What Happened When We Met

Can You Hear Me? II

Alice's POV:

A whole day passed. I still try to talk and move but I can't. Ronnie won't leave the room at all. He keeps saying all sorts of sad things that just hurt my soul. He feels so guilty for the accident. He has no idea that he didn't do anything wrong. The girls have been visiting me several times a day. They talk to me, even though I can't tell them anything, but they don't think I can hear them. I just found out from Effie that the ones we had the accident with were Atticus and Brandon. I honestly didn't want to blame them either. Accidents happen all of the time. I honestly don't know what is going to happen. All I do know is that I don't want to live a life connected to all sorts of machines. I always told the girls to unplug me. But I guess it was not the time to decide yet.

Helena's POV:

It was the day after the accident. Still no change on Alice's condition. Emma and Alaska were going to be released in two days. Ronnie passed the whole day by Alice's bed.
"Helena, you got visitors on the front desk" my favorite scrub nurse told me.
I started walking to the front desk. Half way I encountered Mark.
"Where are you going missy?" He asked with a huge smile on his face.
"The guys are here, I have to take them to the girls' room" I rolled my eyes.
"You're not happy to see them?" He asked.
"I am, but at the same time I'm still mad you know?" I shrugged my shoulders.
"Well, you know where to find me if you want to go eat or something" he patted my back and left.
"Hey Helena!" Timmy walked fast towards me and gave me a hug.
"How are they?" Roger asked concerned.
"Alice is still the same. Emma and Alaska are being discharged in two days, so they're fine" I gave him a hug too.
"Hey there" Jimmy smiled and hugged me. I had so much feelings at once that I felt I was about to burst into tears.
"Hi Jimmy" I smiled at him too.
"Okay, let's go" I told them walking to the room where Alaska, Seattle, Emma, and Effie were.
When Emma saw that Roger was about to go in she tried to stand up.
"Didn't you hear your doctor? You're not supposed to get up!" Roger said with a huge smile on his face. He gave her a kiss. Effie, who was laying on Emma's bed, gave them a weird look and got up.
"Eww, I'm leaving!" She walked towards Timmy, "Hey dork! I've missed you!" they hugged.
"Hey Effie!" Jimmy hugged her and she smiled.
"Okay, I'll be back. Helena would you mind coming with me for a while?" She waited for me outside.
"Have you seen Atticus?" She asked me preoccupied, "or Brandon? Do you know how they are?"
"Atticus just had surgery today and Brandon is still a little weak, but he's alive"
"Have you actually seen them? Like been to their room or talked to them?" She asked curious.
"No, I haven't dared to. Do you think we should go?"
"It would be weird, he's going to think I'm stalking him" she laughed.
"Well I can get in with the excuse that I'm his new doctor, I'll just say that I called you" I told her. We always had the ability to make plans that were lies but in a way were also the truth.
I walked to Brandon's room. I grabbed the chart from outside the room and walked in.
"Hey there" he smiled weakly, "who would've thought you were going to be my doctor" his throat was dry so I gave him a cup of water.
"What happened?" I asked him while I was checking his vitals.
"The brakes stopped working and Atticus freaked out, he tried to do something but he ended up hitting another car" he closed his eyes like trying to remember again.
"Effie is here too" I told him.
"Did you tell her I was here? Why would she come?" He asked confused.
"Well she is here for someone else, the car you guys hit was our friends' the ones you met at the bar" I didn't want to tell him but I couldn't control my mouth, I just blurted it out.
"Oh no. I'm so sorry Helena. I really am! It was our fault. How is everyone?" He asked me with a really sad look on his face. Before I could answer my pager rang.
"I'll get Effie in here, I got to go" I ran outside and told Effie to go in. The page came from Alice's room.
"Is she crashing again?" I asked when I saw Mark in there too.
"No, she's breathing on her own now. Ronnie freaked out cause she started rejecting the tube and paged you. It's a good sign, you know it" he smiled with hope in his eyes. That's something I loved about him, he was always positive about things, but he would never lie to me. If he thought that she wasn't going to get better he would have said it to me.
"Mark, are you still up for lunch?" I asked after we were done with Alice's check-up.
"Sure, want to go somewhere or just to the cafeteria?" He asked me.
"I think I'll rather stay here. Just in case" I smiled and we walked together to the cafeteria.
I texted Effie.

I am going to get lunch with Mark. I'll go check on Atticus after.

Mark and I sat down at a table. We both got burritos for lunch.
"So, how's it going?" He asked me after a while of eating silently.
"It's just too much. I've had too many bad days lately" I rolled my eyes.
"You're a strong, young lady. You'll be alright!" He held my hand and smiled at me. My eye caught a group of people coming in, they were all wearing black. I looked towards them. The guys were coming in. Jimmy immediately saw me then he looked at Mark. He turned to see the guys. They all sat on a table far away from us. Mark noticed me staring and turned around to see them too.
"What is it between you and Jimmy?" he asked letting go of my hand.
"It's nothing Mark" I smiled.
After we were done we walked back to Alice's room. Sloan stayed there talking to Ronnie while I went to Atticus' room.
I opened the door and he was still asleep. I grabbed the chart and sat down by his bed reading it.
"You're here" I heard him say with a low voice.
"Yes sir. You ended up in my hospital," I smiled at him and held his hand, "how are you feeling?"
"I'm just really tired" he sighed.
"Get some sleep" I started heading towards the door.
"I guess this happened for a reason. What are the odds of ending up in the hospital where the cute girl you just met in a bar works? You look really nice in those scrubs" he smiled weakly and closed his eyes.
I turned around and found Jimmy outside of the room.
"You're not supposed to be wandering around the hospital Jimmy" I rolled my eyes and started walking.
"You do look nice in those scrubs," he said laughing, "anyway, she woke up"