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Odessa felt like she couldn't breath, like her lungs were on fire or her heart was going to stop. She sat in the hospital waiting room, the place she was just in a few days ago, practically dying in a hospital bed; now Demetri was here. It felt like they were all cursed. Demetri's painful and heartbroken cries made her heart split into two. Sure, he could get on everybody's nerves and he was dorky, but he was sweet. He was funny. He made everyone smile. He didn't deserve this. Neither did Grayson, who's ribs were most likely broken. The teenagers were falling apart and it was all because of that damn karate.
Odessa held Oliver in her arms. His head rested on her shoulder. He had stopped crying but his eyes were still glossed over and his face was red. An ambulance carried Demetri to the hospital. Oliver wanted to go with him but he knew he shouldn't. He felt like a coward. He just sat there and watched everything happen. He should've stopped Hawk. He should've stopped him. The look in Demetri's eyes, the hurt in them, the fear. . . He would never forgive or forget.
Thalia came marching into the waiting room guns a blazing. Her black heels tapped loudly against the tiled floor. "Does anyone want to tell me what the hell happened?" She voiced loudly to the four teenagers.
"They broke Demetri's arm, mom. And they beat up Grayson really bad." Odessa whimpered while holding Oliver close to her.
When she saw a bloody and bruised Grayson and Hailey holding his hand, her mood changed. "Oh, Gray, honey. What's broken?" She asked and quickly went to sit beside him.
"My ribs. I think my nose. Maybe my jaw — My ego. . ."
Hailey swatted his arm. "Stop joking. This isn't funny." Hurt ran through her voice.
"I'll go get a doctor." Thalia patted his knee. She stood from the chair. "Is there anybody working here? My son has a broken rib!" She shouted and went around looking around for a nurse.
Oliver's arms were crossed and he stared at the carpeted floor. "I feel like a fucking coward." He whimpered.
Odessa rubbed his shaved his. "You're not, bub. You're not."
Thalia finally got a nurse to check on Grayson. Hailey went with them to a room. Odessa and Oliver went to find Demetri (It was more of Odessa dragging him through the hospital). "Why do you look so nervous?" She questioned with her hand wrapped tightly around his wrist.
"What if he doesn't want to see me? What if he's mad at me for not stopping Hawk?" He rambled. He was completely nervous which was something Oliver never was. Oliver was confident. He was the cool guy. The comedic relief. Nobody ever saw him so scared.
