“She’s beautiful,” I say through tears, not believing I’m holding my baby girl.
“Just like her mommy,” Liam says as he sits on the edge of the bed.
“How long was I in a coma?”
“Five weeks, Hails.”
“Five weeks?” she shouts causing Lily to start to cry, “Shhh, its okay baby, mommy didn’t mean to yell, Shh, go back to sleep baby girl. When did I have her?” I whisper.
“Five weeks ago.”
“She’s five weeks old already? But she’s so tiny,” I say as I stare down at her.
“She was 3 pounds 2 ounces when she was born, but now she’s 5 pounds 8 ounces. She was in the Nicu for the first four weeks babe. She’s actually grown quite a bit,” he says with a smile, “She’s quite the eater.”
“I guess we know who she gets that from,” I say with a smile.
Just then Kenzie walks into the room rushing over to Haley. “God, it’s so good to see you awake,” she says giving her and Lily a loose hug. “Liam, your mom wants to talk to you,” Kenzie says to Liam.
“Oh, okay, I’ll be right back,” he says with a look of longing before walking out of the room.
“What’s going on?” I ask Kenzie.
“He loves you.”
“He’s married,” I state, as I stare down at my beautiful baby girl.
“No, he’s not. He called off the wedding. Hails, he wants to be with you. He was on his way to tell you that when he found out you were in an accident. He hasn’t left your side the entire time.”
“What?” I ask not believing what she’s telling me.
“He loves you Hails. You can have the family you’ve always wanted,” she says as she sits on the edge of the bed, “This little girl is so beautiful,” she says as she rubs Lily’s head.
“He didn’t get married?” I ask still not believing it.
“No, he didn’t. Haley he sat in here talking and crying, begging for you to wake up, that he’s going to make things right and you guys are going to be the family you both want. Hails, I knew he loved you, but I never knew how much until I saw him talk to you day after day.”
The tears start to fall. I can’t help but look down at this beautiful little girl and hearing what Liam’s done and said.
“Hails, Liam would bring Lily in here and talk to you, describing her to you. I’ve caught him a few times saying how he can’t live without the two of you,” she says with sadness, “It was beautiful Haley; you need to give him another chance.”
“How do we just go back though?” I ask, wanting nothing more than to spend my life with Liam, but he left, he didn’t want to be with me.
“You don’t go back, you move forward together. Start here with Lily, go home and be a family.”
“Hails, there’s something I want to tell you,” he says softly as he reenters my hospital room.
“I’ll let you two talk,” Kenz says as she rushes out of the room.
“We will talk and figure everything out,” I say interrupting him.
“I didn’t get married Hails,” he says as he sits on the edge of the bed.
“Why not?” I ask curiously.
“Because I’m in love with you. I tried to move on, I thought I could, but I can’t. I love you and I want us to raise Lily as a family.”
“Are you sure?” I ask.
“I’m positive baby,” he says as he comes up beside me and Lily. “This right here is our family, the way it’s supposed to be,” he says before kissing my temple.
“I love you,” I whisper through tears.
“I love you too sweetheart. Now, I know your family is waiting to see you, so let me tell them so they can come in,” he says as he gives me a quick kiss on the lips before heading towards the door.
Everyone comes rushing in hugging me and Lily, with smiles and excitement. I end up staying in the hospital for another three weeks before I’m finally released to go home.
The final week I was in the hospital, Liam and I talked a lot and we’ve decided to give us another chance. A chance to be a family; a chance to show each other how much we love one another.
“What’s wrong?’ I ask Liam for the third time as we head home.
“I have to leave in a few days.”
“Training camp starts already,” I say forgetting the day.
“The season started babe,” he says as he runs his hands through his messy blonde hair “I don’t know how I can be away from you two right now.”
“It will be okay. We can talk on the phone every day, I can send you videos; we can do this Liam. You won’t miss anything that Lily does, I’ll get it all recorded.”