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Miracles
Part 2
Friends are angels that lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
The paramedics arrived soon after the accident,, and Shelby was carted off to the nearest hospital. Everyone was on pins and needles waiting to hear what was wrong with her. It was just so sudden. Scott, Daisy, Ezra, David, Juliet, and Auggie had ridden up with Sophie in the 4x4 and Kat had gone with Peter in the ambulance. Scott had put up quite a fight. He had wanted to ride in the ambulance, but Peter had firmly told him no. It looked like he had ripped Scott's heart out and stomped on it when he told him to ride with Sophie. This was a difficult situation for all of them to go through and he just needed to be firm in his decisions. Kat had gone through med tech and would probably be of some help to the paramedics in the ambulance but Scott would just take up space. There was nothing he could do in the ambulance except worry and that wouldn't do any good.
In the far back seat of the 4x4 Juliet was crying hysterically while Auggie tried to quiet, and calm her, but it didn't seem to be working. David sat silently by the window looking annoyed. Ezra and Daisy talked in hushed voices in the middle seat. Scott sat in the passenger seat silently staring at the window. He hadn't spoken since his argument about where he should ride with Peter. He wanted to be with Shelby. To make sure she was okay. To hold her hand, and even though she couldn't hear him, promise her she would be just fine. He stared out the window and watch the landscape change as they drove into the city. He choked back tears. He had to be strong especially at a time like this.
Sophie turned her head and looked at Scott letting her gaze follow close behind. He stared unblinking out the window. She glanced at the road and then looked at Scott again. "Scott...." she said slowly "It's gonna turn out alright.'
"Yeah?" he asked his tone rigid. "Sure it will, but I have a question for you and I'm not sure I want to hear the answer. Will SHELBY turn out alright? Sure..if she dies you'll all move on, but she won't. I won't either. I wouldn't want to."
"Scott....I can't promise Shelby will be okay, because I don't know. But what I can promise is that I'll be here for you, and you have a very bright future ahead of you. Reach out to that future. Shelby would want------WANTS you to do that."
"I couldn't move on with my life if she left because she IS my life. She's my bright future." He said and turned back to the window.
Sophie decided this was no time to push him. He was in pain and he needed time to work it out. She just wished she had the strength to make herself feel better before she tried to make the Cliffhangers feel better. She listened to Juliet crying in the back seat and Auggie trying to comfort her.
"Jules, honey." She called back. "You have got to calm down. You're getting hysterical." Juliet paid no attention. "Jules....when we get to the hospital...you wouldn't want Shelby to see you all worked up like this. You might upset her." Juliet stopped crying.
"I don't want to upset her." She choked. "I'm just so worried about her. Do you think she'll be okay?" she asked Auggie with a pleading look.
"I'm sure she'll be just fine, Jules. Calm down." He soothed.
"I fail to see why everybody is so worried about her. She's awful to everyone and who cares if she's alright or not." David said snottily and rolled his eyes.
Daisy turned around and spat "Would you SHUT UP?! No one cares what you think! Everyone here is worried if you can't tell and I would appreciate it if you would shut your mouth or I'll shut it for you. No one needs this right now."
"Lay off him, Daiz" Ezra said. "He's just worried like everybody else, he's just embarrassed to say it."
"I am not. I couldn't care less if she dies or not." He snapped
"You know, you're sick, David, really sick." Auggie said holding Jules.
"How can you say that, David. Don't you love Shelby?" Juliet whined.
"NO! Quite the opposite. I hate her, and she hates me." He said coldly.
The whole back of the car exploded with angry argument. Sophie was doing nothing to stop it. Scott shook his head and turned around. "WOULD ALL OF YOU JUST SHUT UP!" he screamed. Everyone was silent immediately. He spoke in a shaky voice. "This is a time that we really need to be sticking together, not arguing like this. If we want to help Shelby, we've got to help each other. And David if you say one more rude thing about Shelby, I am personally going to insert your foot up your nose. I am this close to coming back there and backhanding you!" David said nothing but looked away angrily. Daisy spoke up.
"He's right you guys. Just chill out until we get to the hospital, then we can have it out." She reasoned. Everyone agreed to remain civil until further notice.
Sophie grinned at Scott and nodded. "You handled that well. Peter was right." She said
"About what?" he said unhappily
"You are the leader of this group. When you first got here," she said making a turn. Many tall buildings were now visible. They were getting into the heart of the city. "Peter said to me 'He's got potential, Soph. I think he's really gonna be a leading influence in the Cliffhangers' and you know what....he was right. I couldn't have handled that situation better myself."
"That's why you didn't say anything when they first started arguing, right?" he asked feeling a little flattered that Sophie thought this highly of him.
"Right. I wanted to see if you would handle it, and boy did you. Only next time I suggest you leave the threat out."
Scott nodded. "I guess I should. Hey Sophie.....do you really think she'll be okay?" he asked as they turned into the parking lot of the hospital.
"I don't know, Scott. I hope so. I really hope so."
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The 7 people bustled into the hospital. Sophie went to the front desk. "Excuse me." She said. The receptionist looked up at her and smiled brightly. "Can you please page Peter Scarborough and tell him his party has arrived?"
"I will do that. Please take a seat in the waiting room along with all your------teenagers."
Sophie smiled. "We're from Horizon. The school down in Agnes."
"Oh. I've heard good things about that school."
"Thank you." Sophie said and walked away. Scott was sitting in an armchair with his head in his hands, Juliet and Auggie were sitting on a couch as were Daisy and Ezra, and David was sitting across the room. Scott ran his hands from his face over his hair and leaned back in the chair. Juliet and Auggie were whispering to each other and Daisy and Ezra were looking at magazines. Scott turned around and glared at David. David glared back. A girl that looked about Scott's age was staring at him. It made him feel inferior like she was laughing at him. He was getting really paranoid about all the people in the waiting room, and what they thought of him. He was just a messed up kid from that school down in Agnes to them. He glared angrily at the girl and snapped
"What are you lookin at?!" She looked down abruptly to the magazine in her lap. "That's what I thought. Stop looking at me like that, I know what you're thinking about me." He looked away.
"Were you insane before this happened, or is this a recent development?" Daisy whispered angrily. "She didn't even say anything to you. God, Scott. If someone looks at you sideways you bite their head off."
"I know. You're such a moody little sack of hormones." David yelled across the room. There were some snickers from the younger age group in the waiting room.
"DAVID!" Everybody said at the same time. He shrugged it off. Scott stood up with an angry expression and was about to lunge at David, but Auggie grabbed his shirt.
"Yo, meat. We gotta keep it on the down low until everybody chills out. Just forget about him. He's trippin."
Scott nodded and sat back down, but not before he shot David a dirty look. A few moments later Peter entered the room. Everyone stood. "How's Shelby? How is she?" were the two questions that were asked from the group.
"Everyone calm down. They are running some tests on her. She's gonna be in ICU for a while till the results show up, but the doctor thinks he might know the problem. Look guys....I don't want to upset anyone, but he thinks Shelby might have some sort of brain tumor.............."
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