Taken in by them

Chapter 8

Jen's POV

I was going as fast as I could to the hospital. I was so nervous and had so many things going through my head, ' is he ok,' 'why him, why me, why us,' I couldn't even wrap my head around everything that was happening. I look over at Char,  she looked very concerned, she was scratching her arm as well as shaking her leg. 

We were fifteen minutes away from the hospital, we have been in the car for about five but it is feeling like hours, time is so slow and it does not want to speed up. I started imagining things that could be happening, what he is going through, is he still alive because by all means he could be dead and I wouldn't know. I started panicking, my breathing started getting faster and faster, started getting shaky. That was until I felt a hand on my shoulder. "It's going to be ok, he is going to be fine. He is in good hands at the hospital they know what they are doing"Char told me, I glanced over to her and looked back at the road and realized I was going twenty over. I came back down to the speed limit and calmed down at this point we were six minutes away from the hospital.

We arrived at the hospital and I was excited to see if Paul was ok, but at the same time super nervous. Char and I got out of the car and headed towards the entrance. I walk up to the lady at the front desk, " Hi, how may I help you?" she said in a calming voice, " oh, right well P-Paul he is here right?" I tried to muster out. "Are we able to see Paul Kennedy, He got rushed in from a car accident about twenty minutes ago." Char interrupted. I looked over and gave her a smile, as a form of thank you. The lady did some writing on her computer and looked back at us. "As of right now, he is unable to have any visitors but a doctor will come out as soon as he can." 

We both nodded and went to go sit down. I pulled out my phone and started to look at the news to get as much information I could. I went from website to website, from news video to news videos to even more news videos. There wasn't a lot of information I could find, It all was just becoming repetitive. I pulled up one website that looked very unofficial. I started reading it in my head. There was not a lot of information only a few things. It lists the make and model of both cars in the crash, it's written that paul was in the crash and that the other driver is unidentified. I stop to think for a couple of seconds and looked back at my phone the website was published four days before the crash. I took a second look at my phone thinking I read it wrong but It stayed the same. I showed Char the website but before we could say anything a doctor comes in and called us. 

We are walking in a hallway and the doctor stops and opens a door and invites us in. Paul was in a hospital bed connected to a bunch of wires and tubes. We go and sit down in the chairs next to Paul. I scoot the chair a little closer to Paul and hold his hand. "he is in a stable condition. Ex-rays were taken along with some other tests and are being assessed. the results should be in in the next 24 hours" The doctor tells us, "ok, thank you doctor."  I say, then turning my gaze back to Paul. 

Paul, he just looks so lifeless, slow soft breathing is the only movement I could see. I hold Paul's hand tighter and close my eyes for a couple of moments as I listen to only the beeping of one of the machines. I open my eyes again and looked at my phone for the time it was almost six. 'Char is probably going to want some food soon,' I thought to myself. "Hey, Char are you bored?" I asked her. "Yeah a little, Why?" she replied. "If you want you can go and find out what time dinners are being served at the cafeteria," I said, then got a reply," ok, that sounds a little entertaining, I'll go and see. And make sure you stay here ok, If he wakes up he is going to need you." I nodded as she ran off.

about an hour and a half passes and I see Char come back with a bag of food. "what took you so long?" I asked, " oh sorry about it, I made some friends and had dinner with them. But I brought you a bag with your dinner, soup with some garlic bread and a candy bar and a water bottle. It's actually pretty good." She replied I smile at her as I reply, " thank you and I'm happy you got to make some friends." She smiled as she handed me the bag. I ate everything in the bag, Char was right it was pretty good. After I finished my dinner and threw away my trash Char and I started some small talk, as I glance at Paul every now and then. 

A few hours pass and things have died down, It is around eight-thirty in the evening and things have died down about half an hour ago Char decided to go to bed and she is now asleep. I was about to head to bed until I heard some shifting followed but some grumbling and moaning. "Paul?" I say. I look over to see his eyes slowly open, "Paul?" I repeat. "Jen?" He mumbles back trying to get himself together, "What-, How-, am i- where am I?" he says as he wakes up a little bit more. "You are in a hospital, You were in a car crash," I say to him in a calming voice, "oh yeah I remember," he pauses for a bit then continues," am I ok, what going to happen now?" he asks, " we don't know exactly yet but some of the tests should be in soon, we will find out then. But for now, you should rest ok." He nods as he closes his eyes and soon falls back asleep. once I know he is asleep I settle down to go to bed too.