Vacation

{Season 3} Chapter 36

Alexis's POV.

Make it stop.. I screamed pleadingly to myself. My stomach was cramping unbelievablely painful and it made it impossible to hold in my threatening tears. I rolled over once again that night and nudged Justin softly. He murmured to himself and shifted, not realizing I needed him. I fully sat up and attempted to awake him again. And this time he did fully awake. I watched in the dark room as he scooted into sitting and flipped a lamp on. "What's wrong, Love?" He questioned, rubbing his eyes. "It won't stop and I can't take it anymore." The cracking of my voice alarmed him and immediately he looked at me through clear vision and frowned. "Alexis," he welcomingly opened his arms and I crawled into his lap. "Baby, do you want me to take you to the hospital?" "No, I just want this to stop." "Maybe they can make it go away. Something may be wrong so you need to go." "Will you be with me?" "Every moment." A twisting in my stomach made me sob and clinch Justin's shirt tightly. "O-okay." He smiled at me and wiped my years for me before helping me up to get dressed.

"Mom," Justin softly spoke. "I'm taking her to the hospital." "She's still in pain?" He nodded, rubbing her back soothingly. She was shaking slightly and on the verge of tears. "Alexis Sweetie," she pulled me from Justin's embrace into hers gently. "I'm sorry you have to go through this." "It's not your fault." I managed a giggle somehow and pulled back. Pattie has always been sensitive to seeing others in pain. "Can I come along?" "Sure." I definitely consider her my second mother. Most of the time my first though.

Two hours had passed and we were seated in the waiting room still. Pattie was half asleep and Justin was almost at her level while I secretly bent over in pain. I had never dealt with churning pain like this before and I wanted nothing more than to die to stop it. "Alexis Bieber." I sighed, already pushing myself up. My pain was the worst when I had to walk. Justin quickly snapped away from his sleepiness and followed by my side with Pattie. The doctor we followed soon halted at a closed door and let us in- well Pattie and I. He shut the door leaving him and Justin out in the hall. "Just lay down and hopefully it'll be over soon." I nodded and gave Pattie a small smile as I did her suggestion.

End of POV.

Justin's POV.

"Sir," the doctor started. "I assume this is your wife and therefore I'm sorry to tell you you cannot be with her at the moment. Sensing her condition we are going to run particular tests and the way those are done, a male is not allowed in the viewing since it is a female. It's the same way with vice versus. And yes, she will have only female doctors and nurses with her." "How long will it take?" "A few hours." I sighed, rubbing my forehead in frustration. "Will she be in pain through it?" "Her current pain will most likely still be there and the tests are indeed three times that." "Then I need to be with her. Why can't I?" "It's for the comfort of the patient and from previous studies has scarred a watching victim." "What the hell are you planning on doing to my wife?!" "Calm down, Sir. I've read over her history of health and this technically isn't her first time experiencing something like this. If we don't do these tests the conditions will get worse." "Is there anyway she won't be able to feel the pain?" "It's risky but we can numb her or put her into a deep sleep." "How risky?" "30:70." "Put her to sleep." "We'll need her consent." "Give me the papers and I'll get it. She'll be less afraid." Once I had the doctor give in and he handed me the clipboard of paperwork, showing me everywhere Alexis needed to sign, I entered the room. I smiled weakly at my mother, being sure to softly shut the door as I spotted my teary angel curled up on the uncomfortable bed. "Alexis Baby, can you sit up a minute?" "But it h-hurts." She stuttered, hiccuping. My heart dropped even more but I showed her everything would soon be okay through my expression. She finally nodded and slowly eased up as I searched for the first goal on the papers. "Their gonna do some.. strange and painful tests on yo-" "No! Please no." Her exclaims softened. I sighed knowing how she felt and circled my arm around her back. Soothingly I rubbed her arm and placed a lingering kiss to her temple. "I know, trust me. But they'll agree to numb you though as long as you sign these papers." "Papers? Justin there's only paperwork if there are risks." Mom immediately butted in. I mentally face palmed myself. "I know all of this. Alexis, just look at me," I moved from her side to in front of her and grasped her hands tightly. The clipboard laid unimportantly on the bed but contained much fear for Alexis. "It'll all be okay. I promise you. The risk is only 30 percent chance and look at all the tougher tasks you've survived. You have no worries. And once this is all done with we'll go home and enjoy every moment. You have no clue what I'll do in order to make you happy. So don't be scared, okay?" "B-But.. What if.." "What if nothing," I smiled reassuringly. My thumb traced a bit of her lips and went to stroking her cheek. It's undeniable that I love this girl more than my heart can handle. If anything ever happened to her in the slightest bit horrible.. I don't know what I would do. And I don't wanna know. "My baby girl will always be safe, do you hear me?" "Yes." Her voice faintly trailed off. "There you go. Now please just sign these and we can get this all over with." Finally she was going to relax and sign the papers but her stomach resisted. She ended up crunched over in pain. A doctor rushed in and glanced over her quickly, making an unknown decision. "Do we have your consent?" He rushed up referring not to the signature but to her words. Once he had the nod he wheeled her away from us and kept us in the room. That was all that happened for the next 8 hours- but a nurse did come get my mom and allowed her to be with Alexis through the testing. I was worried sick of course but all I could do was sit and wait. I knew they wouldn't change the plans and let me back there so why make an unnecessary disturbance?