The drive to the hospital was quiet, Karen and Derek were both consumed in thoughts of Ivy. It was a pleasant silence though, they felt comfortable in the quiet that they shared. Once they got up to 'Boston Medical' they parked the car and rushed in still holding hands. Derek spoke first, running up to the front desk
"We're here for Ivy Lynn," he practically yelled at the nurse.
"Are you family?" the startled woman asked, she was obviously new to the hospital and wasn't quite used to answering to frantic directors.
Karen picked up on this and squeezed Derek's hand lightly before taking over. "Yes, I'm her sister." she whispered to the nurse. She figured a little white lie wouldn't hurt considering the situation.
"Oh in that case, she's in surgery but the rest of your family is in the waiting room, I'll take you to them." the nurse said, dodging Derek's hard gaze but smiling slightly at Karen.
The couple followed the nurse to the waiting area where they saw Tom, Sam, Julia and Eileen waiting seated together.
"I'll have the doctor come in to give you an update," the nurse said to Karen. Earning nods from everyone.
"What happened, Tom?" Derek asked, letting go of Karen and sitting next to the sobbing composer.
"I don't know, they haven't told me anything- I walked into the dressing room after the show to look for her and I saw her on the floor with a container of pills in her hand.." he said lowly so that other people in the waiting room wouldn't hear. Karen was next to Julia across from Tom and Derek, and upon hearing what had taken place with Ivy she burst into tears.
"This is all my fault.." she sobbed into Julia who held her close.
"Honey, none of this is your fault. You did nothing wrong, we should have known that there was something wrong with Ivy…" Julia said trying to calm her down, when that didn't work she simply hugged her and soothingly rubbed her back.
Derek hadn't noticed what was happening until he saw Julia hugging Karen, her back was shaking with tears. Instantly he came to her side and took her into his lap.
"Oh darling, what's wrong?" he asked wrapping his arms around her tiny frame.
"It's my fault D-Derek, I took Marilyn from her and now you.." she cried into his shoulder. "I'm a monster." she continued shaking her head.
"Sweetheart you did absolutely nothing wrong. She didn't get the part because she wasn't as good as you, and you can't take something that she never had, love. It's not possible. If anything she borrowed me from you because from where I see it, I've always been yours Karen Cartwright."
Derek's little speech had everyone else in the little group in awe, Karen Cartwright had done the inevitable- she'd melted the heart of the Darklord.
"Karen you've done what I've been trying to do for 10 years in one performance. It's incredible." Eileen exclaimed, voicing what everyone else was thinking.
Derek sent daggers to everyone else in the room but softened at the sight of Karen wrapping her arms around his neck and wresting her head on his chest. He came to the conclusion that he had everything that he could possibly need right there in his arms. He was completely in love with the gorgeous brunette and once this was over he intended on showing her just how much he loved her in as many ways as he could.
Derek's thoughts were interrupted by the sudden appearance of the doctor.
"Are you all family?" he asked, in disbelief.
"I'm her brother." Tom stated, everyone had their best poker faces on for the obvious lie that he had just told knowing that this was the only way they would be able to get some information on what was happening to Ivy. The doctor hesitantly nodded and started his report.
"Well, your sister had taken a very large amount of Alprazolam when you found her, when you found her the drugs had already been administered into her system so the ENT's were forced to pump her stomach. Most of it was retrieved but damage may have still been done to her internal organs, she's out of surgery and recovering but with the amount that she took, we are going to have to prescribe Ms. Lynn with a few months of rehab. We'd also like to keep her in for a few days to monitor her."
Everyone was taken back, they knew that Ivy had been taking something for her anxiety- especially with her mother being in town just before they left for Boston but they never thought that she would go this far. Tom broke the silence;
"C-Can we see her?" he asked, nervously holding Karen's hand. They were all standing up in a big group surrounding the doctor.
"Yes, you can. She's in room 346" the doctor stated. "Once you've seen her though, we're going to have to discuss your sister's rehabilitation plans." he added, looking at Tom.
Tom nodded and the group made their way to the room where Ms. Lynn was recovering. The room was small, the only furniture in it was a small sofa and a hospital bed, and there in the center of the whole room was Ivy- hooked up to a million different machines that monitored everything.
"Well if it isn't the bitch who stole my part and the director she loves.." Ivy whispered angrily.
AN:I wonder what the angry little blonde is gonna try to pull on Karen in the next chapter. Is Derek going to let her hurt his star? I hope you guys liked the chapter, not much happened but it's more of a filler for the next one and a few fluffy moments with Derek and Karen. Let me know what you think, and also what you want to see more of in the story! I've been loving reading the reviews from the first two chapters :)
