Miley's POV:
We were just walking out of the restaurant after having a long night out with the family.
Everyone was smiling; dad was attempting to tell one of his funny jokes. Everyone was laughing, but not because of the joke he was telling but because of the accent he was using.
"Hey Miles?" he asked. "Yeah, dad?" I answered, trying to hold in a giggle.
"See she appreciates my jokes, isn't that right bud?" He asked.
"Yeah dad, that's exactly why I'm laughing." I replied, giving him a hug at the same time.
Little patters of raindrops hit our heads and we quickly walked to where the car was parked.
"Who's driving?" Brandi asked as we were waiting for Noah to get in the car.
"I will" dad replied as he buckled Noah up. "Alright, everyone in the car now." We all quickly got in; glad we were in the warm dry car.
It must've been really late, there were no other cars on the road. It was completely quiet except for the little snore coming from Noah's mouth.
"She sure fell asleep fast." I said to whoever was awake to listen. We were all exhausted. Our day started pretty early, especially when dad was rushing everyone out of the house to start the family fun day.
"Billy!" I heard my mom screamed, I felt my dad swerve the car. A burning sear went through my legs. I looked down, I was bleeding. I started to panic.
"Mom?!" I tried to scream out, but nothing came out of my mouth. I felt wet liquid all around me, I was losing too much blood. The world blurred in front of me, as I covered my face. I felt something hit the back of my head as everything turned completely black.
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Lauren's POV:
She looked pretty banged up. "Do you know what happened?" I asked Darcy as I cleaned up around the quiet hospital room.
"She and her family were hit by a drunk driver." She replied with no emotion in her voice.
I was mortified when I heard this. "Are they okay?!" I said my voice quivering as I asked. I could tell by the look on her face that she wasn't up for answering my questions at one in the morning. I couldn't help myself, I was curious.
"We don't know yet, the doctors are reviewing the tests right now." She said in an annoyed tone and walked out.
Why am I acting so protective of this girl? I've never seen her once before in my life, but for some strange reason, I felt a little attachment to her.
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I was walking around the room trying to make it seem like I actually had something to do. The doctor walked in and I immediately asked the first question that popped in my head. "Will she make it?"
The doctor hesitated a bit. That wasn't a good sign. "I'm afraid that if she doesn't wake up in the next 48 hours, we'll have to pull the plug." He told me with a tired look on his face.
"Oh." I was trying to hide the sadness in my voice.
I had prayed every night for the past 2 weeks that she would wake up soon. But as the minutes and days dragged on, my hopes were fading away slowly. My thoughts were quickly interrupted by a faint beeping sound. I looked up at the monitor, then at Miley. Her chest was slowly moving up and down.
I thought I was hallucinating. I quickly called for the doctor to come back into the room; I was soon ushered out by other nurses. I felt anger erupt from inside of me "I should be allowed in there."
"You aren't needed here." The blonde replied coldly and closed the door on my face.
I sighed and walk back into the waiting room to see if there was anything else to do. I saw a familiar boy walk into the waiting area. "Hey Lauren" He said to me in his usual polite manner.
I smiled "Hey Nick, what are you doing here so early? I asked. His expression turned to confusion. "Uhm, it's half past 9, I thought I was late." "Half past 9?" I looked at my watch. Time must've flied by. "Oh, wow I must've been lost somewhere."
I stifled a laugh. "You should go on in; Jake's probably waiting for you." He nodded and walked into Room 908.
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Nick's POV:
I walked into the white room and saw Jake sitting quietly in his hospital bed, holding a book in his hand. "Nick!" He exclaimed as I walked over.
"Hey buddy, how are you today?" I asked. "Lonely, mommy came to visit me half an hour ago." He replied with a sad look on his face.
"What's wrong? I thought you liked seeing your mommy every morning." I asked, a bit puzzled at the look on his face.
"I am happy to see her but she leaves so quickly. It's either she gets a phone call and has to leave or she has to go pick up daddy." I could hear the disappointment in his voice.
"Come on, bud cheer up, what do you got here?" I asked referring to the bright red book in his hand.
"My mom brought me an Ispy book. She told me that if I ever got bored I could look through it and try to find the things." He said, smiling a bit.
"Well, have you opened it yet?" I asked. "No, I was waiting for my best friend to come and see me first." I smiled and ruffled his hair. "Well, I'm here, so let's put that bright book of yours to use."
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2 hours had passed before Lauren walked in. "Hey Jake." She said with a smile. "It's time for your medicine." Jake's face dropped. He knew that when he had to take his medicine, that meant that it was my time for me to go.
"Nick?" He asked in a sad tone. "Yeah, Jake?" I asked, a bit concerned. "Will I see you tomorrow?" "Of course" I replied with a smile. "I'll be here everyday until you get better, you can count on it."
His mood brightened as I left him with Lauren. I looked at my watch. It was almost 12, I didn't seem hungry yet. So I decided to take a walk for a bit before heading back in.
The sun was brightly shining, this would've been a perfect day to hang out with the family, but they were all busy. Joe had to get ready for college in a week. I sighed. Being alone with dad for a couple months was going to be hell. He had been a complete mess ever since mom decided to leave us and go back to New Jersey with Frankie.
My dad blamed Joe and I for what happened between him and mom. It was his own fault, I thought angrily to myself.
HE was the one who went out to the bars each night and came home drunk, and yet he still expected my mom to stay with him. She gave him 18 years of her life before realizing that he wasn't the one. Yeah it crushed Joe and me, but we knew she was miserable, having to deal with my father and raising 3 kids. We had to let her go.
I took a job of volunteering at the hospital a couple months ago to help clear my mind of everything that was happening in my life.
My thoughts were quickly interrupted by a vibration coming from my pocket. Joe was calling.
"Hello?" I answered trying to sound as cheerful as I could. "Where are you?" He asked.
He knew where I was. "At the hospital, where else?" "No, you aren't I'm here right now and you aren't here." I could tell that there was a hint of worry in his voice.
"I went for a walk." I got up and dusted the sand off my pants. "I'll be there in 5." I said and quickly hung up the phone.
I took in the scenery one last time before I started walking back to the hospital. As I reached the hospital, I saw Joe's car parked in the front.
"Hey Joe." I said as I walked in. "Dude, I've been looking for you everywhere." "Why?" I asked. "I thought you were hanging out with Lily today?" "She had to cancel... again." He sighed and sat down.
He and Lily had been together two years. He was so nervous without her by his side.
"Maybe she just wanted to be alone?" I sat down beside him. "But why?" He asked.
"You know some people want their space." Joe was like her little puppy, if she wanted something he got it for her. I had a strange feeling that she was just dating him for his money. I couldn't tell him how I felt, he'd get angry.
"I'm going to go call her." He got up and walked out. Lauren walked out of one of the rooms, she looked tired.
"Hey Lauren." I said and walked over to her. "What are you up to?" "Oh, I'm just waiting for some news." She replied and looked back at a door.
"What kind of news?" I asked, sounding curious now. She was just about to answer when Darcy walked out. "Well?" Lauren asked, sounding anxious.
"What?" Darcy asked. Darcy didn't seem to like Lauren that much, which I found really odd since Lauren was a really great person. "Hey Nick, come with me" Lauren said as she pulled on my arm.
"Where to?" I asked as she pulled me towards the blue door. We walked into lavender painted room.
The first thing I saw was a pretty brunette covered with scars and wires surrounding her everywhere. I was too speechless to say anything. "She's alive!" Lauren exclaimed and hugged me.
"Who is she?" I asked, a bit confused.
Lauren never mentioned this person before. "Her name's Miley, she..." She babbled on for what seemed like hours, but it was merely five minutes. "How do you know her?" I asked.
"I don't" She replied, sighing. I looked at her with a confused look on my face. "Then, why are you so happy that she's alive?" More questions swirling in my mind.
"I don't know, I kind of grew attached to her these past 2 weeks."
"She's been here for 2 weeks?" I asked, astonished. "Yes, weren't you listening?" She asked.
The truth was, I wasn't. I was looking at the girl lying on the hospital bed, she was beautiful. I could tell even if she was covered with scratches all over. "Nick? Hello?" I saw Lauren waving her hands in front of my face. "What's up with you?" She asked.
"It looks like you've seen an angel or something." I didn't know how to reply to that.
She giggled and I looked over at her. "What?" I asked, wondering why she was giggling.
"It's like you're in some trance or something." "Oh." Was all I got out before we heard something move. She was waking up.
"We should probably go; I don't want us to get in trouble." Lauren said and we both rushed out of the room. "What was her name again?" I asked, thinking about the girl.
"Miley Stewart, yeah I think that's her last name." Miley, I thought to myself. It was such a unique name and beautiful name. Lauren giggled again. "What?" I asked once again. "Stop zoning out on me, Nicholas." She said with a smile.
"I'm trying not to." I replied truthfully. "You want to meet her, don't you?" I nodded without thinking. "I mean..." I replied after realizing what I did.
"Well, you'll have plenty of chances. She'll be here for a while." She mumbled as she fixed her outfit. "Why?" I asked again curious.
"You didn't hear a word I said earlier, did you?" "Well... Yeah I didn't hear one word." I replied with an innocent smile.
She rolled her eyes. "Want to get some coffee, so that I can retell the story to you?" She asked. I nodded and we walked to the cafeteria.
The rest of the day went by in a blur, I soon found myself sound asleep in my warm bed.
a/n: the first part is kind of boring just trying to get some background info out. Review please! :)
