She lay in bed thinking about the past few months and how she never would have even thought it possible for this to happen. It seemed like only just yesterday that she never even talked to the guy and now….she couldn't stop thinking about him! It was driving her crazy and she didn't know what to do.
'Kira, get a hold of yourself. You're not supposed to have feelings for him. He's your friend…you're teammate. It's not going to happen!'
'But you wish it did. You want him so bad that it hurts you on the inside' the little voice inside her head said.
'Shut up. You don't know what you're talking about.'
'But I do! I'm your conscience. I know that whenever you see him in class you're stomach starts to flutter. And when he gets hurt in battle, you automatically get worried. But when he smiles at you...you wish that you were the only two people in the room.'
'Whatever, I'm officially going to stop listening to you! I can't believe I'm having an argument with myself.'
All of the sudden the phone rang.
"Hello?" she answered.
"Kira? It's me Conner."
Kira's heart automatically started beating 10 times the normal heart rate. She wondered why he was calling…probably just to get homework she thought.
"Yea hey what's up?"
"I need you."
"What? Conner what's going on? Are you ok?"
"No, I need you to come to the hospital. I'll explain it to you when you get here, just please…I need you."
Now she was officially scared.
"Conner what's wrong? Where in the hospital are you at?"
"I'm in the ER. Something bad has happened. Please just come?"
"I'm on my way."
"Thanks. I'll meet you at the doors."
Kira was beyond scared. What could have possibly have happened that Conner sounded like he was on the verge of tears when he called? If she was on edge before, she was defiantly on edge now.
Kira arrived at the hospital in record time. Just as he said, Conner was there waiting for her.
"Kira!"
"Conner! What's the matter? You really scared me with that phone call. What's up?"
"It's Eric. And it's not good. We got in a wreck. The car is totaled. And yet" he paused, tears starting to come down his face. "I made it out with nothing more than a few scratches and bruises. He's up in the OR now. He looked really bad. Kira I'm scared, I don't know what to do!"
She didn't know what to say. This was more than she could take in right now. But Conner needed her right now. She owed it to him as his friend. "Oh Conner, I'm so sorry. He'll be ok. He's a fighter," she then walked up to him and just hugged him.
Conner just lost it. He was in such shock that he really hadn't had the chance to really breathe. But she was here now. And he just felt like she wouldn't care that he was crying his eyes out in the emergency room of the hospital. He felt better in her arms.
It was strange to have Conner McKnight crying like he was in her arms like that. But she just had this feeling that after that, everything was going to be different. Even if the outcome of that night was good, or bad.
Kira and Conner made their way up into the hospital to the OR waiting room. Conner didn't really say much. He hadn't let go of Kira since she arrived and while Conner went to the restroom a little old lady came and sat down next to her.
"You better not let him go! He seems like a keeper!" the old lady said.
"Oh but we're not together. We're just friends. His brother is in there" she tried to explain quickly.
"That's what they all say. Me and my love were like that at first. We grew up next to each other and it always seemed, to us anyway, that all it would ever be was friendship. Everyone else knew different. And here we are. He's in there getting a minor operation. Healthy as a horse he is. But never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that we would be together like we are today. He swears up and down that he always knew we'd be together, but who am I to say different? I love him with all my heart and will till the day I die. But I'm sorry, I thought that you two looked so adorable together."
"Mrs. Burroughs? You're husbands out and he will be in room 514. You can go in the elevator with us if you'd like" said the friendly nurse.
"Ok thank you dreary. Well I apologize dear for any inconvenience that I might have caused you. I must be on my way. Richard will want to see me when he wakes up. Goodbye" she said sweetly.
"Bye" Kira said dumbfounded. That was beyond the weirdest thing ever.
"Who was she?" Conner asked walking over to her as the old lady left.
"I don't know! She just came up to me and started talking to me. It was weird. How you holding up though? You really haven't said much. Are you doing all right?" she asked, trying to move away from what had just happened.
"I'm good. I'm scared though. I want him to be ok. I know that the dinogem was the only reason that I'm even alive right now. It was bad Kira. I don't see how I made it out alive."
"What happened, if you don't mind me asking?"
"Well Eric and I had just left the restaurant that we had eaten with my parents. It was going to be our last meal with them for a while because they were going on a second honeymoon. We were driving down the loop and this car just out of no where came out into the oncoming traffic and hit the car. We spun around a bunch of times. The other guy didn't make it."
"You don't have to say anymore. It's ok" she said trying not to cry. She had almost lost him. She wouldn't have been able to go on without him…and they weren't even together.
"God, that poor guys wife and kids. He was on his way to see them. I talked to his wife and she was in hysterics. She saw me and went crazy. It wasn't our fault! He hit us and that's why Eric is in on that table fighting for his life. He had a lot of internal damage and a lot of broken bones. The ER doctor said that it didn't look very good." Conner let out a heavy sigh, his head falling onto Kira's head.
"Wow. How long ago was this? Or did you call me as soon as you go to the hospital?" she asked.
"Well the paramedics thought that it was really bizarre that I didn't have any damage or seemed like it anyway. So when we got here, they wanted to run a bunch of tests just to make sure that there was nothing wrong with me internally. Then as soon as they let me go, I called you."
"But why did you call me? I mean, why not Dr. O or Ethan? Have you even told your parents?"
"Yea I called them, but they were on a flight to New York."
"You still didn't answer my question."
"Well, I called you because I thought that you'd understand. I know that Dr. O and Ethan would too but I don't know. I just thought of you first. You were the first one to come to my mind."
"Oh, Conn-"
"Conner McKnight?" asked the same nurse that got the old lady earlier.
"Yea! How is he?"
"We need to know where your parents are."
"My dad and step mom are catching the next flight back from New York. They hadn't even got there when I called them. Why what's the matter?" the anger in his voice started to show and in all honesty, it started to scare Kira.
"Ok. Just calm down. He just got out of the OR, but he's not doing too good. He's lost a lot of blood and he has a lot of broken bones. The thing is, he an AB- blood type, and we don't have enough to give him. We need to know your blood type," she said.
"I can't. I'm A positive. I don't know anyon-"
"I can do it. I'm AB negative. I'll give some blood. I'll do anything to help."
"Kira I-"
"We need you to come with us immediately miss. He doesn't have that much time left. We need to you continue to wait out here Mr. McKnight. We'll get you as soon as we're done."
"Ok," he said breathless. Maybe this was a sign. Why he called her first. He had no idea why he had called her first in the first place, but now it seemed like it was fate. Like he was supposed to call her. If she wasn't there, then his brother might've…
He didn't want to think about it anymore. He was just grateful that she was the same blood type as Eric. The one that could maybe save his life.
