The Dental Student

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Still Noah's POV

Some Doctor took Willow from my arms, leaving me numb from not being able to protect her.

They moved to her some exam room where I was not able to go. All I could do was watch, watch the same chaos that happened when Willow's heart first failed.

I didn't know what to do, I couldn't help her, I couldn't do anything but just sit here and worry.

I heard a "Code Blue" get called to Willow's ER room, showing that she doesn't have a pulse and is just getting worse.

Within a few minutes, I see the Chief running into the ER, frantically searching for Willow.

He saw me and immediately ran into the room that I was sitting across from.

I watched the door of the room open, seeing my poor Willow hooked up to multiple machines, some of which were flatlining.

I was trying my hardest to not worry about Willow, but that was basically impossible.

She's my girlfriend, that I love so much, I just want her to get better and not have to worry about her heart. I just, I know that this may seem too extra and that she has recovered from it once before, but what if she dies, what if I lose my love, my sweet tooth.

I just sat in a chair worrying about her, almost on the verge of crying before I see a bunch of nurses and doctors pushing her bed, somewhere.

The Chief approached before he left with them,

"We're going to run a few scans to figure out whats happening. We had to call a code blue on her, but she's okay and stable right now." 

I nodded and spoke up before he left, "She just passed out in the middle of class, it looks like she hit her head because she ended up on the ground unconscious."

The Chief patted me on my shoulder before he chased after Willow and I sank back down in the seat, and slowly started to cry.

At least she's stable, right now.

Chief's POV

I had absolutely no idea what was happening with Willow.

Her heart was stable and everything was fine until she collapsed and I got a 911 page to the ER where her boyfriend legit carried her here.

Since I had no idea what was happening, and she coded, I ordered scans.

"I need a full body CT, and a head MRI with contrast, stat." 

We went and started our run to radiology, but first I had to update her boyfriend, who seemed like he was about to break down.

As I updated him about what's going on, he informed that she might've hit her head on the fall, at least I ordered a head scan.

I ran down the hallway and towards radiology, where Brian was safely transitioning her sedated body onto the CT bed.

"Let's drill down to what the problem is." I said as the CT started.

Both of her scans only took around 45 minutes, which was good because she was going to wake up soon.

As they got her set up in her room, I went to my office to review her scans in peace.

Although as I did, I could not believe what I was seeing.

Multiple cancerous lesions surrounded her heart and there was multiple tumors in her....brain.

Wait, this can't be real, she cannot have cancer, her last tumor was not cancerous.

I should've just tested her tumor. 

I should've done a biopsy. 

I should've checked, I can't believe this.

I can't believe that Willow has cancer.

It's all my fault.

It's my fault I didn't check.

I got so mad at myself, I could just feel my blood boil.

I wanted to punch somebody, I wanted to punch something.

But before anything could even happen, I got a page, Willow's awake.

And now I have to tell Willow the worst news of her life.

I made my way to her room, thinking about what to say in my head. I rarely ever tell a young dental student with her whole career ahead of her, that she has cancer. 

I arrived to her room and saw her awake and looking at her phone, with Noah beside her, holding her hand.

Their young love is about to be tested, and I have to consider their fillings before I tell them the bad news.

I took a deep breath and walked into the room.

"How are you feeling?" I asked with the best smile I could mold.

"Um, okay, a little groggy I guess, but do you know what happened." Willow asked, looking at me with concerned eyes.

"Your groggy because we sedated you after you coded. But we did a full body CT scan and head MRI while you were under. And I would brace yourself for the future....because you have cancer."

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I may have added a bunch of puns (5 exactly) and I'm not sorry that I added them 🤷🏼‍♀️.

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