Chapter 10 Kaitlyns Pov We finally reached Washington State! I forgot how beautiful it was here. Since we were close by, we decided to stop at Anna s parents house. She practically ran into the house when we got out. We decided to only stay for dinner, since we wanted to hurry up and get up to the fellowship. As we were getting ready to leave, there was a knock at the door. Anna s mom opened the door, and we all tensed up at the voice we heard. Hello, you must be Anna s mother! She just looked at him and was about to ask him who he was when he said I m a friend of hers and was hoping to come see her before I left state. Is she here? Just then Mac spotted us in the living room. Hey guys! He walked past Anna s mom and towards us. My dad came over and stood in front of me. You stay away from these kids! He said. All of a sudden, he pulled a gun out of his belt. Give me Anna and Kaitlyn and then I will leave in peace! Before any of us could answer he pointed the gun at Anna s mother. Out of the corner of my eye, I seen her father rush at him with a bat. I heard a bang and all I could see was her dad laying on the floor shaking. We all ran over to him while Joyce called 911. Thank god, Mac only shot him in the shoulder. We all looked around and he was gone!
We all drove over to the hospital to wait for Anna s father to get out of surgery. Dad decided to go outside and have a smoke and get some air. I looked over at Gabriel and started crying. He held me with all he had but then my hand started to itch again! I knew I had to draw and so did everyone else. Anna s mom gave me a piece of paper and a pencil and I started to draw. As soon as I was done I looked down at the picture and screamed! Everyone looked at me and then at the picture and Gabriel, Rob, and Lewis took off running outside. Joyce ran over to the nurses station to ask for a doctor to give me a shot or something to calm me down. No one knew what to do or what was happening except for me and Gabriel. A doctor came out and gave me a shot in the arm. I started to calm down a little bit but not enough. Gabriels POV I ran as fast as I could and almost knocked down a couple people as I ran. I got out the door just in time to see Mac fire the gun at Kaitlyns father and run. ROB! GET A STRETCHER OUT HERE NOW! HE S BLEEDING OUT REALLY BAD! I knew enough to actually put pressure on the wound but I knew I was too late. In his last couple minutes of life he said to me Gabriel, I know you will always take care of my baby girl but please don t let her think that this was her fault! Tell my baby I love her very much. Goodbye my son. And with that he took his last breath just as the stretcher was coming out the door for him. I was lost. I don t know how I can go in there and tell Kaitlyn that her father was gone. Rob and Lewis came over to me and for once in my life I was at loss for words. They were trying to talk to me but I couldn t hear anything they were saying. I took out a cigarette and smoked it in 4 puffs. As soon as I was done I knew what I had to do. With Rob and Lewis at my side, I went in to where everyone was sitting. Kaitlyn looked up at me and I tried to say something to her but all of a sudden just from the look on my face, she screamed and then collapsed. I got to her just in time before she hit the ground. One of the nurses seen what happened and called for help. I carried her into the room they set up for her. They started hooking her up to monitors and taking her blood pressure. The doctor looked at me and said Son, are you family? I looked at him and said I am her fianc . Her father and only family member was just shot and killed in the parking lot. So with that being said he pulled me out of the room and talked to me with everyone else standing around me for support. Her blood pressure is very high. We are going to have to keep her overnight. I nodded and looked at everyone else standing around and told them to just go back to Anna s parents house. Anna s mom came over along with her father whom they just released and said to me Honey, if you need the support with everything going on don t be afraid to say so. We will stay here for you and for Kaitlyn. She is going to need everyones support when she wakes up. I looked around at all the faces standing around me and I actually broke down crying! I never cried in my life until now. I can t believe that after all my life I finally have a family that I can rely on! Rob came over to me and gave me a hug. I will deny this to anyone outside of this group if you ever tell I was crying! And he laughed at me. 3 Hours later Kaitlyn was still out cold. I went out in the hall and asked Rob if him or Anna could sit in the room for me while I went and talked to the doctors and got something to eat. I went over to the nurses station and asked for the doctor. He came out and had me sit down. Your fianc is suffering from a major stress disorder and hypertension. We are giving her medicines to bring everything down but its not going down as quickly as we would like it to. I just looked down at the floor and then back at him and said Is she going to be ok after she wakes up? He had a grim look on his face and said Kaitlyn is so small and petite that what happened took a lot out of her. When she wakes up, she is going to have to be on a lot of medication and round the clock supervision. Also I noticed that when you picked her up before her head hit the floor that her back hit the floor. I did an x-ray and we found that she has a herniated disc in her back. You are going to have to keep a close eye on her with her pain medications, because if she happens to get into a depressed state she might grab for those first. So in reality he was telling me that she won t return to normal for a very long time. I know one thing though. When I promised her father that I would love and take care of his daughter, I meant it. I will be there to go through everything with her. She is my heart and soul and I never felt complete till she came into my life. As I was thanking the doctor for everything, Anna came running down the hall yelling. SHE S AWAKE! Both me and the doctor took off running to her room. I went in and she looked right at me and started to cry. I went over, picked her up and held her. After a couple minutes the doctor asked her if he could examine her and she looked at me. I nodded and said Honey, they have to take your pressures. Your blood pressure is very high and they are very concerned about it. After the doctor took her pressure and checked her over he turned and said to her Honey, your pressures have dropped but because they went up so high we are going to have to prescribe you some medication for everything. Now, I did an x-ray because of your back hitting the floor and you have a herniated disc in your lower back. For that we will prescribe you some pain medications. She looked at me with the saddest eyes and asked if I could take her down to see her father. The doc and I looked at each other for a second and said Do you think that it is a good idea right now? Could you wait until tomorrow? She shook her head and said NOW! Anna and I took her down to see her father. We were nervous because we didn t know how she was going to react. When they pulled the sheet back, she started crying really hard. He had been cleaned up but you could still tell where he was shot at. She laid her arm across her fathers chest and cried so bad. I didn t know what to do for her and I was so frustrated at that. Finally she let go of her father and turned to me and asked Can we bury him up at the fellowship? We had to go ask Tamsin what he thought. When we got up to the waiting room I pulled Tamsin aside and explained to him what was going on. He made a phone call and then came back over to use and said of course. The next morning after the doctors fussed over Kaitlyn, they released her. We asked Anna s mom if she could go and get her prescriptions filled. She left and we headed back to Anna s house. When we got there and Anna s mom got back we all went in the living room to talk. Rob had talked to Anna already so she stood up and talked. Mom and dad, I would like for you two to move up to the fellowship with us please! Her parents looked at each other and whispered to each other for a moment and then nodded. So it was settled. Her parents were coming with us to the fellowship. All of a sudden there was a knock at the door. Rob and Anna s father went to the door. It was the police!
We all drove over to the hospital to wait for Anna s father to get out of surgery. Dad decided to go outside and have a smoke and get some air. I looked over at Gabriel and started crying. He held me with all he had but then my hand started to itch again! I knew I had to draw and so did everyone else. Anna s mom gave me a piece of paper and a pencil and I started to draw. As soon as I was done I looked down at the picture and screamed! Everyone looked at me and then at the picture and Gabriel, Rob, and Lewis took off running outside. Joyce ran over to the nurses station to ask for a doctor to give me a shot or something to calm me down. No one knew what to do or what was happening except for me and Gabriel. A doctor came out and gave me a shot in the arm. I started to calm down a little bit but not enough. Gabriels POV I ran as fast as I could and almost knocked down a couple people as I ran. I got out the door just in time to see Mac fire the gun at Kaitlyns father and run. ROB! GET A STRETCHER OUT HERE NOW! HE S BLEEDING OUT REALLY BAD! I knew enough to actually put pressure on the wound but I knew I was too late. In his last couple minutes of life he said to me Gabriel, I know you will always take care of my baby girl but please don t let her think that this was her fault! Tell my baby I love her very much. Goodbye my son. And with that he took his last breath just as the stretcher was coming out the door for him. I was lost. I don t know how I can go in there and tell Kaitlyn that her father was gone. Rob and Lewis came over to me and for once in my life I was at loss for words. They were trying to talk to me but I couldn t hear anything they were saying. I took out a cigarette and smoked it in 4 puffs. As soon as I was done I knew what I had to do. With Rob and Lewis at my side, I went in to where everyone was sitting. Kaitlyn looked up at me and I tried to say something to her but all of a sudden just from the look on my face, she screamed and then collapsed. I got to her just in time before she hit the ground. One of the nurses seen what happened and called for help. I carried her into the room they set up for her. They started hooking her up to monitors and taking her blood pressure. The doctor looked at me and said Son, are you family? I looked at him and said I am her fianc . Her father and only family member was just shot and killed in the parking lot. So with that being said he pulled me out of the room and talked to me with everyone else standing around me for support. Her blood pressure is very high. We are going to have to keep her overnight. I nodded and looked at everyone else standing around and told them to just go back to Anna s parents house. Anna s mom came over along with her father whom they just released and said to me Honey, if you need the support with everything going on don t be afraid to say so. We will stay here for you and for Kaitlyn. She is going to need everyones support when she wakes up. I looked around at all the faces standing around me and I actually broke down crying! I never cried in my life until now. I can t believe that after all my life I finally have a family that I can rely on! Rob came over to me and gave me a hug. I will deny this to anyone outside of this group if you ever tell I was crying! And he laughed at me. 3 Hours later Kaitlyn was still out cold. I went out in the hall and asked Rob if him or Anna could sit in the room for me while I went and talked to the doctors and got something to eat. I went over to the nurses station and asked for the doctor. He came out and had me sit down. Your fianc is suffering from a major stress disorder and hypertension. We are giving her medicines to bring everything down but its not going down as quickly as we would like it to. I just looked down at the floor and then back at him and said Is she going to be ok after she wakes up? He had a grim look on his face and said Kaitlyn is so small and petite that what happened took a lot out of her. When she wakes up, she is going to have to be on a lot of medication and round the clock supervision. Also I noticed that when you picked her up before her head hit the floor that her back hit the floor. I did an x-ray and we found that she has a herniated disc in her back. You are going to have to keep a close eye on her with her pain medications, because if she happens to get into a depressed state she might grab for those first. So in reality he was telling me that she won t return to normal for a very long time. I know one thing though. When I promised her father that I would love and take care of his daughter, I meant it. I will be there to go through everything with her. She is my heart and soul and I never felt complete till she came into my life. As I was thanking the doctor for everything, Anna came running down the hall yelling. SHE S AWAKE! Both me and the doctor took off running to her room. I went in and she looked right at me and started to cry. I went over, picked her up and held her. After a couple minutes the doctor asked her if he could examine her and she looked at me. I nodded and said Honey, they have to take your pressures. Your blood pressure is very high and they are very concerned about it. After the doctor took her pressure and checked her over he turned and said to her Honey, your pressures have dropped but because they went up so high we are going to have to prescribe you some medication for everything. Now, I did an x-ray because of your back hitting the floor and you have a herniated disc in your lower back. For that we will prescribe you some pain medications. She looked at me with the saddest eyes and asked if I could take her down to see her father. The doc and I looked at each other for a second and said Do you think that it is a good idea right now? Could you wait until tomorrow? She shook her head and said NOW! Anna and I took her down to see her father. We were nervous because we didn t know how she was going to react. When they pulled the sheet back, she started crying really hard. He had been cleaned up but you could still tell where he was shot at. She laid her arm across her fathers chest and cried so bad. I didn t know what to do for her and I was so frustrated at that. Finally she let go of her father and turned to me and asked Can we bury him up at the fellowship? We had to go ask Tamsin what he thought. When we got up to the waiting room I pulled Tamsin aside and explained to him what was going on. He made a phone call and then came back over to use and said of course. The next morning after the doctors fussed over Kaitlyn, they released her. We asked Anna s mom if she could go and get her prescriptions filled. She left and we headed back to Anna s house. When we got there and Anna s mom got back we all went in the living room to talk. Rob had talked to Anna already so she stood up and talked. Mom and dad, I would like for you two to move up to the fellowship with us please! Her parents looked at each other and whispered to each other for a moment and then nodded. So it was settled. Her parents were coming with us to the fellowship. All of a sudden there was a knock at the door. Rob and Anna s father went to the door. It was the police!