Chapter 17
Brittany went to the hospital cafeteria while her mom and sister took turns to see her dad where she bought 3 cups of coffee and cinnamon rolls. She realized she hasn't eaten anything since Santana's party last night except for the 2 cups of coffee in the airport. She pushed all thoughts of Santana out of her mind and she felt like everything that happened has just been a dream. However she couldn't help sneaking a look at her cellphone to see if anyone, particularly a certain brunette, has tried to contact her. She couldn't help the disappointment she felt when she didn't find any messages or missed calls.
She walked back to the waiting area and silently handed her mom and sister the coffee and pastries . Both women thanked Brittany and they all sat down and silently sipped from their cups while they played the waiting for her father's attending physician who was currently inside the ICU with his father. After a few more minutes a middle aged man in a white coat with kind baby blue eyes made his way to her mother who stood up to greet the doctor. Both Brittany and Anne got off their seats to get closer to their mother. Her mother introduced Brittany to Dr. Fuller and he explained that her father was doing good and he will be transferred to a regular room later. He should be home in 2 days and once he's strong enough he needs to undergo a triple bypass surgery since it's already too late for an angioplasty.
"Jack needs plenty of rest so he can regain his strength to ready his body for the surgery." Dr. Fuller said
Relief washed over the three women 3 women when they heard the news and they all thanked Dr. Fuller who excused himself to attend to his other patients.. After hearing his father was going to be fine, Brittany suddenly felt tired. She has been awake for more than 24 hours and the adrenaline coupled with the caffeine was already wearing off. She tried unsuccessfully to stifle a yawn and she looked up with tired eyes when she felt her mother's hand on her back. When she looked up she saw concern in her mom's blue eyes identical to her own.
"You should go home with your sister to get some rest honey. I'll hold the fort for now." Her mother said smiling at her daughter. Brittany was about to protest but another yawn made its way and she had no choice but to nod her assent.
After an hour, her sister was opening the door to her house with Brittany behind her. Bill took their son to his mother for the day while he went to work and Brittany was a bit disappointed that she didn't get to see her nephew. Anne showed her the guest room and she didn't even bother changing out of her clothes, Brittany just flopped down the bed and within a few minutes Brittany was asleep.
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Allison opened the door to her hotel room to let Santana in. Once both of them were inside she turned to face Santana who had her head down and looked uncomfortable.
"Please sit down." Allison said sheepishly.
Santana immediately took a seat in a small chair in the vanity table and Allison sat in the bed opposite Santana.
Santana took a deep breath and looked at Allison in the eye. It was now or never.
"You said you wanted to talk, so here I am." Santana said in a surprisingly calm voice.
Allison felt the nerves grating on her insides at being this close to Santana again. After seeing her with the blonde yesterday she didn't think that she'd actually show up. After clearing her throat she started talking.
"I...I was serious when I said I wanted another chance."
Santana was about to say something when Allison cut her off, "I know I'm 2 years late Santana but I'm here now." Allison said her voice pleading.
"What happened that day? I waited for you for 14 fucking hours Allison." Santana said this time the anger was evident in her voice.
"I wanted to go, please believe me Santana. I even packed my things the night before. But while waiting for the train that would take me to Bryant Park I got scared and thought about all the things I was giving up and I couldn't bring myself to board the train. I was young and stupid and scared and I let all my fears take over me." Allison said bitterly.
