The Pier

The Hospital

I wake up with a jolt and to the dripping of an IV."Lay back down sweetheart",coos a nurse and I nod and lay back down.

Finally when the nurse leaves the room I tear the needle out of my arm and take off down the hallway."Johnny?!" I manage to choke out once I reach the doorway of his room where his sister and mother are sitting sobbing.

"Naomi it's alright you can come in" Johns mother sniffles so I make my way to his bed. I get on my knees next to his bed and take his cold hand in mine.

"Naomi Giles?" asks a voice behind us and we advert our attention to the doctor standing in the center of the room.

"Maybe you should go back down to your room...Naomi you're losing a significant amount of blood" he says with sympathy in his voice."I'm not leaving Johnny now tell me why he hasn't woken up yet",I snap.

"Ok,as much as it kills me to inform you but Jonathan needs surgery to check out the damage done to his internal organs and there is a 29% chance that he will live through the surgery so it's up to you Mrs.Ross."

The doctor says and takes a deep breath before finishing "It's up to you to either take the chance of letting him heal with treatment and rehabilitation and possibly die in a hospital bed or get surgery and most likely die on the table."

It's so much to take in that I forget to breathe and pass out right then and there.

"Naomi Naomi!!!"a voice calls and I open my eyes to see my mother hovering above my face worried. "I'm fine mom" I croak and seat her hand away "where's Johnny?!" I ask and my mother informs me that he's sleeping.