Anyone but Her | Marren
Darren rushes into the hospital at full speed, not only because he knew he was late but because he heard something on the radio that he dreaded. He was hoping it wasn’t the same in his head that it was in real life. On the radio while he was in traffic the news was on a story about a blonde young woman about twenty five years old who had gotten transported to the hospital after a hit and run accident downtown with a pedestrian.
Part of him knew her older brother, and His best friend, Mason would never let her walk ever, nor would she ever really have a reason to but that never stops Darren from panicking. As soon as the doors slam open full force, Darren slams both of his hands at the counter of the check in desk and demands to know what happened and if that was indeed Maebelle.
The woman at the front desk just laughed very loudly as if this wasn’t the first time he’s assumed when he was in traffic, while she took an inventory of all the current patients. Her one smug disposition and amusement quickly disappeared as she stared at the bright screen in front of her face, and then at Darren, and back. Her smile quickly turned to worry as Darren began to freak out.
“Dr. Crawford, Your girlfriend is in room 2109. I’m afraid that was her, or she was at least there.” Darren doesn’t even take any time to respond before he’s bolting down the hallway towards the stairs. As he rounds the corner he sees the last name Anderson and His best friend crouched on the floor hiding his head in the hallway. Darren rustles Mason’s hair before opening the door without permission.
Finding Maebelle with her eyes closed lying on a bed, he quickly takes in account how injured she looked before taking her hand in his. He does for her what she did for him many months ago, and rests his head on her shoulder before whispering in her ear.
“You have nothing to fear my love, no one will ever lay a finger on you but me, and I will do everything in my power to keep you here. If you need surgery, Only I will do it.” Upon hearing this Maebelle squeezes his hand as hard as she could right now in a way of saying “I trust you.”
