Bulletproof

EF

Keegan dropped me off and I told him to just keep going and I would get a ride from one of my colleagues.

I ran into the girl's hospital room, but I only saw Carl and an empty hospital bed.

"Oh my gosh! Am I too late? Did she d-di-"

"Dilaurentis, breath! Please calm down, she is very much alive," Carl said as he continued to flip through a newspaper.

"What the hell Carl?! You sent a 911!"

"That doesn't necessarily mean someone died. Jeez, Ronnie told me you weren't too good with codes but...911 is the most basic. Just an emergency, no details are to be disclosed until you arrive to the scene. A simple 911 should be enough, nothing more and nothing less"

"So are you gonna sit here and lecture me or tell me where she's at?" I ask getting really annoyed.

"Who?"

"Carl!"

"Calm down, they had to rush her to an OR. Nothing too serious I suppose," he shrugged as he continued reading.

"Carl what the hell happened?! And do not get smart with me right now. I live a good 20 minutes away and don't have a car so I had to-"

"What about your little boy thing?"

"My boyfriend went home, but enough about that. Please tell me what's going on?"

"They had to pump her stomach to rid her system of some of the drugs. Unfortunately, she didn't respond too well and started coughing something up. It may have been blood but it was a very dark shade of red. They decided to rush her to the OR 30 minutes or so ago and...here we are"

"This is all my fault," I cried as I sat down next to Carl.

"Don't beat yourself up over this. You didn't give her the drugs. If anything, you saved her"

"By shooting her in the thigh?"

"In some crazy and twisted way...yes"

"Okay. I'm gonna go get some coffee, would you lik-"

"Oh no you don't. You look exhausted-"

"Well thanks Carl!" I said saracastically.

"I mean like you need to rest. You lie down on that couch over there and I will grab us some coffee"

"Really? Thanks Carl"

"Of course. Now get on that couch or no coffee," he sounded like my dad.

"Yes sir, Car sir!" I joked as I sat down and stretched my legs out.
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I woke up around 7 am to the sound of someone groaning, in pain? The girl!

I quickly hop off the couch and go to her bed. She is trying to move onto her side, but she can't because of her thigh.

"Hey, shhhh. You can't move," I whispered as I rubbed her arm trying to calm her down, but instead she woke up. Her eyes shot open and darted around the room. She look scared.

"Pl-Please don't arrest me"

"I'm not going to"

"W-Where am I?" She tried to sit up but I gently pushed her back down.

I looked around for Carl, no sight of him.

"You're in a hospital. Do you remember anything from yesterday?"

"A little," she spoke softly as her big brown eyes sunk down towards her thigh.

"Sorry," I choked out.