10)hospital stay
The doctor soon left after checking on Annie's wound saying she'd be back in an hour to place the cast . A comfortable silence had fallen over the four occupants of the room broken by someone entering the room. No one looked up all expecting a nameless nurse or the doctor coming to cast Annie's leg, It wasn't until the person spoke did anyone move .
"I told you to stay away from her and now you've gotten her shot" was the outraged yell from the intruder, who was now towering angrily over Annie's bed.
Recognising the voice instantly as her mother , Joan jumped from Arthur's lap moving from her bed to Annie's siting on the edge by Annie's shoulder
Joan tried to take control of the situation, "mother what are you doing here?" Asked Joan almost venomously , Annie struggled into a sitting position moving closer to where Joan now sat, Arthur had moved to sit by Auggie waiting for the girls to direct them .
"She got you shot Joanie, what was I supposed to do stay at home and let you get hurt because of her ?"
"No Elaine , Annie didn't get me shot she took a bullet for me and Arthur , she saved my life. If anyone got someone shot it was me and Arthur we got Annie shot not the other way around " Joan defended Annie
Annie reached her hand out to grasp Joan's shoulder, trying to calm Joan before the situation got out of control.
"No Joan , it's her fault you would have never been injured if it wasn't for her " Elaine spat , Annie's eyes filled with tears as she believed if she had been fast Joan would of been uninjured.
"Annie stood between Arthur, myself and a gunman. She was on the ground injured and still tried to pushed me out of the way of a bullet. She didn't get me hurt at all if you can't understand that that's your fault ,now get the hell out of our room and my life!" Whilst Joan didn't yell her voice held malice .
At the end of Joan's statement Auggie and Arthur stood leaving Elaine no choice but to leave.
As soon as she was out of the room Joan turned Annie ,whilst Arthur and Auggie left the room to give the girls a bit of privacy.
Turning to Annie Joan saw a few tear tracks down Annie's cheeks , speaking softly Joan said "it's okay she's gone now "
Nodding Annie mumbled "she's right though I got you shot"
"Anne Catherine walker you did not get me shot for christ sake! You pushed me out of the way and saved my life do not let Elaine convince you other wise !" Joan reprimanded
"Okay" Annie mumbled
"Move over " Joan said ,Annie did as instructed leaving a spot for Joan to lay next to her, Joan laid next to Annie wrapping her good arm around her little sister she pulled Annie closer to her whispering "none of this was your fault ,we're okay. No matter what I am always here for you. Love you kid "
Annie sniffled laying her head on Joan shoulder "love you too" Annie responded , as she drifted off to sleep.
When Arthur and Auggie re-entered the room half an hour later they found both girls snuggled together on Annie's bed. They took a set on the uncomfortable plastic chairs waiting for the girls to wake up, about twenty minutes later the doctor entered with a nurse upon seeing Joan and Annie asleep on the same bed he turn to Arthur and said "they seem close."
"Uh oh I guess " Arthur replied.
"I am sorry but we will have to wake them up, so we can cast miss. Walkers leg"
"Okay I'll wake them" Arthur stood moving over to Joan's side, he gently shook her awake.
Joan's eyes opened almost instantly blinking she. Said "huh"
"Joan the doctors here to put a cast on Annie's leg, you both have to wake up" Arthur responded
"Oh ok" Joan said sounding more alert. Sitting up slowly she shook Annie's shoulder as Annie's eyes opened Joan whispered "hey, the doctors here "
"Mmmk" Annie responded
"They have to cast your leg. Now "
Annie nodded slowly sitting up, Joan moved away from Annie back to her bed . Joan and Arthur sat on Joan's hospital bed , Auggie moved to the chair as a new silence invoked them . The doctor soon finished casting leaving instructions to not get the cast wet , then she left.
soon after the doctor had left Annie had fallen asleep again. Joan sat quietly cuddled i to Arthur's side when another doctor entered the room ,who Joan immediately recognised as her doctor, he moved over to her bed closing the curtain between Annie and herself.
"Hello Joan , when we repaired your arm we had to run a blood test" the doctor spoke
"Yeah ? Is there something wrong dr James ?" Joan asked
"The test gave us a positive reading for pregnancy" he said " we need to confirm the pregnancy and make sure the foetus survived your surgery "
"I..I am pregnant ?" Joan asked shocked , Arthur sat still frozen in shock.
"We believe so, I'll go get the ultrasound machine we can confirm it right now if you'd like?"
"Yes please" Arthur spoke. As Joan nodded her head.
"Very well" doctor James turned exiting the room, he return ten minutes later with the machine
"Please lift your shirt Joan " the doctor asked, lifting her shirt to rest on her rib cage , the doctor told Joan " this gels going to be cold "
The gel was put on Joan's stomach followed by the machine being turned on and the doctor moving the wand over Joan's stomach .
A few minutes later the doctor studied the screen before flicking a switch, a "whoosh whoosh " sound filled the room ,Joan looked stunned and Arthur smiled proudly
"Congratulations , I believe you are about 16weeks along (4 months) " the doctor said
"How -I - how didn't I know?" Joan asked
"Some women don't experience changes until later In there pregnancies " the doctor reassured Joan
"And the babies okay ?" Arthur asked quickly , looking from Joan , the screen and the doctor
"Yeah the baby looks perfectly fine. You have nothing to worry about " the doctor assured "would you like a picture. ?"
"Yes please " Joan asked
The doctor quickly printed off three pictures "I was told your sharing a room with your sister? She was shot too? "
"Yeah. , she took a bullet for me and tried to push me out of the way" Joan responded staring at the pictures the doctor had just handed her
"Oh wow , I printed three pictures, but if you'd like some more just ask " the doctor told her "I have to go check on some other patients . Congratulations again" he said as he left .
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Arthur opened the curtain between the beds again, noticing Auggie was dosing now, he turned back to Joan and said "WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BABY!"
Joan laughed quietly before speaking "I IM PREGNANT ARTHUR that's usually what it means "
They both laughed, when Arthur spoke again " you want. To tell Annie and Auggie ?"
"I'll tell Annie when she wakes up, you tell Auggie okay?"
"Sure honey" Joan and Arthur laid next to each other staring at the pictures in Joan's hand.
About an hour or two later Annie awoke to see Auggie asleep , she whispered "Aug wake up" , which he did faster then Annie thought possible "how are you feeling Annie?" Auggie asked as he moved to sit next to Annie, who turned and cuddled into Auggies side "fine Auggie" . Annie and Auggie laid together quietly whispering to each other thinking Joan and Arthur were asleep .
They were talking quietly until Auggje made Annie laugh a little too loud, making Arthur and Joan look over to see them awake talking. After Annie's laughter died down Annie whispered "shh you'll wake Joan and Arthur"
"We're not asleep Annie " Joan injected
Annie and Auggie jumped at the sound of Joan's voice "god Joan don't do that" Annie laughed
"Sorry" Joan said amusingly . Nodding to Arthur, Joan spoke "Annie I have to tell you something "
"Okay"
This time Arthur spoke "hey Auggie come with me to the cafeteria, let the girls talk "
"Alright let's go" Auggie replied after the boys left Joan moved from her bed to Annie's sitting by Annie's feet.
Joan wore a worried expression "okay Joan what is it. The silence is kind of freaking me out" Annie said
"Oh right sorry" Joan said "I uh I um when you were asleep my doctor came In with the results to my blood test" Joan said hesitantly
"I thought you were okay. Is something wrong" Annie began to panic
"No nothing's wrong , I ..I am just " not able to find the right words Joan handed Annie the picture she held in her hands .
Taking the picture Annie studied it carefully before looking at Joan saying "your pregnant!"
Joan nodded "how far along ?"
"Four months " Joan said quietly , sounding ashamed as she added " I didn't even know. "
Hearing Joan's tone Annie said " hey it's fine that you didn't know, you know now and the babies okay right?" Receiving Joan's nod Annie continued " then we will make sure the baby stays that way okay?" Joan nodded again
"I am pregnant " Joan said quietly almost disbelieving
"You are" Annie added
" do you..." Joan started then hesitated
"Do I? What Joan , you can tell me" Annie assured.
"Do you want to be the babies aunt ,you don't have to " Joan said carefully
"Your kidding right? Of course I want to be your babies aunt. Your my sister Joan " Annie said surely
"Oh okay thanks Annie "
"Why are you thanking me ?"
"Because you saved my life today and the babies life "
"It's what we do Joan. We protect each other. And you never say have to say thank you" Annie said . Joan and Annie hugged ,when the Hug broke they started talking about the baby
*auggie and Arthur"
In the cafeteria Arthur and Auggie sat at a table sipping on coffee .
"Joan's pregnant" Arthur said bluntly
Auggie chocked on his coffee before responding " what?wow congratulations . How far along is she?"
"Four months, she said she didn't have any symptoms or anything" Arthur said
"It happens, we should head back ,now?"
"Yeah let's go "
* hospital day two*
Joan woke up early to a nurse checking Annie's stats, sighing she sat up , checked to be sure Annie was still there , got up to have a shower in there small bathroom. When Joan emerged from the bathroom an hour later it was just on 7am looking around Joan looked for something productive to do finding nothing she went back to her bag retrieving her phone to play games until Annie woke or Arthur came to visit.
About an hour later, Arthur arrived motioning to Annie , Joan told him to be quiet, walking over to his wife's bed Arthur took Joan in his arms kissing her softly and holding her tight .
"Hey honey, how are you feeling?" Asked Arthur
"I am fine and so is the baby" Joan answered
"That's good, Joan the DNI has ordered my return to work today"
"Oh" Joan said disappointment evident in her tone "that's okay Annie and I are stuck her for a few more days and we can hang out with auggie "
"Uh" Arthur sighs "that's the other thing Auggje was ordered back today as well to head up your department. So it's just you and Annie . I am sorry Joan I tried to. Get time off "
"That's okay, I'll tell Annie when she wakes up and we will keep each other company "
"Okay, I'll come see you at lunch or after work. Do you need anything brought up?"
"no, I don't think so. But tell Auggie he better not Destroy my department "
"I will. Honey , I have to go. " kissing Joan softly Arthur spoke "I love you, see you soon "
"I love you to Arthur " Joan whispered back. Arthur then left and Joan returned to playing games on her phone .
At 9 am Annie woke with a quiet scream jumping into a sitting position, Annie's breathing had become erratic .hearing the scream Joan moved quickly from her bed to Annie's ,realising Annie was breathing quite fast Joan tried calming her.
"Annie, it's Joan. You're okay your in the hospital" Joan whispered soothingly "Annie breath ,come on " Annie's breathing was still erratic, not knowing what else to do Joan moved onto the bed next to Annie , pulling Annie into a hug and resting her head on her shoulder Joan took a few deep breaths whispering "calm down were okay" .
Listening to Joan's steady heart beat helped Annie to slow her breathing and calm herself. As her breathing returned to normal Annie moved closer to Joan, staying cuddled into Joan's side where she felt safe and protected.
"Hey" Annie whispered to Joan once she was feeling better
"Hey are you alright?" Joan asked worriedly
"I am fine, it was just a bad dream "
"Ok, what was the dream about ?" Joan asked curiously
"Nothing " Annie attempted to avoid
"Annie" Joan said authoritatively
Annie sighed before speaking "I um I just , it was about the shooting except you had a baby with you and I wasn't fast enough. Ben shot you and I tried to save Arthur and the baby but no matter how fast I ran I just could reach them " Annie's voice cracked slightly, Joan hugged Annie closer whispering "it's okay you were fast enough you saved was just a dream Annie we are all okay" Annie nodded against Joan's shoulder.
A few minutes past when Joan spoke "Auggie and Arthur have been ordered back to work."
"Oh ok " Annie said disappointment evident. A silence envolped them again broke by Annie "hey Joan, wanna play twenty questions?"
"Huh yeah okay, you go first" Joan said
"What's your favourite food?"
"Pizza, yours?"
"Pizza " they laughed a little . After playing this game for an hour they discovered most of each other's likes and dislikes.
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Hospital day 3
Annie and Joan had spent their hospital stay discovering things about them and evolving their relationship . Auggie and Arthur visited them for lunch and after work, they hadn't received any unwanted guests since Elaine's visit.
At 1 pm Auggie and Arthur arrived at Joan and Annie's room after greeting one another Annie said "Joan and I are getting out of here today!" Joan laughed at the excitement in Annie voice
As Joan finished laughing both their doctors entered "Annie""Joan " the doctors spoke
"Yes" Joan. And Annie replied together
"Stop doing that ! It's creepy" auggies muttered, Joan and Annie grinned turning their attention back to the doctors
"Here are both yours and Annie's discharge papers " Joan's doctor spoke
"You are both free to go , but no work for another week okay ?"
Both Joan and Annie groaned as Auggie and Arthur laughed
"You want these two not to work for a week. Huh they are both work-a-holics " Arthur said between chuckles
"Shut up Arthur!" Joan and Annie replied simultaneously
"Seriously Joan Annie stop it!" Auggie said amusingly
Their doctors laughed before saying. "You both need another week of minimal stress that means no work"
"And Joan you should cut down on your work load " Joan's doctor said
Joan glared at her doctor as Annie Auggie and Arthur laughed , "she will doctor " Arthur spoke up
"Arthur " Joan complained
"Will that be a problem " Joan's doctor asked
"No, it won't " Annie quickly responded
"Annie!" Joan complained again, the doctor shot Annie a questioning look
"I'll make sure she delegates more. " Annie promised
"Okay" Joan's doctor said, both doctors then left the room .
"Annie Arthur I can speak for myself" Joan complained after the doctors had left
"We know " Arthur responded
"We are just looking out for you and my niece or nephew " Annie said innocently
"Annie, no fair using the baby card!" Joan complained Annie grinned smugly at Joan
"Alright let's take you two home" Auggie spoke up
"YES!" Annie cheered
Everyone laughed and they quickly left the hospital returning home to Joan and Arthur's
Please review with Any ideas or developments you would like to see in the story. Sorry the update took a little. Longer I've had some issues on how to develop Annie and Joan'srelationship and Annie and Auggies relationship