Chapter 15
A/N:
Some how his mom had crawled to Callie and was holding her hand. Lena was on the phone with 911 as she rushes to Stef's side.
Brandon slid to his knees next to Callie and brushed some hair out of her face. It is then that he sees the blood running from the wound in her head. His whole world stops, he can't seem to catch his breath. When he does the words that come out are ice.
"He will pay for this. If she dies I will find him and kill him myself. This I vow before you and the rest of these people. Lena I swear I will not rest till he is dealt with." There is a rage in his voice that scares Lena, it is like Brandon just went away and something cold and evil replaced him.
Lena is sitting in the waiting room of the ER. They had been back there for a couple of hours now and no one had come to update them. Brandon was growing colder by the minute. His eyes still held a rage in them that scared her. He hadn't spoken since he said what he said in the diner.
She was worried about Stef and Callie, but was terrified what this might do to Brandon if the unthinkable happened. Callie was the one in the worst shape according to the EMT's. They both had two gun shot wounds, Stef had one in the abdomen and one in the leg. Callie had one in the chest and one to the head. As she was sitting there thinking they may have to go on with out Callie, Mike showed up with Jesus, Mariana and Jude.
"Hey how are they?" Mike asks.
"No word yet. I am worried about Brandon as well." Lena says.
"I am sure he is worried about Stef, but will be ok Lena." Mike says.
"I think he is more worried about Callie." Lena says.
"Why would he be more worried about her?" Mike says but Lena can see the light come on. "You guys are letting him date the trash?"
"What did you call her?" Brandon says standing up and talking for the first time.
"B you need to calm down." Mike says.
"No you need to tell me what you said?" Brandon says getting in his fathers face.
"You will not talk to me in that Tone Brandon." Mike says.
"I will talk to you in any damn tone I want to. Now what the hell did you call her?" Brandon asks.
"Nothing, I didn't call her anything." Mike says trying to defuse the situation.
"Yeah you did you called her trash. Let me explain something to you my dear ole dad. The girl laying in the hospital bed fight for her life is a better human being then either of us. She has gone through abuse after abuse and always managed to protect her little brother, she was raped beaten put on display, not to mention she was bad mouthed and told she was no good most of her life. So if all you are going to do is bad mouth her too, there is the door, don't let it hit you where the good lord split you." Brandon says with anger in his voice, rage in his eyes and his whole body shaking.
"I told you not to talk to me that way, I am your father." Mike says.
"Father? Pfft. You are no father, you think cutting a check once a month and a phone call every once in a while makes you a father?" Brandon asks.
"You know I don't agree with your moms life style." Mike says.
"Well I got bad news for you father. I love Callie, we are now and will e together for as long as she wants me. As for mom she has made her choice as well. If you don't like or can't handle any of that tough shit. You can either find a way to deal with it or get the hell out. Out of this waiting room, out of this hospital and out of my life. Because I for one will not let you talk about the woman I love like you just did." Brandon says.
"Brandon..."
"OUT! I SAID GET OUT!" Brandon yells, as Mike nods his head and walks out of the waiting room.
"Who is here for Stef Foster and Callie Jacobs?" A doctor asks.
"I am, I am Stef's domestic partner and Callie's guardian." Lena says as Brandon quickly walks over.
"Ok lets start with Stef. Both of her wounds were through and through. Though the one in her leg did hit the great saphenous vein which caused some minor internal bleeding. She is in OR right now getting that fixed. Her wound in her abdomen did not hit anything major. As long as we avoid infection it should heal up nicely. Once she is out of surgery she will be put in a recovery room. She will be there for an hour or so and then moved to a private room. Once we get her in her room then you guys can visit her ok." The Doctor says.
"And what about Callie?" Brandon asks.
"Ms Jacobs is another story. The bullet that struck her in her chest went through her lung. She is in surgery to repair the damage to her lung as we speak. But the most serious injury is to her head. We got lucky in the fact that the bullet never penetrated the skull, it bounced of it. But it did fracture her skull. That has left the brain bruised and swollen. She was in a coma when they took her up to repair her lung." The doctor says.
"Ok so what does that mean in lath-ems terms doc?" Brandon asks." Will she live?"
"It is hard to say right now, the next 48 hours will be critical, and will give us more info. But to be honest it is going to be up to her. We will be able to tell the extent of the damage once she wakes up. Till then it would be nothing more than a guessing game. I will say this, we took a PET scan of her and there was the normal amount of activity in her brain, so that is a very good sign. But I don't want to get your hopes up too high. As with any injury to the brain it could go either way. Once out of surgery she will be moved to an ICU room were only family will be able to see her. You will be updated as often as we can." The doctor tells them.
"Thank you doctor." Lena says as the doctor nods his head and turns and leaves.
"My turn." Brandon says as he turns to leave.
"Brandon stop." Lena says.
"Why, you heard him she may not make it. Even if she does there is no guarantee she will be the same. So now it is Liam's turn to get what is coming to him." Brandon says as he walks out as Mike is walking in.
"Mike go after him. Try to get him to understand he needs to be here for Callie and his mom not out trying to Kill Liam." Lena tells him, Mike turns around and runs out the door.
"Lena is my sister going to be ok?" Jude aks.
"We don't know yet Jude, all we can do is wait and hope." Lena says.
"I am sorry our past caught up to us and caused Stef to get hurt too." Jude says looking at the floor.
Lena's heart just shattered into pieces. Here is this young man so obviously worried about if his sister will live or not, still trying to give comfort and support. But he also thought this was some how his or Callie's fault, she had to put a stop to that.
"Jude this is not your or your sister's fault. It is Liam's fault and only Liam's fault." Lena says.
"But if it hadn't been for Callie pressing charges or trying to Liam would never have done this." Jude says,
"One day you will understand why Callie had to at least try. But even so it is still not your guys fault ok." Lena says.
"Ok." Jude says back.
"Jude why don't we go get everyone something to drink." Jesus says.
"Sure." He says as the stand and walk out of the waiting room.
"Brandon wait." Mike says as he catches up to him just out side the doors to the hospital.
"What do you want dad?" Brandon asks.
"Where do you think you are going?" Mike asks.
"To finish what was started." Brandon tells him.
"So you are going to leave when the girl you profess to love is in surgery. You are going to throw the life you claim to want with her away? You are not going to be here when she wakes up? Should your face be one of the first ones she sees?" Mike asks.
"Dad, I can't sit in there doing nothing. I will go insane waiting to hear if she is ok." Brandon says.
"Son if you love this girl as much as you say. Then yes you will find a way to sit in there. To let her know you are there and that you are supporting her." Mike sighs as he tells him this.
"Why do you care? She is nothing but trash to you." Brandon says.
"I was hasty in saying that B. I was upset and mad. But you are right I don't know her. So it isn't my place to judge her or try to talk you out of dating her. For what I said, I am sorry son." Mike says.
"It is ok I said some bad thing too, I am sorry." Brandon says.
"No with everything you are going through I say you showed great restraint. So no need to say your sorry. But I still think you should be here when she wakes up." Mike says.
"If she wakes up." Brandon says.
"Hey none of that, you have to stay positive, ok." Mike says.
"Yeah, ok lets go back in." Brandon says.
Brandon was sitting in a chair next to Callie's bed in the hospital. The same place he had been for the last 7 days. His mom had been released 2 days ago and was home resting comfortably. He had decoded he wanted to stay here so if Callie woke up he would be one of the first people she saw.
He knew the longer she stayed in a coma, the worse the out come could be. But he wasn't going to give up hope. The doctors had said the swelling had gone down and that is was now up to her. So he stayed, he would read to her, or talk to her. He told her about the ring that his moms were keeping safe for him till he could give it to her.
"He was almost always holding her hand, and would sleep with his head leaned against her bed so he could keep holding it. This is the way he was when he first felt what he thought was a squeeze. His head was down and he was almost asleep. His head snapped up when he felt it a second time. He noticed she seemed to be moving.
He rushed out of the room and return a few minutes later with the doctor in tow. He made his way back to the bed and grabbed her hand again. The doctor stood by to see if anything would come of the hand squeezing. Sometime it was just a muscle spasm. It wasn't but a couple of minutes later that her eyes opened.
"Hey." Brandon says.
"Hey." Callie says looking confused and pulling her hand out of his.
"How you feeling?" The doctor asked.
"Like I got ran over by a semi." She says.
"It is nice to see you awake." Brandon says.
"That is normal Callie. It will pass with time." The doctor says.
"You will be back on your feet in no time." Brandon tells her.
"Yeah um- where am I, and who are you?" Callie asks.