Quistis' head rolled back, and she started to fall. Seifer grabbed her by
her shoulders and pulled her toward him. He shook her lightly, in panic.
"Maylee? Maylee?! Holy shit..." he hoisted her up into his arms and looked around in panic.
"Someone call an ambulance!" he shouted over the noise of the crowd. Some students looked over at him, their eyes growing wide "Hurry it up damnit!"
One girl a few feet away dug into her pocket. "Hyne, that's Maylee! I have a cellphone!" she said to Seifer.
He stepped toward her. "Dial, hurry, I don't know what's wrong with her."
The girl dialed 911 and held the phone against her ear, her hand shaking slightly. "Hello? I need an ambulance right now!"
There was a voice on the other end. Seifer looked from the girl to Quistis impatiently.
"I'm at the dock!" the girl said hurriedly, glancing at Seifer. "I don't know she passed out or something! Does it matter?! I need one -now-!"
She put her phone back into her pocket and stepped closer. "Did she just faint?" she asked.
"Yeah." he said. "Is someone coming?!"
The girl nodded. "They said they'll be here in a minute."
"Thank you." he said to the girl.
"No problem." the girl said. "I just hope she's alright..."
"You know her?" he asked.
"Zoey introduced us the night of the dance. We offered to take her with us, but she didn't want to go."
"Oh." he said. He could hear sirens from a distance, and a few seconds later, an ambulance pulled up to the edge of the dock. He pushed through the crowd, and over to it.
Paramedics climbed out of the back, then pulled out a stretcher. "Put her on this."
He laid her onto the stretcher. The two paramedics hoisted it up into the back of the ambulance, and climbed in. Seifer followed.
"Who are you?!" one asked impatiently as the other slid a needle into her wrist, preparing for an IV.
"A friend." he said to the man.
"Can you tell me what happened?" he asked.
"We were on the dock, and she just fainted all of the sudden." he said.
The paramedic nodded. "It's probably nothing serious. Heat, exhaustion, or maybe she's not eating enough. There's a ton of causes. We'll put her in a room and let her rest a while, monitoring her heart rate and blood pressure and things."
Seifer nodded. "So it's not a stroke or anything?"
"Probably not. We'll run some tests. How's her blood pressure?" he asked the other paramedic.
"Just a tad high, but that's not anything to worry about." he answered.
The ambulance stopped, and Seifer opened the back doors and stepped out. The two medics stepped out also, then slid the stretcher out, folding down the metal legs. One pushed the stretcher, and the other the IV machine.
He followed them into the hospital, and into an emergency room.
"You can stay in here with her if you like. We're going to let the machines monitor her for a while, and the IV is pumping more fluid into her system. We'll unhook everything and move her into a room once we're done." one of them said. Seifer nodded, and they left the room.
He grabbed a small wooden stool from the corner of the room and pulled it up next to Quistis.
Now that they'd told him it was nothing really serious, he felt much better.
He didn't know why he kissed her. Something about the way she yelled at him. He definitly didn't regret it. It was one of the most, if not the most, intense feelings he had exerienced in his life.
His gaze moved over every feature of her face. Being around her gave him nonstop deja vu. A natural high. She was such a beauty, so calm and peaceful. Even in an emergency room, with wires stuck into her wrist, she gave off a feeling of security. One of the very few people he felt he could trust.
One of the medics came back in. Seifer looked up abrubtly. "She's fine, she just needs rest."
"Do you know what caused her to faint?" Seifer asked.
"Well she's been eating, everything's normal. My guess is stress or anxiety. Whatever's weighing on her mind took it's toll on her body." the guy said, walking over to the IV machine.
"So is she going to be moved?" Seifer asked, watching the medic pulled the IV out of her wrist slowly.
"That's the plan. She'll probably sleep for a few hours. You can stay in the room with her if you want. We've got a cafeteria on the basement floor if you're hungry."
Seifer nodded. "Okay, thanks. I'll follow you to the room first." he said.
Once she was settled in to a decent room, Seifer grabbed a strong cup of coffee from the cafeteria, then headed back down to the room. He sat in a soft chair next to her bed and watched her sleep.
He took one of her hands into his and stroke his thumb over it lightly. The minutes passed like hours. He watched the clock tick away the seconds.
"What am I doing here...?" he whispered. He looked over at her, then back at her hand. "It's funny...when I went off to Galbadia, I didn't think that after a few weeks of attending, I'd end up in a hospital, holding the hand of a beautiful woman who fainted because I kissed her."
"Don't get too cocky Almasy..." she said groggily.
"Hey, you're awake." he said, looking over at her.
"Where am I?" she asked.
"Dollet Hospital. You just passed out cold." he said.
"You brought me here?" she asked, looking down at their interlocked hands.
"With the help of an ambulance, yes." he said.
She looked up into his eyes. "I'm sorry for all the trouble I've caused. You shouldn't have stayed with me..."
"I wanted to stay with you." he said softly.
"Seifer..." she started. Her breath caught in her throat. She had to tell him the truth, but she didn't want to tell him. It wasn't fair not to tell him, and she knew she could trust him. She just didn't want him to go, and knowing his temper, he would. "...thank you." she finished. "It feels good to be taken care of."
"Maylee? Maylee?! Holy shit..." he hoisted her up into his arms and looked around in panic.
"Someone call an ambulance!" he shouted over the noise of the crowd. Some students looked over at him, their eyes growing wide "Hurry it up damnit!"
One girl a few feet away dug into her pocket. "Hyne, that's Maylee! I have a cellphone!" she said to Seifer.
He stepped toward her. "Dial, hurry, I don't know what's wrong with her."
The girl dialed 911 and held the phone against her ear, her hand shaking slightly. "Hello? I need an ambulance right now!"
There was a voice on the other end. Seifer looked from the girl to Quistis impatiently.
"I'm at the dock!" the girl said hurriedly, glancing at Seifer. "I don't know she passed out or something! Does it matter?! I need one -now-!"
She put her phone back into her pocket and stepped closer. "Did she just faint?" she asked.
"Yeah." he said. "Is someone coming?!"
The girl nodded. "They said they'll be here in a minute."
"Thank you." he said to the girl.
"No problem." the girl said. "I just hope she's alright..."
"You know her?" he asked.
"Zoey introduced us the night of the dance. We offered to take her with us, but she didn't want to go."
"Oh." he said. He could hear sirens from a distance, and a few seconds later, an ambulance pulled up to the edge of the dock. He pushed through the crowd, and over to it.
Paramedics climbed out of the back, then pulled out a stretcher. "Put her on this."
He laid her onto the stretcher. The two paramedics hoisted it up into the back of the ambulance, and climbed in. Seifer followed.
"Who are you?!" one asked impatiently as the other slid a needle into her wrist, preparing for an IV.
"A friend." he said to the man.
"Can you tell me what happened?" he asked.
"We were on the dock, and she just fainted all of the sudden." he said.
The paramedic nodded. "It's probably nothing serious. Heat, exhaustion, or maybe she's not eating enough. There's a ton of causes. We'll put her in a room and let her rest a while, monitoring her heart rate and blood pressure and things."
Seifer nodded. "So it's not a stroke or anything?"
"Probably not. We'll run some tests. How's her blood pressure?" he asked the other paramedic.
"Just a tad high, but that's not anything to worry about." he answered.
The ambulance stopped, and Seifer opened the back doors and stepped out. The two medics stepped out also, then slid the stretcher out, folding down the metal legs. One pushed the stretcher, and the other the IV machine.
He followed them into the hospital, and into an emergency room.
"You can stay in here with her if you like. We're going to let the machines monitor her for a while, and the IV is pumping more fluid into her system. We'll unhook everything and move her into a room once we're done." one of them said. Seifer nodded, and they left the room.
He grabbed a small wooden stool from the corner of the room and pulled it up next to Quistis.
Now that they'd told him it was nothing really serious, he felt much better.
He didn't know why he kissed her. Something about the way she yelled at him. He definitly didn't regret it. It was one of the most, if not the most, intense feelings he had exerienced in his life.
His gaze moved over every feature of her face. Being around her gave him nonstop deja vu. A natural high. She was such a beauty, so calm and peaceful. Even in an emergency room, with wires stuck into her wrist, she gave off a feeling of security. One of the very few people he felt he could trust.
One of the medics came back in. Seifer looked up abrubtly. "She's fine, she just needs rest."
"Do you know what caused her to faint?" Seifer asked.
"Well she's been eating, everything's normal. My guess is stress or anxiety. Whatever's weighing on her mind took it's toll on her body." the guy said, walking over to the IV machine.
"So is she going to be moved?" Seifer asked, watching the medic pulled the IV out of her wrist slowly.
"That's the plan. She'll probably sleep for a few hours. You can stay in the room with her if you want. We've got a cafeteria on the basement floor if you're hungry."
Seifer nodded. "Okay, thanks. I'll follow you to the room first." he said.
Once she was settled in to a decent room, Seifer grabbed a strong cup of coffee from the cafeteria, then headed back down to the room. He sat in a soft chair next to her bed and watched her sleep.
He took one of her hands into his and stroke his thumb over it lightly. The minutes passed like hours. He watched the clock tick away the seconds.
"What am I doing here...?" he whispered. He looked over at her, then back at her hand. "It's funny...when I went off to Galbadia, I didn't think that after a few weeks of attending, I'd end up in a hospital, holding the hand of a beautiful woman who fainted because I kissed her."
"Don't get too cocky Almasy..." she said groggily.
"Hey, you're awake." he said, looking over at her.
"Where am I?" she asked.
"Dollet Hospital. You just passed out cold." he said.
"You brought me here?" she asked, looking down at their interlocked hands.
"With the help of an ambulance, yes." he said.
She looked up into his eyes. "I'm sorry for all the trouble I've caused. You shouldn't have stayed with me..."
"I wanted to stay with you." he said softly.
"Seifer..." she started. Her breath caught in her throat. She had to tell him the truth, but she didn't want to tell him. It wasn't fair not to tell him, and she knew she could trust him. She just didn't want him to go, and knowing his temper, he would. "...thank you." she finished. "It feels good to be taken care of."