"Chloe, wake up," Anna said, placing a container of noodles from the Chinese restaurant on the table. "I brought you food. Aubrey and Jesse are in the waiting room."
Chloe got up. "Thanks so much, Anna." She walked out of the room to go see Aubrey and Jesse.
"Hi," Aubrey said giving a hug to Chloe. "How is she."
"I don't know. I fell asleep while Anna was out. We can ask when we go up there."
"Hey, Chloe," Jesse said, giving her a quick hug. "I'm really sorry about last night. I hope she's ok. I'm so worried. I talked to her dad and he'll be here in an hour."
"Ok. I think Beca's ok about last night."
They walked into Beca's room. Both Aubrey and Jesse said hi to Anna before talking to Beca. "Hey, sweetie," he started to get a little emotional. "I'm so sorry about everything. I treated you like you weren't important, and you're the most important thing in the world to me. I can't be without you, Becs, please stay." Jesse was crying a lot more than they thought he would.
"Hey, Beca," Aubrey said, "you know you're one of my best friends even though you're a rude little shit to me. I love you Beca, and sometimes I've treated you like shit, and I shouldn't have done that to you. I didn't think the next time I would see you would be like this. I miss you, and it's only been 2 minutes. I need you to act like a bitch and insult me. You're amazing Beca. Please stay." Aubrey was sobbing, and Chloe ran over to give her a hug. "I better get going," Jesse said. "It's getting late."
"Me too," Aubrey said.
"Oh Aubrey, I told Chloe you could stay at my place since Chloe's staying here tonight," Anna said. "I think I might stay awhile. You want the keys."
"No it's ok, I booked a hotel. I didn't want to make things more difficult." Aubrey stood up. "I should probably get going before the hotel closes."
"Ok, Bri, thanks for coming to see Beca," Chloe hugged her friend.
"No problem. I'll keep her in my prayers."
"Thanks, Aub, me too."
Anna got up to leave. "I should pick up the dogs. I'll come by tomorrow morning."
"Ok. Thanks so much for the birthday surprise, I'm so sorry about the accident."
"Chlo, it wasn't your fault. You know that. Just keep praying."
"Thanks. See you tomorrow."
"Bye, Chlo."
Chloe sat in the room until about midnight. She quietly slipped out of the room to go to the hospital cafeteria. She bought cookies and ice cream (her comfort foods) and brought them back into the room. "Hey, Beca, I'll buy you an ice cream when you wake up," she said sadly. "So please wake up for me."
After she ate her food, she put on Keeping Up With The Kardashians, and dozed off. If she was honest with herself, she could have sat up all night staring at the heart monitor and Beca to make sure she was ok, but damn she was exhausted. She woke up around four in the morning and couldn't fall back asleep, so she texted Anna.
Hey, are you up?
Yeah I didn't sleep all night. How about you?
I dozed off for about 3 hours.
How's Beca?
Doctors said same as yesterday. They took x-Rays. Just a tiny bit of brain damage, so she might not remember some things if...when she wakes up, but that's ok, we'll help her out. She has a broken wrist and a sprained ankle, but her ankle should probably heal in a week or so. Her wrist will take some time, but she's doing fine I guess.
How did we not get injured?
Beca's airbag wasn't turned on. Ours were. I'm thankful we're ok, though. I feel bad enough already. How's your leg feeling?
Good? They said since I'm doing so well, it's starting to heal, and I get the real boot in three days.
That's great!
Do you want me to come over soon? I'll bring you some food and coffee.
Yeah. That would be great, thanks so much. Mr. Mitchell texted me. He's coming at 8:00.
Ok. I'll make sure I'm there.
Thanks. See you soon.
K bye.
Chloe went to the cafeteria to buy a coffee. She figured that would keep her awake until Anna got there, even if it did taste bad. She drank the coffee and talked to Beca. "Hey, when you wake up, I'll buy you a shitty coffee." Chloe laughed. She was trying to be strong for Beca. She knew this was a difficult time for everyone, especially Beca, who needed rest.
Anna quietly slipped through the door around six. "Hey," she said, handing Chloe an extra large coffee from Starbucks and a bag of food from McDonald's. "Sorry about the fast food. Ben's the chef and I suck at cooking."
"It's absolutely fine," Chloe smiled, hugging her friend. She pulled out the hot cakes and started eating.
"Hey, Beca," Anna said. "I hope you're feeling better." Anna rubbed Beca's good hand and brushed the hair out of her face. Beca's wrist was wrapped in a bandage. They were going to put the cast on later. "Anything change?"
"No," Chloe answered between bites of hash browns. "I don't know if I should take it as good or bad news."
"Hey, they say no news is good news, right?"
"Yeah I guess so. I have to go to the bathroom. Talk to her for me."
"Ok."
After Chloe left, anna grabbed Beca's hand between her hands. "Hey, Beca. You won't believe how much Chloe loves you. She worships you. You're her favorite person in the world. You can't leave us. Chloe would break. She wouldn't be the same. I wouldn't be the same. Nothing would ever be the same."
Mr. Mitchell walked into the room. "Oh," Anna looked surprised. "I'm Anna, I'm Chloe and Beca's friend."
"Oh it's nice to meet you. How is she?" He walked over to his daughter.
"Chloe talked to the doctor last night. They took X-rays and she has only minor brain damage, so she might not remember a few things when she wakes up, but we'll help her out. She also has a sprained ankle that should be healed by the time she wakes up. Her wrist is broken, so we're looking at about eight weeks for that to heal."
"So it's not too bad. Ok. What happened to your leg? Was it from the accident?"
"No, this is actually from slipping at Whole Foods. Chloe and I are ok."
"Where is Chloe?"
"I don't know. I'll go find her."
As Anna left the room, Mr. Mitchell sat down on the end of the bed, rubbing Beca's leg. "Hey sweetie. Hanging in there?" He asked, crying. "I hope you're ok. I can't lose you like we lost your mom. So many people love you. Don't leave. I love you Beca."
Chloe walked into the room with Anna behind her. "Hi, Mr. Mitchell. "
"Hi, Chloe," he said.
"Sorry It took so long, I got lost."
"It's no problem. I'm going to go grab some breakfast and check into my hotel. I got in at 4 this morning. I'll probably be back later."
"Ok, I'll be here."
Mr. Mitchell got up to leave, and Anna and Chloe put on Friends.
