I need you.

Alek's POV

"Bloody hell," I muttered. I needed to beat Chloe home so she wouldn't know I followed her on her 'date'. I looked down the street-she wasn't even in sight anymore. I sighed and hopped down, earning strange looks. Luckily Brian wasn't there anymore.

I smirked. She went to me for help, when she could have just asked Brian for a ride to the hospital. I took the shortcut to her house, which was cutting through gardens and climbing fences. I wrenched her backdoor open, and I launched myself to her front door, looking out her peephole. She was running up her street, and I quickly threw myself onto the couch and turned on the TV, trying to calm my breathing.

She burst through the door, her face scared.

"Alek!" she cried.

"What do you need me for?" I said, trying to play innocent. She looked at the TV screen.

"What are you watching?" She muttered. I looked at the TV – Hannah Montana was on. Whoops. I never really checked what was playing on the channel I was on.

"Nothing." I clicked it off, embarrassed. She rolled her eyes.

"Anyways. My mom's in the hospital. She was in a car crash, or something." Tears came up in her eyes-I knew her biggest fear was losing her mom. After her dad left them, not even keeping in contact, her mom was all she had.

"Oh, Chloe." I pulled her into a hug, and she squeezed me tight. "Do you want to go see her?"

She nodded, and we went outside and got into my car.

"Did the doctors say if she'll live or not?" I asked. She shrugged.

"I kind of hung up on them before they could say anything more." She mumbled. I chuckled. Typical Chloe. We rushed to the hospital, and we walked to the front desk.

"Hi. My mum's in here and I would like to visit her." Chloe whispered, eyes downcast.

"Excuse me, sweetie?"

Chloe repeated herself, even more quiet now. I held Chloe's hand.

"Her mum's in the hospital and we would like to see her." I stated. The nurse looked at Chloe sympathetically, and I saw Chloe's mouth twitch angrily.

Chloe hated everything and anything that had to do with sympathy-she didn't need it and she didn't like it. I remember she went into a rage when her dad disappeared and everyone in school kept asking her if she was okay.

It was during science-she suddenly jumped up from her seat and screamed, "Yes, I am okay.I don't need your apologies and I don't want your sympathy! We have probably never talked before this, and I really don't want to start now." She had snapped at the class. We stared at her, stunned-even the teacher. I don't think anyone ever said an 'I'm sorry' to her ever again.

She kept staring at the floor the whole time we went up. The air smelled like sickness and hand-sanitizer, and it made me want to take a shower.

The nurse had said Room 518, and when we got there Chloe squeezed my hand.

"I'm scared." She whispered.

"Me too." I said quietly. Meredith was like an aunt to me – she took care of me, and treated me like family. I swallowed and peeked inside-and I cringed.

Meredith was on the bed, looking deathly pale. There were dozens of machines and tubes and needles sticking out of her, and it didn't look like she was awake. I looked at the clipboard near her bed and say the word 'COMA.' written in red letters. Oh no. I didn't want Chloe to see her like this. A strong wave of protectiveness washed over me and I abruptly closed the door.

"How is she?" Chloe asked, reaching to open the door again.

"Fine! She's fine." I chuckled nervously, taking her other hand and pulling her away from the door. "I'm hungry. Come to the cafeteria with me?" I said, already dragging her to the elevator.

"But...what about my mom?" She asked, looking back.

"We'll visit her later." I shrugged, quickly closing the elevator doors. We went down to the cafeteria, and I bought so much food Chloe laughed.

"Seriously-why didn't you just eat at home?" We sat down with four trays of food, and I started eating very slowly.

"You didn't have good food at your house." I shrugged.

She raised her eyebrow at me. "We had spaghetti. We had sweet rolls. We had candy. Your three favorite foods."

"I wanted something...different." I ate my fries one at a time, biting each one in half.

She sighed and tapped her foot while I ate so slowly I was starting to get annoyed at myself. Forty-five minutes passed, and I was only done with two of the trays. Chloe started eating to speed things up, but she got full after half of a burger and some fries.

An hour passed, and she groaned.

"You know what? I think you've had enough food." And before I could stop her, she took my trays and dumped them into the trash, pulling us back to the elevators.

"Hey!" I protested. "I wasn't done."

"Don't wanna get fat, do you?" She teased, tapping her fingers under my chin. I rolled my eyes. I grabbed her hand and held it again, walking as slow as I could back to the elevator.

"Alek, seriously. I want to see my mum!" She started looking angry. I looked at her cautiously.

"Chloe." I sighed. "I don't think that...I don't think that she's going to wake up anytime soon."

She blinked. "What do you mean?"

"She...she's in a coma." I said, trying to keep my face emotionless. I would've had to break it to her sometime.

Her eyes glazed over and I felt her hand go limp in mine, no longer holding it anymore. I took her other hand in mine and looked at her, trying to see her reaction.

"Chloe? Did you hear what I just said?" She didn't say anything.

"Do you still want to go see her?" I asked quietly. She nodded. I led her into the elevator, and we rode silently up.

We were standing outside her mom's hospital room, and she was leaning against the wall taking deep breaths.

"We can come back another time." I offered. "If you're not ready to see her like this, you don't have to.."

"No. I want to see her." Chloe's determined face came on, and I knew there was nothing I could do to change her decision.

"Anytime soon?" I joked, glancing at Chloe's fist on the door handle, but never opening the door. She glared at me.

"Not the time."

I bit my lip to prevent my smile and looked down.

"Let's go." She said. She pushed herself off the wall and looked back at me. I nodded at her. She slowly twisted the door and it creaked open. I came up to her side and we stood there silently in the doorway, the door still blocking Meredith from Chloe's sight.

I pushed the door all the way open and Chloe cringed, looking down quickly. I put my hand on her back and led her to her mother's bedside. I looked up to see a nurse looking at us sympathetically.

Chloe's eyes hesitantly made their way off the floor, and they landed on her mom's face. She swallowed thickly and her face threw off this vulnerability that made me want to hug her tight.

"Mom?" Chloe said. Meredith didn't move. "Mommy." Chloe's eyebrows crinkled and her lip quivered.

A doctor came in, and, again, a sympathetic look was directed towards us. I can tell why Chloe didn't like them now.

"When is she going to wake up?" I asked him. He checked the clipboard.

"I'm afraid we're not sure. Could be tomorrow, could be a couple of years, could be ne-"

"Thank you." I cut him off, glaring. I wanted to cry, too. The thought of Meredith never waking up...

Chloe was crying and talking to Meredith, telling her mom how it was going to be okay and that she would wake up soon. It seemed like she was talking to herself more than to her mom.

After about half an hour of this, I couldn't take it anymore.

"Let's go, cutie. Visiting hours are almost over." I said. She nodded and stood up, wiping her eyes.

"Bye, mommy." She whispered. She kissed her mom's cheek and linked arms with me.

We got home and she collapsed onto the couch with a big sigh. I came over and rubbed her back, just like last night.

"What a fun day this was." Chloe smiled dryly. I laughed.

"Had the time of my life." I joked back.

Her smile disappeared and she leaned into my shoulder.

"She'll wake up, Chloe. Don't worry." I reassured her.

"The doctor said she might never." She whispered. I didn't have anything to say to that. Suddenly, the phone rang. I got the phone and brought it over to Chloe, and she clicked the Answer button.

"Hello?"

I saw her emotions change from confusion, to happiness, to anger, to shock.

"Dad...?" she whispered.

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