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Chapter Ten *Some Kind of Miracle*
The headlights, which had shined so brightly in Lucas' eyes, are out now. The remainder of them have scattered along the pavement. Along with them is broken glass and metal. The rain is still pouring, and part of it has made it's way inside of the truck. He can feel it on his face, the cold and wetness of it, but he can't muster up enough strength to wipe it all away. He feels unbelievably helpless.
Everything is hazy. He blinks his sea green eyes a few times to try and get his vision to not be blurry. But it doesn't seem to help him. He is dangling, the truck is up side down, he think so anyway. His mind is as clear as his vision.
"He's trapped underneath it!" A voice says somewhere around him.
He can't make out where it came from, so many sounds are echoing in his ears.
"Sir, can you hear me?"
Lucas tries to form words, but he can't seem to put any thoughts together well enough to speak.
"I'm calling an ambulance!"
Lucas tries to look out to where the voice is, but there is a light blocking his view. He winces from the brightness just as a smell enters his nostrils. It's a tangy, coppery smell. He tries to look down, only to be accompanied by pain surging through him. He slides his hand down his side and around his stomach and brings it back up. His hand is covered in his own blood.
"They're on their way!"
Lucas tries to say okay, but instead a moan escapes from his mouth. He begins to drift off. His mind goes to Riley. Her beautiful long, brown hair. The sweet smile that always stretches across her pink lips, and the beautiful brown that fills her eyes.
A tear escapes from his eyes. There is so much they haven't got to do. He wishes with all his heart he could say he loves her one more time.
"Just hold on!"
But it's too late. The darkness is calling Lucas' name.
Riley is laying in the comforts of her bed, cuddling with her stuffed bunny, crying her sadness onto the fur. She doesn't want to be just friends with Lucas. She loves him way too much. But what else can she do? She saw how bad it tore her and Maya apart. She couldn't bear losing her best friend.
Cory opens her bedroom door briskly, "Riley get up it's important!"
She sits up, worried her father knows about the party. She notices his tear streaked face and worry replaces her fear. "What is it dad? Is mom okay? Auggie?"
"They are fine honey. It's Lucas. He was in an accident. It's not good, Riley."
Waiting. That's all they have been doing. Time has been ticking by.
Riley watches the clock in front of her. She eyes the arrow that keeps moving around the face and numbers.
Tick. Tick. Tick.
It's an alarm in her head. An alarm that is keeping her awake in this horrible reality.
Lucas was in an accident.
They don't know if he is going to make it.
He lost a lot of blood.
Tick. Tick. Tick.
He was unresponsive when he came in.
He had to go into surgery.
They don't know if his heart is going to be able to withstand it.
Tick. Tick. Tick.
Riley's hands are wringing together, the horrible habit is understandable at the moment. Maya is trying to talk to her, trying to soothe her best friend, even though she feels like crashing herself. Farkle has already cried along with Smackle. Zay is pacing back and forth, angry at himself, angry at Lucas. Just angry.
Everyone are lost in their own thoughts. Everyone are battling with this in their own way.
Is he going to be okay?
Will they ever see him smile again?
Will he ever talk again?
Tick. Tick. Tick.
Riley feels like she is frozen. She doesn't understand how the world can be so cruel. How can it just try and take him away? It isn't fair.
But it's her fault too.
She let him leave.
She knew it was raining hard.
She knew she broke his heart.
Tick. Tick. Tick.
She is to blame for this. She is to blame for the love of her life fighting for his own life.
Maya stares at her best friend, looking blank on the outside, knowing on the inside she is torn apart. She rubs her arm and hugs her a few times, but it's like Riley is numb to it all. "Riles, do you want me to get you something?"
No answer.
Riley can't think about anything else but Lucas. He has to be okay.
The doctor who had told them before he was taking Lucas to surgery, walks out to everyone in the waiting room. Lucas' parents raise out of their chairs and walks to him, achingly slow.
Riley watches the doctor talk to them, but she can't make out what he is saying to them. His facial expression is blank. Like he has given news like this before, good or bad.
Tick. Tick. Tick.
Her eyes are glued on them.
Say something.
Say that he is going to be alright. He is going to live.
Tick. Tick. Tick.
The doctor pats his hand on Lucas' father's shoulder and shakes his head before walking away.
The tell-tell sign that he didn't give them good news.
Riley's heart lurches as she finally stands to her feet. "What did he say?" She says, but she doesn't know if anyone can hear her. Her voice can barely come out.
Lucas' mother walks to Riley, her face telling the whole story before she can say a word. "They said the surgery went alright, but there were complications...Riley, he is intubated right now. They don't know if he is going to wake up. They said it will be almost impossible."
Riley's heart smashes, breaks into a million pieces. Once again she is frozen. She can't speak. She can't cry. Her wide eyes look around the room, seeing all the heart broken faces.
"But there is a somewhat possibility he will wake up?" Maya asks.
Lucas' dad then steps in, his face showing as much sadness for his son. "It would take a miracle."
Riley shakes her head and walks away from everyone, finally able to take steps again. She ignores Maya calling after her.
She turns down a empty hallway, and leans against the white wall. Her back slides down it until she is sitting on her butt. She buries her head in her hands, and silently lets all the tears escape.
Lucas isn't going to wake up.
She will never get to see his sweet smile again.
She will never get to be with the love of her life.
Tick. Tick. Tick.
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