I hope you liked the cliffhanger from the last chapter :)
I also hope you like this chapter! I played around with POV's in this one. No Max/Warren moments in this one and I'm sorry for that, but i think you will understand that if you read it, rest assured that in the next chapters there will be plenty to make up for it :)
Max POV
The sound from the storm slowly starts to fade and her vision blurs. As the noise from the storm quiets down her vision sharpens and she's back in the restrooms again.
Fuck….. Game time…. Nathan will be here in a few seconds…. But what if he doesn't leave? Do I make him leave? Do I wait? Does Chloe have enough time to wait? Can I…
Her thoughts get interrupted as Nathan enters the restroom and starts to freak out.
"It's cool, Nathan… Don't stress, you're okay, bro, just …. Count to three." He says.
"Don't be scared. You own this school…. If I wanted, I could blow it up." He laughs nervously. "You're the boss."
At that moment Chloe enters and starts checking the toilets to see if anyone is there.
Chloe! I will save you! I promise
"So what do you want?" Nathan asks.
"I hope you checked the perimeter, as my step-ass would say….. Now, let's talk bidness."
"I got nothing for you.."
"Wrong. You got hella cash."
"You don't know who the fuck I am or who you're messing around with!" he says as they start to struggle and he pulls out his gun.
"Where'd you get that?... what are you doing? Come on, put that thing down!" Chloe says panicked.
"Don't EVER tell me what to do…. I'm so SICK of people trying to control me!"
"You are going to get in hella more trouble for this than drugs."
"Nobody would ever even miss your punk ass, would they?"
"Get that gun away from me, psycho!" Chloe says as she tries to push Nathan away.
The gunshot that follows is loud and temporarily paralyzes Max…
"Shit! Fuck… what did I do…. Fuck… Nathan…keep calm…. Just get the fuck out of here okay… no one will know you did it…." he assures himself and quickly leaves…
Thank god… Max thinks as she hears him leave… I guess I got lucky there… Chloe!
"Chloe!" she then screams and heads over to the bleeding, barely conscious Chloe…
Warren POV still at the lighthouse
As he thinks about Chloe and Nathan in the restroom the noise from the storm slowly fades…. As he hugs Max tighter and closes his eyes it starts to fade faster until it stops… for a few seconds it is silent.
"Mr. Graham…. Did you read "To kill a Mocking jay" or not?" Mrs. Grant asks.
Yes! I was talking about books with Mrs. Grant when the alarm went off… it worked…! Whoa…
He opens his eyes and stares around… still having trouble with the apparent time travel he just underwent. Both Mrs. Grant and Brooke are staring at him, expecting an answer.
"Mrs. Grant! You have to come with me right now!"
"What? Slow down Warren what is wrong?"
Warren gets up and reaches for the first aid kit that hangs on the wall! "Someone Is about to get shot in the girl's toilets! Come on… get moving!"
"What are you talking about Warren? Calm down…."
"Is he having a stroke?" Brooke asks. Then the 3 of them get startled by the sound of a gun firing…
Wow…. Thin walls… Warren thinks.
"Hurry up!" Warren screams as he runs toward the door. "Call an ambulance Brooke!"
He then runs out of the classroom towards the toilets… toward Max and Chloe…
Fuck I hope it works…. I hope we can save her… I have to get to Max…. and Chloe…
As he runs there he sees Nathan running toward his direction, toward the exit..
Fuck that bastard!
Warren tackles him into the soda machine and to his luck and surprise Nathan is knocked out instantly. Warren stares at him for a second but then remembers what he was doing and runs over to the restrooms.
Mrs. Grant POV after Warren freaks.
It takes a few seconds for Mrs. Grant to fully take in what just happened… That was a gunshot… but how did he know…. A student might have been hurt…. then she regains her composure and quickly runs toward the door as well… "Do what he says Mrs. Scott.. call an ambulance… and bring us a wet towel! Hurry…"
She then runs after Warren, as she leaves the classroom she sees Warren entering the restrooms. As she runs towards it she sees Nathan laying on the ground next to the soda machine….and what appears to be a gun next to his hand…. She freaks…. But then sees David trying to push through all the fleeing students…. "David…. He has a gun…. Someone is shot…." She screams… and then hurries toward the restrooms.
David Madson POV just before the gunshot.
The class bell just rung. Kate Marsh's class just ended, I'll wait here for her so I can follow her.. I need to know where she got her drugs… I need to know her buyer….
As he walks toward the side of the building where she can't see him students start to run out of the building, screaming.
Whoa! What's up.
GUN! TERRORISTS! HELP! GUN! GET OUT OF HERE!, people are screaming all kinds of stuff as they try to make their way out of the building, some people fall and others trip over them… it's a mess, there's even a kid that screams for his mom…. David immediately starts to run toward them and pushes himself through the crowd that is leaving the building and screams "WHAT IS WRONG!".
"GUN!" a student yells. As he enters the building he sees Mrs. Grants who screams "David…. He has a gun…. Someone is shot…." And points at a student who lays next to the soda machine and then sees her running off further into the corridor.
He quickly runs toward the student and he sees Nathan lying unconscious with a gun next to him. David immediately turns him on his stomach and zip ties his hands together and picks up the gun.
He then looks around but he doesn't see Mrs. Grant or any other students further in the corridor.
He takes his radio and starts talking to a person from the security company which hired him out to the school. "We seem to have a situation here, I've got one unconscious adult male here with a gun, it seems to be a Barretta and I've heard reports of a gunshot and a possible victim. Contact the police and an ambulance asap, I'll secure the area and investigate the possible gunshot, David out"
He starts to run down the corridor as he hears the person on the other end of the radio acknowledging his message and informing that the ambulance and the authorities are on their way. As he makes his way around the corner, with his gun pulled, he sees some students hiding behind the now flipped table that was previously used for sign-ins for the vortex club and their party. The students are terrified. He quickly scans the surrounding area, which seems to be clear.
Brooke then passes him and runs to the girl's restrooms and enters… and comes out seconds later and collapses to the floor.
He runs towards her, gets on his knees. She's out. What is happening… she needs to get out of here… she's to exposed like this… He looks behind him toward the students behind the table who are watching him.
"Help here! Get her the fuck out of this exposed hallway into a safe area!", the students don't respond. "MOVE YOUR ASS!" he yells, and the students run toward him, pick up Brooke and make for the exit.
As David opens the door to the girl's restroom he hears a female student who is clearly distraught asking "Will she make it…. she has to make it…. there's so much blood…Chloe! Don't die on me" with a panicked voice.
Chloe? It can't be…. Not…. Not my Chloe….
As he fully opens the door he sees the blue hair and the puddle of blood immediately. "Oh my god…. Chloe…" he exclaims and his knees shutter and he barley keeps himself from collapsing. He then notices Max, Warren and Mrs. Grant besides her. Max is holding Chloe's head in her lap, and she seems to be talking to Chloe, while Warren is washing a blooded towel in the sink and Mrs. Grant is applying pressure to what appears to be Chloe's abdomen. For a second his vision fades and he's back in combat… dressing one of his friends who sadly didn't make it.
Brooke POV in class just before Warren freaks.
Brooke is typing on her laptop, a review on some camera for her drone that she bought whilst half listening to Warrens and Mrs. Grants book discussion. "Mr. Graham…. Did you read "To kill a Mocking jay" or not?" Mrs. Grant asks Warren.
As Warren remains silent for a few seconds Brooke looks over. It's not that hard of a question, is it? and I know for a fact that he read it, he told me himself.
"Mrs. Grant! You have to come with me right now!" he then yells.
"What? Slow down Warren what is wrong?" Mrs. Grant replies.
Brooke sees Warrens panicked expression. Wtf has gotten into him? He was fine the other moment and how he's freaking out.
Warren gets up and reaches for the first aid kit that hangs on the wall! "Someone Is about to get shot in the girl's toilets! Come on… get moving!"
"What are you talking about Warren? Calm down…." Mrs. Grant asks.
"Is he having a stroke?" Brooke asks. She then gets startled by a hard bang… WTF! Was that a gunshot?
"Hurry up!" Warren screams as he runs toward the door. "Call an ambulance Brooke!" and runs out of the classroom.
Uhm… what…? Brooke stares at Mrs. Grant who's staring at the empty space where Warren just stood, but a few seconds later she hurries after him and tells her to do what he said.
Brooke stares at the now empty classroom for a while but then shakes out of it and picks up her phone and dials 911.
"911, What's your emergency?
"Uhm… hello my name is Brooke… I need help now, come quickly" she replies confused, she doesn't know what is going on and has never called 911 either..
"Hello Brooke… what is your emergency? Are you hurt?"
"Uhm…. No… I'm uhm…. I'm at Blackwell academy…. I think heard a gunshot…. People are freaking out.."
"Please remain calm and try to exit the building or hide somewhere safe…. Police are on their way… do you know what happened Brooke, did you get a good look at the shooters."
"I haven't seen any shooter or shooters, I'm in my classroom and we heard a bang… … please bring an ambulance as well… someone is shot I think."
"Okay Brooke, both the police and the ambulance are on their way, please remain calm and stay on the phone with me till the authorities arrive Brooke."
"Uhm sorry… I can't do that… I have to go… please hurry!" she says and hangs up the phone. She then heads toward the class's sink and picks up the drying towel to dry and holds it beneath the sink and hurries out of the classroom. As she makes her way to the toilets she runs past an unconscious Nathan and Mr. Madson who is looking at some terrified students. She then enters the toilets…. she sees all the blood and instantly gets dizzy…"hemophobia" she manages to say, lets the wet towel drop on the floor, and leaves the restroom, faints and collapses.
Max POV, Where the last Max POV previously left of
As she makes her way to Chloe she imminently sees the small blood puddle forming next to Chloe… Apply pressure! That's what Warren said… hurry….. god I hope it worked…. What if Warren didn't come back… will someone come? Will someone help?
She takes of her vest and gets on her knees next to Chloe and pushes her vest onto Chloe's belly. "Chloe… oh my god… Chloe…. Please…. Don't die on me… I can't lose you…."
Chloe's gaze falls on Max and she blinks a few times… she's almost out of it... "Max?" she says, barely audible…
"Yes Chloe it's me! Stay awake…"
The door then opens and Warren throws himself on his knees on Chloe's other side... Max doesn't even notice… she's too focused on Chloe…
"What… what are you doing here?" Chloe asks Max….
"I got to school here remember" Max laughs panicky, "but that's not important… just rest okay.." Max replies…
"No Max you have to keep her talking…. Keep her mind occupied so she doesn't drift off." Warren tells her while his hands join Max's on her already soaking vest.
Max freezes for a second as she realizes his presence… He… he made it… uhm… Chloe…
"I was here Chloe… I was in the bathroom…. I'm sorry…. I couldn't stop Nathan… I didn't have a choice…..are you still with me Chloe…. Please… stay awake…"
Chloe blinks a few times, and the door opens again as Mrs. Grant walks in and a loud gasp follows as she sees the scene before her.
"Max….. do… do you remember when we had that wine session and spilled wine all…. All over the carpet…. Mam got so mad…" Chloe laughs weakly, exhausted… clinging to life…..
"Yes! I totally remember that… she had us scrubbing the carpet for 2 hours straight…. I was basically banned from your house for 3 days as punishment." Max laughs weakly, clearly distraught.
In the meanwhile, Mrs. Grant joined them on the floor and opened the first aid kit. "What happened?" She asks.
"She's been shot, by Nathan…. In what seems to be her belly right?" Warren asks.
She doesn't respond but takes a roll of Band-Aid from the kit and starts to unravel it. At the same time the door opens and Brooke steps in, as Max moves her head toward the door she sees hears Brooke mentioning hemophobia and sees her dropping the towel and leaving the toilets.
Max stares briefly at Warren, confused, Warren notices this and gazes at Max briefly, before he and Mrs. Grant both say "Blood phobia" at the same time.
Mrs. Grant asks Max to lift up the vest so she can see the wound. As Max removes the vest and Mrs. Grant lifts up Chloe's and sees quite a lot of blood. From the hallway David is hearable, screaming at someone to move their asses, but Max doesn't register this.
Mrs. Grant briefly uses the wet towel to clear the blood so she can see the wound, and then hands the towel to Warren, "Wetter… make it soaking.." she says, "Max, lift up her head and keep it like that… and keep talking to her…"
Max lifts up Chloe's head and puts it in her lap.
"Will she make it…. she has to make it…. there's so much blood…Chloe! Don't die on me" Max exclaims panicked.
At that moment the door opens again, and Max hears David say "Oh my god…. Chloe…" as Max gazes over at him he's standing there frozen…
"Max…" Chloe then says, very quietly..
"Yes Chloe… I'm here… David is here now as well… you will be alright… we will take care of you… we will be back to eating Joyce's Bacon and Eggs next week… I promise… just stay with me…"
"And Waffles?" Chloe responds faintly.
"All the Waffles you can eat Chloe…"
Chloe smiles a bit and blinks, clearly having trouble staying awake..
"Did Brooke call an ambulance?" Mrs. Grant asks.
"I don't know, she fainted, but I already contacted the authorities with my radio, they are on their way." David answers.
"Good, please tell them that they need to hurry, and inform them that she got hit in her abdomen, If I were to guess either her Liver or Stomach got hit and she's losing a lot of blood. She appears to be in no pain and is conscious, which is a good thing.."
"The liver… that's good right?" Warren asks…"I mean… that's not vital is it?" as he gets back to the ground and with the wet towel.
Mrs. Grant doesn't respond, she pushes the unraveled Band-Aid to the wound. "Warren… get me a roll of duct tape.. we need to make sure this Band-Aid stays in place.
Warren immediately gets up and races past David and heads for the science class.
David radio's in the information for the paramedics and tells them where they need to be and the person on the other side of the radio relays the message for him and informs David that the ambulance is 4 minutes away.
Mr. Jefferson! He can't get away…. I have to tell David… If he found it that Nathan was the shooter…. He surely wouldn't stick around… this chaos… is perfect for him to disappear.
"David!" Max yells.
"Max?" he asks confused
"Mr. Jefferson… he's behind all this… he's been working with Nathan…. He kidnapped Rachel… and others… Many others and killed them… he and Nathan… please… make sure he doesn't get away in the chaos… please find him…."
"But Max…. I need to help Chloe…"
"It's okay David… there's nothing for you to do here… I don't mean that in a bad way… but from this point on it's just applying pressure… I've managed to slow down the bleeding considerably… now all that remains is waiting for the ambulance… and if it's true what Max claims… then he mustn't get away.."
"Okay… but Michelle… please take care of my daughter for me.."
"I will David… you can be sure of that… Max will help me and lead the paramedics here when they arrive… it will be alright…. I've only had a few years of medical experience… but I think she will make it…"
"Thank you Michelle…"
"Don't thank me.. Thank Max and Warren…"
"Max…"
"Not now David… please… get Mr. Jefferson…"
"Yes Ma'm!" he says and he runs off.
Warrens POV as he runs out to get the duct tape
Duct tape…. Where can I find duct tape…. We don't have any in science class as far as I know… Wait…. Didn't Max tell me that they use that in photography class sometime…. Worth a look.
He thinks as he leaves the girl's toilets. He immediately runs toward the photography class and storms in only to find Mr. Jefferson still there.
"Mr. Graham what are you doing here… clearly something is going on.."
"I could ask you the same you sick bastard!" Warren responds with his fists clenched.
Jefferson considers this for a moment with a surprised look on his face… and then his stare sharpens..
"You somehow seem to know about my after-school activities Mr. Graham."
"You bet I do, you murderous psychopath… you will pay for what you did to Max and the others…"
"Max?" he asks confused… "Doesn't matter… you won't be around to tell anyone…." He then replies as he pulls out a gun from his desk and points it to Warren…
"Screw you!" Warren says and he charges at him anyway, full of rage.
Jefferson is so surprised by this that he freezes for a second, in confusion, by the time he regains control Warren is only 2 feet away from him, so he slaps Warren on the head with the butt of his gun. As Warren collapses to the floor in pain and screaming, Nathan enters the room.
"Mark…. Shit… I screwed up….. Chloe… I…. I shot her… please help me….. get these zip ties of me…" he says as he turns his back to show his zip tied hands.
"Fuck you… the both of you" Warren screams from the ground and Jefferson kicks him in his face… temporarily knocking Warren out.
Jefferson takes a scissor from his desk as Nathan walks towards him and they remove the zip tie.
"Did you say you shoot someone Nathan?" Jefferson asks.
"Yes… You have to help me…. I fuck… I fucked up hard…"
"Well then… what a pleasant surprise that you came looking for me in this chaos… in this exact moment…" he replies as he picks up his gun and aims it at Nathan.
"What!" Nathan replies and he tries to reach for the scissors but as soon as he picks them up he hears the gun click and drops them on the floor.
"Yes… I can already see it in the paper… Mad driven student shoots female student in the restrooms and then heads to the science room to shoot another before killing himself…. I do have to say… you make it quite easy for me Nathan…. Somehow Mr. Graham here figured out what I did in my spare time…. And well… after your screw up with Mrs. Amber… you had this coming…."
"Fuck you…." Nathan says and he starts crying and collapses to the floor. At the same time David enters the classroom and aims his gun at Jefferson. "Drop it! Drop it now!" he yells.
"Mr. Madson" Jefferson says surprised… "Nathan tried to stab me with the scissors, if you would be so kind as to zip tie him please.."
"No can-do sir… I'm here for you…" David replies with an angry expression.
"Oh… you too? well… guess I'll have to kill you to then…" Jefferson replies and aims his gun at David.
They both stare at each other for a few seconds, guns aimed.
Fuck….. What happened….. Ah my head… Warren thinks as he slowly becomes conscious again and lifts his head. What the…. David!... Then he notices the scissors on the ground, they're not far. He slowly reaches out to them, takes them and them into one of Jefferson's ankles.
Jefferson screams and is momentarily distracted by the pain as he looks to his feet, and seeing Warren laying there… as he's about to aim at Warren he feels a heavy weight tackeling him, as he hits the ground with a grunt David's fists start hammering into his face.
As Warren sees David start to hammer Jefferson's face in he suddenly remembers why he was here. Duct tape! Fuck.. I need to find some… He gets up and heads for the back of the class and sees a roll laying there on a black box.. he picks it up and sees Nathan, slowly crawling out of the classroom, but David is too busy rearranging Jefferson's face to notice it. Warren picks up one of the tri-pods from the back of the classroom and runs toward Nathan and smashes it into Nathans back. Nathan growns in pain. "David... Nathan tried making a run for it…. but I need to get this duct tape to Chloe….. can you handle them both?" he yells as he picks the duct tape back up again.
David briefly stops his assault and looks over. "Yes… go bring that to my daughter… I will take care of these 2…" he says.
Warren is out of the classroom and back into the corridor in seconds and sprints towards the toilets, the hallway is completely empty now.
Max POV after Warren leaves to get duct tape
"Chloe! Stay with me… there is so much I need to tell you about the crazy week we've had…"
"But Max… I… I haven't seen you in years Max…."
"Yes you did….. and it was epic…. We figured out what happened to Rachel…. We did Chloe… the 2 of us…"
"Max…. what are you talking about? What…. What happened to Rachel…."
"It's okay Chloe…. I tell you all about it after this…. You just need to stay alive…"
"The Band-aid it's drenched in blood Mrs. Caufield…. Please hand me the wet towel and lift up the shirt again so I can reapply some…" Mrs. Grant asks and Max abides.
"It…. it feels funny…" Chloe says, weakly…
"Just hold on Chloe… do you remember us running through the woods when we were kids…. I miss that…"
"Yes…. I miss that too Max… I miss you to…. please stay this time…"
"I missed you too Chloe…. But I'm here now….. we can be pirates again… you just need to hold on… I'll never leave you again…."
"I'd like that…." Chloe says and she closes her eyes and drifts away…
"Nonoonono Chloe stay with me… please!" Max says while stroking her blue hair.
"The pain and the blood loss… it was to much for her….. we just have to hope that the paramedics get here soon…. And what is taking Mr. Graham so long…"
Chloe…. No… please don't… don't leave me…. Max thinks and she starts to cry…..
They remain like that for a while in silence... Max crying… and Mrs. Grant applying pressure to the wound…. Until Warren bursts through the door with the duct tape.
"I got it!" he yells as he hands over the duct tape to Mrs. Grant who immediately starts applying it on the Band-aid as Warren gets down next to Max….
"What happened… is she… is she?"
"She's unconscious Mr. Graham…"
"Oh…." He then looks at Max, still crying and he embraces her in a tight hug…. "It will be okay Max… she's a fighter… she will pull though…."
"I can't lose her…. And I can't do this again Warren…. I can't bare seeing her like this…."
"I know Max I know Max… stay here okay… stay with her… I'll go and see if the paramedics have arrived yet and send them here…"
"Yes… I'll stay here… I promised I would…."
Warren POV
Warren gets back up and leaves the toilets and looks around, the hallway is completely empty… he then sprints towards the door, as he runs outside police men are entering the building.
"There.. in that classroom….. there's where the shooter is" he yells while pointing toward the photography classroom. The police officers immediately run toward it.… "Where are the paramedics" he yells. As he watches them leave…. Then the doors open again and he turns around to see 2 paramedics walk in with a stretcher…
"Kid! Do you know where the girl is that got shot?" one of them asks.
"Yes! She's in the toilets… follow me!" he says and starts to run, with the paramedics following him.
"In here! Hurry!" he yells as he stops outside the girl's toilets and the 2 men barge in.
Max POV
As the door opens and Max see's the paramedics come in she yells "Yes! Chloe… they're here…. You will be alright…."
One of the paramedics gets on his knee's next to Max. "You've been applying pressure to the wound?" he asks while watching Mrs. Grant.
"Yes… she appears to be shot in her abdomen, it doesn't appear to be a trough and through."
"How long as she been out?"
"3 or 4 minutes….. she lost a lot of blood…"
"You did great miss the both of you… we'll take it from here…. Help me get her on the stretcher Harry" he tells his coworker who's checking Chloe's pulse.
They move Chloe onto the stretcher and the sudden movement wakes Chloe back up.. "Max?" she says faintly…
"Yes Chloe I'm here…. Help is here… you will be alright…"
As they lift the stretcher up Chloe weakly stretches her hand out toward Max and Max takes it… they all leave the toilets, with Warren upfront to open the big enterance doors.
As they walk through the hallway Max briefly glimpses inside the photography classroom and she sees a cop sitting on Nathan's back and cuffing in, and some other cops standing in a group huddle over what seems to be a person, but the sight is to brief to make out who it is.
Mrs. Grant opens the doors for them and they all walk outside, the first thing Max sees is all the sirens flashing from what must be at least 15 police cars and 3 ambulances. As they walk toward the ambulances she can see Warren with a paramedic who is looking at his face at the bottom of the stairs….
His face….. what happened…. When did that happen….. "Warren" she screams out.
"Max!" he screams back. But before she can respond Chloe is being lifted into the back and Max gets in as well.
The paramedic closes the door behind her and the other one starts the engine and they drive off.
As the ambulance leaves the lot the lights slowly fade in the distance… Max then takes Chloe's hand back but sees that she drifted away again and that the paramedic is hooking her up to what seems to be a pulse monitor.
Max slowly puts her head on the stretcher and starts to cry until she is startled by the sudden shocking of Chloe's body.
"Mike… She's crashing!" the paramedic calls out.
"Hearth rate's 150, BP is 70 over 40… shit pulse is down to 90…. 80…. We're losing her Mike… " he yells and the sound from the monitor flatlining rings in Max's ears. "No!" she screams.
"Just lost the pulse! Giving her a milligram of epi!" he says and ejects her with the fluid.
"We're nearly there Harry, 40 seconds!" the driver responds and then starts screaming at the radio. "This is unit 13, I've got a gun shot victim, shot in her abdomen loosing a lot of blood, we're 40 seconds out prepare…." Max doesn't hear him finish his sentence as the loud beep from the defibrillator rings her airs as Harry powered it up who is now cutting Chloe's shirt with his scissors and exposed her belly and bra.
"Clear!" Harry yells and Max quickly lets go of Chloe and moves back from the stretcher and Harry puts the debif on her chest. Chloe's back briefly arcs upwards and then drops again.. "Still no pulse!... Clear!" Mike yells and he repeats it, but again still no pulse….
Nooooooo Chloe… she's can't..… she… she can't be dead…. No….I promised her… I promised Chloe.. "Chloe!" she yells as Mike tries again….. they both remain quiet, Max crying intensely…. The driver stops and walks to the back, just as he opens the door Max reaches for Chloe's hand and gets a small shock as they touch…. The monitor starts to make a sound again. "We've got Sinus rhythm…." Mike yells.
"Chloe! Yes! Stay with me Chloe…" Max yells.
Mike and Harry quickly lift the stretcher from the back and start running toward the entrance of the hospital where there run a ton of people toward them and help push the stretcher into the hospital…. Max follows them but a nurse that walks by stops her from entering the OR room.
"Hello… and who might you be?" the nurse asks with a calm, and gentle voice.
"My friend….. that's my friend…."
The nurse briefly looks through the small rounder window in the OR door.
"Do you see that man over there… the one with the green scrubs?" she asks, while pointing toward someone.
Max nods.
"That's Dr. Rhodes… he's the best surgeon in all the county…. If he's with your friend… she will be alright…. What happened to her?"
"She…. She got shot…"
The face from the nurse saddens….
"Well… I'm sorry to hear that but Dr. Rhodes will take care of her… I heard something about a school shooting on the intercom, I guess that's where you and your friend came from?"
"Yes…" Max sobs…
"What is your name?"
"Max…. Max Caufield… "
"Well them Max…. I'm Maggie… lets sit down here and wait for the doctors to do their work." She says as she points to some chairs a bit further in the hall.
Max nods and they walk to the chairs and take a seat…
"So…. Why don't you tell me a bit about your friend… what is she like?" the nurse asks to cheer her up a bit and distract her.
They sit like that for hours…. Maggie never leaving Max's side for more than a minute.
I hope you liked it!
I thought it was a good idea to write this chapter with POV's that happen simultaneously, please let me know whether you liked this or not.
I THINK the next chapter will hugely be in Warren's POV, writing about what he did in the absence of Max when she was in the hospital waiting on Chloe and the doctors with Maggie.
Also sorry about the medical stuff in it, I don't know much about it... I took most of the dialogue from some TV shows I've seen, you might have noticed the usage of "Dr. Rhodes and Maggie" if you watch Chicago MED haha.