So im trying to play this right and make it believable. So lets hope i pull it off!
Disclaimer: Not mine, but one can always dream.
"What've we got?" The doctor quickly asked as he got to the girl on the gurney.
"Female, 18, car accident, broken leg, pierced shoulder, and head injury." The nurse assessed the doctor, bringing him up to speed.
"BP?" The doctor asked, taking in the girls overall appearance and looking over her other injuries.
"110/ 70 and dropping." The nurse said, while positioning herself to left the girl up to switch her over to the operating table.
"Okay, let's get an X-ray of her head, see if she has a concussion or not, and let get inside that shoulder, she's losing too much blood." The doctor said as he made his way about fixing her shoulder.
"Okay, looks like she didn't pierce her artery, so let's get that shard of glass out and get her patched up."
The team of nurses and the surgeon went about fixing the girl, setting her broken left leg, and leaving her to recover. The surgeon looked back down at the girl.
I swear I've seen her some where. He thought to himself. "What's the girl's name?" He asked to no one in particular with a very puzzled look on his face.
"Uhh..." The nurse in the corner of the room began over the sound of flipping papers, "Alexis Castle."
"Uhhh, okay. I'll go let the family know."
"Mother?! Where is she!" Castle began as he frantically looked around for anyone who looked like they were in charge.
"Oh, Richard!" Martha said, getting up on unsteady legs and outstretched arms.
"Mother, what happened! Where is she!" He said, pulling back with a fierce look on his face.
Martha chocked back a sob, and began to regale. "Oh, this is all my fault. If I had just..." She ended with yet another sob and clutched her jeweled fingers in his jacket.
"Mom, what happened?" He commanded more calmly.
With a shaky sigh to steady herself, she tried once more. "We were driving back when we stopped to get gas and some coffee at a gas station, and Alexis offered to drive the rest of the way so I could get some sleep, because I was up all night worrying about you because you sent us away so suddenly, and my mind just went crazy because you wouldn't tell me anything so I was frantic and..."
"Mother," tightening his grip on her small shoulders, "what...happened!"
"We were going across and intersection when a cab ran a red light and hit the front end of the car and we went spinning. The next thing I knew I woke up on a hospital bed and a nurse who wouldn't tell me a damn thing!" She finished, reverting her gaze over to the desk and raising her voice to make sure that at least some one heard her.
"Oh, Richard, I'm so sorry! If I'd only been driving none of this would have happened!" She said wrapping her arms around her sons' strong torso.
"Actually, with the force the cab hit your car, you probably would have been killed." The doctor said, rounding the corner just a few feet away. "Castle?"
Castle looked up and immediately had a whole slew of questions but only one could form. "Josh?"
"Hey, your daughter just got out of surgery." he said with a content look on his face.
"And? Is she alright?" He said, the look of utter shock evident on his face.
"She's going to be fine. She broke her left leg in two places, and a piece of glass from one of the mirrors got lodged in her shoulder, but missed her artery. The thing you should be worried about is her head."
He said, giving him the straight facts and deciding that it wasn't a good idea to sugar coat it.
With a quick lift of his eye brow, Josh took it as an indication to continue. "She has a pretty serious concussion and some slight whiplash. She's going to be fine, but she will be out for a while."
"When can I see her?" Came his immediate response, wanting to see the face of his little girl as soon as possible to make sure she was still part of this world.
"As soon as we get her settled and into a room. I'll let you know as soon as possible." He said and turned around to go down the long corridor once more.
After ten minutes passed, Castle still clung to his mother with silent tears running down her face, while Martha made hers a little louder. "What did he mean that I would have been killed if I were driving?" Martha asked.
"He meant that if you had been driving the car, Martha, than the side air bags wouldn't have cushioned the blow your head took and it would have snapped your neck." Beckett said coming around to sit behind her and put her hand on her shoulder.
She ran behind him, leaving only a foot or two between them. When she saw Martha as they rounded the last corner of the blank, white hall ways, she slowed down as Castle continuted to run. Hearing him ask his mother what had happened, and hearing her start blaming herself right off the bat, she suddenly felt as if she was intruding. She then decided to walk over to the nurses desk and ask in her own way.
"There was a girl brought in here 20 minutes ago, name is Alexis Castle. I need to know her condition." She said boldly while deciding to flash her badge, hoping it would have the desired affect.
The nurse looked up from her computer screen only to see the gold sheen of a police badge and her face when visibly pale and she started to stutter and then went about frantically typing. "All I can tell you is that she came in from a car crash, that's all I know so far. I'm sorry." With a impatient sigh, Beckett turned on a heel and walked back to the last place she saw Castle and his mother, only to see her now ex-boyfriend facing Castle. Seeing Castle nod and then Josh turn around to quickly make his way back the way he came, all she could think was how grateful she was Josh had come back to work, instead of letting his shift go lightly manned.
On his way back, she saw him see her and turn towards her with a puzzled look on his face and spoke, "Kate? What are you doing here?"
"I came with Castle. How is she, really?" She asked with a saddened tone.
"She's stable, we just got her out of surgery. It's lucky she was driving." He said, hoping the statement would finish itself. "What do you mean?" Kate asked in a more curious tone.
"Well, if Castle's mother had been driving, instead of his daughter, with her age, and her bone being more frail, with out the side air bag to cushion her blow, her neck would have snapped." Josh said, not wanting to sound as if he wanted to operate on a girl Alexis' age.
"Oh, well, how is Alexis?" She said, getting back to the point.
"Like I said, she's stable. She has a broken leg and needed a some stitches in her head and shoulder, and she has a pretty bad concussion and her neck will be sore for a while. But she's alright and getting the settled into a room now." Josh said, sounding just like he did with Castle.
"Thank you." She said warmly and reached out to him to place a hand on his arm.
"It's what I do, Kate." With that, he walked off.
She then looked around to find her partner and his mother and found them sitting down in a set of chairs near by and holding each other, with Castle running his hand up and down his mothers back that was now moving up and down in sudden and jerky movements, which she could only guess indicated that she was crying. Not wanting to interrupt, she went off to get them some water, knowing coffee or anything that had flavor wouldn't be helpful. Coming back, She heard Martha ask and she quickly responded.
"He meant that if you had been driving the car, Martha, than the side air bags wouldn't have cushioned the blow your head took and it would have snapped your neck." She said, deciding that placing a hand on her shoulder wasn't crossing any line. When she didn't respond, Castle looked up and sadly smiled and said in a breathy voice, "Thank you."
Eyes not faltering from his blue ones she spoke firmly. "Always."
"Family of Alexis Castle?" The nurse spoke, leaning around the corner. When their gaze was set to her, she went on. "You can see her now."
A/N: Like I said, let me know if this is believable. When ever someone writes a fic like this and has them either just started to come together, or when they are on other sides of the world, its always one of them that is in an accident of some sort, and its always alexis who either hates the other person for getting them into this or is the one who seeks comfort in the other. So I decided to take another route. I hope you like it!
As always, please review!
