Dancing with a Star

Sometimes, life throws things at you that you just can’t take.
I can’t lose my son the same way I lost my husband. I mentally wouldn’t be able to take it.
“Wesley Sutter.”
I stood up, as did most of the waiting room.
“Which one of you are the parents?”
“Um. We are,” I said, motioning to myself and Niall.
Niall looked at me with shock. I honestly didn’t mean to spring this on him, but Wesley called him Daddy the other day and I couldn’t do this without him.
The doctor motioned for us to follow him, so we did.
“Wesley’s condition is unknown at the moment. We are keeping a close eye on him and keeping him in a coma for his brain to finish healing.”
“Doctor, is there any permanent damage?”
“Like I said, we aren’t sure yet. The surgery went better than we expected. We didn’t lose him once. Your son is a fighter, Mrs. Sutter.”
My heart ached.
“Um. Mayer. My husband passed during my pregnancy with Wesley.”
He sent me a sympathetic look before looking at Niall.
“Um, sir, you obviously aren’t the biological parent, but I take it you are considerably one?”
Niall looked at me before nodding.
“Um, alright. Well, can I speak with you privately?”
“Of course.”
Niall kissed my head before continuing to walk with the doctor, making me wish to be just a fly on the wall.
Niall’s POV
“So, I didn’t want to tell your girlfriend this, but Wesley has an 60% chance.”
“60% chance of living?”
“I’m sorry, but we’ve given a 40% chance that he’ll make it out of this.”
“That just isn’t possible,” I whispered.
“I’m sorry?” the doctor questioned, obviously shocked that I would say something remotely like that.
“She lost her husband the exact same way.”
The doctor covered his mouth with his hand, shock and sympathy filling his eyes.
“Please, doctor, do whatever it takes. I don’t care if it isn’t covered by their insurance. I will cover it.”
The doctor smiled sadly.
“Sorry, sir, we have done everything that will help him.”
I nodded as my head hung.
“You might want to get back to her. She seems to be a mess.”
“I’m just thankful we were still in the car when she passed out.”
“It happens. Especially since her husband passed the same way.”
I nodded and turned, leaving the doctor and returning to Evelina. She was sitting in between Louis and Harry. Louis had Freddie in his arms, holding him tightly.
I could Evelina looking at the two of them with envy. All she wanted to do was hold her son.
I cleared my throat, making her head pop up.
“What else did he say?”
At that moment, I couldn’t tell her.
“Um, just asked me if I was legally his father, just for confidentially laws.”
She nodded, but Harry just looked at me.
“I’m hungry. Niall, come with me to the cafeteria?” Harry asked.
“No, I’m good. I’m gonna stay here with Evelina.”
Harry looked at her, realizing that she wasn’t okay. Not at all.
He nodded and then left, so I took his chair.
“Hey, princess.”
She looked at me.
“Everything will be okay, I promise.”
“How do you know?”
“Because all Wesley wants is for you to be happy and he knows that leaving this world is not the best way to make you happy.”
She smiled softly, remembering the day Wesley told her that was all he wanted for her.
“I just can’t lose him like this.”
“Hey, Mark, can I talk to you for a second?”
He nodded and we stood, walking away from the group.
“Are they arresting the guy who ran the red light?”
“Yeah, they are just holding off until they know what happens to Wesley for what charges will be pressed.”
I nodded and then walked back.
“I can’t lose him.”
“I know. I can’t either.”
“I love you, Niall. Please, just stay.”
“I love you more than you will ever know. I’m not going anywhere.”
She snuggled into my side, although we both knew neither of us was getting any sleep.
It was around 5 A.M when a nurse ran in the waiting room, calling Wesley’s name once again.
We quickly walked up to her, as mostly everybody went home.
Only Evelina, Evelina’s mother-in-law, Connor, and Rachel stayed. Angelina was on a flight right now.
“He’s stable. Would you like to see him?”
Evelina immediately grabbed my hand, nodding.
The nurse escorted us to the room.
We both sat down by his bedside.
“Hey, Wesley, bud,” Evelina whispered.
“Hey, Wes,” I whispered.
We both knew that he could hear us because his hand twitched.
“God, Wesley, you have to get better. Momma can’t lose you. Not like this.”
I hugged her tightly.
“Can we have a minute?”
She nodded and walked out of the room.
“Hey, Wesley, it’s Niall. I honestly can’t tell you how much I want and need for you to wake up in fantastic health. I never thought in a million years that I would become so happy when I went on the show. I didn’t even realize that you and your mom were what I needed, but you were the soft spot in my hard, cold heart. You’re gonna need to thank Theo for that one.”
If you would have told me a year ago that I was going to go on Dancing with the Stars, meet a beautiful girl who I will fall in love with, and be called Daddy by a kid who biologically isn’t mine, I would’ve said you were crazy. That’s just the thing though.
Life throws at you that you would never expect, sometimes things that you don’t necessarily think you can handle. I thought at the beginning of this when I realized I had feelings for Evelina that Wesley was a nuisance, only being there to create difficulties on us dating, but then he touched that soft spot that is usually only there for Theo and I fell in love with him, treating him just like he was my own son.
That’s why Wesley has to be okay, because while I keep saying it’s for her. That he needs to get better for her, I don’t know if I could handle losing him.
I know I could not be strong for this death, which is exactly what Evelina would need.

Notes

Hey, guys! So here is this update and I know that it's not like "oh, hey, Wesley is automatically better" because I honestly don't want him to be. These next chapters are going to be hard to write, and possibly hard to read.
Thank you so much for the feedback! They make me so happy. I'm glad I got out of my writer's block funk. :P
Please bare with me on these next few chapters. :)
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