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I had to call the paramedics, I wasn't able to take care of him like I wanted too, he was on fire and not even moving at this point. I was so annoyed when they wouldn't let me go wit him. I grabbed his car keys and ran to the lounge. "Aria?" Klea said, "he is going to the hospital, I I couldn't do it" I said breaking down in front of my friends. Klea hugged me "its okay let's go" she said, I held up his keys and Hunter grabbed them as we all drove to the hospital. The damn nurse there wouldn't give us any information she told us to sit and wait, she had no idea how hard that was for me.
I am pre-med and failed to care for him, I mean I knew this was way over my head and as I was still in my first year but I mean I can take care of someone who has the flu. It made me wonder if this was more than just the flu, like was he sicker than we originally thought. What the hell did the ocean do to him? Or was this something more, I mean the little girl was in the water longer and she was fine, what the hell was wrong with Max! I was getting so worked up I fell to my knees the not knowing was killing me. I felt arms wrap around me it was Klea and Piper.
"He is going to be okay" Klea said, "we don't know that he had a fever of 104 Klea, that is borderline dangerous what is wrong with him?" I asked, "I don't know" Klea said, "this is a severe flu I mean if that is all it is people die from it all the time" Adam said, "that is so not helpful Adam" Klea scolded him. I heard Hunter on the phone I think he was talking to Max's parents, "his parents are coming should be here in 30 minutes" he said, "30 minutes how is that possible?" Klea said, "Skye is flying she is worried" Hunter said, his mom can fly a plane too wow his family is truly incredible. Ugh my boyfriend needs to be okay where the hell are the doctors I need to know if he is alive. I mean I am jumping to worst case scenario here, please for the love of everything let him be okay.
His parents burst through the door and were told to wait to, "Klea" his dad said, "I am not sure they haven't told us anything he was fine" she said, "he was fine. I was with him, he was talking to me and everything. Then he fell asleep and I was watching over him he was so hot I checked his fever spiked to 104 and I panicked" I said. "You did the right thing Aria, thank you for caring for him" Skye said as she hugged me, "the thing about Max is he is stubborn as hell and he will fight like hell to not be sick. I think this his bodies way of telling him to slow down" Chase said. I sure hoped so because I mean if he died of the flu I knew ho annoyed he would be at that. I still didn't even know if this was the flu it could be something so much more, this waiting was torture.
Finally after what felt like forever a doctor came out, "Mr. and Mrs. Chapman" she said, "here is Max okay" Chase asked, "he is stable, he has developed pneumonia and his high fever well it concerns me. We are still currently trying to bring it down, we have him sedated right now his body is fighting very hard. We do have him on a ventilator as his breathing was shallow due to the pneumonia we are doing everything we can at this point" she said. The tears for me just kept flowing like how did I not notice he had pneumonia some doctor I was going to be. Klea was still hugging me I didn't even notice his parents leave. "Aria this is not your fault" Klea said. "How did I not see this coming, I am supposed to be a doctor, and he was dying right in front of me" I said. "You are in your first year give yourself a break, Max is not dying either he will not die" Hunter said, "pneumonia is serious Hunter he is not even breathing on his own" I yelled. "Calm down please its going to be okay, let's just go see him" Klea said holding my hand as we walked down the hall.
Once we entered his room I felt even worse, seeing him hooked up to that machine I couldn't breathe, or think and I just felt my knees buckle. If Klea was not holding me up I would have fallen right then and there. He was laying on ice packs which I did have him doing but the ventilator is what scared me the most. We walked in and Skye hugged me, "thank you for caring for him" she said, "I should have insisted he stayed here, he wanted to leave" I said. "He is stubborn and hates hospitals. You did good Aria and you did the right thing he will be okay" Skye said. "How do you know that?" I asked, "he is a Chapman and stubborn he will fight like hell to come back to you" she said, "he hardly knows me" I said, "that maybe but I know my son and the way he looks at you Aria is different than all his other girlfriends. He never did like to bring the others home, and his sisters are very fond of you. I know he loves you very much, Stay strong for him he is going to need you" Skye said. "Thanks that actually means a lot to me" I said, "we are glad he has you" Chase said, the nurse was kicking us out saying visiting hours were over. "Stay with him" Skye said, "wait don't you want too?" I asked, "Chase has to get back to work and I have his sister at home, I know he is in good hands with you. The doctors will keep us updated, we will be back later today if we need to be" she said hugging me.
I mean I didn't understand how they trusted me so much to care for him when I was the one who nearly killed him, I should have done more, I could have done more. Ugh please be okay Max please, "Aria we are going back to campus too call us okay" Klea said and I nodded. I curled up next to him and just cried into his chest. I needed him to be okay just to reassure myself that I did the right thing, for him to tell me he didn't hate me, I needed him in so many ways. Our relationship was just starting to grow and I couldn't lose him not now please don't let me lose him.