The Road to Nationals (A Dance Moms Fic)

Chapter 18: Coma

A month later, after the Abby Lee Dance Company continued to win many competitions, it was now February 11th and they had just finished a competition, which was regionals in Chicago which would end the first half of the dancing season. Chloe placed first with her solo, while Kendall placed second and Paige placed third and the group placed first, which means they automatically have qualified for Nationals, which would be held in July, everyone else entered, then Connor came in a few minutes.

"We showed them!" Connor said as he entered and headed to the makeup table to help the girls clean up, but then, he accidentally tripped on his pants leg and his head slammed hard against one of the makeup tables, knocking him unconscious as he fell on his back as everyone gasped while Abby raced to her unconscious son.

"Oh, no!" Gianna exclaimed as she got up as well to tend to her fallen boyfriend.

"Connor, are you ok?!" Abby asked worriedly.

"SOMEBODY CALL AN AMBULANCE!" Christi screamed as she held her saddened daughter while Holly called 911 to let them know about the situation.

"I-is he going to be okay?" Chloe sniffled.

"He'll be ok." Brooke K whispered to her teammate.

The paramedics came into the dressing room, wheeling a gurney and they carefully placed the unconscious 21 year old on to the stretcher and Abby and Chloe elected to ride with him while Brooke, Paige, Nia, Kendall, Maddie, Mackenzie, and Brookie all got on the bus with Kelly, Holly, Jill, Melissa, Christi, and Hollie.

The Ambulance arrived at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital and when the vehicle stopped, the paramedics wheeled Connor out and into the hospital with Abby and Chloe, when they got to the ninth floor, he was brought into the ICU while the young dancer and the dance teacher flopped onto a chair, the two were very worried about him.

"Miss Abby, Will Connor be ok?" Chloe asked.

"You're kinda worried about him, aren't you?" Abby replied to her young dancer.

"Yes i am."

Then the other moms, the other girls and Gianna all walked to the waiting room to hear an update about Connor and what was going on.

"Have you heard anything about Connor yet?" Melissa asked, her eyes full of tears.

Abby shook her head. "No, not yet."

"Hopefully we'll know something." Hollie said.

"I think we're about to find out." Nia stated as she saw the doctor come out of the ICU where the unconscious Connor was being examined.

"How is he?" Christi asked.

"Well, he suffered a blow to the head from hitting his head on a table after tripping, which damaged his skull, but there is no permanent damage. He's in a medically induced coma from the hit." The doctor informed them.

Abby felt numb as she heard the doctor tell her that her son was in a coma as there was pain in her chest, fearing that Connor could potentially never wake up, everything inside of her shut down as she started crying heavily, then some small arms wrap around her, her brain couldn't register that Chloe was trying to comfort her, but Chloe was crying too and even Gianna was crying as well after she had just heard that her boyfriend was in a coma.

Maddie, Mackenzie, Nia, Brooke, Paige, Kendall and Brookie all started crying, the moms cried as well, because even though they had drama, they were like family to him like the girls were.

"C-can w-we s-see h-h-him?" Hollie sobbed while asking the doctor.

"Yes, but only two at a time and after that, he will be transported to the The Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles." The doctor told them.

"I'll go." Abby said between sobs.

"M-Me too." Gianna said, tears rolling down her face.

"We'll stay here." Brooke whispered.

Gianna and Abby were all led to the hospital room and in the room, Connor was lying motionless on the hospital bed and there were machines around him and his face, which was usually handsome, flawless and healthy, was now pale looking and his eyes were closed and he was on a ventilator.

Abby walked over to Connor's bedside and held his limp hand. "You are the best thing to ever happen to me, Connor. You fight for me. The girls, their moms, Gianna, Jennine, Rachel, James, your grandmother, Broadway Baby and i need you, we all love you, Connor Ethan Miller." Abby kissed her son on his forehead as more tears dripped down her face.

"Connor, you've always lit up my life. Ever since we first met as kids, i knew you were the one guy for me, please pull through. I love you so much." Gianna sniffed as she kissed his cheek and walked away.

The comatose Connor was wheeled to the helicopter and it would transport him from the Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago to The Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles as Abby rode with them and that ride on the bus back to O'Hare was quiet as no one knew what to say, usually a bus ride would be animated with humor, but without connor, it was quiet as a mouse.