Disclaimer: I don't owe anything. Never did, never will L But if I did I
would pick Tyler. Hehe
A/N: It's me again. Even though not with chapter two of Switching Colors, or
Double Wedding, or anything else that I owe you but at lest I'm still
writing right? RIGHT? Well I hope you enjoy this and don't forget to
REVIEW!! Oh and sorry I have no beta readers right now, I think they'll mad
At me so you'll just have to deal with it.
A Heartbeat Can Change Everything
"I hate math tests." Val exclaimed coming in the station from cheerleading
practice, throwing her books down on the table along with her cheerleading
outfit. Val was bummed about the major math test the following day. She had
just found out about it. That's one thing about being an EMT, you can find
out things, like tests, last minute by being gone when it announced, on
calls, and your best friend telling you the day before.
Tyler came over with a cup of coffee in his hand, and handed it to Val,
"Need help studying for that killer test tomorrow?" Tyler would be happy,
overachieves study with his crush. Yes or yes he was happy. Now he just had
to wait for the answer.
"Yeah, thanks." Val sat down taking a sip of the coffee.
"Cool. That's one thing I can help with." Replied Tyler with a sleepish
grin.
Val pushed her cheerleading outfit out of the way and opened her math book.
Tyler brought a chair over closer to Val and took her book from her. He
opened the book to the right page, "First you need to have it opened to the
RIGHT page. That would help wonders. And having a pen or pencil and a piece
of paper." Tyler grabbed his book bag and pulled out a notebook with a
pencil. "Here."
"Thanks." Val was not looking forward to studying math, but being there
with Tyler, that was another story, so close by him she could reach out to
touch him. 'Stop it Lanier,' She thought to her self. 'Stop looking at him
and study.' But it didn't help any he was staring right back at her, with
his blue eyes, and his smile. That was something else, she could melt.
"Ok.." Tyler started, though it was hard to stop looking into her eyes,
"The test is on chapter 15 right?" He asked looking back into her eyes.
'Quit looking at me like that Val. Than I wouldn't have to look at you.'
"Um. I think so. Yeah. Yes it is."
Val and Tyler were staring at each other when the alarm went off, but of
course they didn't hear it. Finally Hank came over and had to scream, "Val,
Tyler, let's get a move on it."
They snapped out of it and ran to the ambulance. "Vehicle 156 call over."
"This is vehicle 156 over."
"We have an adult man, caller says he is appearing to have a heart attack.
Over"
"We are on it. We will be there in about 2 minutes. Over."
But his 2 minutes seemed like forever to Val and Tyler, who happened to be
starting at each other again. After they got there, they grabbed what they
needed and rushed into the building. Tyler, of course, grabbed things for
Val.
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"Oh my gosh DADDY!" Val exclaimed, almost falling over, seeing HER dad lying
there.
"It's ok, Val. We can handle this." Tyler tried to calm her down.
"NO." Val started, tears strolling down her face, "He can go into full
arrest."
"VAL, YOU HAVE TOO BACK OFF." Tyler started screaming at her, "Let us do
the job." He calmed down.
"BP's 230 over 199, pulse 140, and respiration 28." Hank informed the rest
of them.
"Just hang in their daddy. Try to stay calm." Val managed to say while
crying. She was sitting next to him on the floor. Her hand on his leg, as if
she was a little girl trying to wake him up.
Tyler looked back at Val and saw her crying and felt bad for her. And wish
there was something he could do. They got Val's dad to the hospital. Alex
and Brooke, who were both still at the station called Brooke's mom and told
her. Alex drove to the station and they meet Joanna (Val and Brooke's mom)
got there in less than 2 minutes. They were all just sitting in the waiting
room. Waiting. It seemed like forever. Hank had gone back to the station, to
finish the shift and to do more paper work. Alex had, of course, let Val
off. Tyler begged him to let him off to, but he would have to make it up big
time. But he didn't care, he wanted to be there with Val, Brooke and even
their mom. Brooke, Val, Joanna, and Tyler just sat there staring off into
space, except Tyler who was watching Val. Finally Joanna broke the silence,
"What time is it?"
Val looked at her watch and with a sigh she replied, "It's after 3." Than
she looked over at Tyler, realizing he was there, "You don't have to stay."
She was glad he hadn't gone but didn't want him missing out of work on her
expense.
Tyler looked up at her with sad eyes for her, with worry. "I know." 'Ask her
if she needs to talk Connell. It looks as if she could use someone to talk
to' Just as he was about to ask her, he was interrupted.
"I'm Dr. Peterson." Once they heard him they all stood up, "The attack was
pretty severe. There may be some damage to the heart muscle itself; we'll
have to run some tests to find out. For now I want to concentrate on keeping
him alive." The doctor informed them.
"So-it's not over. He could still…" Joanna started, but couldn't get her
self to say the words.
"Not if we can help it."
They followed the doctor to Steve's room. The doctor left knowing they
wanted to see him and be left alone. Brooke sat down on a chair by his bed
and started to fall asleep. Joanna sat down and took his hand and begin to
pray and Val just stood behind her. Tyler was by the door watching the sad,
sad family. Val walked back over by him and leaned against the door next to
him. Tyler could tell she needed to talk, "Hey, you want to go outside? We
can talk."
"No it's ok." Val simply said. Just as she finished the machine went flat.
Brooke woke up, they all stared at the machine. Knowing what was going on.
Val just turned and ran out of the room. Joanna and Brooke just knew to let
her be, to let her deal with it. The doctor came in just as she ran out.
Tyler ran after her, "Val, come on. Talk to me." Val heard the doctor say
the time of death, and ran faster.
Dr. Peterson went over to the machine and started to unplug it, but instead
tried to get him back, having a felling he could still make it. He had to
ask Brooke and her mom to leave. They went out back into the waiting room,
hoping Tyler could find Val.
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"Val." Tyler was trying to catch up with her. He wanted to talk to her. He
knew where she was going. She was going where her dad and her would always
go fishing, down by the lake, "Val, come on. Talk to me."
Val just simply continued to run she had to get away She didn't feel like
talking. She didn't want to face the fact of her dad dying. Tyler finally
caught up to her. She was just sitting on a log already staring off in
space. He could see the tears in her eyes. It was out, so you could jump
into the river, but today. The river was wild that day waves ripping across
like no end. Kill anyone who'd dared to cross its path. As Tyler got closer
and closer, he stepped on a stick, getting Val out of her trace.
"Tyler, can you just..." But stopped. She wanted to have him stay, but
didn't want to admit it. And she wanted to be left alone, but if she could
have one person be with her, she would pick Tyler. Val was about to start
talking again but just broke down. Tyler rushed over to her and climbed up
the tree and put his arm around her, trying to comfort her. But this was her
dad for crying out loud. What was she to do with out her daddy. She felt all
alone, well except her mom and sister, but they wouldn't understand. They
never knew how much she loved him. They fought a lot, sure so does every
daughter and dad. But Val just couldn't seem to get their earlier fight out
of her head. It had happened two nights ago.
**************************FLASH BACK****************************
Val walked in her house at, she check her watch, "1:00 am" She hoped no one
was awake. She had gotten of work 2 hours late, being she had reports to
finish and she couldn't quite get down, thinking of Tyler the whole time.
"Where have you been?" He dad came in the kitchen, asking her with concern.
"I got off late at the station." She replied with honest truth.
He had gone on about how irresponsible she was, and how her sister looks up
to her and how he was worried to death about her. And told her she was
grounded and the whole time yelling. Then he mentioned something about
Brooke and her mom were at grandmas and how he had to go to work and finish
something up. And with that he left.
Val was going to get something to eat than go to bed. She was now crying,
her dad never yelled at her like that before. Just as she got done making
her sandwich, (A/N: don't ask what kind because you won't want to know,
right Ally) she was going to go up stairs. But she as she was about to go
up, the phone rang. Val wiped away her tears and picked it up after the 3rd
ring, "Hello?"
"Val, its Tyler. I was just um..making sure you got home."
"Yeah I'm home." She got out, than sniffed. Right than, Tyler knew something
was up.
"Val, what's wrong?"
"Nothing. I gotta go bye." Val hung up the phone and went up stairs.
********************END FLASHBACK**********************
"Miss Lanier." The doctor came out. Brooke and Joanna stood up, "I'm sorry.
We lost him. I tried getting him back, but his heard was just too weak. I'm
sorry."
Brooke and Joanna just sat back down. Brooke cried in her mom's arms.
Wishing it was just a dream. She'd wake up at any moment, 'Yeah that's it,
it's just a dream.' She thought but deep down she knew it wasn't. Joanna
just knew this was going to tare her family apart, she just knew it. She
knew they would have to move out of their house, the house the kids grew up
in. She had no idea how she would tell them they had to move. She didn't
want to move, she loved that house, but now with her husband, the love of
her life, gone they just had to.
After a while, Brooke and her mom just left to go home. Hoping to find Val
there, but she wasn't. They knew if Tyler found her she'd be ok.
A/N: All I can think of right now…HELP
would pick Tyler. Hehe
A/N: It's me again. Even though not with chapter two of Switching Colors, or
Double Wedding, or anything else that I owe you but at lest I'm still
writing right? RIGHT? Well I hope you enjoy this and don't forget to
REVIEW!! Oh and sorry I have no beta readers right now, I think they'll mad
At me so you'll just have to deal with it.
A Heartbeat Can Change Everything
"I hate math tests." Val exclaimed coming in the station from cheerleading
practice, throwing her books down on the table along with her cheerleading
outfit. Val was bummed about the major math test the following day. She had
just found out about it. That's one thing about being an EMT, you can find
out things, like tests, last minute by being gone when it announced, on
calls, and your best friend telling you the day before.
Tyler came over with a cup of coffee in his hand, and handed it to Val,
"Need help studying for that killer test tomorrow?" Tyler would be happy,
overachieves study with his crush. Yes or yes he was happy. Now he just had
to wait for the answer.
"Yeah, thanks." Val sat down taking a sip of the coffee.
"Cool. That's one thing I can help with." Replied Tyler with a sleepish
grin.
Val pushed her cheerleading outfit out of the way and opened her math book.
Tyler brought a chair over closer to Val and took her book from her. He
opened the book to the right page, "First you need to have it opened to the
RIGHT page. That would help wonders. And having a pen or pencil and a piece
of paper." Tyler grabbed his book bag and pulled out a notebook with a
pencil. "Here."
"Thanks." Val was not looking forward to studying math, but being there
with Tyler, that was another story, so close by him she could reach out to
touch him. 'Stop it Lanier,' She thought to her self. 'Stop looking at him
and study.' But it didn't help any he was staring right back at her, with
his blue eyes, and his smile. That was something else, she could melt.
"Ok.." Tyler started, though it was hard to stop looking into her eyes,
"The test is on chapter 15 right?" He asked looking back into her eyes.
'Quit looking at me like that Val. Than I wouldn't have to look at you.'
"Um. I think so. Yeah. Yes it is."
Val and Tyler were staring at each other when the alarm went off, but of
course they didn't hear it. Finally Hank came over and had to scream, "Val,
Tyler, let's get a move on it."
They snapped out of it and ran to the ambulance. "Vehicle 156 call over."
"This is vehicle 156 over."
"We have an adult man, caller says he is appearing to have a heart attack.
Over"
"We are on it. We will be there in about 2 minutes. Over."
But his 2 minutes seemed like forever to Val and Tyler, who happened to be
starting at each other again. After they got there, they grabbed what they
needed and rushed into the building. Tyler, of course, grabbed things for
Val.
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"Oh my gosh DADDY!" Val exclaimed, almost falling over, seeing HER dad lying
there.
"It's ok, Val. We can handle this." Tyler tried to calm her down.
"NO." Val started, tears strolling down her face, "He can go into full
arrest."
"VAL, YOU HAVE TOO BACK OFF." Tyler started screaming at her, "Let us do
the job." He calmed down.
"BP's 230 over 199, pulse 140, and respiration 28." Hank informed the rest
of them.
"Just hang in their daddy. Try to stay calm." Val managed to say while
crying. She was sitting next to him on the floor. Her hand on his leg, as if
she was a little girl trying to wake him up.
Tyler looked back at Val and saw her crying and felt bad for her. And wish
there was something he could do. They got Val's dad to the hospital. Alex
and Brooke, who were both still at the station called Brooke's mom and told
her. Alex drove to the station and they meet Joanna (Val and Brooke's mom)
got there in less than 2 minutes. They were all just sitting in the waiting
room. Waiting. It seemed like forever. Hank had gone back to the station, to
finish the shift and to do more paper work. Alex had, of course, let Val
off. Tyler begged him to let him off to, but he would have to make it up big
time. But he didn't care, he wanted to be there with Val, Brooke and even
their mom. Brooke, Val, Joanna, and Tyler just sat there staring off into
space, except Tyler who was watching Val. Finally Joanna broke the silence,
"What time is it?"
Val looked at her watch and with a sigh she replied, "It's after 3." Than
she looked over at Tyler, realizing he was there, "You don't have to stay."
She was glad he hadn't gone but didn't want him missing out of work on her
expense.
Tyler looked up at her with sad eyes for her, with worry. "I know." 'Ask her
if she needs to talk Connell. It looks as if she could use someone to talk
to' Just as he was about to ask her, he was interrupted.
"I'm Dr. Peterson." Once they heard him they all stood up, "The attack was
pretty severe. There may be some damage to the heart muscle itself; we'll
have to run some tests to find out. For now I want to concentrate on keeping
him alive." The doctor informed them.
"So-it's not over. He could still…" Joanna started, but couldn't get her
self to say the words.
"Not if we can help it."
They followed the doctor to Steve's room. The doctor left knowing they
wanted to see him and be left alone. Brooke sat down on a chair by his bed
and started to fall asleep. Joanna sat down and took his hand and begin to
pray and Val just stood behind her. Tyler was by the door watching the sad,
sad family. Val walked back over by him and leaned against the door next to
him. Tyler could tell she needed to talk, "Hey, you want to go outside? We
can talk."
"No it's ok." Val simply said. Just as she finished the machine went flat.
Brooke woke up, they all stared at the machine. Knowing what was going on.
Val just turned and ran out of the room. Joanna and Brooke just knew to let
her be, to let her deal with it. The doctor came in just as she ran out.
Tyler ran after her, "Val, come on. Talk to me." Val heard the doctor say
the time of death, and ran faster.
Dr. Peterson went over to the machine and started to unplug it, but instead
tried to get him back, having a felling he could still make it. He had to
ask Brooke and her mom to leave. They went out back into the waiting room,
hoping Tyler could find Val.
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"Val." Tyler was trying to catch up with her. He wanted to talk to her. He
knew where she was going. She was going where her dad and her would always
go fishing, down by the lake, "Val, come on. Talk to me."
Val just simply continued to run she had to get away She didn't feel like
talking. She didn't want to face the fact of her dad dying. Tyler finally
caught up to her. She was just sitting on a log already staring off in
space. He could see the tears in her eyes. It was out, so you could jump
into the river, but today. The river was wild that day waves ripping across
like no end. Kill anyone who'd dared to cross its path. As Tyler got closer
and closer, he stepped on a stick, getting Val out of her trace.
"Tyler, can you just..." But stopped. She wanted to have him stay, but
didn't want to admit it. And she wanted to be left alone, but if she could
have one person be with her, she would pick Tyler. Val was about to start
talking again but just broke down. Tyler rushed over to her and climbed up
the tree and put his arm around her, trying to comfort her. But this was her
dad for crying out loud. What was she to do with out her daddy. She felt all
alone, well except her mom and sister, but they wouldn't understand. They
never knew how much she loved him. They fought a lot, sure so does every
daughter and dad. But Val just couldn't seem to get their earlier fight out
of her head. It had happened two nights ago.
**************************FLASH BACK****************************
Val walked in her house at, she check her watch, "1:00 am" She hoped no one
was awake. She had gotten of work 2 hours late, being she had reports to
finish and she couldn't quite get down, thinking of Tyler the whole time.
"Where have you been?" He dad came in the kitchen, asking her with concern.
"I got off late at the station." She replied with honest truth.
He had gone on about how irresponsible she was, and how her sister looks up
to her and how he was worried to death about her. And told her she was
grounded and the whole time yelling. Then he mentioned something about
Brooke and her mom were at grandmas and how he had to go to work and finish
something up. And with that he left.
Val was going to get something to eat than go to bed. She was now crying,
her dad never yelled at her like that before. Just as she got done making
her sandwich, (A/N: don't ask what kind because you won't want to know,
right Ally) she was going to go up stairs. But she as she was about to go
up, the phone rang. Val wiped away her tears and picked it up after the 3rd
ring, "Hello?"
"Val, its Tyler. I was just um..making sure you got home."
"Yeah I'm home." She got out, than sniffed. Right than, Tyler knew something
was up.
"Val, what's wrong?"
"Nothing. I gotta go bye." Val hung up the phone and went up stairs.
********************END FLASHBACK**********************
"Miss Lanier." The doctor came out. Brooke and Joanna stood up, "I'm sorry.
We lost him. I tried getting him back, but his heard was just too weak. I'm
sorry."
Brooke and Joanna just sat back down. Brooke cried in her mom's arms.
Wishing it was just a dream. She'd wake up at any moment, 'Yeah that's it,
it's just a dream.' She thought but deep down she knew it wasn't. Joanna
just knew this was going to tare her family apart, she just knew it. She
knew they would have to move out of their house, the house the kids grew up
in. She had no idea how she would tell them they had to move. She didn't
want to move, she loved that house, but now with her husband, the love of
her life, gone they just had to.
After a while, Brooke and her mom just left to go home. Hoping to find Val
there, but she wasn't. They knew if Tyler found her she'd be ok.
A/N: All I can think of right now…HELP