This chapter is for RKOsgirl92 and 2Xtremequeen21891 for getting me motivated to FINALLY update this story. No I hadn't forgot about it and I do have one or two more chapters left for it :) one a surprise and one last smutty one, just because lol!!
He forced his feet to move. None of his limbs were cooperating at all. His mind on the other hand was working overtime. He was all too aware that he had to keep a cool head and stay on top of the situation. His sanity depended on it. Tyson's life could very well also. He inhaled deep trembling breaths as he inched down to the floor.
He heard Ted gasping behind him, "Randy, is she dead?"
He swallowed, tears stinging his eyes and blurring his vision.
"No, she can't be I won't let her." Randy choked out.
He rubbed his fists in his eyes roughly to try and get a grip on himself.
"Get that towel and wet it so I can wipe her off some." He ordered.
Cody was frantically relaying where they were to the operator over Logan's sobbing. She sounded like a tortured animal. He reached out to touch Tyson's neck to try to find a pulse.
It was like a thousand pounds had been lifted off of him when he found a faint heartbeat. Her skin was hot and flushed.
"Here." Ted trembled handing him a damp towel.
It was go time. He knew he had to get her down to the EMT's as quickly as possible.
Randy worked over Tyson as fast and as gentle as he could. She looked like a corpse. She had filmy blood drying around her mouth and a pool of blood around her head. Randy could only gather that she was throwing up and had passed out and hit her head, but he couldn't be entirely sure. He wiped her mouth and tried to talk to her. If she had a concussion she could very easily slip into a coma. Maybe she already had. He wasn't sure about anything.
"Randy, they'll be here in five minutes." Cody informed.
He looked up and nodded at him then focused on Ted.
He did not look like he was holding up well at all. He was biting his knuckles, tears flowing down his face.
"Teddy, you gotta help me carry her. You've got to keep this towel on her head and keep her steady. She's still bleeding from the gash on her head." Randy ordered.
Ted steeled his jaw and pressed the towel to her open wound.
Randy lifted her slowly.
"Stay with me baby." Randy whispered.
His face was a mask of determination. Ted put a hand on her stomach to steady himself. She came to life then. A hoarse scream came from deep within her. She began to wildly struggle, completely incoherent.
"Stay still, calm down, we're going to get you some help." Randy shushed.
Ted pressed her tightly trying to keep her in Randy's arms. She screamed louder, her vocal cords raw from throwing up. She pushed feebly against Ted's hand.
"Let her go, just hold her head, we've got to go." Randy said.
He felt her go limp again in his arms when Ted removed his hands. Cody blocked a hysterical Logan from seeing Tyson.
"We'll be right behind you." Cody said rocking Logan.
They rushed to the elevator and rode it to the lobby where the ambulance lights were already illuminating the lobby.
"Sit her here. We've got to set her up, she looks bad." An EMT barked.
Randy felt his heart constrict when he placed her on the stretcher. They wheeled her outside to the ambulance. Randy was only vaguely aware of the growing audience that had begun to gather.
"Randy!" Ric called bursting through the crowd of people.
They both climbed into the back of the ambulance just as the doors slammed shut.
"What happened?" Ric questioned his voice stricken with grief.
"I don't know." He answered.
"Does she have any allergies?" The EMT, Scott asked.
Ric shook his head.
"Was she drinking?" he asked.
Randy replied, "No."
"Is she taking any medications?" Scott continued.
"Not that I know of." Ric stated, his eyes clouding with tears.
"How did you find her?" Scott questioned.
"She had gone to her room and I went to check on her because she hasn't been feeling well. I found her passed out in the bathroom." Randy said watching as he started an I.V.
Scott was filling syringes with various fluids and medicine between checking her blood pressure and heart rate.
Randy balked when Scott leaned over to inject Tyson's I.V.
"Wait…she…uh" he hesitated looking at Ric, "She might be pregnant."
The tears that Ric had been trying to hold back started as he stared at Randy.
Scott nodded and readjusted accordingly.
"I'm sorry Ric." Randy said melting down finally.
Ric pulled him into a sideways embrace, "Don't apologize, you just saved her life."
They arrived at the hospital a short while later and both collapsed into chairs in the waiting room. They stayed as still as statues until Ted, Cody, and Logan arrived.
"Anything yet?" Ted asked sitting by Randy.
He shook his head staring at the wall opposite of him. Ric stood and held Logan who was still crying uncontrollably.
"She was mad at me and I didn't get to tell her I was sorry." Logan wailed.
"You'll get to tell her. She's going to be fine." Ric said leading her off to the cafeteria.
Ted and Cody looked at each other then at Randy.
"You don't think she did this to herself do you?" Cody asked quietly.
"She wouldn't." Randy stated his voice barely above a whisper.
"It looked bad. I mean it looked that way." Cody said.
"She didn't fucking try to kill herself, Cody. If you think she did you need to get the hell out of here." Randy hissed furiously.
"I don't think she did, but you never know." Cody said dropping his eyes from Randy's intense stare.
"What the fuck does that mean? I know Tyson. I know she wouldn't do that to herself." Randy shot back.
Cody twisted his fingers nervously, "Maybe she was upset about being pregnant and didn't want to deal with it all."
Randy was breathing erratically and gripping his seat, "Maybe she just didn't want to deal with me that's what you're saying right? Maybe she'd rather be dead than possibly having to raise a child with me for the rest of her life?"
Cody looked back up remorsefully, "No, I didn't mean it like that. Just forget I said anything."
Randy stood slowly. Ted jumped up between him and Cody.
"What's going on?" Ric asked as he and Logan walked up.
Randy stormed off without a word.
"I said something stupid and I shouldn't have." Cody said quietly.
"What did you say?" Logan asked, barely keeping it together.
"I was thinking aloud trying to figure out what happened…" he replied.
"Stop beating around the bush son." Ric said.
"I was wondering if maybe she was pregnant and had gotten upset about it and had I don't know…maybe…" he trailed off.
"Tried to commit suicide?" Logan squeaked out.
Cody chewed on his lip, "I should have just kept m mouth shut."
"Yeah, you should have." Ric muttered, going to the nurse's station.
"I'm sorry. I know it was stupid." Cody said.
"You need to go find Randy and apologize right now." Logan suggested.
Cody nodded and left.
TWO HOURS LATER
Cody had successfully apologized to Randy and they were all waiting to hear from the doctor about Tyson's condition.
Finally the doctor came out, "Are you here with Miss Tyson?"
"Yes, she's my daughter how is she?" Ric asked.
"She's going to be fine. Her appendectomy surgery went perfect." He said.
"It was her appendix?" Ted asked.
The doctor nodded, "It had burst a little over twenty minutes before you got here so the clean up was quite quick and easy."
"So she's not pregnant?" Logan asked.
"No, I'm sorry if that's what you thought. Appendicitis is very often confused with being pregnant. You can see her whenever you like. She'll be waking up from surgery any moment now." The doctor smiled leading them to Tyson's room.
Randy stayed put.
"Are you coming?" Ted asked.
Randy shook his head, "No, she probably doesn't want to see me. Just tell me how she is okay?"
Ted nodded and went to catch up with the rest of them.
"Here she is. I'll be back later to check on her." The doctor said going down the hall.
They all walked into the dim room. Tyson was sleeping, the monitors beside her softly illuminating her. Ric went to her and took her hand and kissed it. She groaned as she blinked her eyes open.
"Hello sweet angel." Ric whispered, "You scared us to death.
She furrowed her brow and wet her lips, "What happened?"
"You got your appendix removed and had a few stitches put in your head from where you hit it." He told her, "Do you need anything?"
"I'm thirsty." She said her voice scratchy.
Logan got a cup and filled it with ice and water.
"Thanks." Tyson smiled after a few sips.
"Do you remember anything?" Cody asked.
Tyson thought for a minute, "I remember going up to my room and everything else is kind of blurry. I vaguely remember going to the bathroom but that's it. How did I get here?"
"Randy was worried about you and wanted to check on you and he found you." Ted answered.
"Randy?" Tyson asked.
Cody nodded, "If he wasn't there…he kept a cool head and got you here. None of us were doing so hot seeing you like that and trying to help you at the same time."
"Where is he? Why isn't he here?" she asked.
"He's in the waiting room. He didn't know if you wanted to see him or not." Teddy informed.
"I do want to see him. I have to thank him." She murmured.
She had no idea why there were butterflies in her stomach when Ted left to get Randy.
She didn't know why her skin flushed and she suddenly felt hot.
She didn't know why her heart skipped a beat when she saw him enter the room.
His sleeves were rolled up to his elbows; his tattoo's rippling over his muscles. The first four buttons were undone leaving his collar open to expose his rapidly rising and falling chest.
"We'll just let you two be alone for a minute." Ric said motioning to the others.
Randy watched them leave and stared at the closed doorway. He very slowly turned back to look at her, his jaw clenched tightly.
"Thank you." She whispered unable to look up at him.
His mouth twitched, "No problem."
They sat in silence for several moments until a nurse knocked on the door and came in.
"Time to change your bandages." She said.
Randy shifted awkwardly.
Tyson's covers and gown were pulled back to reveal a white gauze on her stomach. It was removed to reveal several neat sutures.
"They look good, no infection." The nurse smiled placing a new bandage on her skin and covering her back up, "I'll be back in a little while."
The silence filled the room again.
"I'm just gonna go. You probably should be resting." He said reaching for the door.
"Wait, please don't leave." She called, "I'm sorry Randy."
He heard the crack in her voice. It made him look back at her hospital bed. She was staring at him, her eyes were shimmering.
"You can't help that you got sick." He shrugged.
She wet her lips nervously, "I'm sorry for everything."
His eyes narrowed, he wasn't sure if he'd heard her correctly.
A quiet sob escaped her lips as she looked down at her tightly clasped hands, "I was so stupid. I should have never pushed you away."
"What do you mean?" He asked barely able to hear over his pounding heartbeat in his ears.
She coughed out a laugh and shook her head while still avoiding his eyes.
He went to her side and sat on the bed as he pulled her chin up, "Tell me."
Her lip trembled.
She looked up trying to keep her tears from falling, "I, I, I can't."
"Tyson. Say it." He commanded, "Look at me and say it."
She blinked once very slowly.
Two twin tears slid down her smooth cheeks, leaving a glistening trail, "I love you."
He stared at her for a moment before capturing each of her tears with a kiss.
He kissed her forehead and then her lips, "I love you too."
She was freely crying now for the first time since she was a child, "I'm scared."
His hands came up to cradle either side of her face, "Don't be."
His thumbs gently fanned away her tears.
"I don't know what to do." She sniffled.
He kissed her again, "You just be Tyson, I'll take care of the rest."
She winced like she was in pain, "I don't know, what if…"
He shook his head determinedly, "Don't doubt this. Don't doubt me."
"Will you promise me something?" she asked.
He nodded without hesitation.
"Don't let me mess this up again. Don't let me be stupid." She cried.
He smirked, "Will you do me a favor?"
She bit her lip and nodded.
"Say it again?" he asked.
"Randy…" she hesitated.
"Please?" he smiled.
"I love you." She said smiling too.
He moved in on her mouth kissing her passionately.
"Oh my God, Tyson, are you crying?" Logan exclaimed.
Tyson pulled away from Randy and rolled her eyes, "Shut up."
Logan fanned her face, "Now I'm gonna cry."
Tyson sighed as another smile formed on her face as she looked at her proud father.
She glanced back at Randy surprised to catch a glimpse of sadness. He recovered quickly but not before she noticed and made a mental note to ask him about it later.
"So does this mean that you two are finally together?" Ted asked hopefully.
Randy turned back to Tyson waiting for her response. She nodded slowly as Randy smirked and leaned in to kiss her again.
Their tender moment was broken up by what sounded like a drunken drag queen, "Finally, it has happened to Ran-dy right in front of his face and he just cannot hide it. Tyson met Mr. Right the man of her dreams. The one who shows her true love that Teddy wishes he could see. With warm tanned brown skin and gelled up brown hair…" Cody sang seductively touching himself until he realized everyone was watching him.
"Are you serious right now?" Logan questioned looking at her boyfriend.
Cody laughed, "What? Everybody loves that song."
"Not that version." Ric muttered.
"Come on, you guys didn't love it?" Cody asked.
"NO!!" they all shouted in unison.
Brownie points and shout outs next chapter if you can name that song (it's not THAT hard)
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