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The Forgotten Fuentes

Before I Could Cry

Mike's POV~

"WHAT?!" I shouted. My soon to be sister in-law is pregnant?! I'm not mad, just shocked that Vic would be that careless. Maybe he meant to get her pregnant, though. I looked at Lilly, whose mouth was hanging wide open. Then I looked at Alli, and she looked like she was going to start crying again. Vic gave me a death stare and I instantly felt bad for my reaction.

"no, Alli, I'm happy for you guys, I was just shocked," I tried to explain, but she buried her face in Vic's neck and sobbed again.

"We need to get going to LA. We all need to take our own cars, I'll drive with Mike," Lilly said suddenly. I nodded and kissed her cheek, then stood up and got dressed after Alli and Vic left the room. Lilly got dressed and walked over to me, wrapping her arms around my waist and laying her head on my back.

"My sister is having a baby," she whispered softly, as if just realizing it. "I know. My brother's baby," I whispered back, turning around in her arms and kissing her head softly.My brother is going to be a dad.

Alli's POV~

I think Lilly is mad at me, and I'm pretty sure Mike is. But Vic loves me, and I guess that's all that matters. "Vic, are you gonna stay with me?" I asked him suddenly, and he turned around to look at me. "Yes, of course. I'm in love with you, Alli. I promise I'll stay no matter what," he assured me, pulling me into his embrace. "Now we need to head for LA, the beds are all in the truck, and we're ready to go. Are you ready to say goodbye to San Diego?" he asked, looking at me with a reassuring smile.

"I'm ready, I guess," I said, pulling a very convincing smile. His faltered, and he hugged me again, kissing the top of my head.

"I love you. See you in LA, baby," he whispered, as he slowly pulled away and grabbed his keys. I smiled and grabbed mine as well. I had a terrible feeling about this, but then again, that could be my hormones. I am pregnant, after all.

*twenty minutes later*

I was minutes from LA, and I was singing along to the radio, trying to reduce the uneasy feeling I'd had since I left San Diego. That's when I got the phone call.

I pressed the answer button on my steering wheel, and was immediately greeted by loud sobs and screaming in the background.

"A-Alli, it's V-Vic! He got hit by a t-truck from t-the side. H-he's in t-the ambulance n-now. They're g-going to the hospital just ins-side LA. H-he's not b-breathing, Alli!" Mike sobbed into the phone. My heart dropped and tears sprung to my eyes. "Keep going, I'll meet all of you at the hospital." I replied quickly, trying to stay calm. He hung up.

I pulled up to an intersection just as the light turned red. I wiped my tears away frantically. "Come on! Holy shit he could be dying! I need to get to him!" I screamed at the light. As if it had heard me, it immediately turned green, and I sped to the only hospital I knew of on this side of LA. I pulled into the parking lot just as the ambulance did. Four doctors moved quickly out to get the gurney carrying my fiancee, and I ran after them. I followed them into the hospital.

"Vic! NO! NO I HAVE TO SEE HIM! THAT'S MY FIANCEE!" I screamed, as three doctors held me back. "Ma'am, I'm sorry. He is in critical condition and emergency procedures must be used to keep him alive. You will have to wait, but-" a doctor began, but was cut off by two more doctors yelling, "MOVE, MOVE! HIS HEART STOPPED! WE'RE LOSING HIM!"

I dropped to my knees and the three doctors ran to assist them. I sat on the floor, a sobbing mess, for several minutes. Mike and Lilly rushed into the hospital. "Alli? I-is he ok-kay? What's happening?" Mike stuttered, trying to recover from his earlier hysterics.

He and Lilly helped me up, and I tried to speak. "His heart...stopped," I sobbed. Mike hugged me tightly and we all stood there crying and hugging for a good while. After we calmed a bit, we went to the ER waiting room. About two hours later, one of the doctors from earlier walked in.

"Family of Vic Fuentes?"