J.R. POV
Jamie comes in to look at my chest three hours later. Even with pain medication, being touched on my chest hurts. Jamie feels bad; there's nothing she can do. I'm wondering if she weren't focused on me if Drift would be trying to take her out tonight though I doubt Jamie would call it a date.
Tessa insists I come out and watch T.V. with her, Izzy and Vivian.
"Come on, I'll help you," he says as he pulls me up to a standing position.
Any movement still hurts, but I can ignore the pain. Again, I couldn't help but burst into tears once I sit down even though Izzy, Tessa, and Vivian are watching. Crosshairs sit next to me and hug me. The problem is he can't say much without revealing be what's been going on the past four months to Jamie.
"I can't stop, I need to get back to the medbay," I mumbled, hoping Jamie wouldn't hear me. I feel a panic attack starting.
"She needs to lie down," Crosshairs lies and helps me to the medbay as I also hold on to the IV pole. None of the girls question why he doesn't have me lie on the couch.
We made it to the room, and Crosshairs could lay me on the floor before I hyperventilate, and with my broken ribs, it fucking hurts. I'm having a hard time breathing, but I can't stop crying.
Crosshairs POV
Crosshairs: J.R.'s having a severe panic attack, I need help.
Drift: I'm coming.
Bumblebee: I'll try to keep the girls busy.
Fuck, hyperventilating and crying; not s good combination with her injuries.
"I. Can't. Breathe. It hurts," J.R. struggled to say.
She's not getting any air in. Damn, this is a terrible panic attack.
"I know, you'll be ok," I assured her, holding her hands, trying to keep her from moving.
Cade and Drift walk in s minute later. Drift, and I try to help J.R. get her breathing under control. Things get scary, watching J.R.'s lips turn blue before she passes out.
"Fuck, she's not breathing."
Cade picks her up and rushes to the bed.
All five girls walk in, Jamie shoving Drift out of the way to help J.R., but we both see the fear on her face. They had to intubate J.R., and they find out a broken rub punctured her lung.
"She can't be moved but we're going to have to do surgery to repair her ribs. We're back to square one," Jamie explains.
Fuck, I hate how J.R. is intubated, but the chest tube is horrible to see.
"I'll see if Bulma can come here," Cade says as he pulls out his phone.
Looking around the room, I notice Hound is here, but Drift and Jayce aren't. I assume Jayce was showing signs of a panic attack coming on, and Drift took her out of the room. Bee is likely helping him with Jayce. Izzy, Tessa, and Vivian have also left the room.
Bulma rushed here and said they need to do the surgery now.
Fuck, that's not a good thing to say to Jamie, Bulma.
I hate how I couldn't stay with J.R. Though she doesn't know if I'm with her or not, I wanted to stay, but they kicked me out of the medbay and locked the doors. I better see how bad Jayce is.
"She's dying, and it's my fault," I hear Jayce sib as I opened the door. Drift is holding Jayce on his lap, trying to keep her calm. Should have asked to prepare a syringe to calm Jayce before they started the surgery, "and Jamie will blame herself."
Jayce cries before she could finish the sentence.
"Shh, it's ok, J.R. is being taken care of," Drift tries to comfort her.
There's a knock on the door. It's Izzy, Tessa, and Vivian.
"What?" I ask.
"We want to help," Vivian says
"No, you don't want to be here. This turns ugly fast."
"Don't care, we're helping," Izzy says as she shoves me out of the way.
"I have warned you."
She could be right; the more support, the better, but I'd rather not let them see how bad Jayce struggles.
The room is cramped with five of us in here trying to get close to Jayce to help her. Drift isn't sure if this is too much for Jayce. Not sure how much help these three will be.
They were helpful enough to keep things from getting worse, but Jayce won't stop crying.
"She needs a distraction," Vivian suggests, "I know the medbay is near the area, but let's take her downstairs to watch T.V."
Drift carries Jayce downstairs.
He sits on the couch with her on his lap. I found a movie for us to watch before sitting next to Drift.
Three hours later
Drift POV
Bulma, Cade, and Jamie finished the surgery. Bulma already left, Cade and Jamie let the rest of us come into the medbay. Whether or not I let Jayce in the medbay, she'll be a wreck.
"We repaired the rib that kept puncturing her lung. The other three can heal on their own," Jamie sighed, "I'm keeping her in a coma for three days."
She cries by the end of her sentence.
"It's ok; you know what needs to be done to help her heal," I assured her as I picked her up to hug her.
Jayce rushes to J.R.'s bed.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you like this."
She falls to her knees and starts crying. Crosshairs sits beside her and hugs her.
"Dad, Is she still dying?" I hear Tessa ask Cade.
"No, she'll be ok," he tells her.
I don't know if Cade would lie to his daughter about this.
No one wanted to leave the room, but we can't stay here for three days, and that's just before J.R. might wake up. She'll still have a long road to recovery. With Hound's help, Crosshairs takes Jayce out of the room. This upsets Jamie more.
"No, stay here," Jamie sobs, knowing I'm about to walk out of the room.
I know she wants to stay and monitor J.R. for a while, so I sat on the chair by the bed.
J.R. is stable though she needs breathing support.
Hound POV
Damn, I'd like to tell Crosshairs he can go back to the medbay, but I don't think I'll be able to calm Jayce though Crosshairs is struggling to get her to calm down as Jayce fights his grip. I have to intervene before she hurts herself. She breaks free from Crosshairs' grip but after standing up, she falls from a seizure, cutting her head on the desk.
"These are getting more frequent," I fret as I cup her head.
"Crud, a black eye, and a good cut. She hit the desk at the right angle," Crosshairs sighed in frustration.
I get tissues to stop the cut from bleeding once the seizure stops. Crosshairs moves Jayce onto the bed and lays with her.
"It's ok, you heard Jamie," Crosshairs says, trying to keep Jayce from crying again.
"I killed her," she sobs.
Cade walks into the room.
"She can't calm down," I tell him as he walks up to the bed, crouches down, and starts rubbing Jayce's back.
"J.R. will be ok. Her lung and the rib that's causing the lung problem have been repaired," he tells her, "we're keeping her in a coma to help her recover though it'll be at least
six weeks before she fully recovers."
Jayce still ends up crying. Crosshairs hugs her as Cade continues to rub her back.
Hound: I think you're going to have to help Crosshairs. He's having a hard time getting Jayce to calm down.
Drift: Jamie doesn't want to leave J.R. yet. Bring her down here.
Though Cade, Crosshairs, and I aren't sure about this, we know Jamie wouldn't say to bring Jayce down if she didn't think she could help calm Jayce- or at least try to calm her down.
Jamie POV
"I don't know if I can get her to calm down, but we can't just let her panic," I tell Drift as we wait for Crosshairs to bring Jayce.
What the fuck?
"What did you do, Jayce?" I asked her once Crosshairs sits on a chair with Jayce on his lap. Instead of answering me, she cries.
"I tried to grab her before she ran out of the room and caused her to fall, hitting her desk as she fell," Crosshairs explained.
It's a minor cut, and I can't do anything about the black eye.
"Jayce, look at me."
"She's having a hard time calming down even though Cade and I told her J.R. will be ok."
Damn, I don't know what else I can do, but she needs to calm down.
Crosshairs lays on the other bed with Jayce on him. I don't think it matters if she's here or in her room. Izzy, Tessa, and Vivian come in.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know J.R. was this injured. This was supposed to be a good day."
"It's fine. We want to help," Vivian says though there's not much they can do to help right now.
"You've done all you can right now, go relax," Tessa suggests.
"No, I can't-."
"She's stable, Crosshairs is here, and I'll stay here for a while," Cade tells me.
"Come on, my dad told me there's a place you love to go to get cookies," Tessa urges and takes my hand. I tried to free my hand, but Drift took my other hand.
"Come on; you need to take a break," he urges. I give in and let the two walk me to the garage. Bumblebee, Izzy, and Vivian are coming with us. Tessa rides with me. I worry Bee and Drift won't be able to activate their holoforms without being discovered.
Tessa POV
I could tell Jamie is trying not to cry. She needs Drift, but he can't do anything right now.
"Drift, I don't think I can keep her from crying," I fretted.
"It's going to be ok, Jamie," he says, "you know J.R. will recover."
She tears up. Drift puts on Jamie's favorite music.
I know Drift couldn't wait to get to our destination.
"What happened?" Izzy asked as she stepped out of Bee.
"She's concerned about Jayce and J.R.," I replied.
Now in Drift's arms, Jamie let herself cry.
"Shh, calm down, it's going to be ok," he says as he stands up, holding Jamie.
Jamie had a plan; my dad and Vivian would spend Valentine's day together, and then he could spend time with her, Izzy, and me.
"Listen to me," Vivian tries to get Jamie's attention, "it's ok plans have changed. You, Jayce, and J.R. are our friends, and now we're here to help you three."
This got Jamie to stop crying, and we enter the business.
Jamie is right about the cookies here being amazing. Drift ordered two dozen to go. The downside is how expensive this place is.
Drift struggled to keep Jamie calm. She's calm enough not to have people looking at us.
She doesn't even know what's been going in the past four months. Just that Jayce attacked J.R. and J.R.'s injuries are serious. I know she feels bad she went through a flare-up and couldn't properly heal J.R., which might have caused the lung injury. At least that's how my dad explains it. Due to her crying, Jamie fell asleep on the way back to the base.
Crosshairs POV
I waited in Jamie's room, hoping to see her walk in, smiling. Drift carried her in and tried to lay her down on the bed.
"What happened?" I asked as he sat beside me, holding Jamie.
"She's distraught about Jayce and J.R. Crying off and on since we left."
Damn, she doesn't even know everything that's been going on, and she's this distraught. I hope she doesn't find out what Jayce and J.R. have been dealing with.
"Jayce is ok, she's asleep," I tell both Jamie and Drift.
It's the truth, though I had to use drugs to calm her down, which makes her sleep.
"Come here," I take Jamie so that Drift can take a break.
Drift leaves the room though I know he'd rather stay. He's likely going to the medbay to sit by J.R. Well, it's the closest to taking a break any of us are going to do. I laid on the bed with Jamie, and we watched T.V.
Cade POV
Izzy, Tessa, and Vivian walk into the medbay as I'm taking care of J.R.
"How were the cookies?" I asked them.
"Jamie is right, they're great," Tessa tells me.
"But?"
"Jamie didn't have a good time," Vivian says in a sad tone.
"She doesn't even know everything that's been going on, but she's still distraught," Izzy adds, "We're screwed if she finds out what's been going on the past four months."
Well, there goes that plan. I don't want these three to see everything we've been dealing with, but it seems they won't be going home.
"We're staying, cade," Vivian says, "Maybe we can help."
"You don't want to see how bad Jayce can get," I warn them.
"Crosshairs already warned us, and we don't care," Izzy informs me.
"Don't worry about going out tonight, Cade, you need to stay here with J.R.," Vivian tells me before the three girls leave the room.
What a shitty day, a shitty four months.
