I squeeze Joe's hand and he looks around the room.
"Can you sit up" The specialist asks. Joe nods and I slowly help him sit up. I rub his back as he tries to grasp what just happened.
"Nice to meet you. Im Joe." Joe says to the man and puts his hand out. The man shakes his hand.
"I'm Tom Homer. But you can call me Dr. Tom." Dr. Tom says. Joe just nods.
"Can I stand up" Joe asks.
"Not yet bud. Your still not out of the clear. We need to bring you back to the hospital to monitor you" The Medic says. Joe puts his hands over his face and his breathing gets quicker.
"Lay down. Its going to be alright" Dr. Tom says. Joe lays down and the Medic puts the oxygen mask on him. Other Medics run in with a backboard and stretcher. They come over to Joe and put the backboard under him.
"Wait" Dr. Tom says to the Medics.
"Your stressing him out. Your making it worse" I say and Dr. Tom nods. The Medics back up for a second.
"Can you all please leave for a minute" Dr. Tom says and the medics walk out. A tear slips from Joe's eye and I help him sit up. I hug him and his breathing slows down.
"Its gonna be alright Joe. Dont cry" I say sympathetically. I feel him nod and cry on my shoulder. I rub his back and his crying slowly stops. After 5 minutes of comforting him he lets go and looks at me.
"Whats gonna happen to me" He asks. I can see the fear in his eyes.
"I dont know Joe" I say and hold his hand. He squeezes my hand and look down.
"How are you feeling Joe" Doctor Tom asks.
"I just want this to stop" Joe Mumbles.
"Its alright Joe your strong. You can get through this" Dr Tom says. Joe just nods, still looking down.
"Can we bring the medics back in" Dr Tom asks. Joe thinks about it for a second then nods in agreement. Dr Tom walks over to the paramedics and brings them back over to Joe. Joe lays back on the backboard and the medics strap him in. I see a tear slip from his eye but he doesnt make much noise. I dont say anything because I dont want to stress him out. The medics put him on the stretcher and quickly roll him out before I can even say anything. I sit on the ground and think about what just happened. Im pulled out of my thoughts by a very familiar looking man. Then it hits me.
Its Danny.
Its the Medic that helped Zack the first day he told me about his injury.
"Hello Maddie. Would you like to come in the back of the ambulance with Joe? He keeps asking for you." Danny says and I just nod and stand up. I follow him out the door and into the ambulance. I get into the ambulance and see Joe. There are tears running down his face and he is breathing heavily. I walk over to him and grab his hand. I feel the ambulance start to move. Joe squeezes his eyes shut and grabs my hand. A medic comes over and lightly grabs Joes arm. Joe turns quickly and looks at him.
"Can I give you a shot really quickly" The Medic asks and Joe nods. The Medic injects him with the shot and Joe starts to lose grip on my hand. I realize that the shot was to make him fall asleep. I feel Joes grip fully let go and I place his arm back on the stretcher.
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Time skip to Arriving at Hospital
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We arrive at the hospital and the Medics take Joe out of the ambulance. I sit in the ambulance and Danny climbs in.
"Would you like me to bring you to Zacks room?" He asks.
"I would love that" I say and smile. He smiles back and starts to climb out of the ambulance. I follow him and we walk into the hospital. We walk up to the front desk and a lady looks at us.
"Hey Danny what do you need" The lady at the desk asks smiling.
"Can you tell me what room Zackary Ross is in" Danny asks. The lady types something in the computer and looks at her screen then at us.
"205, second floor" She says.
"Thanks Linda" Danny says and starts walking towards the elevator. I follow him, scared of what im going to see when I walk into Zacks room. We press the up button on the elevator and wait in silence.
"So what happened since I last saw you" Danny asks.
"A lot. Zack had an asthma attack and refused to take his inhaler so we had to call the paramedics and they had to give him a shot to put him to sleep. While he was asleep Joe had an anxiety attack because he was overwhelmed. The anxiety attack he had today was his second one" I explain. The elevator comes and we get in.
"Wow I missed a lot. Poor guys" Danny says and I nod and look down. Danny looks at me and puts his hand on my shoulder.
"Whats wrong" He asks and I shrug. Everything feels wrong at this point.
"I dont even know at this point. I just feel weird about this whole situation. I just feel like im being so self centered by saying this ugh" I say. The elevator stops and we get out. We walk to the right for about 2 feet and Danny sits down. He pats the seat next to him and I sit down.
"Maddie dont let this all get to your head. Nothing was your fault. Your allowed to have feelings about this whole situation without beingg self-centered. Your a good person and you've helped as much as possible. Are you ready to see Zack?" Danny says which makes me feel a lot better.
"Thank you, I needed that. And yes lets go" I say and we stand up. We walk to the room and I stare at the door, scared of whats on the other side. I cant find the courage inside myself to open the door. Danny puts his hands on my shoulders and I start to breathe heavy. Im borderline anxiety attack.
"Its alright. Just breathe" Danny says and I feel my knees weaken and I fall to the ground. I sit on my knees and errupt into sobs, letting everything out. Im trying everything in my power not to fall into an anxiety attack. Danny rubs my back as I start to calm down. Once I fully contain my emotions I stand up and wipe my eyes.
"Are you alright" Danny asks and I just nod. I look at my reflection on my phone and make sure I dont look like I was crying.
I open the door and my heart breaks.
CLIFF HANGER AGAIN AYEEEEE
-MaddieIsBae
(Btw imma start putting MaddieIsBae instead of MaddieIsBaeBtw when I sign off because thats the name I originally wanted for my account but it was taken so ya)
