Convincing her

Jen didn't get enough time to guilt trip herself before Ethan walked into the room with the results from the tests that Lucas had taken. He did not look happy but not for the reason that Jen was assuming. Ethan looked at the couple and resisted the urge to just walk out of the room before he took the examination and looked at them again.

"Don't look so miserable, he is fine" Ethan said when he saw how Jen was already looking distraught.

"You aren't just saying this right? He really is fine right?" Jen asked and Lucas had to close his eyes to stop himself from smiling. 

"Yes, his nose is just bruised the swelling will go down by the end of the week and most of the bruising too." Ethan explained. 

Jen turned to look at Lucas who had his eyes closed and was pursing his lips together. She then looked at Ethan as if she was making sure that he was not playing around.

"That's a relief" Jen said as she took a long breath.

"Can you just call me when it's actually serious?" Ethan reprimanded the couple and only got angrier because Lucas looked like he was laughing at him.

"Wasn't this serious?" Jen asked and Ethan just smiled politely because he wanted to curse. He never did overtime but because of these two he would have to do overtime since he had pushed his surgeries back for them.

"If you think this is serious enough to postpone surgeries then it is serious" Ethan explained and Jen's gaze turned guilty.

"I'm sorry, but I really was frightened. Will his face be alright?" Jen asked.

"Are you asking if he'll be disfigured?" Ethan asked.

"Yes" 

"He'll be okay, as long as he doesn't injure himself again while he is healing" Ethan explained.

"We'll be careful" Jen reassured. Ethan was already past the point of caring anymore.

"Never mind. I'll prescribe some painkillers for him and something for your throat. You don't have to stay in the hospital, but you might as well do whatever you want" Ethan said and left the room leaving the two of them alone.

"I told you not to worry" Lucas said as he patted her tousled hair. She hadn't even bothered to comb it before she left the house.

Now that Jen had calmed down, she thought that Lucas looked a bit funny. She gently smiled and stood up to get herself a glass of water so she wouldn't keep looking at him.

"We should probably ice it or something." Jen said as she carried back two glasses of water and handing him one of them. Before she could speak further, a brief knock was heard before a nurse walked in the room.

She had an ice pack and some gauzes and bandages on the tray she had brought in with her. She set them on the bedside table before explaining what she was going to do. Unfortunately things did not go as planned because Lucas had no intentions of letting her come close to his face. She tried to explain that the swelling would worsen if he did not ice it, it was like she was talking to a wall because Lucas refused regardless of the consequences. 

Jen was sitting at the side watching Lucas act like a stubborn mule and the poor nurse who looked like she was about to cry since she couldn't be stern with him as he was a VIP patient. At some point, Jen couldn't stand it anymore and had to interfere.

"Are there any specific instructions you have? I can just do it for him" Jen said as she took the ice pack from her. The young nurse just shook her head making Jen feel like she was even more pitiful.

"Can't you cooperate? I'll dump you if you become disfigured" Jen threatened when she noticed that Lucas wanted to stop her from touching him. Lucas forcibly stopped himself from stopping her from touching him. Jen smiled when she saw that he was not making any movements to stop her and carefully placed the pack on his nose. 

He pursed his lips so he wouldn't hiss in pain but he did not stop her and let her ice his nose. Jen silently watched him as he had closed his eyes. She would have done this before they came to the hospital but he did not even want her to look at it then, much less touch it.

After approximately ten minutes, the nurse came back and after a few more threats she was able to bandage the area. Once everything was done, Jen went to handle the discharge papers and left Lucas in his room to change. As Lucas changed, he called Ethan to come to his room with a mask. Ethan didn't even bother asking what he was going to be using it for and came with a surgical mask.

"Don't you think you have bothered me enough today? I didn't say much because your girlfriend was around, you know that right?" Ethan said as he handed the mask over to Lucas. Lucas didn't answer him and just put on the mask and looked at himself in the mirror. 

"Can I have a couple more of these?" Lucas asked and looked at Ethan in question.

"Just buy it yourself. Why are you using hospital resources?" Ethan asked angrily.

"They sell these?" Lucas asked surprised, and Ethan face palmed. He really felt like he lost some brain cells whenever they talked. 

"Yes, they sell them. You can buy it online" Ethan patiently explained.

"Okay, thank man" Lucas said and patted Ethan's shoulder. Ethan watched him pick up his things and cover his face with his hoodie before walking out of the room. If anyone saw Lucas, they would think that he was just a jogger and not the son of some multinational million dollar company. 

He watched as Lucas went to the counter where Jen was signing some documents and patiently stood next to her as he waited for her to finish. Ethan sighed in exasperation and relief at the couple. He was relieved because they were leaving and he was exasperated because they messed up his schedule.