Always There

Chloe has taken a sick day while Beca is in classes, and working her shift at the radio station. Since this morning, Chloe has been having some stomach pain, and she's feeling a little flushed. She had some toast and tea this morning, then later threw it up. Still this was nothing too alarming. Chloe's stomach pain was a dull ache, and the girls had a lot to eat the day before while attending a barbecue, so Chloe figured she was just bloated from eating too much.

However things have gotten much worse, and Chloe is in terrible pain. She is curled up in a ball on her bed, clutching her stomach and crying. She is nervous because Beca isn't home yet, and she didn't know what to do. Chloe tried texting her, but got no answer. She hoped Beca would be home soon.

Beca did finally arrive home, and was putting her stuff away when she thought she heard something upstairs. She listened for a moment, and determined that it was in fact crying she heard, and immediately went to go check it out.

"Chloe? I'm home; are you okay?"

"Beca!" Chloe cried out to her girlfriend the moment she heard her.

Beca rushed to her, and found Chloe curled up in bed crying immediately making her way to the side of the bed.

"Hey Sweetie, what's wrong?" Beca asked, stroking Chloe's hair.

"My stomach hurts so bad." Chloe cried.

Beca felt Chloe's very hot forehead, and hurried to the bathroom, scrambling through the drawers for the thermometer. Finally she found it, and took Chloe's temperature. When the thermometer beeped, her temperature read 103, and it really worried Beca.

"Yeah, you have a fever, Baby. We really need to take you to the hospital."

Chloe nodded in agreement, and Beca attempted to help her sit up. Chloe winced in pain, and was breathing heavily. They took a minute for Chloe to catch her breath while she was sitting on the bed.

"I'm sorry, Baby. I know it hurts, but we have to try to walk downstairs. We'll go slow, okay."

Beca draped Chloe's arm over her shoulder, and slowly stood her up. Carefully she guided her girlfriend downstairs, and out to the car. Chloe cried the whole time, and Beca took her hand while she drove to the hospital. It broke her heart to see Chloe in this much pain, and Beca wanted more than anything to get her help.

As soon as they got to the hospital, the nurse behind the desk could see the pain Chloe was in, and immediately led both girls to an exam room. Another nurse came into the room to assess the situation. They explained she has been sick all day, and that Chloe's stomach pain got progressively worse. She answered some basic health questions while the nurse entered the information on the computer. The nurse took Chloe's blood pressure, and checked her temperature that still read 103. When asked about an insurance card, the girls realized they didn't have it with them.

"Shit, I'm sorry." Beca told her. " We rushed out so fast, I forgot to grab her wallet."

"It's okay. If you can get someone to bring it here, we can enter it later." the nurse told them.

Beca would have to call Aubrey later as soon as she was able to. Soon the doctor came in to look at Chloe who was still in tears.

"Hi there Chloe, I'm Dr. Adamson. It looks like you're having some pretty bad stomach pain, huh?"

Chloe nodded.

"Can you tell me exactly where your stomach hurts?"

"On my right." Chloe told him indicating where she was having pain.