Room 101

Life and death

Chapter 20

Life and death

Hannah's POV

Running through the never ending hallway back to Fiona and Zack's room, all you can hear is poor Fiona's screams of pain.

"Hannah!" Zack shouted for me. That's the first time I've ever heard Zack shout like that. It made me jump back in surprise and ran through the door out of breath.

"What's wrong?" I asked on entry.

"I really need you to help me calm Fiona down, nothings working, I gave her some morphine but its wearing of, I've got nothing else left, I just can't help her, I can't," Zack was breaking down, crying, shaking and clear as day worry in his eyes. I felt so bad for him, but having him worrying like this is clearly making Fiona more scared, we both need the calm Zack back and it looks like I'm going to be the only one to make that happen.

"Zack," he didn't look at me, he just kept muttering to himself, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Why the hell was he sorry it wasn't his fault?

"Zack...Zack," still no reply.

"Zack look at me!" I shouted at him. He finally turned around and looked at me.

"What," he whispered, a tear falling from his eye. I couldn't look at him like that, it was just breaking me.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh," Fiona screamed. He turned his head back around and started muttering again.

That's it; I need to sort this out now and fast. I ran over to Zack and grabbed his shoulders, forcing him to look at me.

"Right, now you listen to me mister because I'm only going to say this once, if you don't calm down right now you're never going to help Fiona, you're making her more scared with you worrying like crazy. Where's the calm and great doctor I now you are? You saved me, now you have to help your wife, because without you your wife and unborn child are never going to make it. They need you Zack and I know you can do this." I took a deep breath hoping that worked.

All of a sudden he embraced me in a tight hug. Well I wasn't expected that? So did it work?

"Your right Hannah, this is not helping her, I'm sorry," he whispered still holding me tight. I pulled back a bit so I could look in to his eyes.

"Zack what are you sorry for, none of this is your fault it could have happened to any one, and if I hear your say sorry one more time I swear I'm going to hit you, go it?" I told him. And he actually laughed, yeah I screamed in my head the old Zack is back.

"Ok Hannah I won't say I'm sorry anymore," I playfully hit him, what can't I say? I did warn him.

"Ouch! What was that for?" he questioned me smiling.

"Oh you know mister," he just smiled more.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH"" Fiona screamed and Zack and I jumped.

"Ok let's do this," Zack told me, I nodded.

"Fiona sweetheart it's going to be ok," calm Zack's back.

"It hurts so much," Fiona whimpered scared.

"I know darling, I know, but I'm going to do everything I can to make sure you and our little baby are ok. "

"You're going to be ok," he promised her and then checked to see how the baby is doing, while I was by Fiona head holding her hand.

"Ok sweetie this baby is not going to wait of nobody, when the next contraction hits I need you to push, ok?" she nodded her head and then screamed again.