"I personally didn't. It was Keith, he had to, it's his brother, plus Charleston wasn't too great," Lucas explained, "There's something else wrong isn't there? Not just Dan?"
Trinity quickly contemplated telling her brother about Ryland and his choice of actions but she thought against it, "Not really, I just missed you, everything seemed to have fallen apart for me once you left, this just topped it off,"
"You sure?"
"Yah, I'm just glad you're here," she said, leaning against him.
"Have the doctors said anything yet?" he asked out loud, looking off into the distance.
"Not really..." she trailed off, the image of her dad coming back.
"You look pretty tired there little sister, we need to get you some coffee, you up for it?"
"I guess, but only if you answer one question,"
"Sure,"
"What the hell did you do to your hair?"
"A little haircut never hurt anyone, you'll get used to it," he laughed, as they got up and walked back inside the hospital. They stopped by the cafeteria and picked up some coffee, black for Lucas, too much sugar for Trinity.
"You sure you're okay?" he asked again as they entered the waiting room. Trinity now officially hated this room and her legs felt numb within it.
"Lucas, I'm fine," she lied, looking around for your mother.
"She's in with dad, Trin," Nathan answered, noticing her scattered glances.
"Still?" she questioned, wondering how her mother was.
"He's awake," Nathan now said shortly. He watched as his sister's facial expressions changed from worry to anxiousness, "But she said only one person can go in right now" Nathan finished. Trinity sighed and opted to a seat across from him as Lucas sat next to Haley, catching up. Trinity noticed Karen and Keith talking across the room, both smiling. Probably not smiling about a certain brother or a certain exflame but about the fact Keith was back in town.
Trinity wasn't really close with her uncle, not that Nathan was either. As they grew up their dad usually cut him out, for some reason none of them really understood. Trinity always thought they just weren't close, like Lucas and Nathan were. Hopefully with a tradgedy such as this happening it would change between her uncle and her father.
Suddenly, Deb stepped out of her husband's room, talking with a doctor. They both made their way over to the group, as did Karen and Keith. It was kind of like a big group meeting waiting to find out how the most hated of all, Dan Scott, was doing.
"Well," the doctor started, "Mr. Scott should be fine over time, with lots of rest and lots of support. The heart attack was caused by a rare heart disease that is triggered by stress, overwhelming stress. Which of you here in the group are blood relatives to Dan Scott?" Slowly, Keith, Lucas, Nathan and Trinity pointed out they were and the doctor raised his eyebrows.
"Wow, okay, there is a 1/2 chance each of you may have the disease too," he said flat out, "Which is why I suggest you all take the HCM heart test, to treat it at an early stage, if you have it," Such a small ratio shocked them all, out of the total five Scotts, three of them could have it. It was a hard concept to grasp.
"Wait, so you mean at least one of them has it?" Haley asked, bewildered.
"Yes, but putting it that literally scares people, which is why the heart test now will help," and with that, the doctor bid his goodbyes and walked away. The group was silent. Haley quickly lurched to her husband and pulled him into a hug, while Lucas took a hug from his mom and Keith took one from Deb. Trinity had no one, at that most important moment no one. She instead took a seat and watched the hugs unfold. No one really noticed her lack of hug, not that it mattered. Now all she wanted to do was see her dad. As the group bursted into conversation about the HCM, Trinty slipped off to her dad's room.
She walked in slowly, her dad now hooked up to an IV. He looked quite helpless, just lying there. She could have sworn there was a smile on his face once he saw her, she took a seat beside him in a chair.
"Hey," she said slowly, giving him a smile.
"Hello Trinity," he replied slowly. She almost wanted to cry, seeing the state her dad was in.
"The doctor said you'd live," she said, trying to make a joke.
"I know," he said with a laugh. The room kind of went silent, she avoided looking at him.
"Did I ever tell you what your name meant?" Dan said out of no where. This surprised Trinity.
"Um, no, you didn't." she replied, waiting for his reply.
"By definition Trinity means 'Holy Three' but to me that meant my third child, then I would have three," he said calmly.
"You talking about Lucas?"
"Of course I am, he is my son, it's my own fault I haven't realized it, but you and Nathan both have..." Trinity nodded her head and glanced over at the door, which she thought would be empty. But no, both Nathan and Lucas had ended up standing there. She hoped greatly they both had heard what their dad had just said. She still felt quite alone, she didn't know who to talk to anymore. Lucas was busy catching up with his mom and Haley. Nathan had Haley. Her mom was well, her last resort if ever something.
(thats all for now, im sorry that isnt too long, i have big plans for the next chapter.. woohoo! R&R! i love reviews, i know you love sendin them too! and any ideas, let me know, I love to hear your opinions! thanks for reading!)
