The Hospital
As Kara and I raced towards Lilly and the ambulance, I noticed the paramedics pulling up the stretcher. When I got closer I realized it was Jacob on the stretcher. I stopped immediately. Kara finally caught up to me and was huffing. I watched as Lilly jumped in to the ambulance behind the paramedics.
"Why... were...we ... running?" Kara asked between breaths. Just then Lilly turned and looked at us.
"Meet me at the hospital." She shouted out to me. I nodded as the ambulance drove away. I took Kara's handed in mine and started walking in the direction of Lilly's house. We had only taken a few steps when there was a tap on my shoulder. I turned to see a young boy about Jacob's age.
"Excuse me, but are you the one that girl told to meet at the hospital?" I looked at him. His eyes were filled with tears.
"Yes. Are you a friend of Jacob's?" I asked. The boy began to cry and just nodded his head. I stood still not real sure what to do.
"Can I come with you?" He finally asked.
"Sure." I said before turning back around and continued to walk.
"What's going on? Why is he crying?" Kara asked.
"Jacob had to go to the hospital." I explained. Kara stopped mid stride. Her eye's began to produce a few little tears.
"Is he gonna be okay?" She sniffled. I got down on my knees in front of her.
"I'm sure he's going to be just fine. When need to get to the hospital though so we can find out." I attempted to soothe her. "How about I give you a piggy back ride to the house?" Kara nodded her little head and walked over to get on my back.
After I had gotten Kara on my back, I quickened my pace just a little. When me made it back to Lilly's house, I put Kara in the back as the boy got in to the passenger seat. Luckily I kept a spare key in my gas door because my keys were in Lilly's house, which was locked. I sped to Malibu General Hospital. It was a good thing no cops were around. I was doing a good 90 mph down the highway. I found the nearest parking spot and parked. The three of us took off in to the hospital. I ran in ahead of the other two and found a nurses desk.
"Excuse me ma'am but where is the waiting room for the ER?" I asked in a hurry.
"Down the hall and to your right. There will be signs." The nurse answered with out even looking up at me.
"Thanks." I called out as I quickly walked towards the waiting room. When I walked in to the room, a male nurse was walking out. Lilly was sitting in a chair, facing slightly away from the door. I taped her shoulder to let her know we were her. It made her jump. She looked up at the three of us.
"Why is he here?" She questioned.
"He said he was a friend of Jacob's. He asked if he could come along and I said sure." I answered as I sat down next to her. Lilly looked up at the boy
"Do you know what happen?" She asked him.
"Yeah." He answered. Just then the male nurse came back in.
"Miss," He said to Lilly. "Jacob has to go in to surgery for his broken leg. He's going to be fine." When the nurse walked out Lilly turned her attention back on the boy.
"Tell me everything you know right NOW!" Lilly demanded. I noticed the boy starting to cry. I took Lilly's hand in mine.
"Calm down Lilly. You heard the nurse, Jacob is going to be fine."
"He would be just fine if this didn't happen to him." I could hear the hurt in her voice as she spoke. She turned toward the boy again and pointed to the chair across from us "Have a seat. Why don't you start with your name and how you know my brother." The boy sat down as Lilly had asked and cleared his throat.
"My name is Frankie Parker. I met your brother at the skate park a few days ago. We um..." Frankie began but then looked down at the floor. "We kissed." He finally said after a while. I was taken by surprise. I didn't peg Jacob as being gay but I'm sure no one knew I liked girls.
"So you're that boy I saw him kissing that day. He said he never could find you." Lilly said to Frankie. She didn't seem surprised at all about what Frankie had just said.
"Today was the first day I've seen him since we kissed." Frankie explained to Lilly.
"So what happen today?" Lilly asked. Frankie took a deep breathe.
"I was sitting on a bench, waiting on some kids to leave because they don't like me being there."
"Why?" Lilly asked, cutting him off.
"Well it's not a big secret that I'm gay." Frankie explained.
"Oh I see. Continue." Lilly prompted.
"Well anyways, I was waiting for them to leave when Jacob came and sat next to me. I explained to him why I was just sitting there and told him he could go skate if he wanted to. He said he didn't want to because he had a run in with those guys yesterday."
"Woah wait," Lilly had cut him off again. "What did he say happened yesterday?"
"Well he said he was asking around for me and when he got to these guys they broke his board and told him 'fags' weren't allowed at 'their' park." Frankie's eyes started to tear up. I held Lilly's hand a little tighter and began rubbing her arm with my other hand. "It was weird," Frankie continued. "As soon as he finished, the other guys came up to us. There were five of them. One said 'Hey Frankie, is this your new boyfriend?'. Jacob stood up and balled his fist and he said 'What's it to you if I am?'. The boys all laughed and yelled out 'Fags!'. I tried to stop him, but he was angry. He... he punched the other boy and the next thing I know all five of them were on top of Jacob. I didn't know what to do so I screamed. A lady and man came up and the boys ran away. I guess the lady called for the ambulance." Frankie started to cry again. Lilly let go of my hand and went to sit next to him.
An hour later the nurse from before came back in. Kara and Frankie were passed out and I only need to close my eyes before I would have been out too.
"Miss," The nurse referred to Lilly again. "Jacob is in recovery right now. He is doing fine but he's still unconscious. You can see him though, if you like." Lilly stood up and followed him out of the waiting room. I waited another thirty minutes before deciding I should take the kids home.
"Hey, hey, Frankie." I said as I shook him.
"M mm what?"
"Come on. I'm going to take you home." He stood up, his eyes were still half way closed.
"Okay." He mumbled. I picked up Kara and we walked out of the waiting room and headed out to my car. I gently put Kara down in the back seat before getting in and starting the Jeep.
"So where do you live?" I asked Frankie as I pulled out of the parking lot.
"Kennedy Street. It's a couple of blocks from the park we were at."
"Yeah I know were it is. It's just a street over from mine."
I drove Frankie to his house and decided to just drive over to mine. I thought I would just drop Kara off there and then head back to the hospital. I pulled into my driveway and shut off my car. It was already eight o'clock at night and the porch light was on. I picked up Kara out of the back seat and carried her in to the house. My dad and Jackson were sitting on the couch watching t.v.
"Um I think I'll be heading up." Jackson said, getting up off the couch.
"Oh um Jackson wait," He turned around and looked at me. "You think you could take her in my room?"
"Are you sure you don't want to use her as armor?" he chuckled.
"Jackson! Do what you're sister asked." My dad demanded. Jackson's face went blank. He walked over to me and took Kara upstairs.
"Dad, can I explain first?" I pleaded.
"Miley, I have no idea what I'm going to do with you. First it was trashing a hotel room with that Traci girl, then it was the pictures of the two of you in compromising positions." My dad sighed as he turned the t.v., off and got off the couch. He walked in to the kitchen and opened the fridge. I walked across the living room and took a seat at the kitchen table.
"Dad, it's not the same thing. This time was totally different."
"Oh really? And how is it different Miles? I still have to clean up your mess."
"Dad..." I couldn't quite find my words. "I... um.."
"Come on Bud, what kinda excuse are you gonna use?" My dad closed the fridge and turned to look at me.
"Dad, I love her!" I blurted. I watched as his eyes grew a little wide.
"You love her? This girl that you just met right? The one you were holding hands with?" I nodded my head and looked down at my hands.
"I still have to punish you Miles. If I don't you'll never learn." I sighed and nodded my head. "You're gonna have to spend the whole summer in Europe. No cell phone while we're there, no computer either." I nodded my head again to show that I understood. I'm sure it could have been a lot worse. "I know one thing that would help your situation with the press."
"Yeah?"
"Yep. You could go public with this girl. Tell everyone you've been going out for a while so it doesn't look so bad."
"I can do that."
"Okay now will you please explain to me why there's a little girl upstairs asleep?"
It took me thirty minutes to tell my dad the whole story of me and Lilly, except of course the whole sex thing, and about Jacob's fight. After wards I got up and made my self a sandwich. I told my dad I was going back to the hospital to be with Lilly. This time I didn't drive as fast. I walked in and headed straight back to the waiting room. I looked around and noticed no one was in there so I headed over to the nearest nurse's station.
"Excuse me Miss, can you tell me what room Jacob... um.. Truscott is in?" The nurse looked up at me.
"Are you related to him?" She asked.
"Um well not really, but I'm with his sister and..."
"I'm sorry honey. You can't go back there unless you're family." I sighed and went back to the waiting room. As I sat down, my tiredness set in. I decided to lay down for a little while. I took really long blinks before finally closing my eyes. It didn't seem like long when I heard the waiting room door open. I popped straight up. I looked around and saw Lilly.
"Oh hey Lilly. How's Jacob? I tried going back there but they wouldn't let me because I'm not family." I asked.
"Nothing has changed. He's still unconscious. Where's Frankie and Kara?" Lilly asked nonchalantly.
"Oh I took Frankie home, and I dropped Kara off at my house. My dad said he'd keep an eye on her, but I can go get 'er if you want me to."
"No, no that's fine. She doesn't need to be here any way. Thanks for taking care of her."
"It's nothing. Have you told your mom yet?" Lilly shook her head and sighed.
"I'll call her after Jacob wakes up. Maybe I can get more out of him then what Frankie told us."
"I can't believe a bunch of kids could be so cruel."
"Everyone is cruel, Miley. People are probably judging you right now over those pictures."
"They are. Speaking of those pictures, my dad thought it would be a good idea to go public so it doesn't look like I sleep around." Lilly looked at me with shock in her eyes.
"What do you mean 'go public'?"
"I mean let people know we're a couple. All we have to do is walk around holding hands or you know some sorta PDA or ..."
"Whoa wait a second. We're not a couple." I felt my heart ache a little.
"But Lilly..."
"No Miley. What we did was a mistake. I never want to do it again." I could feel the ache in my heart get worse.
"What changed?" I whispered.
"Jacob getting beat up is what changed. Those kids nearly killed Jacob because he was gay. I don't want that to happen. I want to be normal."
"Lilly, nothing will happen to us I promi..." I tried to assure her but she interrupted me.
"No Miley! Don't promise me anything. I don't even want to see you anymore. Just drop Kara off here in the morning." I felt my heart completely break. My eyes began to fill with tears. I ran out of the waiting room and out to my car. Lilly was suppose to different but oddly enough it felt just like the night Mikayla broke my heart. I drove home, crying the whole way.
AN: so yeppers. Only one person is reviewing so umm all the rest of my chapters are dedicated to Niley4eva2012. Yeah thanks for reviewing!