Metanoia // The Goonies

13; again

a/n: sorry i haven't updated in so long I was updating my sandlot book. i haven't updated it in so long i needed to take time and add a new chapter. but i'm back now and sorry I left it on such an emotional cliff hanger. i sincerely didn't mean to but at least i know i got your attention right. anyways enjoy. lots of love, ash❤❤

A U G U S T     18th     1 9 9 3

I all of a sudden I felt a heavy pressure against my right rib. My eyes flung open searching for something. Gray walls with odd posters surrounded me.

"Bunny it's okay" a large hand landed on my wrist.

"Don't call me Bunny please" I mumbled. My throat hurt and voice was hoarse.

"Where am I?" I asked and he sighed.

"You're in the hospital hun, last night you got in an accident" all of a sudden Mikey hit my mind. I was sad about Mikey. I wasn't paying attention and didn't hit the breaks soon enough and the car hit me just in time.

"I wanna call my parents" I said and his eyes widened.

"I-I don't know if you can" he said and I shook my head at him.

"I found them Dale. I have to let them know I'm okay" I said and he sighed and nodded. I reached for the phone on the table beside my bed. Quickly pressing in the numbers I memorized from staring at them for weeks not believing they were real.

"Borderdale's" Laura-Mom's voice filled the phone.

"Hi Mom" I mumbled a tear slipping down my cheek. Never in a million years would I have thought I could call her when I wasn't feeling okay.

"Estella? How are you?" her voice was cheerful and I could almost see the smile on her face I memorized from the short time spent with them.

"Im in the hospital" I said brushing away some more tears that slipped.

"What happened?!" the voice that was once cheerful was frightened and scared.

"I was in a car accident" I said and I heard her hiccup.

"Mom?" I asked after a while of her not answering.

"What hospital?" she asked and I looked to Dale mouthing what hospital.

"Meredith's about 2 hours out of Oregon" he said and I repeated that into the phone.

"Don't go to sleep. Well be there as soon as we can" I furrowed my eyebrows wanting to ask questions but the phone line went flat. I sighed and put the phone back down.

"You should get some rest" Dale said to me and I shook my head.

"Im fine" even if I didn't understand what she meant I was gonna follow orders.

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Hours and hours had passed. My eyes hurt from trying to keep them open. I wanted to sleep. Sleep sounded so good. My body actually felt physically strained holding myself from it. I looked to the clock and sighed. Screw it. I laid back and shut my eyes. Finally relief.

3rd person

"I need Estella- Bunny Jenkin's room" Laura ran to the front desk in the entry hall of the hospital. The lady at the desk look startled at her but Laura pressed with wide eyes for her response.

"What are your relations with her?" she asked and Laura the girl who never was rude to anyone rolled her eyes at the lady who was wasting her time from saving her daughter.

"Im her mother" she said almost shouting for her to get the hint and move on. The lady looked through some things and sighed looking up at her.

"Floor 5 room 240A" she said and Laura ran for the elevator pressing the buttons. As she did that Peter finally made it in from finding a parking space Dereck hot on his tail. They spotted Laura and jogged towards her. The door opened and they all filed in moving to her floor. Their minds all foggy thinking the worse until they saw her safely. The doors opened and Laura was the first out yelling for her doctor as she moved towards her room.

"M'am may I help you" a nurse walked up to her just as she was about to reach Estella's room.

"My daughter. I need to see her doctor" she said breathlessly as she pointed to her room. The nurse nodded as she scurried to find him and Laura entered the room. Dale was sitting in a chair just flipping through a newspaper. Estella was asleep. Laura snapped.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING?!" she shouted and she wanted to rip her hair out.

"Did she have any head injury during the accident?" she asked rushing the the side of the bed.

"She hit her head a couple of times, yes" Dale answered standing as the frantic woman shook Estella's arm.

"Miss Im Bunny's doctor what may I help you with" a blonde man finally entered and Laura grimaced.

"Her name is Estella and did she have any head injury from the accident?" she asked him not wanting Dale's previous answer to be true.

"The impact she had against the window was pretty hard. There was some swelling but we got it down and everything seemed to be fine" Laura shut her eyes and Charlie slumped in a chair as Dereck left the room. He didn't need to hear the words again. The words he heard as a young boy.

"She has had serious brain damage before. She lost her memory at 13. She was in a coma for weeks. The doctor said a hard impact like that again could send her right back into it" Laura said sitting on the side of her bed.

"We didn't have any information on that" the doctor flipped through papers on his clipboard and Laura sighed.

"But she was up earlier" Dale said and Laura glared at him.

"Yeah but how long was she out before that? And he even said the swelling went down. Who's to say it hasn't gone back up again" Laura asked since the man who stole their daughter was feeling the need to be dumb right now.

"Only about an hour and a half" he said and she rolled her eyes as her hand brushed against Estella's face moving some of the long brown hair out of the way.

"Estella honey. Wake up. It's your Mom" she shook Estella again but she didn't move. She started frantically shaking her but Estella lay limp. The doctor called for nurses. As they crowded around her bed they hooked machines to her and started testing to see the damage.

"You need to leave" a nurse said to the three remaining in the room. They all sighed and Laura's face filled with tears promised herself this time she wouldn't leave until she woke up. As time passed Peter squeezed Laura's hand as Dale paced the room. No one knew where Dereck was but finally the doctor stepped out into the hallway.

"There is serious swelling to the brain again. I can't tell you when she's going to wake up. She is um in a coma. Again. Im sorry"