Short, but as soon as I started writing, I got invited to go swimming at my friend Wesley's house.
"I don't know!" Brooke said panicking.
"Should we go?" Kirsten asked meekly.
"Yeah, common, everyone get in the cars," Karen instructed, picking up the beach bags.
The party all drove to the hospital and sat solemnly in the waiting room.
"Are October Scott's parents here?" a tall, thin nurse questioned.
Lucas and Brooke stood up, and made their way over to the nurse.
"We just have a few questions we need to ask you," the nurse said politely.
"Alright," Lucas said quietly.
"Does October have any allergies or conditions that we should know about while treated her?" the nurse asked.
"Um, she has HCM," Lucas replied.
"Anything else?" the nurse asked, scribbling HCM down on her chart.
Lucas looked at Brooke who had tears that were almost falling out of her eyes.
"She, she has asthma," Brooke whispered, "and she's allergic to um, cats, horses, banana's and um carrots but I don't think those will be a problem."
"Well thank-you very much," the nurse replied, "I'll let you know how things are going as soon as I know anything."
"What did they say?" Nathan asked once Brooke and Lucas sat back down.
"They couldn't tell us anything yet, they just needed to know if she had any conditions or allergies," Lucas replied.
"Well she doesn't does she?" Haley asked.
Lucas glanced at Brooke.
"We found out about a year ago that she has HCM," Brooke replied
"What?" Nathan said.
"Oh my god," Haley said.
"Is she going to make it Lucas?" Olivia, who had turned very pale, asked.
"I don't know," Lucas said, knowing there was a fairly good possibility that October could die.
An hour later, with still no news, Haley and Nathan took James and Isabella home, as it was then nearing 9 O'clock. Karen drove Kirsten, Gwyn, Olivia and Lilly to her house, and the five of them were all going to camp out in the tent.
"How long has it been?" Brooke asked for the fifth time that hour.
"An hour and 5 minutes," Lucas replied, glancing at his watch.
"It seems like a lot longer," Brooke replied.
"I know," Lucas replied. He jumped a little bit when Brooke rested her head against his shoulder. Lucas wrapped his arm around her and they stayed like that for a few minutes.
"I love you Lucas," Brooke whispered.
"What?" Lucas asked.
"Nothing, just don't move," Brooke replied looking at him for a second.
"Okay," he whispered.
"Charge to 200," the doctor said calmly, "Okay, clear..No response, charge to 300...clear."
October's pulse finally began to raise from 0 to 80.
"Okay, good job everyone, keep checking her stats, and let me know of any changes," Dr. Miller said before leaving the room, towards the hospital's waiting room. As soon as he entered he asked for Mr and Mrs. Scott, which resulted in awkward glances between Brooke and Lucas. The three went into an empty room and Dr. Miller began to explain what had happened.
"When your daughter was swimming, her heart condition caused diastolic dysfunction. HCM, as you probably already know, caused the ventricles in your daughters heart to thicken abnormally. The thickened ventricles became stiff while she was swimming, which made it more difficult for the ventricles to fill with blood. The stiffness caused the blood to back up into the lungs, which caused shortness in her breath. Because of this, she probably got tired, and couldn't keep herself up in the water anymore," the doctor said slowly, letting them take the information in.
"So she almost drowned?" Brooke asked.
"Yes," Dr. Miller replied, "You're very lucky to have gotten her out when you did. You almost lost her. She's going to be in intensive care for a while, but you should be able to see her within a few hours."
"Thank-you," Lucas said, looking at the floor.
Brooke stood up to go get a drink of water, and as she left the room Lucas smiled and said, "I love you too, Brooke."