That Monday. The RWHC was extremly busy. Lu hadn't had a momet to herself. Dana couldn't concentrate on anything other then her failing marriage. How could she, her 'husband' was right there, outside her door. No one at work had any knowlage of their feud. She stepped out of her office and handed the file.

"I can't find the file for your next patient."

"What? How can you not find it?" she asked and walked toward the filing cabinet. Nick was standing right infront of it. "Can you move?"

"Um... No." he answered

"I need to get something."

"Good for you however, Mrs. Biancavilla, that does not consern me."

"Mrs. Biancavilla?" Dana raised her eye brows "Not anymore, I'm not"

"What?" Lana almost yelled "Did I hear correctly? You where exchanging GUM yesterday for hours."

"That was yesterday." Dana thought "Move!" she yelled

"Make me!"

"Your Unlimited American Express, your Visa and Master Card are still in my wallet. It wouldn't be hard to screw your credit."

"I'm gonna want those back." he said as he stepped aside, she search for the file, found it and closed the cabinet.

"Good luck getting it." she said

"Dana! Stop being bitchy!" he whined

"I never thought the day would come when these two idiots would divorce" Lu said

"We're not getting a divorce." Nick correceted "We're just split."

"Who's idea was this 'split'?" Lana asked

"Mine." Nick admitted

"And have you considered your children? Have you considered the emotional toll this can cause? Once they find out that their parents don't love one another they're going to question whether or not you love them." Lana explained

"Well... I'm gonna want a DNA test on both of those children, I have a hard time beleiving they're mine."

"Are you accusing me of cheating on you?" Dana sounded shock

"Just saying they look more like you then like me."

"Alexa has brown hair." Lu inturupted "No one in Dana's family tree has brown hair."

"Technicly the only thing that both of those children inherited from me is their eye color, but their mother has the same eye color, so..."

"You can't be serious, Nick. Why do you want to take your anger out on our daughters."

"Your daughters." Nick corrected her
That night- It was around ten pm. Dana had just arrived home. She was about to walk into her bed room, when her mother stepped out of Alexa's room.

"Where have you been? It's past 10."

"I'm 26, Mom. I don't have a curfew." Dana sighed "I was at work."

"Well, Alexa's not feeling good."

"What do you want me to do?"

"You're her mother, her doctor. I think you should check on her."

"You've been here with her all day. I'm sure she's fine. I'll check on her later, I'm too tired now."
One hour later- Dana was in bed. The TV was on. Jay Leno was talking, Dana couldn't focus. She couldn't fall asleep, but she couldn't pay attention.

"Mommy." Alexa whined loudly. Dana got out of bed and went to her room.Annabell was already there.

"What?" she asked

"I can't sleep. I think I'm gonna barf. And I'm cold. Why isn't the heater on?"

"Babe, it's August." Dana placed her hand on Alexa's forehead. "You have a fever.It's nothing, just try to sleep."

"My Tummy hurts." she groaned.

"It's probibly something you ate."

"She hasen't eaten today, she said she wasen't hungry. She's been nasues all day." Annabell said, Alexa moaned

"Mommy, my side hurts"

"What side? " she asked with a semi-worried tone.

"The right." Alexa whispered

"The right? You sure?" she pulled the covers off her daughter. "I'm gonna press on it, tell me if it hurts." she gently pressed on the right side of her abdomen.

"Owww! You did that on purpose!" she yelled

"When did the pain start, hun?"

"I don't know, this morning, while I was watching Teletubies."

"What time was that?"

"I don't know!" Alexa yelled

"Eleven- ish." Annabella interupted

"Alexa, we have to get to you hospital, right now." She carried Alexa out of bed and took her to her room. And lyed her on her bed.

"What is it, Dana, what's wrong with her?"

"It's her appendix, I'm almost positive."

"What the hell are you waiting for? Change! Hurry up!" she yelled "I'll stay
One hour later- Alexa was lying in an ER bed. Dana was by her side, holding her hand. A nurse walked into the traige.

"They're preparing an OR, Dr. Stowe."

"Thanks."

"And I had reception page Dr. Biancavilla, for you."

"Why?"

"He's you husband, her father. I assumed you'd want him here. Did I do something wrong?"

"No, it's fine." Dana said, the nurse left.

"Mommy, what going on? What's OR?"

"You need surgery, babe. That's why your side hurts. I'm gonna be right there with you, though. You don't have to be scared."

"No! I don't want surgery. I want to go home. I lied nothing hurts, I'm great." she tried to convince Dana.

"It's nothing, big. Okay? You'll be fine." she reassured , two male nurses came and took Alexa up to OR. Dana decided not to observe. She just waited in the hall, like every other parent did. It had only been 30 minutes when Nick came running.

"Dana? " he was heaving "What... happened?" he asked between breaths.

"You okay?"

"Yes, I was running. I'm fine now. What happen?" he repeated

"Alexa has appendicitis. She's in sugery."

"She's three, how can she have..."

"Age really doesn't matter." Dana interupted "She has it and we can't change that."

"Is she gonna be okay? " he asked

"Why do you care? She's not your daughter, or so you say."

"Dana, I'm not exactly in the mood for your sarcasm."

"And I'm in a phenominal mood. The fact that my three year old is having surgery must have impaired my judgement."

"I only came to see Alexa. I'm not here so you can cry on my shoulder."

"A. I'm not crying. B. If I was you'd be the last person I'd want to cry on."

"What's wrong with you? Why are you so rebelious?"

"Why did you want to seperate for a while?"

"I'm tired of you, that why. I just want time to myself. I don't want to worry about my kids, my wife, my bills. "

"You're not 18 anymore."
Before they were able to finish the arguement Dr. Milo Mortan came out of the OR.

"Nicholas, Dana, Surgery's done."

"And?" Dana asked

"We're having trouble waking her up. During the surgery she stopped breathing, so she has a breathing tube now."

"What do you mean she's not waking up?" Dana asked "That's not posssible."

"The ansetesia may have been too strong for her. She may allergic to it. The surgery went pretty smoothly and scarring will be minimal, if any."

"Milo, my daughter is literaly in a coma, and you're telling us about scarring?"

"She'll be fine, Dana. The drugs will wear off in a day or two. I'm sure she'll be up within an hour, honestly. We're taking her to the Pedatric ICU right now, you can see her there."

"Thanks, Mortan." Nick said

"Not a problem." he walked away.

"Nick, our daughter." she said to him, her voice barely loud enough to be a whisper.

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