Chapter 6: Bye Bye Miss American Pie

A/N: There's a lot of prayers in this chapter so if your uncomfortable with that sorry. IM NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL THIS IS FANFIC MEDICAL LOGIC AND GOOGLE !!!!

Warnings!! Hospitals, surgical talks, praying, I think that's it

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Bradley sat in the quiet waiting room the only noise was the sounds of nurses gossiping at the nursing station, Bradley didn't care how long he would have to wait for "Bradley?" His eyes shot up meeting Sarah's tear stained face Tom had a somber look

"have you heard anything" she said weakly "Nothing more than her being in stable condition" he sighed as the pair took a seat beside him the room wasn't quiet anymore it was filled with soft prayers from Sarah and the sound of Toms boot heal clicking on the ground as his leg bounced up and down nervously

"she's going to be okay Bradley" Tom whispered placing a shaking hand on Bradley's shoulder "| hope so". Bradley couldn't remember when the last time he prayed was all he knew was that it was too long ago for him to still be wearing a cross around his neck it was his mothers cross the same one she had worn every single day since her first communion she wore that cross until the day she died, Bradley's knees ached from the hard wood floors of the hospital chapel as he prayed his words spewing out of his mouth like vomit his pleas echoing around the small empty dark space the ground wet from his tears he heard the door open the light from the hallway shown through his eyelids lighting then up a bright orange even with his eyes closed and his back turned to the doorit was stilbrighthe heard small turned to the door it was still bright he heard small footsteps come and stand beside him "why are you crying mister?" A small voice asked Bradley's eyes shot open a little girl no older then 4 was staring back at him her grey blue eyes were shiny full of life a small smile on her face as she looked at him with curiosity "you have a funny moustache" she giggled reaching out and touching his upper lip with her small finger giggling as it tickled her finger "thank you sweetheart, now what are you doing out of bed at this time?" Bradley asked wiping away his tears and leading the little girl over to a pew "the nurse woke me up to give me some tylo-nale! Tomorrow I have to get my gola-bladder out" she said cheerfully"well you must be very brave to get your gallbladder removed little lady! My name is Bradley what's yours honey?" He asked "Carole- Anne! And I'm this many years old!" She said holding up three fingers proudly

"woah! Your such a big girl Carole- Anne!" He said making Carole laugh “I think it might be time for you to get back to your room Carole- Anne" Bradley said.

Softly as Carole nodded taking his large hand in her tiny one "I'll show you where it is!" Carole- Anne said leading him to hear hospital room, "Carole- Anne now what did we say about wandering around!" The nurse standing outside her room said making Carole giggle "sorry nurse Cassie I'll go back to bed now, goodbye mr brad" she said letting go of his hand and walking to stand with nurse Cassie "goodbye Ms Carole-Anne". Bradley called in sick to work the next day not even staying on the phone long enough to tell him that he can't do that "Kazansky? Bradshaw?" The trio shot up from their seats "hi there I'm Kathy Bonnie's nurse I'm happy to tell you that she is awake but we need to talk about the damage to her body “ Kathy said leading them down a hallway stopping at a closed door "alright so l'll get straight to the point she shattered her left hip and will need a hip replacement as soon as possible being that the shatter so so severe we can't do anything about it here but one of our neighbouring hospitals will be doing the surgery, she is in excellent condition for what happened to her oh! And being that she's in the navy she will be looking at about two weeks before her replacement!" Kathy said cheerfully "can we see her?" Bradley asked "yes you can just to let you know the is a tad bit loopy due to the pain medication" she warned opening the door to the room, the sun was rising Bonnie had a clear view of it it was mesmerizing "ms Ross you have some visitors" she turned her head a large smile spread across her face "Bradley!" She said as he walked towards her bed "Hi honey bee".

Sarah and Tom left a little while after 12 leaving Bradley and Bonnie alone "your so handsome" she giggled tracing soft fingers over his face her fingers delicately tracing each scar he has on his face "and your beautiful" he watched her face light up " thought I was going to die Bradley, but I just couldn't stop thinking about you" she said softly Bradley grabbed her hand "Bonnie I'm going to tell you the truth, I thought you weren't going to make it through this but you did you are the strongest woman I have ever met and will continue to be until the day that I die you scared the living shit out of me, I prayed for you I don't remember the last time i prayed" Bonnie just smiled "you shouldn't blame Maverick Brad, it's not his fault" she said kissing the tips of his fingers gently, Bradley looked down in shame " think that you two need to have a heart to heart brad, I know your still angry with him but it's better to talk about it then to bottle everything up and live with the regret of never talking about it, the way I look at it is he was doing the right thing in his eyes" Bradley remained ind quiet just nodding his head. Training resumed on with out Bonnie Bradley say alone refusing to make eye contact with Maverick Bob handed back a small piece of paper to Bradley "how's Swan doing?" It said in neat cursive handwriting he flipped the paper over and started to write "she's alright they've taken her off the pain killers she was on so shes pretty uncomfortable and in pain but other then that she's good" he tapped bob on the shoulder and handed him the note Bob smiled as he took the paper into his hand, Maverick couldn't sleep the thought of Bonnie hitting the canopy and Bradley's words to him we're keeping him awake he felt guilty for something that wasn't even his fault Pete i think you need to go see her, just to put your mind at ease" Penny said calmly laying a soft hand on his shoulder Pete didn't respond he just nodded and left the bar talking of on his bike, he took the king was to the hospital stoping at a small flower shop on the way "can I get a large bouquet of lilies?” A familiar voice asked it was Bradley maverick quickly pretended to browse through all the bouquets hoping Bradley wouldn’t notice him “here you are sir I hope that who ever you give them to enjoys them!” The old lady at the cash said as Bradley walked out of the small shop the bell on the door ringing as it closed slowly he picked up a small bouquet of light purple flowers “hello sir! Just this for today?” The lady asked Pete glanced down at her name tag which read Barbara “this will be all Barbara” he said pulling his wallet out of his back pocket sliding over a twenty dollar bill “just keep the change” maverick grabbed the bouquet and walked out of the shop. Bonnie was in constant pain no matter how she sat or laid it never stopped she didn’t understand why the took her off the pain killers because they were sure helping with the pain she also couldn’t leave her bed so that meant her only source of entertainment was her phone, the hospital tv (which only had five channels), looking out the window and little Carole-Anne who had wandered In after seeing the “man with the moustache” but at least she had options, there was a soft knock at the door her eyes darted up from her phone to see Emily her nurse she Kathy was away “I have a flower delivery from lover boy and you have a visier” she said bringing over the large bouquet of Lillie’s and sitting them on her bed side table “so can I send him in” she asked walking back over to the door “sure!”

Emily said something to someone in the hall she heard the sound of boots clicking and knew exactly who it is “hi Bonnie”

“Hi Mav”.

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Little Carole-Anne 🥺 I hope you enjoyed its not my best writing but it’s alright!