*Chapter Fifteen* {Founder's Day/The Return}

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It's safe to say that Claire hates hospitals

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It's safe to say that Claire hates hospitals. After what happened the last time she was in one... losing one of her babies... she never wanted to go back. She knew it was probably unrealistic but she wanted to avoid it. She never thought she would be back in one so soon and this time, it wasn't for her.

Caroline has gone to the Founders celebration while Claire decided to stay home with Madelyn. It was nice to just relax with Madelyn. At some point she had fallen asleep but her mother woke her up with a phone call saying Caroline had gotten into a car accident.

Claire didn't even hesitate. She packed a bag for Madelyn and drove to the hospital. It took her a few moments to actually walk in but she did it. Once she walked in she was bombarded with memories, memories she desperately tried to push away.

"Hey" Liz said walking up to her. Claire gave her a forced smile. "Are you ok?" Liz asked concerned.

"How's Caroline?" Claire asked not answering her others question.

"I don't know, they're trying to help her but no ones telling me anything" Liz explained. Claire closed her eyes feeling more worried than before. "Matt and Tyler are just down the hall, I have to take this call." Liz said walking away. Claire tensed at his name. Madelyn fidgeted as if sensing her mothers discomfort.

"Sh, it's alright" Claire whispered. "Go back to sleep, everything fine" She comforted even though Madelyn didn't truly understand her words. However, the calmness in her voice lured Madelyn back to sleep.

"Hey" Matt said standing up when he saw Claire. Tyler looked up as well, tensing when he looked at her.

"How did it happen?" Claire asked desperately trying to keep her voice strong. Her mind was automatically going to the worst and the thought of losing her twin was... unbearable.

"Tyler was driving and suddenly... I don't even know but the car ended up crashing into a wall." Matt explained. Claire glared at Tyler who quickly averted his gaze.

"What happened?" Claire growled her sorrow mixing in with rage, at this point it was getting hard to tell the difference between the two.

"I-I don't... I don't know" Tyler admitted.

"What do you mean you don't know?" Claire snapped. "You could have killed her! She can still die!" Claire shouted.

"I know" Tyler replied in a calm, guilty tone. He looked back at her. "I don't know what happened. I was driving when I got this... bad pain in my head."

Claire tensed. She would have shouted at Tyler for crashing the car over a headache but Claire knew. She knew it was much more than a headache. She had seen on the news about people collapsing in pain all at the same time. The same time Madelyn gave that heartbreaking scream.

"What?" Tyler asked standing up noticing the look on Claire's face.

"Madelyn felt it too" Claire admitted. Tyler frowned his eyebrows while Matt awkwardly walked away. "Whatever happened to you, it happened to her too." She said. Tyler holds Claire's gaze for a moment before looking down at Madelyn.

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