A/N I am so sorry it's been so long but I got really busy and sort of wrote myself into a corner, I wrote this extra long chapter with all you in mind. Hope you like it! OH and I own FNL or anything, I only like to pretend I do!
In the Dark with a Broken Heart
Julie sprang up suddenly awake and very unaware of her surroundings, pain coursed through her body and she took in a sharp pain filled breath, but instead of the release she had hoped for her felt a choking like feeling.
"JULIE?" She heard a voice filled with sadness from a dark corner of the room, she started to panic taking short uneven breaths which as the first brought no relief, her hands reached up to her neck signaling she was choking as sort of a reflex she couldn't help.
"Juls stop struggling, you have a ET tube in your throat, if you calm down than I can remove it" The voice was familiar but she didn't place it though the voice calmed her all the same. She wondered how he would remove it in the dark, wishing he would turn the lights on so she could see his face. " This is gonna be a little uncomfortable Juls, but you can fight it."
The pull of the tube up her throat caused her to gag but the pain the rest of her body was in made the pain in her throat feel like nothing. She finally breathed out her sigh of relief, she waited a minute and than cleared her throat. "Light?" she spoke as if a question, but it hadn't come out right or really at all.
"Juls its not a good idea for you to try to talk, lets wait for the doctor" She placed him now feeling stupid it had taken her so long the way her nickname rolled so smoothly off his poison lips made her want to shiver.
" Please turn on (cough) the lights" the second group of words seemed to come out a little louder. She heard her mothers muffled tears.
"Tami please" her fathers voice pleaded. That made at least 5 people in the room why would all be sitting in the dark with her? Than it came to her, that the dim shadows of people where not dim because the florescent light at the hospital were off but because…
"Well hello Julie Taylor, I am so glad to see you're awake…" The doctor continued but Julie drifted away only hearing the occaional word like corneal, laceration and words she could hardly understand.
"STOP!" she yelled louder than she had planned but everyone stopped talking "In English please?" she begged
"You got glass from the rear-view mirror in your eye, we removed it and repaired as much as we could but the is scarring left which is preventing us to further repair it."
"So I am blind? And the isn't anything to do about it?" she asked
"No Julie that isn't what the doctor said if you let him talk" her father butted in, letting go of her hand.
"Yes there is a few things we can try, there is a specialist who is working on some very experimental treatments right now but there is a waiting list about a year or two to even see him. And I know that seems like a long time but it will give your other injuries a chance to heal."
"Other injuries?" she asked
" Yes well you broke you're left arm, as well as your right ankle in a couple places, it will take months in cast and than months of rehab to grain full use of them"
"But I will get full use right?"
"That all depends on your effort Julie we have brought you to the best rehabilitation centers in the state of Texas and luckily close to your parents"
"Texas? What about New York, What about Chace is he alright?" She asked just remembering that he was driving.
"Chace is fine he practically walked away from the accident and he stayed with you for weeks while you where in the New York–Presbyterian Hospital, but He had to go back to the movie set in Canada than when we moved you to the JS Rehab center here in Texas so we could have you close to home and we promised to call him the second you woke up."
"How long was I in the.. Asleep?" unable to say the actual word.
"You were on life support for a few months, been here for two" Tim's smooth calming voice spoke this time.
"Here? Where is here" She asked almost afraid to know
" In Dillion, At the Jason Street Rehabilitation center" her fathers rough voice spoke softly.
Julie took a deep breath " Why did you take me away from New York my Life was in New York, I just put a down payment on an apartment with a view of central park, I want to go back, I didn't ask to come here I WANT TO GO BACK!" she felt an anger building up and the doctor warned her to calm down. " CALM DOWN! YOU CALM DOWN I MIGHT NEVER SEE AGAIN!" before Julie had a chance to finish her rant a warm burning sensation traveled up her arm and her eyes though dark felt heavy and than her head fell back on the pillow.
"I don't think drugging her is a solution." Tami continued, "Eventually we are going to have to let her get upset."
"I agree but I think that we shouldn't have so many people in here the next time, she should be up in a few hours and I think Tim should be the one in here." The doctor explained "I think that she will be less likely to get that upset with an employee, plus its not like he hasn't dealt with this type off resentment from other patients before."
She saw Eric's fists tightened, he wanted to say anything they all did but they also knew the doctor made sense. Tim was actually the professional in this situation even if Eric wanted to beat the crap out of the boy; Tim was the only one who could help her daughter's fragile heart. After all he was the reason it was broken to begin with.
NIGHT OF THE ACCIDENT
It seemed like half of Dillion sat in the waiting room outside ICU, their faces all painted with pain and worry. They looked as if they hadn't slept in weeks but they sprang up in record time when a doctor walked out.
"Taylor family?" He asked and waited till a silent nod from Eric answered his almost rhetorical question. " There isn't a lot I can tell you right now but before we continue we need a medical history"
"Sure sure what whatever you need?" Tami's voice lacked the usual power but the doctor continued to ask the hard but important questions and the Taylor's with the help of Tyra (on the personal questions) answered all of them.
"Okay thank you all for that I just have one last question is there any possibility Julie is pregnant?"
"NO!" Eric's stern voice scared Tami, and he stiffened in her arms
"Okay I know it's a hard question to answer but has she ever been pregnant or given birth?"
" NO I our daughter had been pregnant we would have known about it" Tami cried, her voice cracked with strain
"Actually" Tyra stood up but her face had fallen further if that had been possible. Everyone's eyes turn to her Tim's almost burning through her " God she would kill me, senior year she was about 3 months along when she miscarried. She never told anyone about it I only know because she needed someone to sign her out of the hospital in Lubbock."
"No I would have known, I am her mother and Julie was never, why was she in Lubbock?" though she hadn't been starring at Tyra the question was obviously directed to her. Tyra starred at her feet but quickly looked at Tim for less than a second before Eric grabbed for the boys throat. Tami pulled Eric away from the young man who looked as scared as a deer in headlights oblivious, this was the first time he had ever heard this story but knew enough to believe it without any question.
Suddenly the cold exchanges that Julie gave him made sense, he had broken her daughters heart, and his along with it.
Every one filled out of the room and Tim stood starring at the girl he used to know and could only see the women he wasn't sure he wanted to know. She seemed like a colder version of the girl who he fell for. He wondered if her laugh was still as sweat and warm. He wondered these things every time he came into this room, alone. Now that she was awake maybe he could find out some answers to his million questions or maybe just one, had she named her? Tyra hadn't told him if it were a girl or boy but every night since he found out he dreamt of her holding his child it was a daughter with her looks and his smile.
He pulled her covers up and after removing his boots her lay next to her, wrapping his arms around her and kissed her check. " I'm sorry Juls, sorry you had to go through that alone, and that it was all my fault." He rested his head closing his eyes, trying to rest. They both had a big day ahead of them, lots of explaining.
"I love you"…
