Jet Pack Blues
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************ 3 weeks later************ Jack's POV It was the middle of the night and Alex was tossing and turning since he came to bed. "Ow." He whined quietly and got up and started to walk round the room. "What's the matter babe?" I asked and sat up. "My stomach really hurts." He said trying not too cry which meant he was in a lot of pain about something. "Explain by that?" I asked confused. "I don't fucking know Jack all I fucking know is my stomach really fucking hurts!" He snapped which really wasn't like him. "Put a coat on and we're going to the hospital." I said and got out of bed and pulled a pair of jeans on. "No, I'm fine." He said and hissed quietly. "Your not fine meet me downstairs in 5 minutes." I said and pulled a hoodie on and went downstairs. I went to Seth's room and opened the door. "Fuck off Rowan." Seth mumbled. "Seth wake up." I said quietly. He sat up and Tyler moved away from him. "What?" He grumbled. "Something is up with dad, I have to take him to hospital I need you to stay and look after Rowan for us." I said quietly. "What's wrong with dad?" He asked. "I dunno, but I think it has something to do with the baby." I said. "I'll look after Rowan just make sure they both come home." He said. I smiled. "I'll try." I said quietly and got up and walked out and went downstairs and Alex was waiting. "Something is really wrong isnt it?" He asked sounding really worried. "Yeah, but its okay because we're going to the hospital and they will find out what's wrong." I said and kissed him. He nodded weakly and we got in the car and went to the hospital.
Alex was admitted straight away and we was sat waiting for someone to show up. "Bab can't be coming I have like just under 2 months to go." He said panicking a little. I sat on the bedbed a d looked at him. "Hey don't be having a panic attack on me, not now anyway. And if its ready to show itself then it will you just don't have to panic about it." I said quietly. "But its too soon Jack, its going to be so little, and we haven't even sorted anything out or have a name." He said. "We have two names. Skylar or Jamie. 3 rounds of rock paper scissors and who ever wins the most that's the name it'll be having. Since I like Jamie that's the name I'm choosing." I said. Alex chuckled. "I could be losing bab and you want to play rock paper scissors." He said and looked down. "Hey, your not loosing bab okay." I said and kissed the top of his head. "But.." He sniffed. "No buts, no negative thought or speaking okay we have to think positive, now rock paper scissors." I said. After 3 rounds of rock paper scissors I had won so bab was being called Jamie. We was still waiting for someone to show and I was just about to find someone when a doctor showed up. "Hello, sorry it has taken me so long to come and see you its been a mad night." She smiled. "Sorry, I'm doctor Taylor and I'll be looking after your husband and your child." She smiled again. "Yeah never mind the fucking chit chat what is wrong with my baby." Alex snapped. "He always this?" She chuckled and looked over Alex. "Yeah." I chuxkled and Alex glared at me. "I'm joking no he's not." I smiled. "Well Alex hate to say this but little one here isn't happy about something, have you been under any stress? Taking drugs? Meds we need to know about?" She said and looked at Alex. "We have 6 kids at home, 2 aren't ours they just live with us since our 2 eldest are with them. We have a 2 year old running round the place. I don't do drugs. I have BPD and anxiety and I've been taking meds for BPD not anxiety since it hasn't been bad." Alex said. "So how old is your gang then?" She asked taking Alex's mind of whatever she was doing. "Seth and Tyler who are 17 18 in the next few months. Riley and Kit who are both 16, Aidan who's just turned 15 and Rowan who's 2." Alex smiled. "Is the baby going to be okay?" I asked. "I don't know Sir, the best thing we can do now is get the baby out and then we can focus on both of you and the baby." She said and looked at Alex. "But its two months early." He said and looked at me. "Sadly Lex, you haven't got much choice on this." I said. " But... " He started but I stopped him. "No buts Alexander, I know nothing is sorted and that but it's the best we can do right now okay." I said and he looked at me when I called him Alexander since I hardly ever called him that.
I was pacing round in Alex's room since the doctors have taken him off to get bab out and shit. I was lost in thought when the door opened. I looked up and saw Seth, Riley and Aidan. "What the fucking hell are you lot doing here!? You should all be at school!" I said sort of stressing which was a first since I never stressed about anything. "And have you here giving yourself a heart attack I don't think so." Riley said. "Where's Rowan?" I asked. "Running rings round Kit and Tyler." Aidan said. I smiled and sat on the floor like I always do when stressing. "Hey don't stress yourself out, dad and bab need you and you can't be like this when dad shows up." Seth said and sat next to me. "Can't help it, he's been in there for nearly an hour." I said. Then a nurse came in with Alex. I got up and helped Alex onto the bed. "Why aren't you guys at school and where's Rowan?" He said and looked at Seth, Ri and Aid. "Because we was worried about you and Kit and Tyler is looking after him." Riley said. "You can go home I'm fine." He said and rolled over so his back was too us which means something was wrong. "Dad..." Seth started. "Leave me alone, I want to be alone!" He said loudly. This took us all back. I looked at them. "Go home, I'll let you know how they both are." I said quietly. "Have we got a little brother or sister?" Aidan asked. Alex didn't answer. "I'll text Seth and let you all know." I said and they nodded and left. Once the door was shut I went over to Alex and lead behind him and cuddled him. "They said she might not make it through the night." Alex sniffed. I got hold of his hand and he started to mess with my ring. "She'll make it. She's a tough little one just like you." I said and kissed behind his ear. "I don't like her being called Jamie." I said. Alex smiled a little. "Skylar then?" He asked. "Yeah, knew you was better with names than me." I chuckled and Alex smiled a little more. "They won't let me see her, they say I'm too unstable to see her." He said and started to sniff. "Hey don't cry babe. Your not unstable okay. Why don't you go and get some sleep and I'll go and see her and tell you how she is." I said. Alex nodded and rolled over and faced me. "No more Jack. I'm being serious this time, I can't go through this again." He said. "I understand." I said quiwetky and kissed him. "Go too sleep and I'll go and see Sky." I said. He nodded. "Can I have your hoodie? I don't like the smell and I want to be close to you." He said quietly. I smiled and took my hoodie of and gave it to him. He smiled and hugged it like his life depended on it. "I'll be back when you wake up." I said quietly and kissed his forehead. He smiled and slowly fell asleep. I went to where all the sick babies were. "Hello sir, can I help you?" She asked. "I'm looking for my daughter. The nurses at the desk said that she would be here but I dunno where she is." I said looking round. "Her surname?" She asked. "I'm guessing my other half said Barakat but if they didn't then its Gaskarth." I said not saying Alex was a man since people are really judgemental. "Nameless Barakat." She smiled and looked at me. "Skylar." I said. She smiled. "A beautiful name for a gorgeous little girl." She said and lead me other too her. She was so little. "I want you too be honest with me. Is Skylar going to be okay and make it?" I asked. "Sir, right now its touch and go but she's a fighter and she'll make it. But don't get you hopes up, if she makes the night then you'll take it one day at a time. Right now make the most of seeing her. Is her mother coming too see her?" She asked. "Eh, my husband is resting at the moment so he'll come and see her when he wakes up." I said unsure to where this was heading. The nurse smiled. "Well congratulations to the both of you." She said and walked off which left me alone with Skylar. She was so little, the little hat she had on her head was nearly too big for her. I wanted to pick her up but I could as she had loads of wires on her. I looked for the nurse and she was looked at the baby next to Skylar. "Can I touch her?" I asked. "You can't at the moment sir as she weak enough as it is. I'm sorry." She said and walked off. I sighed and looked back at Skylar. "You better pull through as I don't know what will happen if you don't." I said quietly. "Your so little as well, dunno what everyone is gonna think about you when they see you." I smiled. I didn't say anything but I just watched her for ages until I went back to Alex. I got back to his room and he was awake. "Hey, did you have a good sleep?" I asked and sat on the bed and Alex moved and cuddled into my side. "Yeah and no, just feel bad to how I spoke to the kids earlier." He said quietly. "They understand." I said and kissed the side of his head. "Skylar, what's she like?" Alex asked and his eyes lite up a little. "She's tiny Alex, like really tiny. And she really cute as well." I smiled and looked at him. "I want to see her." He said. "Hang on." I said and helped him and we went to the babies unit. We went over to Skylar and Alex couldn't take his eyes off her. "You weren't joking when you said she was tiny." He said quietly. "Nope." I said and watched him. "I want to touch her." He said and looked at me. "You can't at the moment as she still too little and weak and that, but when she gets bigger and stonger you can hold her." I said. I saw a tear roll down Alex cheek. I we t over and pulled him into a hug. "Don't cry." I said quietly. "What if she doesn't make it, what if I can't hold her. It'll be my fault." He sobbed into my chest. "She's a fighter okay, she'll fight this because she is strong like you." I said. "I'm not strong." He muttered. Alex was slowly heading towards a meltdown and I couldn't just let him have it right here and now. "How about we go back to the room and we can cuddle and speak to the kids and make sure they havent killed each other and fall asleep." I said and looked at him. "But I want to stay here." He whispered. "Babe, now isn't a good time okay." I said quietly. "Why?" He asked since he has no clue what he wants to do and his head will be all over the place. "Because your about to go into meltdown mode and we have have Sky seeing that now can we?" I said hoping this might work. He looked at Sky and nodded and we both said bye and went to his room. Alex had fallen asleep and I was texting Seth giving him updates about everything. After a while Seth stopped replying as I'm guessing he had fallen asleep and I got comfy and fell asleep as well hoping nothing happened to Sky.
Alex was admitted straight away and we was sat waiting for someone to show up. "Bab can't be coming I have like just under 2 months to go." He said panicking a little. I sat on the bedbed a d looked at him. "Hey don't be having a panic attack on me, not now anyway. And if its ready to show itself then it will you just don't have to panic about it." I said quietly. "But its too soon Jack, its going to be so little, and we haven't even sorted anything out or have a name." He said. "We have two names. Skylar or Jamie. 3 rounds of rock paper scissors and who ever wins the most that's the name it'll be having. Since I like Jamie that's the name I'm choosing." I said. Alex chuckled. "I could be losing bab and you want to play rock paper scissors." He said and looked down. "Hey, your not loosing bab okay." I said and kissed the top of his head. "But.." He sniffed. "No buts, no negative thought or speaking okay we have to think positive, now rock paper scissors." I said. After 3 rounds of rock paper scissors I had won so bab was being called Jamie. We was still waiting for someone to show and I was just about to find someone when a doctor showed up. "Hello, sorry it has taken me so long to come and see you its been a mad night." She smiled. "Sorry, I'm doctor Taylor and I'll be looking after your husband and your child." She smiled again. "Yeah never mind the fucking chit chat what is wrong with my baby." Alex snapped. "He always this?" She chuckled and looked over Alex. "Yeah." I chuxkled and Alex glared at me. "I'm joking no he's not." I smiled. "Well Alex hate to say this but little one here isn't happy about something, have you been under any stress? Taking drugs? Meds we need to know about?" She said and looked at Alex. "We have 6 kids at home, 2 aren't ours they just live with us since our 2 eldest are with them. We have a 2 year old running round the place. I don't do drugs. I have BPD and anxiety and I've been taking meds for BPD not anxiety since it hasn't been bad." Alex said. "So how old is your gang then?" She asked taking Alex's mind of whatever she was doing. "Seth and Tyler who are 17 18 in the next few months. Riley and Kit who are both 16, Aidan who's just turned 15 and Rowan who's 2." Alex smiled. "Is the baby going to be okay?" I asked. "I don't know Sir, the best thing we can do now is get the baby out and then we can focus on both of you and the baby." She said and looked at Alex. "But its two months early." He said and looked at me. "Sadly Lex, you haven't got much choice on this." I said. " But... " He started but I stopped him. "No buts Alexander, I know nothing is sorted and that but it's the best we can do right now okay." I said and he looked at me when I called him Alexander since I hardly ever called him that.
I was pacing round in Alex's room since the doctors have taken him off to get bab out and shit. I was lost in thought when the door opened. I looked up and saw Seth, Riley and Aidan. "What the fucking hell are you lot doing here!? You should all be at school!" I said sort of stressing which was a first since I never stressed about anything. "And have you here giving yourself a heart attack I don't think so." Riley said. "Where's Rowan?" I asked. "Running rings round Kit and Tyler." Aidan said. I smiled and sat on the floor like I always do when stressing. "Hey don't stress yourself out, dad and bab need you and you can't be like this when dad shows up." Seth said and sat next to me. "Can't help it, he's been in there for nearly an hour." I said. Then a nurse came in with Alex. I got up and helped Alex onto the bed. "Why aren't you guys at school and where's Rowan?" He said and looked at Seth, Ri and Aid. "Because we was worried about you and Kit and Tyler is looking after him." Riley said. "You can go home I'm fine." He said and rolled over so his back was too us which means something was wrong. "Dad..." Seth started. "Leave me alone, I want to be alone!" He said loudly. This took us all back. I looked at them. "Go home, I'll let you know how they both are." I said quietly. "Have we got a little brother or sister?" Aidan asked. Alex didn't answer. "I'll text Seth and let you all know." I said and they nodded and left. Once the door was shut I went over to Alex and lead behind him and cuddled him. "They said she might not make it through the night." Alex sniffed. I got hold of his hand and he started to mess with my ring. "She'll make it. She's a tough little one just like you." I said and kissed behind his ear. "I don't like her being called Jamie." I said. Alex smiled a little. "Skylar then?" He asked. "Yeah, knew you was better with names than me." I chuckled and Alex smiled a little more. "They won't let me see her, they say I'm too unstable to see her." He said and started to sniff. "Hey don't cry babe. Your not unstable okay. Why don't you go and get some sleep and I'll go and see her and tell you how she is." I said. Alex nodded and rolled over and faced me. "No more Jack. I'm being serious this time, I can't go through this again." He said. "I understand." I said quiwetky and kissed him. "Go too sleep and I'll go and see Sky." I said. He nodded. "Can I have your hoodie? I don't like the smell and I want to be close to you." He said quietly. I smiled and took my hoodie of and gave it to him. He smiled and hugged it like his life depended on it. "I'll be back when you wake up." I said quietly and kissed his forehead. He smiled and slowly fell asleep. I went to where all the sick babies were. "Hello sir, can I help you?" She asked. "I'm looking for my daughter. The nurses at the desk said that she would be here but I dunno where she is." I said looking round. "Her surname?" She asked. "I'm guessing my other half said Barakat but if they didn't then its Gaskarth." I said not saying Alex was a man since people are really judgemental. "Nameless Barakat." She smiled and looked at me. "Skylar." I said. She smiled. "A beautiful name for a gorgeous little girl." She said and lead me other too her. She was so little. "I want you too be honest with me. Is Skylar going to be okay and make it?" I asked. "Sir, right now its touch and go but she's a fighter and she'll make it. But don't get you hopes up, if she makes the night then you'll take it one day at a time. Right now make the most of seeing her. Is her mother coming too see her?" She asked. "Eh, my husband is resting at the moment so he'll come and see her when he wakes up." I said unsure to where this was heading. The nurse smiled. "Well congratulations to the both of you." She said and walked off which left me alone with Skylar. She was so little, the little hat she had on her head was nearly too big for her. I wanted to pick her up but I could as she had loads of wires on her. I looked for the nurse and she was looked at the baby next to Skylar. "Can I touch her?" I asked. "You can't at the moment sir as she weak enough as it is. I'm sorry." She said and walked off. I sighed and looked back at Skylar. "You better pull through as I don't know what will happen if you don't." I said quietly. "Your so little as well, dunno what everyone is gonna think about you when they see you." I smiled. I didn't say anything but I just watched her for ages until I went back to Alex. I got back to his room and he was awake. "Hey, did you have a good sleep?" I asked and sat on the bed and Alex moved and cuddled into my side. "Yeah and no, just feel bad to how I spoke to the kids earlier." He said quietly. "They understand." I said and kissed the side of his head. "Skylar, what's she like?" Alex asked and his eyes lite up a little. "She's tiny Alex, like really tiny. And she really cute as well." I smiled and looked at him. "I want to see her." He said. "Hang on." I said and helped him and we went to the babies unit. We went over to Skylar and Alex couldn't take his eyes off her. "You weren't joking when you said she was tiny." He said quietly. "Nope." I said and watched him. "I want to touch her." He said and looked at me. "You can't at the moment as she still too little and weak and that, but when she gets bigger and stonger you can hold her." I said. I saw a tear roll down Alex cheek. I we t over and pulled him into a hug. "Don't cry." I said quietly. "What if she doesn't make it, what if I can't hold her. It'll be my fault." He sobbed into my chest. "She's a fighter okay, she'll fight this because she is strong like you." I said. "I'm not strong." He muttered. Alex was slowly heading towards a meltdown and I couldn't just let him have it right here and now. "How about we go back to the room and we can cuddle and speak to the kids and make sure they havent killed each other and fall asleep." I said and looked at him. "But I want to stay here." He whispered. "Babe, now isn't a good time okay." I said quietly. "Why?" He asked since he has no clue what he wants to do and his head will be all over the place. "Because your about to go into meltdown mode and we have have Sky seeing that now can we?" I said hoping this might work. He looked at Sky and nodded and we both said bye and went to his room. Alex had fallen asleep and I was texting Seth giving him updates about everything. After a while Seth stopped replying as I'm guessing he had fallen asleep and I got comfy and fell asleep as well hoping nothing happened to Sky.
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Already read all the chapters so far and I'm in love with that story as much as I was with this one
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