Title: Miracles Happen
Pairing: Laura/Bianca/Frankie later on
Rating: PG to PG-13, nothing graphic
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters nor am I making any
money off of this story.
Bianca was immediately out of the car before she was even aware of it stopping.
It was then she saw Laura, pale and ashen, being wheeled away on the gurney while they did compressions on her chest and gave her oxygen. She saw Brooke following them and begging them to save her daughter, frantically. Everything after that happened so fast. She was in the car and being driven to the hospital and then they went into the waiting room where she sat down next to Brooke and held her hand. Brooke had told her that she had found Laura on the floor barely breathing and then by the time the ambulance had gotten there she had stopped altogether. As Bianca heard all of this she found it harder to breathe and she could hear her heart pounding in her ears, and then everything was black.
She woke up to the strong smell of ammonia and saw Jake Martin leaning over her with smelling salts.
"What happened?" asked Bianca sitting up.
"It looks like you had a panic attack, I want to get you into a room and make sure everything is okay."
"No, I have to stay here and wait. Please Jake, I'm fine, I promise."
Just the David Hayward came out and his expression made Bianca close her eyes and pray that the next words out of his mouth would be good. Brooke was frantically asking if Laura was okay and David said that they got her heart beating again. Bianca collapsed on the sofa and it felt like a weight had been lifted off of her shoulders.
"From what I can tell it looks like she missed at least two doses of her medication, her body started to reject the heart and that's why she collapsed, we're giving her antibiotics through an IV to reverse some of the damage but two episodes so close together isn't good. Right now she's in a coma and we're doing everything we can."
'How could she miss two doses? I saw her take her meds last night.' she said to herself thinking back. She remembered giving Laura the pills but she couldn't for the life of her remember Laura putting them in her mouth. "Bianca, just remember that I've always loved you as a friend and no matter what I always will." 'No she did not do this on purpose, she couldn't have, she wouldn't,' she screamed mentally.
She got up and left the hospital, ignoring everyone and everything. She was angry, angry at herself for leaving Laura, angry at Leo for making Laura so miserable and even at Laura for being so stupid as to skip her meds.
She wondered where Leo was and decided to find him.
She had looked everywhere, the yacht, Palmer's, the Valley Inn, BJ's, the park, she had one place to look and she hoped he wasn't there.
She had just visited Greenlee's penthouse and was relieved to find only some construction men. She was walking down the stairs when she heard voices and her worst suspicions were confirmed.
"Greenlee, this was the biggest mistake of my life. I can't believe I did this to Laura, to myself!"
"Stay a little longer, Jake won't be back for an hour or so and Laura won't ever have to know."
"But I'll know. I still can't believe I slept with you, I committed adultery!"
"Like it matters, Leo you felt the passion, we still have something good, are you going to ruin it for mousy little Laura, she's draining you, killing you inside and you just go back to her, God knows why-."
"Greenlee, shut up." Said Bianca as she stepped towards them.
"Bianca, what are you doing here?" asked Leo spinning around.
"You know what? I could ask you the same thing but I already know the answer, you are here sleeping with her." She said pointing to Greenlee "When your WIFE is in the HOSPITAL DYING!"
"What? Bianca tell me. What happened? Bianca tell me!"
"Well apparently she skipped her doses and her heart went into rejection and now she's in a coma, I'll give you three reasons why."
"Damn," said Leo and he rushed off. Bianca started to follow when Greenlee spoke.
"Look, I really hope Laura is okay."
"I'm sure you do," said Bianca and then she left.
When they got back to the hospital nothing had changed so Bianca just walked around aimlessly when she ran into Rosa Santos.
"Rosa? What are you doing here?"
"Hayley had her baby, I have a little nephew! He's so cute."
"Congratulations," said Bianca hugging her friend.
"Why are you here?"
"My friend Laura English was brought in today."
"The one with Gillian's heart?"
"Yeah."
"Well I hope she's okay. Look I'm in a hurry, I'll come see you later," said Rosa leaving.
Bianca went back over to where Brooke was now waiting, along with Edmund. She then saw Leo come out of Laura's room looking shaken, his eyes red as if he'd been crying. "Brooke," said Bianca. "Do you think it would be okay if I went and sat for a while with Laura?"
"I'm not sure that's a-." started Brooke but Edmund touched her hand. "Yes, go ahead, I'm sure she'd appreciate it."
Bianca nodded and went into the room. Laura was laying on the hospital bed in one of those gowns she hated so much. Her skin was pale and she was hooked up to oxygen. Bianca took the chair right next to her that was still warm from where Leo had sat. She gingerly took one of Laura's hand and held onto it as a couple of tears escaped her eyes.
"Laura, you have to wake up, I just, I don't know what I would do if …if you died. You mean everything to me. Everything," she sat next to Laura and randomly talked about things, things that seemed so stupid, yet they were comforting. She knew that she should leave soon and let Leo and Brooke have their time with her but she couldn't, she just wanted to hold her hand, to be there when she woke up. She knew that was selfish, that who was with her when she woke up was insignificant as long as Laura DID wake up.
Bianca sat their looking at her, the only sounds, the steady pulse of the heart monitor and the quiet sound of the oxygen. The quiet was interrupted by her mother.
"Bianca, sweetie, I just heard what happened. I'm so sorry," said Erica giving her daughter a hug.
"I just saw her last night and I gave her, her meds but she didn't take them, I should have made sure."
"Why don't we go, it's getting late and you need to eat," she said putting her hand on Bianca's shoulder.
"Mom, I can't leave her."
"It's okay, honey, she has Leo and Brooke, nothing is going to happen while you're gone, we'll go to BJ's and right back. Come on," she said practically pulling Bianca out of the chair. She took one last look at Laura and then they left.
Bianca was like a robot as she chewed and swallowed her food, she didn't really taste it, all there was, in her mind, was Laura who could possibly die, how many times had Bianca been terrified of that thought. Her mother was talking about something or another but Bianca practically ignored her. Laura. Why did she have to do this, why didn't she take her meds on time? Bianca finished her meal and Erica reluctantly took Bianca back to the waiting room where after a few hours of waiting for Laura to wake up she fell asleep in her chair.
She woke up to Leo shaking her and handing her a cup of coffee, she didn't bother to smile or thank him, she was still too mad at him at the moment. She tipped back the hot liquid and it burned her tongue as she drank it down.
She went home, where she changed her clothes and went back to the hospital against her mother's advice. Erica was really starting to get on her nerves, she did everything but plain out say that she didn't want Bianca by Laura's side, but Bianca needed to see the blonde, she never knew if it was going to be the last time.
She got to the hospital and Brooke was keeping her vigil along with Leo. "Brooke, can I see Laura again? I promise, I'll only be a few minutes."
"Yes, go ahead."
Bianca went into Laura's room and pulled a small stuffed teddy bear from her purse and sat it by Laura's hand. She knew it was stupid but it made her feel better that Laura would have something of Bianca with her at all times.
She sat down next to the hospital bed and looked at her friend. She looked no better or worse. But her cheeks looked a little flushed. Bianca gently touched her cheek but was alarmed to find it was burning up.
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