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“Thank you.” Skyler said softly, before watching the doctor leave. Releasing a shaky breath, he tried not to focus too much on the man’s words, chosing to stay optimistic. Jaime would get through this, he had to. Sky couldn’t even start to imagine how his life would be without him, it hurt too much. 

Turning to Ariel as she spoke, the model sent her a small smile. “Thank you for saying that, Ari. But I shouldn’t have been the one deciding. I mean, we’re not married anymore.” It hurt to say that out loud, but he’d have to get used to it. 

Skyler was at a loss for words as the doctor stopped talking. The reality that he could lose Jaime if he made a wrong decision hitting him hard. How could he make such a difficult choice on the spot? Looking up at Ariel, the model tried to get anything from her expression. A sign of what he should do. The teen really wished Jaime’s moms were there with them too to help make his decision, but since they weren’t and the doctor had said it was a time sensitive matter, he knew he’d have to do this on his own. “D-do the surgery.” He finally replied, eyes starting to tear up again. Deep down, Sky knew it wasn’t what Jaime would’ve wanted but the doctor had said that if they didn’t do the surgery, they could still risk interfering with the tumor. He feared that could make things even worse. “But please, please, do your best out there.” He asked, letting the tears fall. 

“Very well. We’ll try to being you updates whenever we can, but...I think you should prepare yourself for whatever might happen.” He wouldnt be a good doctor if he let skyler get his hopes up and not understand that this was a high risk surgery where any number of complications could arise. And with that he left to go back into the OR. 

“Don’t worry, I was trying hard to be strong and keep from crying but well that didn’t go as planned.” Skyler said in a soft tone as they sat together. He felt powerless, just sitting there and waiting for a doctor to walk by. Time passed slowly, minutes feeling more like hours. Sky was sure those had been the longest minutes of his life. Getting up as Ariel did, the model held her left handin his to offer some comfort as they listened to the doctor. Hearing that Jaime was still in a critical condition made him incredibly worried. A moment passed before the teen could reply to the doctor’s question as Sky was somehow surprised he was still Jaime’s emergency contact. “Y-yes, I’m his husband.” He confirmed, voice shaking as he wondered why they were looking for him.

Sky let her cry it out, one hand rubbing Ariel’s back on a comforting manner. But as much as he tried to stay strong for her, the teen couldn’t help but let out some tears of his own. “Just thought it’d help to stay posite right now. And he’s strong, I know Jaime will fight if he can.” He replied, wiping away his own tears. “Let’s wait a bit more, maybe we’ll be able to get something from the doctors.” Sending her a small smile, he nodded. “You sounded so distressed on the phone, I couldn’t understand much but it was clear it was something serious so I had to come.” But honestly, Sky didn’t know if Jaime would really like to see him there when he woke up. Not after their last fight.

Ariel nodded. Skyler was right- they needed to stay positive. “Sorry about that. You think this is bad, I was ugly crying before.” she commented, wiping away the mascara under her eyes. She pulled him by his arm to where she was sitting, and took her seat next to him. Ariel rested her head against the other’s shoulder, finally taking a moment to truly catch her breath. Looking down for a moment, she checked her watch. It’d been a while since she’d called her mothers and they still weren’t there. She figured it was traffic. She was about to call them again when she saw the doctor approaching, and she stood up to get the update. “How is he?” she asked, before the doctor could even begin to talk. 

Skyler was leaving a photoshoot when he got the call, he could barely understand Ariel through her distressed state and the tears but what he got was that Jaime was rushed to the hospital and she was there waiting to hear from him. That was enough to make the model take a taxi and ask the driver to take him there as fast as he could. His worry for Jaime only growing by the minute. Rushing into the hopital, Sky asked for his friend’s information at the reception desk. Which he was denied access to since he wasn’t close family. That was when he remembered that he divorce papers were signed and sent off but until they were validated, they were technically still married. The model used that to his advantage and asked again. This time they told him Jaime was in surgery and that he wasn in a critical condition. Skyler’s heart sank, he fought back tears, wanting to be strong for Ariel. Spotting her as he went to the waiting rooms, the model walked over and pulled Ariel into a tight hug. “He’s gonna be alright. He has to be.” Sky whispered, voice breaking.

Ariel tightly clung to Skyler. She cried into his shoulder, refusing to let go. “You- you don’t know that. There was so much blood. It was everywhere. It just wouldn’t stop coming.” she sobbed into his shoulder between inconsistent breaths. Finally pulling away a bit, she wiped he tears away. “He’s in surgery but they’re not telling me anything. I don’t know how he’s doing or what they’re doing to him.” she sniffled. Thats when she got a good look at him. She felt so selfish for crying to him when it was clear he was just as distraught as she was. “M’just glad your here. And I know he’ll be happy you’re here too.” Of course she knew what had happened between the two teens, but she also knew of the love they shared whether it was romantic or simply platonic. 

As he got the confirmation that Jaime didn’t remember anything, Skyler’s world fell apart once again. It was suddenly hard to breathe and he could feel his eyes tearing up. But Sky tried to be strong for once, in case Jaime was in pain and needed him to take him to the hospital. The model waited for an answer to his questions, really worried for Jaime’s well being now, but when the younger male spoke next Skyler wished he didn’t. Hearing him call for someone else broke his heart even more if that was even possible. Silent tears fell from his eyes, as he coudln’t help but feel rejected, even if that wasn’t Jaime’s intention. “You broke up with him a while ago.” He replied quietly, voice breaking slightly before Sky started grabbring his clothes from around the room and getting dressed.

Skyler watched Jaime closely, heart beating fast as he waited for a reaction. Seeing the panic on his husband’s eyes installed a fear on him that the worst case scenario was coming true and he wasn’t ready to go through everything again. As Jaime sat up, he followed. Feeling self conscious  as he noticed Jaime’s eyes on him, the model put his arounds around himself in a failed attempt to cover up some skin. “You really don’t remember?” He asked quietly, before getting worried for Jaime’s health. “How are you feeling right now? Does your head hurt?”