athena's shift was boring, only a handful of people have came in and only one had a semi bad injury. sammy let athena know when they left the house, she would be lying if she said she wasn't nervous and extremely worried but she knew sammy's first priority was matias and his safety. athena was bummed when sammy mentioned he didn't go to the quince but was at oscars house with matias and how the six men absolutely adored matias. hearing that made her heart swell that her baby boy was loved by complete strangers. it made he happier knowing matias wasn't shy despite only being around two adults practically his whole life.
the beeper went off like crazy signaling that the incoming ambulances were carrying bodies that were on life or death situations. athena was assigned to the second ambulance and sofia took the first one. both girls were excited about potentially helping an injured victim. one beeper stopped beeping and did one last long beep that lasted about five seconds. signaling that a body had flatlined in the ambulance. athena's heart broke but prayed they would be able to revive her before it's too late.
the emts ran in with a body in a stretcher " young male, 15 years old, 5'1 approximately 125 pounds shot wound on the chest area severe blood loss, need surgery immediately, blood levels are dropping quickly" athena rushed alongside and froze as soon as she saw ruby laying on the stretcher. it's like athena's world came crashing down.
"athena! athena we need to hurry" she heard the other nurses yelling in desperation to help the young boy. she stayed frozen watching the stretcher get wheeled away into emergency surgery. athena didn't realize she was crying until a single tear hit her lip. quickly getting back into character she wiped her tears and rushed to the operation room. sofia noticed the state athena was in " athena baby i think you need to go back to the main lobby" she said softly " no, no, no i can't I need to make sure ruby's okay, I need to see him" she said while tears were streaming down her face. athena knew she couldn't work with patients she was related to or extremely close with due to emotions taking over. sofia gave her a hug and let the poor young girl cry on her shoulder. " baby we need to get back to work, I promise i'll keep you updated" with that being said athena walked straight into the bathroom. seeing her reflection in the shitty lighting the hospital bathroom provided. her brown eyes were bright red and puffy, her nose and cheeks were rosy. athena knew she needed to calm down.
athena kept herself busy by doing the paperwork none of the other nurses wanted to do. as she walked out to the lobby for a quick break she saw a huge amount of people rushing in with tears in their eyes. "where's my son! where's my son!" a lady yelled while hysterically crying. athena figured it was ruby's mom and her heart broke. slowly walking up to the mother, " how may I help you" she said in a soft voice. the lady was balling her eyes out and couldn't speak, an older lady with a thick mexican accent stepped up " my baby was just in an ambulance, we want to see our baby please ma'am" the lady said with tears in her eyes. " he's in surgery to remove the bullet from his upper chest area, it will take a while. the best you can do now is pray and if you have any questions i'll be right around the corner" athena said in a soft voice knowing it could get her introuble by planting the seed of hope in their hearts. " thank you mija" the older woman said while wiping her eyes. " off the record, i'll make sure to give you as much updates as I can, I can see how loved this boy is. that's the least i can do" athena said and offered a small smile. the older woman pulled her into a hug and thanked her.
ruby was wheeled into the ER around 9:30, it's now 12:30. sofia told athena that the bullet was close to his collarbone, athena wanted to cry of happiness. she thanked god that he didn't puncture a lung or something even worse. she walked back with a little hop in her step knowing he was going to be okay. over the past three hours athena and rosario, who preferred to be called abuelita, grew close. abuelita was a funny old school type of lady with the chillest vibe ever. athena was excited to tell her the good news but she knew it wasn't her place to be saying that kind of news. athena signaled abuelita to follow her to the cafeteria. "mija qué pasó" abuelita asked worried and tears started to weld up in her eyes as athena stayed quiet. " no no llore! ruby is okay he was shot by the collarbone but buelita you can't say anything, im not the assigned nurse and if they find out i'm saying what's happening without authority I can get in trouble" athena whispered with excitement in her voice. abuelita started crying harder than ever knowing her baby was okay. the two women interlocked pinky's and kissed their thumbs to seal their promise.
ruby was safely out of surgery and is still high on anesthesia and is only how up to him on when to wake up. the clock hit 2am and athena was quick to clock out, while she was walking out ruby's mother stopped her. "thank you, thank you so much for putting everything on the line to keep us updated on our baby." the lady said quietly as she hugged her " no es nada, thank you for keeping a good person to tell secrets to" athena said with a small laugh and a wink walking away. "wait ! mija! we owe you big time, please come eat dinner with us! that's the least we could do!" ruby's mother said " that's very kind of you ma'am but I see how loved that boy was, I mean you guys filled the emergency room, we could all feel the love and the least I could do was keep you guys updated" athena said with a smile, they gave each other a hug and both walked in different direction. athena was going home happy knowing ruby was safe and alive.
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hidden // oscar diaz
Fanfiction" it's not safe for me to be out in the open like this, especially with you"
