"Comas Will Keep Us Apart"
Junior found himself pacing in the waiting room with his mind racing at a thousand miles per hour and he couldn't sit still. It had been almost two and a half hours that Kris was in surgery and no one had heard any news. Junior, Matt, Jean, Pablo, Uncle Jesse, Dani, and even Ken Davis were all waiting anxiously to hear any news.
Junior was frantic and everyone tried to calm him down. He repeatedly snapped and shooed them away, telling them nothing would be the same. The only thing that was going to make him feel like he was whole again was when a doctor told him that Kris was all right. Finally Ken walked over to where his son was sitting and sat next to him. "I have no idea what you are going through right now, but I am very sorry, Junior."
Junior looked up with pain in his eyes and he was genuinely surprised. Junior wasn't used to his dad being sympathetic, but strangely he liked it. Every other person waiting with him who tried to comfort him would say, "Everything will be alright," and he hated hearing it. He had a bad feeling and knew nothing was going to be alright. Having his dad speak the truth and tell him he didn't know what he was going through pleased him. For once, Ken had said the right thing.
Staring at his father, Junior felt helpless as tears finally began to well in his eyes. He had been holding them to make it look like it was strange, but at that moment, nothing could keep his true emotions from surfacing. He had no words to describe what he was feeling. "Dad…" was all he could stutter. Ken placed his large hand on his son's shoulder.
Suddenly Junior grabbed his father and embraced in a rare hug as Junior gave in to his tears and began sobbing. Every emotion Junior had been trying to hide came out as the father and son pair hugged. Everyone else waiting for Kris watched as Junior finally broke down.
When Junior and Ken broke apart and Junior's sobs subsided, a doctor came out and approached Jean. "Jean Ritter?" the doctor asked, making sure he was speaking to the right woman.
"Yes?" Jean said as she stood up eagerly. Everyone gathered around the talking pair and listened intently.
"We finally stabilized Ms. Furillo but she suffered a sever blow to her head. We aren't quite sure when she will wake up and if she does, we don't know how much she will remember," the doctor explained tenderly.
"But is she okay?" Matt demanded.
"As I said, we stabilized her. The rest is up to her," he explained again, not helping much. The group stood in silence for a minute until the doctor said again, "If you want to see her, I'll allow two at a time."
"Junior, would you like to-" Pablo began before being interrupted by Junior.
"No, go ahead first. I can wait," he shot out.
Jean and Pablo went to see Kris first. Matt questions why Junior didn't want to see his fiancé first but decided not to ask. Eventually everyone had seen Kris and they all left, saying they had other things to tend to. Junior was the only one left. He paced in the waiting room, unable to work up the nerve to see an injured Kris. He felt his cell phone vibrate fiercely in his pocket. He looked at the caller ID only to see the name he expected: Matt. He regrettably hit the accept button and pressed the cold phone to his ear.
"Yeah," Junior answered quietly into the phone.
"Go in that room and see her," Matt demanded to his friend.
"What are you talking about?" Junior said, although he knew very well what Matt was telling him.
"Junior, you were going to marry her tomorrow. Unfortunately that isn't going to happen. But you still love her and right now she needs you. So get off your butt and go in that room," Matt snapped.
Junior was silent for a moment until he said, "I can't see her injured. It hurts too much.
"I know it does. But she needs you. Don't you love her?" Matt asked even though he knew the answer.
"Of course."
"Then go see her," Matt said as he hung up the phone.
He knew that Matt was right so he took a deep breath and walked down the hall towards Kris' room. He stood in front of the door and shook his body, as if he was shaking away all his nerves. He opened the door extremely slowly, breathing deeply once more. As he stepped into the white painted room he saw Kris and nearly went weak at the knees. Junior's heart broke when he say the love of his life lying in a hospital bed, tied up to a breathing tube with an IV stuck firmly in her hand. He sat in the chair next to the bed and clutched her hand. A single tear slid down his cheek, every emotion possible passing through his body.
"I'm so sorry," Junior began. "I should have been able to stop it." Even though it wasn't his fault and there was nothing he could have done to prevent it, he felt like it was his fault. He swore to always protect her and he didn't. He placed his head on her hip and sobbed for a long time.
When Junior was able to control his tears, he said, "I need you Kris. Don't leave me."
He stared at Kris for a long time, just hoping that he would see her eyes flutter open and everything could go back to the way it was. Hoping desperately that he was only imagining everything that had happened in that last five hours. One small mistake and his world was turned upside down. He was supposed to marry this girl the next day. He should have been at his bachelor party right now, not in a hospital praying that his bride-to-be would wake up. His whole future was thrown off course just from a horse accident. What was he going to do?
Junior laid his head on the bed and fell asleep, only hoping that when he woke up this would all have been a bad dream. All he could do was think of Kris. And when he fell asleep, the image of Kris lying in the hospital bed helpless and hurt was burned in his memory, haunting his sleep.
A/N: I hoped you liked this update and that it was long enough for you all. I go away every weekend so I won't be able to put an update up tomorrow. I'll definitely have an update for Monday though. Sorry for the inconvenience. Review please.