As we're trying to catch up to her I hear the squealing of tires coming around the corner and I see a blue mustang speeding down the street.
"Sky! Watch out!" I scream while running to try and get to her before the car can hit her.
"What?" she asks confused while turning around and facing us from where she stands in the cross walk.
"Get out of the road!" Dally screams at her but it's too late, we're all too late.
"Ahhh!" she screams right before the car runs over her. The car doesn't even stop after it's hit her. It just keeps speeding away.
"Peanut, come on peanut open your eyes." Darry begs her while getting on the ground and taking her limp body into his arms.
Darry's POV
"Darry, how much longer is she going to be in there before somebody comes out to talk to us?" Soda asks me for probably the millionth time since we got to the hospital.
"I don't know Pepsi, I really don't." I say not really knowing what else to say to him.
Immediately after Sky was hit by the car we rushed her to the hospital. She wasn't breathing when we got here and I really thought that she was dead, we all did. Doctors and nurses surrounded us immediately and put her on a gurney. They rushed her out back and we weren't allowed to go out back with her. We've been sitting in the waiting room for hours waiting to hear something from the doctor. The only news we've been told was probably four or five hours ago when a doctor came out and told us that they had her stabilized. We were all so relived and wanted to see her but we couldn't because he said she was going into immediate surgery to fix the damage that was caused when the car ran her over.
I think we're all starting to go a little stir crazy and are frustrated because we haven't heard anything new yet. I think that Soda and Dally are taking it the hardest though. I mean we're all worried and scared about what's going to happen to Sky after she comes out of surgery but the two of them blame themselves for what happened to her. The two of them were right behind her and blame themselves for not being able to get to her fast enough.
"I should've stopped her. I should've been able to get to her in time." Soda says over and over again beating himself up.
"Pepsi, there was nothing you could've done. Stop blaming yourself because it's not your fault. Just be happy that she's still alive and that the car didn't kill her." I tell him while wrapping him in a hug.
"What if she doesn't make it Darry? If she doesn't make it I'll never forgive myself for not being able to protect her." he cries on my shoulder finally letting all the emotions he's been holding in out.
"Stop talking like that. I don't want to hear anymore what ifs come from your mouth. She's going to make it and we're all going to get through it together. I mean she's a Curtis after all and we never stop fighting and neither will Sky." I tell him.
"It should've been me. She didn't deserve to be hit by that car. If anyone deserves it, it's me. She's done nothing wrong to the world and I've done horrible things. Why is it always the good people who get hurt?" Dally asks while banging his head against the wall.
"You okay?" I ask Soda and after he nods his head and sits down I head over to deal with Dally.
"Stop it." I tell him sternly while pulling him away from the wall.
"Why?" he asks me harshly.
"I know you blame yourself for what happened and wish it was you but stop because there was nothing you could do." I tell him.
"I'm supposed to protect her and I couldn't." he sighs beating himself up like Soda is.
"Sky wouldn't want you doing this to yourself. If Sky wasn't in surgery right now she would be smacking you upside the head for what you're doing. So stop blaming yourself and just be happy that she's alive. Start focusing on what's really important, helping Sky get through this after surgery and after she's discharged from the hospital." I tell him.
"You're right, that's exactly what she'd be doing right now." he says with a chuckle as a memory of Sky doing that to him pops into his head which I can tell makes him feel a whole lot better.
"You okay now?" I ask him.
"I'm not okay. I won't be until I know what's going on with her and she's out of surgery, but I am done blaming myself. If I continue to then she's going to be disappointed in me and I never want her to be disappointed in me." he says while sitting down and I take a seat next to him.
"How you doing Pone?" I ask him when he comes and sits next to me while draping my arm across his shoulders.
"I'm numb. I can't even process what just happened to her right now." he says while resting his head on my shoulder.
"I know Pone, I know." I say softly while wrapping my arm around his shoulders.
"Darry?" he asks after we've just been sitting in silence for awhile.
"Yeah, Pone?" I ask him.
"I haven't felt this way since mom and dad died." he says.
"Oh Pone, I'm so sorry." I tell him.
"She's going to be okay, right?" he asks.
"Honestly, I don't know Pone. I really don't." I sigh not wanting to lie to him.
"I can't lose her Darry, she's my other half. If she dies then a part of me dies with her." he says getting up and walking away before I can say anything.
Please, please god, let her live. My family was almost completely torn apart when mom and dad died and it took everything I had to pull it back together. If she dies I don't think I'll ever be able to pull our family back together again.
It's been probably over five hours and we still haven't heard anything from the doctors about Sky's condition. Everyone is getting a little antsy and can't stop thinking that the worse has happened because of the lack of information.
I don't know how long I've been consumed in my inner thoughts but I am broken out of them by someone calling my name.
"Darry Curtis?" I hear and when I look up I see the doctor that came out hours before and told us that Sky was stable before they rushed her into surgery.
"Yes, how is my sister?" I ask him while standing up and going over to him and I can feel the presence of everyone else standing behind me.
"The surgery went well. We were able to repair the damage that was caused to her insides when the car hit her. Her injuries are pretty severe. She has four broken ribs, her left arm is broken, her right leg is broken and the bones in it are almost completely shattered, she has a serious concussion which caused her to have a petite mal seizure before we started the surgery. Your sister is very lucky that those are all the injuries she sustained. With how hard that car hit her it should've fractured her spine and she is very lucky that she will be able to walk hopefully with no major issues after her leg fully heals. She will be in a whole lot of pain for the next several months to a year. I have prescribed some pain meds for her and I will send those home with you when she is discharged in three days. I want to keep her here for observation before sending her home." he explains.
"So she's going to be okay?" Soda asks relieved.
"Yes, your sister will be okay." he says.
"Where is she now?" I ask.
"She is currently in a recovery room. She is still out cold but she should wake up in a couple hours." he says.
"Can we see her?" Dally asks him.
"I will allow all of you to go see her but I'm going to need everyone except for her immediate family to leave in an hour when visiting hours are over. You can come back tomorrow morning to see her." he says.
"Thank you so much doctor. I can't begin to thank you enough and tell you how grateful we all are that you were able to save her. We owe you everything." I thank him.
"You don't owe me anything, I'm just doing my job and what I was meant to do. Which is to save people." he says.
"What room is she in?" Pony asks getting impatient.
"Room 19. Go down the hall take your first right and it's at the end of the hall on your left." he tells us.
"Thank you so much." I thank him again while shaking his hand before we all head down the hall to go see Sky.
When we get in her hospital room we all gasp at the sight of her. She looks so small, I mean she is small for her age but she looks even smaller in that hospital bed and so lifeless. She is hooked up to so many wires and different machines and has so many casts and bandages covering her body that you can barely even see it. Her head is wrapped in bandages too and it just makes me so sad and I feel so bad that we couldn't save her before that car hit her. Soda, Pony, and I all pull chairs up on either side of her bed while the rest of the gang stands at the end of it just staring at her. When I look around at everyone I see tears gathered in all of their eyes, even in Dally's which is shocking. Although I'm not that surprised that he finally broke. Sky means the world to him just like she does to all of us but there is just a special unique different type of bond between the two of them that isn't like any of the ones she has with the rest of us. Sometimes I think their bond is even stronger than her and Soda's.
"Darry?" Pony asks breaking me out of my inner thoughts.
"Yeah Pone?" I ask while looking at him across the bed.
"She'll be okay right? I mean she's still going to be the same Sky right?" he asks needing that reassurance but I don't think I can give that to him.
"She's going to be okay but she's going to be somewhat different. A traumatic experience like this scars a person and I don't just mean physically. She'll get through it though and we'll all be right by her side the whole way to help her and give her the emotional support that she's going to need." I tell him.
We all just sit in silence not being able to take our eyes off of her because we don't want to miss the moment she wakes up. The only sound you can hear is the few sniffles from all of us every so often as we try our best to hold back our tears.
"I'm sorry, but visiting hours are over. I'm going to have to ask you all to leave." the doctor says probably an hour later while poking his head in the door.
"Okay, we're leaving now." Johnny says and moves around us to kiss Sky's bandage wrapped forehead before leaving the room. Two-bit and Steve do the same before going to wait out in the hallway with Johnny. Dally is the last one to leave the room. He walks over and kisses Sky's forehead and before he pulls away from her I hear him whisper something to her.
"I love you short stuff. I promise I'll be back first thing in the morning." he says before kissing her forehead again.
"We'll see you all in the morning. Please, get some rest, don't go out and do anything stupid. She wouldn't want you to." I tell him.
"I won't, we're all staying at your house tonight to make sure that none of us do." he tells me.
"Good, now go home and get some sleep." I tell him.
"We're going, we'll see you first thing in the morning." he says before leaving the room with everyone else.
For the rest of the night Pony, Soda, and I try our best to stay awake, we don't want to fall asleep and then have her wake up but by the time one in the morning rolls around its just too hard to keep our eyes open. So we all fall asleep in the chairs, Soda and I with our hands covering Sky's and Pony with his head resting on the edge of the bed by her legs. Hopefully she'll wake up by the time morning comes. That's the last thought I have before I'm completely gone.
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