After talking to Nick's parents, the couple left and went to pick up Alex
and Kaira, and then to meet Leanne, Scott, Angel, and Greg.
Shortly after meeting up the two cars were on the road again, heading for the airport. The first 15 minutes of the hour-long drive, were spent with Leanne and Jen on their cell phones, talking before finally everyone decided it was time for a change. At the first stop they came to, Nick and Alex switched cars with Angel, and Leanne so the four girls could talk. Jennifer took over driving in Nick's car because she had the exact same car at home and so she knew the car's attitude (as Nick and Jennifer called it) the best.
The girls spent the next 45 minutes talking about the wedding and gossiping about the boys. The boys on the other hand talked about music and cars except for the 10 minutes they spent talking about the girls, and the plans they had while in Australia.
Finally, they arrived at the airport with at least twenty minutes before their plane arrived. They spent that time checking their bags in and making sure they had everything, they needed for their carry on bags.
As they were sitting on the plane, waiting for take off Leanne passed out much to the worry of Scott and Jennifer, both knowing she was having one of her visions. Every time Leanne passed out, she had visions of the future. This would not have been so bad except for the fact that 90% of the time they were of accidents or major disasters that were actually going to happen. One of the flight attendants who had been making sure everyone was ready for take off, stopped to make sure that Leanne was all right.
"Yeah she's fine. She has a small cold and the medicine she's taking for it always puts her to sleep," explained Scott who of course was sitting beside her.
Believing this the flight attendant walked away just before Leanne woke up.
"Leanne are you all right? What was your vision of this time?" questioned Jennifer worriedly.
"N-n-n-nothing. It was nothing important just a little earthquake in the states that's all," Leanne said staring out the window as the plane started to take off.
This did not satisfy Jennifer one bit, for she could sense Leanne's strong fear but chose not to question her about it further until they were alone.
The next 26 hours of the trip went smoothly. They had hit a little turbulence but nothing to bad that they had to worry, until finally they landed in Australia's main airport, after three plane changes in New York, Britain, and China.
They got two rental cars while they were still at the airport. Once again, Scott drove the guys only this time Leanne drove the girls, for when they went in search of the hotel they were staying.
Just before they left and as the guys were loading, the luggage into the cars Jennifer pulled Leanne off to the side to talk to her about her vision on the plane.
"Leanne you're too scared about it for it to just have been a minor earthquake. Tell me please Leanne. You know as well as I do that it helps if you talk about it with someone," Jennifer said sounding extremely worried.
"You're right but this vision really scared me. Bit if I do tell anyone at all it should be you." Leanne said trailing off.
"It's okay Leanne. It just can't be that bad."
"But it is that bad. In this vision, all I saw was five funerals one after another. All I know is that during our trip, Scott, Nick, Angel, Alex, and I all die. Greg ends up in a coma, and Kaira becomes paralyzed from the chest down in a wheel chair. You come out of it the best and are the only one of us to attend the funerals. You end up with a broken leg and have to have stitches for a cut on your left arm. I also know the reason you come out reasonably okay. It's because of a car accident, that we have and you were the only one hurt in that accident," Leanne said nearly crying.
"Well maybe this wasn't one of your visions, maybe this time it was just a dream," Jennifer said trying to console her friend.
"Jen believe me this was too real to be a dream."
"Well we've been able to stop your visions from becoming reality before so we'll just have to do it again now."
"You're right Jen. Now that we know it's going to happen, we can be more careful and avoid the accident. Once we avoid the car accident then the future will change and all of us will be fine," Leanne said convincing herself that what she was saying was true.
"Are you two coming, or should we just leave you here," Angel said impatiently.
"Okay you do that. I've seen a lot of things here to keep us busy for a while," said Jennifer teasingly to make Nick jealous.
"Yeah well you're already taken. Besides I'm sure we'll be able to figure out something to keep us busy once we get to the hotel," Nick replied suggestively while putting his arms around her waist and kissing her softly.
"Nicholas!" exclaimed Jennifer, playfully hitting him on the arm.
"Okay, she means business," Leanne said to him. "Nick, I'll just warn you that you're dead. Jen never uses someone's full name unless she is pissed."
"Yeah don't I know it? Even though she's laughing now I don't plan on watching the sun set tonight."
"Anytime you two are done we can leave," Jennifer said grabbing Nick's arm as they all started walking out to the cars.
The hotel that they had chosen to stay at was a half hour drive from the airport. They had been driving for about 20 minutes when the girls stopped at what seemed to be the hundredth stoplight. The guys however had made it through and had to stop and wait for the girls, so they pulled into the parking lot just past the lights and waited for the girls to come and get them. The only thing was that they would have to wait longer than expected.
Nick was the only one of the guys to see what had happened and it scared him immensely. Just after the light had turned green again, Leanne started to go through the intersection, never seeing the car speeding at them from their right, until it was too late. Leanne manages to stop the car but not in time. The on-coming car hit the front passenger side of the car, making it so Jennifer was the one who took the bulk of the impact.
The very last thing Jennifer could remember were Nick and Leanne near her both crying and Leanne was saying something about her vision coming true.
"It's all my fault. If it weren't for my vision, we would never have gotten in that accident. We could have avoided it and she never would have gotten hurt," Leanne cried as she was on the way to the hospital.
Leanne and Nick were the only two that were allowed to go to the hospital to check on her. Once they got there a nurse came up to them to ask if either of them were her family.
"I'm her fiancé. Please tell me what's wrong with her. Is she going to be alright," said a very worried Nick.
"Well since you're the closest thing to family right now, I need you to sign these forms. She's in surgery right now but we're not sure how well she's going to be when she comes out of it."
These words only made Leanne cry harder as the two were led to the waiting room to wait for a doctor to inform them of her condition once she got out of her surgery.
Two hours later, the doctor finally came out to tell them the latest news.
"Mr. Siers? Ms. Creamer?"
"That's us," Nick said standing up with Leanne doing the same. "How is she?"
"We have her stabilized, but she has unfortunately slipped into a come. We are unsure if or when she will wake up."
"Can we see her?" Leanne questioned trying to stay calm.
"You may go see her in a few minutes we are still getting her set up in a room."
"Thank you doctor. Oh and is it all right if the rest of our friends come down to see her as well," Nick said knowing that they would be very concerned about their friend.
"Yes they may come see her but it would be best if there were only three of you in the room at one time please."
"Thank you. Leanne, you go with the doctor to go see her, while I go phone everyone back at the hotel," Nick said before going to find the phone.
Jennifer was just lying there, as Leanne knew she would be, but it still shocked her to see her best friend for seven years lying on the bed completely unmoving.
Leanne then walked slowly over to the bed unsure of what to do. She then remembered as she reached the side of the bed that sometimes when people are in a coma they can hear it when they are talked to so she decided that she would do just that.
"Jen don't do this. You cannot leave us now. Goddamn it you just got engaged and we are on vacation in Australia for two months before we go off to college and you are in a coma. Jen just wake up," Leanne said crying once again.
"It's all right, Leanne. She will wake up. If I have learned anything about Jen in the last five year is that she's a fighter. I know that she's not going to give in, not just yet," Nick said putting an arm around Leanne to comfort her. "Scott and the others are on their way. They'll be here in about 15 minutes."
Nick and Leanne stayed by Jennifer's bedside until a nurse came in to tell them that their friends had arrived. Leanne went out to them leaving Nick to stay with Jennifer.
"Leanne, how is she," Angel questioned very worried.
"She's in a coma, and isn't responding to anything," Leanne answered as Scott put his arms around her.
"Can we go in and see her," Alex asked.
"The doctor said that only three of us are allowed in at a time, and I figure Nick will want to stay with her as long as he can."
"Well it's for the best if he does, for both of them. Jen is most likely to respond to either him or you, Leanne. One of you two should always be with her. And I know it will help you if you're there," Scott said knowing Leanne was hurting very much on the inside.
There was only one person that Leanne would express her feelings to and that person was now in a coma, with very little signs of waking up.
"Well who's going in to see her first," Kaira said trying to be strong for Leanne, and not cry.
"I want to go in last that way I can stay with her longer, does anyone mind."
"No Leanne, we all understand. It's okay. Angel and I will go in first, and then Kaira and Alex can go in to visit. That leaves you and Scott to go in together. Okay?" Greg replied knowing that would be all right with everyone. He and Angel got up and headed to Jennifer's room.
Shortly after meeting up the two cars were on the road again, heading for the airport. The first 15 minutes of the hour-long drive, were spent with Leanne and Jen on their cell phones, talking before finally everyone decided it was time for a change. At the first stop they came to, Nick and Alex switched cars with Angel, and Leanne so the four girls could talk. Jennifer took over driving in Nick's car because she had the exact same car at home and so she knew the car's attitude (as Nick and Jennifer called it) the best.
The girls spent the next 45 minutes talking about the wedding and gossiping about the boys. The boys on the other hand talked about music and cars except for the 10 minutes they spent talking about the girls, and the plans they had while in Australia.
Finally, they arrived at the airport with at least twenty minutes before their plane arrived. They spent that time checking their bags in and making sure they had everything, they needed for their carry on bags.
As they were sitting on the plane, waiting for take off Leanne passed out much to the worry of Scott and Jennifer, both knowing she was having one of her visions. Every time Leanne passed out, she had visions of the future. This would not have been so bad except for the fact that 90% of the time they were of accidents or major disasters that were actually going to happen. One of the flight attendants who had been making sure everyone was ready for take off, stopped to make sure that Leanne was all right.
"Yeah she's fine. She has a small cold and the medicine she's taking for it always puts her to sleep," explained Scott who of course was sitting beside her.
Believing this the flight attendant walked away just before Leanne woke up.
"Leanne are you all right? What was your vision of this time?" questioned Jennifer worriedly.
"N-n-n-nothing. It was nothing important just a little earthquake in the states that's all," Leanne said staring out the window as the plane started to take off.
This did not satisfy Jennifer one bit, for she could sense Leanne's strong fear but chose not to question her about it further until they were alone.
The next 26 hours of the trip went smoothly. They had hit a little turbulence but nothing to bad that they had to worry, until finally they landed in Australia's main airport, after three plane changes in New York, Britain, and China.
They got two rental cars while they were still at the airport. Once again, Scott drove the guys only this time Leanne drove the girls, for when they went in search of the hotel they were staying.
Just before they left and as the guys were loading, the luggage into the cars Jennifer pulled Leanne off to the side to talk to her about her vision on the plane.
"Leanne you're too scared about it for it to just have been a minor earthquake. Tell me please Leanne. You know as well as I do that it helps if you talk about it with someone," Jennifer said sounding extremely worried.
"You're right but this vision really scared me. Bit if I do tell anyone at all it should be you." Leanne said trailing off.
"It's okay Leanne. It just can't be that bad."
"But it is that bad. In this vision, all I saw was five funerals one after another. All I know is that during our trip, Scott, Nick, Angel, Alex, and I all die. Greg ends up in a coma, and Kaira becomes paralyzed from the chest down in a wheel chair. You come out of it the best and are the only one of us to attend the funerals. You end up with a broken leg and have to have stitches for a cut on your left arm. I also know the reason you come out reasonably okay. It's because of a car accident, that we have and you were the only one hurt in that accident," Leanne said nearly crying.
"Well maybe this wasn't one of your visions, maybe this time it was just a dream," Jennifer said trying to console her friend.
"Jen believe me this was too real to be a dream."
"Well we've been able to stop your visions from becoming reality before so we'll just have to do it again now."
"You're right Jen. Now that we know it's going to happen, we can be more careful and avoid the accident. Once we avoid the car accident then the future will change and all of us will be fine," Leanne said convincing herself that what she was saying was true.
"Are you two coming, or should we just leave you here," Angel said impatiently.
"Okay you do that. I've seen a lot of things here to keep us busy for a while," said Jennifer teasingly to make Nick jealous.
"Yeah well you're already taken. Besides I'm sure we'll be able to figure out something to keep us busy once we get to the hotel," Nick replied suggestively while putting his arms around her waist and kissing her softly.
"Nicholas!" exclaimed Jennifer, playfully hitting him on the arm.
"Okay, she means business," Leanne said to him. "Nick, I'll just warn you that you're dead. Jen never uses someone's full name unless she is pissed."
"Yeah don't I know it? Even though she's laughing now I don't plan on watching the sun set tonight."
"Anytime you two are done we can leave," Jennifer said grabbing Nick's arm as they all started walking out to the cars.
The hotel that they had chosen to stay at was a half hour drive from the airport. They had been driving for about 20 minutes when the girls stopped at what seemed to be the hundredth stoplight. The guys however had made it through and had to stop and wait for the girls, so they pulled into the parking lot just past the lights and waited for the girls to come and get them. The only thing was that they would have to wait longer than expected.
Nick was the only one of the guys to see what had happened and it scared him immensely. Just after the light had turned green again, Leanne started to go through the intersection, never seeing the car speeding at them from their right, until it was too late. Leanne manages to stop the car but not in time. The on-coming car hit the front passenger side of the car, making it so Jennifer was the one who took the bulk of the impact.
The very last thing Jennifer could remember were Nick and Leanne near her both crying and Leanne was saying something about her vision coming true.
"It's all my fault. If it weren't for my vision, we would never have gotten in that accident. We could have avoided it and she never would have gotten hurt," Leanne cried as she was on the way to the hospital.
Leanne and Nick were the only two that were allowed to go to the hospital to check on her. Once they got there a nurse came up to them to ask if either of them were her family.
"I'm her fiancé. Please tell me what's wrong with her. Is she going to be alright," said a very worried Nick.
"Well since you're the closest thing to family right now, I need you to sign these forms. She's in surgery right now but we're not sure how well she's going to be when she comes out of it."
These words only made Leanne cry harder as the two were led to the waiting room to wait for a doctor to inform them of her condition once she got out of her surgery.
Two hours later, the doctor finally came out to tell them the latest news.
"Mr. Siers? Ms. Creamer?"
"That's us," Nick said standing up with Leanne doing the same. "How is she?"
"We have her stabilized, but she has unfortunately slipped into a come. We are unsure if or when she will wake up."
"Can we see her?" Leanne questioned trying to stay calm.
"You may go see her in a few minutes we are still getting her set up in a room."
"Thank you doctor. Oh and is it all right if the rest of our friends come down to see her as well," Nick said knowing that they would be very concerned about their friend.
"Yes they may come see her but it would be best if there were only three of you in the room at one time please."
"Thank you. Leanne, you go with the doctor to go see her, while I go phone everyone back at the hotel," Nick said before going to find the phone.
Jennifer was just lying there, as Leanne knew she would be, but it still shocked her to see her best friend for seven years lying on the bed completely unmoving.
Leanne then walked slowly over to the bed unsure of what to do. She then remembered as she reached the side of the bed that sometimes when people are in a coma they can hear it when they are talked to so she decided that she would do just that.
"Jen don't do this. You cannot leave us now. Goddamn it you just got engaged and we are on vacation in Australia for two months before we go off to college and you are in a coma. Jen just wake up," Leanne said crying once again.
"It's all right, Leanne. She will wake up. If I have learned anything about Jen in the last five year is that she's a fighter. I know that she's not going to give in, not just yet," Nick said putting an arm around Leanne to comfort her. "Scott and the others are on their way. They'll be here in about 15 minutes."
Nick and Leanne stayed by Jennifer's bedside until a nurse came in to tell them that their friends had arrived. Leanne went out to them leaving Nick to stay with Jennifer.
"Leanne, how is she," Angel questioned very worried.
"She's in a coma, and isn't responding to anything," Leanne answered as Scott put his arms around her.
"Can we go in and see her," Alex asked.
"The doctor said that only three of us are allowed in at a time, and I figure Nick will want to stay with her as long as he can."
"Well it's for the best if he does, for both of them. Jen is most likely to respond to either him or you, Leanne. One of you two should always be with her. And I know it will help you if you're there," Scott said knowing Leanne was hurting very much on the inside.
There was only one person that Leanne would express her feelings to and that person was now in a coma, with very little signs of waking up.
"Well who's going in to see her first," Kaira said trying to be strong for Leanne, and not cry.
"I want to go in last that way I can stay with her longer, does anyone mind."
"No Leanne, we all understand. It's okay. Angel and I will go in first, and then Kaira and Alex can go in to visit. That leaves you and Scott to go in together. Okay?" Greg replied knowing that would be all right with everyone. He and Angel got up and headed to Jennifer's room.