Luckily I knew the way to the hospital without having to think about it too much, my heart was racing, tears in my eyes, my eyes bloodshot and puffy, I was sweaty and exhausted but my feet went on their own. As soon as I arrived I saw the ambulances parked up dropping people off I tried to see which ambulance took Y/n but they all looked the same, so I marched into the main entrance and found a receptionist and nothing but locked doors.
The receptionist seemed confused as to why a boy in a school uniform was approaching her desk at 11.17 am on a Friday, I leaned on the desk and wiped my face running a hand through my hair and trying to look... calm. "Y/n Y/l/n she came in with an ambulance, can I see her please!"
"Alright... let's have a look," she said as she looked through her computer pushing a tissue box from the desk closer to me, I took one and wiped my face off, "AHh yes she came in as an emergency at 10.09."
"Yeah... I uhh took a while to walk here. So she is here then! Can I see her?"
"she did come in, we do have her, just let me check... ahh it does say no visitors yet she's in too high a risk,"
"where is she?"
"She's up on the ward getting the best care she's just in a high risk and we can't allow visitors yet."
"Please I know it's no visitors, is there a way around that? please, can I just see her? ... please."
"I'm afraid not she's too high risk, her condition it too dangerous,"
"Dangerous... You're saying she's... in a life-threatening condition"
"I'm afraid so,"
"no! no! That can't happen! no, no no! She can't die! She can't!" I did my best not to burst out crying, "Please you have to let me in to see her, Please! I may never get another chance please just let me see her."
"Maybe once her parents arrive we can ask them how they feel about visitors but-"
"Her family's in South Africa, or the Amazon, or Antarctica! god knows! She can barely get hold of them half the time even if you can get a hold of them and they drop everything to come see her they'll not be able to get here for by tomorrow at the earliest, someone needs to be with her!"
"...Who are you to her?"
"for god's sake! I'm her best friend, I've known her since I was five, we go to boarding school, we're in the same dorm house we all but live together, please! I- I can't lose her! please, there must be some way of letting me see her, right? please, I'll be as quiet as a mouse, I won't get in anyone's way I'll go to her room and just stay by her side please..." I begged, "I'll be secretive, I'll sneak in and search every room in this hospital if you don't just tell me where she is! please!"
"...She's in ward B3 Room 67. But I am not letting another soul in until her parents arrive." She said unlocking the door,
"Thank you! Thank you, thank you so much!" I told her before I fixed my bag and ran through the door I followed the signs and walked as fast as I possibly could I followed the various signs for ward B3 through the shiny, clean-smelling corridors through lifts, and turns until finally the sign for ward B3 so I headed in wiping a little sweat off my face and making myself not look so ragged and insane. I cleaned my hands and all up my arms with the sanitiser, counting the doors until I saw room 67 down the corridor. I fixed my jumper and went to the door pushing it open and stepping into the small hospital room.
I shut the door behind me seeing the grey floor, the light blue walls, white ceiling, two large windows overlooking the garden in the centre of the hospital, the bed in the middle of the room the various medical equipment on the wall behind the bed, a heart rate monitor bleeping, other equipment attached as she laid in the bed slowly breathing, her eyes closed, her body covered with a hospital gown, her bag on the side of the room as well as her folded uniform, I set my bag down beside hers and sat in the little chair beside the bed.
