Author's Note: This is a short chapter, but it needs to be as it is from Gabby's point-of-view after her surgery. And sorry that I haven't updated for a few days, but I was in a theatre production at my local college. We're finished with it, now, but for the next few days I'll be busy, so I'll update whenever I can. I'm also going to be continuing all of my older fics, as soon as I can sort through them and figure out what needs to be done. I also may have a new fic in the works, but I have to see how the other ones go before I decide if I want to post the newer one or not. Either way, I will be continuing with "Gabby Grissom" until it's finished, however many chapters that may be ;)
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When Gabby first awoke, she wondered what was going on. Everything around her was disorienting, and she couldn't sort anything out. What if I'm dead, she wondered, trying to sit up, but a wave of dizziness and nausea ascended upon her, and she was forced to lie back down. Well, I guess I'm not dead. If she were, she wouldn't feel sick like she had been.
It took a few moments, but once she opened her eyes, everything around her became less blurry and came more into focus. And that's when she finally felt pain! Looking at her chest, she saw three tubes protruding out of it, while the site where the incision had been made was bruised and a little swollen. She moaned, and despite her best efforts, began crying while trying to get out of bed. Soon, cool hands pushed her down and another set of hands held a syringe. Nurses, she wondered. But they weren't her nurses. Even with their protective gear on, she would've been able to tell, and they weren't from the oncology floor.
The syringe found her IV, and she tried to fight it, but soon she couldn't think or even move, and then she slept.
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When Gabby woke again, it was nighttime, but she felt a little more calmer. She opened her eyes, not wanting to move the rest of her body, and found her parents sleeping in sofa chairs beside of her bed. She looked around...it was her old room, she was sure of it. She saw Piper on the other side, and her partition was open...Gabby guessed that was so that Piper could check on her when she was awake. Gabby smiled, turning over so that she could lie on her back. She stared at the ceiling for a while, feeling better than she had earlier, and wondered to herself...if she could make it through a surgery like that, than she could beat this cancer. The only one awake, and alone with her thoughts, she made a silent plea to herself, and even to God, that no matter what, she wouldn't give up and let this cancer thing beat her. She would fight with all that she had in her, until her final breath.