Clear as Day (Scotty McCreery fanfic)

Chapter 4- Complications

~Emily's POV

I sat in my room watching Duck Dynasty for a bit waiting for Travis to text that he was leaving practice. It had been like two hours since Scotty brought me and Gertrude home and I hadn't heard anything from him. No I wasn't trying to avoid him... well I was but not trying to be mean about it. I sighed and went downstairs to talk about him auditioning for American Idol. I walked down quietly to see what he had been doing downstairs. I found him down in our makeshift movie theater in the basement singing that song that goes "Baby lock them doors and turn them lights down low," and then he realized I was standing there. Sh*t. 

"Hey uh nice singing,; I said.

"Why thank you." He gushed.

"Yeah so have you heard from Travis yet?" 

"Nah why?"

"Just wondering because his practices don't usually go this late."

"Call your mom??" Scotty said.

"Yeah good idea."

-Phones ringing- My mom picks up and there's beeping in the background like that heart monitor in the hospital, and she crying. "What's wrong mom?" I asked suddenly shocked. "Hun are you home alone?" "No Scotty was waiting for Travis to get home." She goes quiet. "Mom whats wrong and why does it sound like you're in a hospital?" She hands the phone to my Dad. "Sweetheart your brother flipped his truck on his way home from practice and he's not doing too great." "WHAT!" Suddenly Scotty's next to me and he asks me to put it on speaker. "How did that happen, he's a good driver??" "Yeah but the police blamed it on the fog and pouring rain, and he flipped it just outside of school." He told us. "Can we come down, do they know if he's going to make it?" As I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes, I asked Scotty to drive me there.

~Scotty's POV

Travis usually texts us both before he leaves practice I don't understand whats going on. I only got bits and pieces of the phone conversation and I could tell it wasn't good because Emily looked like she was about to cry. She never cries, at least not that I've seen. The drive to the hospital was silent because we were both shocked. So many questions floated in the air like;

Why didn't he text,

How did he flip,

Was there something else that went wrong,

Was it on purpose,

When were their parents going to break the news.??

I'm pretty sure Emily was crying but she was trying to hide it, "Hey come over here," I said as I put my arm around her while driving. 

~Emily's POV

As we were driving I was trying to hide the fact that I was crying, because I never do. I was sitting in Scotty's truck staring out the window practically biting a hole in my lip to keep my sobs quieter. "Hey come over," I hesitated for a minute and moved over to the middle seat. Then Scotty put his arm around me pulling me right up next to him as he grabbed the wheel while his arm was still around me. I don't know why but my sobs almost stopped even though I wanted to punch something, just not anything in his beautiful truck. We finally pulled up to the hospital when Scotty asked if I was ready to go in. I said no but forced myself out of the truck anyways. I had started sobbing again and Scotty put his arm around my waist as we walked to the front desk. He asked for my brother Travis Lynch, and they said ICU 7. Scotty thanked the lady as we navigated through the maze they call a hospital. 

~Scotty's POV

As we got closer and closer to the ICU I could feel Emily start crying against me. Not that I didn't want to do the same, but I was being strong for her. I just wanted to see Travis for one last time to promise I would take care of his sister for him. I stopped her outside of his room saying, "I want you to know that whatever happens in there, I'm here for you." Surprisingly she latched onto me for a hug and I pulled her close just like I had the other morning. 

Mrs. Lynch's POV

As soon as I had heard the news that Travis was in the hospital I dropped everything at work and called Mr. Lynch. I had been there for 5 hours and it never even crossed our minds to call Emily or Scotty to tell them what had happened. But now that it was around 8 o'clock Scotty walked in first with Emily trying her hardest to not keep crying. My poor baby, the last time I saw her cry was a skinned knee back in second grade. Scotty was holding her hand and he had tear stains on his shirt probably from Em. What a nice boy he is staying strong for her. They sat down next to Travis's bed and I was too chocked up to tell them the news. When Mr. Lynch spoke up for me; 

"Your brother was headed home from practice and I guess it didn't go well because he almost got in a fight with one of the players, and coach took him off starter. Practice had run over and Travis was probably too pissed to tell anyone he had left. It had been pouring and the fog was horrendous according to the officer that found his truck. Travis went off the road and rolled it in a ditch, the officer found him unresponsive and he was rushed here. The doctors say he has extensive head, neck and back injuries from the way his truck landed. They needed to put him on life support and he probably won't wake up, due to the major brain damage." 

~Emily's POV

While my Dad was explaining what he had heard, he got to the life support part and I held my breath and ended up crying again!! By this time I couldn't handle it anymore Scotty was being so good about it but I knew he wanted to break down just like I was. He hugged me then and my parents said they'd give us a minute alone with Travis, before we make the final decision. I spoke then between sobs telling Travis I love him and that I just wanted him to wake up, even though I knew it wasn't going to happen. When Scotty said that he'd watch out for me and make sure our parents didn't go crazy. Then he added to say hi to his dog up there for him. 

I walked over to Travis and kissed him on the cheek saying I wished I could've said I love you one last time. Then I walked over to the window crying when my parents got back in. 

Mr. Lynch's POV

I felt really bad for Emily because she didn't have a chance to talk to Travis. He had called me during his lunch saying he was going to be late for dinner again because of practice. I got to say goodbye my last time. Then I spoke up, "Travis we all wish this hadn't happened and we all wish that we could've said our last goodbyes. I want to make sure that you be good up in the clouds and to watch over your sister, I think she will need it most." We all came to the consensus, that it was time to take him off of life support.

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A.N. I bet y'all didn't know that was coming. What would you do in a situation like that?

Goodbye Travis. 

What do you think will happen, will Emily break down, or will Scotty be able to keep her from going nuts... without falling in love, New chapter tomorrow its getting late and I have to go to work in the morning :p Goodnight!!!