Alex was in surgery when he got the call from Jo. He hurried back to his house not knowing what to expect. When Alex walked in the door, Jo was talking with the police in the living room. He walked over to them "What's going on!?" Alex exclaimed. One of the police officers stood up, "At around 11:45pm, a rock was thrown at your living room window. Your girlfriend believes it was her old boyfriend Jason Meyers." Alex had no words for how angry he was right now. He had abused Jo and he probably would have killed him if he wasn't already passed out when Jo came to him that night. Jo could see the angry raging in him "It's ok Alex!" This didn't help Alex at all. "We put a temporary board over the window tonight and it can be fixed tomorrow, " stated the same officer. "Okay," Alex said, "Well I think we're fine here now, we'll call if anything else happens. The police left. "I don't trust that board. Pack some things, were going to sleep at the hospital tonight." Jo didn't have to be told twice, she walked upstairs to grab a change of cloths and her toothbrush and was down in less than 5 minutes. She wanted to be as far away from here as possible.
"Are you ok?" asked Alex. "I thought I would never see him again. What if he comes back? What if he comes to the hospital?" Exclaimed Jo. "We'll lock the door, Alex answered, "and I'll be with you the whole time, I won't leave your side I promise.", "But what if" "No what if's." Alex exclaimed. "I'll protect you and nothing will happen to you." Jo loved Alex's protective side. She knew nothing would happen to her if Alex was with her but she was still worried.
The next morning Alex woke up and Jo was gone. Alex panicked and ran for the door. He grabbed the handle, it had a note on it.
I got paged to the ER -Jo
This relived Alex. He slowly made his way to the ER to check on Jo. Once he got there, he saw she was stitching a little girls arm and decided not to bother her. Then, Alex's pager went off. It was an 911 from PEDS. He ran and found one of the new interns panicking. "Get out!" He yelled. Alex moved swiftly. "I need a crash cart in here!" Two nurses came running in. "Charge to 300!... clear!" The 15 year olds heart started to beat again. He turned around and Jo was standing there. "Hey, so I'm going to try to get some sleep before my surgery at 2." "Okay," Alex said, "I'll check in on you soon." Alex walked up to her and gave her a kiss goodbye. Alex went back into the teens room and Jo began to walk to her on-call room. She didn't need Alex checking in on her, she wasn't a baby. Jo opened the door to the room and closed it behind her she began looking through her things for her toothbrush. She heard the door open behind her. "Alex?" There was no response. Then, Jo heard the door lock.