Karl Jacobs x Reader

Chapter Sixteen

KARL POV
I stared out the window at the scenery as it passed. We were driving to the Tennessee hospital that Y/N was staying at. By "we", I meant the entire crew. Everyone who had been waiting for information at the police station in NC was coming with us.

My heart was pounding as we drove through the darkening night. I didn't know whether Y/N would live. I prayed that she would, but I really wasn't sure if my prayer would be answered.

I could tell that everyone was anxious and worried. Jimmy, who was driving, was unusually quiet, and his eyes seemed troubled. Chris, in the passenger side, was staring out the window, and his knee kept bouncing uneasily. Chandler and Tareq, who were in the back with me, wore equally worried expressions, and Chandler kept asking how close we were.

I knew he would be especially worried. Him and Y/N had known each other for ages, and were basically like siblings. He would be devastated if something bad happened to her, just like I would be.

My heart sank when I thought of this. I couldn't imagine my life without Y/N. She was extremely precious to me, and even though I'd never admit it to the other guys, I knew I was in love with her. I felt a wave of emotion, and swallowed hard as a lump grew in my throat.

Oh please let Y/N be alright...

~~Time skip because I don't feel like writing the whole like three hour (or however long) trip.~~

"Karl, wake up." I felt two hands shaking me, and groggily opened my eyes to see Chandler looking at me.
"What?" I asked, while blinking sleep from my eyes.

"We're at the hospital."

I sprang up so fast that my head collided with the top of the car, and I fell back with a grunt of pain. Chandler managed a weak giggle as he tugged me from the car.

We all walked to the hospital entrance, and eventually Ethan, Bailey, and Maitland joined us from the second car they used to get there. We headed inside and up to the ward where Y/N was being kept.

Eventually a medic came out to greet us. She made sure we all knew Y/N before speaking.

"We've done everything we can for her," the medic began, and my heart dropped. I feared what she was going to say. Y/N couldn't have died. I didn't know what I would do without her. I fought back the emotion that threatened to spill out, my heart racing.

"And after everything we did..." The medic paused, gazing at each one of steadily.

"There wasn't anything that could save her. I'm sorry."

Time stopped. I think my heart did too. I couldn't feel my legs. I felt the whole world spinning, and tried to choke out a scream. A yell, of anguish, of grief, anything. But everything faded...

"Karl!"

My eyes flew open.

"There you are buddy. Wake up, we're at the hospital."

I blinked, confused, heart racing, and drenched in sweat.

I looked around. I was in the car, and we were parked outside the hospital.

I felt the warm rush of relief flood through my shaky limbs as I realized everything had been a dream. At least, so far.

I climbed out from the car and walked with the guys to the front doors. My steps were wobbly and I felt a little dizzy, but I made it to the elevator as we went up to the ward Y/N was held in. The real one.

After we got directed by someone on the floor, we made our way to the room Y/N was at. A medic came out to speak to us, and I felt the familiar pang of anxiety.