chapter eighteen

When I arrived at the hospital, it was chaotic. Noel was rushed off his feet at reception and everyone seemed busy.

I walked towards Resus, biting my lower lip. I hadn't recieved another phone call in over an hour which must have ment good news right? Blake wasn't dead? As I walked towards Resus, Jay saw me and told me to go and wait in the relatives room.

I sighed, nodded my head and agreed. There was no point in arguing, refusing to go. You may as well just sit there and think for the next ten hours. I reached the room, pushed open the door and walked inside.

As I sat down, I wondered how Jasmine and Blake were. It wasn't the first time Blake had been injuried, in fact I had lost count of how many stab wounds, broken bones and dislocations, he'd suffered. His reactions? It's all part of the job.

Jasmine. I had to see her, she'd be so scared. I was about to stand up when I heard the door open and Mr Jordan walked in. I looked at him, now scared about what I was going to be told.

"How is he?" I asked as he closed the door.

"He's stable, for now. He'll be going up to theatre in a couple of minutes."

I nodded slowly as I fiddled with my fingernails, "How serious is it?"

He seemed to pause for a minute, "Blake was stabbed five times in total. The two stab wounds to the arms were minor, however, the wounds to his chest and neck were the ones we were worried about. He lost a lot of blood and—"

He paused and I made eye contact, "Just tell me Mr Jordan, I am a Doctor."

"His heart went into VF five times. It really is touch and go Lauren. Now the surgery will try and repair the tissue damage and then he'll be transferred to ICU."

I nodded and stood up. As I did, my whole body went funny. I stepped forward only for the floor to bounce to the ceiling, spin and then darkness comsume me.

I heard a voice but it sounded like it was a long, way away, a bit fuzzy even and I opened my eyes slowly.

There was a figure standing over me and for a second it scared me, until everything came into focus and I realised I had nothing to be worried off.

Nick Jordan was holding my legs in the air and when he saw I was awake, let go of them and asked if I was ready to stand up. I nodded, took his hand and stood up.

As I stood up, I felt dizzy again and sat down on the sofa. It was a few minutes before I stood up again and felt a little better.

"Lauren. Are you okay?"

I made eye contact with Nick and smiled, "Yes. I just fainted that's all."

"You should get checked over." He told me and I shook my head, "There's no need, I'm fine."

"Lauren—" He began and I sighed, "Fine, I will."

"Is there any chance you could be pregnant?"

Zoe asked me and I looked at her. I knew it was part of the examination and shook my head.

"No chance."

There was a silence and I looked around the cubicle before catching her eye. She smiled a little and told me she'd do a pregnancy test to make sure I wasn't.

I nodded. It was just a routine procedure but I couldn't help but think about my last period. It was only for a minute and it dawned on me, I had missed one.

I wasn't worried though. You miss periods for all sorts of reasons, it didn't mean you were pregnant.

Right? ( wrong. )

Waiting for the results of the tests, I began to feel anxious. Now I knew how it felt to be a patient, constantly worrying about what the Doctor was going to tell you next.

Jay came to see me. He popped his head around the curtain, opened it and closed it.

"How are you beautiful?" He asked as he walked towards the bed and sat down at the end.

"I've been better." I answered truthfully, "I'm stuck here and I'm worried about Blake and Jasmine. Thinking of Jasmine,can you get us some news on her? Please.."

He looked at me and nodded, "I'll see what I can do." He smiled, "Anything else?"

"Some grapes if you can stretch that far?" I laughed.

He got up off the bed and told me he'd be back in a couple of minutes. When he left, closing the curtain behind him, I lay back down on the bed and closed my eyes.

Although I wasn't left in peace for very long.

a/n: if you like it enough to favourite/alert, please leave a review with it.
thanks to meggi for pointing out my error with the GCS in the previous chapter. (: