Chapter 3: Hospital Visit

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Daphne's eyes fluttered open and closed several times. Bright lights were shining in her face, making her want to turn her head but she couldn't. Something was holding her head in place. She managed to keep her eyes open long enough to realize she was moving somehow, on her back. Her mom's face came into view, then John and Kathryn's. Her mom was trying to tell her something but she couldn't see well enough to read her lips. Daphne's eyes fell on Kathryn who was signing to her, "You're in the hospital."

"Angelo?" Daphne managed to choke out.

The three adults gave eachother a look but didn't respond to her. An unfamiliar face appeared and said something to them. Kathryn looked at Daphne and told her they had to take her back to surgery. They would see her soon. Before she could try to respond, she was being rolled away from their worried faces.

Kathryn looked at John and Regina and said, "How are we going to tell them?"

A tear fell down Regina's face. "I will. It'll be better coming from me."

Kathryn placed her hand on Regina's shoulder, trying to comfort her.

Bay appeared behind them. "Tell who, what?" she asked. "Daphne and Angelo are ok, aren't they?"

"Oh, Bay, honey..." Kathryn began.

"NO! Don't 'honey' me! Just tell me what's wrong!"

Regina looked at her. "Angelo... he didn't make it. They said he died on impact."

"What!" Bay screamed.

"They don't know what caused the accident yet, they're still investigating. But it doesn't look like another vehicle was involved. Daphne's got a concussion, a broken leg, and her wrist is fractured. But Angelo..." Regina's voice trailed off as she became choked up.

Bay collapsed on the floor, hugging her legs to her chest. Kathryn sat next to her and pulled her into her arms.

Hours later, Bay was sitting in the family waiting room, asleep. Her face was red and puffy from all the tears she had shed. Her skin was more pale than usual from lack of sleep and food. By this point she had been awake for almost 24 hours. She had only fallen asleep because of sheer exhaustion. Emmett took all of this in and sat next to her. He took her hand in his and simply held on.

All too soon, Regina came into the room. She saw Emmett and smiled, though only half-heartedly. "Daphne's awake," she told him. He nodded at her and told her he would wake Bay and to go be with Daphne.

Emmett leaned over and kissed Bay, hoping that would wake her. Her eyes fluttered open and her arms immediately wrapped around him. Emmett held her for a moment before pulling away. "Daphne's awake," he told her. Bay nodded. Her eyes were so bloodshot you almost couldn't see the whites. "Do you want me to go with you? Or I could just wait here if you want..."

"Yeah, sure..." she said as she took his hand and walked down to Daphne's room. John, Kathryn, Regina and Toby were all already sitting next to her hospital bed.

"Hi Bay, Emmett," Daphne said as she tried to sit up a little. Wincing in pain, Kathryn told her to stop and use the bed adjust if she needed to sit up.

Bay's eyes wandered around the room. This could not be real, she thought to herself. She could not be standing here right now, looking at her suedo sister in the hospital with pretty bad injuries while her father was... dead. And then there was the other thing, too... She couldn't deal with this right now. Without saying a word, she turned and ran from the room.

"I'll go find her," Emmett said before turning and running after her. She had made it halfway to the elevator before he caught up to her and grabbed her arm.

"Let me go, Emmett! I need to be alone right now!"

"No, you don't. Your dad just died. Your sister, my best friend, is in the hospital. The last thing you need is to be alone."

"That's only the tip of the iceberg..."

Emmett's face turned from concern to utter confusion. "What does that mean?"

"Nothing... just... leave me alone, ok?"

"Bay..."

"No, Emmett, I mean it. Go back to Daphne. She needs you more than I do right now."

A moment passed before he simply nodded. She took the opportunity to turn and run away again. Unbeknownst to her, however, Emmett followed her, wanting to make sure she didn't do anything stupid. She ended up on another floor of the hospital. He watched her walk up to a nurse's station and speak with one of the nurses. She handed Bay a small, clear plastic cup with a label on it and pointed down the hallway towards a bathroom. What the hell was she doing?

Emmett walked up to the nurse and typed her a message on his phone, 'I'm with that girl that just came up here. Did she get what she needed?'

The nurse read it and spoke to him, "Yes, we'll collect her urine sample and confirm whether or not she's pregnant."

Surely he misread her lips. 'Did you say pregnant?' he typed.

The nurse nodded.

Emmett's heart fluttered.