Life After High School. Is It Scary? You Bet.
By Risty Maskell and Silver15
Disclaimer: You really want to know? Well I can't tell you.
Summary: Damn it. I am not saying one derogatory word.
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(Billee's POV)
I hung up the phone after talking to Boromir and turned to Legolas, who was standing right by my side. I could see that he had tears in his eyes. Damon was walking up and down, a cold cup of coffee in his hand. There was nothing we could do and we all knew it. I had never felt so helpless in my life. It wasn't particularly nice being in a hospital waiting room either. It brought back too many bad memories…
"Billee" Damon put a comforting hand on my shoulder. "Maybe you should go back to my place and get some rest. There's nothing any of us can do and it's pointless just waiting here like this"
"Not until I talk to the doctor again" I said firmly. "I know she's in a bad way, but if there's any chance of us…losing her during the night, I'm staying right here"
"Fair enough" Damon agreed. "I'll go find someone"
He disappeared and came back a few minutes later with a doctor in tow. The doctor introduced himself and told us to sit down.
"So you would be friends of Emma Darkshield?" he asked. I was puzzled and glanced at Damon. He raised a finger to his lips, urging me not to say anything. 'I'll tell you later' his eyes were saying. 'Please don't blow it'
"Yes" I said slowly, not quite realising what he was playing at, but deciding to go along with it for now. "I need to know what's going on"
"Well" the doctor hesitated for a second and then continued. "Well, because she hasn't been eating, her body has used up all of its energy and her vital organs are now failing" he told us softly. "Basically, as I've told her brother here, she's had a hunger breakdown. Her body has been asking her to eat but she has refused. So the part of the brain that allows people to eat has shut down. That was a problem in itself. The miscarriage was the second problem. Normally when a woman loses her baby, it is an upsetting experience, but not fatal. In Emma's case however, she needed all the healthy blood she had and when she lost her baby, she began bleeding at an alarming rate. She's still on the drip and she's just going in for her blood transfusion now. After that, it will just be a matter of seeing how she is when she wakes up"
"Is there…" I broke of and Legolas squeezed my hand. The doctor waited patiently for me to go on. "Is there any chance that we could lose her during the transfusion" I managed to ask finally. "Even a small chance?"
"It would be very unlikely, but not impossible" the doctor told us with a sigh. "I would strongly urge you to go home and try and get some sleep. Making yourselves sick isn't going to help young Emma" He turned and went back to the ward.
"Alright, we'll go" I agreed. "Damon, will you be alright up here all night?"
"Hell, my body can go days without sleep" Damon said with a very small smile. "If anything goes wrong, I promise you that I will call immediately"
"And if she wakes up" Legolas told him. "By the way, why did you bring her in as your sister?"
"I figured that if she went in under someone else's name, it wouldn't be so easy for her dad to find her" Damon said with a shrug. "It isn't legal though, so don't say anything"
"We won't" I promised with a yawn. "I guess we'll be going now. If nothing happens, we'll be back first thing tomorrow morning"
When we got back to Damon's place, Benny was still up.
"How is she?" he asked. I just shook my head and he gave a sigh. "I spoke to Jaime just now" he said after a minute. "She wanted you to give Emma a message"
"It must be hard on her" Legolas commented. "And on Boromir. They both know that she could die, but they can't see her. I'd hate to be in their position"
"It's for the best at the moment" I said quietly. "What was the message, Benny?"
"She said 'Tell Emma that I love her like a sister and I'll always be there for her'" Benny told me. "Kind of sweet, isn't it?"
"Yeah, it is" I agreed. "Look, if I go to the Silver Stallion, do you think they would let me use their phone?"
"I don't see why not" Benny shrugged. "But I'll come with you if you like, explain that's it's an emergency"
Together the three of us walked to the tavern where I called Elrond. I told him what the doctor had said and asked him to come down with Colan as soon as he could. I needed someone else with me, someone who could take charge. He promised that he would start out that very night and he would meet us at the hospital the next morning. I asked him not to tell anyone else where we were, not even Arwen. He was surprised at my request, but he agreed. I couldn't risk Jaime or Boromir finding out where we were.
When we got back, Legolas and I went to bed. I was really tired, but I couldn't sleep. Legolas couldn't sleep well either so we just held each other for comfort through the night.
