Back to Me

The Eavesdropper

Jason POV

"Toby! What happened? Is she alright?" I asked in a panic as Cece and I headed towards him in the waiting room of the hospital.

"I don't know, I think so but they didn't tell me much." Toby admitted sadly.

"Thank you, Toby, for getting her here. I don't know how something like this could happen." I told him shaking my head in guilt.

I knew I should have stayed home! What was I thinking leaving Spencer alone on Friday the thirteenth? Thank goodness for Toby though.

"It's not your fault, Jason. There's no way you could have known." Cece comforted me.

"I'm going to find a nurse or a doctor and see what I can find out." I told them and headed in the direction of the nurses station.

"Can I help you?" A middle-aged nurse asked.

"Yeah, I want to know how Spencer Hastings is doing. I'm her brother." I told her.

"Okay, just a second." She told me. "Alright, Miss Hastings is down the hall in room 215. She's on oxygen due to the amount of smoke inhaled, but lucky she didn't receive any burns. And she'll be kept overnight because of a possible concussion. I'll have a doctor tell you when you can see her. It should only be a few minutes."

"Thank you," I nodded and then walked back to Cece and Toby.

I was glad I got a helpful and friendly nurse that told me everything I needed to know. It reminded me of the first time I brought Spencer to the hospital.

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It was about a month and a half after I found out that Spencer was my sister. We had been hanging out together and things were great. Until she cut her hand and I had to bring her to the emergency room. The doctors were busy taking care of Spencer's hand and I had left to go call my boss to tell him I would be late.

"Can you tell us where Spencer Jill Hastings is? We're her parents." I heard a family female voice ask at the nurses' station as I walked back to Spencer.

Oh, great! Peter and Veronica were here, I was going to get it. They were always hesitant about letting Spencer and I hang out together. But now I'd probably be banned from seeing her.

"Jason, what are you doing out here? Why aren't you with Spencer?" Peter demanded.

"I had to make a call. I was just on my way back." I told them and continued walking.

I could feel the daggers they were shooting at me as I walked ahead of them to Spencer. And once we got there they didn't say a word but I knew a lecture of some sort was coming.

"Oh, Spencer, I'm glad you're alright. You have no idea how worried I was when I got a call from the hospital." Veronica said completely overreacting.

In my opinion she was probably faking it. She never gave too much though towards Spencer. But since the fire she was a little more concerned about her. But right now she was over doing it.

"I'm fine, Mom." Spencer told her.

"You're lucky you are this could have been a lot worse." Peter stated. "Jason, how could you let this happen? We trust you with our daughter and you go and let her get injured. You have to pay extra attention when you're taking care of her."

"I'm really sorry, Peter. It won't happen again. I'll keep a closer eye on her next time." I told him and I felt guilty for letting it happen this time.

"I do not need extra attention." Spencer stated in irritation. Under other circumstances I would have laughed at her need to stay independent no matter what. "And it wasn't Jason's fault. It was mine and that stupid table's fault."