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His eyes were narrowed, but not in a bad way

So when I turned away frohtat me

He grinned then

Not understanding the grin, I grinned back

“I feel like I’ and I don’t knohat,” Banner o listen toon about howApparently, they were never able to get a good gender scan”

Everybody looked over at Banner

“That’s…interesting,” Trance rumbled “You could probably just slip into that OR They have sothat I’m sure it’ll be like you’re just another nurse”

Banner shot his father a droll look, but before he could reply, two nurses came in

One male, who came to my bed, and one female, ent to Oakley’s

“I’s, Ford,” I said to thelike he was about to throw up “Don’t lose them They’re a part of me”

Ford rolled his eyes hard but nonetheless nodded his head “I’ll watch out for your legs, bro”

Grinning, I gave him a thumb’s up “See you when I see you”

Then the two nurses started rollingOakley

The last thing I saas Viddy’s scared eyes trained on mine

They rolled both Oakley and me down the hall, side by side, and I couldn’t help but try to lighten the mood

“So you knohich kidney to take?” I grinned at the nurse as pushing my bed

The nurse grinned back and jerked his head “The left one Apparently, it’s the better one, correct?”

I held up a thuh for him to see “Perfect”

My eyes caught with Oakley’s as she was pushed into the first operating room

“Take care of yourself, bunny,” I teased her

She locked eyes with me They looked wide and fearful

“Wait,” I said “Hold on”

The nurse pushing me, pulled the bed to a halt

“Can y’all bring her closer to ive us a second?” I requested

The nurses looked at each other, then at us, then shrugged

They stepped back andin the hall about six feet froo

They et that look wiped off of Oakley’s face

“Oakley,” I said softly, reaching for her hand