I Found Charlie! ( a Charlie Mcdonnell fanfiction)

Chapter 10- A&E= Ambulances & Emotions

This is my attempt at a drama chapter. Yeah, uh, here ya go!

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Charlie's P.O.V

I hear screaming. Who is it? Hattie. Oh no! I try to get up but someone's sat on top of me. Their hands go round my neck and start to squeeze. I slide my arm out from under me and punch the guy in the face. It's Tyler, and he reels back giving me a chance to throw him off.

I run over to Hattie. She's blacked out. Oh no oh no oh no!!!!!! I pull my phone from my pocket and dial 999.

"Hello, what service do you require?"

"Um, ambulance!" I say urgently.

"Putting you through." Come on!

"Ambulance service, what is the situation?" What do I say?

"Um, my, uh, girlfriend-she's, she's passed out and bleeding. She was thrown onto a metal bench."

"Ok, try to calm down. Do you know where you are?"

"Uh, yes. I'm in Regents Park. The bench beside the zoo side entrance."

"Ok. I'm going to stay on the phone with you until the ambulance arrives. Is there anyone else there?"

"Yes, her ex. He threw her onto the bench." Tyler has realised Hattie's hurt and is sat beside her, his hand in hers.

"So he won't be much help. Is he doing any more damage?"

"No, he's just sat down."

"Don't let him go away, we'll need to talk to both of you when you get to the hospital. Can you tell where she's bleeding from?" I bend down to look and see red stains forming in two places on her t-shirt.

"Her stomach and her arm."

"Right. Try applying pressure to the bleeding areas. It should stem the blood flow." I wedge the phone between my ear and my shoulder with my head on one side. I press my hands against Hattie, one on her stomach and one on her arm. The blood flow began to slow as woman on the other end of the phone carried on talking, instructing me, but mostly attempting to calm me down.

After what seemed like hours, but was only a few minutes, I heard the ambulance. It came round the corner fast and the paramedics jumped out. As three of them got Hattie into the ambulance, another ushered me and Tyler in aswell.

Hattie was laid on a stretcher in the back of the ambulance and me and Tyler were sat there too. He was being questioned by the paramedic while I sat and held Hattie's hand.

I feel a tear run down my cheek as emotions explode inside of me. Anger at Tyler, scared that she won't be ok and upset because I'm so worried. I don't want her to leave me. Then I wipe away the tears. I have to be strong. For both of us.

~5 hours later~

Hattie's P.O.V

What? Where am I? The last the thing I remember was pain, blackness... Charlie. Charlie! Where is he? Is he ok?

I'm in blackness now. Just empty. But I can't move. I'm paralysed. Whats happening? I'm scared! Where's Charlie? I want Charlie!

But wait a minute. It looked like I have some working senses. I can feel a warm hand, gently holding mine. It's Charlie's hand, I can tell immediately. So he's ok. But am I? It smells like antiseptic and chemicals and I can hear a regular, rhythmic beeping, the squeak of wheels on a polished floor and soft murmuring voices. I concentrate hard on the voices trying to make them ,out.

"Is she ok?" It's Charlie's voice, full of worry.

"Unfortunately, we don't know. She's in a coma. When she hit the bench, she sliced open her arm and stomach on main arteries. It took the ambulance a while to get there and well... she'd passed out. She'd lost a lot of blood and we don't know if there is permanent brain damage. There is a chance that she is in a way, conscious and can hear us now. Perhaps if you talk to her we could get some response. Anyone whose voice she'll recognise might trigger a response..." The voice fades out of my hearing.

Permanent brain damage? Coma? Oh great.

Then I feel warm breath next to my ear. Charlie's voice begins to speak.

"Hattie, I know you probably can't hear me, but the doctor says you might wake up if I talk to you. Tyler threw you onto a metal bench with spikes on the arm rails. It sliced open your arm and stomach on major arteries. You have stitches but you lost a lot of blood. I love you. I love you so much. Please don't leave me. If you can hear me, then just please. Squeeze my hand."

I try to shout that I can hear him, that I love him and please help me but I can't. Looks like my only chance is to squeeze his hand. But I'm paralysed! I can't even open my eyes never mind move. I squeeze as hard as I can but nothing happens. I try again with the same result. Come on! One last try. I put all my energy into squeezing his hand resting in mine. And though my hand didn't move much, it moved. Yes!

I hear Charlie gasp and call for the doctor. He explains breathlessly that I squeezed his hand. Then anther voice, presumably the doctor, speaks to me.

"Harriet, I know you can hear me. Charlie told you about your accident, so lets get straight to it. You're paralysed now, well almost. You can make small movements which makes it more likely that we can bring you back. Which is what we're going to try and do. My name is Doctor Gordon. Could you try opening your eyes for me?"

I try as hard as I can but nothing seems to happen.

"Hmmm." Says the doctor. "You can't quite open your eyes but your eyelashes did flutter a little. This is excellent! Now then, I'll tell you what I'm going to do. We are going to give you some medicine to numb you, and you are going to go in the electric shock machine. In there two things could happen. The one we're hoping for is that it will shock the unworking, blood-starved areas of your brain back into action. The other, well, your brain could shut down completely and well, die."

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P.S. for my American readers, NHS stands for the uk's National Health Service. A&E is a section of the National Health Service's hospitals. It stands for accident and emergency and is where you are taken as soon as you get to the hospital. 999 is the uk's emergency services number.