A Test & Lie That Could Shatter a Marriage

[Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold]

Of course with his words, he though for a moment things would go more to how they use to be, of course the idea was short lived as she snapped at him with her words & that of course the idea to back down to her was there, yet he played the other side that was not going to be beat down just because, if he would of though about it longer he would of just excepted defeated & moved to take her in his arms, but no he had to go for the side of he figured she would more likely bit him then allow him close at the moment.

He looked at her as he rose "What would you have me say besides it is a lie? I have no way of proving it yet other then more word & so how I feel that is not enough" He was silent moment as he went on though he approached her, perhaps coming more to turns with what he just said or more how it likely came out "I have been loyal to you, since the moment you walked into my life & since then only you have held my heart & soul"

In many ways he was still the coward, fearful she would push him away if he tired so much as to touch & comforted her, though a moment passed before he took a chance not sure where it came form to move closer to her to take her into his arms if she would not push him away.

[Belle/Lacey Gold]

She watched him stand and move towards her but Abi held her ground. "What would you have me say besides it is a lie?" He asked her and Abi said nothing. Her heart was pounding in her chest and her body felt tight. "I have no way of proving it yet other then more word & so how I feel that is not enough" He continued and she knew he was right. "I have been loyal to you, since the moment you walked into my life & since then only you have held my heart & soul" How could she honestly beleive that? The test... it said that he had not been faithful. Abi really wanted to believe him but did not know how. When he took her into his arms, Abi was stiff at first and then her arms came up slowly and went around his shoulders. She lowered her head to his shoulder and then the tears broke free.

[Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold]

Gold felt her stiffen as he took her into his arms, though he felt her arms go around his shoulders, as she lowered her head to his shoulder before she started to cry. He moved his free hand up to lightly rub her back, as he moved to lower his head to lightly kiss her head before resting his face there, she was everything to him, the only two that held any meaning to him was her & his son at the moment, soon to be joined by there child & he promised who ever started this or more once he had prof would be very sorry he would see to it.

He knew his knee would bother him later, but right now he did not care he allowed his cane to fall backwards closer to the kitchen table as his other hand moved to lightly stroke her hair, to also help ease what she was feeling.

[Belle/Lacey Gold]

Abi was shocked as she felt both of his hands move to her body. She knew that he had released the cane and knew how hard that would be on his leg. She felt all of her anger leave her for the time being as his hands moved to comfort her. "I love you." Abi whimpered now. "It hurts so bad." She moved him backwards slowly and towards the kitchen table before pushing him into a chair. Slowly, Abi lowered herself onto his lap curling up against him. Yes, she still cared about him. He was still her husband. The tears were still coming. Abi felt like she would never be whole again. The pain was too deep. "What am I supposed to do?" She asked softly now.

[Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold]

He heard her words, of course as she backed him slowly up he felt himself come in contacted with the chair to took a seat before he felt Abi curling up against him, he did not for the time think on if this hurt the need to give Abi comfort over fulled the idea, he had not missed her words he held her more with the hand that was on her back as his other hand went on with what it was doing. "I love you to & I know it hurts, perhaps not just how much, but I have a good idea & as for what to do, I cannot tell you what should be done or not, but I ask you to stay here, we can get threw this & as painful as this is, it will make use stronger" Of course he hopped for the last part that it would make them stronger & not tear them apart "If you do not want me in the same room or more so the same bed, I will sleep else where" It was not he wanted to, but he knew that if Abi did not like the idea then he was not going to force her to do so & feel more hate form it.

[Belle/Lacey Gold]

"I love you to" He told her as Abi's head moved back to his shoulder. "& I know it hurts, perhaps not just how much, but I have a good idea & as for what to do, I cannot tell you what should be done or not, but I ask you to stay here, we can get threw this & as painful as this is, it will make use stronger" He finished Abi wanted to tell hi that yes of course she would stay but two things held her back. One was the fact that she did not know if she wanted to stay. The other was that she did not want to be weak. She did shake her head slightly however. It could be taken either way. "If you do not want me in the same room or more so the same bed, I will sleep else where" He added now and Abi sighed. "You'll sleep where you always do." She told him softly. To be honest, Abi would feel odd in the bed if he was not at her side. At least for the time being.

[Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold]

Gold heard felt her move against his shoulder though he did not really have an answer for it was in a simple word a fine line of how to take it so he though best not to press what ever luck or that at the moment that was there that she did not just walk out the door. He had expected her to tell him to sleep on the couch or any where else then with her, yet she surprised him once more at her words & he mealy spoke "Alright" With them, he felt pain because Abi was going threw it & he felt anger at those that where the reason for her pain, he would make there lives utter hell when he got hold of them & if he did not have think about going to jail he would see then never got the chance to do it again.

As his mind wondered he just held her, fearful in one expected that she would still leave him, that he would lose part of his almost bleak soul & heart, but time was the only thing he had to know what would happen for sure. He lightly kissed her head again, he promised to himself he would prove that he had not lied & he would prove even more his love for her.

[Belle/Lacey Gold]

Abi felt the kiss to her head and she let out a soft little sigh at the familiar contact. Why did she love him so much? Why was the thought of leaving him so hard? Why was the knowledge that he was hurting so hard on her? The arm not pressed against his torso moved now and her hand came to rest against the far side of his throat. "I just don't know how to react." Abi felt like a nervous wreck.

That was when she felt the pain. It was like someone had punched her in the stomach as the large cramp clenched in her stomach. Abi gave a sharp gasp and then stood. It was the baby. There was something wrong. She knew it. Abi's hand moved to her stomach and she whimpered. "It's too soon." She whispered and that was when her water broke. Her pants were suddenly soaked. There was a puddle on the floor around her. Abi started to cry and she shook now.

[Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold]

Gold was still beside himself, he was unsure what to do to even begin to fix the issue, of course it did not mean he would try it was more he remembered to well the leaving of his last wife & that had not turned out the best he did not want that to happen again, it would crush him almost fully if she did leave him. He felt her hand move to rest against his throat, he enjoyed her comforted of her touch, how she had changed him for the better & he was sure that Storybrooke knew it, just as he was sure they knew if they tried anything with her he would come after them. He heard her words "I understand or at least for the most part"

At her sharp gasp Gold moved his head to look at Abi, as he spoke "Are you alright? What is wrong?" Though he soon had his answer as she spoke at her words he spoke "Lets get you to the hospital, it will be alright" Of course he was trying to not break, likely the only reason he did not was he felt like he was so shocked to do so & he felt like he was soon going to see red, he needed to get them to the hospital of course a doctor could be called, but even that with being here a doctor could only do so much here, at the hospital there was more that could be done if need be.

He would help her how ever he could to get to the car, of course he would break every speed limited form here to the hospital to get Abi there not that he cared & not that he cared if the had anyone after him because of it. He would get Abi in the car first before calling the hospital, deciding that getting her into the car was the first task that was more needed then the call for it could be done, as he drove.

Of course his state of dress or how he looked he did not even think about, though he was sure that once at the hospital he would get some looks with how he looked.

[Belle/Lacey Gold]

"Lets get you to the hospital, it will be alright" He told her and Abi nodded but she doubted his words. Abi did not think it would be alright. The baby was early and she was in pain. She was trying to stop the tears from her eyes but they just kept coming. This was all wrong. Abi did not know what to do. Getting to the hospital was easier said then done. The contractions were strong and she could feel the clenching inside of her and the pressure. She groaned softly.

When Abi tried to take a step, her legs felt like they would not support her and she grasped the back of one of the chairs. Never had she felt anything like this and it frightened her. When the contractions stopped for a moment, she would take a few steps and then have to stop again when the contractions came back. At this rate, it was going to take forever for her to get to the car. Her mind however was not on the pain but instead on the baby. Why was it coming so early? What had she done to bring it on? It did not occur to her that the premature delivery could have been caused by the stress.

[Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold]

He heard her grown, he could almost feel her pain & now like Abi he did not know if she would be able to get to the car, so now that left only one option "Change of plans lets get you laid down as comfortable as can be & I will call for the ambulance" Of course panic was starting to tick at him of all the what ifs, he could not say that in the other world things would of been better, but in this world he expected things to be better, though for him it did not appear to be in the cards & he hatted that it appeared Abi & his child could pay the price for his sins. Of course as he spoke he had moved to instantly make the call for help, thinking perhaps it was better to call for help now so he could then focus more on Abi then mealy both at the same time, it took only a moment for his call to be answered & another for the resections to say that help was being sent out. With that done his focus was not fully on Abi "Do you think you can make it to the couch?" If if came down to it the floor would have to do, not the most of comforting places, but he could not really say how things would go.

[Belle/Lacey Gold]

Make it to the couch... Abi saw out of the corner of her eye as Gold left to call the parametrics. She forced herself to make it to the couch and when she got there, Abi stood beside it for a moment not wanting to lay on it. She was wet and did not want to ruin the material. Abi was thinking incredibly clearly right now. She could hear her husband on the phone.

Holding onto the arm of the couch, Abi painfully lowered herself down to the floor and leaned against the couch instead. Really, she should have a shower. She was not ready for this. She did not want to be at the hospital unclean. Of course it would seem a strange thing to want to anyone else but it made perfect sense to Abi right now. Another contraction hit her and Abi screamed with the pain. Her face was drenched with her own sweat now.

[Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold]

Gold was quickly at Abi side, he had grabbed a towel form the kitchen as he came to join Abi, he also grabbed a pillow for Abi as he lowered himself to the floor he spoke "What can I do to make you more comfortable?" He would do anything she asked of him, no matter what it was, he looked at her as he lightly touched her face with the cloth form the kitchen, he was not sure how much it would help, yet he hopped that it would it some small way. "Help is on the way Abigail, they will be here soon, you only need to tell me what you want & I will do what I can to make it happen" He lightly touched her face with his other free hand, even in such a moment as this he found her breath taking, he was at a lose in so many ways on what to do, to fully help Abi it mattered little how many times he went down the road it would always be at a lose for him on what exactly was needed.

[Belle/Lacey Gold]

"What can I do to make you more comfortable?" He had asked her and Abi had to stop herself from spitting a sarcastic answer at him. The hormones and the pain moving through her body were causing her to not think fully. Her eyes closed as the cloth touch her damp face. It did not exactly feel good but it did take some of the sweat away though the sweat was quickly replaced with more.

"Help is on the way Abigail, they will be here soon, you only need to tell me what you want & I will do what I can to make it happen" Gold continued and Abi almost laughed. There was nothing he could do for her right now. This pain was partly his fault. It was not long before the sound of ambulance's could be heard and Abi sighed.

They did not knock at the door but just entered the house on their own and Abi realized that they must have left the door unlocked. The paramedics moved towards Abi and it was not long before they were checking her hear and hooking her to an Iv. They lifted her as gently as possible and laid her on the stretcher to take her to the hospital.

[Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold]

In some way Gold was expecting to all, but bit him at the moment & he would only be lucky not to be bitten when this was all over. He could not say he was in the best frame of mind, making him almost as in bad a shape as Abi, yet he knew well that what she was going threw he could never come close to, so he knew better then to say anything. For why press more for yelling or what ever came more to start, then just trying to avoid it, even if it was not likely to happen.

Gold hear the sirens, as the paramedics entered they moved to help Abi to get her to the hospital, he could not say that his darker side his protective side of Abi did not click into place, even if they where only trying to help, at the moment he was in a mood that he could go off if he thought they where hurting Abi, not that it would of changed before it just was more he had to tell him self more that they where there to help & not harm.

He would go with Abi to the hospital or if need be drive like a bat out of hell, to get there when she did, nothing in this world would keep him form being with her at this time, when she needed him, even if it was mealy to be yelled & screamed at, he did not wish to be away form her side, though he knew that he likely would have not choose at one point, to leave her side for a time.