Something for the pain

Jon sat in the waiting room with Shanna's mom and brother, well he would have been sitting but he kept pacing from one side of the waiting room to the other. Richie watched his best friend as he kept running his hands through his hair like he didn't know what to do with them. He kept looking towards the doors He started over towards the nurses station again only for Richie to stand in front of him. “Swing can you move...”

“no ….” he shook his head pointing to the seats “sit down.... you already asked her fifteen minutes ago and five minutes before that …. the doc will be out to talk to Kal and the rest when he's done ….” He stated finally. He had never seen Jon so shook up before. He knew he was worried they all were.

“I can't Richie … “ Jon shook his head and went back to pacing or would have if Richie hadn't grabbed his arm. “Rich...”

“sit...” he pushed Jon into a seat next to him then sat down.

Jon was going to argue with him when the door opened and Doctor Brennan walked through pulling the mask off his face. He swallowed hard unconsciously grabbing for Richie's hand. He gripped it hard.

“She came through the surgery just fine...” Dr Brennan stated with a smile. “they are taking her up to the recovery right now. She will be out of it for awhile but the nurse will come get you when she's in her room. “ he let Shanna's mom hug him tight and thank him. He turned to Jon when he moved forward shaking his hand.

“thanks....” Jon stated his voice cracked from the worry. He had met Shanna's doctor the night before. He had been sitting next to her bed when the doctor came in to check on her. He had almost got kicked out only for Kalalily to step in. She had explained to Doctor Brennan that this was Shanna's boyfriend. He had been allowed to sit by her bed after that. Only kicked out when visiting hours were over and it was getting late. He had been stubborn and slept in the waiting room.

After being alerted that she was going to be fine Richie forced the rest to go downstairs to get something to eat. He knew that Jon had barely ate since getting there the night before. Not that he had ate much before he got there as they had been in meetings all day. They all got something to eat then headed back up to the waiting room to wait to be able to see Shanna. He knew his best friend was a bundle of nerves and would not relax till he saw her. 

The first to go into the room was her mom and her brother though she was still asleep they still wanted to see her. It was only natural that they would be the first in to see her. He waited till they were in with her and he dropped his head into his hands his shoulders sagging as the last oft the tension poured off him. She had made it through the surgery now the hard part would be to tell her. He swallowed knowing just how much she wanted to be a mom to have that taken from her without her say would devastate her. He looked up about fifteen minutes after they went in to see them coming out.

“she's awake … Doctor Brennan is going in to talk to her … “ Caleb swallowed “I couldn't be in there when he told her....” he shook his head.

Kali looked at Jon “she's looking for you...” she took his hand and between the two they walked into the room.

He walked into the room with Kali his breath caught in his chest even though Shanna had looked bad the night before this just tore his heart out. He moved to the bed as she laid on the bed her blue eyes locking with his own. He moved her hair back from her face and kissed her forehead “I’m here baby....” he held her hand in his rubbing the knuckles with his thumb. “shhh.. I'm here....”

“Jon...' her voice hoarse. “whats going on...” She looked over at her mom then back at him. “what happened.... why am I in the hospital why do I feel so sore...” A tear ran down her face. She turned to see Doctor Brennan walk in with a folder. She was still a bit numb from the painkillers but a soreness resided around her lower abdomen and it hit. Tears started to stream down her face “nooooooo!” She pulled away from Jon and shook her head. “no please....you didn't … “ She buried her face in her hands her whole body shaking even though it started to hurt.

Kali moved close to her daughter who buried her face in her moms chest “baby he had to …. we would have lost you...” her voice broke. “you were bleeding so bad he had no choice …. “ She hugged her gently as to not hurt her. Her eyes locking with Jon's tears appearing in both of their eyes.