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The soft hum of Tobias's breathing machine has gotten far too familiar and comforting. It was the one thing that was consistent; that and our daughter's cries. She might be tiny, but boy did she have a set of lungs on her.

Tiredly, I stood up from the seat next to Tobias's bed and went to the small crib I had the Pediatrics wing bring, after much protesting and begging. It's been two weeks since I've woken up from my coma and a little over a month Tobias has failed to wake up from his. I didn't give up faith, though. I knew Tobias; he wasn't going to give up.

"Hey sweet girl," I cooed, reaching over the crib as I got her.

Her cries didn't stop as I held her and I knew she was hungry. I went back to my seat next to Tobias's bed, opened but button down a little, and placed her tiny head on my breast. It was difficult for me to get used to the whole breastfeeding thing. The first time I tried it hurt like hell, but granted I was still recovering from my injuries. I had a nurse show me how and now I was a pro.

It was remarkable how our little girl managed to live with zero complications. With Tobias's bad history with heart problems and my reckless behavior in the early stages of my pregnancy, I was certain there would be something, anything wrong with her. But here she was, softly drinking my milk, her tiny eyes drooping as she did so.

"She has your nose," I softly said to Tobias, making sure I didn't wake her up. "She really is beautiful. I wish you could see her. If you would just open your bright hazel eyes and take a breath."

A sob was stuck in my throat, but I swallowed it down. "We didn't even get a chance to name her."

A single tear escaped from my eye and I quickly wiped it away. I brought our daughter back to the crib and tilted my neck, wincing. Though they said I healed while I was in a comma, it certainly didn't feel like it. Perhaps it was because I've been sleeping in the uncomfortable chair next to Tobias. Sometimes, I crawled in his bed with him, but never for the whole night. My little girl didn't allow me to.

"Hey, Reign!" Noel enthused, walking into Tobias's hotel room.

I shushed her immediately, not wanting my baby to wake up. Noel froze, her eyes widening as she whispered sorry. I fixed my shirt before I scooted her out. She frowned, but followed me anyway.

"What is it?" I asked, trying to keep in a yawn, but failing to do so.

"You need to go home and rest," she said, a small concerned frown approaching her face. "You've been here every day for the past two weeks."

"Well, the first week they forced me in my own room," I retorted. "I can't leave Tobias now Noel. What if he wakes up and I'm not here?"

"Then I'll call you! Or Scott would. You really need a shower," she replied, scrunching up her nose. "I'm sure little Reign would want to see her new home too. By now she probably thinks that this is her home."

I shook my head. "I can't. I can't raise her by myself, Noel. I need Tobias to pull through this."

Noel gently grabbed my forearm. "Tobias will, but honestly you don't need him in the way you think you do. You're already the most caring person I know, in your own way. You can do this. Be the strong mother your daughter needs."

I turned around and peeped in the window. From afar it looked like both father and daughter were peacefully sleeping, but I knew not everything was how it seemed. I just wanted Tobias to finally take a deep breath. Maybe they're something I could do since they were so persistent with not giving him a heart. At this point, they kind of had to since his injury now wasn't self-inflicted.

"I want to speak to Rachel," I told Noel, turning around. "I have something to ask her."

~*~

Rachel sat across from me at the hospitals cafe, her hands shaking slightly as she gripped her coffee cup. Her face was thin and rawboned and her body was swallowed in a big sweater. Her hair was cut very messily and short, like a trendy boy cut, but I knew the story behind it. She saw me staring at her and she furrowed her eyebrows.

"What is it that you want Reign?" She finally asked, holding her cup in her hands tightly. "You summoned me here and now you won't even speak."

I took a deep breath and pushed my own coffee back. Though I hated coffee, I grabbed one with Rachel to calm my nerves. I wasn't thinking though. Caffeine only made me more anxious.

"I don't know where to start Rachel. I want to apologize of how much of a bitch I was to you," I started off, my face twisting up in guilt. "I had no idea that Tobias was keeping your secret. Granted, nobody knew about our relationship, but I always had a sense that you knew."

"I did know," Rachel replied nonchalantly. "Tobias told me everything."

"Then why let me hate you? Why let me treat you like that? Wait, why we're so bitter towards me?"

Rachel scoffed and placed her cup down. "Why? Because you're innocent Reign. You can literally get away with anything without anyone giving you shit about it-"

"-hey that's not true!"

"But when I do it, it's a problem," Rachel continued, not stopping even when I interrupted her. "I let you hate me because it's better than the way you're looking at me now. I hate that look."

I shifted my eyes down. I couldn't help that I was looking at her with sympathy. I had no idea what she was going through, what she is going through.

"I thought Tobias had told you, or was about to tell you about my cancer. I hated that he found out in the first place, but it was a blessing in disguise."

I snapped my eyes back up at her. She was no longer looking at me with anger or annoyance. Instead, she looked kind of sad.

"Tobias was the first person to look at me like I wasn't some sick dog at a pound. Even my family looked at me like that and I was so damn tired of it," she breathed, closing her eyes as if she was recalling a memory.

"As you probably know, Tobias approached me after I was going through chemo. I could tell he was there for something serious all from his body language, but he managed to make it all about me. From that moment on we were secret friends I guess you can say. We decided to be each other's next of kin; we were the only ones who knew what we were actually going through. But don't get me wrong, we hated each other's guts, no sugar coating that, but we also had an unwritten mutual understanding for one another. He took care of me more times than I could count and he never asked for anything in return. Not even once."

Rachel pulled out something from her bag; a manilla folder. She slid it to me across the table. I hesitantly scooted it closer to me, about to open it up, until Rachel placed her hand on top. I slowly looked up at her, confused as to why she did that.

"I think this was the real reason why you asked me to meet you. Everything you need to know is in there; his will, his medical histories, etc. There's a little surprise in there for you too," Rachel said weakly, getting up. She swung her back over her shoulder and grabbed her coffee cup as well.

"Goodbye Reign. I wish you the best of luck with your daughter and I pray that Tobias pulls through. He's a good, caring man once you break through his shell. It's a shame I didn't know him long enough."

Rachel left the hospital that night and I never saw her again. Perhaps if I had read what was in that file before she left she would still be here, telling me how much she hated me. Perhaps I could've foresaw what was going to happen next. But perusal, my life was one big mess.

I'm on a roll... 4 updates in a week! After this chapter we will probably have two more chapters and then maybe an epilogue? Or one chapter and then an epilogue. Idk, it depends lol. But I'm still going to write a chapter in Tobias's point of view! Basically you just comment whatever chapter or scene you want in his POV. For example, it could be when he first met Reign and how he got the terrible news that he was only going to live 5 months. Or it could be in that moment he found out about Rachel being sick. It's up to you all! There will only be one Tobias POV chapter, so make sure it's what you desperately want to know.

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