Hang Onto Yourself

Hang Onto Yourself Part 12

A couple of days later the track was in full swing, they had got the basic framework of Nova's song "Thursday's Child" in place. Next was going to be vocals.

David walked into the studio where Nova was just putting a little guitar bits onto the track. He walked over to Reeves "She ok? She looks white as a sheet" David enquired.

"She looks like shit. I've told her to go home and she won't. Think she might have the beginning of the flu". Reeves said concerned.

David asked him to stop the track and called for Nova to come into the mixing booth. As Nova entered David quizzed her.

"Nova whats wrong?" David asked.

"Nothing I'm fine" she replied feeling annoyed.

"You don't look at all well darling. Why don't you go home and rest for a few days" he offered her.

"Honestly I'm fine, just having an off day" she refused to recognise anything was wrong. He wrapped his arms around her and she fell against him a little because of how rough and tired she was feeling. He felt her forehead, she had a temperature "Nova! You're burning up! Go home!" he was concerned she was burning herself out.

"Let me at least finish this guitar part first" she conceded.

"Ok, then I'm taking you straight home and putting you to bed" he comforted her.

She walked back into the booth, swung the guitar strap over her head and began playing again.

Mid way through part of the layer she was playing she began to feel dizzy and sick, she held her hand up to the guys on the other side of the glass to stop the music "Guys....I think I....." Her eyes rolled back into her head and she collapsed backwards to the floor banging her head hard on the booths edge on the way down.

David and Reeves jumped out of their seat and rushed to her side.

"OH SHIT" cried David reaching her and trying to lay her into the recovery position, cradling the back of her head for a moment while he put her into position.

"Is that blood?" Reeves noticed there was blood on the wall and then on David's hand.

"CALL FOR AN AMBULANCE!" David shouted at Reeves who went to the nearest phone straight away.

"I knew I shouldn't have pushed you so hard" he told himself with regret, stricken with worry.

Coco was sat beside Nova's hospital bed reading a book, Nova had knocked herself out cold and had been out for a couple hours. A nurse entered the room to take Nova's vitals "Still not awake?" the nurse checked with Coco, "Not yet. Shouldn't she be awake yet? Is this normal?" Coco said concerned "We're going to send her for a scan to see whats going on" the nurse replied, not comforting Coco at all.

The nurse left just as David entered the room "How is she?" seeing Nova was still unconscious "Why isn't she awake yet?" he panicked. "The nurse said they are going to take her for a scan to see whats going on. Did you find her parents number?" Asked Coco.

"Yeah, of all days she doesn't bring her phone with her and this happens! I had a job to find it in her apartment. But I've phoned them and they are going to get the first flight over" his voice began to wobble slightly.

"This is all my fault Coco, I shouldn't have let her come to the studio so soon. She's been through so much in the past year. I should have known better. It was just too much for her" he bowed his head in guilt.

Coco stood up and hugged him "She wanted to do it David, don't blame yourself" she comforted.

"But I do, because it is my fault."