Crossing The Line

Chapter Fifty Four

Morgan's POV

120 hours after the accident...

"What's going to happen to her?" I ask a doctor after an entire day of waiting in the waiting room with no update on Kelley's condition.

He let out a long sigh which drove me insane. "Her spleen ruptured causing bleeding in her abdominal area but we were able to stop the bleeding. During surgery though, she suffered a stroke and at this point, it's hard to tell what her condition will be like in the next few hours. She suffered a major car accident and we're doing everything we can."

"Is she going to live?" I ask.

"We're doing everything we can. Just... hold her and be there for her. And if she wakes up, then she wakes up." The doctor says. He excuses himself and walks away. I look over at Alex who looked at me with sadness in her eyes. What sucked was there wasn't anything we could do to help Kelley and I hated that. I hated knowing that she wasn't going to be okay.

"It's been five days, Alex. Why hasn't she woken up?" I ask but she just shrugs her shoulders.

Alex and I walked into Kelley's room and she still lay unresponsive on her bed with the same tubes and wires attached to her body. She hasn't changed much but I know that her condition was only getting worse.

"Can you leave us?" I ask and Alex nods as she leaves the room, closing the door behind her.

"Kelley.... things aren't the same around here and we need you. I need you. I need you to fight through this because I want to be with you. I want you to hold me, I want to hear you tell me that you love me. I want to hear your voice and stare into your beautiful eyes.... this wasn't supposed to happen to you. It should have been me and I'm sorry... I'm... I'm sorry i should have seen the car, I should have pushed you out of the way. And I'm sorry, Kelley. It was my fault that I pushed you away in the first place and it was my fault that I left you with a broken heart because you never did anything wrong. How could you? You're absolutely perfect and I need you. Forgive me for all the things I've done wrong... I just need you Kelley. More than you will ever know."

I wiped away the tears that rolled down my cheek. I let Alex come into the room before I left to get some fresh air.

It was a beautiful day in New York with the sun shining and a clear blue sky... it almost looked perfect. The sound of cars zooming by made my heart race and all I could picture was Kelley getting hit by that car. The picture of her with her own bone sticking out of her leg and blood surrounding her was a hard picture to get out of my head.

It drove me insane.

Slowly, I walked towards the street and I felt like I couldn't control myself anymore. It was like something horrible was taking over my body. I couldn't think straight, my mind was somewhere else and I continued to stare at the cars that were going through the street fast.

"Are you okay?" I hear someone ask me. I look over and see an older woman who was looking at me with a concerned expression on her face. All I could do was nod my head because no words came out of my mouth. It's like my mouth was sealed shut.

"Are you okay?" Another person asks me. I guess it was pretty obvious that there was something wrong with me but I couldn't help it.

Imagine having someone you love dearly, laying in a hospital bed, unable to wake up. It was horrible and I was scared. Scared that she might not wake up, scared that the last time I saw her awake was when she asked me to marry her and I didn't give her an answer. That's what tore me up inside.

I should have said yes instead of being scared because I love her. There was no one else I was going to ever love.

I walk into the street and the sounds of incoming cars honking at me as they came full speed towards me.

"Morgan!" I hear Alex scream as she pulls me out of the way where a truck was about to hit me. I fall to the ground in tears as Alex wraps me into a hug.

"I wanted to be with her." I say in between sobs.

"Not like this, Morgan. God, not like this." Alex says as she gently rocks me trying to calm me down.

*

Two weeks later...

More scars went up and down my arms, I attempted suicide three more times, and I overdosed on cocaine. My life was a mess and I could see myself turning into my mom. Exactly the kind of person I didn't want to be but I couldn't help myself.

Kelley hasn't woken up and the doctors asked Jeri and I multiple times to pull the plug but we refused.

Things weren't getting easier and Kelley still hasn't woken up and at this point... I was really scared that she wasn't. I was honestly starting to believe that she won't ever wake up.

I drank a can of beer and threw it in the trash before entering the hospital. I was alone today, Alex refused to come to the hospital anymore because it was getting harder for her and less and less people stopped by to visit. But I made sure everyday that I came to visit Kelley hoping she would be awake by the time I reached her room but she never was.

I rolled down my sleeves, covering up the pale white scars that were on my wrist. I was ashamed of them but at the same time I didn't regret it. It was my punishment and I deserved to be punished.

I walked into her room and I saw a doctor writing stuff on his clipboard and I waited outside.

"How is she?" I ask.

"Better than yesterday." He says. I walk into the room.

I walk into the room and I see Kelley still laying in her bed.

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Who's it going to be for my next story?

Rose Lavelle and Kelley O'Hara
or
Alex Morgan and Kealia Ohai