Chapter 7: SPASM

Maya's POV

I wake up with a start to a sudden pain at the base of my back. I grip Deekes' hand tighter. I feel his arm flinch in shock and he shoots up in his chair. I let out a whimper as the pain doesn't ease. The whimper quickly turns into a sob as the intensity increases.

"Maya what's wrong?" Deekes asks frantically. He puts his right on my check trying to comfort me but it doesn't help. I cling to his left hand tighter.

"My bac…" But I don't get to finish as another wave of pain hits me but this time it my legs. I let out a small cry and tighten my grip on Deekes.

"Help!" He yells. I flinch away from the sound but keep my grip on his hand. "There's something wrong."

Suddenly the room floods with light and I squeeze my eyes shut. Deekes strokes my hair trying to calm me down and all I do is hold him tighter. I hear movement behind me and come in front of me. Deekes releases my hand as soon as a nurse tells him to move. I unwillingly let go and grab the bed barrier instead.

"Go and find Dr Cuddy!" I hear a voice tell him.

Barely a minute goes by before I hear Cuddy and Dr Foreman rush into the room. I hear movement in front of me and someone grabbing my arms gently making me release the side of the bed.

"Maya, sweetheart, look at me," I hear Cuddy say. I open my eyes and squint at her, the light hurting my head. "Can you tell where it hurts?"

"My lower back and… ugh… and my right leg," I say trying to maintain eye contact with her.

"On a scale of one to ten how bad is the pain?"

"Eight."

"Really?" She questions with a sceptic look.

"I've had worse," I smirk. It was true. I have had worse. The pain after the car accident.

I feel someone open the back of my hospital gown and hear the sound of someone putting gloves on.

"The rash has spread to her back." It's Foreman.

I feel him press lightly on the base of my back and I flinch away. He does the same to my leg and my reaction is similar.

"Muscles in her right leg and lower back have went into a spasm," I hear Forman say. "If we inject the affected muscles with a muscle relaxant it should ease the pain. It won't take all the pain away but it'll ease it. Now Maya you'll feel a small prick but other than that it won't hurt a bit."

I give a quick nod and try to stay calm. I hear some rustling behind me and something wet being spread on my back and leg. I stay focused on Cuddy and wince as I feel a prick on my back but I relax almost instantly as my back muscles release. The pain is still there but I no longer feel like my back is on fire. The same happens with my leg and I start to breathe properly for the first time in minutes.

"Feeling better?" Cuddy asks.

"Yes thank you," I reply.

"The nurses are going to change the sheets as they are still wet from the cooling," Cuddy says. "That means we're going to have to put you in a wheelchair briefly. However because of the muscle relaxant, your back and right leg will be hard to move. Also due to your back it'll be hard to put weight on your left leg. So we're going to have to lift you. We can get a nurse or Cameron to help. Or if you have someone you would prefer…"

"Deekes," I say. Cuddy looks slightly surprised at my choice so I quickly explain. "Deekes is a football player. I've seen him tackle a one hundred and eighty pound guy taller than him to the ground. He can lift me easily. If Aunt Ali tried that she'd break herself. Yeah I'm smaller than her but not by much. It's logic…"

"No need to explain yourself. I understand," She smirks.

I stare at her for a second then twig. "No, I don't like him. I mean I like him but I don't like him."

"If you say so," She says with a smirk. I hide my face slightly, blushing. "Mr Harper, can you come in here for a second? We need your help with something."

I hear Deekes walk in and come round the side Cuddy is standing on.

"How can I help?" He smiles.

"We had to give Maya a muscle relaxant in her back and right leg. She needs to be moved however so the nurses can change her sheets. She can't walk properly at the moment so we were wondering if you could lift her from the bed to the wheelchair. If you don't mind that is?"

Deekes looks surprised for a second and then he quickly responds. "Of course."

He carefully comes closer to the bed as Cuddy pulls down the bed guard. Deekes gently puts his left arm under my legs and his right arm around my back. He's as gentle as possible and I have to remind myself he's doing this because he has to.

"Now Speedy, tell me if I'm hurting you," He says as he lifts me and I smirk at his nickname. "Where's the wheelchair?"

"Right here," Cuddy says as she pulls the chair closer.

Deekes sets me down gently and taps my shoulder. I look up and see Aunt Ali in the door smirking at me. I feel myself going red and hide my face in my hair. I was feeling tired again and despite the pain I was feeling I just wanted to sleep. My head drops forward slightly and I jerk it back up again before I drift off.

"Maya, I need you to stay awake for a while longer please," Cuddy says taking the thermometer off the wall. "I just need to check your temperature again. Once I'm finished you can go to sleep. Even if you're still in the chair. "

I nod and open my mouth for the test. She doesn't take long and she actually smiles at the result. Finally, some good news.

"Well your temperature is now at ninety-nine which is lower than it was half an hour ago," She smiles.

I was having difficulty concentrating on her and my head drops forward again. This time she doesn't try to stop me and pushes me back into the chair to make sure I don't fall out. I was afraid to go to sleep properly but I knew I had to. I just hope I fall into dreamless one.