To Love Puck Means Never Changing
Rating: T
Chapter 11: News on the Injuries
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"Thank you," She whispered as she wrapped my arms around her gently. She nuzzled into me before I felt her wince as she rubbed her lower back up against me. A knock came at the door as Maia was wiping her mouth again.
"Come in!" I called as the door opened and a nurse came in. She looked at the two of us with a disapproving look that said 'why are you two in bed together?' I felt Maia shrink into me under the nurse's gaze.
"Maia Jones?" The nurse asked as she looked at us.
"Yes, I'm Maia Jones," Maia replied as I moved us as carefully and as gently as possible into a sitting position, trying to keep us as close together as I could. "We really need to hurry this up; I'm freezing, among other things."
"Here, let me look," The nurse stated as she walked up to the two of us. She pulled the sweatshirt away roughly causing Maia to wince again.
"I think they finally stopped bleeding," Maia muttered as the nurse put the sweatshirt on the bed next to us and looked at her side and then her left arm before finishing with her right arm. "I forgot to mention the slice on my lower back, it kind of stings, a lot."
"Who bandaged them?" The nurse inquired as she pulled the bandages off, causing them to start bleeding again. I felt Maia shudder before she pulled away from me a bit and bent forward to show the nurse her back.
"I did," I replied as I felt her tense up as she straightened up and grabbed my hand in a death grip. "Did I at least bandage them right?" The nurse nodded slightly as if to say 'yes you bandaged them correctly but at the same time not correctly.'
"Did you clean them before you bandaged them?" The nurse asked as she looked at Maia with a look that said 'sorry for the pain that caused you.'
"No," I replied as the nurse nodded and walked to the cabinets, she opened them and pulled out a bottle of something and some bandages. She turned and walked toward us before putting the bottle and bandages down. I saw antiseptic on the label and watched as the nurse grabbed a cloth and poured the antiseptic liquid onto it. "I just wanted to get her here."
"You'll need to get off the bed kid," The nurse stated as she looked at me and pointed to the chair I was in before.
"But I'm so cold," Maia whispered as she held onto me. The nurse put the cloth on the bandages and looked at Maia.
"Ms. Jones," The nurse stated, "I have to clean your wounds and I can't do that if he's sitting behind you." I turned Maia's head so that she was looking at me before I pressed a light kiss to her forehead before I helped her scoot forward a bit more.
"He STAYS," Maia growled as she looked at the nurse.
"I'll still be here babe," I whispered in her ear as I swung my legs so that I was sitting at the edge of the bed. "Let her do what she needs to do, you can hold my hand the entire time." I sat in the chair after I pulled it closer to the bed and grabbed her hand.
"All right Puck," She muttered as the nurse grabbed the cloth and poured more liquid onto it before she pressed it to Maia's left arm. Maia squeezed my hand. The nurse grabbed another cloth from her pocket and put some of the liquid on it before she pressed it to Maia's right arm, Maia squeezed my hand tighter. The nurse repeated the actions on the stab wound in Maia's side before she gently coaxed Maia onto her stomach so that she could clean her back.
"Could you tell me everything that happened?" The nurse asked as Maia squeezed my hand.
"Well, about half an hour before the stabbing my step father threw me to the floor, I heard a cracking sound from my elbow, he kicked me in the ribs a few times while I was on the floor, and there were a few more cracks there. I have a black eye as well as breathing trouble at times," She replied as the nurse placed bandages over the newly cleaned areas. "After that he stabbed both arms and my side, he left the knife in my side forcing me to pull it out."
"All right, the doctor will be in shortly," The nurse stated calmly with a look of pity in her eyes. "We'll need a few x-rays to see exactly how much is broken as well."
-/- After X-Rays -\-
"Well Ms. Jones, according to the X-Rays, it seems you have a spiral fracture in your left arm, six broken ribs, and a punctured lung. Further more you also have two slightly cracked ribs and you may need physical therapy for your left arm due to it being popped out of place," The doctor stated as he showed us the X-Rays.
"So, my arm will be in a cast, my ribs will be wrapped, and I'll be having surgery to fix my lung?" Maia inquired as she looked at the doctor, pain clear and evident in her eyes.
"Yes, and you'll be staying the night so that we can monitor you," The doctor replied as a nurse walked in with a wheelchair.
"I'll be here babe, let them wheel you where they need to," I whispered in her ear as I helped her into the chair.
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(A/N: She's still a little loopy, awake but loopy. She's also casted at this time; it goes all the way from the top of her upper arm to around her thumb.)
"Puck baby, I gotta tell you something," Maia whispered as she blinked and propped herself up in her bed, a goofy smile plastered on her face.
"What babe?" I asked quietly as I held her hand before kissing the back of her hand.
"I've had four pregnancy scared in the past few years, I've also had two abortions," She whispered as she squeezed my hand. "Please don't be mad at me."
"I can't be mad at your past," I murmured against her hand. "It was mostly out of your control." 'Please tell me she won't remember any of this, I really don't want to think about that.' I told myself as I looked at her; she didn't seem to be in pain anymore.
"I hope you don't mind my asking," She whispered as she looked up at me. "Could you hold me?" I looked at her with an astonished look as her phone vibrated in the pocket of the pants that the doctors had folded.
"I don't think that's the best idea Maia," I whispered back as I squeezed her hand again. "You just got out of surgery, I'm having a few of the glee kids come in to visit you though." She shook her head in a no fashion as I mentioned the prospect of a few of our fellow glee clubbers seeing her like this.
"But Puck, they don't like me," Maia whined as tears slid down her cheeks, I couldn't figure out what caused them; she couldn't be in any pain due to the medications the doctors had her on. "Especially Rachel, she seems to hate me." I rubbed my thumb over the knuckles on her non casted hand.
"She doesn't hate you, she dislikes everyone who poses a threat to her solos," I whispered as she went to sit up. "Lay down and all the rest just don't know what to make of you yet. Would you like for me to have Kurt come here?" She gave up the struggle to sit up fully.
"Yes please, but only Kurt, I will kick your ass if anyone but you and Kurt end up here," She whispered as more tears slid down her cheeks. "I don't want everyone seeing me like this, it's embarrassing."
"You are so stubborn sometimes Maia," I replied as I used the hand that wasn't holding onto some part of her to wipe the tears away from her eyes. "I'll go call Kurt, give me his number please."
"Just text him from my phone, it's in the pocket of my jeans," She muttered as she nodded toward her pants.
"All right," I replied as I walked to her pants and grabbed the phone to find out that Kurt had already texted Maia. I opened the text message and found it just said 'hey Maia.' I replied to it with a 'this is Puck, Maia's in the hospital and she wants you here.'
"I feel like shit," Maia groaned as I felt the phone vibrate a minute or so later. I opened the text message and found it said 'OMG what happened to her? I'll b there in 10' I replied back with an 'explain when you get here.'
"Its normal babe," I stated as I put her phone in my pocket. "Kurt said he'd be here in ten minutes or so."
"UGH… I suppose that's good then," She muttered as the doctor walked back into the room.
"Ms. Jones, we were reviewing your test results," The doctor stated as he looked at Maia and I. "Every thing is fine, but it seems you're pregnant. We don't know how far along you are though."
"I'm keeping it," Maia whispered as she looked at me with a smile.
"If you're sure, you can leave tomorrow after we change your bandages and check your stitches," The doctor stated before he left the room and closed the door.
"Thanks doc," Maia replied as the door finished closing. Her phone vibrated and I pulled it out of my pocket before opening the text from Kurt 'I'm here."
"Kurt's here Maia," I stated as I grabbed her non casted hand.
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How's that for a turn of events?