Thirty one
Rick's POV
Alana walked away from us in silence. I was worried, Oscar was obviously in a bad way. I tried to peer through the glass at my roommate but couldn't see him. I grabbed Tyler who made to follow Alana and Tracy. "Leave her, she'll be back," I said trying to sound positive but I could hear my voice breaking.
We all sat down and waited. That was until we saw Alana being led down the corridor in a hospital gown. She waved at us and smiled weakly. They led her down the corridor to the operation theatre. We all turned to Tracy. "What's going on? Where are they taking her?" I asked for everyone. Elektra, Tyler, Cassie and Jamie all nodded in agreement.
She looked at us. "You might as well know now. Oscar is ill. Extremely ill. He needs her kidney and bone marrow, now," Tracy told us solemnly. I don't know what I looked like but everyone else looked suddenly alarmed. Tyler grabbed my arm tightly. This was his girlfriend being led to an operating theatre. I wrapped a comforting arm around his shoulder.
"She'll be fine. She's strong. She's been through a lot before now, you know that," I told him. He nodded.
"yeah if she can survive juvenile prison she can survive this," Tyler replied quietly. At that moment the door to Oscar's room opened and he was wheeled out, Mike was following. He sat down on the chair opposite us and slumped over. Elektra, who had rushed over to Oscar when he came out, was walking slowly back towards us where she slumped onto the floor. Seeing her boyfriend so ill had made her extremely worried. All the elm tree kids were worried and we all just huddled together, trying not to cry.
No one's POV
Dr Williams was stood in the operating theatre standing over Alana. "We're just going to anesthetise you so you can't feel anything. Then we will remove your kidney and give it to Oscar. At the same time we will also remove some bone marrow from your hip bone and transfer it to Oscar's arm. Understood?" Alana nodded. She was nervous. If this went wrong Oscar could die or she could bleed to death. For her it could be the last time she saw Oscar alive. She slipped off the bed quickly and walked over to Oscar. He was looking paler than earlier. Alana lent down and kissed him on the cheek.
"I love you Oscar," she said before she lay back down and the anaesthetic kicked in.
Dr Williams turned to the other people in the room and got out the equipment needed for the operation.