Notes: I wrote the beginning of this chapter while sitting on the grass waiting for Pat Bennitar to start. This fic has direction. And I have a definitive timeline for when this fic starts. It's the summer before their ninth grade year. It goes into D3. However, I may have to change the name of this fic.
Dejavu
We stopped in front of Jesse's room. Terry and Mrs. Hall were standing there with sad looks on their faces. "What happened?" I asked.
"He stopped breathing." Mrs. Hall said. Her husband hugged her.
The doctor came out. "We've got him breathing again. He may have suffered more internal damage then we originally thought. As I said the next 20 hours or so are very critical." He walked over and started talking to one of the nurses.
The Hall's went in and I was about to follow when my father stopped me. "Adam." I turned around and saw him standing there holding my suitcase. "You have a house key just in case?"
"Yes." I gave him a hug. "Thanks dad."
"You're welcome. Don't give the Hall's any problems. They have enough to worry about. I've got to go." He hugged me again and walked away.
I walked into the room.
Two hours later, I was sitting in the cafeteria with Connie, Guy, Charlie and Terry. Terry and I have been here all day and the others come and go. I think Mr. and Mrs. Hall asked them to take us down here. I don't know about Terry or the others but I haven't eaten anything all day. I didn't eat any breakfast just asked my brother to drive me and ran out of the house. I was feeling it earlier. I was dizzy and had a headache. It had been a long day.
"Did you call the others?" I asked.
"I think Coach Bombay did." Charlie answered. Coach was here for awhile earlier. But he left.
Part of the song came back to me as I sat there eating this thing that was supposed to be chicken.
I get up. The others followed suit. I was dizzy again.
I don't know what happened but the next thing I knew someone was calling my name.
"Adam? Can you open your eyes for me?"
I open my eyes and see a nurse looking down at me. I realize I'm lying on the floor of the cafeteria. "What happened?"
"You fainted." She said. "It happens to everyone when they go through such an emotional thing. The adrenaline was out of your system." I had a blank look on my face. How did she know that? "Your friends mentioned it a bit." She explained.
I looked around and saw the others standing not too far from me with concerned looks. Charlie and Terry helped me to my feet.
"Thanks." I said.
"No problem Adam. Take it easy." She said and walked away.
I was glad when no one mentioned it on the walk back to Jesse's room.
I walked into Jesse's room after letting the Hall's go in there individually. I took a seat in the chair next to his bed. Something felt quite familiar about this. Weren't we here four years ago? But he was in the chair and I was the one in the hospital bed. We found something we both found in common. We both hated the Hawks and we went from there. Of course, I can't talk to Jesse like I had then.
A nurse came in and was checking Jesse's vitals. "You could try talking to him." She said. "I've seen it work for people." She finished her work and stepped out of the room.
Talk to him. That could work. Maybe.
