Waiting
Hamilton ran over to one of the officers standing by the wrecked car.
"What happen here?" Hamilton asked the officer anxiously.
"There is nothing to see here", the officer said in a raspy voice.
Hamilton lifted up Bella's phone he found in the bushes and put it in the officers face.
"This phone belongs to my friend. I just found it in the bushes over there." Hamilton said pointing toward the bushes.
The officer looked up from his writing and looked at the phone.
"By chance does your friend have long blonde hair, and look around your age?", the officer said looking at the phone.
With tears forming in his eyes Hamilton answered "Yes." The officer called over another police officer.
"This young man believes our Jane Doe is his friend." The officer came over looked at Hamilton. "Young man my name is Sergeant Davis". Hamilton not caring about the officer's name again asked, this time in a louder voice. "Please tell me, What happened here!!
Officer Davis cleared his throat. "A young lady who was hit by a car about an hour ago. She had no identification on her, so we cant confirm it is your friend." Hamilton snapped "I have her phone in my hand, what else is there to confirm!" Jake stepped in "Hamilton calm down. Officer is there any thing we can do to help?" "What was your friend wearing when you last saw her?"
Hamilton closing his eyes tight as if he was squeezing Bella's image back into head. "She was wearing a white shirt and black pants.", Hamilton said now starring at the officers waiting for a response.
"We do not want to say it is defiantly your friend or not, but the young women was rushed to the hospital and still alive."
"Does she have any family?" Sergeant Davis asked Hamilton
"Yea, her father and sister." The first officer Hamilton was speaking to chimed in "we do not want to notify them until we have a positive id".
"I'm going to need you to ride with me to the hospital." Sergeant Davis said pointing to his unmarked car.
Hamilton was in a daze now he was not sure if he should call his mother. He looked over to the side and Jake was standing there. Their eyes met as if the were speaking but no words were being spoken. Jake walked over to Hamilton and hug him as if she was giving him strength. Hamilton put his car keys in Jake's hand and looked over at his black Subaru. Jake shock her head yes as if Hamilton's words came out of his mouth.
Hamilton followed the officer to his car and got into the back seat. Jake did not move until the unmarked car pulled off. Jake feeling like she was having a bad dream walked over to the car she saw Hamilton looking at. She tried the key in the door and it unlocked. Many thoughts were running through her head. Was this her fault, she was the last one to see Bella. "Oh, God please make her ok." Please God, I am sorry please make her ok." Jake started the car and started to drive off. Jake had some many things running through her mind the look on Hamilton's face when he picked up the cell phone. She even felt a little jealous to see how upset this whole thing made Hamilton. Before she knew it Jake was at the hospital and pulled into visitor's parking. Jake got out of the car and ran through the automatic doors. Jake's eye canvassed the waiting room no sign of Hamilton. Jake walked up to the sliding glass window, where she saw a thin faced women with curly red hair and red framed glasses sitting at a desk. Jake knocked on the window, to get the women's attention. "Just sign your name." the red hair women called from behind the window. "I am looking for my friend who was brought in." Jake said in sort of a whisper, as if she did not want anyone to hear her. "What is your friend's name?" The women asked looking at Jake. "Bella Banks." Jake replied with a shaking voice. The women behind the desk started looking in her computer.
"I don't see that we have anyone he by that name." for a moment Jake was happy thinking it was all a big mistake but she remembered Hamilton had to identify her.
"She was in a car accident; my other friend came with the police officer."
"Oh, you are talking about our Jane Doe." The women started typing additional information into the computer. Jake hated the smell of the hospital waiting room. It brought back the memory of when her father died. She and her mother waited for hours before the doctors let them know he father did not make it. The nurse looked at Jake and said, "They are still working on her." Jake heard that before and did not want to ask another question because it would make her sick, but she needed to know if Hamilton was back there. Jake turned to walk away, but stopped and turned back to face the women.
"My friend came here, would you be able to find out if he is back there with her?"
"Well, no one register her in yet, but I will check for you." The women got up from her seat and went through a back door way. Jake did not want to sit down. She started pacing the floor looking up every once in awhile, to see if the women came back. Jake looked up again after walking around in a circle about twelve times and saw the women rushing back in the small office.
"You can come around the side." The women said to Jake in a soothing voice. Jake walked around to the door and the women buzzed her in. Jake followed the women down a long white hall which had wheel chairs and hospital beds lined up against the walls. Jake started to feel sick to her stomach. The women turned the corner, with Jake in tow. Jake saw the officer and Hamilton standing against a wall. Jake walked over to them.
"What is going on?" Jake asked.
"It was Bella, she is in surgery now."
"What is wrong with her?" Jake asked a little afraid to hear the answer.
"Head injury they are trying to release some of the pressure of her brain." Hamilton could not believe the words that were coming out of his mouth. "I called her dad once I knew it was her, he is on his way." "It is my fault." Jake said moving away form Hamilton and backing into the wall. "What do you mean your fault?" Hamilton asked Jake with a puzzle look on his face.
"She came to talk to me, she just wanted to explain to me what happen between you to, and I told her to leave."
"It is not your fault." Hamilton said while walking over to Jake. "You weren't driving the car." Hamilton went to put his arm around Jake to comfort her, but Jake pushed his arm away from her.
"Can't you see if I would have just listened to her, she would not have been out there, at that moment"
Hamilton went over and grabbed Jake by the shoulders.
"Listen it is not your fault, it is the stupid drunk drivers fault."
"But, you don't understand if I just took the time..." Hamilton cut her off ,
"If it is your fault it is just as much as mines too, I could have came over and talked to you."
"It's my fault too." Hamilton started to walk down the hallway. Jake wanted to run back and comfort him, but before she could move she saw Bella's father and sister running down the hallway. Jake saw them stop to talk to Hamilton. She could see Grace hugging her dad. They all started walking back towards Jake. Jake saw Hamilton lead Bella's dad over to the officer. Just then a doctor came down the hall and spoke to a nurse and the nurse pointed towards Hamilton. Jake started to walk closer so she could hear what the doctor was saying.
"I was able to relieve some of the pressure off her brain, But we aren't sure how she's going to pull through.
As Jake moved closer Hamilton grabbed Jake's hand. "What are her chances of making it?." Bella's dad asked while fighting back tears.
"The next 24 hours is very critical." The doctor said with no feeling in his voice. "We got most of the pressure off her brain, we have to run more test to see what the actual damage is to the brain." The doctor looked down at his watch as if he was in a rush. "We are going to have to wait and see what happens, we have her on respiratory now." Jake felt like she wanted to faint and the only thing holding her up was Hamilton. "Her brain is very swollen we are going to have to wait until the swelling goes down before we can do more test." Grace started to cry profusely, and Jake tried to comfort her. "The nurse is going to need you to fill out some forms." The doctor said to Bella's father. Jake walked Grace over to an empty chair, and sat her down in it.
"Why is this happing?" Grace asked. Jake sat in the empty chair next to Grace. "I don't know, God has a purpose for everything that happens in life." Jake remembered someone saying those exact words to her when her father died, and they did not bring her comfort at the time so she decided to be quite.
"Hamilton told me you knew about Hailey."
"Yes, I know about Hailey." Jake did not know if this was the time to tell Grace it was her fault about the accident.
Grace continued talking before Jake could say anything.
"She really wanted to tell you, she was planning on telling you soon, since she decided she wanted you to be Hailey's God mother."
Jake's heart dropped at those very words. Hamilton walked over to Jake and Grace and let them know he was going to call he mother and let her know what was going on.
"Good idea" Grace said. "Your mothers probably worried out of her mind about you."
Hamilton searched his pockets for his phone. "I must have dropped it in the officer's car.
Jake quickly stood up. "Hear, you can use mine."
Hamilton did a have smile, "Thanks".
Hamilton walked down the hall and dialed home.
Hamilton heard the sound of his mothers voice after 1 ring.
"Mom", Hamilton said in a low voice. "Hamilton thank god. I've been worried out of my mine. I mean you say your going out to the dorms almost two hours ago, don't call, anything could of happened to you,. I didn't know weather you we hurt, in some kind of trouble, and I hear there was some big accident around the...
"Mom", Hamilton cut his mother lecture short. "I'm at the hospital there has been a accident." There was silence. Hamilton continued, "Bella was hit by a drunk driver. We don't know that much but they were able to relieve some of the pressure to her brain. Hamilton mothers was shocked. " How long will it be before we hear any thing else?", His mother asked.
"Well they have to wait for the swelling in her brain to go down, run a few more test and then will have to see from they. All we can do is wait.
Hamilton answered yes
Hamilton ran over to one of the officers standing by the wrecked car.
"What happen here?" Hamilton asked the officer anxiously.
"There is nothing to see here", the officer said in a raspy voice.
Hamilton lifted up Bella's phone he found in the bushes and put it in the officers face.
"This phone belongs to my friend. I just found it in the bushes over there." Hamilton said pointing toward the bushes.
The officer looked up from his writing and looked at the phone.
"By chance does your friend have long blonde hair, and look around your age?", the officer said looking at the phone.
With tears forming in his eyes Hamilton answered "Yes." The officer called over another police officer.
"This young man believes our Jane Doe is his friend." The officer came over looked at Hamilton. "Young man my name is Sergeant Davis". Hamilton not caring about the officer's name again asked, this time in a louder voice. "Please tell me, What happened here!!
Officer Davis cleared his throat. "A young lady who was hit by a car about an hour ago. She had no identification on her, so we cant confirm it is your friend." Hamilton snapped "I have her phone in my hand, what else is there to confirm!" Jake stepped in "Hamilton calm down. Officer is there any thing we can do to help?" "What was your friend wearing when you last saw her?"
Hamilton closing his eyes tight as if he was squeezing Bella's image back into head. "She was wearing a white shirt and black pants.", Hamilton said now starring at the officers waiting for a response.
"We do not want to say it is defiantly your friend or not, but the young women was rushed to the hospital and still alive."
"Does she have any family?" Sergeant Davis asked Hamilton
"Yea, her father and sister." The first officer Hamilton was speaking to chimed in "we do not want to notify them until we have a positive id".
"I'm going to need you to ride with me to the hospital." Sergeant Davis said pointing to his unmarked car.
Hamilton was in a daze now he was not sure if he should call his mother. He looked over to the side and Jake was standing there. Their eyes met as if the were speaking but no words were being spoken. Jake walked over to Hamilton and hug him as if she was giving him strength. Hamilton put his car keys in Jake's hand and looked over at his black Subaru. Jake shock her head yes as if Hamilton's words came out of his mouth.
Hamilton followed the officer to his car and got into the back seat. Jake did not move until the unmarked car pulled off. Jake feeling like she was having a bad dream walked over to the car she saw Hamilton looking at. She tried the key in the door and it unlocked. Many thoughts were running through her head. Was this her fault, she was the last one to see Bella. "Oh, God please make her ok." Please God, I am sorry please make her ok." Jake started the car and started to drive off. Jake had some many things running through her mind the look on Hamilton's face when he picked up the cell phone. She even felt a little jealous to see how upset this whole thing made Hamilton. Before she knew it Jake was at the hospital and pulled into visitor's parking. Jake got out of the car and ran through the automatic doors. Jake's eye canvassed the waiting room no sign of Hamilton. Jake walked up to the sliding glass window, where she saw a thin faced women with curly red hair and red framed glasses sitting at a desk. Jake knocked on the window, to get the women's attention. "Just sign your name." the red hair women called from behind the window. "I am looking for my friend who was brought in." Jake said in sort of a whisper, as if she did not want anyone to hear her. "What is your friend's name?" The women asked looking at Jake. "Bella Banks." Jake replied with a shaking voice. The women behind the desk started looking in her computer.
"I don't see that we have anyone he by that name." for a moment Jake was happy thinking it was all a big mistake but she remembered Hamilton had to identify her.
"She was in a car accident; my other friend came with the police officer."
"Oh, you are talking about our Jane Doe." The women started typing additional information into the computer. Jake hated the smell of the hospital waiting room. It brought back the memory of when her father died. She and her mother waited for hours before the doctors let them know he father did not make it. The nurse looked at Jake and said, "They are still working on her." Jake heard that before and did not want to ask another question because it would make her sick, but she needed to know if Hamilton was back there. Jake turned to walk away, but stopped and turned back to face the women.
"My friend came here, would you be able to find out if he is back there with her?"
"Well, no one register her in yet, but I will check for you." The women got up from her seat and went through a back door way. Jake did not want to sit down. She started pacing the floor looking up every once in awhile, to see if the women came back. Jake looked up again after walking around in a circle about twelve times and saw the women rushing back in the small office.
"You can come around the side." The women said to Jake in a soothing voice. Jake walked around to the door and the women buzzed her in. Jake followed the women down a long white hall which had wheel chairs and hospital beds lined up against the walls. Jake started to feel sick to her stomach. The women turned the corner, with Jake in tow. Jake saw the officer and Hamilton standing against a wall. Jake walked over to them.
"What is going on?" Jake asked.
"It was Bella, she is in surgery now."
"What is wrong with her?" Jake asked a little afraid to hear the answer.
"Head injury they are trying to release some of the pressure of her brain." Hamilton could not believe the words that were coming out of his mouth. "I called her dad once I knew it was her, he is on his way." "It is my fault." Jake said moving away form Hamilton and backing into the wall. "What do you mean your fault?" Hamilton asked Jake with a puzzle look on his face.
"She came to talk to me, she just wanted to explain to me what happen between you to, and I told her to leave."
"It is not your fault." Hamilton said while walking over to Jake. "You weren't driving the car." Hamilton went to put his arm around Jake to comfort her, but Jake pushed his arm away from her.
"Can't you see if I would have just listened to her, she would not have been out there, at that moment"
Hamilton went over and grabbed Jake by the shoulders.
"Listen it is not your fault, it is the stupid drunk drivers fault."
"But, you don't understand if I just took the time..." Hamilton cut her off ,
"If it is your fault it is just as much as mines too, I could have came over and talked to you."
"It's my fault too." Hamilton started to walk down the hallway. Jake wanted to run back and comfort him, but before she could move she saw Bella's father and sister running down the hallway. Jake saw them stop to talk to Hamilton. She could see Grace hugging her dad. They all started walking back towards Jake. Jake saw Hamilton lead Bella's dad over to the officer. Just then a doctor came down the hall and spoke to a nurse and the nurse pointed towards Hamilton. Jake started to walk closer so she could hear what the doctor was saying.
"I was able to relieve some of the pressure off her brain, But we aren't sure how she's going to pull through.
As Jake moved closer Hamilton grabbed Jake's hand. "What are her chances of making it?." Bella's dad asked while fighting back tears.
"The next 24 hours is very critical." The doctor said with no feeling in his voice. "We got most of the pressure off her brain, we have to run more test to see what the actual damage is to the brain." The doctor looked down at his watch as if he was in a rush. "We are going to have to wait and see what happens, we have her on respiratory now." Jake felt like she wanted to faint and the only thing holding her up was Hamilton. "Her brain is very swollen we are going to have to wait until the swelling goes down before we can do more test." Grace started to cry profusely, and Jake tried to comfort her. "The nurse is going to need you to fill out some forms." The doctor said to Bella's father. Jake walked Grace over to an empty chair, and sat her down in it.
"Why is this happing?" Grace asked. Jake sat in the empty chair next to Grace. "I don't know, God has a purpose for everything that happens in life." Jake remembered someone saying those exact words to her when her father died, and they did not bring her comfort at the time so she decided to be quite.
"Hamilton told me you knew about Hailey."
"Yes, I know about Hailey." Jake did not know if this was the time to tell Grace it was her fault about the accident.
Grace continued talking before Jake could say anything.
"She really wanted to tell you, she was planning on telling you soon, since she decided she wanted you to be Hailey's God mother."
Jake's heart dropped at those very words. Hamilton walked over to Jake and Grace and let them know he was going to call he mother and let her know what was going on.
"Good idea" Grace said. "Your mothers probably worried out of her mind about you."
Hamilton searched his pockets for his phone. "I must have dropped it in the officer's car.
Jake quickly stood up. "Hear, you can use mine."
Hamilton did a have smile, "Thanks".
Hamilton walked down the hall and dialed home.
Hamilton heard the sound of his mothers voice after 1 ring.
"Mom", Hamilton said in a low voice. "Hamilton thank god. I've been worried out of my mine. I mean you say your going out to the dorms almost two hours ago, don't call, anything could of happened to you,. I didn't know weather you we hurt, in some kind of trouble, and I hear there was some big accident around the...
"Mom", Hamilton cut his mother lecture short. "I'm at the hospital there has been a accident." There was silence. Hamilton continued, "Bella was hit by a drunk driver. We don't know that much but they were able to relieve some of the pressure to her brain. Hamilton mothers was shocked. " How long will it be before we hear any thing else?", His mother asked.
"Well they have to wait for the swelling in her brain to go down, run a few more test and then will have to see from they. All we can do is wait.
Hamilton answered yes