***Two Days Later***
"You ready to Jayce?" Justin asks.
"Yeah, yeah. I'm coming." JC sighs. "I don't wanna go though. You know they aren't going to let me come home. I've been feeling like shit. I probably should have just stayed there."
"Sweetie, you gotta quit worrying about it. Let's go. If he makes you stay, he makes you stay."
"I can't stay there without doing something. You're gonna have to bring me my keyboard or something. I can't sit in the hospital for four months and not do anything. I'll go nuts."
"Don't worry, I'll bring you whatever I can."
They get in the car and drive to the hospital. When they get to the office JC leans into the nurse's station, "Hi, I'm here to see Doctor Nemeth."
"Do you have an appointment?" The nurse asks.
"Yes."
"Name?"
"Rose Chasez."
"Take this," She hands over a cup. "When you're done with that, bring it back to me and have a seat. He'll be with you as soon as he gets the results from the test."
"Thanks."
The nurse looks up and smiles, "Oh, it's you. You don't look that great."
"Yeah, I don't feel so great either."
"I'll get the doc. Did your friend come with you again?"
"Yeah, he's here."
"Good. You go get that sample for me, send your friend over here for a minute."
"K." JC walks back to where Justin was quietly sitting, "J. The nurse at the desk wants to talk to you for a minute."
"Why?"
"I don't know, just go talk to her."
"Ok. Where you going?"
JC holds up the cup, "Gotta get the sample for the doctor."
Justin smiles, "Oh, ok."
JC comes out of the bathroom and approaches the nurses station, "J?" He whispers.
Justin turns around just in time to catch JC as he passes out. Justin turns to the nurse, "Where can we put her?"
"Follow me." She leads him down the hall and into a room. "Might as well make her comfortable."
"Yeah, looks like she's gonna be here for a while." Justin grumbles.
"I'm thinking." The nurse states. "Just lay her down and I'll get the doctor. I'm sure he's gonna want to see her right away."
"Thanks."
The nurse leaves the room and Justin lays JC down on the bed. He removes JC's shoes and socks, then begins to remove his shirt and pants. The nurse returns with a gown and the doctor in tow. Justin takes the top of the gown and puts it on JC. The nurse puts on the bottoms. The doctor looks at Rose's chart, frowns and shakes his head.
"That's what I was afraid of." He states.
"What?" Justin snaps. "What is wrong now."
"She has preeclampsia, and it's moved to a more severe case now. If we can't get it under control we're gonna have to induce labor."
"What, the babies won't live then, will they?"
"More than likely not. She's only 22 weeks, they aren't developed enough to make it outside the womb."
"Well then...get to work. What do I do?"
"There is nothing you can do now. We have to stimulate her kidneys and keep her in that bed. Hopefully we can make it another couple of months."
"Can the babies survive if we can keep her healthy that long?"
"Yes. If we can get her past 28 weeks the babies have a good chance of making it. I'd like to see her make it even farther than that."
"You realize that I'm not leaving here without her."
"Yes. I've already arranged for a cot to be brought in. I can't get you an actual bed but a cot is better than nothing."
"Thanks. I appreciate it."
"You may want to contact your other friends and her family. She's not leaving until the babies are born, either way."
"Thanks. I will."
"I'll be back in a few minutes. I'm gonna go run some more tests and make sure there is nothing else wrong."
Justin sits down next JC's bed, "Jayce, you need to wake up sweetie. Open those pretty blue eyes." Justin puts his head down on JC's upper arm.
JC groans and moves his arm a bit, "J. Move your head. You're putting my arm to sleep."
Justin looks up to see JC smiling down at him, "Sorry."
JC looks under the blanket and says, "When do I have to sign all the paperwork? You better bring me my stuff. This is going to be the longest few months of my life."