Chapter 9
4:00 PM
"Hey Stacy, have you moved Jennifer Jareau to her room yet?"
"Ah no, just about to Claire. Why?"
"Her girlfriend Emily Prentiss who will be staying with her went home but will be back later. I told her I would let you know, so you don't go looking for the family all over the floor".
"Thanks Claire. Um will you still be on shift when she comes back later?"
"Yea, I don't finish until the morning"
"Ok, Um I will probably finish my shift before she gets here so Jennifer Jareau will be in room 121 in the ICU, if you can show Emily the way. Janelle takes over from me, and she's not here yet, but I will let her know that she only has to do hourly checks"
"Sure no problem, see you tomorrow night"
"See you later Claire"
30 minutes later
The doctor walked into room 121 just as the nurse was finishing attaching Jennifer to all of the necessary machines.
"How's our patient looking Stacy?"
"So far very good doctor. I finish my shift now so Janelle will be Jennifer's nurse until tomorrow night"
"Ok Stacy. See you tomorrow"
The doctor finished checking Jennifer and walked out of the room, a few minutes later Janelle walked in.
"Hi Stacy"
"Hi, um this is Jennifer Jareau, the chart has already been filled in and the check for this hour done, you have to check hourly. She arrived earlier today after a motorcycle accident. Her girlfriend Emily Prentiss should be here soon, Claire will show her the way. Jennifer is the only patient I have checked for this hour"
"Ok. Go get out of here. Have a nice rest of your night and get a good night's sleep"
"Sure thing. See you tomorrow"
"So our little girl is engaged. Are you ok with that?"
"Yea"
"Paul, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, just Jenny has been my little girl for so long and as soon as she started dating Emily I knew she wasn't just ours anymore. The way they looked at each other was the same way we looked at each other. I could see the love blossoming between them. Then when they finished high school and decided to move in together in an apartment off campus and Jenny bought that bike, I was worried something would happen just like any parent when their child leaves home. Don't get me wrong, I am so happy for my little girl that she found Emily, they are the perfect couple. But sometimes I just wish she wasn't so independent and I can have my cute little girl back that I used to play soccer with and read stories to"
"I know honey, I miss that too, but we just have to except that it's now Emily that takes care of our little girl. Personally, I don't think Jenny could find a better partner than Emily and I certainly couldn't pick anyone better for her because there is no one else better out there"
"I know. Just now with them engaged, I just worry it's a bit too soon and they are moving too fast. They could have at least waited until they finished college"
"They could have sweetie, but love doesn't wait, it grows"
"I know. Honey let's go to bed. I want to go and see Jenny tomorrow"
After stripping off her clothes and stepping into the cool spray of the water from the shower head, Emily rested the back of her head against the cool tiles and let the tears roll down her face that she had desperately been trying to keep in the last few hours. The hot tear stains burned on her skin before mixing with the cool water falling down on her body. The thoughts she had been resisting to think about the whole day came crashing down on her like a ton of bricks. The tears fell harder and faster as her body fell down the wall, much like it had done earlier, until she was sitting on the floor of the shower.
"Why did this happen to Jen? What did she do to deserve this? Please god, protect and heal her"
Emily spoke out her thoughts in a hope that whoever may be listening would grant her some answers and protect her fiancé. After what seemed like only minutes but was in fact an hour and a half Emily reluctantly turned off the water and pulled herself of the floor and out of the shower. Pulling on an outfit that consisted of a blue pair of panties with a matching sports bra, some baggy grey cargo pants, blue t-shirt of Jens and her favourite black leather jacket, she moved to the hallway where she dropped her school back pack and Jens belongings before walking back in the bedroom. After pulling the ring out of the plastic bag, Emily walked over to the dresser pulling out a single silver chain. Once she threaded the chain through the ring she put it around her neck before tucking it under her top. After tipping all of the contents of her bag out onto the bed she stuffed in enough clothes for the next week, mainly consisting of cargo pants, sweat pants and t-shirts, before grabbing her tooth brush and carrying the bag to the living room. Dumping the bag on the couch, she walked to the bookshelf and grabbed the latest Kurt Vonnegut book she was reading before walking to the kitchen counter and grabbing her laptop and charger. Fitting the contents into the backpack was challenging but after finally getting the zipper closed she slung the bag over her shoulder and walked out the front door.
Emily's Prius was in the apartment garage located under the building. Normally Emily had a resistance to accepting anything her parents bought her and the money that was attached to her name she was averse to. However she needed the car and she told Jen she could drive it whenever she wants as it is hers too. If she had her way it would be a less conspicuous car but her parents wouldn't hear anything of the kind. After placing her bag on the back seat, Emily opened the driver side door and got in and drove the short distance out of the parking garage to the hospital.
