Hold Me

Chapter 24

1 week later...

My alarm went off at 5 am, and I groaned, hitting the snooze button. I went to bed at midnight, which was a really dumb idea. I pulled the comforter over myself, trying to go back to sleep.

"Sam?" I heard a voice at my door.

I groaned, trying to cover my ears.

"Go away." I mumbled.

I heard footsteps make their way over to my bed. 

"Sweetheart, you need to get up. We have to be at the hospital in an hour." It was Michael.

I rolled over to face him, tiredly rubbing my eyes. He gave me a gentle smile and pushed my baby hairs out of my face.

I sat up slowly and stretched before getting out of bed. Michael left so that I could change. I put on a pair of sweats and a t-shirt since I was going to be in a gown in an hour. I brushed my hair and brushed my teeth to get the gross taste out of my mouth.

Surprisingly I wasn't super anxious, but I was super tired. Mikey and the rest of the guys were downstairs. Only Mike and Ash were coming with me this morning and Luke and Cal would come see me later after my surgery.

"You ready to go sweet pea?" Ash asked when I walked into the kitchen.

I nodded.

We walked out to the car, Luke and Cal both hugged me tight, wishing me luck.

My knee bounced the entire time to the hospital. The nerves were finally starting to hit. I knew in my heart this was the right thing to be doing. There was still a small part of me that still cared about my father.

When we got to the hospital, Ash held my hand as comfort as we walked in. Mike signed me in, and we waited for a bit in the waiting room.

"Are you feeling, okay?" Mike asked from beside me.

I nodded; my knee was still bouncing a bit. Ash put his hand on my knee to try and calm me down a bit.

"Just relax sweetheart. I promise you that everything is going to go okay." Ash said.

I nodded. I trusted his judgment.

When a nurse called my name, we all walked back. I had my vitals taken before I was asked to put a gown on. After I changed, I laid down in the bed to have my IV placed. Ash and Mike distracted me as the nurse quickly put the IV in.

"The doctor will be in soon to go over everything with you." The nurse said before leaving us in the room.

Mike sat on the edge of my bed, placing a hand on my shoulder.

"It's going to be a long surgery and recovery is going to be rough, but I promise you that we'll all take care of you."

I nodded. "You guys owe me ice cream after this."

Mike and Ash laughed.

"Of course. You can have all the ice cream in the world." Mike said.

The doctor soon came in and went over the procedure. He answered all my questions which helped calm me a bit. When the nurse came back, it was time to go down to the OR. That's when I broke down.

"I-I don't want to be put to s-sleep." 

I knew it was my anxiety talking. I hated that it was hitting now.

Mike wiped my tears away and kissed my forehead.

"Shh, sweetheart. It's going to be okay. I'm going to stay with you until you fall asleep. Nothing bad is going to happen. They're going to give you some medicine to relax and then you're going to get really sleepy."

I nodded.

 When they rolled me into pre-op, Mike held my hand the entire time. He hummed softly to me, helping me to relax a bit. As soon as the medicines hit, I felt my eye lids become heavy. I don't remember what happened next because I was completely out.

When I started to wake up, I could hear a voice from beside me. I opened my eyes to see it was my nurse. She gave me a small smile.

"Hi Sam. Everything went great. I can go get your dad if you'd like." She said.

I nodded groggily. Everything felt fuzzy.

Soon, Mike came in. He smiled and walked over to me, kissing the top of my head. He rested his hand on my shoulder.

"You did amazing." He said.

"I feel weird." I said.

"You have a lot of medicine in your system. It'll feel like that for a couple of hours."

I nodded tiredly.

"When can I go home?"

"It's going to be about a week or two before you can go Hun."

I nodded. 

"I'm tired."

Mike laughed softly. "You can go back to sleep for a bit."

I nodded and drifted off again.

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