If I can't have you

Chapter 7

'What the hell do you mean he doesn't have insurance? Of course he does!' Link burst out, unable to keep his emotions in check. Nico's mother took a step back, clearing not expecting such a furious reaction from one of her sons closest friends. 'Are you going to answer me or not? He never gave any signal that he was struggling so what the hell is going on here?'

Aida took a while to answer, fiddling with a loose thread in her sleeve before looking at Link and nervously licked her lips. 'You're right, at least about Nico not showing that there was a problem. He probably looked like that because he didn't know that there was a problem.' Seeing the look of utter confusion upon Links face, she continued with her explanation. 'When Nico turned eighteen, his father and I knew we needed to get him on his own health insurance. We persuaded him to let us sort out his insurance, as he was already having to pay his own way through Med school and we thought it unfair to put him under any more financial pressure than he already was. But the insurance company we used went under a few months ago and we're still trying to regain the money from that let alone look for new insurance. And now once they find out that he's not insured.... they... they won't treat him anymore. And you.. you saw him in there... just so broken and not like my Nico.'

The look of pure anguish on Aida's face broke Links heart. He rushed forward and engulfed her in his arms, wanting her to know that he knew and he understood and he didn't blame her. He could feel her shaking in his grip, fearing for the son she was in danger of losing. And as he raised his eyes to look at the sky, he caught sight of the stocky figure of Miranda Bailey heading towards him. He swallowed nervously, feeling his mouth dry up. Whatever Bailey had to say, it was not good.

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Holding his hot cup of coffee close to his body, Levi took a deep breath and swung the door of the coffee shop open, bracing himself for the breath of icy air that hit him and the never ending flow of people outside the coffee shop. Thus had always been the worst part of Levis day. His small frame and innocent, mouse like appearance had done little to help in a city where the people had moved at a thousand miles an hour and never seemed to slow down to help those that needed it. This meant that he had nearly always ended up with his coffee cup empty and his clothes drenched in coffee every time he had reached the hospital. Until he had met Nico. Thanks to his boyfriends six foot frame and ice cold stare that would scare off the bravest of men, Levi could reach work with his coffee still in his cup and not on his clothes.

Levi shook himself out of his daydream, realising that he was getting several stares from other customers within the coffee shop, having stood at the door and let the cold air blast into the shop. Muttering an apology, he slipped out of the door and onto the street, shrinking in on himself to make him less of a target for the potential elbow and coffee combination.

Halfway through his semi jog to the hospital, he heard the shrill ring of his phone cut through the crisp air like a knife. Feeling the glare of several passerby's, he hurriedly pulled his phone out of his pocket and looking at the ID of the caller. He could feel the blood drain from his face as he saw that the name flashing on his screen was Atticus Lincoln. Biting his lip and feeling his heart break just a little, he rejected the call.

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Link cursed as he paced up and down the halls of the hospital. Amelia, curled up in one of the hospitals tiny white, plastic chairs, threw him a dirty look before stretching a hand out towards her pacing boyfriend. 'Link, for heavens sake, stop with the pacing. Your driving me crazy and frankly, you will wear right through that floor.'

Link threw her a disgruntled expression before turning and continued with his pacing. Amelia grabbed his hand as he passed her and pulled him into the chair next to her. The force at which Link landed in the chair caused the plastic to bend and threaten to snap and Amelia found her boyfriend gripping her arm for dear life, threatening to cut off the blood supply to her arm and hand. She gently prised his hands off her arm and instead slipped it into her hand. With her other hand, she gripped Links chin and brought his head up so their eyes were locked. Amelia could see the tears threatening to fall from those ice blue eyes and she let go of his hand to bring her hand up to his face and gently push a stray lock of hair away from his face.

"I'm scared, Amelia," Link whispered, the tears present in a slight crack in his voice. Before Amelia could open her mouth to respond, she saw Aida rush out of a room and start to scream.

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