Chapter 16: Great Awakening
Author: Noisemaker
Note: this chapter takes place in the beginning of June 2001. Anything that has happened since then doesn't apply.
Mark and Elizabeth left Ella with Haleh and Lydia in the ER and took the elevator up to the ICU. They ran into Mykalla's room just in time to see the docotr removing the intubation.
"Lizbet" whispered Mykalla when she saw them enter the room. Elizabeth sat down on the bed opposite Rob.
"Mykalla, are you okay?" asked Elizabeth quietly.
Mykalla moaned slightly, "I'm a little tired, and I hurt. A lot."
"I'll get you something for the pain," replied Elizabeth. "You look like hell you know that," she added jokingly. Mykalla laughed slightly but stopped because of the pain it caused. "Let me go see what I can give you." Elizabeth went into the hall to find the doctor who had just left.
"You had us really scared," said Mark.
"Sorry," she whispered.
"You don't have to apologize," he replied. "This isn't your fault."
"Yeah it is" her voice only slightly stronger. "If I had only waited for you to..."
"Stop," said Rob. "Don't do this, please. Don't blame yourself, nobody else does." Mykalla smiled slightly in response, and squeezed his hand.
Elizabeth came back in with the docotr, who gave Mykalla some painkillers interveinously. "Get some sleep," said Elizabeth as the doctor left.
"Okay," said Mykalla as the three of them turned to leave. Mykalla held on to Rob's hand not letting him go.
"i'm going to stay," Rob said to Elizabeth and Mark.
Elizabeth nodded in reply, "Goodnight Mike." They left the room and went down to the ER to pick up ella. THey rode home in silence and tried to go back to sleep.
"Mark?" asked Elizabeth as she rested her head on his shoulder.
"I know Elizabeth," he said somehow knowing what she was about to say. "Get some sleep," he added drawing her closer.
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"Can't I leave yet," pleaded Mykalla. "I've been here for two weeks already."
"Two and a half," corrected Mark. "But no you can't go home yet."
"Why not?"
"Because they want to be sure everything's all right," he replied. "Maybe tomorrow they'll let you out."
"See, you make it sound like prison too."
"Funny. I have to go finish my shift. I'll be back in a coupla hours, ok?"
"Yeah, sure. Get outta here," she said.
Mark left the room and met Elizabeth in the hallway. "Hi," he siad giving her a quick kiss. "Havn't seen you in awhile."
"I know. I'm sorry," she replied as she wrapped her arms around him. "this should be over soon I hope."
"Possibly tomorrow," replied Mark.
Elizabeth stepped ack to see his face, trying to tell how serious he was. "tomorrow? you're serious arent you."
"totally. I talked to Jons this morning. He would release her today, but he wants the extra day to be 100% sure."
"That's great," she replied. "Are you off?"
Mark quicky looked at his watch. "oh, i gotta get back. Is Ella with the nurses?"
"i found a sitter," she answered bringing a confused look to Marks face. "Don't worry, you'll like her. Go."
Mark kissed her goodbye and ran downstair to face the wrath from Kerry for being late. Elizabeth went to visit Mykalla. "Elizabeth, great," said Mykalla. "Now I can go home."
"What are you talking about?" asked Elizabeth.
"They decided I'm released today," she replied trying to sound convincing.
"Nice try mike. I talked to Mark in the hall. You're not going anywhere just yet."
"Can't say I didn't try, right?" she said with a laugh.
"I know you want to get out of here, just stick it out, okay. You'll be back home soon enough."
"Yeah I know. I just want to get out of here, you know?"
"You only have to be here a few more days. If you stop talking about it, maybe you'll forget about how long you're here."
"I can take a hint. But I'm not half as bad as you were." Elizabeth shot her a look that made her burst out laughing. "Sorry, I couldn't resist... anyways,. SO is she here?"
"Yeah. She's at home babysitting Ella. This is great, Mark doesn't know she's coming, well here."
"He's going to be so surprised. He was really disappointed when she couldn't come to the wedding."
"yes, he was wasn't he. I think it would be best if he got home before I did today, what do you think?
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"Elizabeth?" called Mark as he entered the house.
"She's not here Dr. Greene," replied a voice from the living room. Mark went into that room to meet this baby sitter that Elizabeth had mentioned. "I fed Ella and she just fell asleep a few minutes ago," said the girl sitting on the couch.
Mark couldn't tell who it was from the back of her head. "How much do I owe you?' he asked taking out his wallet.
The girl on the couch turned to face him. "just a place to stay for a few days." She ran to him and grabbed him in a huge hug.
"I've missed you so much," he replied kissing the top of her head. "I'm so glad you're here."
"Me too, dad," replied Rachel.
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"I'm fine Mark. I can do it myself," said Mykalla as he tried to help her out of the car.
"Fine," he replied throwing his hans up in surrender. He wnet to the other side of the car to get her bags out. They went into the house and Mark dropped her backpack on the stairs. "Elizabeth, we're home."
Rachel peered out from the living room to see Mark following Mykalla into the kitchen on her crutches. SHe went into there after them and sat down at the table. She watched as they said hello and waited for them to notice her.
Mykalla was the first to do so when she sat down across the table from her. "Hi," she said.
"Hi" replied Rachel a little leary.
Mark and Elizabeth stopped talking, realizing the two girls hadn't been intoduced. "Rachel, hunny," said Mark. "this is Elizabeth's sister Mykalla."
"Oh," she replied. "hi."
Noticing hte tension between the two, Elizabeth asked "SO, what do you girls want for dinner?"
They both turned to face her and shrugged theri shoulders.
"At least they agree on something," Mark whispered to Elizabeth.
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"Why don't you let me help you?" pleased Rob. He had driven Mykalla to school so that she could empty out her locker. "You can't carry that bag and your crutches."
"Watch me," she answered back placing the crutches under her arms. She picked up the shopping bag with her good hand and tried to leave her locker. SHe fell foward causing the contents of the bad to spill out over the floor. "Damn," she said as she dropped the crutches and began to gather the things together.
Rob knelt down in front of her and put everything back into the bag. He stood up and offered his hand to help her up, which she took reluctnatly. "Let's get out of here, ok?"
Mykalla looked at him sheepishly and started off next to him. When they got to the car, Rob put the bag in the trunck and helped Mykalla into the front seat. "Ready to go?"
"Quite," she replied. "let's go home and relax for awhile."
TBC
Author: Noisemaker
Note: this chapter takes place in the beginning of June 2001. Anything that has happened since then doesn't apply.
Mark and Elizabeth left Ella with Haleh and Lydia in the ER and took the elevator up to the ICU. They ran into Mykalla's room just in time to see the docotr removing the intubation.
"Lizbet" whispered Mykalla when she saw them enter the room. Elizabeth sat down on the bed opposite Rob.
"Mykalla, are you okay?" asked Elizabeth quietly.
Mykalla moaned slightly, "I'm a little tired, and I hurt. A lot."
"I'll get you something for the pain," replied Elizabeth. "You look like hell you know that," she added jokingly. Mykalla laughed slightly but stopped because of the pain it caused. "Let me go see what I can give you." Elizabeth went into the hall to find the doctor who had just left.
"You had us really scared," said Mark.
"Sorry," she whispered.
"You don't have to apologize," he replied. "This isn't your fault."
"Yeah it is" her voice only slightly stronger. "If I had only waited for you to..."
"Stop," said Rob. "Don't do this, please. Don't blame yourself, nobody else does." Mykalla smiled slightly in response, and squeezed his hand.
Elizabeth came back in with the docotr, who gave Mykalla some painkillers interveinously. "Get some sleep," said Elizabeth as the doctor left.
"Okay," said Mykalla as the three of them turned to leave. Mykalla held on to Rob's hand not letting him go.
"i'm going to stay," Rob said to Elizabeth and Mark.
Elizabeth nodded in reply, "Goodnight Mike." They left the room and went down to the ER to pick up ella. THey rode home in silence and tried to go back to sleep.
"Mark?" asked Elizabeth as she rested her head on his shoulder.
"I know Elizabeth," he said somehow knowing what she was about to say. "Get some sleep," he added drawing her closer.
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"Can't I leave yet," pleaded Mykalla. "I've been here for two weeks already."
"Two and a half," corrected Mark. "But no you can't go home yet."
"Why not?"
"Because they want to be sure everything's all right," he replied. "Maybe tomorrow they'll let you out."
"See, you make it sound like prison too."
"Funny. I have to go finish my shift. I'll be back in a coupla hours, ok?"
"Yeah, sure. Get outta here," she said.
Mark left the room and met Elizabeth in the hallway. "Hi," he siad giving her a quick kiss. "Havn't seen you in awhile."
"I know. I'm sorry," she replied as she wrapped her arms around him. "this should be over soon I hope."
"Possibly tomorrow," replied Mark.
Elizabeth stepped ack to see his face, trying to tell how serious he was. "tomorrow? you're serious arent you."
"totally. I talked to Jons this morning. He would release her today, but he wants the extra day to be 100% sure."
"That's great," she replied. "Are you off?"
Mark quicky looked at his watch. "oh, i gotta get back. Is Ella with the nurses?"
"i found a sitter," she answered bringing a confused look to Marks face. "Don't worry, you'll like her. Go."
Mark kissed her goodbye and ran downstair to face the wrath from Kerry for being late. Elizabeth went to visit Mykalla. "Elizabeth, great," said Mykalla. "Now I can go home."
"What are you talking about?" asked Elizabeth.
"They decided I'm released today," she replied trying to sound convincing.
"Nice try mike. I talked to Mark in the hall. You're not going anywhere just yet."
"Can't say I didn't try, right?" she said with a laugh.
"I know you want to get out of here, just stick it out, okay. You'll be back home soon enough."
"Yeah I know. I just want to get out of here, you know?"
"You only have to be here a few more days. If you stop talking about it, maybe you'll forget about how long you're here."
"I can take a hint. But I'm not half as bad as you were." Elizabeth shot her a look that made her burst out laughing. "Sorry, I couldn't resist... anyways,. SO is she here?"
"Yeah. She's at home babysitting Ella. This is great, Mark doesn't know she's coming, well here."
"He's going to be so surprised. He was really disappointed when she couldn't come to the wedding."
"yes, he was wasn't he. I think it would be best if he got home before I did today, what do you think?
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"Elizabeth?" called Mark as he entered the house.
"She's not here Dr. Greene," replied a voice from the living room. Mark went into that room to meet this baby sitter that Elizabeth had mentioned. "I fed Ella and she just fell asleep a few minutes ago," said the girl sitting on the couch.
Mark couldn't tell who it was from the back of her head. "How much do I owe you?' he asked taking out his wallet.
The girl on the couch turned to face him. "just a place to stay for a few days." She ran to him and grabbed him in a huge hug.
"I've missed you so much," he replied kissing the top of her head. "I'm so glad you're here."
"Me too, dad," replied Rachel.
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"I'm fine Mark. I can do it myself," said Mykalla as he tried to help her out of the car.
"Fine," he replied throwing his hans up in surrender. He wnet to the other side of the car to get her bags out. They went into the house and Mark dropped her backpack on the stairs. "Elizabeth, we're home."
Rachel peered out from the living room to see Mark following Mykalla into the kitchen on her crutches. SHe went into there after them and sat down at the table. She watched as they said hello and waited for them to notice her.
Mykalla was the first to do so when she sat down across the table from her. "Hi," she said.
"Hi" replied Rachel a little leary.
Mark and Elizabeth stopped talking, realizing the two girls hadn't been intoduced. "Rachel, hunny," said Mark. "this is Elizabeth's sister Mykalla."
"Oh," she replied. "hi."
Noticing hte tension between the two, Elizabeth asked "SO, what do you girls want for dinner?"
They both turned to face her and shrugged theri shoulders.
"At least they agree on something," Mark whispered to Elizabeth.
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"Why don't you let me help you?" pleased Rob. He had driven Mykalla to school so that she could empty out her locker. "You can't carry that bag and your crutches."
"Watch me," she answered back placing the crutches under her arms. She picked up the shopping bag with her good hand and tried to leave her locker. SHe fell foward causing the contents of the bad to spill out over the floor. "Damn," she said as she dropped the crutches and began to gather the things together.
Rob knelt down in front of her and put everything back into the bag. He stood up and offered his hand to help her up, which she took reluctnatly. "Let's get out of here, ok?"
Mykalla looked at him sheepishly and started off next to him. When they got to the car, Rob put the bag in the trunck and helped Mykalla into the front seat. "Ready to go?"
"Quite," she replied. "let's go home and relax for awhile."
TBC