Without You

Part 40 "She was beautiful"

*LUKE'S POV*

"We're her family," dad speaks up and the doctor narrows his eyes like 'are you sure?'

"These are all my children, including that girl in there so I would love it if you'd quit standin' there like a dipshit and tell us what is goin' on," dad cuts the bullshit.

"She had an allergic reaction," is all he says and I have a feeling Eli and I may have to hold dad back from punching this dumbass in the face.

"No way," he says sarcastically, "I thought she had a broken arm! Tell us something we don't know!"

"Well-"

"Doctor Edyns, I'll take it from here," an older doctor releases the previous one.

"Aubrey has just had a very sever-"

"Can I go see her?" I ask impatientally, getting his attention.

"Uh well, sure. Go through those doors and she's room 103," he directs me and I waste no time in going to find her.

I find room 103 and I open the door, walking right in.

I see her before she sees me and she's laying back in the hospital bed, on her side, turned away from me.

"Aubrey?" I walk further into the room. She turns her head and her beautiful blues make eye contact with mine. A small smile appears on her face and an immense feeling of relief washes over me, seeing that she's okay.

I rush over to her bed and pull her into my arms. I hold her close to me for God knows how long, just relishing in the feeling of her heartbeat against my chest.

"Baby, you can't do this to me, okay?" I whisper sadly, "My heart can't take it."

"I'm sorry," tears appear in her eyes.

"No, no, don't cry," I kiss her face, "It won't happen again. As soon as you're out of here, I'm buying you two-hundred EpiPen's and you're taking all of them everywhere you go."

A soft giggle escapes her lips and I wish I could hear the sound on a non-stop replay.

"You can't do that," she says softly, "they're expensive."

"Do you think I care," I take hold of her chin so I know she's listening to me, "this was too close. I'm not losing you, understand?"

The door to her room opens but we pay no attention to it.

"It wasn't all that serious, Luke," she says and right as I'm about to open my mouth, someone else does.

"Miss Wilson, what happened was very serious. You had one of the most serious cases of anaphylaxis my team and I have ever seen," he contradicts her which leaves my stomach churning in fear.

"Did you know about your allergy?" he asks and she nods.

"Yes. I've known about it since I was little," she explains.

"Well its a very good thing you knew about it. At the rate of which your allergic reaction spread, you could've been dead within minutes if it weren't for your EpiPen injection."

I put my head in my hands and take deep breaths.

I can't bear the thought of what could've happened to her if she didn't have that EpiPen.

"I'll leave you two," he smiles, "I just wanted to check up on you, Aubrey."

"Thank you," She returns a smile and the doctor exits the room.

I keep my gaze on her as she diverts her gaze from me.

It's not that serious, my ass.

"Darlin', how could you've been so reckless?" I push the matter.