Warnette Oneshots

Surgery (P2)

AARON'S POV:

I enter a room that consists of a desk with a small pc on it. The whole rooms smells of cleaning products, which makes sense due to pristine white colouring of the room.

"Please take a seat, Mr Warner." The nurse gestures go one of the seats that are on the opposite side of the desk that the office faces.

I sit down in one of the two chairs, shifting uncomfortably as I await whatever news the nurse wishes to tell me.

"So." The lady sits down opposite me, typing something into the computer. "Your wife, Mrs Warner, has sustained multiple injuries due to the burst of her appendix." She looks through some paperwork. "Her appendix are being removed, and if all goes well, she should pull through, but she isn't going to be back up and running for a while."

"What do you mean?"

She hands me a slip of paper. "She needs to take this medication twice a day, once before she goes to bed at night, and once at midday."

I nod. "Okay, when can I see her?"

"She's still in surgery, then she'll be in intensive care for a few days, so depending on the outcome of the surgery, it could be sooner, it could be later."

I nod along, following what she's saying, trying to take in every little detail of what she's saying so I know the ins and outs of how to help Ella.

"She will be in pain for a while." Her eyes flick from the computer screen to the sheets of paper down on the table in front of her. "Her stomach will cause her complete agony for a few weeks, being as her appendix didn't just have appendicitis, they actually burst. It also means that she'll have a hard time walking and eating for a while."

I look down at the sheet of paper she handed me, seeing it's a prescription.

"As for now, there isn't anything I can say to you other than that I recommend you go home and get some proper rest, no matter how hard that might be. She'll be needing you to take care of her not only during the day, but also during the night, so it's best if you get some sleep now."

I just agree, I'm definitely not going to sleep when I know my wife is in critical condition.

So, after leaving the nurses office, I walk back into the waiting room, seeing everyone's searching eyes on me, wanting to know what on earth is going on.

"She is going to be in surgery for a while, the nurse said that I should go home and sleep because she is going to need full time care when she wakes." I sit down on a chair, clenching my forehead in my hands. "She is going to be in a lot of pain for a while. Her appendix burst."

Gasps fill the small room. "Oh shit." I can hear Kenji say.
I can't help but agree with him.

"So will she be okay?" James' small voice asks.

I look up from the floor, removing my head from my hands. "I don't know, James." I tell him truthfully.

As my eyes well up with tears, I try and wipe them before anyone notices.

"Oh." James squeaks. "She is strong, she will be okay." James comes over to me with a small smile, as he pulls me into a small hug.

Normally I would find this uncomfortable, but right now, I need this hug.

I wrap my arms around him, letting my little brother comfort me. "Thank you, James." I let go back of the small boy, feeling the tears that I've tried, so badly, to keep in, spill down my cheek.

"It's okay, what is family for?" He grins, before he yawns, I don't blame him, it is the middle of the night.

Adam comes over and pats my shoulder before picking up James. "I think I better take him home." He says. "If you need anything, just call." He smiles at me before walking away, a sleepy James in his arms.

"Come on Aaron, you're coming back with us." Nazeera calls from besides me.

I shake my head. "No, I'm staying here."

Kenji sits down next to me. "I know you love J, but right now, the best thing you can do for her is to rest up so you can be there for her when she wakes up."

I hate that Kenji Kishimoto is right, but he is. She needs me to be awake and there for her, but right now, she needs me to sleep so I'm not a walking zombie when she wakes up.

"Alright, fine." I groan, getting up and walking with the rest of the people who are waiting in the waiting room as we all get into cars and head home.

I have to catch a ride in Kenji's car, Nazeera sitting in the passengers seat.
This mans driving skills are so bad that I'm surprised he is aloud within five feet of a car, let alone to drive one.

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Once we arrive at Nazeera and Kenji's house, Kenji park on the street in front of their house. Being as me and Ella live next door, I walk over to our house, using my key to open the door, stumbling inside.

I settle down on the sofa, I can't face the bedroom without Ella there.
I hate the fact that I haven't got Ella in my arms while I sleep, that's something that I have taken advantage of, it's only now that I realise that I was so blessed to have her snuggled into my chest every night. Don't get me wrong, I always know how absolutely blessed I am to not only be married to someone like Ella, but to even be in her life at all.l, but it's the small things that I'm missing. Like her smile, her little mumbles she makes when she sleeps.

I don't think I am able to sleep tonight. There is no way I can relax knowing the one I love, the woman that I'd let the world burn for, is in surgery and that she will be in pain for a long time to come, the thought of that, makes me feel something worse than terror.

I feel empty without her by my side. I need my Ella, and my Ella needs me.

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Part 3 coming soon!