Chapter seventeen; days, weeks, months, minutes

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Shawn's POV;

"The shows cancelled for tonight, I got you plane tickets back to Pickering your flight leaves in an hour" my dad hands me my plane tickets. "Me and your mother will be right behind you" he pats me on the back.

Stella got into an accident, I don't know how hurt she is or what happened I just know she got into an accident. I haven't been able to think straight ever since Claire called me crying. I knew it was bad the second I heard her voice say my name.

"Shawn?" Claire's voice is soft.

"What? What happened?" I begin to get worried.

"It's bad, oh god Shawn it's really bad you need to come home" she starts to sob on the other line.

"Claire where's chase? Can you put chase on the phone?" I ask her trying to stay as calm as possible .

"No Shawn, it was both of them. Chase hit Claire's car. He was going 60 miles per hour. It's bad" she continues to sob on the other line. I drop my phone.

The plane ride is long. It feels like days but it's only been hours. I couldn't get to Pickering fast enough.

I haven't seen Stella in two months. They have been the worst two months of my entire life.

It broke my heart to leave her. It took everything in my power to tell her we needed to break up. I couldn't bring myself to tell her I was leaving for tour, it was so much easier for me to just tell her she shouldn't ask any questions about it.

I was in love with her. Hell, I am in love with her. Every single song I wrote about her has been true. I know it might seem like I'm the selfish bastard but in reality it's not like that. I did what I thought was going to be best for her.

I didn't think she was gonna be able to keep up with my lifestyle. It was too much for me to even keep up with. A different city every night. Touring 9 months out of the year . I didn't want that life for her. I didn't want her life being spent waiting for me.

By the time I reached the hospital , Claire was outside waiting for me.

"What happened?" I jump out of the escalade that was sent to pick me up from the airport.

"Chase went through the red light and wrecked into her car, he was going 60 mph" Claire leads me up to Stella's room.

"Chase is in critical condition he's up in surgery right now" she sobs. I grab her and pull her close to me hugging her as tight as I can.

"Where is Stella is she okay?" I question her and she looks at me with sad eyes.

"What is it Claire" we stop outside of her room. I need to know what I'm going to see before I go into her room.

"They had to put her in a coma Shawn . Her brain was swelling to quick and they couldn't slow it down so they put her in a coma . There not gonna wake her up for two weeks. She looks really bad so just prepare yourself" Claire holds my hand . I walk into Stella's room slowly . She has a tube down her throat to help her breathe .

There are so many wires hooked up to so many different machines. All of the wires make there way into her beautiful body.

"Where was she going?" I ask Claire softly.

"She was going on a date Shawn. She was suppose to go out tonight with some guy she met" Claire bites her nails nervously . Her eyes are puffy and red, her small frame is shaking. She's broken.

"She was going on a date?" My soft voice turns into a loud one.

"Yes Shawn she was going on a date, you destroyed her" Claire spits back at me.

"Where's her family?" I look around not seeing coach or her mom or her brother. I choose to ignore her comment. I know what I did to her. It did the same thing to me. I guess I shouldn't be surprised she was going to date other people. I didn't expect her to wait for me. Not after what I did to her.

"They went to get something to eat. They've been with her half the night" Claire rubs her eyes.

"Go get some sleep, your gonna need all the rest you can get for when chase wakes up" I lay the recliner they have out next to Stella's bed. I lay blankets down and Claire lays down. I take the seat that sits by the door and I close my eyes.

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"Shawn, wake up" Claire wakes me up by shaking me.

"What is she okay?" I jump up out of my seat and look at Stella who still looks the same as she did when I first came in.

"She's okay, chase is out of surgery. He's asking for you" Claire bites the sleeves of her jacket nervously.

"Okay lets go" I hold her hand again, she leads me up to chase's room which is the next floor up from Stella's.

"The doctors said the next 24 hours is critical for both of them" Claire whispers.

"They will get through it. There strong" I stop walking and hug her. She sobs into my chest and I can't help but to cry myself.

My baby is in a coma. My baby girl, is in a coma.

I know I shouldn't call her that because she's not technically mine anymore. I will always love her. I took everything for granted . I was stupid to push her away like I did. I should have never chose music. I should have chose her.

Claire leads me into chase's room.

"What's up bro" he smiles with a bandage over his forehead. He has wires hooked up to his body but not nearly as many as Stella's.

"I missed you" I take his hand into mine and hold onto it for a minute.

"How is she doing" his smile fades and he looks at me seriously.

"We will know more after she wakes up" I fill him in on what Claire has told me.

"I'm sorry brother" tears slip from his eyes , they threaten to slip from mine but I blink them away.

"I'm happy you're alright"

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