Souls that cross

Chapter 7

She was driving to her father's house while the words of the call still flowed in her mind, she didn't understand much about the call because after the words: "Nathan is sick" she panicked.  When she entered the house he was curled up on the sofa clutching his belly with his hands
A: what do you have darling?
N: my stomach hurts
A: come on, let's go home and see if a bit passes.  Daddy are you taking Olivia home?
Pruitt: Sure, let me know if Nathan is better then
A: I will do it
They went home but the stomach ache didn't go away and Andy was more and more worried, her little baby was sick and she didn't know what to do.  She was a paramedic she saw many children with stomach ache but when it came to her son, worry took over; it was late in the evening so she decided to take him to the hospital.  Arriving at the hospital there was Meredith who took him to pediatrics, after a checkup they decided to operate on him for appendicitis because she was inflamed.  When she told Andy she panicked, Meredith seeing her in that condition took her and carried her into the crying closet.
A: what is this place?
M: we call it crying closet.  Scream, cry, let off steam and no one will judge you
A: are you sure?
M: very sure
Meredith turned her back leaving Andy space for her, Andy first screamed after that scream she felt better.  The tension after what had happened between her and Robert after that scream had almost disappeared, now there was her concern for her son;  she started crying thinking about her baby it was just her and him forever and she just didn't know what to do
M: ok we're done
Andy heaved a sigh and wiped away her tears
M: hey it's a routine surgery one hour and it will be in his room, three days and go home
A: Thank you
She went back to the room where they would then take her son, 20 minutes later she entered the room;  the nurse said that he would soon wake up and in 10 minutes he woke up
N: mom?
A: I'm here darling
N: can you lie down in bed with me?
A: sure love
Andy lay in bed with him and while she cuddled him
N: mom
A: tell me darling
N: when we get home can I sleep in your bed?
A: sure.  Now we sleep that mom is tired, I haven't slept for two days
N: goodnight mom
A: goodnight love
After three days they returned home and Andy had taken two weeks off to be with Nathan and also because she didn't want to see Robert.

At Robert's house
He was back home a few minutes when Olivia came back accompanied by Pruitt, she didn't understand why Andy hadn't come then she realized she was angry with him.  While they were talking Olivia let it slip that Nathan was sick, at that moment the only thing Robert wanted to do was go to Andy and be with her but he couldn't because he had messed up everything about her.  He was going to sleep when Andy called him asking for weeks off, she didn't say much she just said Nathan had been operated on and she would stay home with him.

It had been a week since Andy was home and Maya decided to go to her house to find out how she and Nathan were doing.
A: hello Maya
M: oh Andy I missed you.  How's my favorite nephew doing?
A: he is in his room, he is recovering another 4 days and then he goes back to school
M: but you don't go back to work in 4 days ... you go back to work in 7 days
A: yes Maya I took three more days for myself because I messed everything up
M: what do you mean "I messed everything up"
A: between me and Robert.  I kissed him, he kissed me and when things were becoming something more he threw me out
M: oh ... I'm sorry
A: I hope that after these two weeks I will be able to go back to work without bursting into tears in his face
M: for whatever I am there
A: thanks Maya you are what I need right now
Four days later Nathan was back at school and would be sleeping at Pruitt's for the next three days.  The first day home alone Andy had spent eating ice cream and watching depressing movies;  the second day instead she spent him eating cereal while he watched TV in his room.  On the evening of the second day there was a thunderstorm and, if she didn't normally sleep with thunderstorms, when she had all those thoughts in her head her just couldn't sleep.  She was thinking only of Robert, she could not help but think of that kiss;  so she decided to get dressed and left the house to clear his head.  The only place her body wanted to go was Robert's house and so she found herself in front of his house ...