Title: Waiting
Chapter: 2/2
Author: Cerasi J.
Rating: PG
Summary: Chapter two of my fic "Just Another Monday."
Disclaimer: Nope, don't own Zekk, Jaina, Jacen, or anything Star-Wars-ish.
Author's Note: Dedicated to all you J/Z fans out there!
~*~*~
"When darkness is upon your door, and you feel like you can't take anymore
Let me be the one to call, if you jump, I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart, I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash, then crash and burn, you're not alone."
-Savage Garden, Crash and Burn
~*~*~
Zekk returned to the hospital around 9:00a.m. that morning. Han had gone to the local tavern for a drink or two; Leia was sitting in an overstuffed chair in the waiting room with her arms around her knees, weeping. Tenel Ka and Tahiri had come to comfort their beloved boyfriends, and were currantly talking a walk, as Zekk had done.
Jaina had been admitted into surgury at 8:45a.m. to possibly slow some internal bleeding, after surgury she would be allowed to rest for one hour, then she would be admitted into the bacta tanks… assuming she lived that long.
Zekk sat in the waiting room, across from Leia, his hands folded in his lap, looking paler than usual. Leia rocked back and forth in the chair, sobbing quietly. Jaina's journal seemed to burn a hole in the pocket of his jacket.
A young woman came into the waiting room, "Zekk?" His head shot up, "Yes, that's me." She smiled at him, "Hi, my name is Aki, I'm part of the watch group posted outside Ms. Solo's room, there's a young woman here to see you."
"Oh," Zekk said, "Is it important?" Aki cocked her head to the side, "It must be, she seemed very intent on seeing you."
He sighed, and rose, "All right." He put his hands on the small of his back, streched, and there was an audible pop. He followed Aki outside into the hall, with every step he took, it seemed that Jaina had less and less time to live. "Zekky!"
Zekk looked up, his senses slower than usual, "Hey Galla." Galla Tyvek, the new girl Zekk had met, threw her arms around him and showered his face with little kisses. "Honey! Where have you been, I've been so worried about you!" He pulled away from her, with the state Jaina was in, he couldn't bear to see Galla right now.
"Zekky?" She pouted, "What's wrong? Why are you at this hospital?"
"Galla, please," his voice came out rough, "My friend is hurt very badly… I need to be alone right now." Her big brown eyes filled with tears, "What, am I not good enough for you? C'mon Zekky, why are you so upset? I mean, who is this guy anyway?"
Zekk wanted nothing more than to turn his back and walk away from Galla, but his body refused. "Girl. A one Jaina Solo, Jedi Knight and a very close friend of mine, we go way back Jaina and me…" Galla's eyes seemed to glow with brown fire, "A girl!? You cheating on me, Zekky?"
He shook his head, "Gal, please…" He turned and started to walk back to the waiting room. She ran after him, but was blocked by Aki who said, "Sorry, only authorized personnel beyond this point."
"But!" Galla protested, "Why ain't I allowed in? Zekky! Tell 'em I'm with you!"
At this point, Zekk blocked out all conversation, he turned, went back into the waiting area and sat down. Leia looked up at him, her tears stopped, but her eyes were red and puffy.
"Who is that woman?"
"Oh… just some girl."
"Oh."
"When can I see Jaina?"
"You'll have to ask the doctors."
Zekk slumped back in his chair, he wanted to see her so badly… he knew he might be disgusted at what he saw, but he was willing to except that.
There was a soft knock at the door, and a human doctor, he must have been a doctor for he was wearing E.R. scrubs, said, "Hi, Leia and Jacen Solo?"
Leia looked up, "No. Leia Solo and Zekk Owed."
The young doctor blinked, "Oh, terribly sorry." He came in and sat on Leia's left side, Zekk crossed the room and sat on her right. "Well," the doctor said, "My name is Adam Tri, and Jaina is out of the operating room now, she's doing just fine, and when she rests for an hour, she'll go into bacta treatment."
Leia collapsed in her chair with a soft sigh, "Thank goodness…"
Adam continued, "She has major internal bleeding around-…" Again, Zekk stopped listening, Jaina was all right, wasn't that enough?
He put his head in his hands and caught, "Only family and doctors will be permitted to see her at this time."
Zekk raised his head and questioned, "What?"
Dr. Tri looked slightly annoyed for a moment, then said, "I said, only family and doctors will be permitted to see her at this time."
"No… you mean, I can't see her? What if she dies?!" Zekk felt like slapping the doctor.
"I'm sorry son, those are the rules." Dr. Tri didn't look sorry at all, but Leia did. "Well," she patted Zekk on the arm, "Maybe we can make arrangements for you."
"No, I'm afraid that's not possible, Mrs. Solo, you see, it's hospital rules that-…"
"Damn your hospital rules!" Zekk yelled, leaping out of his seat. Striking out as quick as lightning, he backhanded Dr. Adam Tri with this left hand, knocking him out of the chair and onto the floor.
"Zekk!" Leia jumped out of her seat to help the doctor with the bloody nose. "Stop it, just knock it off!"
"I want to see Jaina!" Zekk screamed at the doctor, "NOW!" At that moment, a young woman, who Zekk took to be a nurse ran in, "Dr. Tri! Hurry! Jaina Solo just flatlined!"
Chapter: 2/2
Author: Cerasi J.
Rating: PG
Summary: Chapter two of my fic "Just Another Monday."
Disclaimer: Nope, don't own Zekk, Jaina, Jacen, or anything Star-Wars-ish.
Author's Note: Dedicated to all you J/Z fans out there!
~*~*~
"When darkness is upon your door, and you feel like you can't take anymore
Let me be the one to call, if you jump, I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart, I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash, then crash and burn, you're not alone."
-Savage Garden, Crash and Burn
~*~*~
Zekk returned to the hospital around 9:00a.m. that morning. Han had gone to the local tavern for a drink or two; Leia was sitting in an overstuffed chair in the waiting room with her arms around her knees, weeping. Tenel Ka and Tahiri had come to comfort their beloved boyfriends, and were currantly talking a walk, as Zekk had done.
Jaina had been admitted into surgury at 8:45a.m. to possibly slow some internal bleeding, after surgury she would be allowed to rest for one hour, then she would be admitted into the bacta tanks… assuming she lived that long.
Zekk sat in the waiting room, across from Leia, his hands folded in his lap, looking paler than usual. Leia rocked back and forth in the chair, sobbing quietly. Jaina's journal seemed to burn a hole in the pocket of his jacket.
A young woman came into the waiting room, "Zekk?" His head shot up, "Yes, that's me." She smiled at him, "Hi, my name is Aki, I'm part of the watch group posted outside Ms. Solo's room, there's a young woman here to see you."
"Oh," Zekk said, "Is it important?" Aki cocked her head to the side, "It must be, she seemed very intent on seeing you."
He sighed, and rose, "All right." He put his hands on the small of his back, streched, and there was an audible pop. He followed Aki outside into the hall, with every step he took, it seemed that Jaina had less and less time to live. "Zekky!"
Zekk looked up, his senses slower than usual, "Hey Galla." Galla Tyvek, the new girl Zekk had met, threw her arms around him and showered his face with little kisses. "Honey! Where have you been, I've been so worried about you!" He pulled away from her, with the state Jaina was in, he couldn't bear to see Galla right now.
"Zekky?" She pouted, "What's wrong? Why are you at this hospital?"
"Galla, please," his voice came out rough, "My friend is hurt very badly… I need to be alone right now." Her big brown eyes filled with tears, "What, am I not good enough for you? C'mon Zekky, why are you so upset? I mean, who is this guy anyway?"
Zekk wanted nothing more than to turn his back and walk away from Galla, but his body refused. "Girl. A one Jaina Solo, Jedi Knight and a very close friend of mine, we go way back Jaina and me…" Galla's eyes seemed to glow with brown fire, "A girl!? You cheating on me, Zekky?"
He shook his head, "Gal, please…" He turned and started to walk back to the waiting room. She ran after him, but was blocked by Aki who said, "Sorry, only authorized personnel beyond this point."
"But!" Galla protested, "Why ain't I allowed in? Zekky! Tell 'em I'm with you!"
At this point, Zekk blocked out all conversation, he turned, went back into the waiting area and sat down. Leia looked up at him, her tears stopped, but her eyes were red and puffy.
"Who is that woman?"
"Oh… just some girl."
"Oh."
"When can I see Jaina?"
"You'll have to ask the doctors."
Zekk slumped back in his chair, he wanted to see her so badly… he knew he might be disgusted at what he saw, but he was willing to except that.
There was a soft knock at the door, and a human doctor, he must have been a doctor for he was wearing E.R. scrubs, said, "Hi, Leia and Jacen Solo?"
Leia looked up, "No. Leia Solo and Zekk Owed."
The young doctor blinked, "Oh, terribly sorry." He came in and sat on Leia's left side, Zekk crossed the room and sat on her right. "Well," the doctor said, "My name is Adam Tri, and Jaina is out of the operating room now, she's doing just fine, and when she rests for an hour, she'll go into bacta treatment."
Leia collapsed in her chair with a soft sigh, "Thank goodness…"
Adam continued, "She has major internal bleeding around-…" Again, Zekk stopped listening, Jaina was all right, wasn't that enough?
He put his head in his hands and caught, "Only family and doctors will be permitted to see her at this time."
Zekk raised his head and questioned, "What?"
Dr. Tri looked slightly annoyed for a moment, then said, "I said, only family and doctors will be permitted to see her at this time."
"No… you mean, I can't see her? What if she dies?!" Zekk felt like slapping the doctor.
"I'm sorry son, those are the rules." Dr. Tri didn't look sorry at all, but Leia did. "Well," she patted Zekk on the arm, "Maybe we can make arrangements for you."
"No, I'm afraid that's not possible, Mrs. Solo, you see, it's hospital rules that-…"
"Damn your hospital rules!" Zekk yelled, leaping out of his seat. Striking out as quick as lightning, he backhanded Dr. Adam Tri with this left hand, knocking him out of the chair and onto the floor.
"Zekk!" Leia jumped out of her seat to help the doctor with the bloody nose. "Stop it, just knock it off!"
"I want to see Jaina!" Zekk screamed at the doctor, "NOW!" At that moment, a young woman, who Zekk took to be a nurse ran in, "Dr. Tri! Hurry! Jaina Solo just flatlined!"