In Love and Death
waiting
Mikey watched helplessly as his best friend shook uncontrollably in the hospital bed. The heart monitor was going insane. But there was nothing Mikey could do. Eventually a nurse and a doctor ran in, followed by Ray.
‘WHAT’S HAPPENING?’ Mikey screamed. The Used woke up immediately and were on their feet, with horror struck faces.
The nurse gave Frank his injection, and the shaking subsided, and Frank lay limply in the bed and the beeping of the heart monitor slowed down.
The doctor checked Frank’s vital signs, and then checked his head. Meanwhile the heart monitor kept slowing down, slower and slower...
‘WE NEED TO GET HIM BACK TO SURGERY’ shouted the doctor who had now taken hold of the bed and was wheeling it out of the room.
‘WHAT THE HELLS GOING ON?’ Mikey screamed again, tears escaping his eyes, and then Ray was there, hugging him.
Everyone was silent
Minutes later the nurse came back into the room and explained that the doctor suspected there was still some glass left in his wound that was getting dangerously close to his brain.
‘Is he going to be ok?’ Ray pleaded.
The nurse put a reassuring hand on Ray’s shoulder. ‘We have our best surgeon working on it.’
‘Well what’s that supposed to mean?’ snapped Ray. The nurse shrugged and moved her gaze to Gerard and Bert.
‘Calm down sir, your other friends should be waking up soon,’ she headed towards the exit. ‘Tell me when they do.’
When she left everyone’s gazes fell onto the two remaining beds in the room.
No words were said. Everyone just waited.
‘WHAT’S HAPPENING?’ Mikey screamed. The Used woke up immediately and were on their feet, with horror struck faces.
The nurse gave Frank his injection, and the shaking subsided, and Frank lay limply in the bed and the beeping of the heart monitor slowed down.
The doctor checked Frank’s vital signs, and then checked his head. Meanwhile the heart monitor kept slowing down, slower and slower...
‘WE NEED TO GET HIM BACK TO SURGERY’ shouted the doctor who had now taken hold of the bed and was wheeling it out of the room.
‘WHAT THE HELLS GOING ON?’ Mikey screamed again, tears escaping his eyes, and then Ray was there, hugging him.
Everyone was silent
Minutes later the nurse came back into the room and explained that the doctor suspected there was still some glass left in his wound that was getting dangerously close to his brain.
‘Is he going to be ok?’ Ray pleaded.
The nurse put a reassuring hand on Ray’s shoulder. ‘We have our best surgeon working on it.’
‘Well what’s that supposed to mean?’ snapped Ray. The nurse shrugged and moved her gaze to Gerard and Bert.
‘Calm down sir, your other friends should be waking up soon,’ she headed towards the exit. ‘Tell me when they do.’
When she left everyone’s gazes fell onto the two remaining beds in the room.
No words were said. Everyone just waited.
8/29/13