Sorry for not updating yesterday, I was busy most of the day with the family, so I didn't have much time to write. But here is chapter 10 of How to Rock a Road Trip! Please review!
I do not own How to Rock.
[Zander's POV]
I was too busy watching Stevie dance in her seat and sing along to the music, that I forgot to realize that I ran a red light, and a truck was speeding right toward us…
"ZANDER!" Stevie screamed, when she saw the truck coming.
I swerved, but that didn't help, it was too late, the truck smacked into the right side of the van.
I heard a loud crash, the van rolled a couple times, until it skidded to a stop on its side.
The airbags had popped out in the front, but then I realized, there wasn't even seatbelts in the back. There was stuff everywhere, plus the van was bent everywhere, so I couldn't see anything but myself, and I was covered in blood. I tried getting out of my seatbelt, but it was stuck, I couldn't get out.
"Stevie!" I screamed, nothing came in return.
"Kevin? Nelson?" I yelled, again, there was nothing.
"Kacey?"
I heard a cough.
"Who is it, please say something!" I was crying, if all my friends were hurt badly, because of me, oh I don't know what I'd do!
"Zander?" Someone coughed out.
"Yes, it's me!" I yelled, trying to get out of my seatbelt again, "Are you okay?"
I didn't hear anything in return.
I heard sirens, thank god, I thought.
We're gonna be okay, Zander. Everyone will be fine. I tried telling myself.
I finally heard someone on the other side of my door, trying to pry it open, but it wouldn't budge. Finally, I heard the windshield break.
"Are you okay sir?" Someone asked, "We're gonna get you out of here."
"I'm fine! Get the rest of them, hurry! They might be hurt!" I cried, trying to get them off me.
"Sir, we have to get you to the hospital. We won't forget the rest of them."
They got me out of my restraint, and it took two EMT's to get me to go to the ambulance because I was putting up a fight. I wasn't as hurt as the rest were; they had to get help before me!
"They're seriously hurt! Help them, not me!" I screamed.
"There are more ambulances on the way, they will be okay."
"No! I have to see if they're okay!" I said, trying to open the ambulance doors.
"Calm down, sir."
"No!"
The last thing I know, they held me down and injected something in my arm, and then I fell asleep.
~Later~
I opened my eyes, and I was in a hospital room. I had cuts up and down my arms. The nurse was talking to the doctor across the room.
"You're up." The nurse said, coming over to me.
"Where are they? Where's Stevie, Kevin, Kacey and Nelson!" I screamed.
"Your friends are fine; you can see them once they wake up." The nurse said, putting a hand on my arm.
"What do you mean wake up? Are you telling me that they have been unconscious since the accident?" I said, almost tearing up.
"Yes, but they should be up soon. In the meantime, please calm down and relax. Would you like to watch TV?" The nurse said, picking up the remote.
"No, I want to see my friends."
"Suit yourself then." She walked out of the room.
This is all my fault! What if one of them doesn't make it, or loses a limb, or has brain damage! It's my entire fault, how could I be so STUPID! God, why am I the only one okay, I caused this, I should be the one who's hurt the most! I thought, as I started to cry again.
[Stevie's POV]
I blinked open my eyes. Ouch! My heat hurt, really bad. There was an IV in my arm, I was in a hospital.
"What happened?" I asked myself, not noticing that there was a nurse in my room.
"You were in a car accident sweetie, you hit your head." The lady said, patting my head, "Don't remember?"
I shook my head.
"Oh no," She said, "Can I ask you some questions."
"Sure."
"What year is it?"
"2012."
"Who is the president?"
"Obama."
"What's the last thing you remember?"
"We were all singing along to the radio in the van, when I saw lights coming straight toward us."
"Ok good, you didn't suffer any memory lost, you just blacked out."
"Where are my friends? Are they okay?"
The heart monitor started beeping faster, "Honey, calm down, your friends are fine."
"Can I see them?"
"I will see if any of them are awake yet."
Oh I hope they're okay! Kevin, Kacey, and Nelson weren't even wearing seatbelts…
"Stevie?" I turned around to see Zander standing in the doorway.
He rushed over to my bed and gave me a hug, and then he kissed me, like he never kissed me before. I started tearing up.
"A-Are you okay? I'm so sorry Stevie, I can't believe how careless I was, this is all my fault!" He choked out. He had been, and still was, crying.
"Zander, I'm fine." I said, grabbing his shoulders.
"How can you say that? Your head is hurt!" He said, pointing to the bandage on my head.
"It doesn't even hurt." I lied.
Zander sat down on the bed and hugged me again, "I thought I had lost you," He sobbed into my shoulder.
"But you didn't, I'm fine Zander. " I reassured him.
"You might not have been, I'm so sorry Stevie! I-I can't believe I was so stupid."
"Zander look at me." I said, putting a finger under his chin and lifting his head up, "Stop crying, everything will be okay."
"O-Okay."
I reached around to the table next to my bed and grabbed a box of tissues, "Here."
"Thanks," Zander said, grabbing a tissue, "Sorry you had to see me like this."
"It's fine, I'm crying a little bit too, see!" I said, pointing to my eyes.
"You're a girl, girl's will cry when they break a nail." Zander teased.
"No, Kacey cries when she breaks a nail." I said, "I cried because I was happy to see that you're okay, at least you don't have an IV in your arm."
I realized that the last part probably wasn't the best thing to say to a person who was so upset about hurting me.
"How are Kacey and the guys?" I asked.
"I don't know yet, you're the only one I've seen." Zander said.
The nurse walked back in, "Okay missy, check-up time, we might be able to take that thing out of your arm."
The nurse checked, and I was going to be able to get the IV out of my arm, and be free from this bed.
Once the IV was out, the nurse made sure I could walk on my own, and went to get me some clothes to change into.
I walked across the room, to look out the window, and Zander laughed.
"What?" I asked, confused.
"Nothing," He was still smiling, but he wouldn't look at me.
"Zander! What is so funny? Why won't you look at me?"
"You do realize that you're only wearing a hospital gown, right?" He chuckled.
I turned around, and there was my butt.
"Oh my god!" I blushed, and ran over and sat down on the bed, "Why did you even look?"
"It doesn't bother you when I look at your butt when it's clothed." He mumbled.
"Ugh. Seriously? You men are pigs." I said, crossing my arms.
He got up and walked over to me "You still love me though." He winked.
"That, I do." I said, pulling him in for a kiss.
"Here is-, Oh sorry for the interruption, but here is your clothes." The nurse sat the clothes down in a chair, and ran out.
"See Zander?" I said, "You scared my nurse away!"
I got up to go get my clothes, I heard a laugh.
"Stop looking!" I said, as I covered my butt with my clothes and stomped to the bathroom.
I looked at the spare clothes the hospital gave me, a floral shirt, with pink shorts. Great, defiantly my style, I thought.
I walked out of the bathroom, fully clothed, and threw the gown at Zander.
"Now you can't look!" I said, sticking my tongue out.
"Well… those shorts are pretty short."
"Perv."
A doctor walked in, "One of your friends is awake, you can come see him if you would like."
Zander and I ran to the door, which made me dizzy, because of my head injury. The doctor took us to Kevin's room.
"Kevin! Are you okay?" I said, rushing over to him.
"I'm fine, they said I had a few cracked ribs, a fractured knee, and I hurt my head."
"Oh yea, bandage buddies!" I said, pointing to my head and giving him a high five.
"Kevin! I'm so sorry, I wasn't watching the road, this entire thing is my fault. I-"
Kevin cut him off, "Zander, it's okay, no need to cry."
"Shut up…" Zander said, wiping his eyes, "I just feel really bad. Thankfully, so far nobody is hurt that bad, but Kacey and Nelson haven't woken up yet."
"Hey, you might wanna get some clothes soon," I said, pointing to Kevin's gown," Zander likes to look at people's butts."
Zander thought I couldn't see him, so he gave Kevin a thumbs up, behind my back. I grabbed his hand and twisted it.
"Ouch!" He said, pulling his hand back.
After a while, the nurse brought Kevin a wheel chair, and removed his IV.
We decided that we should probably call our parents, so we pushed Kevin around the hospital trying to find a payphone.
We found one, and I dialed my mom's number...
(Stevie, Stevie's Mom)
Mom?
Stevie? What's wrong honey?
I was, I mean, the band was in a car accident.
Stevie! Are you okay! What happened? What hospital are you at?
I'm fine; you don't need to come down here. I just have a little cut in my head.
Are you sure you don't want me down there? How's the rest?
I'm sure. Zander is fine, Kevin's ribs and knee are messed up, and Nelson and Kacey haven't woken up yet.
Okay, baby, just keep me posted okay?
Okay mom, love you.
I hung up, and handed the phone to Zander.
"Mom? It's Zander."
"Yes, I'm fine, but uh, I was driving and we kind of got in an accident."
"Mom, mom, calm down! I'm fine, Stevie's fine, Kevin's okay, but Nelson and Kacey haven't woken up yet."
"I-It was my fault; I wasn't paying attention to the road."
"I know, I deserve that."
"Okay, love you, bye."
"Wait!"
"Can you tell Uncle Charlie that he might want to start looking for a new van?"
Zander hung up, "What did she say?" I asked.
"Well first she started freaking out, and when we get back home, I get my license taken away for two months."
"Hey, can I have the phone now?" Kevin asked.
"Yea." Zander handed it to him.
In the middle of Kevin's phone call, a nurse found us and pulled Zander and I to the side to talk to us. Nelson was up, and we were gonna go see him when Kevin was off the phone.
Kevin hung up, and turned to us. "What did the nurse want?"
"Nelson's up, what did your mom say?"
"Great! And she will be up here tomorrow morning."
"Okay, let's go see Nelson."
Nelson was almost the same as Kevin, a few cracked ribs and a broken leg.
Zander apologized and cried to Nelson, and then he whispered something in his ear. Kevin, Nelson, and Zander all shared a high five.
"Zander! Stop telling people!" I said, blushing.
We all talked for a while, before the doctor came and told us to come see Kacey.
When we got in her room, she had a bigger bandage on her head than me and Kevin did, and she looked awful.
"Kacey? Are you okay?" We all rushed over to her.
"What? Who are you people? Where am I?" Kacey asked, confused.
"No, no, no, no! Not Kacey!" Kevin said, and then he started crying.
Oh no, what's wrong with Kacey? This was a really long chapter! But did you guys like it? This one was hard to write, because no matter what channel the TV was on while I was writing, it was all happy! Do you know how hard is to write about a car accident while your TV is singing about sunshine? Please review! :D