The next day, VERY early in the morning, the cast and Lily we're all sleeping in the waiting room. Lily had crawled into Vanessa's arm and had fallen asleep, and had a tear strain down her cheek. She was having a hard time understanding about Zac and her parents, and was so tired, she fell asleep with Vanessa gently stroking her blonde hair.
"Miss. Hudgens." The doctor tapped Vanessa lightly on the shoulder.
"Huh..Huh.. What !?" Vanessa mumbled in her sleep.
"Miss. Hudgens? Are you awake? I need to talk to you." The doctor asked.
Vanessa suddenly opened her eyes and said "Yes."
"Follow me." The doctor seemed to be very busy. Vanessa picked Lily up gently and placed her in the seat next to where she was sleeping, then followed the doctor sleepily. She was still half asleep. She turned toward the doctor, forcing herself to keep her eyes open, and saw that he was writing on a brown clipboard.
"Zac seems to be getting better." The doctor said. "He moved his arm earlier, but he's still unresponsive." The doctor smiled at Vanessa.
Vanessa didn't smile back. "Can we go see him?" She pointed to the other cast members and Lily, who were all sleeping peacefully.
"Yes. You can see Zac before you leave." The doctor turned to walk away.
"Before we leave?" Vanessa was puzzled. "Where are we going?"
"I'm afraid you cant stay in the waiting room any longer. There are other people who need to sit there. " The doctor started walking towards Vanessa again.
"I'll go get my friends." Vanessa was annoyed. She walked over to her friends and woke each of them up. Lily was tired, so Vanessa carried her.
When they got into Zac's room, all of the cast members stood around looking at Zac. Lily sniffled and a tear appeared in her shiny eyes.
Vanessa was getting teary too, so she decided to take Lily out into the waiting room again untill the rest of the cast was done visiting with Zac.
After about 5 minutes, Lily had fallen asleep again, and Ashley told the doctors that they would all be back later that day or the next day. The cast stepped outside in the parking lot with Lily being carried by Vanessa.
"I'm really tired, im going to go home and get some rest." Corbin rubbed his eyes sleepily and Monique nodded her head. "I am too." She replied.
"Yeah. We're going to go too." Vanessa nodded her head towards Lily who was in her arms.
"Do you need a ride to Zac's place?" Ashley asked. Vanessa said yes, and they all said goodbye and Vanessa started walking towards Ashley's car. She placed Lily in the back seat and got in the front with Ashley.
The ride to Zac's house was silent. Nobody said a word. When they got to Zac's house, Vanessa jumped out and hugged Ashley.
"Bye Ash! See you later." She picked Lily up and carried her to the front door. Using the extra key that Zac gave her, she unlocked the door and walked inside. She put Lily on the couch and ran upstairs to get her bags and carseat. She picked Lily up, ran to the car and strapped Lily into her carseat. She got into the drivers seat and started to back out of Zac's driveway. After a few minutes of driving, she looked through the rear veiw mirror and noticed that Lily had woken up.
"Hey Lily!" Vanessa said softly. Lily didnt reply, but looked out of the window and didnt say anything for the entire ride. When they got to Vanessa's house, Vanessa lifted Lily out of her carseat.
"Well, this is my house!" Vanessa was trying to sound cheery, and she was trying to make conversation with Lily. But once again, Lily said nothing, and was silent. Vanessa picked her up again, and walked towards the front door. Knowing that it was still very early in the morning, Vanessa figured her mother would still be sleeping. But when she got to the kitchen area, she saw her mom drinking coffee at the table.
"Vanessa, your home!" She seemed surprised. "What are you doing home so early? And whos this?" She pointed to Lily.
"Well, mom, Zac is in the hospital. He fell down the stairs. He's in a coma right now. This is Lily. Shes Zac's younger cousin. She just found out that her parents both died. So, I was thinking that maybe we can keep her here, atleast untill Zac is out of the hospital?" Vanessa was still carrying Lily, so she put her down.
"Oh, hunny, I'm so sorry about your parents!! And your cousin!" Vanessa's mom had a look of concern on her face. "She can stay here as long as she wants!" Lily didnt say anything, and she just stood there.
"Mom, wheres Stella?" Vanessa asked.
"Shes at a sleepover. She should be home later." Vanessas mom was now walking towards the fridge and grabbed an apple. She started chewing on it.
"Okay, well, I'm going to go put these bags upstairs. And maybe sleep a little bit. I'm very tired!" Vanessa said, looking towards the stairs. "Come on, Lily. I'll show you around!" Lily silently followed after her and they walked up the stairs.
"This is the guest room, where you'll be sleeping!" Vanessa showed Lily everything in the guest room and put her bags on top of the bed. "Im very tired, so i'm going to go to my room and sleep, but do you want to go back to sleep?" Lily didnt respond, but she stared at a big teddy bear that was sitting on the bed.
"Um... well how about.. you can go lay down on the couch downstairs.. and maybe watch TV.. but if you're tired.. you can just sleep..?" Vanessa was wondering why Lily wasnt answering to anything she asked or said.
Lily finally started walking towards the stairs and Vanessa turned on the TV. She grabbed a blanket from the closet and placed it over Lily. As she started to walk towards the stairs to her room, she called "I'll see you later Lils!" knowing that Lily wouldn't respond. Vanessa wondered if the little girl would ever talk again.
A/N: sorry theress suuchh a bad endinggg ! i couldnt think of a way to end it !! and sorry its kindaa short.. :P
