Mia's Open Heart (Choices Open Heart AU)

Chapter 13: Pained Thoughts

Bright and early at 5 the next morning, Naveen walked into Mia's room, to see Ethan and Mia cuddling in their sleep in bed. He immediately took his phone out and snapped a picture of the two, sending it immediately to Alan. Zaid walked in in the middle of the act, shaking his head.

"Ethan's going to kill you." Zaid said. "I know I would." Naveen chuckled slightly, awaking Ethan and Mia. 

"Wake your asses up." Zaid said. Ethan got out of the bed and rubbed his eyes, while Mia moved in the bed, wincing greatly.

"Sorry for waking you up so early, but you're discharged." Naveen said.

"Yeah, get the hell out of here." Zaid said, as Mia smirked at him. "What happened to you?" he asked.

"You called me your sister." she said, causing him to roll his eyes. "Did you mean it?"

"I'm never being nice again." Zaid said, as the three others laughed, causing Mia to stop suddenly and wince yet again. Naveen and Zaid walked out, as Ethan worryingly turned to Mia.

"Hey" he said softly, leaning down to brush the top of her head gently with his head. "It hurts, doesn't it"

"Maybe." she said quietly.

"Okay so, today, all day, I am at your service." Ethan said. "Whatever you want is yours." Mia took a second to think.

"So, if I want to sleep all day I can?" she asked.

"Considering the pain you will be in, it'll help." he said.

"And if I want to watch my shitty shows and eat terrible food?"

"Then I will cook it for you and eat it with you to entertain you too." he said.

"Woah." Mia said. "You really do feel bad huh." 

"Yeah." he said. "And I know that a day of me operating at your bidding will make you feel better." Ethan leaned down to kiss Mia, before pulling away reluctantly. "Now let's get you changed and out of here, I can't tell you how much I despise seeing you in a hospital bed with a hospital gown.

After changing into clothes that Aurora brought for her, Ethan and Mia got ready to leave.

"Hey Ethan?" she asked.

"What happened?"

"... Can we leave from the back, and avoid everyone?" she asked.

"You know its okay for people to see you right?"

"But I don't want them too." she said. "I would like to be remembered as a badass doctor and not the patient in immense pain." 

Ethan and Mia walked out through the back, avoiding people just as she wanted. She walked while holding his arm, steadying herself. They drove home to their apartment, making it inside as Ethan helped Mia collapse onto the couch, whimpering in pain.

"You know, its kinda funny." Mia started to say. "Usually when there's a large age gap in a relationship, people say that the younger person is the older one's caretaker. But here we are, you're the healthy one having to take care of weak and sick me." she said sadly. Ethan simply leaned down and kissed her on her forehead, as he took a blanket and placed it above her.

"You are not weak, you're the strongest person I know, and you'll have plenty of chances to take care of me."

"That's true." Mia said. "I'll have to be the one to take care of you once the old age really sets in."

"And what about our kids?" he asked.

"They'll still be very, very, very young at that point." she said. "You could get me pregnant right now and I'd be giving birth while you're walking with a cane."