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Internal [Kristain ‘Yatesy’ Yates]

Description: Y/N's health condition gets outed on a hot, busy day at Bondi Beach.

Warnings: Cardiac Arrest

Y/N had been feeling dizzy all day. She had heart problems, really, really bad heart problems. Bad enough to get a internal defibrillator. Most people would probably say being a lifeguard isn't good for someone with cardiac issues, but she still pursued the career.

She's been a lifeguard for Waverly Council for three years. The only person to know about her issues was Hoppo. He had to know because of legal reasons, but everyone else was kept in the dark about that aspect of Y/N's life.

"Bondi Central to Blue Rhino. You've got a young man, twenty meters out." Yatesy says over the radio.

Y/N and Yatesy are great friends, well that's what they like to think. Everyone could tell how in love they are, except them.

Yatesy wanted Y/N to come up to the tower because he noticed how she's been acting but the lifeguards were stretched thin and Bondi was busy.

She'd been going back and forth between first aids and incidents in the water all day, with no time to take a breather, let alone any time to inform anyone about how she was feeling.

"I'm going in Yates. He's not looking good." Y/N replies before setting her radio down and grabbing the board.

"You're not looking good either." Yatesy mumbles to himself.

He watches as Y/N hits the water. She starts paddling to the man, but he notices her grab her chest for a second before continuing to paddle.

Y/N finally gets to the man but when she sits up her eyes roll back into her head, going unconscious. Her body falls forward and smacks against the board. The man she went out to rescue clings to the board and starts waving for more help.

Yatesy starts to panic. Normally he is good at keeping a cool composure, but this is Y/N. The woman he's in love with. He grabs his radio and immediately radios out to every lifeguard, even the ones at Tamarama and Bronte.

"Bondi Central to all Waverly Lifeguards. We have a lifeguard down, get an Ambo here quick!"

Yatesy grabs the defibrillator and the other bag of medical supplies. He throws lifeguard protocol out the door and abandons the tower. Hopping in a ATV and speeding to Y/N. By now other swimmers, and surfers have gone over to Y/N. A surfer had brought the man in and the others were trying to wake her up.

Yatesy hits the water and paddles as fast as he can. All he can think is that he might not get the chance to tell her how he feels. He might not get a chance to actually love her.

He stops right next to her and grabs her arm.

"Y/N?!" She doesn't answer, so he puts two fingers to her carotid artery.

Yatesy swears his heart shattered. The pain in his chest, the feeling in his stomach. It was all too much. The tears start rolling down his face. He grabs her from the board and pulls her onto his.

He races back to shore and sees Hoppo, Jesse and Reidy standing there, waiting for them. Yatesy gets off of the board and Jesse pulls him to the side while Hoppo and Reidy pull Y/N up onto the sand.

"She'll be alright mate." Jesse says as he puts a hand on Yatesy's shoulder.

"She didn't have a pulse." Yatesy whispers.

"She'll be alright." Jesse repeats.

Y/N's internal defibrillator goes off, surprising everyone except Hoppo and now Reidy. Her eyes pop open and her hand goes to her chest.

"Y/N you're alright sweetheart, just breathe." She looks up at Hoppo and Reidy who are leaning over her and then tries to sit up when she hears a sob of relief. Reidy stays behind her to keep her steady as she looks at Yatesy.

"Kristain." She croaks. Yatesy walks over and takes Reidy's place behind her.

"I'm in love with you. I know this probably isn't the best time to tell you, but when I saw you collapse I swear my heart fell apart." Yatesy admits.

"I'm in love with you too. I'm ok. I'm sorry I scared you."

Yatesy wraps his arms around her and presses a kiss to her head. "You don't have to be sorry about anything."

Transplant [Kristain ‘Yatesy’ Yates]

Description: Y/N finally gets the call she’s been waiting for.

Warnings: Pain after major surgery?

A/N: This is part two to "Internal"! Also, this is my last imagine until December! December is going to be big, so stay tuned for that!

It's rare for Bondi Beach to be not packed on a beautiful summer day. When Y/N woke up that morning to get ready for work, she just had a gut feeling that it was going to be an amazing day.

She was scheduled with Matt Dee, Mouse, Hoppo, Jesse, Maxi, Kerrbox and her boyfriend of ten months, Yatesy.

Mouse was really the only concern on the beach because everyone was listening, people were behaving and the only injury was a bloody nose caused by a annoying little brother.

Hoppo had called Y/N up around eleven to have her lunch break in the tower with Jesse. While they ate they danced around to some music while scanning the calm water with binoculars.

Y/N's phone started ringing and she turned the music down to answer it.

"Hello?"

Jesse sat and watched to see if she'd give any indication as to who it was, but her eyes widened and she put her hand over her mouth.

"Ok, I'll be right there." She hung up the phone and turned to Jesse. "I've got to go!" She grabbed her bag from the book by the back door, ripped open the door and sprinted down the promenade to her car.

Jesse was left speechless. That was unusual for Y/N, so he picked up his radio and called Yatesy up.

Once Yatesy was in the tower Jesse told him what happened.

"Did she look upset?" Yatesy questioned.

"She just looked shocked, mate. I'm not sure what emotion her face was showing."

§§§

Y/N had gotten the call she's been waiting on for years.

She was finally getting a transplant.

Her doctor said the heart was being harvested in Perth as they spoke, so she needed to be there as soon as possible to get prepped for surgery.

She called her brother, Chris Brown, famous Bondi Vet, to tell him the news. He almost started crying when she told him because he always worried for his sister, not knowing when she'd get bad again scared him.

Chris met Y/N at the hospital and sat with her while the nurses prepped her for the surgery.

Once the heart was less than 45 minutes away Chris had to leave Y/N until she was out of surgery. They said their "I love you's" and "see you later's" before Y/N asked him to call Yatesy and tell him what was going on, since she didn't have the time to.

§§§

"Kristain, it's Chris. Y/N's getting a transplant right now. She didn't have time to tell you, but she would really like for you to be here when she's in recovery." Chris tells Yatesy. Yatesy's jaw drops.

"Yeah, of course. We'll be there soon."

Yatesy was on the verge of a panic attack because no one could get ahold of Y/N. He was actually just about to call her brother when the vets contact lit up his screen.

Yatesy was there first, then after the beach closed most of the lifeguards strolled into the hospital to see their friend after her surgery.

Yatesy was also probably the most nervous one there. That's because after Y/N finally spilled on how bad her condition could get he had researched everything about the human heart. Just so in case he needed to help her. He's also nervous because that's his girlfriend, the woman he plans to marry soon, the love of his life. He just wanted everything to go right.

§§§

Y/N's eyes slowly opened after waking up from her drug induced sleep. Her face scrunched up when she felt the pain in her chest. The incision, her ribs, her whole body just hurt.

The nurse monitoring her sent her a bright smile.

"I'm glad you're awake Y/N, you've got some visitors in the waiting room if you're ready?"

"Yeah, bring it on." Y/N replies with a small smile on her face.

The nurse walks out and walks in a minute later with her brother, her friends and her boyfriend.

Chris is the first to approach. Giving his sister a kiss on the cheek and asking her the normal questions.

"How do you feel?"

"Are you happy?"

Then Yatesy sat next to her. He grabbed her hand and kissed her forehead.

"I'm so happy for you, sweetheart. You finally got your transplant." He says with teary eyes.

"I finally got my transplant." Y/N replies with a smile and teary eyes match the man she loves.