My Next Door Neighbor

Chapter 37

Penelope's POV

"Someone tell me something! We've been here for four and half hours and no one has told us any updates about my brother! Please! His girlfriend is pregnant and all this worrying and stress isn't good for the baby!" I drown out the rest of Travis's words.

After I found out, I start wailing and sobbing, didn't help that none of the doctors at this stupid hospital has told us anything about Grayson. I don't even know if he's alive. I fucking hate hospitals.

I think I finally stopped crying thirty minutes ago, I'm extremely thirty and exhausted plus I have a raging headache. "Here pumpkin" Dad hands me a cup of water and I just drink it in one go. I keep staring at the floor and I hear dad sigh, pushing my head to lean it on his shoulder.

I look around the waiting room, so many people were hurt during the accident, a pile up, all because of a drunk driver. It's always the drunk drivers that get away unscathed. So there's a lot of people here in my shoes, waiting for news of their loved ones. I squeeze my eyes to prevent anymore tears falling. "Fuck!" I jump at the sound of Travis's curse.

I open my eyes to see Damian trying to calm Travis. "T-Travis.." I mentally cringe at the sound of my own voice. My voice sounds so hoarse. He immediately walks over to me, crouching down in front of me. "Yea sis?" I lift my head from dad's shoulder. "How much longer? Do you know anything about him?" He just shakes his head and I can feel myself start to cry.

"This was supposed to be a happy day, the day of his meeting, the meeting he was so excited to attend and the day I told him we're having a baby" Travis closes his eyes and nods. "I know" Travis stands up and sits down next to me, pulling me to him and petting my head gently.

"I'm sure he's alive, he's too stubborn and in love with you to leave you alone in this world" I chuckle and nod. "Yea, you're right" He chuckles. "I'm always right" Damian comes over and holds Travis's hand and I close my eyes. Grayson Miller, you better be alive.

~*~

I couldn't truly fall asleep, I was too upset and worried. So when I heard the nurse call out "Grayson Miller?" I shot out of my seat with Travis immediately. "That's us!" We both shout and the nurse comes over, smiling softly.

"Is he okay? Is my Grayson alive?" I hold my stomach as tears swell up in my eyes again. "He's alive and he's fairing well but.." I brace myself for the news, grabbing Travis's hand. "He had internal bleeding that resulted into a surgery, whiplash, and he's in a coma. He had experienced some brain trauma so he's in a coma, I'm sorry to say that we don't know how long he'll be in a coma. It's up to him and his body when he'll wake up"

I start crying again. That's awful but he's alive. Grayson is hurt but alive. "W-Will my brother be alright?" She nods. "Yes he will" I sniffle. "C-Can we see him?" She nods. "Yes but only two in a room at a time" I look at Travis. "Y-You and Dam-" He immediately shakes his head, facing me.

"You and I are going" He turns to the nurse again. "Lead the way" After a bit of a walk, we'er outside of his room. "I should warn you. He is okay, but he has a lot of cuts and bruises. It might be a scary sight" I shake my head and walk in. I stumble a bit when I see just how badly he's bruised up. I cover my mouth with my hands, walking over to him slowly.

I can hear Travis's sharp intake of breathe as he sees his older brother. He has cuts all over his face, honestly, on every inch of skin that we can see plus the bruises. I'm glad he's not awake, this all looks so painful. I sit down on the chair next to the bed and grab his hand.

I start crying again. "H-Hey thumper..." I sniffle and lay my head down next to his hand and kiss it gently. "I'm pregnant.. we did it so please pull through because I can't do this without you" I hold his hand close and gently to me as I close my eyes. I'm so tired. "Hey big bro..." I drown out the rest of Travis's words to his brother and fall asleep.