They moved him to a real gurney and rolled him off in a hurry, the rest of them walked slowly inside, a nurse came to receive them, she took one look at Connor’s arm and called a doctor.
"I will come find you when I have been checked up". Amelia gave Connor a soft kiss before going with the nurse to get a check up.
He looked after her like i
Amelia paced the room, it was so frustrating just having to wait, Luke was sitting in a chair, his feet drawn up and arm around his knees, looking very vulnerable and young. It had been a fight beyond belief to get Connor to go into surgery, he wanted to stay near Josh, awaiting news. In the end Amelia had had to put her foot down and he had reluctantly given in, accepting that he could do nothing to help Josh. He clearly hated not being able to actively do something. Actually she would have preferred to be the one under anaesthetic and not having to wake up when this nightmare was over.
"We have finally stopped the bleeding, he is still critical but stable, so now he just needs time and we have to hope his body can handle the pressure". The doctor looked at them.Amelia and Luke both gasped and Luke stammered. "He ... He is gonna make it ? He isn't dead ?""For now, we can’t make promises as his body has been under immense pressure, there can still arise complications, but he came through the worst and luckily he is strong and in great shape". The doctor answered.They both thanked him several times and he told them that they could just come to him with any questions and that the
She knew what it was even before pulling it out, and she turned and looked at Connor with confusion. "This is not your phone"."Nah you might be right, could you come over here for a minute ?" He looked at her, his eyes clearly showing how nervous he was.She walked over to him slowly and handed him the little box. "So you weren't just high on the painkillers ?""Darling I might have been a bit doped up, but I have no problem remembering what I said and I don't want to waste any more of my life". He looked at her very seriously.
"Josh ?" She opened the door, peeking inside, he was sitting up, leaned on the hoisted up bed and he still had a lot of electronic devices on him, but the breathing tube was gone.His face lighted up in a big happy smile, but his eyes showed that he was pretty doped up on medication. "Hi Ami my dear"."How are you feeling ? You really had us all scared, we thought we would lose you". She sat down next to him and gently grabbed his hand.He sighed. "I feel a bit like I have been run over by a train, but otherwise I am okay, I am not that easy to get rid of".
Amelia watched Connor as he was sleeping totally relaxed, it would be a long way to recovery for both him and Josh, but she was certain they could both do it.They were both so strong, such wonderful human beings, or well Connor was not fully human, but it didn’t matter. They were her heroes and she loved both of them dearly, Josh was her very best friend beside Linda and Connor was the love of her life.She no longer doubted for a second that she wanted to be with Connor for the rest of her life. Even children didn't seem like a scary thought anymore, she couldn't see what could possibly go wrong this time.
When Amelia awoke again, she was lying in a bed, and had a monitor measuring her pulse and oxygen levels on."I am happy to see you awake again, we don't need you bedridden as well, do we ?" Luke was smiling sadly at her.She sat up a bit too fast and felt dizzy, black spots dancing before her eyes. "Is there anything new Luke ? How did Josh take it ?"She felt really bad about fainting, like Josh needed that scare on top of the news about Connor."Josh is o
Amelia squeezed his hand and prayed that he would breathe, she was staring at his chest, didn't it just move ? She whispered. "Come on love, I know you can do this".Yes his chest was most definitely moving now and before long his breathing was calm and even. She started breathing again herself, at least he was breathing, there was still hope."The breathing is stabilised andt the oxygen levels are good, so this must be seen as a success. Now we can only wait and give him time". The doctor looked at her with a friendly smile.When the doctor had left Amelia l
"Amelia please stop doing that". Conner closed his eyes and turned his face away from her. She sighed, it sounded so wrong to hear him use her full name. "The physiotherapist says that we have to do it as much as possible, to wake up the nerves and create connections". It was three days later and she had been massaging his legs, to get them working, he needed to start on his rehabilitation as fast as possible. "I can't stand it, okay ? I can't stand that I can see you are touching me, but I can't feel it". The tears welled up in his eyes again.