Strangers ~ Conrad Fisher

twenty-one

As soon as we reached the hospital susannah and my mom were the first to jump out of the car. The rest of us followed them in. We walked in and approached the front desk.

"Ma'am can i help you?" the lady at the desk asked.

"Yes, I heard that my son was in an accident." She said frantically.

"What's your last name?"

"Fisher."

"Okay, room 513. Our policy is one visitor allowed in at once."

Susannah nodded and we all walked towards the room. I found myself getting anxious, i had no idea what condition Conrad was in, I was just praying that it wasn't bad. I held belly's hand as we got closer to the room.

We found the room and susannah was the first to enter, obviously so. We patiently waited outside for her to come out with news. None of us spoke to each other, only exchanged looks and reassuring hand squeezes.

Finally, susannah came out of the room. We all stood up and waited for her to say something. Please be ok, I thought to myself.

"He's okay, but he's really tired." she spoke.

All of us let out a sigh of relief. Then my mom went in to see him, followed by jere, steven, belly, and then it was my turn. The rest of the family went back out to the car, but susannah stayed. I walked over to the door, but susannah stopped me.

"Victoria sweetheart, I think it's best if you come back another day." she whispered as she held my hand.

"What? I need to see him." I asked confused.

"I know baby, but he doesn't want to see you right now." She breathed out.

I sighed and looked at her confused. "Did he say that?" I asked hurt.

She nodded, then pulled me into a tight hug. I looked back through the door window to look at him, he looked exhausted. Tears fell from my face, but i wiped them as we walked back to the car. I climbed in and we started driving. all i could do was sit and look out the window.

We got home and they all headed up to bed, but i couldn't fall asleep. Conrad consumed my thoughts. I walked out the back and started to head down to the beach, i started to sprint, trying to get there as fast as i could.

I got there out of breath, choking for air, as i was sobbing as hard as I think i've ever cried. I fell to my knees. I cried every tear that was left in my body. I had fucked everything up. It was my fault that conrad didn't want to see me, it was my fault he crashed, it was my fault that everyone's night was ruined.

I had so much to say to him, but it was too late. He could hate me for the rest of his life, I wouldn't blame him.

I took my phone out to see the time, it read 4:15am. I couldn't go back to the house, at least not yet. My eyes felt heavy. Soon they shut for good.

A/N- i'm so sorry i haven't updated in so long!! i was out of town and then i was in the hospital for a few days so i couldn't update. but i'm trying to update more.