Olivia sat down beside Alex and let out a soft sob "Al... I just got a call from Jen"
"Trevor's sister?" she furrowed her eyebrows "what did she want from you this time?"
She pursed her lips, wiping the tears that escaped her swollen eyes. She took a deep intake of air, hoping it would give her some sort of strength. After everything that happened over the last month she felt weak, broken and completely exhausted. It felt as if life was dealing punch after punch and it was not giving her the chance to heal.
Her mind was a mess, her life was completely disastrous and her heart was aching for a man she knew she could not have. She wondered, how different would her life have been if she had not entered that bar all those weeks ago. Then she remembered that if she had not walked into that bar she would not have met the man she grew to love.
Her lower lip trembled at just the of him, she missed him so damn much and she just wanted things to go back to the way they were before she walked out on him. She so badly wanted to wake up in his embrace again, and feel his gentle kiss wake her up.
Alex placed her hand on her friends shoulder, noticing that she had spaced out. She gave her a small smile "Liv are you okay?"
"I miss him..." she whispered "I miss him so damn much and now I might never get to be with him again."
"Liv you will be with him again." she whispered, pulling her friend into her embrace.
Olivia allowed Alex to hold her as she broke down, her body shook as her sobs tore through her. Her eyes squeezed shut as she thought about everything that she was forced to face. Everything was falling apart and she was wondering what would be the next thing to fall apart.
...
Alex let out a sigh as she stared down at her sleeping friend, she tucked a piece of hair behind her ear and shook her head "I'm going to find a way to fix all of this for you Liv."
She stood to her feet and quickly changed into an appropriate outfit before calling Casey and asking her to come by and keep an eye on Olivia. Casey agreed almost instantly, which gave Alex the certainty that she could go. She did not want Olivia to stay on her own while she was in such a vulnerable state so she opted to getting someone that could keep her company.
...
Jen let out a heavy breath when she saw Alex walking toward her "you must be Alex?"
She nodded "that's me... How is he?"
She shrugged, a single tear rolling down her cheeks "he went into shock or something and passed out. They haven't told us how he is just yet"
"Olivia tried to tell me, but she was crying too much. She told me that you said that she should just stay away from him, and I'm here to let you know that the decision you are making is complete crap." Alex scoffed "she loves your brother unconditionally and he loves her too, they make each other happy and yes, the way they met was unconventional but that doesn't change a thing."
Jen scowled "look. My brother is currently in that surgery room, going through god alone knows what, and I could care less about Olivia. His life has been going downhill ever since her arrival, and I refuse to stand and watch as she ruins it further."
Elizabeth walked over to the two women and shot her daughter a glare "Jennifer Regina Langan you better stop your crap right now! The reason your brother is back in that room is because of your behaviour. If you had just shut up about the Olivia situation he would be fine right now, that woman made him happier. As crazy as it all was, he loves her and nothing you do or say will change that."
Jen wiped her tears "But she is married! I don't like her one bit"
"Olivia is no longer married" Alex pipped up "her marriage was annulled, and she did it not only because her ex-husband was a complete dick, but also because she loves your brother. She would give up anything, including her life, just to have him healthy and happy."
"I need to speak to this woman..." Elizabeth pipped up "I need to see for myself, and if I say that I'm okay with it I'll sign my constent to let her see Trevor in the private ward."
Alex let out a soft breath "do you want to meet her now or wait until he is out of surgery and then come by some time later?"
Elizabeth shook her head, running a hand through her hair "No. I'll call you tonight and then you can bring her to the hospital, I want to speak to her here alone... I need to see her, away from Jen and all the other drama and also I won't be leaving my son's side when he gets out of surgery."
Alex nodded "I'll be waiting for your call..." she swallowed the lump in her throat "but please, if anything happens to him..."
"I will call you and you can inform her." she said with a weak smile.
...
Olivia walked down the corridor of the hospital with a massive lump in her throat, her eyes were filled with tears and she felt extremely nervous. Her mind was in a mess, she could not believe what Alex told her, she wondered if maybe she was being set up, by his family just to be let down again.
She walked up to the room she was meant to meet Elizabeth in and took a deep breathe before opening the door. Her heart dropped when she saw him laying in the hospital bed, her tears dropping heavely from her eyes as she walked over to him.
She rushed over to him and sat down beside him, she ran her fingers across his face as her chin shivered, her tears rolling in torrents. She gently traced the light scruf that grew out on his face "you had me worried" she whispered.
Olivia took a minute to try and collect herself, her tears still flowing as she placed a gentle kiss to his lips. She just wanted this all to end, she wanted her loving, sweet and caring boyfriend back, she wanted him to hold her and tell her that everything was going to be fine.
Her fingers ran over his face as she took a deep breath "I love you so much Trevor Langan, I am so sorry for all of this crap. I know you would have been perfectly fine if I had called my squad, but you were the only person I could think of." she let out a sob as she clutched her hand into his "the entire time I tried to fight him off, all I could think of was fixing things between us and being back in your arms."
"you have to get better" she whispered, not caring that her face must have been red and puffy already "I can't live without you Trevor... You take all of this pain away and without you nothing makes sense"
A loud, gut wrenching sob left her throat as she cried beside him, her eyes focused on him as he lay unconscious. She leaned down and pressed her lips to his, hoping to feel him kiss her back again like he did in the last time she saw him. She pulled away when she felt nothing and shook her head.
"I feel like such a fool right now... I just miss you Trevor, I miss your smile and your laugh and I miss your loving." she placed her head on his shoulder "you need to get through this... No bullet, no stroke, nothing should get you to give up. Okay?"
She looked up at his face "you have to stay strong for me baby. Because I refuse to lose you, not now and not ever again."
She placed one last kiss to his lips before settling beside him once again "I don't even know if I'm allowed to be here, but I won't leave your side. Last time I left you got a stroke, I refuse to leave you again."
Olivia let out a heavy breath, she hated his silence and the fact that he wasn't even concious was making it even more worse. The man she loved was suffering and she had no way of helping him, she had no way of getting him awake. Especially not when he was in such a fragile state, her heart was completely shattered just by seeing him there.
Elizabeth and Alex stood outside the private room and smiled at the sight infront of them. Elizabeth nudged Alex "so this is the Olivia I keep hearing about... She's a mess."
"Well she has been through complete hell over the last 24 hours so I don't blame her."
She nodded "she's beautiful though, a wreck, but still beautiful. I can see how much she loves him, I have never seen a woman other than myself act this way toward Trevor. Not even Debra."
"That's his ex-wife right?"
"yeah" she sighed "he adored her, but not as much as this one. In fact I have never seen Trevor covering for a woman as much as he covered for Olivia today. He was perfectly fine, talking and laughing. Until Jen started picking a fight about Olivia and then he lost it, and he started coughing."
"If you tell her that, she will blame herself for all of this." she said with a sigh. "Even though she was attacked and is in a shit ton of pain, she won't show it until she knows he is fine."
Elizabeth took a deep breath "I need to speak to her... But it looks to me like she's sleeping"
Alex let out a soft chuckle "I think she is, trauma is exhausting... Plus she cried herself to sleep over him earlier too."
Elizabeth walked into the room with Alex following behind her, she stood beside Olivia and allowed a small smile to grace her lips as she took one of the spare blankets and covered Olivia as best as she could. She then leaned down beside her son and pressed a soft kiss to his forehead "I love you son" she whispered before walking out of the room again.
Alex raised an eyebrow at the older woman "are you heading home?"
She shook her head "no, my husband and I are staying at Trevor's place until he is healed. I will be in one of the private waiting rooms with my husband."
"What about Olivia?" she asked with a hopeful smile on her face.
Elizabeth turned to her and smirked "she may need a neck massage tomorrow but I'm sure she will appreciate us not disturbing them."
"So you approve of her?"
She let out a soft laugh "she loves my son and she's a good person, of course I approve. Plus Trevor is nuts about her, who am I to get in their way."
"Now he just has to recover"
"yes and then everything will go up from there. She will be good for him, and I get the feeling that he will be good for her too. They can help each other heal and maybe some day they could settle down and get married, maybe have a few babies." she said with a hopeful look on her face.
Alex bit the inside of her cheek at the mention of kids, she wanted to inform Elizabeth of Olivia's situation but she felt that maybe it wasn't her place to do so, so instead she nodded and pursed her lips.
"Their babies would be cute" she smiled.
Alex nodded once again "let's not get too far ahead, after everything they have been through I doubt they would be willing to even step near another altar."