Disclaimer: I don't own all saints.
A/N: Italics = their thoughts.
It was six o'clock the next night when Jo was getting prepped for surgery; Steve was staying with her and could tell she was scared, even though she tried to hide it to her best ability.
"You okay?" Steve asked concerned
Jo looked up at Steve "Yeah, I'm fine"
"You sure?" Steve asked noticing her hands shaking a bit
"Yes" Jo said sternly
"Then why are your hands shaking?" He asked sarcastically. Jo just rolled her eyes and glared at Steve as he stood beside her.
"Make sure Lacie's okay first, please?" Jo asked
"Jo, you'll be out before her. I'll stay with you, Jay will be with Lacie" Steve explained to Jo
Jo nodded her head and began to be rolled out; thoughts were running through her mind. She had never had surgery before and for the first time she actually was frightened. They rolled her into the operating theatre where there was a doctor waiting to put her under. Mike walked in, all scrubbed up. Jo looked confused as to why Mike was in the theatre.
He walked over to her "Hey" he said smiling
"Why are you in here?" She asked confused
"You think I'm going to let Dr Freyt do surgery on you?" he asked laughing. "I'm sure you don't want a huge scar and you want to be able to get up tomorrow, am I right?" he added asking
"Yeah" Jo tried to smile.
"We ready?" Mike asked the anaesthetist
"Yeah" replied the anaesthetist. "I want you to just relax and count backwards for me" he explained to Jo as he placed the mask across her mouth and nose.
Jo started to count backwards in her head, slowly she felt weaker and weaker and her eyes started closing against her will. After a few minutes she was finally under and Mike started her surgery.
3 HOURS LATER
Jo's surgery was finished and Mike was washing his hands. He knew that Jo would have wanted him to do Lacie's surgery but he wasn't allowed to. He walked out and down to Jo's room. He was greeted by Steve who was sitting beside the hospital bed.
"How'd it go?" He asked looking up at Mike
"Yeah good. She should be up and walking tomorrow" Mike said
"That's great. How did you manage to be able to do her surgery?" Steve asked confused
"Just had a little chat with the board." Mike explained not wanting to go into details
He walked out and left Steve and Jo alone and headed to catch up on paper work, he would need to come back to Jo a few more hours later to check her incision.
Jo's hand shifted which alerted Steve she was waking up. He got up and stood beside her bed, gently stroking her forehead to make her feel comfortable and to calm her. She moaned as the pain and aching from the surgery was pretty severe. "Hey" Steve said smiling
"Steve?" She asked, her eyes still closed from the bright lights above her that made her head ache
"Yeah, it's me" Steve said still gently caressing her hair. "You've been in surgery for three hours. You're still a bit out of it" he explained to her
"Lace?" she asked softly
"She's in surgery, they're going to call me as soon as it's finished" Steve told her. Jo nodded and tried to re-open her eyes, finally she was able to see. She saw Steve beside her smiling. "How do you feel?" he asked concerned
"Sore, everything hurts" Jo moaned as she tried to sit up but was unable too
"Hey" Steve said gently pushing her back down again "Take it easy, you've only just come out of surgery" he added concerned. A nurse walked in minutes later and opened up the blood test kit that was beside her.
"We just have to do a blood test and give you a few shots to make sure you won't get any clots" The nurse explained
"Ok" Jo said quietly. She was starting to get worried, she'd never told anyone but she had a phobia of getting needles or blood tests. She also had built up a fainting complication to having blood tests done which she never told anyone either. The nurse began to place a small band around the top of her arm to show her veins, her BP started to raise as the nurse got ready to start.
"I'm just about to start" The nurse said before she placed the needle into Jo's vein. She instantly felt sick and then flopped to the side of the bed her eyes shut.
"Jo" Steve said concerned as he tried to wake her up "Open your eyes up for me Jo" he added shaking her shoulders. The nurse continued on taking blood and filling up the small tubes.
A few minutes later Jo began to re-open her eyes, it was sort of blurry but she could make out who was beside her. "I passed out, didn't I?" Jo asked embarrassed
"Yeah" Steve said smiling
Jo sighed and tilted her head back further on the pillow, "It always happens to me"
"Why didn't you tell me?" Steve asked concerned
"Because, it's embarrassing" Jo said
"It's fine. The nurse did your shots while you were out to it too" Steve told her
"Okay" Jo said
"Why don't you get some sleep, it's late" Steve told Jo
"No, I want to wait for Lacie to wake up" Jo said
"That could be till later, plus she won't be awake for long because they'll dose her up on pain medication" Steve explained. "Just rest and go to sleep, I'll be here if anything happens and I'll wake you up straight away" he added
"Okay…Thanks Steve" Jo said before she closed her eyes and began to fall asleep.
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