Convincing her

By the time they arrived at the hospital, fifteen minutes had already gone by since Jen had driven at a speed that she would have found uncomfortable if she was not trying to get Lucas to the hospital as soon as possible.

After parking the car at a reserved parking space, Jen rushed Lucas out of the car and proceeded to lock it before grabbing his arm as if she was assisting him to walk.

The moment Ethan spotted the two of them he ran towards them and the nurses that were holding on to a gurney following him. Lucas quickly found himself on the gurney and was not given the chance to say anything before Jen was bombarded with questions.

"What happened?" Ethan asked as he helped the nurses push the gurney into the emergency room.

"He got hurt this morning, I think a bone is broken on his face" Jen said as she followed them from behind.

She was worried before she arrived at the hospital, but the medical drama that was taking place in front of her just shot her anxiety through the roof.

"Would he need surgery?" Jen asked as she bit her lip from worry.

Lucas was curious as to what Ethan would say since he had not even been examined. He didn't think anything was broken otherwise his nose would have been swollen to epic proportions.

"We would have to do examinations to assess the situation." Ethan said and looked at Lucas. Lucas looked at him as if everything that was happening did not concern him at all.

"Why are you hiding your face?" Ethan asked when he noticed that Lucas had his hand in front of his face.

"Would you show your face so proudly if you were in my shoes?" Lucas asked effectively shutting Ethan up.

Ethan figured if he was so energetic then it shouldn't be too serious. However, he did not know why he was needed at all since this was not in his field of expertise.

Once Lucas was moved to a secluded room, they were finally able to get him to show his injury and before Ethan could stop himself he released a loud bark of laughter that earned him a glare from both Lucas and Jen.

He feigned a cough rather than continue laughing before he cleared his throat and moved closer to Lucas to inspect his nose. He lifted his gloved hand and tried to lightly press on the injury but before he could touch it, his hand was caught by Lucas and he ended up sighing in exasperation.

He knew how his friend was when he got hurt, performing a physical exam would have been enough to at least tell whether the nose was broken or not, but with Lucas' below average pain threshold he would never allow it.

"Perform x-rays and a CT-scan. Oh, and some MRIs too" Ethan ordered as he resisted the urge to glare at Lucas. Ethan and Jen watched as Lucas was rolled out of the private room. One of them had a worried expression while the other one had an annoyed expression.

"What happened?" Ethan asked still looking annoyed.

"Ah, I accidentally headbutted him in the face this morning. I thought he was playing around, but I got scared when I saw that his bruise was turning blue and swelling. It looked really serious" Jen said in her raspy voice and bit her lip with worry.

"Did you take up smoking or something? Why is your voice like this?" Ethan asked with a frown. How could she answer his question without sounding immoral. Just the thought of what had happened last night made her face turn red.

Ethan already had suspicions but looking at her reaction just confirmed them so he decided that he would not ask her any further questions. Maybe he would just prescribe something that would give her some relief later.

Ethan knew that it would take some time, so he left to go and do some ward rounds leaving Jen alone in the hospital room.

The room was obviously built for comfort, and it seemed that only special patients could easily access these rooms. It was needless to say that Lucas was a very special patient. If he was not special, then no one in the country would qualify.

As Jen waited, she received a text from Michael who was asking her where she was. She had completely forgotten that she had classes to attend. She had also forgotten that Lucas also had to go to work.

[There was an emergency, I won't be able to come. Can you send me a copy of your notes later?] Jen texted back before logging into her email and sending an email to her lecturer.

She even went as far as to call David to let him know that Lucas would probably not be going to work for a couple of days and that she would let him know if he would be able to work from home.

By the time Lucas returned to his ward, Jen had already sorted things out for him at work. She knew that if there was going to be any schedules affected, David would take care of them on his behalf.

"Is it still painful?" Jen asked worriedly.

"They gave me painkillers earlier, so I'm much better now" Lucas said and tried to smile but it only ended up as a grimace.

"Don't strain yourself. Just tell me if you need anything" Jen said and tucked him in his bed. He had already changed into a hospital gown and was laying on the hospital bed without making a fuss as Jen was trying to make him comfortable.

"Baby, I'm alright. Don't stress yourself out" Lucas said as he held the hand that was next to his. He knew that she was probably blaming herself for his injury and although it felt good to know that she was feeling worried for him, he was worried that she was wallowing in self blame.

"I should have been careful" Jen said as she looked at the intertwined fingers.

"Maybe, but it was an accident. I was also lying too close to you. Don't worry your pretty head, I just bruise easily so it probably looks worse than it actually is" Lucas said in an attempt to comfort her not knowing that she just felt worse because now she was being comforted by the patient.