Chapter 13: Blood

The hospital waiting room was silent when Lila and Michael walked hand in hand into it. They got a curious stare from Morgan who was the only one in the waiting room, but he didn't say anything. "How is he?" Michael asked Morgan.

"I haven't heard yet. Mom and Adella are on their way. They were in Manhattan shopping." The disgust in his voice was apparent."So how long has this been going on," he said nodding to their joined hands.

"Less than twelve hours,"Lila answered quickly. "Kristina had to drop Sarah off at her mom's, then she'll be here."

Suddenly a blonde man and woman burst through the doors. "How is he," the woman asked.

"No word yet," Michael answered.

The man spoke,"Courtney, why don't you and the boys go find the doctor?" The woman set off with Morgan trailing behind her. Michael squeezed her hand before following. She saw the blonde man watching her. She knew that Courtney was her father's ex-wife, but had no idea who the man was.

"Got an eye problem?" she asked him saucily.

He chuckled,"No, it's just that you look so much like your mother it took me back for a second." He stuck his hand out,"Jasper Jacks, Jax."

She took his hand,"Lila McCall Morgan but you already knew that I'm sure. How did you know my mother?"

"We were business associates, then we dated, then we were friends. Technically I'm your god father."

"Yeah, it turns out everyone in this town knows of me, but I have no idea who the hell they are. Guess it shows how important these people were to my father."

He smiled,"You are quite blunt aren't you? You remind me a great-" he was interrupted by Michael, Morgan,and Courtney accompanied by a very frazzled looking brown haired woman.

"This is Dr. Georgie Quartermaine, she's working on dad,"Morgan said.

"NIce to meet you," the doctor said. "I'll get straight to the point, the bullet is lodged in quite large artery in his upper thigh. Surgery will remove it, but there's likely to be a great deal of bleeding. We'll have to give him a transfusion, however the bloodbank is short. Blood relatives need to be tested, the sooner the better."

"Guess that includes me? Damn my blood!" Lila said.

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Lila watched the blood flow through the tube from Morgan's arm to the pouch hanging next to him. Just watching him get poked by the needle made her sick to her stomach.

"Blech!" Lila said covering her eyes.

"Not a fan of needles huh?" Michael asked from the exam table where he was eating cookies having already been bled dry.

"Not even a little bit. It took me three tries to work up the courage to get my ears pierced."

"Next up," Dr. Quartermaine said motioning Lila over to the table. She approached the table warily.

"You can squeeze my hand if you want," Michael said laughing.

"Uh-huh keep laughing,see how you like touching yourself for the next week." He immediately stopped laughing and Morgan started. Lila watched the doctor roll the sleeve of her turtleneck up and swab her arm with an alcohol wipe. "If I faint, feel free to take the blood while I'm laying on the floor." She shut her eyes and felt the needle tear through her flesh. The minutes went by slowly, and it seemed like she had been sitting there for hours when they were finally done. Georgie left with the blood and Lila leaned back on the table.

"You were very brave," Michael said kissing the bandaid on her inner arm.

"I'm just in it for the cookies," she told him biting into a half-stale chocolate chip cookie. "Well maybe not."

"You're cute when you eat," he informed her.

"Oh God!" Morgan cried. "You two are disgusting!"

Lila hopped off the table and staggered a bit. Michael reached out and steadied her,"Okay I'm good. We should go up and see how he is. Not that I care or anything," she added quickly.

Michael nodded," Of course not."

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"They practically drained me dry," Lila grumbled plopping down on the couch in the waiting room next to Jax.

He turned to look at her, "I'm sure you'll be fine."

"That's what the vampires say when they're done with you."

"Don't mind her, she didn't get much sleep last night," Kristina said to Jax.

Hours went by with still no sign of Carly and Adella. Lila wasn't sure why she was still there, maybe out of some obligation she felt to her father's one time best friend. Maybe she was there to support Morgan. Morgan. The brother she shared with her boyfriend. What a twisted life she lead. She was brought out of her reverie by Dr. Quartermaine emerging from the operating room.

"He came through with flying colors. Morgan it was your blood that saved him."

Was it wrong that part of her was unhappy about that. Twisted wasn't the word for her life, more like train wreck. God she needed a drink.