Empire Record Oneshots

Hurt

   Joe punched him, he slammed him against the door. Lucas pleas went unheard. Joe threw him, he hit his head on Joes desk. He fell down the few steps that leads up to the office.
      Lucas sat in the floor holding his hand to his eye. He didn't mean to piss off Joe that much. He still looks angry.
     "Get out, ugh go work the register I can't see you right now, and send Mark to break." Joe said looking away in anger.
       He got up avoiding the stares from his coworkers. Walking out hurt with each step.
     Lucas walked up to the register, "hey mark"
     "Who, dude what happened to your face" Mark replied in his usual air head manner.
      "Nothing important" he said, "your on break."
     Mark didn't give any thought, he thanked Lucas then when to the back room.
      The store goes in waves, it can go from slow to fast very quickly. It started to speed up.
      Lucas was never all that good at the register, but especially not now with a blaring head ache.
      He was starting to have a hard time focusing, the people were piling up, it was getting louder. He heard commotion coming from the back, what was happening.
     A wave of dizziness hit him, he tasted metal. The people in front of him were getting blurry. He's falling.

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    After Gina stormed out, Joe tried to comfort Corey. She flew into a rage and when into the main store and started destroying things.
     Deb grabbed a hold of her and took her to go get calmed down.
     The whole thing was overwhelming to Joe. He was thinking to himself until he heard some yelps.
     He looked over to where Lucas was as supposed to be and dint see a thing, his anger level started to rise, " Where the hell is he"
     Joe started to stomp up to the register when he saw something in it. Low and behold it was Lucas in the floor.
     He was convulsing, what the hell is happening.
     Joe goes over to him, Lucas eyes were fluttering with his eyes rolling back, he was convulsing and shaking.
     Joe put his hand underneath Lucas head to stop him from hitting the floor.
    A.J and Mark come over to see what's happening.
    "Holly shit" A.J gasps, "Is he having a seizure?"
    "I-I do t know" Joe is panicking, "He hasn't stopped yet, I think we need to turn him"
     A.J takes his sweater off and puts it under Lucas head while Mark and Joe turn  him to his side.
     Eventually he slows down and ends up stoping going limp. They are waiting in anticipation for his eyes to open.
     Lucas starts to move, not knowing where he is. A overwhelming sense of nausea hit him and Joe shoved a trash can onto his lap. He let out the contents of his stomach.
    Joe was patting his back, trying to comfort him. Eventually he finished and the bin was set aside.
     "Hey are you ok?" Joe asked trying to look in his eye, "Lucas?"
    There wasn't a response, Lucas wasn't paying attention. He was so disoriented, that he didn't even recognize Joe.
    Lucas slumped into Joe. He put a hand up to Lucas head pulling back immediately, he looks at his hand...
...there was blood
     "Is that blood..?" Mark asks
     Before Joe could answer he shifts Lucas into A.Js arms to get a better view in his head. He reached out to examine his head.
     Lucas flinched back, groaning.
     "Do we need to call 9-1-1?" Mark asks
    "Yeah, I think we do" Joe replies while taking Lucas from A.Js arms, "A.J, can you call"
     "Yeah sure"

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     The waiting room was crowded, they took Lucas back a half and hour ago. It was just Joe he left A.J in charge.
     The nurse walks out, "The Family of Lucas Reaves"
    Joe stands up follows the nurse to the back.
    "Lucas has a concussion presumably from when he hit his head on the desk before the seizure" the nurse explained as they walked to his room , "He is currently resting, we have him on an IV and oxygen. I'll come in latter and tell you more information"
      Joe thanked the nurse and stood at the door. Taking a deep breath he opened the door.
     There was Lucas lying, he looked tired. Joe sat dow next to him. A twinge of guilt twisted in his heart, he cause this.
     Lucas started to twitch, "...joe?" His voice was horse.
      "Hey, Lucas"
      "I-m" Lucas voice broke, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry I'm sorry" he muttered
    "No, Lucas" Joe tried to calm him, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't of hit you."
     Lucas smiles as much he could muster.