John was pacing up and down in front of Y/N's room, worried.

John had been shoved out of her room so that the doctor could take a look at her.

Just this morning, Y/N had collapsed in the living room and from then on was unconscious. John had carried her to their room and had laid her on the bed while Alexander called for a doctor.

So to say, John was worried sick for Y/N's wellbeing. She hadn't looked like herself in the past few days, but whenever John asked if she was alright, she said yes. Apparently, that was not the case.

"Come on John, can you please calm down?", Alex finally asked, although he himself was fidgeting with his fingers anxiously. Of course, he, too, was worried for his sister's wellbeing.

"You're not better," John mumbled, before finally leaning against the wall and sinking to the floor, burying his face in his hands.

"That look tells me you're blaming yourself," Alex stated as a matter of fact and John sighed "I am."

"How the hell can this be your fault?", Alex asked with a frown. John pressed his lips to a small line, thinking of the right way to put his words, before he finally spoke up "I knew something was up with her, but every time I asked she would just deny it."

"And how is that your fault?", Alex then asked and plopped himself down next to John, punching his shoulder playfully "Come on, Y/N's strong. She's a Hamilton, after all! This isn't going to kill her."

John looked over at Alex, his brows furrowed slightly "That does not really encourage me." Alex groaned and rolled his eyes at John "Seriously, Laurens, man up!"

The door opened and with a start, John and Alex both shot to their feet.

Out came the doctor and looked at the two men. He carefully closed the door behind him.

"And? How is she?", John asked worriedly. At a closer look, Alex noticed that John was trembling slightly.

"Well, there are two possibilities...", the doctor began, to which Alex frowned and asked "What do you mean with 'There are two possibilities'?"

The doctor took a deep breath and John already braced himself for the worst.

"Miss Hamilton's systems have solely focussed on strengthening her back and legs, which leads to the fact that her immune system was lower than usual, as all the focus laid elsewhere. That lead to her high fever which today finally showed her the consequences to overworking herself," the doctor began.

John gulped and clenched his hands to fists to prevent them from shaking "What are the possibilities you spoke of?"

"One possibility is that Miss Hamilton can recover from the high fever with the medication I can give her. Then you should all look out that she does not overwork herself again," the doctor said, then he seemingly hesitated, as if he didn't know how to tell them the next possibility.

"The other possibility is, that ... despite the medicine I can give her ... that her body is still determined to heal her back by itself and continuously does not focus on her immune system."

John felt all color drain his face and he stared at the doctor with wide eyes. "Does that...", Alexander began with a low voice, not daring to end the sentence.

"The other possibility is that this fever might be her last," the doctor quietly said.

"How long?", Alex quietly asked, barely able to find his voice.

"If she does not recover in the coming four days ... I say by the end of the week at least," the doctor said, pity in his eyes as he looked at the two men.

John did not know what to say or think. His mind was blank, void of anything, he didn't even know what to feel. Y/N was probably going to die and he could do nothing about that.

"The other news I also have, which I doubt will be relevant...", the doctor then began, catching John's and Alex's attention once more, though John barely was able to hear him, as he was slowly shutting down.

"If Miss Hamilton makes it, you should make sure she rests and does not stress herself too much, as her systems have to take care of not only herself but her child as well."

Now John completely shut down. Luckily, Alex was there to catch him.

a little short but I hope y'all don't hate me, didn't know how to add more to the chapter without pulling it out too long into boring nothingness