(A/N-Before you read know that I know nothing about surgery, so none of what I'm saying with the technical stuff is true, I mean it might be but I don't know.)
Chapter 6: Recovery
Previously:
"Oh my g-d!" Richard rushed into the kitchen just in time to catch an unconscious Kori before she hit the floor covered with broken glass as she once again fell into those familiar arms.
Richard looked down at Kori, "Kori?" He asked slowly. She didn't answer, didn't move. Richard put one arm under her legs and lifted her up bridal style, still supporting her upper back and head with his other arm. He walked over to the couch ignoring the pain in his shoulder from his battle with Roy and stepping over broken pieces of wood from the previously broken coffee table.
Richard looked down at Kori's unconscious form and put a hand to her forehead. "You're burning up," he said, eyes wide. She looked so small and pale, and weak. "Kori, wake up! Wake up!" Richard screamed in a whisper and he kneeled down so he was eye level with Kori. Richard tucked some of her hair behind her ear and caressed her cheek with his hand. "Please," he begged.
Suddenly Kori's eyes fluttered open slowly, "Richard?" she asked slowly, and it looked like it was painful for her to speak. "Shh, don't speak, I'm gonna go get you some ice." Richard began to get up when something grabbed on to the bottom of his shirt. Richard looked down to see Kori's hand holding on to the red cloth. "Please," she crocked out slowly, "don't leave me alone, I'm scared." Richard grabbed her hand from his shirt and leaned down again. "Kori, I won't leave you, I promise. I'm just going to get you some ice, your burning up." Richard let go of Kori's hand and went into the Kitchen.
Stepping over broken glass and the spilled wine from before he came out with an ice pack. Before he could get back to Kori, he heard her scream, "The pain Richard, the pain, please help me!" Kori's eyes were squeezed shut and she looked like she was in so much pain. Richard rushed to the phone and called 911.
Previously:
"Raven!" Garfield screamed. "Please be okay please."
He opened the car door on the opposite side considering the tree was blocking the side door closest to Raven. He didn't even examine her fully. He new it was bad, worst than that. The first thing he saw when he opened the door was blood, Raven's blood and lots of it.
"No!"
A cut from Raven's head was bleeding down from her forehead down onto the dash board and steering wheel of the car. When the car made unpacked she must have slammed into the wheel. What a relief she was wearing her seatbelt, or she could have been killed. The broken glass from the shattered window fell onto her arms, cutting then up, some even through her coat. Garfield rushed into the car and unbuckled the bloody seatbelt. Garfield pulled Raven out of the car and rested her head on his lap while her body lay limp on the ground. He tucked her hair behind her ear and ripped the cloth off the bottom of his shirt. He pressed the cloth on the deep gash on her forehead to try and stop the blood; it was too deep to stop it all.
Garfield moved on to see the damage done to her arms. He pulled up her sleeve and gasped. "Raven," Garfield lifted one of her limp arms and used his coat sleeve to wipe away the blood. He ran his hand over her arm. "What have you been doing to yourself?" Scars covered her arm up to her elbow. All different lengths and going in different directions. It was hard to see them all through the blood stains, but they were there and now, he knew.
Garfield looked down at her unconscious form, he bent down and whispered in her ear, "Raven, Raven please!" With tears forming in his eyes as he reached into his pocket and whipped out his cell phone. Quickly he dialed 911.
Both Kori and Raven were rushed to Jump City hospital. Richard was waiting in the hallway while the doctors ran some tests on Kori when he saw the doors open and saw a woman, who was hurt pretty badly rush in. He was very surprised to see Garfield with the woman, meaning that, that woman must be…Raven!
Richard jumped up and ran to see what happen. Raven was rushed in to the Emergency Room, and Richard pulled Garfield aside.
"What happened?" Richard asked concern evident in his voice.
"Raven got into a car accident." Garfield replied panicked and trying to catch in breath.
"Why are you here?"
"Kori, I don't know, something happened to her." Richard said looking down.
"No, both of them are hurt I can't believe this. I have to make a call." Garfield walked outside of the hospital.
He got out his phone and called his girlfriend, Tara.
"Hello?" asked a feminine voice.
"Tara, its Gar."
"Hey, is everything okay, where are you?"
"I called to tell you that I can't go out to dinner tonight."
"Why, what happened!"
"I'm at the hospital-"
"Is it Kori?"
"Yeah and Raven"
"Raven?"
"Yeah, she's my friend"
"Umm, alright I hope Kori… and Raven are okay."
"Thanks, bye"
"Bye"
Garfield walked back into the hospital and sat down by Richard in the waiting room. Richard had his head in his hands. "Did they tell you anything about Kori?" Garfield asked concerned, after all, both these girls were very close to him now and Raven; well he wasn't sure what he felt for her, he knew she was his friend but, not like Kori, he felt different around Kori. Kori was a friend and Raven was…more?
"No" Richard said, and then got up and began to pace the room. "She passed out, and then started burning up and she was screaming in pain. I panicked, and called 911."
Simultaneously, two doctors both came out of two rooms, both from the emergency room, one for Kori and one for Raven. Garfield and Richard both stood up and began to talk to each doctor.
One of the doctors led Garfield and Richard to Raven's room. They looked down at her sleeping form. She had a bandage wrapped around her forehead. She also had wires attached to her temples and on her arms, monitoring her breathing and blood pressure. Her arms were also wrapped and bandaged; her left ankle was broken and was in a brace, along with her left arm which was in a sling. Even though it was unseen, a brace was wrapped around her upper stomach, because she had broken two of her ribs.
"She has some inner bleeding near her rib cage, caused by a puncture made by one of the broken ribs. She also has a concussion, most likely cause from the impact when her head hit the dash."
"Will she be okay?" Garfield asked, almost having a heart attack. "Yes, she will be okay, she just needs to take it easy for a few weeks, but when she wakes up I'll go through that later. You can stay with her if you like."
Garfield sat down in a chair next to Raven and took her free hand that was not in a sling. As Richard and the two doctors left the room Garfield said quietly, "Raven please wake up."
The two doctors, who were partners, lead Richard this time to Kori's room. When they walked in to the room the doctor treating Raven, Dr. Rodriguez, took a seat in the back of the room, while Kori's Doctor, Dr. Banks talked to Richard.
"What happened to her is very serious." Richard looked at Kori; she looked so small and weak. She had monitors attacked to her and a breathing mask on her face.
"She has a kidney disease and she needs a donor, a new kidney." Dr. Banks looked up at Richard. Richard looked up at the doctor then down at Kori and grabbed her limp hand.
"Can…can I," he looked down at her again. She was so sick; she would definitely die if she didn't get this operation soon. Richard took a deep breath and started again, "can I, be that donor?"
The Doctor's eyes went wide, she stuttered for a moment, but quickly regained her composure. "Um, well…let's run some tests to see that everything um…is alright and that everything is compatible and that you're prepared for having a surgery. You do know that you are going into surgery right?"
"Yeah, I know." "Come with me then." The doctor then lead Richard out of the room, before he left he took one last look at Kori, 'don't worry Kori, you gonna be okay, I promise.'
Raven began to stir, "What's going on?" she asked slowly. "Raven," Gar sighed "you're okay." "Raven put a hand to her head put quickly retracted it because of the pain, "ouch" "Hey, be careful, you banged you head pretty hard." Garfield said as he grabbed her hand. Raven blushed on contact, "what happened?" "You were in a car accident." Raven's eyes went wide. "You're gonna be okay though, don't worry, but you have to be careful. You broke a couple ribs and you hurt you arm and ankle too. Just rest okay?" "Okay." "Oh, and umm…Kori's here too." Garfield said looking at the ground. "Really, where?" "Um…she's in the next room." "What!"
"Raven? You're okay?" "No she's not, I tried to get her to stay in her room, but she refused." "How are you feeling Raven?" Richard asked her. Raven was standing on crutches with the bandages still intact. "A little bleeding, but I'm fine, nothing I can't handle. You know me. How's Kori?" "Not good she needs a Kidney transplant. And…I'm gonna give her one." "What, Richard are you sure?" "Yeah, I have to or she'll dye."
Richard began to walk down the hallway when he heard Raven's voice, "You really love her don't you?" Richard didn't turn around or hesitate with the answer, "Yeah, more than I could have ever imagined." Raven just smiled, 'I knew it.'
"Mr. Grayson, are you ready to begin?" The doctor asked. "In a second, I have to make a call first." Richard picked up his cell phone and called his friend, Alec.
"Hey Alec, man, I need you to cover for me at work for a while."
"Sure, but what's up?"
"I'm kinda going into surgery."
"What!"
"It's not that big a deal, a friend of mine, a very close friend is sick and she need's my help."
"Alright man, you better be okay though, call me as soon as you can."
"You got it man."
Richard hung up his phone and looked at the doctor, "okay, ready."
"Okay, well as soon as you surgery in done, you'll be able to recover and Ms. Anders will be brought into surgery. You'll most likely be coming out of the anesthesia while she's in surgery. You're surgery is about 2 hours and her's in about 3 ½ to 4 hours."
"Okay, I'm ready when you are."
"Richard, Richard?" Raven called as he slowly opened his eyes. "Gar, he's awake." Richard looked up to find Raven and Garfield standing over him. "Thank goodness you're okay." Raven sighed in relief. "Yeah, everything went fine," Raven said with a smile. "And Kori?" Richard asked. Raven's smile faded, "we don't know yet." "We will soon though" Garfield chimed in.
The doctor walked in 4 agonizing hours later. Raven and Garfield stood up; Richard remained in his bed, not having regained enough strength to stand up. "She's recovering, she'll be in the ICU for a little while, in a few hours we should be able to move her to a regular room. "Can we see her?" "In a little while."
Kori's eyes slowly opened and she saw a blank white, empty room, it was quiet. Suddenly, the door opened and a Doctor walked in. "What happened?" Kori asked slowly, still waking up. "You had an operation honey; you would have died if it wasn't for that Grayson fellow." She replied with a warm smile. "Really?" "Yes, you needed a new kidney and he was your donor." "Really, I can't believe that Richard would do that for me. Is he okay? Can I see him?" "Yes, you should rest, for now though. He needs rest too, but he'll come see you in a little while."
"Mr. Grayson are you okay, to walk?" "Yeah, I'm fine." Richard walked into Kori's room and sat down next to her. He gave her a light smile. Kori began to sit up but she winced in pain. Richard, seeing this stood up and pushed her back down. "You must came out of surgery, try and rest."
"Thank you, for what you did, you saved my life Richard, I am very grateful." "Kori, I could never let you get hurt." Kori turned away as she blushed. "You are going to be okay?" She suddenly turned to Richard, "ya I'll be fine, I'm just glad that you are." Painfully Kori sat up. "I never thought I'd see you again, I'm really glad that I did. I have missed you Richard." "I missed you too Kori."
There eyes met and then there eyes began to close as their lips met in a soft, sweet kiss.
Suddenly, Kori's eye shot open. "Kori are you okay?" Raven's voice echoed through the room. "Yeah" Kori said looking at the ground, disappointed. She knew the nurse came in and told her what Richard had done for her, but the kiss …that was the dream. Kori's eyes widened in shock, she knew it for sure now…she was in love with Richard! She had to tell him…but how?
"Raven, what happened!" Kori yelled noticing the condition Raven was in. "Not a big deal, I had a car accident, I'm fine don't worry. Gar saved me." Garfield blushed a bit, then turned to Kori, "Can you get Richard?" she asked him. "I would like to see-thank him properly." "Sure" "Not necessary."
Richard was leaning against the door frame holding his side. "You need help man?" Garfield asked. "No I'm okay." He said as he took the seat next to her bed.
"Thank you for what you did Richard. I really appreciate what you did for me." "I couldn't let you die." 'Almost like my dream.' Kori thought. "But, you're welcome." He smiled at her, a warm comforting smile. Raven and Garfield had already left the room and were in the waiting room.
"Did I thank you for saving my life?' Raven turned to him "Yeah, about a million and one times." "Well, now it's a million and two." Garfield laughed and looked at her, "so, um… sometime, are you still up for dinner?" Raven grinned at him, "sure."
"Richard" "Kori" they said simultaneously. They both laughed slightly. "Yes Richard?" Kori looked up to him with hopeful eyes. "Um…I'm glad you're feeling better." "Oh," she looked down as to not show him her disappointment. "You…too."
PLEASE R&R
Okay, now that everyone is recovering, the next chapter will be up ASAP, I hope this one was okay, this was mostly drama and I assure you that the next chapter will be my favorite genre…ROMANCE!
IN THE NEXT CHAPTER:
"Because I think love him." Someone's gonna hear something that their not supposed to…yet.
"Because I think I love her."
Roy returns and so does Terra.
Richard's friend Alec pays a visit.
Victor and Karen (BEE) are visiting as well.
AND TWO ROMANCE SCENES THAT YOU'RE GONNA LOVE!
(Still in the Teen rating though-don't worry, I don't write lemons!)
