Chapter Twenty-One: Heavily Broken
"Charge to 500, come on Karen." The doctor yells and the nurse charges to paddles and they shock her. Beeping starts on the machine. "Okay we got a rhythm. Go get Dr. Goldstein and then update Mr. Scott" the doctor orders.
"Which Scott should I tell? The son or the father?" the nurse asked.
Lucas took a deep breath because it felt as if he wasn't breathing the whole time. The doctor turned to the nurse and gave her a very aggravated look and said the son. The nurse shuffled out of the room bumping right into Lucas.
"What is going on with my mom? Is she going to be okay?"
"The doctors are in there with her now. It looks like they might have to take her back to surgery. Now I have to go get Dr. Goldstein you can wait right here okay?"
Lucas nodded his head while the nurse rushed down the hallway. Lucas just leaned up against the wall and he couldn't really grasp what was happening. He didn't want to think the worse but he just did. What if his mom died? Then he and Lily would be in a world without their parents. He didn't want to think about it he just wanted to close his eyes and forget any of this happened. He just wanted to close his eyes and be taken back to a time where things were so simple. His mom was healthy, Keith was alive, and he was with the girl he truly loved.
"Lucas, Lucas?"
Lucas looked up and it was Dr. Goldstein.
"Lucas, we are taking your mother to surgery now to have her transplant with your father. There is no time to argue about this. This is a now or never situation."
"Okay, do what you have to do. Can I see her before you take her?"
"Yes but you have to come with us because there isn't a big window of opportunity."
Lucas said okay as they wheeled Karen out of the room toward the elevator and he walked with them and held her hand. Thinking that this could be the last time he ever sees his mom he just held her hand. They got to the elevator and he had to let go.
"You can wait in the surgery waiting room, okay? Everything should be okay Lucas. Just have faith." Dr. Goldstein said to him as the elevator doors closed behind them.
Lucas made the long walk back to the waiting room. He had forgot that everyone was waiting there and he had to tell them what had just happened. He walked through the double doors and saw them all sitting there. There were now other people he didn't know sitting in there. He thought that these people were probably going through what he was going through right now. Not knowing if their loved ones were going to be okay, if they were going to come back to them healthy and whole. For some reason he felt close to these people that he had never met. He felt they all shared this common thread of pain. Next thing he knew Haley was coming up to him.
"Is everything okay? How is she?" Lucas just stood there with a blank look on his face not knowing what to say to her. He just fell to the floor. Everyone just rushed over to him. Nathan and Brooke went to get him up and put him in a chair.
"What happened Luke? Is Karen okay?" Peyton said as she took the seat right next to him.
"She flat lined and they took her back to surgery for the transplant. I have to go upstairs and wait." Lucas said in a monotone voice.
The girls gasped as Lucas said this and Peyton tightened her hold on Lucas's hand.
"Alright, let's go. We're here for you and Karen, Luke. What floor is it?" Brooke said in a defiant tone and led the way to the elevator. Everyone got up and left and Lucas leaned on Nathan for support because he felt like his legs were going to cave in. While they all were waiting for the elevator Lucas turned around and saw Dan walking right toward them. Lucas could feel Nathan get a little more tense since his hand was on his shoulder. Lucas turned to Nathan and said it was okay. Lucas walked you to Dan and looked him square in the eye.
"Thank You. Thank You for doing this for my mom. This doesn't change what you have done in the past."
"You're welcome Lucas. All I want to do is help. I am a changed man and I want to make things right. I didn't come here for forgiveness and this act of kindness has no strings attached. I just felt that this is probably my only chance to do any good for the people that I have hurt in the past. I know I can't take back what I have done but trust me when I say that if I could I would. So thank you for allowing me to help you and your family with this." Dan said and then turned the corner to take the stairs up to the surgery floor.
"Wow, I was not expecting to hear that ever come out of Dan's mouth." Nathan said in awe of hearing his father.
"The elevator is here guys, let's go up." Haley said and they all piled into the elevator and went up.