Right so here is chapter seven. Yea…Hope you enjoy.

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Spoilers: And again I said I would stop typing these things and yet I still do.

They had been in the waiting room of the hospital for nearly three hours now. Charlie was fidgeting and becoming restless. Sighing Kate took her I pod out of her ears and handed it to Charlie. "Be careful with that," she told him. Charlie nodded and put the earpieces in his own ears.

Kate leaned back in her chair. Charlie was now sitting still in his mothers lap. Elena was having a silent conversation with her husband. There were the only people in the waiting room, which was strange, but Kate supposed that was just how it was on the first Saturday of summer break. Suddenly five more people came into the room.

"Kate," Lindsey called running across the room, "What happened?" Jessica skidded to a halt behind Lindsey. Danny and Don stood a little bit behind their girlfriends and Tim stood off to the side.

"Um…" Kate said slowly, "Come over here for a moment will you?" Lindsey and Jess followed immediately but the boys hung back. "You three as well."

"We went back to the pool after the movie to see if you were still there and it was all closed down," Jess explained.

"The lifeguard, Jenny, told us that you were here," Lindsey said franticly.

"Abby was trying to teach me how to back dive," Kate explained to her friends.

"Again," Jessica said under her breath.

"Yea," Kate sighed, "either way…Abby slipped and she must have hit her head on the wall, because when I came up she hadn't and there was blood."

"That blood at the pool was Abby's blood," Lindsey realized tears starting to run down her face as Danny pulled her into his arms.

Jess did not say anything. Don put his hand in the small of her back and steered her towards a chair. Jess put her head in her hands as Don rubbed her back.

Kate walked over to the window, away from the others. Suddenly she felt a presence behind her and turned to see Tim standing there. "Is there anything I can do for you?" he asked her.

"Build me a time machine?" Kate suggested. Tim did not respond. Then Kate added, "I didn't tell them everything. Abby has a brain tumor. The found it when they were looking at the damage from the pool. It would have been fatal if they hadn't found it. She is in surgery now."

Tim wished he knew someway to make Kate feel better but he didn't so he just stood their trying to show by his presence that he was there for her. Kate reached down and squeezed his hand, just to reassure herself that he was really there and she was not just imagining…him…this whole situation…she was not sure.

"Look Kate," Tim said gently, "you said the brain tumor would have killed if it hadn't been found when it was." Kate nodded. "That means that if you are going to blame yourself for her getting hurt you have to give yourself credit for saving her life."

Kate turned away from the window to look at him. She did not know what to say in response to that. She could not take credit for saving Abby's life because Abby had saved Abby's life. So Tim was right, it was not her fault that Abby got hurt. Somehow his simple logic had saved from her own mental suicide by simply pointing out that two things she was claiming could not happen simultaneously.

"You're right," Kate agreed, "as always."

Tim blushed a little he was not used to anyone praising him except teachers, "I'm not always right."

"Yea but you are a lot of the time," Kate told him. "Well I am going to see if the others are holding up alright." She patted him on the back and went to check on Charlie.

"Wait," Tim called after her.

Kate turned to look at him and walk closer to him, "What's up?"

"I just wanted…" Tim swallowed, "It's not your job to save the world."

"I'm not trying to save the world," Kate told him appreciating his concern, "I'm just trying to keep my little piece of it from shattering into little pieces."

At that moment Jess, Lindsey, Don, and Danny walked over to join the other two. Jess was the first to speak. "I called your parents on the way here and told them where you were but they want you to call if something changes or if you leave," Jess explained to Kate.

"Thank you so much," Kate said fervently, "I was so caught up I totally forgot to call."

"Hey what are friends for?" Jess asked rhetorically.

"So what do we know?" Lindsey asked.

"Um we know that," Kate took a deep breath, "."

Lindsey raised an eyebrow, "didn't quite catch that one, sorry."

"I said," Kate repeated more slowly, "Abby has a brain tumor that they discovered when she fell and it would have been fatal if the did not do surgery on it."

"That's really good," Jess said at the same time that Lindsey said, "That's really bad."

"My sentiments exactly," Kate told them.

Suddenly Charlie came running over, "the doctor has news but he needs you to translate."

"Coming," Kate said follow Charlie back across the room.

"Translate?" Danny asked.

"Abby's parents are deaf," Jess explained, "Kate knows ASL."

Across the room the doctor was telling Kate the results of the surgery. "It seems to have been successful and not caused any permanent damage but we will not know until she wakes up."

"Which will be when?" Kate asked as she signed the previous message.

"Any time in the next couple of weeks," the doctor said, "now if you excuse me."

"Okay," Kate said turning to Abby's parents and signing 'I need to make a phone call.' They both nodded and Kate walked over to Jess. "Can I borrow your cell-phone?"

"Sure," Jess said handing the phone to Kate, who nodded her thanks.

Walking a little way away Kate typed in her home number and waited for someone to pick up.

"Hello," her mother answered.

"Hi mom," Kate said slowly, "Abby is out of surgery but will be in a coma for a couple of weeks."

"Okay," her mom said, "that's good."

"Mom I can't go to the Vineyard this year," Kate said finally, "Not this year. Not with Abby in the hospital."

"Your grandmother will be disappointed," her mom pointed out.

"I know," Kate said, "but I am needed here."

I am sorry about the time between updates I just don't have a lot of time and if I am working multiple stories at the same time then the ones with less reviews have a lower priority. So if you want more chapters soon review. :-)