Forever and Ever

Chapter Four- The Hospital

7 months later.

I woke up earlier than usual to my phone ringing. I glanced at the clock, 2:12 a.m. I picked up my phone, "Bryan". I answered and said, "Hey, Babe. What is-"
Before I could finish my sentence, he cut me off "I love you."
"I love you t-"
He hung up. Okay. I'm scared. I called his mom.
"Hey, Lauren, what is it? I was just a-"
"Bryan just called, told me he loved me, then hung up. Is everything okay?"
"Actually, no. Lauren, Bryan is sick. Very sick."
"Oh. What is it, a virus, the flu?"
"We're not sure. We're at Children's in Knoxville. They're worri-"
Before she could respond I interrupted her
"I'm on my way." And hung up.

I pulled into Children's at 4:15 a.m., parked the car, and sprinted to the entrance. When I arrived at the desk, a lady looked at me like I was crazy. I panted, then said, "Bryan Smith!"
By the way she responded I knew it was bad. "He's in the ICU. The waiting room is on the 7th floor."
I sprinted to the elevator. When I finally got to one, I hopped in a clicked the number seven harder than it's probably ever been clicked before.
Up, Up, Up,Up,Up,Up,U-
The elevator stopped. I started to panic. Then, by the grace of God, it started back up again. Up.
When I hit to the seventh floor, I sprinted to the waiting room to find Mrs. Smith. I finally found her and Mr. Smith, surrounded in a puddle of tears. I sat next to them, comforted them, and then we went to the ICU to see Bryan. We walked up to the glass, I took one look at poor Bryan, and fainted.