(Shay's POV)

I was seated on a restaurant waiting for Troian and Lucy to arrive. It was so hard waiting for them when I had a best friend in the hospital who I needed to see as soon as possible. After a while I saw Lucy and Troian enter through the doors. I waved to them and they came over to the table. Troian sat on my left and lucy sat on my right.

"Hey babe, are you okay?" Troian smiled sweetly at me when she got seated.

I sighed "I'm fine. Actually I wanted to tell you both some-" I got interrupted by the waiter.

"Hey ladies. This is Ryan, I will be your server for today. What can I get you all?" He smiled cheekily at us.

I swear he was checking me out but I couldn't care less. I wasn't in the mood for that kind of attention. It only annoyed me more. We ordered some pizzas so he left to get them for us.

"So, as you were saying. What do you wanna say to us?" Lucy asked, raising her eyebrows.

"Well, this morning I got a call from ashley's mom. She s..said" I was struggling to even let the words come out of my words. "..she said the doctors suggested to her that ash be taken off of life support." I felt tears already rolling down.

"Oh my god" Troian said.

I still didn't look up. I was still staring at the floor. They didn't have to see me like this. I had to try to be strong.

"What is her mom going to do?" I heard lucy asking worriedly.

I stared at my lap for a moment before lifting up my head up to face them.

"Ash's mum has decided that if she didn't wake up before tomorrow night, then…" I couldn't say anything more. It would hurt so much.

Reality really sucks sometimes. I looked down and I let my tears out. I felt troian's hand on my shoulder trying to comfort me.

"Oh shay, please don't cry. Ashley is a strong girl. Despite all this, I have faith in her. She'll surely make it."

I held her hand and I wiped away my tears. I looked her back up at her.

"I guess" her eyes were filled with visible sadness.

Lucy scooted her chair closer to mine and put her arm around me. I leaned onto her, resting my head on her shoulder.

The rest of the meal was quiet. When we finished eating, we got in to our separate cars and decided to meet up at the hospital.

When I parked at the hospital, I quickly walked to the entrance across the parking lot. As I walked, I saw lucy's car parked. I headed towards her and she was still in the driver's seat. She had her hands on her face and she was shaking. As I went closer it looked like she was crying. Poor luce. Lucy and ash knew each other back when they were kids. It must be very hard for her. I knocked on her window. She quickly wiped away her tears and her runny mascara and looked at me. She looked heartbroken. Once the door was open, I quickly rushed to her side and hugged her.

"Luce, whats wrong?" I ashked, as she began crying on to my shoulder.

"It's just that, I'm really worried about Ashley" she said between sobs.

"Oh babe, I know. I am too" I said patting her back "We have to be strong for her right?"

"Yeah, I'm such a kid at times" she said wiping away her tears.

"It's okay luce the goose. We all have moments when we have to break down and cry a bit to feel a little better"

"You're right shay, when did you get so smart?" She teasingly asked me with a cheeky smile.

"Hey! For your information, I've always been smart" I laughed.

She playfully punched my arm.

"Let's get going then?"

"Yeah, let me just fix my make up. I look like a mess"

I stepped out of the car and watched her.

When she finished, we entered into the hospital. I searched Troian and she was talking with the lady at the reception. I pulled lucy towards her with me. We walked up behind her. She turned around probably heard us coming. She gave us a confused look.

"What took you girls so long? I was getting worried."

I looked at lucy and she was staring at her feet without saying anything.

"Um just a little traffic" I said understanding that lucy didn't want troi to know about her breakdown. It didn't surprise me though. She's usually reserved with her feelings.

"Alright then girls, I met ash's mom and she said us to wait here" Troian said to us.

We nodded our heads simultaneously. Troian then resumed talking to the lady at the desk. While they were talking about ash's situation, lucy and I walked to the chairs and sat next to each other. She put my hand around me and said "Thanks for clearing that up with Troi."

"No problem babe" I smiled at her.

Out of no where I heard a familiar voice. "Shay, lucy!" It was ashley's mum.

I looked at her and waved, giving her a smile. She came over and gave each of us hugs and told us that we should go upstairs to go check up on ash soon. We made small talk with her until Troian come.

Troian then asked "Shay, lucy, you girls ready?"

"Yeah, let's go." I said.

"I'll be down here. You girls go and see." Mrs. Benson said.

"Okay Mrs. Benson" lucy and I got up and followed Troian to the room where Ashley was.

The journey up the stairs was quiet for all three of us. We were all scared and unsure whether or not we are ready to see Ashley in this state. They held my hands but I still was very scared. The only person who could ever make my fears go away was Ashley. But it wasn't possible at the moment. We made it to the room. We stopped at the front, looking at each other, unsure of whether to go inside or not. Troian gave my hand a little squeeze and opened the door. Inside, the lights were dim, but bright enough to see Ashley with numerous wires and machines hooked up to her. My mouth dropped open. She looked terrifically pale and she was thinner than usual. I loosened my grip and walked over to Ashley leaving the others in the front door. I slowly walked over to the bed and looked at her body. She was heavily bandaged and her once happy face was now just emotion less. I felt speechless. I've never felt this empty before. I wanted to scream, hug and cry at the same time. My lower lip quivered, signaling that I was about to lose it all. My head dropped and I cried silently. I heard them crying too which made me even sadder.

Troian, being the one who was the most emotionally stable, said "Shay, if you want to, you can have a moment with her alone. We will be outside"

I sniffled and nodded my head as a response.

They left the room leaving me and Ashley alone. I turned towards her and held her hand.

"Ashley, I have to tell you something. Even if you're not awake, I just need to tell you". A sob escaped my mouth but I continued to speak despite how incomprehensible my words were.

(Ashley's POV)

Out of nowhere, I heard a familiar Canadian voice beside me. The voice belonged to Shay. I tried to make out what she was saying but for some reason I couldn't understand her. I tried opening my eyes but all I kept seeing was the same darkness. I felt her soft hand in mine. My brain tried to send messages to my body to move but nothing happened. My head was throbbing and I felt so helpless. Where in the world am I? What the hell is happening?