Jack’s POV
After pounding on the door, it finally busted open. My worst nightmare was in front of me. The love of my life was lying on the floor in a small pool of scarlet. “Dawn!” I screamed as I pulled her into my arms. One of my hands found the cellular device in my back pocket and called for help.
“911. What is your emergency?” an older woman asked on the other end.
“Please help! It’s my girlfriend! There is blood everywhere!”
“You’re going to have to calm down some. What happened?”
“He cut her wrists with a razor blade. Please send help now. We’re on her tour bus. She’s the singer of Lunatics and Love. Please hurry! I don’t want to lose her!”
“I’m sending help now. Now do as I say. You need to try to slow down the bleeding.”
I did as the woman instructed by pressing a towel to her wounds. My lips pressed against hers lightly over and over again to try to get her to stay awake. This didn’t help though. She was already unconscious. I couldn’t believe that this was helping again. I prayed that it would never happen again, but it was. Why did she do this? I thought that she was happy again. She was finally stopping.
It wasn’t long before medics were coming in and taking her out of my arms. I followed them outside and found both of our bands. Care was talking to the medics. Logan was comforting Luke, and Alex was doing the same to Zack.
“I’m going to ride with her to the hospital,” Care told me.
“Why can’t I?”
“I tried to talk them into it, but they wanted me to because I’m her sister. When you get there though, they will keep you just as informed as me. I made sure of that. Anyway, I have to go. I’ll see you when you get there.”
I nodded and went over to Alex. “We need to go NOW!”
“I already called a taxi. They will be here soon. Just try to calm down.”
“How can I calm down when the love of my life might be dead!?”
“I know that! You’re not the only one upset! I’m telling you to calm down because that isn’t going to help her any!”
“I know.”
“Try to not think of the worst outcome. Dawn is strong, and I doubt that this will be the end. This isn’t the first time this has happened. She survived the first time, and she will survive this time too.”
“I’m scared though.”
“I know. We all are.”
When the taxi finally came, Alex, Zack and I got inside and started off towards the hospital. Rian was going with the rest of Dawn’s band which were waiting for a taxi to take them as well. A silence overcame the ride there. I didn’t want to talk, and I knew that they didn’t want to upset me anymore.
As soon as we got there, I rushed in and found Care waiting for us. Her face showed no emotion. This didn’t give me any clue if Dawn was ok or not. If she was fine, she would show no emotion. If she wasn’t alright, she would show no emotion. That’s just how Care was.
“They are trying to stabilize her now,” she told us.
“Do you think that she is going to be ok?” Zack asked.
Care shrugged. “They didn’t say.”
“Why don’t you ask someone then?”
“They are busy. I’d rather have them work on her than have them tell me everything. Let’s just sit and wait. That’s the only thing that we can do.”
We sat and waited and waited and waited. I was getting tired of not knowing what was going on, but I didn’t have a choice. Because this was all I could do physically, I let my mind wander. I don’t know why, but I started to question everything she did this month. Were there any signs that this would happen? I couldn’t think of anything. She seemed completely fine until that bitch spoke out at the show. That had to be the trigger. There was nothing else that seemed to upset her.
“Miss Fox?” a doctor said as he made his way over to us. Care nodded. “Come with me.”
“Actually,” Care started, “I think Jack should go with you instead.”
“You’re her only family member here.”
“I may be, but Jack is her boyfriend. I would prefer if he went with you instead.”
“That actually might be a good idea.” I didn’t understand what he meant. I thought that doctors only wanted family members to learn first. I’ve heard stories where they wouldn’t let the person’s love interest see them because they weren’t married yet. “Come with me, Mr.…”
“Barakat,” I answered as I stood up.
“Ok, Mr. Barakat, follow me.”
We started walking down the long white corridors. I didn’t know why, but I felt sorrow. I guess that would make sense though. This was E.R. after all. Many people have died here. I just hoped that my Dawn didn’t end like so many others.
We finally stopped in front of a room. I studied his face. He didn’t show that he was about to put on an “I’m sorry” act. It actually looked like he was about to start smiling. I didn’t understand.
“Is she going to be ok?” I asked.
“She did lose a lot of blood. If you hadn’t busted that door in time, she might not be here. You saved her.”
“I didn’t save her from herself,” I mumbled.
“Hey, don’t be like that. Do you want to know something?”
“What?”
“When she got here, she actually was slipping in and out of consciousness. Do you know what she was mumbling when she was awake? She kept saying that she didn’t want to die because she wanted to be with you.”
“Really?” He nodded. “She was fine the entire month until the show.”
“She was triggered, right?”
“That’s what it seems like.”
“She may or may not need therapy. I was thinking that she should have one session over the phone. If a therapist thinks she is ok, then she won’t have to continue. I don’t think she will need to after what she was saying and after she hears the news.”
“What news?”
“Well, she wasn’t the only one that you saved.”
“What do you mean?”
“Can’t you guess?” I had absolutely no idea what he was talking about. “Dawn is going to be alright and so is the baby.”
“What?”
“Congratulations Mr. Barakat. You’re going to be a father. That’s why it took longer. I saw that she had an appointment, so I took the liberty to see what was wrong. You two are having a baby.”

Notes

Mibba- http://www.mibba.com/Stories/Read/482965/Time-Bomb/