Mr. & Mrs. Hunt

But He Was Healthy...

CAROLINES POV
"Caroline!" Brandon smiled as he walked over to my locker.
"Hey," I said.
"Good game this weekend huh?" He said.
"Yeah," I smiled.
"What are you doing tonight?" He asked.
"Nothing," I chuckled as I put my coat in my locker.
"Can I pick you up at 7? Dinner?" He asked sweetly.
"Yeah," I nodded, "you can."
"So I'll see you at 7," he smiled and then kissed my forehead.
"You will," I smiled, "here let me put my address in your phone."
"Yeah thanks, here," he said and handed me his phone. I added my address to my contact in his phone and he smiled.
"Well I will see you later Caroline," he said.
"Bye Brandon," I smiled. I closed my locker as he walked away and my friend Kelly grabbed my arm.
"Was that you talking to Brandon?" She asked.
"It was," I laughed.
"Are you friends?" She asked, "Caroline you've liked him forever!"
"We're going on a date tonight," I said and she hugged me.
"Oh my gosh!" She smiled, "this is awesome."
"Yeah it is," I smiled.
"You look happy. Oh you're in love!" She said.
"I am not in love we haven't even gone out," I said.
"He kissed your forehead," she giggled.
"He did! That was adorable wasn't it?" I laughed.
"It was," she said.
OWENS POV
I was working on some broken ribs in the OR with Chief Bailey when I didn't feel good. I wasn't sick, I would have noticed. I wasn't spiking a fever. I didn't feel nauseous. I felt numb. I couldn't feel my left arm. I looked at Bailey as I felt my chest get tight.
"Doctor Hunt?" Bailey said, "Can you hear me?"
"I-I," I said as I got shortness of breath. My heart felt like it was racing and pounding out of my chest.
"Owen take a step back," Bailey said worriedly, "Someone page Shepherd!" I don't remember what happened after that. I might have blacker out, or collapsed. Either or, I'm not sure what happened.
AMELIAS POV
I was scrubbing out of a 7 hour surgery. I was so tired. All I wanted was Owen. I washed my hands and the doors opened and it was Derek.
"Hey," I said, "you need the OR?"
"We need to talk," he said.
"Yeah what's up?" I asked.
"It's Owen," he said.
"What?" I froze, "what happened?"
"He had a heart attack in the OR today," Derek said.
"HE WHAT?" I said, "is he okay?"
"The heart attack damaged his left ventricle," Derek said.
"What does that? Is his heart failing?" I asked.
"Amelia I'm so sorry," Derek said.
"Where is he?" I asked.
"He's upstairs. Maggie is monitoring his heart," Derek said.
"How did this happen?" I said crying, "he was healthy. He was so healthy Derek, and now his heart is failing? It's failing him?"
"I know," Derek said, "I know."
"Is there a way to help him?" I asked in a weak voice.
"I think we should go talk to Maggie," Derek said.
"Is my husband going to be okay?" I cried. Derek wrapped me in a hug and rubbed my back.
"Maggie put him on the UNOS list," Derek said, "it's going to be okay."
"HE NEEDS A HEART TRANSPLANT?" I yelled at Derek.
"Amelia," Derek said, "I know this is scary okay? But we really need to go talk to Maggie." I bolted past him and ran upstairs and I heard Derek running behind me. I ran into Owen's room and Maggie was sitting down.
"Owen," I said crying.
"Hey," he said weakly.
"Hey, I love you," I said.
"I love you too," he said. I kissed his head.
"We need to talk," Maggie said. I sat down next to Owen and Owen grabbed my hand.
"Owen's heart attack was really massive today. It did significant damage to the heart tissue and muscle, especially the left ventricle," Maggie said, "Due to a heart attack that big, his heart is slowly deteriorating, we filled out the paperwork for UNOS. Hopefully he gets a transplant."
"How um, how long does he have if he doesn't get a transplant?" I said crying.
"Probably 3 months," Maggie said sadly. I froze as I could feel the tears stroll down my face.
"Amelia," Owen said.
"All we can do is wait now. I'm going to keep going in and monitoring Owen's heart," Maggie said, "I wish there was something more we could do."
"Thanks Maggie," I said. She left and I turned to Owen.
"What happened?" I asked him.
"I was operating with Bailey, and I felt fine, and then after a moment I just felt numb. My chest was so tight and I couldn't breathe. I think Bailey said I blacked out and collapsed," he said. I laid down next to him and hugged him.
"I love you," my voice was shaking.
"I love you too," Owen said, "don't worry. Maggie said she's really positive a heart will come through."
"Okay," I nodded, "okay."
"Just calm down," he said and rubbed my back, "we'll figure this out."
"3 months?" I started crying.
"Let's not think of thank right now," Owen said.
"I should call the kids," I said.
"Meredith did," Owen said.
"Okay," I said.
"Come lie back down," Owen said. I laid back down next to him. My mind was racing. He was healthy yesterday. He was so healthy, and now he's sick. I hate being on this side of the equation.
CAROLINES POV
"Why are we going to the hospital?" Logan asked.
"I don't know Aunt Meredith said we should go," I said. I was worried. Something might have happened to my mom or dad. We never have to leave school early.
"Do you think something happened?" Maeve whispered. I looked at her and nodded.
"Me too," she said softly.
"Are we seeing mommy and daddy?" Lucas asked.
"Yeah," I said as I continued driving.
"Did mommy tell you why we're going to the hospital?" Logan asked.
"Or daddy?" Lucas asked.
"Guys Caroline is trying to drive don't distract her," Maeve said.
"Thanks," I said. She nodded as she slumped down in the passenger seat. I parked and saw my mom standing with Aunt Meredith outside. She was crying. Something was wrong. Something horribly wrong.
"Mom?" I asked as the four of us got out. I walked over to my mom and she didn't say anything. I hugged her and she started crying.
"Mom what's wrong?" Maeve asked.
"Let's go inside," Aunt Meredith said. My mom didn't say anything as we all got in the elevator. Lucas walked over to my mom and gave her a hug.
"Hi buddy," My mom said. We walked down the hallway and my Aunt stopped. She looked at my mom.
"Your dad had a heart attack today," My mom said quietly.
"What?" I said.
"Is daddy okay?" Logan asked.
"He's okay," my mom said, "but his heart is damaged."
"Damaged?" Lucas said, "hearts get damaged?"
"Yeah buddy, sometimes when people get sick their heart gets sick too," my mom explained.
"Dad's sick?" Maeve said.
"Why don't we go see him," My Aunt Meredith said. We all followed her as we walked into my dad's room. He looked weak and sick.
"Hey guys," he said.
"Daddy!" Lucas said and ran to the bed.
"Just be careful," my mom said.
"He can climb on the bed," my dad said. Logan and Lucas sat next to my dad and Maeve and I sat down in chairs. My mom sat at the edge of his bed. She was breaking. I could see it. She was trying so hard not to show it but I knew she wasn't okay.
"Daddy are you going to be okay?" Logan asked.
"Don't worry about me," My dad said, "I'll be fine." I knew he was lying too. I was so worried.
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My siblings and I spent 4 hours at the hospital today. It was nice having all 6 of us together, but I knew my dad was really sick, and it was sad. Neither one of my parents were ever sick, and in a blink of an eye my dad was a patient in the hospital.
"Come here," My mom said. I followed her into the hallway.
"Here's money for dinner. I think I'm going to stay here for the night, and you guys can come back in the morning. I think it'll be easier if you guys get a good night sleep at home instead of at the hospital. I'll call you if anything happens," My mom said and handed me money.
"You're sure you're okay here?" I said and hugged her.
"Yeah," she said, "your dad will be fine don't worry."
"Mom," I said, "you can tell me."
"Don't tell your siblings, he really really needs a heart transplant," She said, "and if he doesn't, he only has about 3 months to live."
"He'll get a heart though right?" I said.
"Yeah," she nodded, "he will don't worry."
"Okay," I said, "I'll take Maeve, Logan, and Lucas home."
"Thank you," she said and hugged me, "I love you."
"I love you too," I said. We all said goodbye to my dad, and I planned on driving everyone back around 9AM tomorrow. Everyone got in my car and I started driving home.
"Are we seeing dad tomorrow?" Maeve asked.
"Yeah, I told mom we'd be back around 9," I said.
"Okay," Maeve said.
"Daddy is going to be okay right?" Logan said.
"Yeah," I said, "mom and dad work with all the best doctors so he's in good hands."
"Who's that?" Maeve asked as I pulled into the driveway. Brandon.
"Oh crap, I had a date tonight," I said.