With You // J.G

Chapter 16

Jack's POV

This is one hell of a way to spend my Christmas. I text my mom to tell her that I'm with Gabrielle. I don't mention how she's in the hospital but I guess she'll find out sooner or later.

I wait in anticipation. Many doctors come out and I hope that one of them will tell me that Gabrielle is okay. But, none of them do. They're all telling other people in the waiting room how other people are. All I want to know is if Gabrielle's okay. That's all I want. My stomach is in knots and my head hurts.

A doctor walks into the waiting room and everyone's heads shoot up. He takes a look at his clipboard and then slowly walks up to me.

"That girl you brought in, what is her name?"

"Uh- Gabrielle Frothe," I reply. I guess they asked for her name but she wouldn't respond. Or she's asleep and they don't know her name. Or she's dea-

"May I ask your relationship with her?" The doctor interupts my thoughts. I clear my throat.

"I'm her friend. Please tell me how she is."

"Do you know where her parents are?" I shake my head. It's not like they'd come anyways.

"Th-they weren't at the house when this happened. Can I see her?"

"I'm sorry but only family can visit at the moment." Are you kidding me? I've been waiting here for like two and a half hours. And now I'm told that I can't even see her? This is bullshit.

"This family bullshit... I need to see her please!"

"Sir, I need you to follow me." He leads me down a few hallways and then leads me into a normal doctor's room. I loose my balance a few times the he doesn't notice. The pounding in my head has gotten worse and my stomach is doing flips. He tells me to sit on the white tissue paper rolled out on top of the bed.

"Uh why am I in here? I wanna see Gabrielle."

"What's your name?" he asks. What am I doing here?

"Uh Jack Gilinsky."

"Okay Jack. How old are you?"

"18," I reply. What is this guy doing?

"Based on the scent of your breath, have you been drinking?" My whole body tenses up. Do I say no? Do I own up to what I did?

"Uh." I close my eyes tightly and then exhale loudly. "Yes I have." I'm in deep shit.

"You do understand you drove here. With another person while you had alcohol in your system?" I slowly nod my head. I had to get help. I'd rather Gabrielle get help and be okay than me be a goodie goodie and not drive and then she dies in my hands. I wish those words had come out of my mouth but nothing did.

"What's your parents' phone number?" I flinch. My parents are going to kill me. I'm going to die on Christmas. I give the doctor my dad's phone number. I feel like my dad would be more calm with this situation.

The doctor walks leaves his clipboard on the counter and then walks out of the room with the phone number. I'm not going to regret driving while I was hungover. But I do regret even drinking in the first place. What did I do to Gabrielle that made her afraid of me? I rest my head in my hands. I'm such an idiot. I mess everything up. Everything I touch turns to ashes and I'm responsible.

I stand up and slowly open the folder. It says everything that happened to Gabrielle. She's okay but she almost died from loss of blood. She's in room 25A. I need to go see her. I slowly open the door and look down both halls. Down one hall is where the doctor went. I go the opposite way and luckily I find her room.

I slowly walk in and there she is. Peaceful as ever. I stare down at her wrists and there are layers of white bandages. I walk in and sit down on the chair next to the bed. As I begin to grab her hand the doctor bursts through the door.

"You need to go back to your room. Now!" I give Gabrielle a kiss on the forehead and then go back to the room I was in.

"Your father is on his way to pick you up. Along with a police officer to give you your punishment." I nod and then look down at my feet.

What did I even do last night?

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~A/N: Sorry this chapter is so short! Longer ones are coming up!! Ily all😘😘

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