°Ą° The Little Things °Ą°
Chapter Seventeen

JC sat in the cab, his leg was bouncing up and down and he was chewing on his pointer finger. His heart was racing a thousand beats a minute. He wanted to be in California with Justin, and the LAPD. But he just couldn’t stay there, his wife was in the hospital and he didn’t know what was wrong. They wouldn’t tell him over the phone, no matter how many times he asked them to.

The moment the cab pulled up to the hospital, JC pulled out some money and handed it to the driver. He ran into the hospital doors and to the elevator, frantically he pushed at the number five, he couldn’t get up to floor five fast enough. The doors closed and the elevator started to move up each floor, it seemed like hours to JC.

The moment the ding was heard, and the doors open, JC flew out of the elevator and down the hall. He was looking for room 518 and could only find what seemed to be rooms 578 on up. When realization hit him that he should be going the other way down the hall, he was already at the end of the hall. Sighing JC went running off towards the other way. He was stopped a few times by passing nurses and doctors, telling him to slow it down and not run. He ignored them and ran the rest of the way to 518.

JC stopped at the door; he couldn’t walk in out of breath. He had to be able to speak to his own wife and stepdaughter. After few moments, JC turned the doorknob and walked into the door. Adrea was fast asleep on her hospital bed; Hailee was sitting on a chair next to Jonathan watching Cartoons. Joey and Lance were also sitting next to Hailee and Jon, they were both sleeping, leaning back in their chairs.

Hailee stood up the moment she seen JC standing there, his eyes shifted from every in the room. He took a few steps and took Adrea’s hand into his. His eyes roamed around the room and looked at Hailee.

“What happen? What HAPPEN?” JC asked trying to not yell at her.

With the louder noise in the room, Joey shifted in his seat and sat up, he rubbed his eyes and looked at JC. The moment it hit him who was standing there, eyes throwing death rays at a little 10-year-old he stood up.

“JC, when did you get here?” Joey asked blinking a few times, trying to wake up the rest of the way.

“What happen, what did she do?” JC asked pointing to Hailee

Joey stood up and walked a little towards JC. His hand was held out, in a friendly way stopping at the end of the bed feet from him.

“Now, don’t over react she didn’t do anything at all. When I dropped Hailee off, Adrea was already…” the door opening and a doctor walking in cut off Joey.

The doctor was in his mid 40’s; he was looking down at a clipboard, which is green coat on. He looked up and seen JC standing there.

“Mr. Chasez, I presume?” The doctor asked a still very up set JC

“That’s right, what happen to my wife? What did her little brat do to her? What happen?” JC asked almost in a yell.

Hailee stood there with tears in her eyes, how could JC think she did any of this to her OWN mother. She ran out of the room, Jonathan following her. Joey and Lance left the room to let JC and the Doctor talk.

“Mr. Chasez your daughter didn’t cause anything. Your wife had a minor heart attack. She had high blood pressure, was under a lot of stress, and was pregnant. Your daughter didn’t cause this.” The doctor stated

JC’s eyes were cast to the ground while he listened to the doctor tell him what happen to Adrea. His heart broke when he mentioned ‘was pregnant’. Did that mean she lost the baby? JC couldn’t even think of how she felt. His eyes slowly rose up and he looked at the doctor, he hadn’t said a word the whole time the doctor checked Adrea’s vitals.

“W… was pregnant?” JC managed to get out of his dry mouth.

“Yes, Mr. Chasez, your wife lost the baby.” The doctor said looking up at JC.

JC’s eyes were burning with tears; he looked down at Adrea, where she lay sleeping soundly. This wasn’t supposed to happen, all he could think about was not being there. He was in California with Justin, the LAPD… his sister was gone, what was he supposed to do. Now this, he wasn’t home for his wife. She shouldn’t have been left alone, he knew it, and in his gut he knew it. He went against his gut feeling and left anyway.

“I’m sorry Mr. Chasez, if there were anything we could have done, we would have. She lost the baby before she even got to the hospital.” The doctor said putting his hand on JC’s shoulder for a brief second.

JC pulled up a chair as the doctor walked out of the room, his tears were there, however, and they weren’t out of his eyes. He couldn’t see anything, it was blurry, and his mind was full of questions, doubts, what ifs the whole jests of stuff that he could think have done. His hand took Adrea’s, his thumb rubbing back and fourth over the back of her hand. He never felt so stupid, he felt like he betrayed her in some weird way. He wasn’t there for her when she needed him the most.

What was he supposed to do now? He already let Adrea down, in the worst way possible to him. The baby was gone, he just freaked out on Hailee. It wasn’t her fault, he knew this, and he was just up set. His sister so far, that he knew of was still missing, took, kidnapped, by her own, blood father. His life was messed up; Adrea was going to be out of commission for a while. No matter what, she wasn’t going to over work her self for at least a week. She needed time to get better, loose some stress feel better. If he could, he would take her away, however he can’t. Not with Hailee, with her job, his job wouldn’t allow him the time.

Sure *NSYNC wasn’t doing anything. They weren’t really together any more. They hadn’t said anything to the press about this. They didn’t want to at the moment. They had all came up with basically the same thing. ‘Let’s take a break from *NSYNC for a while. If it’s forever, we will still all be friends.’

JC’s thoughts were interrupted with Adrea’s hand pulling out of his hand. His eyes flew open, and he looked at her. His heart broke; to him she looked hurt, in pain, sad all in one.

Adrea rubbed her eyes with her hands and blinked a few times to remember where she was. Her stomach hurt, her chest hurt, her whole body hurt. She knew she lost the baby, she remembered the doctor telling her she lost it.

“I’m sorry I wasn’t here for you.” JC said picking up her hand that was just laid back down beside her. He kissed if softly, leaning up and kissing her on the lips lightly.

Adrea’s tired, worn out, hurt eyes looked him over and a small smile formed on her face. She blinked a few times still trying to get used to the bright lights of the room, her free hand ran down his face and tears came to her eyes. Tears of sadness, pain, and hurt-fullness came to her eyes.

The moment the police car stopped, Justin was out of it and running up to the front door of the house. He heard the call over the radio that she was found. The ambulance pulled up moments after the police car did. Tears came to his eyes as he fell to his knees and pulled Sarah into his arms. She was lying on the couch, covered in mud not awake. What did the sick bastard do to her? His eyes flew up and looked at the man who had called the police.

“Where is he? Do you know where he is?” Justin choked out through tears of hatred, pain, and anger.

In his mind any kind of sick bastard that walked the earth needed to die. He could have done anything he wanted to Sarah. ANYTHING he wanted to her, for all Justin knew he did anything he wanted. He wasn’t anywhere around; Justin couldn’t see Gavin anywhere. He ran he ran like the little pansy he was. He couldn’t face what he did. If Justin ever saw Gavin, he wouldn’t be breathing with in five seconds of contact with him.

The police officer that Justin had rode with was questions the wife and the man about what they saw and heard. The ambulance was strapping Sarah on to the stretcher and rolling her out of there. Justin wanted to hear what they had to say, he wanted to know what they heard, what they saw. Most of all, Justin wanted to see Gavin, he wanted to see him locked up behind bars for the rest of his life.

Tears were still running down his face as news cameras pulled up. This was a huge story, pop stars girl friend kidnapped, now found. Justin managed not to flip out on them; he managed to ignore their questions about Gavin, and Sarah. He walked behind the stretcher that carried Sarah to the Ambulance.

Justin’s hands were trembling as they rode to the hospital, the medics were checking her status making sure she was breathing right, making sure her pulse was good, blood pressure was right. It made him mad that a sick man was getting away with this, surely they weren’t going to find Gavin. He was long gone by now; he kidnapped his daughter, a girl that was known highly in the media world because of her brother and now boyfriend.

By the time they made it to the hospital, every other news camera that wasn’t at the house was at the hospital. Justin managed to stop crying he was still trembling, his heart was still racing and he felt sick to his stomach looking at Sarah. Mud all over her body clothes ripped, and buries on her body.

Justin sat down in the waiting room, his leg bouncing up and down chewing on his left middle finger. He dialed JC’s phone number and almost started to cry again thinking about Sarah. He hadn’t gone and seen her yet, he could have he wanted to… he just couldn’t. She was asleep, she was hurt, he didn’t want to cry, to become so angry that he went on a man hunt for Gavin him self.

Justin was ripped from his thoughts when JC’s voice sounded on the other end. Tears fell from his eyes, and you could hear in his voice he was crying.

“We found her.” Justin managed to get out before sobbing into the phone and his hands.

His heart was hurting; it was hurting because he let this happen. He was with Sarah while she talked to Gavin. He was to far away; he should have been closer. He almost dropped the phone a few times before JC said a word.

“H…How…how is she?” JC stuttered out gripping the phone tightly in his hands.

“Stable, she… she was…Kn…Knocked out… she was… pass… passed out when I seen h…her.” Justin stuttered every other word he said.

Justin coughed a few times, and let out a few more tears before pushing them away angrily. Now was not the time to cry to the point where he couldn’t talk much less think, he needed to clear his mind, and not cry.

“Where is he?” JC asked much the same way Justin asked earlier.

“They are looking for him. JC, they are looking for him…” Justin stopped taking short staggered breaths. “I…I …am… sure if I can go in there and see her. I can’t JC, I just can’t.” Justin said as he started to cry again.

He couldn’t go in there and see the pain in her eyes, the hurt-fullness in her eyes. The anger that could be in the eyes, it was his fault that this happened. He was near, yet too far to save her. His talk with JC ended a few minutes later with JC helping Adrea in to the car. Justin stuffed his cell phone in his pocket and stood up.

Justin stood up out of the hard chair and rubbed and scratched at his yet again burning eyes. Tears were starting to blur his vision as he made his way down towards Sarah’s room. He stopped in front of the door before turning the handle and walking in.

To Justin’s surprise Sarah was sitting up in the bed watching the news. It kept flashing her being put into an ambulance and Justin crying as he got into it as well. Her eyes went from the TV to the man standing at the door. Sarah stared at Justin for a few moments before he made his way over to her. With out thinking twice his lips connected with hers in a short kiss.

Justin pulled away and then pulled Sarah into a hug. Tears were running down his face more this time then ever before.

“I thought I lost you, I…I… thought I’d never see you again.” Sarah said pulling her arms around Justin’s neck and pulling him closer to her. Justin’s tears soaked the hospital gown she was wearing.

“Did he hurt you? Did he touch you? Where did he touch you, how did he hurt you?” Justin asked as he pulled away from Sarah.

Justin’s hands touched her face then roamed her body tears were running freely and fast out of his eyes, he sniffled ever five seconds then coughed a few times trying to breath.