Don't You Love Me? (Jeremy X Michael)

Chapter Seven

    The fire extinguisher easily breaks the glass. The paramedic leader then crawls in the PT Cruiser to see if the driver is buckled in or not.

    He is, so she has to crawl in further and unbuckle him then get him out of the car.

    With help, she gets Michael out of the car and on a stretcher.

    "He's unconscious, his heart beat is slow and he's not breathing all that well. We need to get him to the hospital fast," the leader orders.

    They comply and get Michael in the back of the ambulance and rush him to the hospital.

    Whilst in the ambulance, Michael barely regains consciousness.

    "Jeremy...?" He says. It's the first thing that comes to his mind.

    One of the paramedics by his side says, "We're taking you to the hospital, you're gonna be okay."

    Michael didn't know what was happening.

    What did I do... this time..?

    "Jeremy... where's Jer.." He starts dozing off again.

    "Hey, bud, what's your name?"

    "Mich.."

    "Mike?" The paramedic asks.

    "Michael..." Michael then falls back into the state of unconsciousness that he has been in.

    "Michael, who's Jeremy?"

    He didn't answer, having being unconscious makes it difficult to answer questions.

    They get to the hospital without getting anymore answers out of Michael.

    They take him to the emergency room. The secretary manage to figure out that "Jeremy" is Michael's roommate and calls him.

    Jeremy answers the phone.

    "Hello?" Jeremy's confused. Michael is supposed to be home by now, and he's not.

    "Hello, I am of the Overlook Medical Center, and your roommate, Michael Mell, has been in a bad car accident," she informs.

    "What?" Jeremy doesn't know how else to respond.

    "Yes, apparently while in the ambulance, he was saying your name."

    Oh my god... this is my fault...

    "Where is he?"

    "At Overlook Medical Center."

    "Thank you," Jeremy hangs up the phone.

    A bad car accident...

    Jeremy takes off Michael's glasses.

    Michael could die or be dead because I took his glasses... what did I do..?

    Jeremy calls a taxi service he can't drive (still) and has to get to that "Overlook Medical Center" as fast as possible.

    Michael on the other hand is getting x-rays done. The doctor knew that nobody can survive that kind of crash without some type of broken or fractured bone.

    He's in a fairly stable condition, if you consider low heart rate and barely even breathing stable, that is.

    After the x-rays, he is taken back to the hospital room. He's going in and out of consciousness, each time gaining a new world of pain.

    Can't I just die already...?

    Every time he tries to lean up, take in his surroundings, the nurses push him back down, saying something like "Take it easy, you'll feel more pain if you lean up."

    (No, they're not threatening him.)

    Jeremy on the other hand just got to the hospital.

    He runs to the front desk, "Michael Mell!"

    The Secretary looks confused.

    Jeremy takes a deep breath, "I'm Jeremy Heere, and my b- friend," he quickly corrects, "Michael Mell, got into a car wreck. I was told he was brought here."

    She types on her keyboard, leaving Jeremy standing anxiously. He notices he even starts to fidget with his fingers again.

    "M-E-"

    "Mell, M-E-L-L."

    She nods and types some more.

    "Oh, he seems to be in intensive care, I could lead you to the waiting room and notify a nurse to get you once it's okay to see him. Is that okay?"

    That's a rhetorical question, and even if it wasn't, Jeremy still doesn't think it's okay. He wants to see Michael now, not in however long it takes to get him stable. What if he doesn't gets stable? What if he dies...

    "Mr. Heere?"

    He nods.

    "Okay, follow me," she leads him down a white hallway, having many signs that have an arrow and a label to whatever it is.

    He gets there and sits on the chair nearest to the exit, he wants Michael to live, but he's terrified, if it's as bad as they say, that he won't.

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