"I'm looking for Kelly Cohen, I'm her mother" Kirsten asked the receptionist at the hospital.
"She's in surgery. Please sit down and wait" the receptionist said and pointed at a few chairs next to the wall.
"I'm looking for my husband as well. Sandy Cohen?" Kirsten asked.
"He's right down the hall. You can see him if you want" she said and Kirsten thanked her and went to speak to Seth and Ryan.
"Kelly's in surgery, can you guys wait here for some news? I'm gonna go see your father" she said and the boys nodded and sat down. Kirsten saw Marissa coming just as she walked into Sandy's room. Her husband was lying still with his eyes closed, Kirsten assumed he was asleep. She pulled out a chair and moved it as close to his bed as she could and sat down. She looked at his face and got a small shock. He had two black eyes and bruises all over his face.
"What has he done to you?" she whispered.
"It's ok, it must look worse then it is" he answered in a low, raspy voice. Kirsten jumped a little. Sandy slowly opened one of his swollen eyes and looked at his wife.
"I didn't know you were awake. That must hurt awfully" she said and she strokes her fingers lightly over his face, carefully, not to hurt him.
"Not as much as my ribs hurt" he said and screwed up his face in pain, it seemed to hurt just to breathe. "How's Kelly?" he asked quietly.
Before Kirsten could answer the door to Sandy's room opened and Ryan came in.
"Sorry to interrupt." He turned to Kirsten "Kelly's doctor is looking for you" he said. Kirsten looked at Sandy and she stroke her fingertips against his hand as she got out of the chair and out of the room. She turned to Ryan in the door way.
"Are you coming?" she asked softly. Ryan looked from Kirsten to Sandy. He shook his head.
"No, I'll stay here with Sandy" he said and walked to the chair Kirsten had just abandoned.
"Hey Sandy" he said and Sandy answered, his voice so low Kirsten couldn't hear what he said. She smiled at the sight of them and then closed the door behind her.
"Ryan said the doctor wanted to talk to me" Kirsten said as she got to Seth and Marissa. Seth shot Marissa a look saying he couldn't break the news. Marissa stood up and put her hand on Kirsten's shoulder. Kirsten frowned, what was going on.
"The doctor is in the surgery room, he just came out to say…to say that…Kelly may not…survive" Marissa found it incredibly hard to tell her "But they haven't given up yet, he said that there is 50 percents chance she might get through this, but… well, it's not over" she added, trying to make Kirsten feel at least a little better.
"No…no" Kirsten whispered as a few tears escaped from under her eyelids. Marissa wrapped her arms around the crying woman and gently patted her back.
"It's going to be ok" she whispered over and over again. Kirsten pulled away from Marissa's arms and sat down on a chair. At the same time Summer rushed into the waiting room.
"Thanks for calling me, Coop" she said as she passed Marissa and went straight to Seth.
"Hey Cohen. How's Kelly?" she asked, he looked up at her and she saw his tear streamed face.
"Oh my God, she's not…Is she?" Summer said shocked and turned her head to Marissa, who shook her head.
"No, but there's 50 percents chance she might" she said sadly.
"Come here Cohen." Summer said and drew him into a hug.
At that moment Anna entered the waiting room.
"I came as soon as I heard" she said but stopped herself at the sight of Summer and Seth.
"Summer…"
"Anna…"
Silence
"Who told you, Anna?" Marissa asked politely, she actually liked Anna, she was cool.
"Oh, Ryan called me" she answered and sat down on the other side of Seth. She looked around.
"Where is he, anyway?" Anna asked, and Kirsten's head shot up.
"Oh God, he's with Sandy. I'll be right back" she said and hurried away. Outside the door she wiped away her tears. Ryan was still sitting by Sandy's side. He looked up when he heard the door open. Kirsten waved at him to come.
"What's up?" he asked anxiously and she looked at him. "What did the doctor want?"
Apparently Ryan hadn't been around long enough to hear the news.
"Marissa will tell you. I need to be alone with Sandy right now" she said as she fought with her tears. Ryan could sense something was wrong, but he didn't want to ask her, she had been through enough already, so he simply nodded and walked out. Kirsten took a deep breath and walked towards Sandy's bed. He looked up at her through swollen eyes.
"How's she? How is my daughter?"
Kirsten had tried to hold the tears back, but at the sound of his voice, the weak, raspy whisper, she couldn't do that anymore.
"What's the matter honey? Please talk to me" he begged and she felt a sharp pain in her stomach. "Honey?" he sounded really worried now, but she straightened up and thought she had to be strong for her husband, she couldn't break down, not now.
"Hopefully she'll be ok. We just need to have faith" Kirsten whispered and sat down. He tried to take her hand in his, but he didn't reach it. He put it down again on the sheet next to his body. She realized what he had been trying to do, so she reached out and took his hand between hers. She slowly moved her fingers in circles on the back of his hand.
Sandy turned his face away from her. He saw she was in pain, not just physically. He longed to hold her in his arms, rock her back and forth; telling her everything was going to be ok. But he couldn't, not with broken ribs and bruises all over his body. Her hands were cold against his and sent shivers up his spine.
Kirsten felt him shiver but didn't let go of his hand. She needed her husband right now. She wished she could lie in his arms and take comfort from his warm body. Now he didn't even look at her. She hated that. Was he embarrassed to be seen like this? Sandy was her hero, and heroes got hurt too. Kirsten was sure he had gotten into the fight because of Kelly, trying to save her from Logan. Kirsten was proud to be his wife.
"Look at me, please" she begged, her voice was nothing more but a whisper, but his head turned to her. To her surprise she saw tears running from his eyes.
In the waiting room Marissa had told Ryan everything and he was now sitting down, trying to deal with it. 'She may not survive' Marissa's words echoed in his mind. Kelly didn't deserve this; hell the Cohen's didn't deserve this! They had been through enough the past few days.
Half an hour later went without anyone speaking, Kirsten hadn't come back yet.
"Are you Kelly Cohen's family?"
Seth looked up at the sound of his sister's name. "Yes" he said and walked towards the doctor with Ryan right behind him. The others remained sitting.
"Is she ok?" Ryan asked and the doctor sighed and smiled weakly.
Kirsten was still sat by Sandy's bed when Seth and Ryan entered the room.
"We have some news" Seth said and he and Ryan walked to the other side of his father's bed.
"Is it Kelly?" Kirsten asked, still holding onto Sandy. "Is she going to be ok?"
"The doctor said that he couldn't believe it himself, she had lost so much blood, but she made it! She's still weak, though, but she's alive!" Seth said, he sounded so happy.
Kirsten laughed, relieved and Sandy smiled. She carefully leant over him and kissed him lightly.
Ryan looked at the happy family. He was genuinely happy that Kelly was going to be ok, but he just felt…not like a part of the family.
"Ryan, come here" almost like she had read his mind, Kirsten held out her arm to let him join the family. Seth was already in her arms and she was holding onto Sandy's hand. He forced a smile and let Kirsten hug him, although very carefully, since she was hurt.
Please review! More will be up soon. I thought I'd make Ryan feel like he's not really family, that he doesn't think the Cohen's really want him there. I think I might continue on this fic when this whole Logan thing is over, try to make something with Kelly in the house, tell me what you think about that! Love you all who reviews!
