Rove: forever & always

Waiting

*meanwhile at the hospital, the second they'd arrived she'd been quickly assessed and rushed into surgery, he'd been a given a very rushed and un-detailed explanation of what was going on before they disappeared away, he quickly got his phone out and called her family before taking a seat in the waiting room, about 20 minutes later Claire and Bonnie arrived*
Claire: where is she?!
Ryan: surgery still
Bonnie: what did they say?
Ryan: her appendix ruptured so they had to take her up to remove it
Claire: how bad was it?!
Bonnie: Claire take a deep breath
Claire: how?! My sisters just been rushed into surgery!
Bonnie: Claire
*Claire turned back to Ryan to realise that he was almost crying or yelling or punching something, she couldn't quite figure out which, she sits down in the chair next to him and silently rests her her sadly on her brother in laws shoulder*
Claire: she's going to be okay though right?
Ryan: I honestly don't know, they barely told me anything
Claire: oh
Ryan: how could this happen?! After everything she's been through why did this have to happen to her?!
Bonnie: I don't know Ryan
Ryan: I just wish they'd tell us what's going on
*they all sat together nervously for quite a while, then the call came from Colton and ally, it was nice to talk to the kids, it reminded him of how strong dove was but then it also left lingering questions in his mind, questions he didn't want up there, finally almost 3 hours later a doctor came in to talk to them*
Doctor: Chloe McCartan's family right?
Ryan: yeah, what's going on is she okay?!
Doctor: she's quite rough at the moment, they just brought her out of surgery and she'll be out for a while, it went as well as it could but she's going to need to be watched closely for a while
Ryan: w...why?
Doctor: she's still critical, there was an incident during the surgery.....well three
Ryan: w....what.....?
Bonnie: hi, I'm her mother, what do you mean by that?
Doctor: her heart stopped
Ryan: three times?!?!
Doctor: yeah, the first time was only for just over a minute, the second time it was for  three minutes and we'll, that last time, well....
Ryan: for how long was my wife's heart not actually beating?!
Doctor: 12 minutes the last time
Ryan: oh dear god Chloe
Doctor: but she's in the best possible hands army the moments, we are having to help her breath at the moment but she should be off the support machines in a couple of days, maybe a week
Ryan: oh my god
Claire: Ryan calm down
Bonnie: thank you doctor
Doctor: you can see her when you want to, only two people at a time though
Claire: thank you
*the doctor leaves and then both Bonnie and Claire turn back to Ryan who looks like he wants to hit something or someone*
Ryan: I KNEW I SHOULD'VE BROUGHT HER IN THIS MORNING, IT WOULDN'T BE THIS BAD IF I HADN'T HAVE WAITED!
Claire: calm down Ryan!
Ryan: HOW CAN I CALM DOWN?!
Claire: SHES NOT JUST YOUR WIFE SHES MY SISTER YOU KNOW?!
*claire snapped back and then immediately regretted it, knowing it wasn't just for him he was feeling the absence*
Claire: I'm sorry
*but it was too late, Ryan had already stormed out , they expected to find him by her side but instead he had left the hospital completely, and that was when they really realised how much of a roll all of this had had on him, every single thing for a long time had just added up, he'd kept quiet, it wasn't his place to break, he was there to pick up her pieces, he was the big manly man who didn't break, but being told the woman he loved more than anything in the world nearly didn't come back out of surgery alive? Too much, just too much for him, he couldn't see her like that, he didn't have it in him, this was his breaking point, right when they OH needed each other the most they couldn't help each other, but only one of them knew it*

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