Four days. It’s been four days since the show. Four days since I introduced my still unnamed son to the world. It’s been a week today. She’s been sleeping for one week. Her mom already tried to talk me into giving her up. That was two nights ago. She talked to me while I was tucking Q to bed. I still remember her breaking down in front of me. She said it’s so hard for her to see her daughter like that. And if it’s hard for me, it is triple for her. That night, I saw her sleep hugging a one week old picture of baby Jenna. My little girl. She’d mumble in her sleep. I also noticed the exchange of looks between the guys. I know they’ve talked about this, and I know sooner or later they’ll try and to talk me about it. But I’m not a quitter especially when it comes to my family.

I found myself on a long drive to the hospital. I looked to the passenger seat to touch the bouquet of lady tulips I got my wife. I only got her flowers twice; when I surprised her on her 25th birthday, and on our first year anniversary. She’d always joke about how I don’t give her flowers like what normal husbands do when they came home from work, and she’d always say “Oh look he got his wife flowers. Don’t I deserve that? I’m just kidding flowers are for girly wives. I’m not even girly”, and I’ll just laugh it off. But I know she loves flowers. I still remember how her face lit up last time I surprised her. And today, I’m getting her the best kind of flowers. I’m willing to do anything to get her back.

I got out of my car and carried a whole new batch of Mang rolls and the bouquet. I don’t wanna be scared. Every time I’d set foot into Jenna’s room floor and there is a commotion, I’d get scared. But this time, I’m gonna be brave. I held my head high as I got out of the elevator. I arrived outside Jenna’s room, peeking at the glass window before I entered the room. She’s still sleeping, so calmly and peacefully.

“Hi baby.” I greeted her. “You know this is the fifth batch of Mang rolls, and I swear if you don’t wake up. I’m gonna eat all of this.” I chuckled. “I’m just kidding. These are all yours. They will be here waiting for you when you wake up. Just like me. Anyway, I got you flowers. At first I thought I’d just bring you roses like I did before. But you deserve so much more than just plain roses. So I asked the florist what’s their most precious flower in there. And he gave me this. I hope you like it. I’ll put it here on the vase on table, okay?”

I carefully removed the tulips from the wrapper and arranged it on the vase. “You know, when you wake up, I’ll bring you flowers every day. No matter what it cost me. No matter how far you are. Or how far I am, I’ll find a way to bring you flowers every day. For the rest of eternity.”

There was no sound inside the room for a moment, except for the beep of the life support. At first, I thought I was hallucinating. I thought I heard her mumble. But I disregarded it because I haven’t been asleep for days now. But then I heard it again.

“Pr..omise?”

I turned my head as soon as I heard it for the third time. Holy shit. Oh my god. I sat down on the stool next to her bed and held her hand.

“Jenna? Jenna?”

“Every day.” She said still with her eyes closed. Then slowly, it opened. Those beautiful steel blue eyes, I saw again. It’s like seeing the sun after ten million years in the dark. That feeling I get when I see the sun rise after a long sleep, it’s better than that. I kissed her hand and she gave her weakest smile. It’s weak but fuck it, it’s still her smile. “You s-said it, every day.”
I heard her speak again, and I swear all the waiting, all the pain and agony, the sleepless nights, they all went away. They were all washed out. I’m crying and laughing at the same time. I couldn’t really explain what I’m feeling. All I know is that tears are streaming from my eyes but I’m also the happiest man alive.

“God, you scared me.” I said in between sobs. I kissed the top of her head.

“Shh, I’m here now, okay?” She said touching my face. “Our baby, where is he? Is he?” I saw her very worried expression.

“Yeah, he’s amazing. He’s so beautiful.” I said. I’m the proudest fucking father right now.

“I wanna see him, where is he?” Jenna said.

“Hold on, I’m gonna call Mike. He’s at home with our daughter. You wouldn’t believe him. He’s so beautiful!” I said. I gave Mike a quick call. I think I might’ve scared him for a moment because I was still crying but I said Jenna’s awake, and I’m jumping from excitement. I looked at Jenna and she gave me her warmest smile ever, and I melted. So fucking bad. I think she mumbled something like ‘You’re such a dork, Victor’ but I don’t care. I don’t care if I’m a dork. I’m her dork.

“Mike said they’d be here in 5 minutes. Wait, how are you feeling? I’m gonna call the doctor.” I said standing up but she grabbed my hand.

“No. I’m okay. I just wanna see our babies. How long.. how long was I asleep?” Jenna asked.

“A week.”

“Wow. Really, what did I miss? Tell me everything, please.” She said.

“Well, four days ago, I introduced our son to the world. Oh and shit, I haven’t named him yet. I wanted to consult you first. So, c’mon.” I said kissing her hand again, “pick a name.”

“I already picked a name, you dumbass. Don’t you remember?”

And I just looked at her so tenderly. I thought I lost this.

“I’d come back. Like what I told you. It just took me that long, but I did, didn’t I?” She said. And I couldn’t help but cry again. You were dead, for moment, I thought.

“You are just unbelievable. You’re the strongest, most beautiful person ever. And it’s been hell without you.” I said.

“I love you.” She closed her eyes and whispered.

“Oh, I love you too. So much. I don’t know what I’d do without you.” And she touched my face. Oh how I miss that touch. “Okay, let me call the doctor while we wait for them. Please! I just wanna make sure you’re really okay.” And she didn’t argue with me anymore. She knew that in order for her to see our kids, she’d have to be a hundred percent okay.

And so I did. I called the Dr. Fields and asked her to go ahead already as I waited for Mike and my kids to arrive at the lobby. I wanna be the one to give her our son. They arrived not long enough and we all proceeded to Jenna’s room. We met Dr. Fields on the hallway and she said she’s so happy that Jenna’s awake. She said it’s a miracle she survived without any scratch. Some people who wake up from coma suffer from memory loss and other stuff but Jenna is okay. She said she’s a strong person, and I couldn’t agree more. I have my son on my arms and Mike is carrying Q.

I opened the door to see Jenna already half sitting on her bed, her back leaning on the wall. I have Mike and Quinn behind me and Alysha.

“Hi.” I said. But before I stepped foot inside the room, my daughter ran from behind me to Jenna.

“Mom!” Quinn jumped to Jenna’s bed. And Jenna caught her and gave her a hug and kissed the top of her head. I sighed.

“Hi, baby girl.” Jenna said. I can see she’s trying to hold back her tears. “Did you miss momma?”

“I brought you something momma!” Quinn held out her drawing of our family with her little brother.

“Oh, that’s beautiful. You made this?” Jenna asked. “Okay, we’ll put it here. Next to dad’s flowers.”

Mike and Alysha are kind enough to go home as they said we need a little family time. I cleared my throat and entered the room. Jenna looked at us, and she couldn’t contain it anymore. She burst into tears as she held out her arms for our son. I gently gave him away to her.
“Hi. Hi, Caleb. I’m your mommy. Do you remember me? I missed you so much. I love you so much.” She said holding Caleb close to her body. “Oh my god.”

I could literally stare at this view forever. Our family. The four of us. I didn’t wanna spoil the moment but our friends deserve to know she’s awake. Apparently the crowd videotaped my performance of Hold On Till May four days ago and it went viral. It seems the whole world was waiting with me. I took out my phone and snapped a photo of them. Jenna heard the click of the camera and turned her attention to me.

“I just couldn’t help it.” I said.

“Come on, let’s make it a good one. Ask one of the nurses outside. This is our first family photo with Caleb.” She said and turned her attention again to our son, who’s miraculously sleeping so soundly at the moment. He’d always get fidgety and crying all the time, but this time he’s just..still. Maybe it’s because he senses his mom’s presence.

I did exactly what Jenna told me. One of the nurses outside left the counter in exchange of an autograph to snap our picture. But before that, I uploaded the picture that I took earlier. I made a quick call to our parents and texted some of our friends while walking back to the room.
“Alright, family photo time.” I said entering the room. I sat beside Jenna on the bed and put Q on my lap. I looked at Jenna who still looks so stunningly beautiful even without makeup. She looks so happy. And her smile looks so pure. I looked at the camera as the nurse started counting.

“Another one.” She said.

I leaned in much closer to her. God, I missed her. I missed her laughing and smiling like this. I missed her annoying the fuck out of me. I just miss her so much. I kissed her cheek at the second photo.

We both thanked the nurse and I uploaded the photos that she took on my Instagram. I just sat on the bed with her. Quinn took my phone and played with it.

“Vic, he’s got your eyes. And your eyebrows. He is a lot like you” She said gently touching Caleb’s features. And just like that, for the first time ever, Caleb smiled, in his sleep.

“Woah! That has never happened before. That is amazing. He’s got your smile! Again! That’s so cool. Q give me my phone he might smile again.” I asked Quinn and I pointed the camera on his face. The three of us patiently waited and watched. “Do it again. What you did earlier!”
Jenna touched the bridge of his nose and Caleb smiled again. He must’ve missed his momma. I’m lucky enough to capture his first smile ever.

The first of many firsts.

Notes

So Jenna's alive. I couldn't kill her. The fic is not tragic anymore lol. At first I thought about killing her but I couldn't. I just. I love her too much,

Quinn Fuentes circa 1-2 years old. I love their fam so much