I'm so happy with the response that I've gotten for this story so far! I'd like to thank all those who reviewed; all your reviews definitely put a smile on my face. Also, I wanted to point out that even though I got this idea from The Vow, I'm not going to follow how the movie was. Just in case you were wondering (like filipinaachick). And if anyone's interested, I'm going to include some Cabbie in this story as well, but not too much. I don't really ship Tandre, but I definitely love their friendship, and so I'll probably include that too. I wrote this in a day. That's how much I love you guys!

Unbroken

Chapter Two

It seemed like an eternity before the paramedics came. In reality, it only took about ten minutes. I still had Jade in my arms. I didn't dare let her go. Not when she's like this. It took a while for the paramedics to take Jade from me, and to put her on a gurney. I finally got up from my position on the floor, and stood by Jade, who was now lying on a gurney. I took hold of her hand after I fixed her dress so that it was flat. I noticed the scratches and bruises on her bare legs, something I hadn't noticed earlier because I was too focused on her face.

"Which one of you will be riding in the ambulance with us to the hospital?" One of the paramedics asked.

"How many people are allowed to go?" Cat asked. She just finally stopped crying. Her eyes were bloodshot. If that's what Cat looked like right now, imagine what I looked like…

"We can only take two," The paramedic answered, "but the rest of you can meet us at the hospital."

"To make things fair," Robbie began, "I think Beck should go." The others agreed.

"Of course he's going, he's her boyfriend!" Tori yelled. She was acting like this because she still couldn't believe what happened. After her outburst, we all looked at her, when she softly said, "I'm sorry. It's just… this is all too much for any of us to handle right now, you all know it." She sobbed into Andre's chest as he wrapped his arms tightly around her.

"I'll go then," Cat volunteered. "We need someone to keep Beck sane."

"If that's the case, I'll go," Andre suggested. "I know how to handle him. And besides, Cat, if he gets out of control, you'll probably end up fainting."

"Oh, that's true," Cat's voice trailed off as she played with her hair. That was a sign that she was nervous. She was probably picturing me going insane and fainting shortly after.

"Okay, it's settled. Andre and I are going," I announced. I took my free hand and dug into my pocket and took out my car keys. I tossed it to Cat. She gave me a look. I asked, "Can you bring my car to the hospital for me? So I don't have to come back here?" I then turned to Tori, "Can you go to my locker and get the bouquet of roses I have in there and bring it to the hospital too? They're for Jade." Cat and Tori nodded.

"Oh, and Robbie," Andre took his own keys out of his pocket, "take my car to the hospital too please?"

"Yeah, of course," Robbie agreed.

"I call shotgun!" Rex announced.

"I'll go with Cat in Beck's car so she's not lonely," Tori said.

"Okay, I think you guys are all settled then?" The paramedic asked.

"Yup," We all said, nodding.

"Alright, Beck and Andre, come with me," The paramedic instructed. He and one of the other paramedics rolled Jade out of the building. The whole walk there, I held Jade's hand. Heck, even when we were in the ambulance and were on the way to the hospital, I still held her hand. Throughout the whole ride there, Andre kept giving me words of comfort. He was telling me things like, "It's going to be okay," and "She'll be fine."

When we got to the hospital, Andre and I were advised to stay in the waiting room while Jade was brought into her assigned room to be checked out by doctors. My heart was beating faster than it should, and I felt like I was going to end up in one of these hospital beds myself. I couldn't keep still in my seat, and it was taking forever, so I took out my phone. I checked The Slap just to pass the time. I also decided to update my status. At the hospital. Waiting to see if babe's okay. I received many notifications in the next few seconds. Most of which were comments on my status, asking about Jade and sending their condolences.

Andre took a seat beside me, after going to the vending machine to get ham and cheese sandwiches, and Cokes. He handed a sandwich and a Coke to me, in hopes that I would eat and stop worrying so much about Jade. But I can't help it. I love her, and what if she never wakes up again? I shook my head in an attempt to shake the thought. Andre didn't think much of it; he knew exactly what was going through my mind. I didn't eat; I just put the sandwich and Coke on the table in front of me and watched Andre eat his own sandwich.

"Beck! Andre!" Cat called as she, Tori and Robbie entered the waiting room. I quickly escaped my thoughts and got up to hug the three. Well, four, including Andre.

"Here are the roses," Tori handed me a vase of the red roses I bought for Jade. Where did she get the vase? By the confused look evident on my face, she explained, "Oh, I got the vase from the trunk of Andre's car." She turns to Andre, "I hope you don't mind we took it."

"That's cool," Andre shrugged. "I was going to return it, but you guys can have it."

"What took you guys so long?" I asked.

"There was a lot of traffic," Cat answered. "Everyone left Hollywood Arts at the same time."

"So how's Jade?" Robbie questioned, his voice shaking. As scared of Jade as he was, he really did care for her. And even though it didn't seem like it, she cared for him too.

"She's being checked out by doctors," Andre sighed. "They haven't let us see her yet."

"How do you think she is?" Tori said softly, almost too scared to even ask her question.

"I hope she's okay. I hope there's no damage," I carefully placed the vase on the table near my sandwich. I flopped down onto the chair I had previously been sitting in. I took my face into my hands, elbows resting on my knees.

"Have you called her parents yet?" Cat questioned. I didn't want to talk, but I knew my friends were only trying to make conversation with me to lift my spirits. That's not working as long as we're still talking about Jade.

"No," I sighed as I looked up from my hands. I remembered her parents were out of town on a business trip. "Her parents are in New York. I guess I'll call them later when Jade wakes up." I paused. "If she wakes up…"

"Beck, don't say that. She's going to wake up for sure, trust me," Tori comforted me. She sat in the chair next to me.

"I want something to eat," Rex announced.

"There are some vending machines over there," Andre pointed to the vending machines that he previously visited shortly before the others arrived.

"I want something to eat too!" Cat added.

"Alright, Caterina," Robbie said. He was the only one out of all of us to call Cat by her full name on a frequent basis. "I'll get you and Rex something to eat. Come on." Robbie motioned for Cat to walk with him to the vending machine. They'd make such an adorable couple. Why weren't they going out yet? Oh right, Cat's completely oblivious to the fact that Robbie has a gigantic crush on her. If it were up to me, they would've already been together back when Jade and I first started dating.

The room got tense. No one spoke. They knew how worried and stressed I was. Instead, everyone was caught up in their own little world. Cat and Robbie weren't back yet, and I assumed they ended up going to the cafeteria instead of getting a small snack from the vending machine. How could they eat at a time like this? Knowing that one of their good friends was in the hospital unconscious?

"You have to stop being so worried." Tori spoke up. "Everything's going to be alright. You don't think we're all scared as much as you? We are. But because it's Jade, we know she'll get through it. We'll all get through it."

"I can't take this anymore!" I suddenly burst out. "I can't handle just waiting here. I need to see her!" I got up, and started walking towards the corridor that included the room Jade was in. I didn't get very far before Andre gripped my shoulders and Tori stopped in front of me.

"Beck, you'll have a chance to see her. We're all going to get to see her," Tori assured me with a soft voice. Everyone's been speaking to me in a soft voice recently. Maybe it's because we're in a hospital, or maybe because they're trying to calm me down and keep me sane before I end up doing something stupid. "But for now, we have to wait."

"Yeah," Andre agreed. "Calm down. You'll see her soon. I promise."

"Soon isn't soon enough!" I said a little too loudly. I received a few looks from bystanders. Tori shushed me and covered my mouth with her hand.

"We're at a hospital," She whispered. "You have to keep quiet. Do you want us to get kicked out? Then you'll never see Jade." Tori took note of the worried look in my eyes as soon as she said what she said. She took her hand off my mouth. She knew I understood.

"Good, now go take a seat."

"I'm going to go see where Cat and Robbie went," Andre announced. "I'll be back."

Tori and I nodded and Andre walked off to look for the other two. Tori walked me back to the waiting room. I sat down again, and she sat beside me.

"I don't know what I'd do without her," I admit. I still can't shake the thought out of my head. I don't know what condition she's in right now. All I know is that I want to barge into her room and just take her into my arms and comfort her and apologize for everything that's happened. I want to be able to just take her home and take care of her in whatever condition she's in. I don't want to leave her side.

"That's so cute! But don't worry; you'll never have to know what it'd be like without her."

"Tori, can you please just be realistic for at least a second?" I yelled, but not enough to draw attention to myself. "Stop acting like everything's going to be okay! You don't know that for sure, and neither do I. I'm preparing myself for the worst. I can't be so sure that she's going to make it, and when I walk in that room, what do I do if she's not okay?" I knew I shouldn't be yelling at her. She didn't do anything wrong. But I was so stressed out, every little thing started to annoy me. Tori gave up on comforting me. She scoffed and left the room, probably going to find the others. I regretted yelling at her. I just needed Jade to make me feel better. I needed her right this instant. Breathing heavily, I took out my phone and decided to make a phone call. Hopefully my mom would make me feel better.

"Hi mom," I sighed. She and my dad were also out of town. They were in Canada visiting family. They were in Vancouver, so we were still in the same time zone and I didn't have to worry about calling at late hours. I would have gone with them to Canada, but I was too busy with school, and I couldn't afford to miss much classes.

"Hi honey, what's wrong?" She immediately took note of my tone of voice. She knew something was up.

"I'm at the hospital," I stated. I paused, and my mom freaked out. I continued. "Jade's unconscious. She fell off the stage during her performance tonight," I explained, my voice shaking.

"Is she alright?" My mom was probably my only family member that liked Jade. I think she only started tolerating her when she realized how much I really loved her. My dad, on the other hand, is finally okay with our relationship and doesn't hate her as much anymore. He just always brings up the time he got mauled by a dog because of her.

"I don't know yet," I felt tears form in my eyes. I really didn't want to cry. Especially when I was talking to my mom. "They won't let us in yet."

"I'm so sorry to hear that, Beck. Just promise me you'll take care of her."

It surprised me that my mom thinks I wouldn't.

"Of course I'm going to take care of her. I love her, mom," I pointed out.

"I know you do," She responded. "And when your father and I get back, we'll go out to dinner with Jade."

"Really? You're willing to go out to dinner with Jade?" I questioned. Well, I'm really happy that my parents are finally understanding that Jade's not a bad person.

"Of course I am! Ever since I had that one on one talk with her, I realized that you love her and that she can really be a sweet girl."

"She is, mom," I confirmed.

"I have to go to sleep now. I have to wake up early tomorrow because I promised your cousin I'd take her out shopping."

"Alright, I'll talk to you another time then."

"Yup, and tell Jade that I hope she gets better really soon," My mom was genuinely concerned about Jade. If it were a while ago, she probably wouldn't have cared. It just goes to show how far mine and Jade's relationship has come. "Love you."

"Love you too, bye."

I ended the call and put my phone away after I looked at the time. It was almost 10pm and my eyes were getting heavy. Despite my tiredness, I wasn't going to fall asleep without seeing my Jadey first.

The others finally came back.

"Beck, you have to calm down!" Cat said hugging me as she sat beside me in the chair Tori was sitting on previously. It was evident that Tori had explained to them about my little outburst earlier.

"I'm sorry," I apologized softly. "I'm sorry for yelling at you Tori. I had no reason to."

"It's okay," Tori accepted. "I know you're only acting like this because of Jade. I had an outburst earlier too, remember?"

"Are you kids here for Jade West?" A doctor came up to us, who overheard our conversation. Judging by the patch on her white coat that confirmed her position as a doctor, her name was Doctor Collins.

We all nodded. My eyes were more hopeful than the others. Andre took the vase of roses, my sandwich and Coke with him. I still hadn't eaten.

Doctor Collins led us to the room my Jade was in. Room 321, I memorized. I could feel my heart aching once I entered that room. She laid there on the hospital bed. A blanket covered her body enough so that it revealed her in a hospital gown that the nurses changed her into when she was brought in this room. Jade was attached to an IV. I couldn't bear to see her like that. She seemed so helpless, so weak. That's not the Jade I know. We all gathered around her bed. No one spoke. They were still trying to process that this is what she looked like.

"Jade has a concussion," Doctor Collins began. "We expect her to be awake in a few hours, but if she wakes up earlier, please call me. Either a nurse or I will come to check in frequently. You may stay to keep her company."

We all nodded. The doctor exited the room, leaving us alone with Jade. We stayed by Jade's side for as long as we needed to. Everyone else eventually got tired of standing, and ended up sitting in the chairs in the room. I was the only one who was still standing by Jade's side. I got tired too, and Robbie suggested that I eat before I faint from starvation. I sat in one of the chairs and devoured the ham and cheese sandwich, then drowning it with the Coke. While I was eating, Cat and Tori surrounded Jade.

"She's waking up!" Cat announced. As soon I heard this, I rushed to Jade's side. I wanted to be the first person she saw when she woke up. Finally, Jade's eyes slowly opened, revealing those beautiful blue-green eyes that I haven't seen in hours. It was almost midnight now, and she was finally awake.

"Jade, I missed you so much," I gushed and hugged her as tight as I could, but not tight enough to hurt her in her condition. I then kissed her cheek.

"Um, okay…" Jade looked confused, and her usual flat tone wasn't there. She didn't even realize being in a hospital bed. Something was wrong.

"You know who I am, right?" I asked, letting go of her after noticing her confusion.

"You're my best friend, duh," She smiled softly. We haven't been just best friends since before we entered high school.

The others just looked at Jade with wide eyes.

Ooh, cliffhanger! :O

Hopefully that wasn't too bad. I didn't originally want to put that phone call with Beck's mom in there, but I needed something to make this chapter longer. I was going to include a lot more about Jade's health/condition, but then I decided I wanted to do another cliffhanger, just like I did in the first chapter. Please don't hate me! I like writing cliffhangers, but I hate reading them. LOL.

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- Trisha :)