AN UNEXPECTED YEAR
-TRAVEL TO BARDEN-
-JESSE-
Jesse hummed to the song 'Don't You' from the soundtrack of 'The Breakfast Club'. He wasn't humming to it just because it was one of his favorite movies, but it was because his girlfriend, Beca, sang it to him during last year's ICCA's.
Every time he reminisces about that moment, it always brings a smile to his face. He turned to his left to see Beca sleeping quietly. He pushed aside a hair out of Beca's face, making him see her face clearer.
Jesse always knew how cute Beca is when she sleeps, but he never dared to tell that to her, except for that one time, and it didn't went well. And from that moment on he decided to keep it to himself.
Jesse turned his gaze back to the road. He was driving the car his dad bought for him, his dad told him that they actually bought it on his birthday last January, but they decide to give him the car after the previous school year.
He then noticed something, a vehicle swerve in front of their car. It kept driving towards them; it was as if a lunatic was driving the car. He did the only thing his senses told him. He pushed and pushed at the car horn but the car kept coming.
He heard Beca ask:
"What's happening?"
"I don't know" was the only thing he replied.
The car kept coming. And seconds later, before he knew it, Jesse blacked out.
At the hospital…
-JESSE-
Jesse woke up with the smell of antiseptics.
"Hey, Jesse. How do you feel?" he heard someone say. And he instantly knew it was his co-Treble, Benji.
"I'm good, my leg hurts a bit" he replied.
"You might be wondering where the others are, they're at the cafeteria." Benji explained. Jesse replied with a nod.
Jesse looked around him and saw that his leg was in a cast, and then he heard a voice ask:
"Good to see you're already awake, Mr. Swanson. If you've any questions you may ask me. By the way, I'm Sarah Stanley, and I'll be your nurse as you are staying here, you can call me, Sarah" the nurse explained.
"Hey, um…Sarah, can you tell me why I got here?" he asked his nurse.
"Well, a civilian saw you both in the car, unconscious. Then he decided to call 911, and then as soon as the ambulance arrived he left. He also said that the driver of the car that crashed into yours left the scene." The nurse replied.
"What do you mean 'both'?" he asked the nurse.
Then it soon came to him that he was with Beca when they got into the car accident.
"I've got to see Beca" he told them, and then he tried to stand. As soon as his foot reached the floor, he felt pain went up his leg.
He let out a scream.
"Jesse, you need to rest. You're not even half-way healed yet, you need to rest if you want to see Ms. Mitchell earlier" the nurse told him, helping him lay back down on his bed.
"She's right, Jesse, you have to rest" Benji told him.
"But how is Beca?" Jesse asked the nurse.
"Mr. Swanson, I hate to break it to you, but Ms. Mitchell's not awake yet. Most of the impact of the car crash was on the side where she was sitting in" the nurse explained.
A tear trickled down Jesse's face.
"I need to see her! Please! Just let me!" he cried out.
"Jesse, you need to rest. If Beca was here, she would've had told you the same thing. Just stay here, if you followed what the nurse wants you to do, you could probably visit Beca tomorrow" Benji told him.
Jesse nodded reluctantly.
"OK, I'll be back later. I'll report to the doctor about Jesse already waking up. I'll be back later" the nurse told them.
As soon as the nurse left, Benji spoke up,
"Are you hungry, Jesse? I could go get you some dinner of you want to" Benji told him.
"I'm not hungry" Jesse replied dully.
"OK, dude. I know you need some time alone, I'll be back later" Benji told him. Then he left the room.
-BENJI-
As soon as Benji was out of Jesse's hospital room, he went straight to Beca's hospital room were almost everyone was there, except for Kolio and Uni who was in the cafeteria eating their dinner.
"How'd it go?" Donald asked him.
Benji shook his head, and then spoke up.
"Guys, I know I was supposed to make him feel better, but I don't know what to tell him, I don't know how he feels I've never been in that kind of position before. The only thing that I know that could make him feel better is Beca waking up" Benji explained, and then he sat down on the seat next to Lily.
"But the problem is, we don't know when that will happen" Fat Amy complained.
"How's Beca, anyway? Any signs of her waking up, or any movements at all?" Benji asked.
"No, none at all" Chloe replied.
"If I ever get my hands on that driver, I'm going to pound him like a cheesecake" Fat Amy said.
"If only there could be a way to make Beca wake up faster" Chloe said.
"Yeah, if only there is" Aubrey said.
Everyone went silent after that.
