Melodies Of Love

Chapter 8: Blossoming Connections

      Lily                                  

I opened my phone to which I was welcomed with a lot of notifications of news articles which I had subscribed to notifying me of Alex's departure to Brazil which he had done in quite  good privacy which apparently "offended" his fans. Whatever. I let out an annoying sigh. His fans are too obsessive which actually concerns me sometimes like does he have to make a public announcement that he'll be leaving at so and so time from so and so airport?.. gosh I don't know how he deals with them when they meddle in his private life so much. Well atleast he gets his money from these weird people, that's a good part though. I thought to myself shrugging as I left my apartment to leave for the office.
Ugh after a long day it's finally 5pm and I can go. I started my car and left for the hospital first. As I entered I thought "is Alex here?" And came to the realisation that no, he won't be here atleast for a week. I walked to my grandma's bed, surprised to find a chaos of the doctors and nurses in my grandma's ward. My heart dropped to my stomach and I found myself frozen not able to speak, my legs and hands going numb seeing the situation in front of me. The defibrillator being charged again and again and being applied to her chest. Her body lifting up and down due to the shock. The sound of the straight line on the ventilator. Everything going blank as I see the doctors slowly loose hope but still keep going on with the defibrillator. Without realising stream of tears started rolling down my cheeks as my throat coiled with a lump of unexplainable emotions. I wanted to scream but I just stood there crying hysterically.. outside her room staring at her then at the straight, blank line on her ventilator. When all of a sudden a small curve appeared on the screen and a scream finally escaped my mouth. Her heartbeat was back! Weak but back. I finally fell to the floor my knees going weak. The doctors and nurses finally acknowledged my presence and one of the older nurses rushed to me and helped me get back on my feet, calmly tapping my back saying "it's ok dear, everything's fine now. Try to take a deep breath.. everything is alright" taking me to the benches in the corridor. After a few minutes as I was sitting alone in the corridor trying to process what just happened the doctor came to me. "Are you feeling alright ma'am? It was a sudden cardiac arrest. I'm sorry but you should prepare for the worst.. we can't even try to do a heart transplant, her body has become too weak for that. There's a chance that we may lose her on the operation table before completing the heart transplant. I'm really sorry." He said in a low voice. Hearing that was so terrifyingly sad.. to imagine the only support that I had my entire life will be dead leaving me an orphan with no other family members or relatives at all. "So.. are you saying there's really nothing you can do, nothing at all?" I croaked my throat not co-operating with my body.
"Unfortunately... Yes. There's nothing we can try to do, keeping her age in mind. As I've told u before too, it was a miracle that she managed to survive this long. I'm afraid it won't be possible now. If you don't have anymore questions, allow me to take my leave now" he said softly, explaining it to me in the slowest way possible. I nodded and he made his way out.
I got up still sniffling a little, when my eyes fell on Noah who was already looking at me.. with a really worried look. He made his way towards me rolling his wheelchair, I observed he looked much worse than before. "Hey lilybug.. everything alright?" He said, rolling his wheelchair towards where I was standing. His shining , innocent eyes searching for answers in mine. Someone asking me if I was alright was the last thing I wanted to happen at this moment because I knew i was going to break down in literal tears again... and he did the trick with that old ass nickname. "M-my grandma went into a cardiac arrest an hour ago, they b-barely managed to keep her alive" I said not meeting his gaze trying my best to hold back the tears. "Oh..I'm so sorry to hear about that lils, is she okay now? I can't imagine how difficult this must be for you right now. Please know that I'm here for you, and if you need anything at all, whether it's someone to talk to or just a shoulder to lean on, I'm here. Okay? I'm always here for you no matter what it is that you want to share, even if it's the smallest things that's troubling you, I'll be here for you, to listen and to do my best to help you out." He said smiling as I looked into his eyes. This wasn't how he normally looked at me, there was something else in his eyes gleaming for me. He was looking at me so affectionately as if I were a little crying baby standing in front of him.
And boom! That was all it took for me to release it all out, everything I tried to hold back ever since grandma was first admitted here, started to flow out of my eyes like a waterfall. Like an overflowing dam that had just been opened. I plopped onto the bench, my hands hiding my face as I cried. I sensed that he moved closer, and carefully shifted himself from his wheelchair to my bench. He hugged me as I cried in his embrace just like the old days when I used to fall and cry and he used to come running just to hold me in a tight hug. Not saying anything just stroking my hairs as I cried and cried just like now. This was so nostalgic.. I hadn't felt like this in a long time.. I felt so safe with him, like no one else. His broad shoulders welcomed me in and I happily gave in.
"It's okay, it's okay, let it all out. Nobody can see or hear you right now. Everything will be alright. I'll help you get through this." He said, his voice sounding protective, causing me to feel more vulnerable than I was feeling already. "I'm so damn tired Noah, I feel like I can't do this anymore. I can't see grandma dying! Not yet! Please God no... " I muffled, my words barely audible as my face was practically stuffed in his chest. I felt his grip tightening against me. "I'm here, sshh it's okay.. everything is gonna be alright. I can't bear to see you cry like this my lilybug" he said softly whispering in my ear. 

(#Author's Note
For anyone confused if Adrien and Noah are different or same characters, yes infact they are the same characters with different names because when lily was younger and she and Adrien used to play she knew him by the name Noah, as Noah/Adrien didn't wanted to reveal his identity as being the little brother of a famous musician. So far, she doesn't know his real identity and still calls him Noah. Hope that cleared the doubt ;))