Love isn't Chosen

Part 2

Buck p.o.v

I really wasn't expecting to be in hospital again so soon. I was too focused on rescuing everyone else I didn't stop and take account of my own potential injuries as I had hit the windscreen of the ambulance. tried her best to clean the cut on my forehead as she was worried about me. She was also concussed, which meant she wasn't in a fit state to assess my injuries as well as she would have wanted to. She tried when we got to the hospital after Chim and Bobby had been rushed in. Eddie was being taken to get his ribs assessed and the nurse was desperate to get Hen into a room herself to get her head injuries and other injuries assessed.

Maddie had heard it all unfold as she was in dispatch, and I had even talked to her and had rushed down as soon as she heard that the 118 had been accounted for and rushed into hospital. She wasn't allowed to see Chim yet, so I was the one who had to deal with the brunt of the fuss. "Evan, oh my gosh are you okay?" she asks, running over trying her best to check me over. Athena was nearby watching us whilst we were waiting. A nurse did want to clean my head wound but I told her I was happy to wait there were more urgent patients than me. There was a dull ache in my abdomen area, but I was ignoring it. I chalked it up to nerves because the guy who adopted me as a father was in a lot of pain and in hospital himself so soon after I had basically died and came back.

"Mads I'm fine, it's just a little cut. Nothing to worry about," I tell her. Maddie disappeared for a moment and came back with some stuff used to clean and patch up wounds. Of course, my sister would pull the I was a nurse card. To be fair, looking around us there were a lot of people in this ER, most likely due to it being the closest one to the bridge collapse. There's a lot of people in here waiting for news about their loved ones. I already was texting Eddie and I told him through text I was going to take him back to his house once we were dropped off at the station. The captain of the B shift had rushed on when he heard the news and was going to bring us back to get our stuff.

I got up to go and get myself some water and my abdomen was still hurting. Now I am starting to think that it was down to overuse because I had to use my core to help get myself up, then save Hen, then save Eddie and save Chim before helping find and save Bobby. Yeah, that has got it be it. There is just no other plausible reason for me to be in this much pain right now. I took it easy coming back to work after the lightning incident knowing how protective Bobby is over me now, he saw what it was like to lose me for 3 minutes. I was trying to work on myself since then and be a little bit less reckless than I normally would be. today I was focused on saving my team.

"Are you sure you're okay Buckaroo? You've gone quite pale honey," Athena says. I sat in the nearest chair to the little water fountain. It must be the adrenaline wearing off, nothing else. I mean this is the first time I have sat down calmly since we got here. That has got to be why I am suddenly starting to feel tired too. The pain is not a dull throb anymore, but I am doing my best to ignore it. I promised Eddie, I would take him home and I am not about to bail on that promised. I have failed him one too many times recently. I am not about to make that same mistake again. I stay seated as Maddie hears Athena and she starts worrying about me even more.

"I'm sure 'Thena. The adrenaline has probably worn off by now. I will be okay to drive Eddie home then I am going to go straight to bed myself and get some rest. You have my word," I tell her. I don't think I have totally convinced them, but I am going to do my best. I don't want them to feel as though I am lying to them in any way because that isn't my intention. I am not going to leave here with Eddie and then spend the rest of my time running errands. I am most likely going to end on his couch sleeping until Chris is out of school or even with Chris quietly getting on with his homework in the background. Eddie has more family than me around to take care of him.

My mom and dad only came to see me in hospital because they happened to be in town when it happened. I don't think they would have made the trip from Hershey to Los Angeles otherwise. Eddie isn't going to be in the hospital long, there isn't the need for an overnight stay. Well, the way he was talking about it led me to believe his injuries don't require him to stay overnight like Bobby and Chim are going to have to. I might see if I can come by once, I have gone home and rested a bit to spend some time with Bobby. He was worried about me being caught up in everything and he was rushed into the main ER area before he could ask me if I was doing okay.