

"Eh, nah, you're fine." I said with a small smile. "It is kind of funny though cause I usually don't get a lot of things." I added with a slightly chuckle through my smile.
".. Yeah." I said nodding a little bit, kind of just wondering myself. But I really feel bad even thinking that becuase then I probably wouldn't have my kids right now.. and I don't know what I'd do without them. "That would be pretty cool.. Just to see."

[Isabella Parker]

[/b] Bella mirrored his smile and stepped out the elevator. She thought for a minute about his repsone, like he was hesitating. "Yeah, just to see." She nodded and continued to the lobby. "Why did we walk all this way if we we're just going to apparate?" She asked with an amused expresssion. "I really have been out of it lately."[/size][/ul]

[Riley Pearson]

I smiled and shrugged a little bit. "Yeah.. about some things." I said said with a small chuckle thorugh my words. I followed her out of the elevator still sort of thinking about her question. Maybe thing's would've been better. Maybe all of us would be better off.
"Um.. I don't know actually." I said with a small laugh, smiling lightly now. "Eh, that's okay.. I have been too."