Has any one noticed that I keep putting Christina in the hospital? It's so weird. I keep doing that. It's not nice and yet she always ends up there. What is wrong with me? My subconscious keeps picking on Christina. I have to get that checked out. Oh wells, enjoy this story!
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Chapter 19
Life is so short.
"Code blue! Code blue! Get the crash cart in here!"
The sound of a flat line could be heard over all the noise and bustling that the doctors and nurses made.
Life is so precious, it should be treasured. You should hold on to every waking moment of it.
"NO! I am not leaving." Susan shouted, sobbing.
"Someone get her out of here!"
It shouldn't be wasted. To even waste a minute of it is not a smart move.
Flashback
Bodies of drunken kids laid throughout the huge house. Empty beer and liquor bottles were littered on the floor.
The only noise that could be heard was the moans and groans coming from a few of them waking up and painfully discovering their hangovers.
End of flashback
You have to hang on to it for as long as you can. Because one day, you'll never know, something could happen.
Morning of the crash:
"Oh my god... What happened? Is she okay?" George asked as he rushed over to the group of people.
At the sound of his voice, the heads of the dejected, tired-looking people in the group sitting in waiting room looked up at him.
Cristina's mother, Susan, looked the most tired. "We don't know yet. She's still in surgery."
"What happened anyways?" Meredith asked, curious.
"Apparently the driver, Locke, was drunk and they swerved to avoid hitting a deer. The driver of other car was also drunk, and had passed out at the wheel. He then hit them when Locke swerved. I think the driver of the other car is going to be fine though."
Poor Izzy sitting in the corner looked the worst off. She had her head in her hands and she kept rocking back and forth in her chair. Her cheerful and optimistic attitude was gone; it was replaced by a more sad and depressing tone.
"This can't be happening again. This can't be happening again."
"Izzy, are you okay?" George asked worriedly.
When Izzy didn't answer he grew even more worried. "Izzy? Izzy. IZZY! IZZY!"
"What? Huh?" Izzy asked confused. She lifted her head up from her hands and looked to see who had called out her name.
"Are you okay?" George asked her, worried about his new girlfriend. "I've called your name three times and you didn't respond."
"Yeah… I'm fine." Izzy answered before drifting off to her memories of that fateful day.
I
know there's something in the wake of your smile
I get a notion
from the look in your eyes, yeah
you've built a love but that
love falls apart
your little piece of heaven turns too dark
Flashback
"Nathan! Nathan! Nathan! Guess what!" A six and three-fourths year old Izzy shouted while bounding towards her friend.
Newly turned 7 year old, Nathan Seaworth turned around to face her, hiding the flowers he was picking behind his back. "I don't know Izzy. What happened?" Nathan said. Nathan was and always had been the calmer one of the pair. However when Nathan was excited about something, he would be just as calm as Izzy.
Nathan and Izzy differed in some ways. For example, Nathan was about an inch taller than Izzy, not that you would be able to tell easily. Nathan had jet black hair and hazel eyes, whereas Izzy had blond hair and brown eyes. They were as different as they were alike.
"Wait, what do you have behind your back?"
listen
to your heart
when he's calling for you
listen to your
heart
there's nothing else you can do
I don't know where
you're going
and I don't know why
but listen to your
heart
before you tell him goodbye
"Nothing." Nathan said, trying to sound as innocent as possible.
"Oh, okay then." Izzy said. "Guess! Guess what happened!" Izzy told her friend.
"Um… I don't know." Nathan said, screwing up his face in confusion, trying to figure out what happened, "Why don't you tell me."
"Awwwww… You're no fun!" Izzy said pouting.
"Yes, but you like me anyway." Nathan said grinning at her.
"Fine," Izzy sighed, "I'll tell you."
"Mommy's boyfriend got me and mommy a puppy for Valentine's Day! He's so so sooo cute!"
"Really?" Nathan said getting excited. "Can I see him? Please, please, please?"
"Hmmm… I don't know…" Izzy said teasingly, pretending to be thinking about it.
"Come on! Please, please, please?"
"Well… I don't know."
"Come on!" Nathan said pouting. "I let you see my new things all the time."
Izzy giggled at how worked up her friend was getting. "Gosh Nathan, I was just kidding. Of course you can see him."
"Yay!"
"Just come by later."
"Okay." Nathan said excited. She gave him a peck on his cheek and left him standing there alone, his face slowly turning red.
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As Nathan stopped in front of his best friend's trailer, he could hear the loud barks of a little dog coming from some where behind the towering structure.
Once again, he made sure the flowers that he had picked and the chocolates he had bought with his savings were there in his hands and hid them behind his back. Slowly he took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to go in and look for Izzy.
He found her behind her family's trailer playing with her new puppy.
"Hi Izzy!" Nathan shouted.
"Hey Nathan."
"So is that him?" Nathan asked, pointing at the golden Labrador retriever.
"Yep! Isn't he cute?"
"Yeah he is." Nathan reached down to pet the cute little dog, but he forgot that he didn't have any free hands and dropped what he was holding. "Whoops."
"Hey, what's that?" Izzy asked Nathan when he quickly picked up the fallen object.
"Um… wellyouseeit'sagiftforyou." Nathan blurted out quickly stumbling over his words.
"Could you please repeat that? I didn't catch it." Izzy asked.
"Oh sorry." He said blushing. "Um… these are for you." He pulled his hands from behind his back and gave her the flowers and chocolate. Nathan quickly pecked her on her cheek and said, "Sorry. I have to go now. See you later." And with that he sped off heading towards his own trailer.
sometimes
you wonder if this fight is worthwhile
the precious moments are
all lost in the tide, yeah
they're swept away and nothing is
what is seems
the feeling of belonging to your dreams
"Oh! Um… Thanks!" Izzy called after him surprised.
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"Come on Dad!" Nathan's shout carried to inside his family's trailer. "Let's go. If we don't leave now, we're going to be late!"
listen
to your heart
when he's calling for you
listen to your
heart
there's nothing else you can do
I don't know where
you're going
and I don't know why
but listen to your
heart
before you tell him goodbye
It was Valentine's Day and his mom's birthday. Nathan's dad especially made a reservation at a restaurant. It was currently 7 o' clock and they had to get there by 7:30 or their table would be canceled. They were already running late on account of Nathan's father surprising the family with the news of the reservations, and now, his dad was frantically searching for the car keys to the family vehicle, a beat-up, old 1970 Ford Mustang. (A/N: Yes, I know my timeline is probably messed up, just please go along with it.)
"Ah ha! Found it!" Nathan's dad, Kevin, said. "Okay, let's go."
They drove towards the restaurant faster than Kevin usually drives considering how late they were. The ride was full of bumps and they barely avoided hitting the car in front of them when they reached a stoplight,
Nathan loved staring out the window at the street whenever he got the opportunity to ride in the car. He loved looking at the lighted-up signs at night.
Finally, just as they were one block away from the restaurant, and oncoming a red light, Kevin hit the gas to try to get to the restaurant before the time turned from 7:29 to 7:30 and lose their reservation. Forgetting to check for any cars heading their way, only Nathan saw the car that was speeding towards them during their hurry.
"Holy-"
And
there are voices
that want to be heard
so much to mention
but
you can't find the words
the scent of magic
the beauty that's
been
when love was wilder than the wind
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Izzy's mom's face paled as she hung up the phone. She slowly approached her daughter.
"Um… Sweetie?" Izzy's mom, Julia, said uncertainly.
"Yes Mommy?"
"Well… Um…" How on earth do I say this? Julia thought to herself. How in the world do I tell my 7 year old daughter that her best friend is in the hospital being kept alive by tubes and IV's?
"Yes Mommy? Do you have something to tell me?" Izzy asked her mom puzzled.
Okay, let's get this over with. Just like a bandage, nice and quick. "Well… Izzy honey… you see… Tonight Nathan and his family went out to dinner for Valentine's Day and his mom's birthday."
"Okay…"
"Well at first, the phone call was just the hospital and they said that Nathan is now in the hospital." Izzy's mom said.
"Why is he in the hospital?" Izzy asked starting to cry. She knew the hospital was not a very good place to be. "He's okay, isn't he?" She asked in-between sobs.
"Well honey, I don't really know, but I'm sure he's all right."
Izzy's sobs turned into silent tears trailing down her face when she heard her mother's uncertain reassuring.
"Do you want to go visit him?"
Izzy slowly nodded and followed her mom to their car. They drove to the hospital in silence, neither speaking in fear of what would happen if the silence was broken.
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"Excuse me." Julia said. "Where can we find Nathan Seaworth?" He was brought in earlier today because of a car accident."
"Are you related to Mr. Seaworth?"
"Well no. But I am his emergency contact if his parents can't be reached or unavailable."
"Um… Okay. Just wait one moment please." The nurse said checking with the computer. "Okay, he's in room 529. I'm sorry, but you can't visit him at the moment. It's because his room is on the 5th floor, which means that he's in ICU, Intensive Care Unit (A/N: That's what it means right?). I'll have a doctor come by and tell you what happened okay?"
"Okay. We'll just wait in the waiting room."
Izzy and her mom walked towards the waiting room and waited for the doctor. Not soon after they sat down in one of the uncomfortable chairs that belonged to the room, a doctor appeared.
"Hello. Are you here for Nathan Seaworth?" The doctor asked them.
"Yes, we are. How is he?"
"Well, I'm Dr. Robert Choi. I'm Mr. Seaworth's doctor. Mr. Seaworth is currently in a coma with extensive head injuries." Dr. Choi told them. "He and his family were hit by a drunk driver who ran the red-light. I'm sorry to inform you that only Nathan survived the crash."
listen
to your heart
when he's calling for you
listen to your
heart
there's nothing else you can do
I don't know where
you're going
and I don't know why
but listen to your
heart
before you tell him goodbye
"Oh. My. God." Izzy's mother, Julia, said shocked. She, like her daughter, had been close friends with the Seaworth family.
"I am truly sorry for your loss." Dr. Choi said sincerely. "Nathan is in ICU, so you can't see him right away yet. We're trying to stabilize him, but you can see him a little later. If you're going to stay, I'll come by and tell you when you are allowed to visit him, if that is okay with you."
"Yeah, okay." Izzy responded for her mom, who was still a state of shock. "That will be fine. Thank you mister."
"No problem. I'll be back soon; I just have to finish my rounds." Dr. Choi walked away to check on his other patients.
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The wait for Dr. Choi was torturous, well at least Izzy thought so. What on earth could be taking him so long? Izzy thought.
At long last, after what seemed to be years, Dr. Choi came back and told them that Nathan was moved to room 789, on the Recovery floor. "We managed to stabilize him. Now all we can do is wait and hope for the best. Would you like to go visit him now?"
"Yes please."
"Okay, follow me."
Dr. Choi led them to Nathan's room on the 7th floor.
Izzy saw Nathan lying on the bed, pale and lifeless. There were all these tubes and machines hooked up to him. The slow and steady constant beeping that cut through the silence of the room reminded them that he was still barely living. His head was covered in bandages which kind of made him look like a mummy. He had a big cast on his left leg that was propped up on a sling.
"Nathan?" Izzy whispered. She felt that if she spoke any louder, that it would somehow hurt Nathan. "Oh, my god." She said as reality really started to sink in. Tears silently trailed down her face. She quickly walked to Nathan's side and stood there- holding on to one of his uninjured hands as if it was her only lifeline.
Dr. Choi motioned for Izzy's mom, Julia, to follow him outside to give Izzy and Nathan some privacy and to talk.
"Nathan's left leg was broken in several places." He told her once they were outside. They still watched Izzy and Nathan through the window.
"He has multiple concussions and had internal bleeding in the frontal lobe of his brain. We managed to stop the bleeding, but right now he's fallen into a coma."
"Is he going to be okay?"
"At this moment we're not sure, but we're hoping that he'll pull through." Dr. Choi told her the news sadly. He saw the officer on the case and flagged him down. "Hold on please. Officer Collins is on this case of the accident. He'll tell you what happened."
"Mornin' Robert, ma'am." Officer Will Collins greeted them.
"Officer, this is Ms. Stevens. She's one of Nathan Seaworth's emergency contacts."
"Awww… come on now Robert. You know me well enough now. Call me Will." Collins told him. "Nice to meet you Ms. Stevens. It's unfortunate it has to be under these circumstances."
"Ditto, Officer Collins." Julia said solemnly. "So what exactly um happened?"
"Please. Call me Will." He said, flashing her a smile before starting to explain what happened. His face clouded and turned serious. "Well, as you probably know, the Seaworth family was heading towards a restaurant. Mr. Lambert, the other driver, had earlier consumed a lot of alcohol earlier that evening. His BAC (blood alcohol content A/N: I think it's what it stands for.) was three times the legal limit. He had sped through four intersections during red-lights before he reached the intersection where he hit the Seaworths' car. The other car had sped right into the front of the driver's side of the car and hit Mr. Seaworth at full force. I'm sorry, but when I arrived at the scene, only Nathan was still alive. I am so sorry Ms. Stevens."
"I-" Julia's statement was cut off by a long continues beep coming from the room there were standing in front of.
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"What's happening? What's going on?" Izzy's voice rang out fearfully.
Listen
to your heart...mm..mmm
Dr. Choi and a whole team of nurses rushed into the room with a crash cart.
"Get her out of here!" Dr. Choi shouted to one of the nurses.
"Miss? I'm sorry, but you have to leave this room."
Izzy ran to her mom. "Mommy what's going on?"
"Shhh. It's okay honey." Julia said trying to calm down her daughter. "We just have to wait this out and see."
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"Clear!"
"It's no good."
"Charge it up to 200."
"Clear!"
The nurse looked at the monitor. "No change."
Dr. Choi gave a frustrated sigh. Shaking his head he sadly announced, "Time of death 10:46."
He handed the paddles over to one of the nurses and stalked out of the room. He walked towards the waiting room where he knew the Stevens would be.
"I'm so very sorry." Dr. Choi told them sadly. "But we could not revive Nathan, apparently there was just had too much damage done to his body. There wasn't anything we could do."
"Mommy? What happened to Nathan?" Izzy asked her mom with her wide eyes glistening with tears, fearing the worse.
"I'm so sorry honey." Julia told Izzy, her eyes also threatening to over spill with tears. "Nathan's gone."
"Well where did he go?"
"Well sweetie, he went up to heaven to join his family and daddy." Julia said her voice cracking.
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"We're here to honor the loving memories of Kevin Seaworth, Elizabeth Seaworth, and their son, Nathan Seaworth. They all died in the tragic car accident, but the memories of their time here on Earth will be dearly remembered by their loved ones. Amen." The priest concluded. (A/N: Um… I'm not sure if that's what if that is people say during funerals so can you please just go with it? I've only attended Chinese funerals which I'm sure are different from other types, though equally as sad.)
The silence was deafening, after the priest finished his speech. People walked by the coffins of the family of three and laid down roses on each coffin. All the mourners, looking tired and sad, trudged by the coffins, tears falling down their faces.
After long last, Izzy finally reached the coffin of her best friend. Her eyes were red and puffy from all her non-stop crying since she heard of the news 2 days ago, but she knew it was time to let go and stand strong.
She could just imagine Nathan standing in front of her. He would tell her, "Be strong Izzy. Come on you can't get such a little thing get to you. Remember, I'll always be with you in your heart and I will always love you."
I have to be strong. For Nathan. She thought to herself.
Taking a deep breath, she prepared to say good bye to her best friend for the last time.
I
don't know where you're going
and I don't know why
but
listen to your heart
before you tell him goodbye
She took a step forward and laid down her rose down on his coffin. "Nathan…" She whispered. "I'll miss you. And I love you too. You'll always stay in my heart. Goodbye."
End of flashback
Izzy sighed. I can't believe this is happening again. Please God, don't make Cristina die like you did Nathan, you owe me at least that. Don't take away another one of my best friends.
Dr. Choi tired took off his surgical mask and gloves and walked over to the waiting room. The surgery had been very long and had various complications.
He slowly approached the sorry looking group. "Are you all here for a Cristina Yang?" He asked them.
Izzy looked up at the familiar voice that constantly haunted her dreams over the past years. She couldn't believe it, it really was him. Of all the doctors, fate had placed him with one of Izzy's best friends once again.
Cristina's mother, Susan, spoke up for them all. "Yes we are."
"Okay, well I'm Dr. Choi. I'm Cristina's doctor. We just successfully finished the surgery, although there were a few complications, Cristina should recover just fine. She's in room 724 on our Recovery floor. Right now she's under heavy atheistic, so it wouldn't be much good to visit her right now. But you can if you want. She may only have one visitor at a time."
They all let the breath they didn't know they were holding go. Cristina's mom, Susan sighed in relief.
"Thank you so much Dr. Choi." Susan said shaking his hand.
"Mrs. Li. You should go visit Cristina first." Izzy said.
Susan nodded and walked towards the elevator to Cristina's room.
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Susan walked into her daughter's hospital room. It was so white and smelled a lot like bleach. It made her stomach roll to see her daughter hooked up with all the machines and IV's. Her skin looked so pale.
She sighed and walked over to one of the chairs next the bed. She watched Cristina as she slept. Even though appearing pale, Cristina looked like she was sleeping so peacefully.
Out of the corner of her eye, she thought she saw Cristina move. Looking closely, she did indeed see Cristina move.
"Where am I?" She muttered drowsily as she slowly woke up.
"Oh! Hi, honey. How are you?" Susan asked her. "You're in the hospital. Remember you were in that car crash?"
"Yeah. I remember."
"So how are you?"
"I feel like I've been run over by a truck."
Susan laughed. "Well you weren't exactly run over by a truck, but close."
"Hey mom? I'm kind of tired so is it okay if I get some more sleep?"
"Oh! Yeah, sure. You should get some rest honey."
Christina drifted back to sleep, unable to resist the welcoming darkness that engulfed her.
Susan was watching her daughter sleep peacefully for the second time. But this time it was a natural sleep.
It was so silent in the room, all anyone could hear were the machines in there doing their jobs.
Christina's eyelids started twitching profusely. The monitor that told people that she was still alive started to quickly beep as Christina's heart rate quickened.
It continued to quickly beep until it just flat out became a long continues beep.
Christina was flat-lining.
"Oh my god! What's happening?" Susan asked when a nurse rushed in. "What's going on?"
Dr. Choi rushed in with a couple of other nurses.
"Code blue! Code blue! Get the crash cart!"
The sound of a flat line could be heard over all the noise and bustling that the doctors and nurses made.
A nurse quickly wheeled a crash cart into the room.
"Ma'am please come with me." A nurse told Susan.
"NO! I am not leaving." Susan shouted, sobbing.
"Someone get her out of here!" Dr. Choi shouted. "Okay. Set it to 100!"
"CLEAR!"
Susan watched helplessly as Dr. Choi tried to save her daughter's life.
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After a lot of persuading, the nurse finally was able to lead Susan back to the waiting room still crying.
"What's wrong?" Andrew asked his wife.
"Christina… she… flat-lined." Susan said in between sobs.
"Is she going to be okay?"
"I don't know."
Just as Susan finished her statement, Izzy noticed that Dr. Choi was walking towards them.
She quickly rushed to him without anyone noticing she was gone.
"Please tell me you saved Cristina and didn't fail like you failed Nathan." Izzy asked almost beseechingly.
"Oh! So that's why you looked so familiar! You were here a long time ago for Nathan Seaworth!" Dr. Choi said. "I really am sorry I couldn't revive Nathan you know."
"Yes yes." Izzy said impatiently. "But more importantly, how's Cristina."
"Maybe I should say it to the whole group. That way everyone will hear it."
"Okay."
They walked over to the group of devastated looking people.
"Um… Excuse me." Dr. Choi said. All the heads of the group looked up.
"I'm glad to inform you that Christina will be okay."
Sighs of relief could be heard coming from all of them.
"She can be released next week. We just want to keep her under observation to make sure that she will be 100 percent okay."
"Thank you so much!" Andrew said shaking Dr. Choi's hand.
"You may all go see her in a few hours. Cristina needs her rest for now."
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"We're so glad you're okay!" Izzy said hugging Cristina.
"Ow ow ow!" Cristina said.
"Oh my god. Am I hurting you? I'm so sorry." Izzy said afraid that she hurt her friend.
"No, you're touching me." Cristina said blankly. She laughed. "Don't worry I'm just kidding."
"God! You're so mean! I almost had a heart attack." Izzy yelled at her.
Everyone in the room cracked up laughing at the scene before them.
Enjoy all your moments here on Earth, because you'll never know when your last one will be.
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I just noticed that I have been spelling Cristina's name wrong! Well my sister pointed it out but still. It's officially spelled as Cristina, not Christina with an h! I didn't notice. Am I spelling Izzy wrong too? I hope not.
Well the song in this chapter is Listen to Your Heart by DHT. I hope you enjoyed this super long chapter. I'm so sorry I haven't updated for so long. So I hope this long chapter will make it up.
Please review! It'll make my day. Especially with all the homework and projects I've had to do. You would think that once you get your acceptance letter to your high school that you would have less homework but nooooo! We get more homework, even though our grades don't matter anymore!
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Signing out for now,
- H
