Nothing like starting over (Hunter hayes fan fiction)

Chapter 10/Aftermath

When we got to the hospital everyone was still mostly silent. Matt and Andy went to ask the doctor where to go. Betsy had to beg the doctors to let the band see hunter because only family could see him. They allowed Betsy to see him do to the fact that she's his manger. I hadn't realized how bad the situation was until then. Everyone was almost in tears and I was kind of just there. It was sad but I didn't know hunter all that well,I felt horrible. He didn't deserve to be in the ICU but everyone here loved him and had known him for years. We sat in a waiting room for about an hour or so before Betsy came back from seeing hunter and talking to the doctors.

"Well he's stable but he is injured.they are going to move him into another room. But they said he won't -"Betsy started getting choked up "he won't be the same. He hit his head when his car flipped. He had brain hemorrhaging and a serious concussion. They are pretty sure he will wake up in the next couple of hours if not just a day or two, they- they just don't know how ok he will be." She gave everyone a terribly sad look

"What do you mean he won't be ok ?" Matt asked worried

"Well apparently he was ok everywhere else. A few bruised ribs and some scratches but they said he has head trauma and that he could possibly have brain injuries." She wrapped her arms around herself

"What ? like what ? will he be ok ?" Andy asked shaking his head

"Yes but they don't know when.they basically told me to expect that he won't know who he is when he wakes up." She tried to give Andy and comforting look.
I was just sitting in this mix of people feeling awkward. Like I said I care about him like I would any other person who was hurt this way but I didn't love him so it was hard to say anything to try and comfort people. The best I could do was tell that that it would be ok but due to hunters track record with bad events it seemed to be getting worse.

"So he will have some memory loss when he wakes up but he will get it back ?" sam asked

"Yes. They just don't know when he will remember. They said they never do because every person is different. It could take a day, a month or even longer they just aren't certain." She said

"When will we be able to see him ?" Devo asked

"Soon they said wait here and they will send someone out for us" she said taking a seat across from me

"This is awful. I can't believe all the stuff that has to go wrong now. He's been through way to much in such a short time." Steve sighed

"You guys I'm sure he will be ok. And if he can't remember now I know this will sound terrible at first but here me out. If he does have memory loss it might not be a bad thing. The doctor said he would get it back and he won't be able to remember all the bad things or the depressing stuff. Even of he's told about them he won't really remember how it felt. It might be a blessing in disguise." I said nervously hoping that I didn't offend anyone with what I had said.

"That's actually true. It might help him if he can't remember all the bad.and we might be able to get him back on his feet by the time his memory comes back around. That he won't be upset anymore." Sam said hopeful.

"I hope everything turns out ok" Andy said.

We waited a few more minutes until a nurse came and got us. We followed her to a different floor and down a hallway. She stopped in front of hunters door and said we could go in but he was still sleeping. They guys piled in the room and looked at hunter. He didn't look to banged up just a few cuts and bruises on his fave. They had bandages on the top and back of his head where he got stitches but other than that he looked fine. He had his IV in and was fast asleep. It was inappropriate to think about but he looked like an adorable little baby when he slept.

"Hey Payton I'll get you a ride home. I'm sure you don't want to be here" Betsy smiled

"No no I'm fine he needs all the support he can get. I don't mind waiting" I smiled back.

"Are you sure ?" she asked

"Positive." I reassured her.

"Ok. But anytime you want to leave let one of us know" she said

"I will thank you and I'm sure I can just call someone I know for a ride so you don't have to go to any trouble for me" I sat down between her and sam.

We all sat in silence for awhile but then the guys started telling stories of when they were all on your together. They had some funny ones. They told me about times when hunter would fall on stage and get embarrassed. Happy hunter seemed like a sweet kid. It was almost impossible to imagine him the way the guys were saying compared to how he is now. We sat in the hospital room for a few hours. The guys talked and I sat and listened. It was getting late and it was tired I didn't want Betsy to have to call me a cab or anything so I was going to try and covertly sneak out.

"Where ya going ?" Matt said raising his head.

"I think I'm gonna go now. But let me know if he wakes up" I smiled

"Do you need us to call you a ride home ?" Betsy asked

"No I texted my boyfriend Lucas to come pick me up" I smiled

"Oh alright well hopefully we see you soon when hunters awake and we can get back to writing" she said

"Me to. Call or text me when he wakes up and let me know how he's doing. Bye guys" I smiled and waved. They waved back and I left to go wait out front for Lucas.

"Hey babe" Lucas said opening my door for me

"Hey thanks for getting me" I kissed his cheek

"No problem. So is he ok ?" he asked

"I guess he will be. They said that we should expect some memory loss but that he will get it back,he's got some stitches in his head and a few cuts and bruises but that's all" I said buckling my seatbelt

"Well that's good. Not the memory loss part but the other stuff. At least he didn't break or puncture anything." Lucas said

"Yeah. Hey I'm starving ! let's get something to eat." I smiled

"You read my mind." he smiled at me.

"Your so cute" i pinched his cheek

"Your cuter." he winked

"So how's hunter as far as working with him ? you think you will be able to get a permeant job with him ?" he asked

"Not sure. He doesn't like me at all. I can tell he feels like I'm invading his space. He was so rude and bratty when I first met him. He softened up a little but he was just being polite I think" I said thinking about him sleeping in the hospital

"I hope you get to write with him. I know you've been wanting a steady job" Lucas said fiddling with the radio

"Yeah me to. And it would be a fun opportunity to make some music with him." I smiled

"Yeah it would be a great opportunity" he said smiling at his satisfaction with his song choice he picked on the radio
I felt a little bad for everyone back with hunter. They were all upset over hunter and I wasn't. I was but not as much as they were. I couldn't be. I hadn't known hunter that much. I do hope he wakes up soon. From what his band said there's a sweet good person in there somewhere. It just needs to be brought back out.