More Than Friends...

Chapter 20: I Promise

I open my eyes and all I see is white. I focus my eyes and I could see everyone was in my hospital room with everyone surrounding my hospital bed. No one has noticed I'm awake, but I pretend I'm asleep. I open my eyes a little just to know what's going on.

Mikey was on my right side holding my hand, crying into my hospital gown. My mom and dad were on my left side. My dad was holding my hand with one hand and my mom was tucking a strand of my hair that fell into my eyes, my dad had silent tears streaming down his face and my mom was sobbing into his chest.

Jacob and Mason were lying down beside my legs and they were sobbing into the blanket that was covering my legs. Julie and Rosemary were sobbing into Tyler's chest and Tyler was crying into the crook of Rosemary's neck, all three of them were sitting on the chairs in front of the hospital bed.

Chris was sitting in a wheelchair with Emily on his lap, he was crying into Emily's neck and Emily had her head on top of Chris' as she ran her fingers through his hair and cried silently.

Andrew was in another wheelchair and he was sobbing into his hands. Anthony had his arm in a sling and with his good hand; he put it on Andrew's shoulder and kissed the top of his head.

A doctor was at the foot of the bed with a sad smile. She explained, "She lost too much blood due to the stab wounds. The transfusion was a success and she is stable at the moment, but she's in a coma due to all the blood she lost before the transfusion."

Andrew asked, "When will she wake up?"

The doctor gives Andrew the fakest smile I have ever seen, "We aren't sure, that's up to her. She could wake up any day now or she may never wake up."

"Fuck you." Mikey growled.

"Excuse me, sir."

"I said, fuck you." He stood up from the chair and walked towards the doctor and says, "You're the doctor, you're supposed to help people get better."

He points to me and I pretend I'm sleeping. He looks at the doctor with tear filled eyes, "You see that girl, she may just be a patient to you, but I love her and she loves me. You have to help her; you have to... please, just... help her."

Mikey starts to sob and my dad lets go of my mom, who was staring at Mikey dumbfounded. In fact everyone was staring at Mikey.

My dad walked up to Mikey and grabbed his shoulder. Mikey looked up, wiped his eyes and looked at my dad with sad eyes. My dad grabbed his other shoulder and pulled Mikey towards him in a hug.

My dad hugged Mikey and Mikey hugged my dad back crying into his shoulder. My dad held Mikey with one arm and with the other hand he put it on the back of his head and hugged him as he cried.

My dad kissed the top of Mikey's head and said, "Only real men cry." Mikey hugged my dad harder after he said that. Everyone was staring at them shocked.

Jacob smiled at my dad and said, "That's what dad used to say."