Fifteen year old, Emily Hanna sat on her bed, strumming out the chords to 'Radioactive' by Imagine Dragons on her brand new guitar that Zoe had bought her when her iPhone buzzed, flashing up that her mum was calling her. Emily placed down her guitar and picked up her phone, pressing the accept button.
"Hey?" Emily said, wondering why her mum was phoning her when she was supposed to be driving home.
"Hey, Emily, I'm really sorry darling but I have to stay and work late for a while, the ED's full to bursting – there was an RTC..." Zoe said.
"What the hell? You've stayed late every night for the last week, you're hardly ever home anymore!" Emily shouted down the phone, annoyed at her mum. All she wanted was to tell her mum about school, and about her friends and all of the things that happened in her day like any normal kid in her class.
"Look, Em, I'm sorry I've got to go..." Zoe said as she saw Jeff and Dixie take in another patient through the double doors. Emily hung up the phone, annoyed, before pulling on some shoes, grabbing her bag and walking out of the house, ignoring shouts from her 17 year old brother, Luke.
Meanwhile, in Holby City ED, Zoe looked stressed.
"You alright?" Ash asked Zoe, worried about his colleague. They'd been getting closer over the summer, and Ash was planning to ask her out for dinner. He'd developed 'feelings' for her ever since Linda and him had played a joke on Zoe before the summer.
"It's just Emily in another mood, she'll get over it in a bit..." Zoe said, feeling her phone buzz in her pocket, ignoring it as she assessed the patient.
"Can you get that for me, Jamie? And Fletch, can you get me a full head and neck CT along with chest x-rays?" Zoe said as she did her best to save the patient as Jamie put Zoe's phone up to his ear.
"Hi, it's staff nurse Collier from Holby City ED, Dr Hanna's busy right now." Jamie said.
"Jamie? It's Emily, she's just ran off and she looked upset – I don't know where she's gone and she won't answer her phone!" Luke said, his voice laced in worry.
"Okay, don't worry... I'll get your mum to phone you back in a few minutes, okay?" Jamie said before reassuring Luke and hanging up.
"What is it?" Zoe asked, seeing Jamie's worried expression.
"Emily's run off, Luke sounded well worried." Jamie said. Zoe looked blank for a moment before running out of resus, her heels clicking on the floor.
"Sam, there's a patient in resus – Andy Walker, he's your patient now." Zoe said hurriedly.
"Wait, what? I'm in triage with Robyn and Lily today... Zoe, wait!" Sam tried to find out what was wrong but her boss had already run into the staffroom. She called Luke back, pacing around nervously as the phone rang.
"Luke? What's happened?!" Zoe asked, still pacing about the small room.
"I don't know, she just stormed out of her room and slammed the door... She's not answering her phone either." Luke said, on the brink of tears.
"Oh god I knew I should've just come home..." Zoe said, sighing before bursting into tears. "Wait an hour, and if she's not home, phone the police... I'll try and get off as soon as possible." Zoe said, drying her eyes and walking back into the ED.
Emily's P.O.V
I ran as fast as I could, not really knowing where I was going, until I reached the deserted skate park. It was too windy for anybody that wasn't stupid to come and ride in the park and I sat myself down on a bench, shivering in the cold wind. I pulled my white 'Beats' headphones from my bag and took out my phone, putting my music on shuffle. I noticed I had twelve missed calls and several texts, but instead of answering them, I put my music up and shoved my hood up as it was starting to rain. I rummaged through my bag, and pulled out the small, shiny blade when I found it. I rolled up my sleeve, revealing a multitude of scars and cuts, some small, some big, some faint, and some deep. I made another cut near the base of my wrist, pushing deep and biting my lip as pain seared through my wrist. I watched as the crimson liquid poured out of my thin wrist, feeling dizzier and dizzier every second before everything went black.
Jamie's P.O.V
I walked out of the ED, shivering in the cold rain and decided to take the shortcut home. It had been a hard shift, with the RTC and then Zoe stressing out on me and I couldn't wait to get home and have a cup of tea and watch Eastenders with me and Robyn's cat, Olly, curled up on my lap. As I exited the small forest into the skate park that were only a two minute walk back to mine, I spotted a small, slim figure laying unconscious on a bench and ran over. On closer inspection, I clearly saw it was Emily, Zoe's daughter with a large cut on her right wrist. I quickly put pressure on it, trying to get a response.
"Emily... Emily, can you open your eyes for me?" I said loudly, pulling my phone out of my pocket and dialling 999. "Hi, erm, I've found a girl unconscious in the skate park by Leighton Drive. Her name's Emily Hanna, she has a weak pulse, a large laceration to her wrist and a GCS of nine... Thanks." I said, before hanging up, keeping pressure on the deep cut on her wrist. I spotted all of the other marks and cuts on her wrist and realised she must self harm. I shook my head, tears in my eyes, because I knew she must have been going through complete hell for the last few months.
I breathed a sigh of relief as I head the familiar sound of the ambulance sirens and watched as Uncle Jeff and Norman climbed out.
"Jeff, Norman, she's bleeding out!"
A/N – Hope you enjoyed that chapter, the next one will be out in a few days... Sorry for leaving you on a cliffhanger but the chapter would've gone on forever. Please review!
