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After a short time, his sobs started to slow. " He... he... he's... g - gone, "
" Who's gone? " Lizzie asked softly.
" My... my dad... he's gone! "
Lizzie was left speechless for a brief moment. She didn't know what to say. She knew he was hurting, but she was very unsure of how to comfort him.
" Oh, Gordo... I am so sorry, " Lizzie said softly. " How? I mean... what happened? "
" There... there was a... a car accident... and... and he... died, " Gordo said, his last word turning into a sob.
Lizzie just held onto him tightly, allowing him to let out some of the pain he was feeling. She swallowed the lump that had formed in her throught, then asked " What about your mom? Was she in the accident too? "
Gordo nodded his head yes, as he was unable to compose himself enough to answer the question at that moment.
" Oh my gosh, is she alright? "
" I... I don't know, yet, " Gordo cried.
Lizzie stood there just holding Gordo for a little while, until she realised that they were standing right in the middle of the ER waiting room. She lifted her head and looked around. Everyone in the room was staring at them.
" Gordo... why don't we sit down, " Lizzie whispered into his ear.
Gordo nodded, then slowly broke free of Lizzie's comforting embrace. Their eyes met for just a brief moment, and she could see the pain and fear in his eyes. She took his hand as they sat down beside each other, and he clutched her hand tightly. As if he were afraid to let go of her.
The two sat there in silence. Gordo had stopped crying for the time being, and was just sitting there, staring off into space. He was so deep in thought, that he looked as though he were somewhere far away, it was almost as though he were on another planet.
Lizzie sat there, still holding onto her friend's hand tightly. She was unsure of what to do, of what to say, of how to help make him feel better, if that was even possible.
Suddenly, Lizzie heard a muffled sobbing noise. She looked over at Gordo, and saw him sitting there with his face buried in his free hand, sobbing.
" Oh Gordo... " Lizzie whispered, reaching over, and placing her free hand on his back. " I am so sorry, "
" It... it's just not fair, " Gordo said, lifting his head to look at Lizzie.
" I know it's not fair, Gordo, " Lizzie sighed. " I know, "
" I just... God, i'm so scared right now, Lizzie. What if... what if she doesn't make it either? I don't know what i'm going to do. I don't even know how i'm going to deal with losing dad... I can't lose mom too, " Gordo said.
Lizzie felt her heart break even more when she heard Gordo say what he had just said. It scared her too, for Gordo didn't admit to being scared very often." You won't lose her, Gordo. I'm sure she will be alright, "
" I hope so, Lizzie, " Gordo said, as he buried his face in her shoulder, and started to sob once again.
Just then, the doctor walked into the room. Both Gordo and Lizzie stood up, and asked. " How is she? "
The doctor looked down at the floor, and judging by the expression on his face, it didn't appear that he was bringing good news. But they still have to have faith that everything would turn out alright.
" Let's go to the family room, it's just down the hall, " the doctor said, pointing down the hallway, towards a small room.
" Oh no! This does not look good! " Lizzie's mind screamed, but she tried her best not to let Gordo know what she was thinking.
Gordo nodded, then the two friends, hand in hand, followed the doctor down the hall, and into the family room. Once inside, they sat down, side by side, still holding hands. The doctor also sat down across from them, but he remained silent, it was as though he was dreading what he was about to say.
" My mom... is she going to be alright? " Gordo finally worked up the courage and strength to ask.
The doctor sighed. " Well, your mother suffered some severe injuries in the accident. When she was brought in, it was discovered that she had internal bleeding. She suffered several broken ribs, and one of them punchered her left lung. We were forced to rush her into emergency surgery to stop the bleeding, and aid with her breathing. During the surgery, your mother's heart stopped twice, but we were able to bring her back. After the surgery, she stopped breathing, but we did manage to get her to begin breathing again. However, she stopped breathing again, so we have put her on life support, " the doctor explained.
" But she is going to be alright, isn't she? " Lizzie asked.
" Well, not exactly... " said the doctor. " I haven't finished explaining things, yet, "
Lizzie felt a lump form in her throught. Gordo's hand was now tightly clasping her's, as though his very life was depending on it.
" Mrs. Gordon is currently on life support, and she's in a coma. We also put her on a brain wave monitor to see if there was any brain activity, due to the amount of time that she was without air, " the doctor paused for a moment, before continuing. " I'm sorry Mr. Gordon... she has no brain activity, at all, "
It took Gordo a moment to take in all of what the doctor had just told him. Tears began streaming freely down his face.
" Is... is there anything... anything at all that you can do? " Gordo asked, but in reality he already knew the answer. He just didn't want to accept it.
" I'm sorry... there isn't anything that we can do. Even if Mrs. Gordon wakes from her coma, there is no brain activity, so she would be totally brain dead, " said the doctor. " Has your mother ever mentioned what she would want, should this type of event ever occure? "
Gordo nodded, starting to quietly cry. " Yes... she... she has said... that she wouldn't want to live... that way, "
" Well then, it is my sugestion that she be taken off of life support, " said the doctor.
That's when it happened, the horrible events of the night had taken their toll on Gordo... and he fell apart.
" No! NO! " Gordo shouted, jumping up from his seat, pulling his hand from Lizzie's grasp, he began pounding on walls, sobbing, and shouting.
Lizzie instantly got up to go to him, but the doctor grabbed her arm, and stopped her. " It's alright... let him be. He's been very strong, but he needs to let it out, "
Lizzie stood there, and watched helplessly as he best friend's whole world fell, and broke into tiny little peices.
Gordo stopped pounding the wall, he fell against it, sobbing uncontrolably. He then slowly slid down the wall, landing in a fetal position on the floor.
Lizzie was quickly right by his side. She sat down on the floor beside him, and pulled his sobbing form into her arms. " Shh, shh... i'm so sorry, Gordo, " she told him.
" It's alright, go ahead and let it out, " the doctor said, placing a hand on Gordo's shoulder. " Listen, i'm going to give you two a little while, then i'll come back, and we'll discuss where we should go from here, "
" Alright, thanks doctor, " Lizzie said.
The doctor nodded, and left the room.
TBC.