Second chapter! Yay! I hope you like it! Let me know!
The next morning George picked Elaina up early and drove to the restaurant. They were sitting at the table eating their food when George spoke up,
"Lanie," he started, she looked at him expectantly,
"Yeah daddy?" George sighed,
"You know how sometimes mommy or daddy have to go on trips to other places and you stay here?" Elaina nodded, "Well I'm leaving soon to go on a long trip."
"Where ya goin?" she asked curiously.
"I'm going to be a doctor in another country," he said. He did not want to ruin his daughter's innocent view on the world with explanations of war.
"Why?"
"Because they need doctors there. There are lots of sick people who need help, so I'm going to go and help them."
"Oh. Are you gonna be home soon?"
"No baby, you probably won't see me for a long time." George continued explaining to his daughter why he would be gone for so long. Eventually she accepted it, even though she told him she would miss him very very very much. But George promised to come home as soon as he could. They eventually made their way out of the restaurant and to the hospital. George was driving through an intersection when a truck ran a red light and crashed into the driver's side of his car. The car flipped several times before landing on its roof.
For a moment there was silence, it was as if the world had stopped. Then chaos erupted. Elaina cried in the back seat, terrified about what had just happened. George lay still, not moving at all. Several people who had witnessed the accident rushed in to help. One person called 911 while another ran over to the car and began talking to Elaina, who continued to cry. Five minutes later the ambulances arrived and they started pulling them out of the car. Elaina cried for George, wanting him to wake up and tell her that she was ok, but the paramedics quickly loaded her into the back of an ambulance and left the scene. Within ten minutes they had arrived at Seattle Grace Hospital and were met outside by Arizona Robbins. As soon as she saw who was in the ambulance she had Callie paged. Elaina had cried loudly the whole way but calmed down slightly when she saw Arizona standing next to her,
"Hey baby girl, you're gonna be ok," Arizona said, reassuring the terrified child.
"Daddy?" the young girl chocked out.
"He'll be here soon sweetie," Arizona said as she rolled the gurney inside, not having any idea of the condition George O'Malley was in. Callie practically flew into the ER when Arizona had paged her that Elaina was hurt. She charged into the room and instantly demanded to know what was wrong with her baby as she moved to stand next to her.
"Mommy!" The five year old cried.
"It's ok mi'ja, you're ok. What hurts?"
"My arm and my tummy hurts too. Can you make it stop?"
"We're gonna fix you right up Lanie," Arizona promised, "but right now we gotta go take some pictures of your belly to figure out what's wrong, ok?" Elaina nodded and they wheeled her upstairs. Twenty minutes later Elaina was being prepped for surgery; they had found some internal bleeding and wanted to stop it before it got worse.
"Is it gonna hurt momma?" Elaina asked, scared.
"No Lanie, you're going to be asleep. You won't feel anything, ok. Arizona is going to take good care of you while you're in there and I'm going to go find daddy, ok?" Elaina nodded and Callie leaned down and gave her a kiss, "Te amo mi'ja."
"Te amo mama," Elaina said as she was wheeled away from Callie. Callie stood still for a second, crying a little, before rushing back to the ER, hoping to find George and ask him what happened. When she arrived she was greeted with more chaos.
"What's going on?" She asked the first person she saw, who happened to be Bailey.
"O'Malley," was all she said. Callie followed her to a room and was shocked. George lay in the hospital bed, hooked up to multiple wires and machines. His eyes were closed and he was not breathing on his own. Callie froze, what had happened, she wondered, that had caused this.
"What's wrong with him?" She asked Bailey. Even though she fought with George constantly no one deserved to be hurt like this. Miranda Bailey sighed,
"We should go sit down." Callie knew that this was doctor code for telling a family that their loved one would not make it,
"No! Tell me right now!" she said, close to hysterical. Bailey sighed; this was hard for her, even if she wouldn't admit it out loud,
"A truck ran a red light, hit their car. He's got major injures Callie. Massive internal bleeding, dozens of broken bones, multiple head injuries," she passed for a moment, trying to keep herself together, this was always the hardest part, "there is a good chance he won't make it through the night."
Callie sat there in shock. How had this happened? Why had this happened? She couldn't make sense of anything and didn't realize that tears were streaming down her face. This was too much for her to handle. Her ex-husband was going to die and her daughter was in surgery. She didn't know how to handle this so she just sat there and cried. She was vaguely aware of someone wrapping their arms around her, but she paid no attention to who it was. There were only two people she wanted to be with right now and they were both in OR three. After a while longer she pulled herself together a little more, enough to realize that Mark Sloane had been holding her the whole time. She looked at him, wondering when he got there.
"Elaina's out of surgery. She did great," he said as soon as she looked at him, knowing she needed some good news right now.
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" She asked accusingly.
"You fell asleep Callie. You've been out for three hours." Callie sat up straight.
"How's George?"
"He's holding on somehow. No one can really figure out why." Callie sighed,
"What do I do Mark? My daughter is waiting for me upstairs, probably wondering where her daddy is. And I have to go up there and tell her that he is going to die," Callie began to cry again and Mark just held her comfortingly.
"Hey, for now, just go see your daughter. Robins has stayed with her the whole time by the way. Hasn't left her side." Callie smiled, knowing how much Arizona loved the little girl, and stood up, letting Mark lead her to the Peads floor. When she walked into her daughter's room Arizona was laying on Elaina's bed, Elaina curled into her side and holding tightly onto Arizona's scrubs.
"Momma!" She cried when Callie entered the room. Callie walked over and Arizona let her take her place next to Elaina.
"Hey baby girl, how are you feeling?"
"Ok. Mommy, where's daddy?" Callie sighed, not sure what to tell her daughter,
"He's downstairs darling,"
"Isn't he going to come visit me?" she asked. Callie looked at Arizona,
"She doesn't remember the accident," Arizona told Callie who nodded in response. Callie turned to Elaina,
"Daddy can't come visit you right now Lanie." The little girl looked crestfallen,
"Why not?" She asked tearfully.
"Because he got hurt. Just like you did."
"Is Zona gonna do surg'ry on him too?" she asked innocently.
"No, Arizona is a kid doctor, not a daddy doctor."
"Oh. Well when is he going to be better?" she asked. Callie decided now was not the best time to tell her child that her father was going to die,
"I don't know Lanie. I'm going to go talk to Arizona outside, you get some sleep ok," Elaina nodded and quickly fell asleep before Callie had even gotten up. Arizona followed her into the hall and immediately pulled her into a hug. They stayed in the hug, silently, for several minutes before Callie pulled back, tears running down her face,
"George was hurt really bad. He's not going to make it," Callie explained to Arizona.
"Oh Calliope, I'm so sorry," Arizona said empathetically.
"I just don't know how to tell Elaina. She's going to be heartbroken. What's with her not remembering the accident? Is she ok?" Callie asked worriedly.
"She's fine. I had Shepard check out her CT scans, but he didn't find anything wrong. It's just one of those things where she doesn't remember." Callie nodded, grateful that her daughter was not about to join her ex-husband.
The next morning Callie sat in Elaina's room, waiting for her to wake up. She needed to tell her daughter about George. A few minutes later Elaina began to wake up,
"Good morning Mi'ja," Callie said to her sleepy daughter.
"Morning momma. Is daddy gonna come see me today?" Callie sighed and moved onto the bed, pulling her daughter into her arms,
"Lanie, you know how God lives in heaven with Jesus and all of their friends?" Callie asked, not sure how to tell her daughter. Elaina nodded,
"Yepp. You said that if I'm real good that one day a long long time from now I can go visit him. He's magic right?" Callie smiled slightly,
"Yepp, he's magic. But sometimes, God needs people from earth, to go help him in heaven."
"Why does he do that?"
"Because God needs angels to help him watch over everyone here. The angels watch over the people and help keep them safe."
"Oh, ok. Do we have an angel?" she asked innocently. Callie felt the tears in her eyes but blinked them away.
"We will soon mi'ja. God asked daddy to go help him in heaven. He wants daddy to be an angel." Elaina looked distraught,
"Is daddy gonna come back after he helps God?" she asked.
"No sweetheart. Daddy has to stay with God after he becomes an angel."
"Well then I don't want daddy to be an angel. I want him to stay with me!" Elaina had started to cry over the fact that her daddy wouldn't be there anymore. If he was with God then he wouldn't be able to tuck her in or kiss her goodnight, take her to the park on Sundays or take her swimming. She didn't want him to leave her.
"I want him to stay too Lanie. But sometimes we don't get a choice about who God takes away from us. And it is sad, but we have to remember that daddy will be happy in heaven." Elaina thought about it,
"Will he get sick in heaven?" she asked.
"Nope. In heaven everyone is healthy and happy."
"But how can daddy be happy if he isn't with me?" Callie's heart broke even more, if possible. George had always told Elaina that she was the happiest thing in his life and he loved her more than anything. Callie took a deep breath,
"Well even though we won't get to see daddy anymore he will still be able to see us. He can sit on a cloud up in heaven and watch us down here on earth. And since he will always be able to see you he will always be happy."
"Does his body go to heaven?"
"No. His body stays here and his spirit goes up to heaven."
"What's a spirit?"
"A spirit is the thing that lives in a human while they're on earth and then goes to heaven."
"Oh. Did daddy's spirit leave already?" she asked worriedly.
"No, I think it's still here."
"Can I say goodbye before he leaves?" she asked innocently, still crying a little. Callie smiled,
"Of course baby girl. I'll get you a wheel chair." Callie left Elaina in the bed and walked into the hallway, leaning against the wall.
"How'd it go?" Arizona asked, putting her hand on Callie's arm. Callie sighed,
"The hardest thing in the world is explaining to your five year old why her daddy won't be able to tuck her in at night. She wants to say goodbye, before his spirit leaves." A few more tears escaped, "She's just a little girl. She shouldn't have to lose her dad this young."
"Do you want me to go with you guys?" Arizona asked, hugging Callie.
"That would be great." Arizona nodded and got a wheel chair, wheeling it into Elaina's room,
"Ready to go?" Arizona asked. Elaina nodded and let Callie lift her into the wheelchair. Callie kneeled in front of her,
"Elaina, look at me," Callie wanted to make sure the little girl was listening, "Daddy might not look like he always does ok. His face is going to look different and he's going to be hooked up to a lot of machines. It might be scary, but he is still your daddy ok?"
"Ok momma." The trio made their way to the surgical floor and into the hallway where George's room was. When they got there Meredith, Izzie, Christina, and Alex were in the room saying their goodbyes. They looked up when they entered,
"How is he?" Callie asked, hoping for a change for the better. Meredith shook her head,
"It's only a matter of minutes at this point," She said tearfully. They all backed away to the wall, wanting to give Elaina privacy with her daughter but not wanting to leave their friend. Callie pushed Elaina to the bed then picked her up onto it. Elaina carefully sat next to her father,
"Momma says you gots to go be wif God. I don't want you to go, but she says you have to. But I'll miss you daddy! I wish you could stay wif me. But momma says that you'll be happy wif God in heaven." George's monitors started to beep, causing everyone to look at them.
"Tell daddy you love him Lanie," Callie said. Elaina frowned and leaned up to his face,
"I love you daddy," she said, giving him a soft kiss on the check. There was not a dry eye in the room as they watched the little girl kiss her daddy goodbye. Callie picked her up and carried her out of the room, not wanting the wild beeping of the machines to scare the little girl. Elaina looked at Callie,
"Momma? Is daddy in heaven?" she asked while crying. Callie nodded,
"Yeah sweetie, Daddy's in heaven." Elaina laid her head on Callie's shoulder, burying her face in her neck and cried. Callie held her daughter tightly, crying along with her.
Sorry if it was sad, it will get happier soon…I think. Who knows, I'm making this one up as I go along so I don't know what's going to happen next, whether it be happy or sad. Guess we will find out soon. Review please and let me know what you think!