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a_littlefaith) wrote2018-03-26 09:24 am
a_littlefaith) wrote2018-03-26 09:24 am
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Beth hears about Nate being in the hospital pretty much first thing when she wakes up and turns on the TV in her living room, flipping to the news as she eats a bowl of cereal. It's a pretty big story, a burning building, a man bursting out of the flames with a woman in his arms like some kind of superhero. A few of the reporters and camera men had gotten close enough to the scene to actually capture the face of the man coming out, coughing and covered in soot, and Beth stares for a moment, her spoon halfway to her mouth, then drops the entire bowl of cereal in the sink and heads for the door.
She's not family. She's not allowed to go in and see him. The nurses seems to take pity on her, though, seeing the worry in her face, and they tell Beth that he's fine. He's being treated for smoke inhalation and minor burns and that she can come back in a few hours. Leaving seems impossible and so instead she finds herself in the waiting room, her legs crossed, one foot bouncing, waiting to be told she's allowed to go in and see him.
Only it doesn't quite work out like that. It's a few hours later and Beth is getting up to go ask the nurse if she's allowed in yet when Nate comes walking into the waiting room himself, looking for all the world like he doesn't even see any of the other people around him. Only then does it occur to Beth that the woman he'd carried out of the building was probably Chloe. At the time she had seen the report on the news, she hadn't been paying attention to anything else, just to Nate, but she can't figure any other explanation. And it's no wonder he looks as distracted and worried as he does. When someone needs to be carried out of a building, that's generally not a good sign.
Pushing out of her chair, Beth goes to him, reaching out to gently touch his arm. She'd been so scared for him, even after having the nurses tell her he would be fine, and before she even says anything, she wraps her arms around his waist and presses herself to him in a tight hug.
She's not family. She's not allowed to go in and see him. The nurses seems to take pity on her, though, seeing the worry in her face, and they tell Beth that he's fine. He's being treated for smoke inhalation and minor burns and that she can come back in a few hours. Leaving seems impossible and so instead she finds herself in the waiting room, her legs crossed, one foot bouncing, waiting to be told she's allowed to go in and see him.
Only it doesn't quite work out like that. It's a few hours later and Beth is getting up to go ask the nurse if she's allowed in yet when Nate comes walking into the waiting room himself, looking for all the world like he doesn't even see any of the other people around him. Only then does it occur to Beth that the woman he'd carried out of the building was probably Chloe. At the time she had seen the report on the news, she hadn't been paying attention to anything else, just to Nate, but she can't figure any other explanation. And it's no wonder he looks as distracted and worried as he does. When someone needs to be carried out of a building, that's generally not a good sign.
Pushing out of her chair, Beth goes to him, reaching out to gently touch his arm. She'd been so scared for him, even after having the nurses tell her he would be fine, and before she even says anything, she wraps her arms around his waist and presses herself to him in a tight hug.