"Looking Back" Part 3

Author: Lindsay

Author's Note: Well I found my fanfiction folder so I am all set and typing away again---- okay so I'm not to the typing part yet, I'm just at the writing point. Well I am typing/writing Reuniting With Problems pt. 5. I have 1 paragraph in my notebook and thats all I've written so I'm going. Thanks to everyone for feedback! Much is wanted!

Summary: Bobby and Lindsay are Chem. partners, he asks her to homecoming she agrees, Helen and Lucy feel left out. Andrea is jealous, Chris is angry, and something just happened to Lindsay as she was in the stairway going to Bobby's locker.

"Looking Back" Part 3

Bobby had been waiting at his locker for 10 minutes when he decided to finally walk to hers. At this time in the day most of the kids staying afterschool were at the other end of the school. It was really quiet and creepy at this end. While he was walking towards her locker he saw Chris walking by. "Hey Bobby, your still here?" Chris was trying to be nice. "Yeah, I'm trying to find Lindsay." "Good luck. I haven't seen her since period E." Chris kept walking. Bobby wondered why he was walking in the school from outside. He shrugged it off.

"Bye Chris." "Bye Bobby, hope you find her." When Bobby got to her locker she wasn't there. Ms. Larson and Mrs. McCarthy almost knocked him over, they were running near the stairwell he was standing near. As soon as they got there they left the two doors open that lead to the stairway. He saw somebody laying on the ground, and he saw the two teachers on the ground. He started walking closer. He heard Ms. Larson talking, "I'm gonna go call an ambulence and notify her family." Ms. Larson ran and almost knocked into Bobby. "Sorry." She started running then stopped. "Wait Bobby." He turned back towards her. "Go into the office and call 911 for me. Tell them a student has been stabbed and fell down the stairs." Bobby did exactly what Ms. Larson told him to do. After he called 911 he ran to where the teachers were on the ground with the student. They were pressing down on the student's stomache with their jackets. Bobby couldn't believe what he saw, he froze as soon as he saw just who the student was. "Lindsay." He ran over to her. "Do you know her Bobby?" Ms. Larson asked. "Yeah, she's a really good friend of mine, we were going over my house right after school. She's a sophmore." "Well, do you know her number so we can contact her mom?" "Yeah, I could go phone her if you want." "Please do. As soon as the ambulence gets here grab your keys so you can go up to the hospital." "Okay." After a very sad and upsetting phone call, Ms. Dole said she would meet them at the hospital in Boston. The ambulence got there and the teachers and Bobby moved aside and let the EMT's take care of Lindsay. Bobby and Mrs. McCarthy drove to the hospital and Ms. Larson went in the back of the ambulence with Lindsay. The drive from the school to the hospital was very quiet and upsetting for Bobby. All he could think about was Lindsay and seeing her on the ground. He couldn't believe when he called 911 he had told them she had been stabbed. Yes, he knew that she had been stabbed after Ms. Larson told him and he had told the emergency disbatcher but it didn't really sink in or hit him until he was on his way to the hospital. Stabbed. He couldn't believe it, who would stab her? Was it a student? Did somebody just walk by the office and hurt her? Was she a target? Was she just a random person? He snapped out of his catotonic mode and reached for his cell phone. He dialed his home number and let it ring. "Hello." His father answered. "Hey dad." Bobby tried not to sound like he was crying. "Bobby, why do you sound so upset?" His dad was immeditely worried. "I'm on my way to the hospital because Lindsay was stabbed and pushed down a flight of stairs at school." "Oh my gosh." Mr. Donnell had never met Lindsay but he knew Bobby thought the world of her. "What hospital is she at? I'll be down in a second." His dad wanted to be there and show Bobby he supported him. "They're bringing her to Mass General. Dad I'm almost there you don't have to come." "I'm coming no matter what Bobby, I'll be there in 15 minutes." "Okay, bye dad." Bobby hung up. He got into the parking lot and parked right where the ambulence had stopped. He jumped out of the car and was right by Lindsay's side along with the two teachers. The Doctor's in trauma center stopped Bobby and the teachers and took Lindsay in the trauma center. Bobby, Ms. Larson and Mrs. McCarthy sat in the waiting room quietly. About 15 minutes after they arrived to the hospital Bobby's father joined them. Bobby stood up and hugged his son who had teary, red eyes. "Thanks for coming dad." He sat back down. He introduced his father to his teachers though he already knew Ms. Larson. "Bobby, I talked to Gran, Matt and Uncle Jerry, they're on their way down to see you." "Dad, they don't even know Lindsay." Bobby stated quietly. "But they care and they were all at gran's house anyway, besides as soon as I let it slip that you were bringing Lindsay to homecoming she was so happy it wasn't Andrea and she insisted on coming down." "Great this is going to go over perfect." Bobby had a bad feeling, he didn't want people hovering around Lindsay as soon as she was out of surgery. Plus he still has to warn Lindsay of his gran which he hadn't done yet. They sat there in a few more moments of quiet when Bobby's family showed up. He got hugs from them all. "Thanks for being here." He tried to sound greatful. "Well I heard you have a new squeeze and I wanted to be here to meet her and comfort you and her." "Thanks gran." He half smiled and then he saw Ms. Dole walking towards him quickly. Bobby walked to her and hugged her. "Hey." He whispered. "Oh Bobby, how is she? Where is she?" Ms. Dole was so worried, Bobby barely knew this woman yet she was clinging to him. Bobby understood though. "She's still in surgery, she wasn't concsious when I was with her." Bobby guided Lindsay's mother to sit down. That's when Bobby's father came over to her. "Ms. Dole, I'm sorry to hear about Lindsay." Mr. Donnell went and gave Ms. Dole a warm hug. "Thank you." She didn't know who this man was. "I don't mean to be rude but, who are you?" She tried not to sound rude. Bobby cut in. "This is my father Stephen Donnell." "Oh, you don't need to be here, she shouldn't have you worrying." "I wanted to be here. She's not a trouble. I've never met her, but Bobby spoke so highly of her." "Thank you for being here." She was very greatful. "Well, while you we're introducing people, this is my grandmother, my cousin Matt and my Uncle Jerry." Bobby introduced each of them to Ms. Dole. "Its nice to meet you all." Then Ms. Larson and Mrs. McCarthy walked over to Ms. Dole and gave their sympathy and support. After 3 ½ hours of waiting in silence Bobby caught glimpse of the Doctor walking towards the waiting room. He stood up when he came through the area. "Mr. Donnell." The Doctor simply stated. Everyone perked their heads up and Ms. Dole stood up. "Is my daughter okay?" She latched onto Bobby's arm. "She's your daughter?" The Doctor was surprised to see so many faces now. "Yes. Is she okay?" "Well she was stabbed three twice in her right side of the abdomen, the aorta, pancreous and spleen were severely damaged. We took her through surgery to stop the internal bleeding, but didn't make an attempt to repair her organs yet. We don't feel she is strong enough for that just yet, but we did repair the aorta. Her ankle and right shoulder are very swollen, we're going to look at them when we have her more stableized. The next 24 hours will tell us...." "Tell us what?" Bobby interupted. "The first 24 hours are the most critical, she went through a lot of punishment, its a miracle she even made it here." "I want to see her." Bobby couldn't bear listening, he wanted to see her. "Me too. I want to see my daughter." "She's in ICU, I'll bring the two of you up there." "Okay, we'll be back." Bobby turned to his family. "She's lapsed in to a coma, you can tell her you are here, it's possible she'll hear you. I want her to stay calm, just let her know your here." "Hey Lindsay." Bobby was crying and reached for her hand. She was freezing from blood loss. "Hey sweetie." Her mom sat down and couldn't touch her, she was too fragile in her mom's eyes, and she was scared to touch her. Bobby sat on the other side of her and just held her hand. Your going to be okay Linds, I promise, you're so strong, you're going to be fine." Bobby kept telling her. Lindsay's mom just kept staring at Bobby and Lindsay, she could tell he really cared. After staying in there and talking to Lindsay for at least 1/2 hour Bobby decided to tell his father how she was doing. "I'll be right back Lindsay." He kissed her hand and and her mother started to cry. He walked out to where his family was and stood in the center of the room. "She's in a coma and she's lost a lot of blood, baisically everything the doctor told us is exactly the condition she is in. She's critical and they won't have a good feel of survival chances until the first 24 hours have passed. If one of you guys wants to come her mom is going out to her car to use her cell phone and call family." Bobby was trying to stay strong in front of is family. "I want to go." Bobby's father stepped towards him. "If you don't mind." Bobby's family all shook their heads, they understood and knew they would get a chance to meet her. "Okay, let's go dad." Bobby was happy he showed such an interest. Bobby and Stephen walked in quietly to Lindsay's room, when they walked into her room, her mom got up and left the room. Lindsay was hooked to so many machines it reminded both Bobby and his dad of when his mom was dying in the hospital. Stephen walked to the edge of the bed, this woman is beautiful. He couldn't get over how pretty she is. If only she weren't hooked to all these machines. He didn't know her, but he liked her just from her looks, which he could tell she was a sweet girl. He walked over to her bedside and reached for her hand, sat down and just held her hand. This brought tears to his eyes. Bobby was looking on and was so happy that his dad was reacting this way but then became upset when he remembered why they were here. He too walked over and reached for her hand. "You keep getting better Linds. You keep getting better." Tears were running down his face. Lindsay's mother came back 1 1/2 later, she had stopped home to gather clothes for the next day and dropped Lindsay's brother off at a friend's to stay with. Bobby's father tried to get Bobby to come home but had no luck, and in the end after seeing him react this way towards Lindsay, knew he couldn't change his mind. Bobby slept right by Lindsay's bed in a chair and her mother slept on the other side. Bobby's family all stayed at Stephen's house that night. Bobby's father called Bobby's absence into school the next day. At about 11:00 the next morning only Stephen went to the hospital to see how everyone was holding up. He brought Bobby a pair of clothes. There was still no change with Lindsay and she was still in a coma. Stephen stayed for 3 hours. He came back at 7:00pm and tried again to get Bobby to come home, it was useless, even Lindsay's mother had to get back home and keep after Lindsay's younger brother. Bobby had told her if anything were to change he'd call her. Again, Bobby slept beside her bed. The next morning Bobby's whole family went to the hospital. Bobby went down to the cafeteria to get himself coffee. Stephen, Matt, Gran and Uncle Jerry all sat in Lindsay's room while he was gone. While he was gone Lindsay slowly opened her eyes and mumbled 'Bobby' so softly. Everyone turned towards her. "Bobby." She groaned again. When she opened her eyes, she saw unfamiliar faces. "Where am I? and who are you?" She was looking at Stephen. "Your at the hospital and I'm Bobby's father, this is his grandmother, his cousin Matt and his Uncle Jerry." "Ummmm... where is Bobby?" She was confused. "He went to get coffee, he'll be here in a second." Stephen was still holding Lindsay's hand. Bobby walked in with his coffee. He looked up and saw Lindsay blinking a few times. "Oh my gosh, Lindsay." He ran to her side. "How are you? Are you uncomfortable? Do you need anything?" He was running his mouth, she couldn't understand anything. "I'm a little sore, I'm okay I think." She still had a raspy voice. "Oh, this is my dad Ste---" "I know, I've been introduced already." She smiled best she could. "Oh, I'm sorry I wasn't here." "Its okay, your here now." She was greatful for that. "I have to go call your mom, I'll be right back." "Okay, hurry." "Dad, please get the nurse and tell her that Lindsay's awake." "Okay son." Stephen got up. Lindsay and gran shared an enjoyable talk while Bobby phoned her mom and Stephen got the nurse. Bobby walked back in. 'Doctor's are saying 2 more days here if all goes well." "That long?" She was upset. "Yeah, sorry Lindsay, they still have to repair some stuff in your body, I'm not good with that medical stuff so.." He sat beside her. "Another thing, homecoming is coming up." "You can go without me." She cut him off. "Well, I was thinking you and I could either stay at my place or yours and do something." "Are you sure? I don't want to ruin this for you." "Your not. Trust me, okay?" "Okay." She smiled. She looked really tired so Bobby told her to rest. She immedietly listened falling into a deep sound sleep, which believe it or not she needed. 4 hours later Lindsay woke up and Bobby was sitting by her bed holding her hand. Her mother had been there for 2 1/2 hours but had to get home and get Michael off from school. Bobby promised to stay with her while she was gone. "Hey sweetie." Bobby smiled at her and gave her hand a tiny squeeze. "Hi." She smiled as best she could. "How ya feeling?" "I'm okay, I'm really sore. I don't remember what happened. They aren't going to ask me any questions are they?" She was welling tears in her eyes.

"I dunno what's going to happen, but the police are going to try to get your statement today or tomorrow." "I don't remember anything Bobby, I don't remember anything." She was crying. "Oh baby, please don't cry, don't cry, don't cry baby its okay." He gently hugged her. "You were stabbed in the abdomen and fell down the stairs." "NO! I didn't fall down the stairs, I was pushed." She screamed through tears. "Okay baby, okay. Shhhhh..... shhhhh...... I'm here it's okay." He was still hugging her. "I was pushed. I was pushed." She was crying into his shoulder. "Okay honey, okay." He had tears in his eyes for her. "Linds, do you have any idea who would have done this?" "No, I mean I turned to see who it was but they were dressed in black and covered up, I just smiled and turned back around." "Well, it had to be a student, nobody could have gotten through by the office." 'What student would stab me Bobby?" Her tears were fading. "I don't know sweetie." He paused a moment. "What about Chris?" Her face dropped. "What! NO, I don't think he would that! As much as I have upset him he wouldn't stoop so low as to try and kill me! It wasn't him, plus I know what his hands feel like, they weren't that strong." There was a knock on her hospital room door and she and Bobby looked up. Andrea was walking in the door carrying a big vase of flowers and a teddy bear. "Hi, I know your going to ask me to leave Bobby, but I heard what happened and I just wanted to come by and drop these off." Bobby knew something was up, but he didn't quite know what. He took the vase and put it next to many others. Andrea handed the teddy bear to Lindsay who was staring in shock. She took the teddy bear and smiled. "Thank you." Andrea sat next to Lindsay's bed and Bobby watched, he wanted to know what was going on. "Anyways, we got off to a bad start. I'm sorry, I want to give you and Bobby my best. Your name is uhh... Lindsay right?" "Yeah, Ummm... thank you, listen if I knew you and Bobby were still toget--- " "No,no,no. Bobby and I aren't together, I was just jealous." "Oh." Lindsay knew Andrea wasn't happy for them, and she knew something was wrong, she could feel it. "Well, I'm overstaying my visit." She stood up, and looked at Bobby. "You take care of her Bobby. When you coming back to school?" "Whenever Lindsay is recovered and ready to go back." "Wow, that's a long time." Andrea was trying to hide the jealousy. "Yeah, my dad's gonna get our work and we will be all caught up." Bobby heard the jealousy but didn't say anything. "Oh, well take care. I'll see you around." She walked out. Bobby and Lindsay shared a weird glance at each other and then he walked back to her bedside. He held her hand and she smiled, he smiled back at her and they sat in a comfortable silence. Then Bobby looked at the teddy bear sitting in Lindsay's lap. He couldn't believe Andrea came by let alone get her a gift. Then Bobby remembered the stuffed animal he had picked out at the Halmark store the other day, he had asked his father to pick it up for him. It was a big life size carmel brown coloured teddy bear, with a red ribbion around its neck with a card attached. He got up and brought it out from the closet in Lindsay's hospital room, Lindsay was wondering what he was doing until she saw him trying to carry out the teddy bear. She smiled. "I got this for you. I had my dad pick it up the other day. I wanted to wait til you and I were alone to give it to you." He brought it over to her bed. "Awwwww... Bobby its so cute. I love it, thank you Bobby." He smiled because her face lit up and that was the first time he had seen her smile like that since he asked her to be his homecoming date. "You like it?" He already knew her answer. "I love it. I'm gonna name it too. I name all my stuffed animals." "So what are you gonna name it?" He sat next to her again. "Ummmmmm.........." She sat and thought for a minute. "Bobby." She smiled. "What?" He thought she was asking him a question. "No, no. That's what I am going to name the teddy bear." "Really?" He thought it was very sweet. "Yeah, see your my big teddy bear and this is a big teddy bear so it matches perfectly." She was smiling the whole time, so was he. "Linds, your so sweet. Thank you." He reached over to carefully hug her. "I don't want to hurt you." She clung to him, it hurt but she didn't care. "You won't. Don't worry, you could never hurt me." They embraced. Lindsay tensed up as she saw a police officer walk into her room. Bobby felt her tense and turned around. "I'm sorry to bother you two....but we found the knife that was used to stab you." Lindsay and Bobby froze. They looked at each other. Bobby spoke. "Where?" "Well that's the part we're trying to understand, we found the knife at your house, your mother allowed us to grab any evidence there may have been in your house for stuff that belongs to you that may help solve this case." Lindsay and Bobby couldn't move. "There's more. We printed the knife and results are back. The prints belonged to your mother."

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