Kyle rushed out of the elevator to try and find Lily but from the look of things that seemed almost impossible. But by sheer luck he saw her at the other end of the room. And he ignored his pain to maneuver though nurses, who were too preoccupied to notice him, to get to her.
Lily was overwhelmed with work and she wished that Kyle could be there to help but she knew that he couldn't. She just took a deep breath and moved on to the next patient.
"Lily" Kyle called to her as he moved around a nurse to face her.
When Lily heard her name she looked and saw Kyle facing her.
"Kyle? What are you doing down here, you shouldn't be up" she said.
"I'm here to help you, and from the looks of things you really need it" he said while he looked at the front doors as some more paramedics wheeled in some more patients.
"So I can stay?" he asked, Kyle really didn't want to go back and just sleep. He didn't know if he would be able to stand just doing nothing and knowing that there were people just a floor below him that needed his help.
Lily looked from the door to Kyle's pleading face she knew that she needed the help but she couldn't stop thinking about Kyle's health. She didn't have time to think it over, the nurses were calling for her and there wasn't any time to waste.
"Ok fine you can stay, just don't strain yourself" she said as she hurried over the new patients, and Kyle hurried after her.
The rest of the afternoon went by extremely fast for the two, and before they knew it they were finishing up with the last few patients from the fire.
"Finally" Lily said as a nurse wheeled the last patient to the ICU. She let out an exasperated sigh and leaned up against the wall, in an exam room of the ER.
"I don't think we've ever had that many people come in at the same time" he said as he leaned on the wall next to Lily.
"There was that time with the 15 car pile up"
"I would have to say that, that comes in at a close second" Kyle responded.
"Come on you need to go and lay back down I don't even know why I agreed to let you help in the first place" Lily told him as she stood up and started to walk towards the door.
"Come on you know that you needed the help, don't deny it" Kyle said as he started to walk after her but when he took a step pain suddenly shot through his wound and he would have fallen if he hadn't caught himself and leaned back on the wall. He tried to ignore it and walk to Lily but the pain was even worse now and he couldn't help but let out a moan that stopped Lily in her tracks.
"Kyle?" she questioned as she turned around to face him.
Kyle just concentrated on his now heavy breathing, while he grasped his wounded side. Something was wrong and he knew it.
"Lily" Kyle said as slowly slide to the floor.
Lily quickly walked over to him and asked, "Kyle what's wrong?"
"I don't know" he said through clenched teeth and moved his had to see blood.
"Great, it looks like you've torn your stitches" Lily said while she lifted up his shirt and examined his wound.
"Come on Kyle, can you stand?" she asked.
"Maybe with help" he breathed.
Lily gently helped Kyle stand up and walk over to a nearby gurney and helped him lay down. She stuck her head out of the room and called for a nurse.
"You just can't stay out of trouble can you?" Lily said sarcastically as she came back over to him.
"Nope I sure can't" was Kyle's response.
