R o n a n

It's Rosa who broke the door open. The teddy bear in her hand falls down onto the ground beside her. Her gown is disheveled, and she has a ragged blanket in her other hand.

"Ronan!" She sobs, tears storming down her face. "Ronan! I need your help! My-my dad! So-something happened-"

I jump up, instantly, and bend down to grab her shoulders. Mina is up too, I look at her for injuries but don't find any. My jaw clenches at her cries.

"Rosa, what happened?" I ask, but she's breathing too erratically to understand me. I rub my thumbs over her tears and push the hair from her face. "Breath, Rosa, it's okay-"

"Doctor Hawthorne to the ICU, code blue in room two-twelve." Blares over the intercoms. I look down at Rosa only for Mina to step forward.

"Go," she says, pulling Rosa to her chest. "I can watch her."

I nod, rushing out of the room and running through the halls until I find his room, nurses and doctors scattered around. My eyes scan the monitor as my heart plummets. I make my way through them and yank down the blanket covering him, ripping open the material of his gown with my hands.

"Two of atropine!" I scream, looking to Rosa's father and pressing my hands down on his chest. I do this for one minute before I see It's not helping. "Charge the paddles to one hundred!" His body can't handle this, but all I can think about is Rosa.

I press the paddles to his chest and pray that Rosa doesn't lose the only family she has.

"Show me the x-rays!" I yell, peeking over my shoulder as they're shown to me. My jaw clenches as my eyes scan over his chest scans.

"His left ventricle wall is tearing," I shake my head. "Call the Operating room and tell them we're coming, now! Prep him and get him down there, now, please!"

"Okay, Doctor," they rush out. I run a hand down my face.

I run to the operation room, Luna's exiting, a joyous look on her face as she removes her mask. But her smile falls when she sees me. "What's wrong?" She rushes over, I reach for the gloves and slip them on.

"Ruptured ventricle wall," I say, she nods hastily, understanding me and my stiffness. She grabs a cap and I bend down so she can lace it around my head. She quickly ties it for me.

"Hey," she grabs my chin before I leave, "take a breath, okay?"

I nod, I don't do what she says, I just open the door to the operating room and tighten my jaw.

"Scalpel." I hold my hand out.

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I lace the last suture. Hours have passed, but thank God, it went okay. My eyes were glued to his monitor during the whole surgery, making sure I didn't miss anything else.

I'm furious.

"Who missed this? I said that he needed chest x-rays every three Goddamn hours!" I scream, everyone looks at me as my jaw tightens. I don't get a response. I rip off my mask and storm past them.

It's now dark out. I walk through the gigantic front halls of the hospital. It replicates a airport, gigantic glass ceilings and walls.

I'm so pissed, my hands are in tight fists.

He could have died.

"Ronan!" I hear Rosa's voice from behind me. Making me stop in my tracks as I turn. She's running toward me, her little legs running as fast as they can go. Her teddy bear in one hand and her blanket dragging along the marble ground.

I bend down just in time as she collapses into my chest. I wrap my arms around her tightly and hold a hand behind her head. "He's okay," I say quietly. "He's okay, Rosa."

"You said that this morning," she cries into my black scrubs. "Why did you lie to me?"

"I'm sorry," I hold her tighter against me. "I'm sorry for not telling you."

"Rosalina!" Mina runs down the hallway. "Don't run away from me! You scared me-!" She stops when she sees me and her.

I hold Rosa tight to my chest as she cries into me.

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Once she's done crying, I slightly pull away and hold the sides of her face gently. I lean forward and place a soft kiss to the top of her head.

"Some guy hurt me," she says quietly.

My eyes snap down to hers. "What? Who?"

"When daddy's machine started making a lot of noise, I was scared and wouldn't move, he grabbed the back of my dress and shoved me away." She whispers, she holds the back of her elbow. "He hurt me."

My jaw ticks.

I pick her up and prop her on my hip, Mina follows quick behind me.

"Point when you see him." I say to Rosalina who nods and looks around. Finally, she points to Doctor Chase whose by himself in his office. I nod and look to Mina.

"Don't let her out of your sight." I say, harshly, she nods and walks away, shooting me one last glance before she does.

"Chase!" I scream, storming towards him. He jumps and turns around just in time as my hand wraps around his collar, and I slam his back against the wall without fucking hesitation.

"Ronan!" He screams. "What the hell are you doing?!"

"You hurt a little girl? You nasty piece of shit." I glare him down before pulling him back and slamming his back against the wall again. "I should cut your hands off for even touching her!"

He looks incredulously down at me. "Is this about that girl in room twenty-twelve? She was in the way!" He screams, "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to hurt her!"

"We have protocols for this stuff! If there are children in the room, you get someone to get them out of there! Not grab them by the back of their gown and shove them down onto the ground!" I spit in his face. "She has a bruise on her arm because of you!"

"I'm-"

"She was in that car when it crashed too! Who knows how much you hurt her more by shoving her!"

"I'm sorry," he shakes his head, "I'll-"

"No." I shove him again. "I tell you what to do. You're gonna be her little bitch. If she tells you to get her food, I expect you to bring her a fucking gourmet lunch, do you understand me?"

He nods pathetically.

I let him go and let him fall to the ground. "Place one more hand on her, and I will end your surgical career before it even starts." I glare daggers as I storm away from him, a little smirk edging my lips.

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I forgot Rosa had a cast on, just pretend like she didn't run to Ronan. <3