One Last Time //Lams//University AU//Part 1

Chapter 29

February 28 2018
Saturday

I could hear the beeping of the monitor, I open my eyes to see a white room, I'm lying in a bed, it's a hospital bed. I look over to see my mother, she looks so pale. A few nurses rush in to check on me. After a few minutes they leave and I get up, I walk over to my moms bed, she opened her eyes a little, "Alex..." she said, I climbed into the bed with her, she held onto me. We stayed like that for a little bit until the bleeping on the monitor began to quicken. I didn't look up. She tightens her grip on me as the beeping turns into one long beep and the monitor flatlines. Even though she was gone, she was holding me. I felt safe in those arms, until I was ripped from them. I didn't make any move to go back, I knew she was gone. I watched as she faded away.

John POV
Alexander passed out, I couldn't get him to wake up and his temperature was now 106.3. That's hospital territory. I drove him to the hospital and he was taken in.

After about an hour of waiting with the guys outside his room we find out he's been diagnosed with Yellow Fever and that they're doing everything they can to cure him but there is a chance he won't make it. God he's such a stubborn idiot.

The good news is, we got him to the hospital in time before any organs got damaged. I am now sitting next to his bed. He has a drip in his arm and a nasal cannula. The heart monitors seem to be getting louder with every beep as I stare at his lifeless body.

It's been a few hours since we got him here and he's made no sign of waking up. Well until now.

I see him move a bit and I perk up. His eyes flutter open and he stares at me, "John..." he barely whispers, "Hey, hey I'm right here." I say, he looks at the monitors. "Make it stop." he says his voice barely audible. "Make what stop?" I ask on the verge of tears. He closes his eyes as tears fall down his cheeks, "Please! Make it stop!" he yells.

The beeping gets faster. He tries to move but can't, "Make it stop! Please!" he yells again. I stare at him in shock as tears run down my cheeks. Doctors run into the room and hold him down. Someone lifts me out of my chair and pulls me outside, I see someone inject something into his neck and the beeping slows as he falls unconscious again.

Angie pulls me into her arms and I just stand there in shock. "Where is he?" says a voice from behind us. It's Washington, along with Martha and Bella. Eliza points to the closed door. Bella holds my hand. Angie let's go if me as I look down at her. She squeezes. I kneel down in front of her and she hugs me. I hug her back.

We sit in the waiting room for about an hour when the door opens again. "He's stable." the doctor says and we sigh in relief. "You can go in, two at a time." he says and leaves. Angie and Eliza go in first. Then Washington and Martha with Bella. Then Laf and Herc. They come out and Peggy gets up and looks at me. I shake my head no. I can't.

She goes in alone. Angelica sits next to me and rubs my back. "He's gonna be okay." she says. "Why do we listen to him?" I ask quietly, "He's wrong most of the time. He's stubborn and he doesn't want to believe when somethings wrong."

I close my eyes letting tears stream down my cheeks. Angelica pulls me into a hug. I cry into her shoulder. Peggy comes back out, "You sure you don't wanna go back in?" Angie asks. I sigh and get up. I walk inside.

He somehow looks worse then he did before. The beeping is still defining and I sit down as the sound consumes me. I take Alex's hand in mine. "Hey, everyone's waiting for you to wake up." I say. "You probably can't hear me right now. But please, if you can I want you to know this." I take a deep breath.

"If you die today, I want you to know that, you rescued me. I've lived in isolation my whole life, I never cared about others that much. As long as they didn't bother me or get in my way." I say, "When I met you, I realized that there was more to life then just getting an education, getting a job and dying. People experience pain and suffering and that really sucks but through pain and suffering, we found each other. I wouldn't give that up for anything."

Tears stream down my cheeks, "I love you so much Alexander." I say squeezing his hand. "I swear if you die I'll kill you!" I lower my head letting my tears fall to the ground.

His hand moves a bit as I feel him squeeze my hand very slightly. I look up to see his beautiful eyes staring into mine. "You don't get to kill me just yet." he says. I laugh as tears still stream form my eyes and I kiss his hand.

"You're such an idiot!" I say through laughter and sobs. He looks up to the ceiling. "But seriously, make that beeping stop it's gonna give me a panic attack." he says.