LSP 13

Lily took another sip of her disgusting, dark, bitter hospital coffee and almost gagged. She had been sitting in the hospital chair right outside of Chuck's room for the past thirty minutes and she still wasn't sure if she was fully prepared to go back in. She was in way over her head she decided after deep thought.

She was barely able to handle Erick after his incident and he was a way easier child to get along with than Chuck. She was at a lost and she had no idea what to do next.

Chuck had been so harsh with her and she wasn't sure she could handle any more. She sighed and ran her hands through her hair.

This whole situation was a total mess and now Serena and Eric were seated beside her and they were wanting answers about their brother that she was unprepared to answer because to be honest she was not really sure what was happening.

"Mom" Serena called pulling Lily out of her trance. Lily exhaled placed her coffee down on the table in front of her and turned her full attention towards her daughter.

She forced a thousand watt smile onto her face and patted her daughter on the shoulder.

"Yes dear?" she asked her voice soft

Serena rolled her eyes and exhaled sharply "What in the world is going on with Chuck and why can't we see him?" she asked in a rush of words.

Lily rolled her shoulders and straightened in her seat "Charles says he doesn't want visitors so…. So, I'm sitting out here until he decides that he does." Lily said softly

Serena frownd and turned to Erick. "That could take forever" she said her voice seemingly exhausted before she grabbed her brother by the hand. She pulled him up from his seat besides his mother and started walking towards the elevator.

"Erick and I are going for a walk and to grab a bite to eat. We'll be back" Serena said quickly before dragging Erick away with her out of the hallway and onto the elevator.

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Erick watched his sister silently as she pounded on the elevator numbers almost impatiently.

"Where are we going?" he asked his sister and she pounded on the number one once more before answering his question.

"We are going to Blair's I want to make sure she's okay. I've been texting her since Gossip Girl and The Media released the pictures this morning. She hasn't responded" Serena confessed the worry seeping from her eyes. Her forehead was slightly creased in worry.

Erick nodded and leaned back against the cold, elevator metal letting the elevator support his weight. "Yeah that sounds like a good idea" he said just before the elevator opened on the bottom floor revealing the swarm, mob of paparazzi. Serena and Erick were taken aback when the crowd of people was instantly attacking them with flashes of light that was so bright that Serena and Erick were both finding it difficult to see anything at all.

Serena knocked an extended microphone out of her face and pushed Erick behind her so that he wouldn't be attacked by the vultures that were trapping them.

Serena froze for a moment as the fight or flight instinct suddenly over took her.

Luckily for the Paparazzi she chose the flight mode she grabbed Erick by the hand before hurriedly pressing the close elevator button so that they could exit the circus and head back towards their mother.

When the elevator door closed Erick sighed in relief and turned to see Serena who was still standing in shock.

"This is crazy!" she whispered and all Erick could do was nod in agreement because things were getting totally out of hand and it was crazy.

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Hello, I'm Tamara Gray and this is channel 36 news and we are standing here outside of the most prestigious hospital in New York where it is reported that Young Orphan Billionaire Bass is now residing after a near fatal suicide attempt that was reported to have taken place earlier this morning or late last night.

The reporter walked towards the crowd of hospital doctor as they were reentering the facility coming from a lunch break and threw the microphone in one of the men's face after reading his name tag.

Dr Parker, we hear from reliable sources that you were one of the admitting attending doctors treating Charles Bass, How is he doing now?

"No Comment" the doctor replied before making a quick retreat, walking as fast as he could into the hospital.

Lily stood from her chair and frowned in pure outrage. She could not believe this! Someone it seemed had leaked to the media that Chuck was in this particular hospital for a suicide attempt. The information was currently playing on the hospital waiting room television and the longer the story continued the angrier she felt herself becoming. She shook her head. She could not believe this. It, this situation was becoming total paparazzi frenzy and Charles would defiantly not be able to handle this.

Lily had just pulled out her phone when Serena and Erick came running towards her exiting the elevator as quickly as they could.

"Mom!" Serena breathed, she was frantic and she was out of breath. She looked scared and completely outraged perhaps even more so than Lily.

"I know" Lily said as she walked towards Chuck's room with Erick and Serena following close behind her. She walked towards the door and the security guards separated and took a step to the side to allow her entrance. She opened the door quietly then took a cautious look inside the dark quiet room and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Chuck was sleeping peacefully. A smile appeared on her face. At least he didn't know what was happening. As long as she could contain things she would still be able to protect him.

She had been so scared that he'd have seen the news airing that she had almost not been able to breathe and now slowly her breath was coming back to her. It left her exhausted. She closed the hospital door just as the doctors were walking towards her.

"We're so sorry an intern leaked the news" The head doctor said in a rush of words. Lily shook her head in contempt and raised her hand to hush the doctor.

"I want the television removed from his room immediately and just so you know my lawyers will be getting in contact with you" she said before turning and walking towards the elevator, but her anger was now boiling these incompetent people were causing more disturbance to her sons life. "What type of facility is this any way?" She seethed "My child is in that room suffering, His father just died, he almost died! And this hospital can't even keep things confidential!" She all but yelled. She was trying her best to control her temper, but she could feel her body shaking. She forced her body to turn back around and once more she begins walking towards the elevator leaving three very distressed doctors in her wake.

Serena and Erick hurried to follow their mother as she made her way onto the elevator.

"Where are you going?" Mom Serena asked

"I'm going to make a public announcement so that I can diffuse the situation a bit" Lily said her voice soft. "I want you and Erick to stay here with your brother, Ugh Charles until I get back. And Please Serena, Please, I beg you don't mention any of this to Charles and try not to upset him. He's been through enough"

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Next: Chuck, Erick and Serena in a hospital room. Dan talks to Serena, and where exactly is Blair?