Dark And Lonely

ATHENA'S POV.

Could it be a sign of miscarriage? I'd never seen people who lost their babies, but I had heard of them plenty of times. It always had something to do with them bleeding, just like I had done.

Did I lose the baby? No, I couldn't have. How could I have? Yes, I had been doing countless active things in the recent weeks, but I never felt stressed. I always had the rest I needed.

And besides, my baby was only two months old. I wasn't heavily pregnant to the extent of blaming my running around.

My thoughts circled in my head like vultures moving around a dead body, and I sat on the toilet seat, thinking of what I would do.

I couldn't tell Tristan, no, I would rather not tell him. He already had enough on his plate. The burial, his grief, his pain, I didn't want him thinking any of it was his fault because it was absolutely not his fault.

I didn't mean to bother him too.

After thinking for a while, I made up my mind to go to the hospital. I cleaned myself up, and dressed in