she had never heard lucas so upset. merely the sound of his voice caused her to panic. dropping emilie off at anna's, alaya quickly found herself making her way to the hospital - a place she thought she'd seen the back end of if she was honest. the news - even hard to deciper through lucas' tears - was one that caused her great pain and anguish but she has decided to keep the tears in, to keep herself as composed as possible even though she felt as if she was going to throw up. effy was important to alaya and the mere thought of her being hurt caused her to feel a great weight in her stomach. parking her car, she moved quickly to find lucas within the halls, her body crashing into his as her arms wrapped around him tightly. holding back the tear and emotions was difficult now and she found tears falling down her cheeks as they silently stood there.