Just a short fic surrounding the episode vigil.
"What happened?" Jesus asked from the back seat of the car. What was she supposed to say? Lena's nightmares were coming true.
"We have to go to the hospital." She said, trying to be as calm as she could for the twins. "Mom's been shot." She whispered as she started up the car again and tried to drive safely to the hospital; thankfully they weren't that far away.
Lena parked the car in a tow away zone close to the door and ran out of the car, barely waiting for Mariana and Jesus to follow her. She had to see Stef; she had to see the woman she loved and nothing else mattered.
"I'm looking for Stefanie Foster. I'm her partner, Lena Adams." She said to the first person she saw in the Emergency Room.
"They are just working on her now, if you'd like to wait in our waiting room"
"Lena!" She looked over and saw Mike standing in the waiting room. Lena rushed over to him, Mariana and Jesus in tow.
"What the hell happened?"
"We went in looking for Jesus." Everyone turned to him. "Stef went into one of the bedrooms and I came running when I heard shots fired. She was shot Lena. I'm so sorry. She wasn't wearing her vest."
Lena gasped. Stef always wore her vest.
"Why wasn't she wearing her vest?" Mariana asked, tears filling her eyes.
"We didn't think it would go down like that." Mike said.
"Mariana, Jesus, you two should go sit down." Lena said a little bit harsher than she had meant. They stayed silent and went to sit down.
"We sent a patrol car over to pick up Brandon, he wasn't answering his phone." Lena just nodded.
She walked out of the waiting room and out into the hallway. She knew that Mariana and Jesus probably thought she was furious with them but truthfully she just couldn't break down in front of them. She had to be strong for her children. She leaned against the wall and let her unshed tears fall from her eyes. She knew that her wife was in a position to get shot everyday and it was something she worried about every single time she kissed Stef goodbye in the morning.
Lena had never wanted to date a cop, let alone move in with and adopt children with but Stef was persistent. Lena had also told herself that she had never wanted to be in a relationship with someone who was married, and someone who was straight. Again, Stef had been persistent and Lena had fallen in love with the blonde.
And now that beautiful blonde Lena loved so much had been shot and was here somewhere fighting for her life. More tears fell down her face as she slid down the corridor wall, collapsing onto the tiled floor.
"Oh Lena." She looked up and Mike stood there watching her. Lena stood quickly, wiping her eyes. Her and Mike had never really gotten along. This was the woman his wife had fallen in love with. "You're allowed to break down a little."
"Not in front of the kids." She said.
"Mariana and Jesus can't see you."
Lena choked on a sob and fresh tears fell. "Mike, what if I lose her?" She whispered.
"Lena, you can't talk like that. You're not going to lose her. We have to wait for the doctors to come and talk to us okay?"
She nodded, pulling herself together. She had already left the twins alone for too long. She wiped at tears one more time, smiled at Mike and walked back into the waiting room. Brandon would probably be here soon. She had to be strong for everyone.
"Mr. Foster?" Mike stood and Lena was close behind.
"Your wife-"
"She's my ex-wife."
"I'm her domestic partner." Lena interjected. Sometimes she hated that Stef kept Mike's last name.
"We are going to be taking Stef to the scanner to assess her but you can quickly see her before we take her." Now the nurse directed her attention to Lena.
Lena nodded and followed the nurse to the trauma room. Steph was lying on a stretcher, her clothes cut open, blood soaked towels on the floor and a breathing tube to help her breathe. "Oh god Stef" As she walked closer she could see that Stef's eyes were open. "Hey baby, I'm here. It's okay." She grabbed Stefs hand and brought it to her lips. "I love you. You're gonna be okay."
Stef struggled against the tube in her mouth. "Shh, don't talk love. This kids are okay." Lena noticed staff waiting to take Steph away for her tests. Two of them looked a little uncomfortable, had they never seen a lesbian couple before? "I'll be here when you get back okay baby? I love you." She said kissing the top of her head.
The medical staff wheeled the love of her life away from her and Lena slowly walked back to the waiting room. Brandon was there now with Callie. Lena had forgotten that Jude was staying at a friends. "How is she? Did you see her?" Brandon asked and Lena quickly pulled her son into a hug.
"I just saw her. They are taking her for some tests B so we just have to wait okay?" He nodded and looked over to Mariana and Jesus.
"This is your fault." Brandon said, walking towards the twins. "Because of you my mother is in there fighting for her life."
"Brandon-" Calli started.
"She's our mom too." Jesus said. All Lena could do was watch the scene unfold in front of her.
"After all they've done for you, you go and find your crack head mom? Maybe you should go and live with her then."
"Okay Brandon, that's enough." Lena said "Come and wait over here with me okay?" She knew this wasn't the way to handle the situation. To separate the siblings like this. She knew that Mariana and Jesus probably felt like shit and were as equally scared and worried about Stef as her and Brandon but at this moment, she couldn't bring herself to talk about them. They all sat silently and separately waiting for news on Stef.
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