Living and Loving

Chapter 5: The Hospital Visit

As I read the text, my heart stopped, and I just couldn't believe it. Why? What happened? The hospital?

I looked up at Liam, who could obviously tell that something had happened.

"We need to go to the hospital, like now." I urged him.

He didn't say anything, but he held on to my wrist and we walked together to his car. We started to drive to the hospital, in a silent car ride.

When we got there, we saw Ethan leaning on the wall next to the hospital doors, looking down.

"Ethan, what happened?" I questioned.

He shook his head and looked up. Tears were overflowing his eyes, filled with loss, anguish, hurt. He looked down again and mumbled the words, "Andrew and Carrie got in a car accident."

My heart skipped a beat. My best friend got in a car accident...

Ethan took something out of his pocket, I couldn't really tell what it was. He opened something that looked like a box and took out a small white and partially yellow cylinder. Cigarettes. He reached for his other pocket and took out a small lighter and lit one. He placed it between his teeth.

Ethan never smoked, and I mean never. I guess this depression was really getting to him. But the thing was, the box was almost empty. Had he used almost all of them already?

I solemnly grabbed the pack from his hands and tossed it in the trash. Ethan really didn't seem to care.

"Okay," I started. "Liam and I are gonna go check on them."

Ethan nodded, but stayed there as Liam and I walked in the hospital. We asked one of the nurses to show us the room they were in, and fortunately, she did. We took the elevator to the 17th floor, and stopped at room B17.

Liam and I walked in to see the two of them laid on separate beds. I could tell they were both still unconscious. We looked over at one of the chairs on the side and found Scarlet sitting there, tears filled her eyes as well, but she leaned her head against the wall, with headphones in her ears, while she was listening to music. She usually does that to calm her down. As we walked to her, she took out the headphones from one ear and gave us each a hug.

I turned to the nurse and asked, "What happened?"

She sighed and told us to take a seat. We did and she began to tell us.

"Well, as you know, it was late at night. Hard to see at night time, especially around here. Busy highways, anything could happen." She paused. "I guess you could say Andrew was distracted by something, maybe the loud music from the car? But he was driving really fast, above the city's speed limit. But before he knew it, the brakes weren't working. No one knows how yet, the police are still investigating. But, the car swerved onto the oncoming traffic. It crashed into another car, a black car. That car was being driven by another young teenager, by the name of Blake. Andrew's car was smashed and hit from the driver's side. This led to more damage done to Andrew than Carrie. Especially the fact that Andrew wasn't wearing his seatbelt, but Carrie was. The impact caused Andrew to be thrown out of the window, where he landed on the concrete pavement and almost snapped his neck. I'm actually quite surprised he's here right now. Carrie was hurt on her head from the intense impact, but the air bag managed to save her in time. But the broken glass from the window landed all over her, but her forehead started bleeding, and she eventually became unconscious."

"Wow." I didn't know what to say. I looked over at the two of them in their hospital beds.

"As for Blake, he's one room next door, if you want to see him. He's eighteen years old, and it doesn't seem like he has a family who's there for him."

"Okay, thanks." Liam said. "But is it okay if we have a small moment alone for a while?"

"Of course." The nurse mentioned. "Blake is in room C17. I'll be there." She walked out of the room.

Liam, Scarlet, and I walked over to Andrew and Carrie. I touched Carrie's hand, but she didn't move. Neither of them did. The three of us looked at each other and started sobbing. We stayed there for a while.

"What are we gonna do?" Liam asked.

"What can we do?" Scarlet answered.

"I really don't know..." I paused. "Hey, Scarlet and I are gonna check on Blake. Is it okay if you stay here, Liam?"

He nodded, and Scarlet and I walked to room C17. There, we saw Blake. He was conscious and the nurse wasn't there. Blake saw us enter the room and slightly smiled at the corner of his mouth. His hair was a dark black, slightly messy in a sexy kind of look. He was sitting upright on the hospital bed, wearing all black. In his hand was an iPhone and a pair of headphones. His green eyes met ours as he began saying, "Well, hey there." His voice was so sexy, I've never heard something like his. I could tell Scarlet was thinking the same thing, because I knew her too well. But he obviously wasn't my type, but he was more of Scarlet's type. Was she falling in love with him once she saw him?

Scarlet was the first to say, "Hey." And then I said it too.

"So... do I know you guys?" he asked.

"Uhh... no, but I'm Scarlet... and this is Emma."

"Oh.. okay...why do you guys sound so familiar?" he asked in a hushed tone.

Scarlet and I looked at each other.

"So do you guys wanna come in?" he chuckled.

We walked in the room and sat on the chairs near the single bed he was sitting on.

"So I heard you were in the car accident?" I started.

He sighed. "Yup, but I'm alright. Haha. I've faced much worse things in my life, you could say."

"Ohh..." Scarlet said. "Sorry about all that."

"Nahh. I'm good." he said.

There was a slight silence that filled the room, until the nurse walked in the room.

"Excuse me, " she mentioned. "There has been some news that has just been confirmed by our hospital staff, and this concerns your friend, Andrew."

We looked at her as she continued.

"Andrew is under a severe critical condition, and our hospital isn't advanced enough to treat him properly. Therefore, Andrew will be transferred to another hospital, and we're almost certain that he will be transferred to a hospital in Connecticut, instead of this hospital here in New York. But Carrie has a larger chance of recovering, so she will stay here."

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