Happy 4th Of July!

Chapter 6-I love you

Gabi's POV

My dad walked in ten minutes later and a doctor had yet to see me, he came over and gave me a belief smile before he grabbed my hand. I closed my eyes and then I heard the doors swish open and I glanced over to see three people walk in.

"Hey, Gabriella right?" I nodded my head weakly not feeling like correcting them, "She goes by Gabi," my mom said, I did not say anything.

"We are going to get an IV started right away, she is very dehydrated." The guy in the back said, "And I am Eric, that is Carter, and that in the corner is Megan." He said pointing, "Carter and Megan are newbie's on the IV thing but I will supervise them." He said with a smile. Weakly I nodded my head again.

They got all the stuff to prep for the IV; I held my dad's hand tightly. "It will be okay sweetheart." He said he kissed my forehead, "Okay, Gabi we are going to probably have to do this multiple times because of dehydration it is very hard to find a vain so please bare with us okay?" Megan said, I closed my eyes, nodding my head was too much anymore.

"Alright, on three we will try the first." Carter said, I squeezed my eyes shut and then my squeezed my dads hand. "One…two…three," I felt a poke in my arm and it hurt horribly. I groaned softly and then they pulled it out, I felt like crying but I felt so weak and so much pain.

I heard the three murmurs from my side but I kept my hand towards my dad and my eyes shut tightly. I then felt another poke and my body stiffened, "Sorry honey," Megan said, I took a deep breath and then I looked back up at my dad. He smiled at me and he kept his eyes on mine.

"Alright, let's try one more time." Eric said I only held onto my dad's hand as I felt another poke, they moved it around inside my arm but it was finally pulled out. All three of them sighed heavily.

"Okay, let me try it." Eric said, both of the other moved out of the way and he sat down. Megan went to work on something else and Carter was watching. I heard the doors open to see a nurse who walked over to my parents.

"We are waiting for a room in the ICU upstairs; once one becomes available then we will move her up there immediately." She said my mom looked at her, "Can you please tell us what's going on?" She pleaded

"When we move her a doctor will come and talk to you okay."

Eric squeezed my arm and tried to get blood in the veins, he then counted to three before poking me. He sighed and then he pulled something out but I still felt it in my arm. I glanced over and he smiled at me, "It's in, I am going to start fluids right away." He said he got up to dispose of everything.

Megan came over and hooked the IV up, then she pressed some buttons and make sure it was all okay. She then put a cardboard thing under my arm to keep in place. She started to tape it up, around and around. She placed clean band-aids over the top of it.

"Shit, I feel so queasy." I heard my dad said, I turned over and looked at him, "I am sorry dad," I said

He looked down at me and he closed his eyes, "Please don't be sorry Gabi because none of this is any of your fault, do you understand?" he said, I only nodded my head.

"Yes." I whispered

When Megan finished up, she looked at me, "Alright, you are all done! Would you like anything else?" she asked, I licked my lips, "Some water please?" I asked

She gave me a small smile, "That is the one thing you can't have." She said, my eyes widened "But I am so thirsty." I said she gave me a tiny smile. "I am sorry honey, the fluids will start to help okay?"

The machine made a small noise and then my mom, my dad, and I were all just standing there. I closed my eyes to only be heard by a cell phone going off; I looked up at my mom whose phone it was.

"It's my boss." She said to me, I smiled a little and then I looked at my dad. I was getting ready to say something when the doors opened.

"How is everything going in here?" Carter asked us, I looked over at him, "Water?"

He laughed, "You have no idea how many times I get that, but not now okay?" I pouted to myself; he walked out of the room. I rubbed my eyes with my good hand, the one that did not have tape and goo all over it.

I tried reaching for my phone but I could not grab it, "Dad, can you grab my phone?"

"Not now honey okay?" I nodded my head and it was quiet after that. I felt like I could hear everything around me, people barking orders, people yelling. Doors opening and closing, phones ringing, people being paged.

Our door opened and an older woman walked in, Connie, "Hey Doll! How are you?" She asked

"I want some water!" I begged, my mom and dad laughed, "She has been begging everybody for water or something." My mom said letting her hands run through my hair.

"They arent giving you anything," she asked, we all shook our heads no. "Well, I will see what I can do to get you some ice chips or something." She said I gave her a smile.

She was gone for about ten minutes before coming back in to hand me the ice chips, "Here you go honey!"

I smiled and my dad grabbed on to drop one into my mouth, I sucked on it and it felt so good.

We waited another thirty minutes and my thirst was slowly going away, we waited in the ER before Carter and Eric came through the doors. "Gabriella!" Carter sang, "You now have a room in the I C U!" he said, I giggled, my mom and dad glanced at each other.

"So dad would you like to help us take her up?" My dad nodded his head, "Yes, please." He said my mom squeezed his shoulder. "I am going to try to find a bathroom and some food to eat in a vending machine. Text me the room number okay." She said, my mom leaned forward and kissed my forehead.

"Hey baby I will meet you up there okay?" she said, I nodded my head.

My mom walked out and then the two ER doctors and my dad looked at each other. "Well let's get on our way!" he said

They started to push my bed out the door, I am so glad I don't have to walk, my stomach still hurt some and then my throat was still somewhat dry. They pushed me through the hallways, my IV beeping along. The sheets on the bed pulled over my body.

We got onto the elevator and Eric told Carter the third floor, 3rd floor.

I lay stiff in the bed, as we waited on the elevator. It was quiet and I was ready to break the silence. When the elevator dinged, I sighed softly. My body hurt and my head pounded, they wheeled me towards a room in the back. In the room was already a girl who was asleep. She looked like she was in pain and around my age.

They wheeled me into the back to see another bed waiting; they stopped and then looked at my dad and then me. "Carolina will be right in here, she is going to have Gabi change into a gown, and she is also going to have to pee for us." Eric said looking at me, I nodded my head and I started to sit up slowly.

"Gabi do you want me to go with you?" my dad asked, I shook my head, "Where is mom?" I asked quietly, before he could speak I heard her heels that she still had on from Church that morning on. "I am right here," she said

"Could you help me?" I asked her, she gave me a small nod before passing her purse to my dad. Carter came back and he handed my mom a gown and a cup. "Thanks," she said, my mom held on to it, my dad grabbed my arm and he helped me walk the rest of the way.

When we got into the bathroom, my mom followed us in, my dad walked out as I held onto the rail. "Why don't you go to the bathroom first?" She said I quickly went pee in the cup, which was very disgusting. I held it up and it was almost brown, "Gross," I muttered.

I got up and flushed the toilet; my mom helped me take off my shorts and my t-shirt. I had a tank top on under my t-shirt that we left on. I slipped the gown over my head, I swallowed hard and my mom hugged me. "I love you Gabs," she said

"I love you two moms," I said

I washed my hands and then we both headed back out to the bed. They helped me climb in and they rehooked my IV back up. A nurse, Carolina, walked into the room, she smiled and looked at me, "Poor thing," she said, "But I just want to give you a little low down on what's going on. The doctor will explain more tomorrow." She started, "Gabi is a type one diabetic which is where the pancreas doesn't work at all. It doesn't produce any insulin and you will learn about insulin tomorrow more." She said giving me a small glance, "Her blood sugar coming into the hospital was 647 which is way to high, she is in a majorly bad shape, if we would have caught this two hours later she might have been in Diabetic Coma." She said

My mom was back in tears but I felt lifeless, my eyes to dry to produce any tears. "This will require a night stay in the ICU, if all goes well then we will move you to the Endo ward up on the fifth floor tomorrow morning to have your own room." She said

"Tonight we will check her blood sugar hourly, her blood pressure, and we will have her pee in a few hours." She said we all nodded our heads. She hooked me up to a blood pressure machine. I heard a faint noise in the background and I saw the sun vanishing in the night sky, the stars starting to sparkle in the sky. All I could think is Troy was watching them somewhere else, not here with me when I needed him here the most.

Troy's POV

I tapped my hand against the plane armrest, my mind wondering to how Gabi was doing. Was she sleeping? Crying?

My mom placed her hand on my shoulder, "We'll get there Troy," she said to me, I glanced down at my watch. It was almost seven at night. I sighed heavily and I looked towards the top of the plane. It was only an hour flight back but it felt like forever ago that we stepped onto the plane.

"Ladies and Gentleman please buckle your seatbelts and put your seats into the upright position for landing." The pilot said over the intercom. I buckled my seatbelt back in and my seat was already adjusted. I felt our plane going at a downward angle; I just wanted to be there.

When our plane touched the ground I sighed of relief, knowing the worse was over. I just needed to get my ass out of here now, they pulled the plane into the gate and I unbuckled my seat belt.

"Thank you for flying with…" I droned out the rest of the part, I quickly grabbed my backpack and I slipped it over my shoulders. My parents were right behide me as we barreled through the bunch of people trying to get up.

"I am going to go find the car and pull it up while you and Troy get luggage." My dad said taking the keys out of his bags, he rushed off and my mom and I headed to the baggage claim.

I pulled out my cell phone to see it was almost seven fifteen. I rubbed my eyebrow and then I watched as bag slowly started to roll out of the machine. I watched as ever bag but ours drop out, I groaned in frustration, I then saw my red duffle bag come out. I went over and quickly grabbed it; it was followed by my mom and dad's bags.

My mom grabbed hers and I grabbed my dads, we headed off the entrance of the building. "Troy, visiting hours are going to be over soon." My mom said to me, I turned to her with pleading eyes, "You work there mom, please just help me get in." I said, she nodded her head, "I will see what I can do but we are working with the ICU correct?"

I nodded my head, "I work on the NICU floor, and I will try though Troy. You won't be able to stay for long." He said

"I just need to see her; I knew I shouldn't have gone. I knew something wasn't right." I said still kicking myself about it.

"Troy, it's not your fault." She said as we saw my dad pulling up the car, "It's my fault that I wasn't there for her." I said, she looked at me for a second but then my dad pulled up. He popped the trunk open and we tossed our bags in. We peeled out of the parking lot before heading to the highway.

I pulled out my cell phone again to call Mr. Montez, it rang a few times before he answered, "Troy?" he asked

"Yeah, I am on my way now. We just got on the highway from the airport."

I heard him sigh softly over the phone, "She is upset right now, and I think she is going to be happy to see you." I felt a smile playing at my lips, "I need to see her, my stomach is a nervous wreck. I feel bad for leaving her, I k-knew she was sick but I just…"

"Troy, don't blame yourself for this happening, nobody could have predicated this. We thought we had something when you left, you thought she was going to start getting better."

"She told me she was getting better!" I told him, I heard him sigh deeply this time, "She was probably lying, she has gotten worse to the point she wasn't getting out of bed." He said

I bit on my lip trying to stop the tears that were ready to fall down my cheeks. I watched as the highway passed underneath our tires, "What time does visiting hours end?" I asked

"For the ICU is seven," he said, "But since your mom works here I figured she would smuggle you guys in." he joked, I could only smile for a moment before things took over my body.

"We our almost there, I will see you in a few." I said, we both said bye before I hung up the phone, "What room is she in the ICU?" my mom asked

"Room 325," I said, she nodded her head and then she looked at me, "I knew you want to run to her but…"

"Please mom,"

She sighed heavily, "Fine but you better be glad I am in tennis shoes." She said looking at me, "I only need you to get me into the ICU." I told her, she nodded her head, "I understand."

My dad pulled the car up to the main entrance, my mom, I got out, and we rushed inside. My mom showed her badge while I showed him my i.d.

I got a sticker to wear around while he let us through the area, we both took off into a fast pace run to the elevator. We watched out for people and other doctors.

I heard the beeping of machines screams of pain, cries of little kids, I saw people everywhere it felt like. I felt like I was ready to suffocate in the little area.

We got to the elevators to see two people waiting; I stopped and tapped my foot watching the arrows on the elevator. It started to come down and I felt my breathing starting to pick up in my chest. My mom stood next to me breathing hard from our little run.

The elevator dinged to a stop and the doors opened up, the two people in front waited as the three in the elevator walked out. Once they started to go in, I followed them in quickly and I pressed the button on the elevator hard. One person was going to one and the other was going to four.

I groaned in patiently and my mom grabbed my shoulder to keep me from probably breaking through the doors. One of the people got on and then a nurse and a doctor got on.

"Hey Lucille! What are you doing here? Didn't you have vacation time?" the nurse asked, I glanced over at my mom and she gave the nurse a soft smile.

"It was cut short; Troy's girlfriend is in the ICU for type one diabetes. He is dying to see her and to make sure she is okay."

"The hours are closed," she said glancing at both of us, I felt the tears wash over my eyes once again, knowing nothing was going to stop me from seeing her. I needed to see her, "Well, since I work here I thought I could get him to see her for a minute, I don't know if he could go another twelve more hours." My mom said to her, I felt my heart thumping in my chest. I leaned against the back wall as the elevator opened on two.

"No, I can't wait another twelve hours," I said, the two women looked at me and they both glanced at my mom. "Do you know what room?"

"Yes, her dad told us."

Not another word was said; when the doors dinged, again I jumped as soon as the doors opened. I felt my feet picked up space without my mom, the nurse's station was empty and I passed on by.

I looked at all of the rooms as I passed each 1, 310, 311, 312…I picked up more speed as I darted through the hallways quietly. I looked over to see I was at 322. I slowed my pace down and I walked passed 324. The next room was hers. I did not stop to even think about what I was going to see. I knew I did not have anything to give her but I needed to see her. I jerked the doorknob open and I flung the door open.

There was another girl in the room but I passed her quickly, I had caught Mr. Montez's attention and Mrs. Montez attention when my feet stopped right at the corner she was sitting somewhat up and looking over at me.

"Troy!" she gasped lightly; I felt the tears overwhelm my eyes. Her face was so pale and her body was so tiny in the big bed. I walked forward and I gripped her into a hug. I held her tightly in my arms and I felt her tears hit the back of my neck while my did hers.

"Oh my gosh Brie, I-I love you."

Hey guys, I am sorry if this was a bad chapter. I only spelled checked it and I was done, I am so shakin up right now. I heard some bad news just a few minutes ago about some friends that died in a car accident this morning. My friends mom and there little daughter who was 11. However, I owned it to you guys to get a chapter out. So I am sorry if it has a few mistakes or doesn't sound right but I am a little shaky. Nevertheless, please pray for my friend's family, they could use all the help they could get.

RIP Diana&Anna, you will be in our hearts forever. /3

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