I've seriously not been well this week so this is the best I can managed.
Luc sat on a rather cold bench outside the hospital, he could only take so much of the sympathetic glances and gossiping nurses. The woman he loved was in surgery for the second time. He knew she was in the best hands, he trusted those surgeons but he felt so helpless. One thing Luc Hemingway hated was not being able to help. It was a natural instinct, one that drove him to a career in medicine.
He was pulled out of his thoughts by Sasha Levy who was now walking towards him, coffee in hand.
"She's going to be fine" he smiled as he handed him the coffee. Luc nodded though in his head he was going through every possible case of things going wrong after surgery.
"Can I see her?" he asked.
"Sure but only for a little while" Sasha had to smirk, if anyone had said the fiery nurse and strange doctor would become a couple he would have laughed, hard. There was lots of gossip about the pair but Sasha knew in a few days the nurses would have forgotten all about them. The two of them walked through the doors and into the elevator. Once on the ward Sasha pointed him in the direction where Eddi was, it was not normal for a post-op patient to be down there but Hansen had cleared it. Luc was grateful; he could see Eddi outside of visiting hours and keep an eye on her. There was no way she was getting out of hospital anytime soon!
A few members of staff dropped by to see Eddi over the next few hours but she still hadn't wakened, Luc guessed she needed the rest. He felt her fingers curl slightly around his hand.
"Eddi?" he asked.
"What happened?" she asked, more than a little confused.
"You had an infection" he told her gently.
"Oh"
"Yeah, how are you feeling?"
"Tired" she mumbled. Luc smiled and paged Sasha. It wasn't long before the happy man bounded into the room.
"Hey" he said.
"That's it? No how are you?"she asked sarcastically.
"Well, that was coming next" he smirked. He was glad she was awake and judging by her sarcasm she wasn't feeling too bad.
"Now although typically an infection doesn't take as much recovery time since you had almost no recovery time in the first place I'd like to keep you here for a week" he told her, almost fearing her reaction.
"That's funny, I thought you just said you wanted to keep me here for a week" she laughed.
"I did". Eddi's face fell, she definitely did not look happy.
"It's for your own good" Luc said firmly. Eddi just sighed in defeat, there was no arguing with these two this time.
"I better be getting back to work, not all of us have time off" Sasha told the pair before walking away.
"You took time off?" Eddi asked Luc surprised. He loved his work, to the point where it was practically his life.
"Just a couple of days, I wanted to spend time with you" he mental added and keep an eye on you too. She smiled and wrapped her thin fingers around his. Her life couldn't be more perfect. At that moment she was completely happy.
"Eddi?" a voice asked. Luc and Eddi both gasped as they recognised the owner of the voice.
"Liam? What are you doing here?" Eddi asked. Both Eddi and Luc had completely forgotten about her younger brother until that very moment.
"Well you didn't come home the other night, I guessed you were, you know" he said gesturing to Luc.
"But you never came home last night either so I got worried" he continued.
"Oh, I'm sorry Liam, we should have called you. I had appendicitis." She explained. She usually went home shortly after work and then to Luc's. She liked to check on Liam and check he hadn't wrecked her place but she felt guilty for leaving him alone.
"It's okay, I'm a big boy now Eddi. I can look after myself." He told his overprotective sister. He pulled up a chair and sat on the opposite side to Luc .Now Eddi's life was really perfect, she had everyone she needed right here. Her family and her wonderful boyfriend, she didn't need anything else. With those thoughts Eddi drifted back to a peaceful sleep, holding the hands of the two men she loved.