in love with a pornstar (modern au fanfic LAMS)

chapter 43

third person

a team of nurses and doctors rush into john's room, pushing the visitors out of the way. one nudse grabs john's wrist, checking for a pulse.

"there's no pulse."

"thank you captain obvious, why else would that monitor be making that sound!? fix him!" alex yells, he's now being pulled back by peggy and maria.

a nurse can be seen jumping on john's bed and applying pressure to the wound. the rest of them begin running him out of that tiny room. they're shouting for people to make space for them. they watch as they get into an elevator up to the OR. one doctor is calling his mother, the other is trying to explain to alex, maria, and peggy what was happening to their friend.

"we're afraid that john's wound might've opened up." john's doctor starts.

"what do you mean, 'opened up'!? you guys didn't do a good enough job of closing it the day he first came in here!?"

"we don't know, that's why we're rushing him up to the OR. it could be something externally or internally. as soon as we come up with an explanation as to why this is happening, we will for sure come and update you three." the doctor nods before rushing away.

"are we camping here tonight, or waiting for his mother to get here to talk to us?" peggy asks.

as if on cue, eleanor rushes in, looking around john's room.

"where is he, where's my boy?" she frantically shouts.

"they're afraid his wound might've opened up," maria grabs eleanor by her shoulders. "they don't know for sure what's going on, but they're trying as hard as they can to figure it out."

eleanor nods, tears streaming down her face. peggy wipes them away, grabbing her and maria in a group hug. alex just stands off to the side, a grim look on his face. he's seen this one too many times, and almost ninety-nine percent of the time, the person he cared for dropped dead.

"go home. come back in the morning, i will be sure to let you three know every little thing that happens."

"wait, do you need us to go pick up mary and martha?" peggy asks.

"they're having a sleepover at a friends house, i'll be sure to text the parents to notify them of what's going on."

the trio nod, walking towards the elevator.

they get to the parking lot, and get in their vehicles. peggy drove to the hospital on her own so she gets in her car. alexander and maria are in the same one.

they drive home in silence, there was nothing to say. they didn't know what was going on with their friend.

alexander couldn't help but believe this was his fault.

he came into john's room not thinking about how john felt. he had tunnel vision on because he was so angry. he could only see and feel how he felt. he provoked john to lash out at him. he only started listening after john and started yelling at him. what if john died? alexander couldn't live with himself knowing he was probably the reason he stressed john to that point. if he hadn't gotten so mad maybe they wouldn't be in this position right now. john would be sitting in that uncomfortable hospital bed, telling alex about the way he felt.