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Falling Apart at the Seams
Jade POV
My mother told me when I was seven years old, "Wishes aren't simply things that we want, they hold a lot of power, and, when granted, always come with a price. So Jade always, always be careful what you wish for." Who knew how right she'd turn out to be…
As soon as all the things were packed and everyone piled into the cars we were ready to go. Beck pulled out first and I followed suit. In the car, Robbie was being quiet and Cat was humming quietly to herself, leaving me to my thoughts.
Vega. Vega. Vega. I'm beginning to loathe that name. Everything was just fine until she showed up. On her first day of school she basically got Beck to cheat on me. Everywhere I go at school I hear Tori this and Tori that. Then she strains my friendship with Andre. Almost every time I wanted to talk to him he was always with little miss "pretty" and "perfect". Doing something with her. He didn't have time to talk to me anymore and, worst of all, he started developing feeling for her. I tolerated it until I started redeveloping feeling for him. When I saw them making out in the kitchen, I seething with anger and wanted to rip her apart, but I knew I had to be cool for Andre's sake. Friends have to be happy for each other right? And he's the only one I even consider a friend so... I'm sort of stuck. Ugh sometimes I wish something would happen to her or she would just vanish so thing can go back to the way they were…
Cat broke my thoughts, singing as loudly as she could.
"Cat stop-" I was looking at Cat for a second when I saw something out of the corner of my eye.
I looked back in front of me to see Beck's car suddenly hit head on by another. I slammed on the brakes and climbed out as fast as I could. Robbie and Cat had their hands cupped over their mouths in pure shock.
"Robbie call 911!" I yelled with urgency.
I raced off to the car to see what happened and Cat came with me. I was strangely calm about all of this knowing that the shock of it hasn't hit me yet.
I was hesitant to even look at the car. I could see from the outside that it was completely totaled. The front of the car was completely gone, hood was bent in, the car was dented from all sides, and trunk was popped open and almost their clothes and luggage fell out of it. Cat was distracting herself by cleaning it up.
There was broken glass everywhere.
"Beck, Andre, Tori! Can anyone hear me?" I practically screamed.
"Jade" Beck said weakly. Andre and Tori lied motionless, saying nothing.
"Beck! Beck, how bad are you guys hurt?" I asked.
"I can't move my leg and my chest is killing me" He gasped between breaths. "The door was pushed into my leg and I heard something snap" My anger was fuming and I wanted kill whoever that idiot was that hit them, probably drunk off of his ass.
They looked horrible. Beck had blood dripping down his face and his arm was covered with bruises, he looked like he was having trouble breathing. Unfortunately, Andre and Tori looked much worse, Tori was lying on the arm rest, covered in glass, blood, and cuts all over her body. Andre's head was gashed open, the arm that could I see had a huge gash in it.
I still wasn't processing what I was seeing, it just seemed so surreal. I was just… now they're…
I couldn't have given less than a fuck about the ass in the other car's well-being. I hope they are hurt so badly that it would take a long, long time for them to recover. No, I didn't hope they were dead, because it would be too easy for them to just die and not suffer for what they've done.
"Jade!" Robbie ran up to me. "They said they would be here as soon as they can"
"Beck, help will be here any moment now" I said trying to comfort him and myself. "Just hang on"
Robbie was now sitting on the side of the road with Cat who refused to even come over by the car. I stayed with Beck, keeping him awake. I really didn't want him to pass out, in fear of him slipping into a coma.
We didn't have to wait long for the ambulance. I heard the sirens and looked to the cops, fire trucks, and ambulance coming down the road at full speed.
Everything was happening so fast around me, it seemed like a blur. I was told to stand out of the way. The firemen were using tools to pry the doors open. It wasn't until they pulled Tori out when it finally hit. She looked pale, limp as she was placed on the stretcher and the tow trucks were pulling up.
Soon they were placing everyone onto stretchers and, thankfully, the, now that I've found out, girl was still alive and she looked bad.
I ran back to the car and Cat and Robbie hopped up and got in. We rode behind the ambulance to the hospital.
While I was in the car we all made the decision that we would call Beck's, Tori's, and Andre's parents. Unfortunately, that meant that we were obligated to call Trina too. I decided to make Robbie call her and get it over with.
"Why do I have to do it?" Robbie asked.
"Because I'm telling you to, now just shut up and do it" I said.
"Ugh, fine" He reluctantly agreed.
"Trina would you just shut up about yourself for two seconds" Robbie yelled into the phone. "Tori, Andre, and Beck have been in an accident we are heading to a hospital right in L.A. We are going to Good Samaritan Hospital. I need you to let your parents know what's going on. Ok?" He spoke slowly. He quickly hung up his phone.
I knew I had to call Beck's parents. I pulled out my phone and dialed his house. "Hey Mrs. Oliver, listen for a minute, I need to tell you something" I took and audible deep breathe. "Beck has been in an accident" She just had to ask me if he was alright. "Yes, he's fine. I'm sure of it. We're pulling into Good Samaritan Hospital. I will call you back with more information as soon as I can" I told her as I hung up the phone.
I found somewhere to park and we ran inside. We were told to wait outside in the waiting room. So we just sat there.
It felt like hours upon hours that we had to sit there and wait. Now Andre's aunt and grandmother, Tori's parents, and Beck's parents were here.
Everyone was doing various things to distract themselves from the long wait.
"Where is that doctor? I wish somebody would tell us something already" Tori's dad finally said. Her mom just laid a comforting hand on his shoulder.
A doctor and a couple of nurses finally came up to us. "Are you Beck, Victoria's, Andre's relatives and friends?" The doctor asked.
"Yeah" we all answered simultaneously. He had a stoic look on his face so I couldn't tell if the news was good or bad.
"Well, Andre is doing just fine, he has woken up. He has no signs of amnesia or significant mental damage from his concussion and he had some cuts but we patched his right up" He said. "But with a concussion anything can happen, so we want to keep him overnight for observation"
"Can we see him?" His aunt asked.
"Of course you can" He said.
"Come on, mom" A nurse lead them down to the trauma center.
"Now, Beck" His parents were listening intently. "Beck is doing fine as well. He had a couple of broken ribs, a broken leg, and some cuts and gashes. But that was nothing a few bandages, braces and casts couldn't fix. He's resting now but you can see him."
They got up and walked down to the trauma center. It was clear that Cat, Robbie and I wanted to go down there to see Beck and Andre, but we wanted to hear the news about Tori.
"Mr. and Mrs. Vega" Her parents and Trina stood up. "Tori is…" The doctor paused for a moment with a sympathetic look on his face. This can't possibly be good. "not doing as well as the others. She is officially in a coma having suffered trauma to the head and chest. She is breathing on her own, that's a good sign. But her breathing very labored due to a collapsed lung, which we are treating her for. We have to take her for the MRI to see how bad the damage is to make sure there isn't any brain swelling" Her parents were in pure shock and Trina was only the verge of tears.
"Ca- can we see her doctor" Her mom asked, her voice breaking.
"Yes, but only for a little while because visiting hours are almost over for ICU patients" He said.
"When can we see her doctor?" Cat asked.
"Are you relatives?" He asked.
"No, but…" cat was unable to finish.
"I'm very sorry, but while she is in ICU only family members can see her" He said.
He lead Tori's parents and Trina down to the ICU floor of the hospital. Cat had broken into tears and Robbie was trying to comfort her.
"Come on Cat, don't cry. I'm sure Tori is going to be just fine" Robbie told her.
"Of course she will" I added.
"Do you want to go down there and see Andre and Beck?" He asked.
She nodded into his chest.
"Come on" he said. "Jade, are you coming?"
"Yeah, I'll be there in a minute" I told him.
I couldn't shake the feeling that this way partly my fault. I wished for this to happen. I wished something would happen to her. I knew realistically that whether I wished for it or not wouldn't have stopped the accident from happening, but it's still damning to think about. I hate that I actually care this time.
I held my mother's necklace in my hand and thought about what she told me all those years ago as I got up and walking down to join the others.
Be careful what you wish for, Jade, be careful what you wish for…
So that's the chapter! I felt so bad writing this because I had to put a lot of angst and emotional stuff into it. The next chapter will be on a happier note. In the mean time, I hope you like this update. :)
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