Puppy Love

Chapter 3: Wreck

I laid down on the futon in Britts room while she climbed into her bed. We could hear Caleb snoring from the livingroom.

"So what do you think about Colby?" She asks as we both lay on our backs staring up at the ceiling. Brittany and I always have our more serious talks laying in bed, staring at the ceiling, and at 3 in the morning. 3 AM Chats.

"I don't know, I'm curious about him for sure. I mean he's sooo attractive but he's so mysterious and odd." I shrug.

"Well I mean, I think it's worth checking out. He could be a good guy."

"Well he could be, or he could be just another jerk trying to break my heart." I remind her of my track history.

"Okay so you've had a few bad apples, doesn't mean they're all like that." She reminds me.

"That's what I keep hearing." I roll my eyes, not believing any of it.

Suddenly I hear a knock on her front door. 

"Who would be knocking on your door at 3 in the morning?" I whisper as I stand up.

"I don't know, let's not answer it. Calebs in there, he will get it." She whispers back.

I hear Caleb get up and go over to the door and open it. "Who are you and what are you doing here at this time of night?" I hear him say, his voice rough sounding as he just woke up.

I don't hear anything else for another minute or so.

"Okay I'll go get her." Caleb says before we hear him coming towards Britts room.

Brittany and I glance at each other with confused expressions as Caleb enters the room.

"It's for you Danny." He says motioning towards the door.

"Who is it?"

"State police."

My eyes go wide as I slide past him and walk down the hall. I open the door to find a middle aged officer standing on the porch.

"Hello Officer, what can I help you with?"

"Do you know Blaine West?"

"Yes." I nod, "is he okay?"

"He was just in an accident and is in critical condition in the hospital." He says as he puts a hand on my shoulder. "The hospital would like for you to come be with him, urgently. I can take you in the police cruiser."

"Yes officer, thank you. Let me grab my shoes and coat."

I grab Britt's tennis shoes and one of her hoodies and throw it on over the t shirt I was wearing, I was also wearing a pair of her shorts. The night air was cool against my bare legs as I slid into the passenger seat of the police cruiser as he turned on his lights and sirens.

What in the world was Blaine doing out at 3 am? It was so out of character for him. He's the type to be in bed by 10 pm on a work night especially. I'm praying he's okay, he's my best friend and like a brother to me since my parents died in that accident. The ride felt forever long as we finally made it to the hospital and I rushed inside. I walked up to the desk to be met with the receptionist.

"Hi, I'm Danny I'm here for Blaine West." I rush out, panic settling deep in my chest making me feel out of breath. "Right this way ma'am." She nods as she stands up walking around the desk and leading me down a long hallway. She opens a door and walks inside as I follow closely behind.
Blaine was bandaged up, with big cuts and burns down his arms, face, and chest. He was asleep, or maybe in a coma of sorts. He looked horrible.

"The doctor will be in shortly." She says as she walks back out. I pull the chair up next to the bed as I sit down, placing my hand over his. "Blaine..." I trail off looking at him.

The doctor knocks on the door before coming in. "Blaine here is a lucky, lucky man. He must have lost control of his car and he hit a tree head on before rolling down an embankment. He's very lucky to be alive." The doctor says looking over at Blaine.

"Oh my goodness. I don't even know why he was out that late he never does that." I say shaking my head wondering what happened.

"He has 4 broken ribs, a broke leg, a broke hip, a collapsed lung which we've repaired already, a ruptured appendix which we've also fixed by removing it, and some pretty bad burns on his abdomen and chest. But like I said, he's very lucky to be alive." He continues.

I nod, "thank you so much doctor."

"It's my pleasure. But can I ask you a personal question?" He asks.

"Sure."

"Does he not have any family?"

"No, his parents died in an accident when he was 17. We don't have any family, besides each other." I say giving him a sad smile.

"Are you his girlfriend?" He asks glancing between the two of us.

"No, we're just really close friends. Have been since we were small kids, but especially after our parents died."

"Oh okay, well, he should be waking up anytime. Thank you for coming to be with him." He gives me a sad smile.

I nod, "Thank you Doctor."

He nods as he walks out of the room. I look over at Blaine again. Why in the world would he be out in the middle of the night? It's just so unlike him. Especially since he has to work tomorrow. I squeezed Blaines hand, "Wake up."  He didn't move besides the steady rise and fall of his chest. I laid my head down next to him on the bed, leaning forward in my chair. My head was pounding and I was beyond exhausted.

Before I knew it I was asleep.

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"Danny." I hear someone say. "Danielle, wake up."

I can feel someone ruffling my hair. I sit straight up suddenly remembering I was at the hospital with Blaine.

"Good morning good looking. If you wanted to sleep with me all you had to do was ask." He laughs as I look at him in shock.

I roll my eyes, "well it's good to see you're still your old self and in good spirits. How are you feeling?"

"Like I was in a car accident."

I roll my eyes again, "what happened?"

"I had gotten a text from a random number, he said he was with you and that he needed me to come pick you up cause you were drunk. So I got in my truck and I was coming to the address to get you and on my way there this big wolf jumped out in the road. Biggest wolf I've ever seen in my life. I swerved trying to miss hitting it because I didn't have time to stop and then next thing I know I'm here." He explains.

I give him a confused look, "I wasn't anywhere drunk last night Blaine. I was with Brittany and Caleb at Brittany's house."

"Really? Sounds like someone was trying to set me up." He says shocked.

"Your phone got destroyed in the crash id say. So there's no way to know who it was unless you remember the number."

"The last four digits were six-five-seven-one."

My mouth drops as I realize that's the number Colby had been calling me from.

I pull out my phone and go to recent numbers. "Was it one-eight-five-three-six-four-five-six-five-seven-one? I ask.

"Yes! That's it. Who's number is that?" He asks looking at me weird.

"Colbys." I say confused.
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