JOHNBOY
We get to the hospital and they roll her straight back. I stand there frozen, with rivers of tears falling from my eyes. I start to breathe faster. Wtf? What the hell is this feeling? I start shaking uncontrollably. There is a sharp pain in my chest and it feels like I'm being choked out. I throw my back against the wall and slide down it so I'm sitting with my knees up. I put my hands on my head and grab my hair and start rocking back and forth. Everything is spinning. FUCK!
ALYX
As soon as we finish with the cops we get in the car and head to the hospital as quickly as we can. What the fuck just happened? I mean I knew her dad drank but never in a million years would I think a father could do that to their flesh and blood. OMG, in one second it all clicks. All the times she said she had fallen or tripped while running. Always claiming how clumsy she was. Whenever she would flinch if we came in too quick to hug her. Every time she winced in pain, holding her stomach claiming it was, "just cramps". All the sweatbands she would wear on her wrists, along with her wearing hoodies in the middle of summer. The dark circles under her eyes because she said she couldn't sleep. How could we all be so blind? How could we be so stupid? We pull into Westland ER and race in to find JB having a panic attack rocking on the floor. He has her blood all over him. I go and sit by his side while Taylor and Ryder go sit in the waiting area.
"She'll be ok man. Lauralines a fighter. She's gonna make it through this" I look over to him and he sitting there with blood covering his hands He looks into my eyes and I can only see grief and pain.
"I did this. I did this to her Alyx. I left her there. He beat the shit out of her. Ron told her dad I was there. I knew he didn't want me there. But I could have protected her if I didn't leave. This is on me. I'm so stupid. It should have been me. It should have been me, man. I did this. What am I gonna do man? I don't wanna live without her, " he says while taking short quick breaths between every couple of words. He looks at his hands and sees the dried blood on his hands and starts to vigorously shake.
"RYDER! Help me, man. We gotta get him up." I holler.
Ryder and I pull Johnboy to his feet. We help him get to the bathroom so he can wash off the blood. He's still shaking, violently rubbing the blood off his hands and arms, He takes a second, grabs the sink, and just stares at the water going down the drain.
"What if she dies?" he says still staring down the drain.
"JB," Ryder says. "She is gonna be ok, That girl in there is a fucking fighter and you have got to believe that man. The second you stop, you lose hope. You lose faith. You end up letting her down. She WILL make it out of this. And she is gonna need you by her side when she wakes up."
"I love her."
"...I know..." Ryder wraps his arms around JB and tightly hugs him and we head back to the waiting room to wait for the doctors.
***
JOHNBOY
About 2 hours later and we finally see a white coat headed our way.
Lauraline Davies?
"Yes! How is she? "
"Well, I'm Dr. Thomas Copeland. She is stable and awake. She needed a couple of staples to close her wound and a blood transfusion to help replace the amount of blood she lost. You may go in and see her now if you would like."
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