Chapter 9

This is 2/3!! Hope you like it! Thanks tons to Queen of Reality for writing half of this and editing!! She rocks!! Next one will be out later today hopefully…

"Mitch!!" Caitlyn and Tess exclaimed.

"Mommy!!" Brooke cheered.

"Brookie!!! Come here, let mommy see you! Where's Shane?" I muttered.

"Oh, gee, I feel so loved." Caitlyn said, carrying Brooke.

"Sorry, I just want to see him." I apologized.

"He's in another hospital room." Tess replied.

"Is he okay?" I asked.

"Let me check." Caitlyn left.

"Are you feeling okay?"

"OW!! Ow, ow, ow, owwww!!!" I cried. The morphine must've stopped working because everywhere and everything started hurting. My arms especially were killing me. It felt like someone was sticking knives into them!!

"Oh, you're awake! Nurse Lee, please bring some more morphine for Miss. Torres. She's in pain."

"That is an UNDERSTATEMENT!!" I yelled. "It feels 10 times worse than giving birth!!!!!!"

"Calm down Miss. Torr-"

"It's killing me!!" I took deep breaths, but the pain kept overcoming my body.

"Here Doctor Breslin." The nurse said handing the morphine injection to the doctor. The doctor moved my arm and injected me with the morphine. The pain in my body was so overwhelming that I didn't even feel the needle sticking into my skin.

"Why am I still feeling pain?" I gritted my teeth wishing the injection would work faster.

"It'll take a little while for the morphine to kick in." the doctor told me.

"Ugh…" I groaned.

"Mr. Gray is demanding to see you." Now, that was something I want to hear.

"He is?" I asked out of curiosity.

"Yes, you can see him when he's able to walk."

I sighed as Caitlyn came back in and sat down at the chair beside my bed.

"He's fine." she offered. "Just really grumpy. He's demanding to see you also. You know, you and Shane have a lot in common. You're both grumpy, and want to see each other. And you both talk about each other a lot…"

Caitlyn trailed off when she saw the death glare I was giving her. She tried to laugh, but that came out as a shaky nervous laugh. My death glares were pretty…well, deathly.

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Shane's POV:

The doctor sighed at my bad attitude.

"Mr. Gray, you will be able to see Mitchie when you are well." I rolled my eyes automatically.

Woops again! Gotta stay grounded. Don't act like a famous jerk. Okay. But all I wanted to do was to see Mitchie! I tried to move but the pain and hurt was coming back and my head was killing me the most. I told myself, Shane, the only way you're gonna see Mitchie is if you MOVE! So move already!!! But as hard as I tried, all I could move without pain was my right big toe. UGH! I grunted on the inside. WHY, oh, WHY did we have to get into a stupid car accident??? It was so perfect. Everything was smooth and Mitchie was having fun. Why didn't I look carefully? I could've been more careful and seen the car before I went. This is all my fault.

Jason came in with a cup of Gatorade for me and I drank it. He sat down on the couch and propped his feet up.

"Jason, this is all my fault."

"Dude, it was the other guy's fault, not yours! He was drunk and he ran the red, not you."

"I know, but I keep on thinking that I could've been more careful."

"Shane, for the last time, some things just happen! Remember how my Mom's brother's wife's sister-in-law's husband's sister's son accidentally fell into the water reservoir and drowned? It's destiny! Connect 3 was destined to 'connect', my cousin was destined to drown, and you were destined to get into an accident and survive it! It's that simple!" Jason reasoned

"Thanks Jase, but it's not helping me feel better." I told him. I still couldn't believe that I could be so careless and let Mitchie become hurt!

"Whatever bro! Let's watch some TV. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation's just about to come on."

Jason turned the TV on to take my mind off the accident and we watched for a while. The victim was 'steamed to death' in his bathtub and they had to collect every drop of 'human soup' in the guy's bathroom for evidence. Nasty stuff! But what really made an impression was the brain. The cooked victim was brought to David and he removed his brain for weighing. The brain was GREEN!!!! Eww!!! Gross!!!! I usually have the desire for grotesque scenes, but not today. It was a bit too much.

"Jase, turn that off. I'm already in trauma... Don't need more traumatizing things right now."

"Right. Sorry dude..."

"Uh huh…Where's Nate?" I asked.

"Um… I think he's in the washroom." Jason answered.

"Doing what?"

"Dude, what do you think people do in the washroom?!" Jason exclaimed not wanting to explain the cycle of a man in a washroom.

"Just asking!!" I said.

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Mitchie's POV:

After the death glares where exchanged, Brooke fell asleep beside me on the hospital bed as Tess and Caitlyn went home to get some rest. I haven't had quality time with Brooke in forever. Even if she was sleeping. I missed seeing my baby. She was growing up so fast, and I hadn't treasured her childhood years wisely. I felt my eyes start to water as I thought about how I grew farther away from my parents after having Brooke. Now, I barely keep contact with them, and I missed them terribly. I didn't want the same thing to happen me and Brooke, and I would do anything it takes to stop that. Starting right now.

There you go!! Next chapter will be up sometime when I'm down. Probably later on tonight or tomorrow morning. Sorry if this isn't the type of marathon you guys were expecting. This is 2/3!! See ya in the next chapter!!

Peace,

JBLover718 and Queen of Reality