grayson's empire

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grayson's POV

i sit in my office lost in my thoughts about eleanors mother. why was she so determined to hide from her? i get pulled from my  thoughts the second someone, selina, our intern, screams my name, "MR ARLOW, MS VIENNA IS NOT OK, SHE LOOKS-" selina gets cut off by a loud thud. i was already getting out of my office but when i see eleanor laying on the floor i freeze. "DON'T JUST STAND THERE CALL A FUCKING AMBULANCE, SOMEONE GO DOWNSTAIRS LOOK FOR A GREYISH HONDA, A DUDE NAMED BENTLEY. TELL HIM TO GET UP HERE" i order as i kneel down next to her. i try to wake her up but nothing seems to work. 

after a little an ambulance shows up. they run up to us with a gurney and lift eleanor onto it. "you the boss? come with us." they tell me. i walk after them and get pushed into the ambo. alright. guess i'm going to a hospital

it's been hours since we got here. "Mr Arlow?" the sweet old nurse says. "yes?" i ask getting up. "she's stabalized, unfortunately we had to put her in an medically induced coma to make sure there's no internal bleeding and we can keep her for observation. her brain will recover from the fell she made easier. you can go see her now" she rambles. i nod thankfully and make my way over to her room. i stop in my tracks as i see her lifeless body on the bed. tubes into her nose. an iv in her arm. bags of fluids connected to her. i sit down next to her. 

what do you even do in such situations. i don't know her, i just know she's always super kind. 

it's been a week. i've basically been here, waiting for her to wake up. well, we all took shifts, mel benji me and bentley. so she wouldn't wake up confused and alone in the hospital. they officially took her off the coma inducing meds. it was possible for her to wake up before, but she hasn't so she's supposed to wake up between now and 30 hours. i'm staying there the full 30 hours i have to apologize, i pushed her to my office a little to rough and now she was in an induced coma. i feel responsible for the pain she's been going through. i need to set it straight. and i need my assistant back. i've had my fair share of shitty assistants, they stuck for about a month. if not less. eleanor-haven is the only good assistant i have ever had. my meetings go smoothly from one to the other. they're always put together day by day with care

she always made sure i had food and my coffee, she planned with focus on my health. if i got enough rest, ate enough, hydrated enough. that's the human she was. i got myself a caramel latte machiatto. it doesn't taste the same. i miss having someone i can be mean to without getting complaints.  well she did call me asshole once. i chuckle lightly to myself thinking of that memory. i can joke to her, or laugh at her. or just be me around her, and she doesn't judge. better yet, she does the same. it's a new form of friendship i've been figuring out. but still this is my fault. 

Eleanors pov

i slowly open my eyes and see my boss asleep next to me. what is he doing? oh good god he better not get sentimental. i need bentley. i groan reaching over to the phone on my nightstand. and dial his number in pain. "lee" my voice cracks. i cough a little and try again."lee, can you come to... the hospital?" my voice stays cracky. "i'm on my way ele" he says and the call disconnects. i lay back down and feel a pair of eyes stare into my soul. "what mr arlow" i groan out. "how are you feeling Ms Vienna?" he asks. "fine, i'm fine, i'll be back at work asap" i tell him.  he chuckles. wait? he chuckled. he did that? "Good to see you awake Ms Vienna, your boyfriend here was very worried" the nurse says

i raise my eyebrow and almost to quickly start laughing. "that's my boss, and never in his wildest dream will he have the honor of being my boyfriend" i snort. the nurse blushes awkwardly and ashamed while i get the raised eyebrow from Mr arlow. "sunshine you work again" bentley cheers walking in. "i do work, they gave me a factory reset." i say as he hugs me. "oh. he's your boyfriend" we both look at eachother and laugh. "besties. since '99" he says like we're a type of beer that needs promoting