A/N: Thanks again to LovelyLash for her advice, compliments and… yeah- that's about it.
This is starting out in Lash POV.
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((Lash POV))
"Lash… Lash?" My eyes opened and I saw a blurred version of Cassie standing over me.
"Speed, he's awake!" She called to Speed who wasn't standing that far away. I had gone into X-rays and they had determined that I had completely smashed one of my knee caps- I had to have surgery.
I woke up in incredible pain. Not just my knees but also my face, arm and back all hurt like hell.
"How are you feeling?" Asked Cassie. I groaned in response before saying, "I hurt in places that don't exist…"
She laughed a bit and said, "Good to see you're back."
Speed came up tome and said, "Dude, they said you might have memory loss. Do you remember what happened?"
"I remember being at Speeds house… then I remember getting X-rays… then I was here. By the way, where is here?"
Cassie told me, "You're at the hospital. You had to have knee surgery. You won't be able to stretch your right leg for a few weeks…"
No stretching? Is she insane? Wait… I am at a hospital? Holy shit!
"I have to get out of here," I said, trying to get up off the hospital bed that was too short for my body.
Speed pushed me back onto the bed, "You aren't going anywhere!"
((Cassie POV))
Lash was acting all weird. He really didn't want to be in the hospital. I looked at the clock that hung on the wall. 2:45 am! SHIT! I have to call my dad!
Ring, ring… ring, ring… ring- "Hello?""Hi dad, it's me."
"Where are you?""I'm at the hospital- Lash had to have surgery."
"You left over four hours ago!""Yeah dad- I know. But Lash needed my help."
"Come home NOW."
"Not now dad, Lash is still acting weird. I think it's the drugs…"
"Drugs? That punk is on DRUGS!""No dad! The drugs the hospital gave him to numb the pain."
There was a sighing noise from the other side of the phone line and then he said something I didn't think he would say…
"Let me talk to him."
"Dad… do you really think this is the-"
"Let me talk to him!"I handed the phone over to Lash who gave me a confused look. I mouthed to him, "It's my dad."
He shrugged; wincing in pain at how much effort the simple gesture took.
He pressed the phone to his ear and said, "Uh… hello?"
((Lash POV))
I was really confused… not to mention in tremendous pain. I held the phone to my ear and said, "Uh… hello?"
"Hello. Lash? This is Mr. Taylor, Cassie's father."
"Oh… uh… hi."
"I'm sorry about your injuries, how bad is it?""I don't know."
"What happened?"
I paused… I couldn't tell him what happened.
"I had an accident."
"Specifically?""I'd rather not tell you that," I told him coldly.
There was a silence at the end of the line.
"Was it your father?"I hardened and wished I could just tell him yes.
"No. Why would it be him?"
There was a sighing noise before he said; "I called your father about what happened at my house before you left."
"Sure. I got in trouble for it."
"Did this 'trouble' have anything to do with your injuries?"--beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep—
I hung up.
I looked up to see Cassie and Speed looking at me as if I was a leper. I decided to break the silence, "I'm hungry. What does a severally injured person have to do to get some food around here?"
They smiled at me slightly; happy to see I was myself. Speed and Cassie helped me onto a wheelchair. It felt weird, I never like people doing things for me- it makes me feel weak.
Speed was pushing me in the food line at the hospitals cafeteria… probably because he wanted food too. I've never seen Cassie eat that much. So she got us a table while Speed and I got food.
"I have to get out of here, man," I told him. He said, 'No dude, I know you don't like hospitals but you can't even walk."
I titled my head back and closed my eyes in frustration.
We reached the dessert section and he said to me, "Is that Marble Cake?" I looked at the two desserts and nodded and then pointed to the second, "What's this?"
He shrugged and, "I don't know. But it looks delicious and gooey. Which one should we get?"
I thought and said, "Let's get one of each."
He laughed and said, "Yeah."
"Now we're living dangerously!" I joked as he wheeled my to the table where Casse was sitting. Cassie looked at the "Gooey" dessert and said, "That looks so good. I'm gonna get some."
As she went away I turned to Speed and said, "I need to call Rose."
He looked at me and said, "Why?"
"Because he got her too. She wouldn't have gone home, but I think I know where she is."
Speed nodded, he understood.
((Cassie POV))
I walked back to the table with my gooey dessert thing and Lash and Speed both looked at me as I sat down. "What?" I never like being looked at, it makes me feel self-conscious.
"What did your old man say to you?" Lash asked, prodding his Marble Cake.
"I told him you were on drugs," I laughed when Lash looked at me with one raised eyebrow.
Speed laughed and said, "It's funny cos you are… not the good kind but the morphine kind."
Lash glared at him and rolled his eyes. I took a bit of my gooey cake and thought, People would freak if I told them that Lash is my boyfriend. Especially Speed.