Wake up..., chapter 4
"This can't be...you've got the wrong person!" Anna said backing away from the doctor.
"I am terribly sorry to have to inform this to you... " the doctor said, but he wasn't sorry, you could tell...that nasally voice made her so angry.
"Just leave..." Anna finished, she couldn't take this...
"But," the nasally doctor started.
"GET OUT!!!" Billie screamed at him.
Anna forgot Billie was even there, and she just sat down into the chair that stood next to Mike's bed. She didn't understand why someone would do this to Mike... She shoved the idea out of her mind. She touched Mike's hand and it was so warm, as he always was. She put her hand on his and fell asleep to the sound of heavy breathing and soft tears.
When she woke up her hand was holding Mike's and when she looked up she saw a pair of shining blue eyes...the eyes that matched her new ring.
All of the wires and tubes were gone and Mike looked relatively healthy for what he had just been through. He was talking with Billie, who was smiling so hard that he was crying and all his eyeliner had run.
"Hey beautiful," Mike said after he saw that Anna was awake.
She was about to cry again when loving hands cupped her face.
"It's okay...it's all okay, see I'm fine!" Mike said.
"But the doctor came in and said you were shot and that you were bleeding internally and I was so scared that you would die Mike."
"I was so scared," Anna repeated, looking to the floor.
"Hey...whatever happens, I will always love you."
"I love you so much, Mike..."
"I love you too..." Mike said kissing her gently.
Those words echoed through Anna's mind...until she...
Woke up with a start, Billie sitting beside her in a chair just staring at Mike, longing for him to wake up...
Mike was in his bed with tubes and wires stuck into him. His eyes closed.
Anna sat there for a few minutes looking at the floor with it's simple black and white squared pattern and how it was so simple. She wished life could be as simple as that pattern...Well maybe add a little red and hey presto, but she didn't want a car crash and a hospitalised fiancée who was shot.
Which raised a topic in her head...
How the fuck did he get shot?
And WHO the fuck?
"Billie?" Anna asked.
"Hm?" Billie asked back.
"I'm scared..."
"I am too..."
She was about to sob when Billie pulled her into an embrace.
"But it's gonna be okay. Mike will get better and we'll throw him a party when he gets back and..."
"And?" Anna said, feeling Billie's tears on her shoulder.
"And everything will be okay, I promise."
And hearing that she believed him.
A doctor walked into the room quietly, a different doctor to the one before.
"Hello, my name is Dr. Sanders," he said reaching his hand out to shake Billie's and Anna's.
"We can perform an operation to remove the bullet from Mike's chest and to repair any internal bleeding that is occurring," He informed.
"Just do what you can...please..." Anna replied.
"I shall be performing the operation and I won't let you down, I promise," The doctor reassured her.
"When can you perform the operation?" Billie piped up.
"In fifteen minutes," Said the doctor.
"Okay," Anna and Billie said together.
Fifteen minutes came and went and Mike was wheeled out of the private room... with Anna and Billie in short pursuit.
The theatre was empty all except for Billie and Anna.
Mike was lying on the operating table motionless except for the gentle rising and falling of his chest.
Anna left; followed by Billie he grabbed her and held her in his arms.
"Shhhhhhhhhh," Billie said gently as he rocked Anna from side to side.
It was very comforting and although she felt bad for saying it, it made her think of Mike and how he used to hold her like that.
"I miss him Bill..." Anna said.
"I do too, Anna, I do too," Billie said.
They waited and waited in the waiting room for about four hours until they heard on the intercom: "Could a Ms. Storm and a Mr. Armstrong please go to the recovery ward please? Thank you!"
Billie and Anna stood up and made their way to the recovery room; Anna put her hand on the door, threw it open and walked inside with confidence.
"I am terribly sorry to have to inform this to you... " the doctor said, but he wasn't sorry, you could tell...that nasally voice made her so angry.
"Just leave..." Anna finished, she couldn't take this...
"But," the nasally doctor started.
"GET OUT!!!" Billie screamed at him.
Anna forgot Billie was even there, and she just sat down into the chair that stood next to Mike's bed. She didn't understand why someone would do this to Mike... She shoved the idea out of her mind. She touched Mike's hand and it was so warm, as he always was. She put her hand on his and fell asleep to the sound of heavy breathing and soft tears.
When she woke up her hand was holding Mike's and when she looked up she saw a pair of shining blue eyes...the eyes that matched her new ring.
All of the wires and tubes were gone and Mike looked relatively healthy for what he had just been through. He was talking with Billie, who was smiling so hard that he was crying and all his eyeliner had run.
"Hey beautiful," Mike said after he saw that Anna was awake.
She was about to cry again when loving hands cupped her face.
"It's okay...it's all okay, see I'm fine!" Mike said.
"But the doctor came in and said you were shot and that you were bleeding internally and I was so scared that you would die Mike."
"I was so scared," Anna repeated, looking to the floor.
"Hey...whatever happens, I will always love you."
"I love you so much, Mike..."
"I love you too..." Mike said kissing her gently.
Those words echoed through Anna's mind...until she...
Woke up with a start, Billie sitting beside her in a chair just staring at Mike, longing for him to wake up...
Mike was in his bed with tubes and wires stuck into him. His eyes closed.
Anna sat there for a few minutes looking at the floor with it's simple black and white squared pattern and how it was so simple. She wished life could be as simple as that pattern...Well maybe add a little red and hey presto, but she didn't want a car crash and a hospitalised fiancée who was shot.
Which raised a topic in her head...
How the fuck did he get shot?
And WHO the fuck?
"Billie?" Anna asked.
"Hm?" Billie asked back.
"I'm scared..."
"I am too..."
She was about to sob when Billie pulled her into an embrace.
"But it's gonna be okay. Mike will get better and we'll throw him a party when he gets back and..."
"And?" Anna said, feeling Billie's tears on her shoulder.
"And everything will be okay, I promise."
And hearing that she believed him.
A doctor walked into the room quietly, a different doctor to the one before.
"Hello, my name is Dr. Sanders," he said reaching his hand out to shake Billie's and Anna's.
"We can perform an operation to remove the bullet from Mike's chest and to repair any internal bleeding that is occurring," He informed.
"Just do what you can...please..." Anna replied.
"I shall be performing the operation and I won't let you down, I promise," The doctor reassured her.
"When can you perform the operation?" Billie piped up.
"In fifteen minutes," Said the doctor.
"Okay," Anna and Billie said together.
Fifteen minutes came and went and Mike was wheeled out of the private room... with Anna and Billie in short pursuit.
The theatre was empty all except for Billie and Anna.
Mike was lying on the operating table motionless except for the gentle rising and falling of his chest.
Anna left; followed by Billie he grabbed her and held her in his arms.
"Shhhhhhhhhh," Billie said gently as he rocked Anna from side to side.
It was very comforting and although she felt bad for saying it, it made her think of Mike and how he used to hold her like that.
"I miss him Bill..." Anna said.
"I do too, Anna, I do too," Billie said.
They waited and waited in the waiting room for about four hours until they heard on the intercom: "Could a Ms. Storm and a Mr. Armstrong please go to the recovery ward please? Thank you!"
Billie and Anna stood up and made their way to the recovery room; Anna put her hand on the door, threw it open and walked inside with confidence.
