"So, what happened?" Charlie asked the taxi driver he had met before, as he cleaned up his nose.
"We were coming down the road, when your friend took off her seatbelt and reached into the back for her briefcase. She said she needed her pager or something. I took my eyes off the road for…nothing more than…a few seconds, maybe not even as long." the guy looked so remorseful, but Selena wasn't on his side.
"And?" she demanded, her eyes burning holes in the guy.
"And, as she turned back to face the right way, I did too. Then, crash,. We collided. It was in such slow motion, my head hut the steering wheel, your friend crashed trough the windscreen. I'm….so…sorry." the guy broke down. "Will she be okay?" he looked up at Charlie and Selena, who's faces weren't giving anything away.
"We certainly hope so. ED wouldn't be the same without her." Charlie commented.
"ED?"
"Yeh, she's the registrar at Holby Hospital, Maggie Coldwell." Selena's words cut the guy like a knife as they helped him up and into the back of the second ambulance. He had his head in his hands as the doors closed and it sped off. Now, Selena and Charlie were the only ones left at the scene, with Comfort and Nina with the other driver. As they all headed back to ED, the atmosphere was dead. No one spoke, no one moved. Each too deep in their thoughts to notice.
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Back at the hospital, Tess was giving the news to the rest of the staff.
"The RTA coming in. Its Maggie." mostly everyone gasped, except Bruno who rolled his eyes. Everyone rushed into action as the double doors interrupted their reactions.
"Maggie Coldwell, RTA victim thrown through windscreen. Severe lacerations to hands and face. Pulse is 109 over 67. Oh, and Selena says to keep an eye out for internal bleeding."
"Where is she?" asked Harry as he fixed Maggie up to the machines.
"Her and Charlie are on their way. Okay."
"Yeah, thanks Comfort. Right, can I get a cross match of 125 milligram's and can someone call theatre." at Harry's words Abs dashed to the phone whilst Kelsey went to get the blood.
A few moments later, Selena and Charlie rushed in. They both joined Harry in the attempt to stabilize Maggie, before getting her up to theatre.
As Maggie was wheeled out of Resus and to the lift. Harry took the pair aside. "Now, as you know the battles not won yet. We'll have to wait on Mrs Beauchamp to know for sure."
"Yeh, yeh." Selena felt so helpless, and really washed out. Charlie nodded too.
"Good, well I need to go, but you's can get up to theatre, page me on how she is. Bye!" he said as he dashed back into Resus, leaving Charlie and Selena to make their way up to theatre.
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The plastic seats outside theatre weren't the comfiest seats to sit on. The waiting was unbearable. The rhythmic ticking of the clock was echoing round the room, no thoughts were being thinked, they couldn't bear to be in them. Charlie wasn't thinking much, every time he did, his thoughts wandered to Maggie. This was something he would rather not do. He watched as Selena paced the room for the third time, her eyes were barely holding back the tears, he knew the waiting was just as unbearable for her too. Maggie was like a sister to her, and visa-versa. Turning his head slowly to the left, Charlie glanced at the clock, two hours had past since he had sat down. Suddenly, the doors of theatre creaked open, revealing a stressed looking Connie. Selena was first to rush over, asking so many questions Connie had to tell her to shut up. Walking over to the three seats, she asked Selena and Charlie to sit down. This, in Charlie's books, wasn't a good sign.
