Music Under the Spotlight (Lumity Band Au)

Punches before practice

Luz POV:

Heading back to Earth for the second time that week caught my mom a little off guard, making her quick to scold me for coming back so soon, asking if I listened at all when she said to rest. However, once I explained why we were back, her scolding quickly turned into worry. 

I can't remember everything that she asked me, a lot of her questions were about how it felt and where the pain was at. After giving her all the answers she wanted, she then turned to Amity and asked what happened after I passed out, the hint of panic clear in her voice. Amity was quick to explain, and I could see the fear rising in my mom's eyes by the minute. 

Once Amity finished explaining, my mom muttered something about needing to make a call before quickly leaving the room, leaving Amity and I alone. We didn't say much while we waited for her to return, and I can remember Amity placing her hand over top of mine, rubbing soft circles on the top of my hand. 

She wasn't gone long, but when she came back, she told Amity that she was going to keep me here for a couple of days and that she should head home. 

Amity was clearly reluctant to agree, in fact, it almost looked like she was going to argue that I shouldn't need to stay, but she didn't. Instead, she agreed, turning to me to give me a quick kiss on the cheek before standing up and heading towards the door, saying she'd be back in a few days.

Once the front door closed, I turned to my mom, going to ask her what was going to happen now. 

But, before I could get any of the words out, she pulled me into a tight hug. Not saying a word, just holding me close to her as if when she were to let go I'd just disappear. I remember how shaky her breathing was, how she tried to hide her sniffles. 

My mom told me that she wanted me to stay so that we could head to her work and get me one of those MRI scans, seeing if anything was out of the ordinary. But, since I got fixed in the Boiling Isles and had no record of getting discharged for my last injury here on Earth, she had to basically sneak me in to get one. 

That night, it was weird trying to fall asleep in my old, practically empty room. 

Even weirder was not having the teal haired witch by my side with the sound of her soft breathing and her heartbeat in my ears.

The next morning, I was woken up early and taken to the hospital where she worked. Right away when we walked through the doors, I was hit with that hospital scent, the echoing of footsteps down the halls and the faint beeping from the heart monitors in each room.

For a second, it almost made me long for the quietness of the Isles' hospital rooms. 

Of course I was nervous about getting the scan, but I covered that up by making quick little jokes to ease the tension. It wasn't long after we walked through the doors that my mom lead me to the room with the big scanner, greeting a few of her coworkers along the way. 

The scan didn't last long, maybe twenty minutes at most. In fact, it was honestly kind of cool getting scanned with the giant tube, almost like a weird form of human magic. 

The pictures came through, showing the black and white photos of my organs. My mom studied the photos for awhile, and I remember her saying how she couldn't see anything the matter with my heart. In fact, it looked normal. 

She spent some more time studying the photos, looking for something, anything to explain what happened to me. Instead, after who knows how long, she told me that we should head home. 

On the way home, she told me that maybe what happened was due to the stress of being up and moving too much. I gave her a shrug, telling her that was probably the reason, especially since I was too stubborn to just stay home like Amity said.