"Ben you have to go back" says the figure as it walks across the haze as it becomes more clear that it is Mel "Everything is going to be okay" she says as she comes closer to him
"What's going on, what happened?" Ben says confused not understanding what is going on
"Just trust me, it's going to be okay" Mel says now standing right in front of Ben "I love you" Mel says as she gives him a kiss
As they pull out of the kiss Mel starts to pull further and further away as she drifts back into the fog
"Mel wait!" Ben says as Mel drifts further away "Mel!" he yells again as she begins to disappear
"Ben" he hears Mel say though he can no longer see her "Ben" he hears again relizing that it isn't Mel's voice but it's his mum's
"Ben" Julie says faintly as she strokes Ben's hair where he is laying in a hospital bed pretty banged up "Please wake up sweethart" she says stroking his head again, she's not the only one in the room as Dave is standing behind her, Carbo and Retta are sitting on the window seal near the bed, and Nathan and Rachel are pacing back and forth across the room
"Well I got some coffee for everyone" Ted says as he walks into the room "how's he doing?" he says looking over at Julie
"He still hasn't came to yet" Julie says looking back at Ted "Do the police have any ideas of what happened?"
"Well from what they can piece together Ben was at a four way stop, and he had pulled foward to come across and a driver coming from the other direction ran the stop sign and straight into him" Ted says looking at her "but could have been much worse then it was if they hadn't hit the passengers side"
"Well what about the driver of the other car" Carbo ask as him and Retta look over at Ben who is still laying motionless on the bed
"A few bumps and brusis but he's not as serious as Ben" Ted says looking at them before looking at Ben as well "they do think that alcohol was involved"
"I don't get who could get behind the wheel of a car like that" Rachel says as she shakes her head "It's like they don't understand the damage it can do"
"What's bad is I don't think they consider that" Nathan says as he puts his hand on Rachel's shoulder knowing she is getting worked up
Donna walks into the room carrying Ruby's carrier "I finally got her to sleep" she says as she sits down in a chair on the other side of the room, sitting Ruby's carrier down next to her
"I got here as quick as I could" Emma says a few minutes later as she comes running into the room still in her work uniform "I came as soon as I could" She says as she looks over at Ben and then looks back at everyone around the room
"Emma just take a breath" Dave says as he walks over to Emma "It's going to be okay, it could have been much worse then it is considering the cirumstances" he says as Emma starts to calm down "he looks alot worse then he is"
Ben can hear voices as he starts to come around and realizes something is going on, all he can feel is a throbing pain in his head, as he opens his eyes he tries to focus in on what's going on in the room but winces when he sees the light above him
"Ben?" Julie says as she has seen him open up his eyes "Sweethart?" she says again as she puts her hand on his shoulder
"Mum?" Ben says as he tries to open his eye's again trying to fight the pain from his head
"I'm right here sweethart" Julie says as Ben trys to turn over to look at her before feeling pain radiate through the rest of his body as he flinchs
"I'll go get the doctor" Dave says as he can see Ben is in pain as he walks toward the door "See if we can get more pain medicine"
"What happened?" Ben says as he tries to wake up some more
"You were in a car accident mate" Carbo says as Ben can now see that he, Retta, Nathan and Rachel are standing around the bed
"Darling you were hit by another car" Julie says as she strokes Ben's hair
"Well that explains why everything hurts" Ben says trying to adjust in the bed as he winces again "espically my head"
"Your head hit the dash pretty hard" Rachel says as she looks at him "You were unconscious when the ambalance got there"
"How does that feel?" A nurse says later as she finish's injecting something into Ben's IV
"Yea I feel good now" Ben says as he relax's down onto the bed "I don't feel anything now" he says with a smile "If you guys think i'm funny to start with just wait till you see me on pain meds"
"Well if you think that will help" Nathan says as Rachel hits him in the arm
"Good to see your sense of humor is still in tact" Carbo says as he smiles back at him
"It sounds like that's one of the few things" Ted says as he and Dave come in followed by the doctor
"Hey Ben, how you feeling?" The doctor says as he smiles over towards the bed "I'm "
"I'm feeling better now" Ben says as the pain medication really starts to take an effect
"Well I already told your family, but you substained several injures" The doctor continues though not sure if Ben is completly with him "Once we got the xrays back it showed that you have some cracked ribs, some bruised bones, a faractured wrist, a broken leg, a sprained ankle and a possible concusion"
"Sounds like my humor is the only thing still in tact" Ben says looking at him
"Well we're going to keep you in the hospital for a few days just for observation, but by the end of the week you should be good to go home" says smiling at Ben
"And no checking yourself out this time" Nathan says looking at Ben
"I don't think I could even if I wanted to" Ben says relaxing back on the bed