Take Two: A second chance romance

Chapter 15: Jayden

It's been 2 weeks since the accident, and Alexis is still in a coma. I have had Jax and Aaron watch the boys while I was in the hospital sitting with Alexis, begging her to come back to us. The boys are distraught, and I have brought them in a few times to see their mother as they were missing her terribly and wouldn't settle down till they saw her. I did explain that she wouldn't look like the mommy they were used to and that she was sleeping and wouldn't wake up when they talked to her, but I promised that she would hear them though.

The day I took them to the hospital with me was truly heartbreaking. When we entered her room, they ran to her bedside. They waited for me to get to them, and I helped them up onto the bed, carefully avoiding any of the wires or IV's that she had stuck to her, and let them cuddle with her. They both started begging her to wake up and that they missed her and that daddy and their uncles were taking good care of them, but they really missed mommy tucking them in and making their favorite foods for them. They stayed with me most of the day, and then Micah picked them up to take them to Jax's house just before dinner time.

A few days a week, I stayed in the hospital all night with her, just hoping she would wake up soon. Jessa is back home and on the mend now. She comes every day to see her sister. She blamed herself at the start, but I told her that it wasn't her fault and that the only one to blame was the person responsible for the accident. I told everyone that I thought that Angie might be responsible for the accident. Whether it was her hiring someone to hit them or getting my mother or her mother to hire someone, I will find out who is responsible, and they will wish that they never interfered with my relationship with Alexis. The police are investigating the accident, and I let them know about the messages and calls that Lex had been receiving prior to the accident. They took that and told me that once they had any information, they would let me know.

I've decided that I am going to stay with Lex tonight, and Aaron said he would take care of the boys with Mila's help. They have finally admitted their feelings for each other. I told Lex when they told me and I knew that when she finally woke up that she would be so happy that they both stopped p***y footing around each other and faced what they felt for each other.

I am going out of my f*****g mind. It's now been 5 weeks since the accident, and Lexi still hasn't woken up. There were a few times we thought she might, but she didn't. Kai and Killian are hurting so much. All they want is their mommy back at home with them. When they visit her, they lay on the hospital bed with her, cuddling her and telling her about their day, till it's time for us to leave. They always cry when they have to leave her. It's so heartbreaking.

I'm brought out of my thoughts by the sound of my phone ringing. Pulling my phone from my pocket, I check and see that my mother's name flashing across the screen. I groaned before I finally answered the phone.

"Yes, mother," I said coldly.

"That's no way to greet me, Jayden. I'm your mother." She snaps at me.

Pinching the bridge of my nose, I take a deep breath and composed myself.

"I'm a bit busy. Also, I told you I want nothing to do with you while you insist on helping Angie with her delusional bullshit. So, what do you need, mother?" I replied.

Exhaustion was evident in my voice. I am so sick of this back and forth with her. She seriously won't take no for an answer.

"You have been avoiding my calls for weeks. I want you to come home and sort this mess out so we can get the wedding back on track and set a date." She demands.

Shaking my head in disbelief, I thought every curse word there is under the sun, while trying not to let my anger take over.

"The last time I saw you, I told you there was no way in hell that I was going to marry Angie. I never will. I have already asked Alexis to marry me, and she said yes. I have said this multiple times that I refuse to marry Angie. There is no wedding between me and her. Find someone else to be her husband, but it sure as hell won't be me. As for not being able to reach me well, that's because I didn't want to answer. Lexi is in the hospital and her and my sons are my top priority." I snapped.

The line goes quite for a few minutes before she replies.

"How dare you choose to marry her! This marriage has been arranged since you and Angie were eight years old. Now forget her and those brats and come home and sort this out now." She demands.

"No, mother. I will not be doing that. You can forget your delusions about me marrying Angie because it's never going to f*****g happen. If this is all you're worried about, I am not going to talk to you till you accept my choice. Goodbye, Mother." I hung up the phone after I said that, as I didn't want to listen to her much longer.

I push my anger at my mother aside, and I turn back to Lexi and I take her hand and start telling her all about what the boys have been doing and how much they miss her, that Jessa is fine thanks to her, that her family misses her, and we all want her to wake up and come back.

Walking into the hospital the next day, after going home and spending the night with my sons, I enter Lexis' room and I find the doctor there going over the charts. I stopped suddenly, worried that maybe he would give me bad news. The constant stress of not knowing when she will wake has taken its toll on me and her family.

"Mr Blackwell, how are you? We have run some on Alexis to determine her brain activity and that has come back promising. Her brain function is good and once alot of her injuries have healed more, hopefully we can bring her out of the coma, and she will wake up soon." Dr Montoya explains.

He goes on to explain a few more things before leaving. I take a seat next to Lex and just hope that we will be able to have her back with us soon. I have followed up with the police, but they haven't been able to find the driver of the truck and Angie had an alibi for the time of the accident. From what they have found out so far is that the driver was definitely paid to cause the accident as they found a burner phone left at the scene with the instructions on what to do and when possible to cause the accident. They tried tracking the number, but the messages came from a burner phone as well. So they have hit a dead end for now. I still feel that Angie was involved in this somehow. She has gone to so much trouble over the last few years to not only break us up but keep us separated that I wouldn't be surprised if she decided to try to take Lex out of the picture all together.

Lost in my thoughts, I didn't hear Jax enter the room till he tapped my shoulder, making me jump. Turning to look at him, I find him laughing at me. Once he calms down, he asks me how I'm doing and if there is any change to Lexi. I explained to him what Dr Montoya said and that, hopefully, once they tried to pull her out of the coma, that she would be able to wake up herself. He is happy to hear that she isn't brain-dead and that there is still activity there. We talk for a while, and he talks to Lex as well. I tell Jax about my suspicion that Angie was involved somehow even though she had an alibi. He agrees with me.

"I think it's time I ask the club to get involved. Tec is smart, and I believe he might be able to uncover something that the police haven't been able to. I will talk to the Prez tonight and see what they can do to help. You know that the club loves my sisters as much as I do." Jax tells me.

I agree with him that asking them to help now would be for the best. Maybe they can figure something out to help us get the answers we seek. Jax says goodbye and starts leaving the room. As he gets to the door, machines start going off and then I hear the most heart-breaking sound when the machine that is monitoring Lexi's heart flatlines.

Medical staff come running in and push us out and close the door. Once it's closed, I drop to my knees begging any god that will listen to bring the love of my life back to me, while her brother stands next to me in shock.