common sense • rini/jolivia one shots

surgery

Nini Salazar-Roberts wasn't afraid of much in her life but one thing she was terrified of was surgery. it had always been this huge ominous thing in her life. both her moms had procedures done when she was younger as well as her Lola, even a few of her friends too. she had prided herself on always being healthy enough to never need surgery.

that was, until she got a ovarian cyst. it was a benign cyst so she wasn't worried about cancer or anything but she was in pain. it was large and caused horrible cramps, leading to her not being able to get out of bed some days.

Ricky had been amazing throughout everything. with Nini's pain really ramping up within the last year, Ricky had been there to help her through everything. the couple had been living together in a condo they bought in Provo after they graduated from college.

the day of the dreaded procedure had finally arrived and Nini was not happy. Ricky, knowing how upset his girlfriend was the night before, decided to let her sleep a little longer than normal since her procedure wasn't until around noon.

Ricky came into their bedroom, kneeling softly on the bed and placing his hand on Nini's arm, rubbing softly, "morning beautiful. you have to get up, we gotta go soon."

Nini groaned and rolled onto her back, sighing as she looked up at her boyfriend with wide eyes, "i don't wanna go."

Ricky chuckled slightly, pulling the covers off of her body, "don't be silly Neens, get up and get dressed in something comfortable."

Ricky sat in the living room while he waited for her to get ready, scrolling through his phone and texting her moms while he waited. Nini came into the room dressed in a pair of loose joggers and one of his old tee shirts with her favorite pair of fuzzy socks. his face softened when he saw her.

Nini walked to the door, grabbing her coat and purse off the hook and slipping her vans onto her socked feet, "let's go get this over with."

Ricky chuckled and jumped up from the couch, grabbing his wallet and keys, slipping his vans on and meeting her outside the door. Nini was quiet the whole car ride to the hospital, not even humming along to the radio.

Ricky reached over and grabbed her hand, "it's gonna be fine Neens, it's a simple procedure. you'll even get to go home tonight."

she didn't respond, simply squeezing his hand. they pulled into a spot in front of the hospital in Salt Lake. Nini sighed and got out of the car, reaching for Ricky's hand as they walked in.

she was slightly spaced out as she got settled into her hospital room, not really paying attention to anything around her. she changed into her gown and laid down in the hospital bed, Ricky sitting next to her.

"your moms are on their way up, they just texted me that they're here." he said as he pushed a stray hair out of her face.

Nini nodded, "good. i want them here."

Ricky gave her his signature side smile, "i know you do babe."

just then, the two women came into the room. both were gushing over their daughter, Ricky chuckling at the three women all together.

"oh honey, how're you feeling?" Carol asked.

"i'm okay right now." Nini said quietly.

Dana held her hand, "we'll be here all day for you."

Nini smiled, "thank you."

the four adults talked for a little while, nurses coming in and out of the room to check on Nini. finally her surgeon had arrived and came to see her.