Aoife's POV:

I'm sat in the family room at St.James' street hospital with all of Danny's siblings surrounding me. Most of them in tears. Ailish was bought in just over an hour ago when I went to visit her after a work shift to find her collapsed, unmoving on the kitchen floor.

I immediately phoned the emergency services and phoned Andi to notify her and the rest of the clang that their mother was going into hospital. They had all dropped what they were doing to be here. We had been notified that Ailish had suffered from a brain Aneurysm at the base of her skull. I knew her chances of surviving were low, but we all broke down when the doctor dropped the bombshell that she might not pull through the night.

I immediately got up from her bedside and ran outside to phone Danny. I knew he had a meeting, but this was too important- his mother could die!!! I choked back the sobs while waiting for him to pick up and sighed in relief when he did. But his innocence just made me break down, explaining to him what had happened and that he needed to be here. He's sorted a flight and he'll land at 6pm tonight. It's 5:45pm now.

I was sat in between the three sisters holding Vicky's hand tightly, trying to stop it from trembling. Ian and Dara were speaking to the doctor while we stayed in the family room. We were all petrified . I'd just wish Dan's flight would hurry up.

At about 6:15pm the doors swung open and banged loudly against the wall. I raised my head to see Danny stood there, red puffy eyes searching desperately for us. He red faced and breathing heavily from running down the corridors.I let go of his sisters hands and ran towards him, leaping into his arms and wrapping my arms tightly around him- he did the same. He eventually pulled away to gaze down at me.

"S-so w-what's going o-on now?" He asked worriedly.

"Your brothers are in with the doc now, discussing the next stage..." He nodded before turning towards his sisters who all enclosed him in a hug. We then all sat in silence, lost in our own thought while we waited for the others, and the verdict about what'll happen next. About half an hour later, they emerged with heavy expressions... Oh God...

"They're going to have to operate..." Ian chocked, failing to keep the emotion inside him. "The aneurysm's burst and ....She has less than a 10% chance of survival". I could feel Danny's trembling hand tightening on mine, practically crushing it. I stroked my thumb over his knuckles. Fighting back the tears, I turned my head to gaze at him to see the fear glowing in his eyes.

"S-so even if she makes it through surgery s-she might not s-survive" Andi pressed. Dara bowed his head.

"No."

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It's been a few hours since the doc's verdict and Ailish is still in surgery. We've all just stayed in the family room, praying that she'll be ok.

I turned my head to gaze at Danny who sat stiffly beside me, blankly staring into space. I waved a hand in front of his face. No response.

"Dan?" He jumped at the sound of my voice, turning to gaze at me.

"Y-yeah?"

"She'll be ok you know... She's a fighter" I whispered, desperately trying to comfort him. He shook his head disbelievingly before settling his gaze on the floor again.

"You don't know that though...." He breathed, dragging a hand slowly down his face. We sat in silence before he spoke up again.

"I-I'm scared Aoifs..." He whispered. "What if she doesn't pull through?" My heart broke when I saw his tear-filled eyes. "We can't lose her... We just can't..." He choked, as the first fat tear rolled down his cheek. I gently swiped it away before kissing his cheek.

"Shhhhh... C'mon we have to stay positive...." I whispered. Suddenly my stomach rumbled loudly, causing everyone to giggle. I remembered that I hadn't had anything to eat all day! The hospital canteen sounds like a good idea...

"I'm going to get something to eat, anyone wanna come with me?" Andi stood up and grasped my hand before leading me away down the corridor. We walked in silence for a while before she spoke up.

"Don't ye think all of this is so unfair?" She asked, her expression set in a deep frown. "Ye know- everything that's happened recently ". I nodded in response.

"I know, everything's going wrong at the same time" I stated sadly . I knew Andrea was effected just as bad by the news, she could lose her mam right now. But she's trying to stay strong.

We walked down to the canteen where we bought some sandwiches and a tray of tea to take back to the guys . When we went back to the family room, I saw that Danny was missing. Passing out the tea to his siblings, I turned to Dara with a questionable look.

"Where's Dan gone?" I asked. He lifted his gaze and met my eyes.

"He's gone to the bog " he grinned, stifling a laugh. "But he's been gone for a while now...."

"Ahh ok, I'm just gonna go look for him- he know, make sure he hasn't got lost" I joked before getting up and striding out to the corridors. After a few turns, I reached the men's bathroom. I held my ear to the door, listening. I couldn't hear any movement. I opened the door and popped my head inside.

"Dan?" No response. I suddenly realised that we were near the entrance- maybe he was outside!

I retraced my way along the corridors before breathing in the fresh air of the outdoors. I glanced around wearily on the look out for paps before calling his name. Again no response. I could feel the worry beginning to build up inside me again. Where the hell was he?

After searching around for about 10 minutes, I noticed a tall figure leaning against a wall in the distance. I immediately broke into a run towards him, praying that it was him.

"DANNY?!" The figure turned his head towards me, before springing onto his feet and ran towards me. Once we met, I wrapped my arms around his slender, trembling figure. It wasn't long until I heard sniffling and felt the moisture dropping on my shoulder.

"Hey- c'mon, what's up?" I asked, concerned at how pale he had grown.

"She- might- not- make- it..." He choked. "If s-she doesn't make it... There's no point for me to be here either.." I immediately tightened my grip on him, rubbing his back.

"C'mon don't say that... It'll all be ok in the end" I reassured him. "C'mon, let's go back" I said, tugging his body behind me. We got back to see everyone's considerably relieved faces, grinning widely at us, tears of happiness streaming down their faces.

"What's going on?" I asked, confusion clear in my voice. I was suddenly enclosed in a hug Andi hug.

"She's made it- she's going to be ok!" She yelled. Oh my god!!!! What a miracle!! I turned back to see Dan's beaming face.

"Ye hear that babe? She's gonna be ok'" he grinned, hugging me tightly to him. I sighed in relief- I guess there is a God that answers your prayers after all.

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