While you were Sleeping

5. A moment

The ambulance arrived at the hospital in record time. Guille had thankfully opened his eyes a few times, each time locking onto her, before passing out again. That was good, right?

They were greeted at the door by a doctor and nurse, the paramedic relayed all the information he'd gathered as they walked through the doors into the emergency department. Juliana filed in behind them, clutching her bag, she had no idea what she was supposed to do.

When they reached another set of double doors someone stopped her, she looked up confused, pointing towards Guille, who was being wheeled away.

"I'm sorry, you can't go in there. Once he has been assessed they'll call you, can you please give me some details about the patient?" Juliana nodded, she felt numb as she followed the nurse to the desk.

"Can you tell me his name?"

"Guillermo Carvajal," she answered.

The woman's head whipped up immediately. "THE Guillermo Carvajal?" Juliana nodded again, shocked by the woman's reaction. She watched as the woman leapt from her chair again, disappearing behind the double doors Gullie had been brought through.

"Okay..." was she supposed to wait here? She looked around the room at the miserable faces she found. Not one smile, she thought. Well, it is a hospital. Most people either have something wrong with them or someone they know has already been brought through that door, she turned to look at the door as the woman came back.

"Sorry about that, are you Juliana?" The brunette nodded in confusion. "Can you come with me?"

Juliana looked around puzzled, placing her hand on her chest. "Me? Where to?"

The woman approached and began to whisper, "Mr Carvajal has been asking for you," she smiled. "Can you follow me?" she gestured towards the double doors.

"I thought I wasn't allowed in there?"

The woman rolled her eyes as if Juliana was being unnecessarily difficult. "Yes, I know, but the doctors thought it might calm Mr Carvajal if he saw you."

"He's awake?" she asked in surprise.

The woman smiled. "Yes, so can you please come with me?" Juliana nodded and followed the woman.

She had a good look around once they got through the double doors. There were numerous beds lining the walls, most were occupied. One bed was surrounded by a blue curtain, she assumed the retching sounds were coming from there, she could feel her skin crawl at the noise.

She was led down a corridor, well away from everyone else, to a private room, where doctors and nurses were falling over each other as they attended to Gullie. The man was awake answering questions while the doctor shone a light into his eyes. He was still wearing the neck brace, but his shirt had been cut off, there were stickers and wires attached to different parts of his chest, probably monitoring his heart rate.

"Mr Carvajal you have suffered a strong concussion. Your pupils are responsive although sluggish so you will have to remain in hospital. We are going to take you for an X-ray and a CT scan to make sure there are no breakages or swelling. Do you understand?"

Guille grunted. "Juliannaaa," he trailed off as he passed out again.

Juliana froze. Did he just say my name? What the hell?

The room became a flurry of movement again as the doctor ordered the tests immediately.

Juliana was ushered back into the corridor to allow Guille's bed to be pushed out, her eyes following as the man was rolled away.