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Chapter 5

The Thousandth Mile


"Yo, Miranda are you like gonna be ok?" Ethan asked as he was walking down the hallway and saw Miranda sitting against the wall crying quietly.


"Yea my best friend's in a coma, and they don't know if she'll live but everything is just peachy," Miranda snapped as she began sobbing again. She stood and started to run down the hall when Ethan grabbed her arm.


"She's gonna be okay, Lizzie is a fighter, she's gonna make it," he said as he hugged Miranda.


"I'm scared for her," Miranda whispered as she cried on his shoulder. She looked up at him and said through tears, "Gordo still hasn't made it here yet and he won't answer his cell phone, what if he doesn't get to say goodbye?" she said quietly and started crying again.


"Look at me, Miranda," he said as she looked up at him again, "She is going to be okay. All right?" Miranda just nodded as he dried her tears.


Miles away.........


"Hang on Lizzie, I'm coming," Gordo said to himself as he saw the road sign that said Hillridge: 10 miles.


Miles away.........


Dr. Wellings walked into Lizzie's room, quietly shutting the door behind him. "We have to wake her up somehow and fast. Is there anything you haven't done that you think might wake her up?" he asked.


"She's waiting on Gordo," Miranda suddenly whispered to herself, finally realizing what Lizzie was waiting for.


"What?" Dr. Wellings asked.


"She won't wake up until Gordo gets here, she's waiting on him."


"Well this, Gordo," Dr. Wellings said confused with the name of Gordo, "I mean this Gordo better get here fast or we could lose her. Do you know if he's on his way?"


"I called him a few hours ago, but now he won't answer his cell phone," she replied.


"Well try calling his cell phone or any other number you know to call to contact him. He needs to get her as soon as he can if she is waiting on him to wake up that is."


Miranda quickly began to ran into the hallway to use the pay phone again when Ethan handed her his cell phone. "Thanks," she whispered as she dialed Gordo's cell phone number. Unfortunately there was still no answer.


"If he doesn't get here soon we are going to have to do something else to try and wake her up," said Dr. Wellings.


A Mile Away.........


Gordo began to cry again as he passed the McGuire house, but quickly pulled himself together. "Come on Gordo, snap out of it she's gonna be okay, she's gonna be okay," he kept telling himself, praying with every breath that she was okay.


He saw the sign for Hillridge General Hospital and quickly pulled in to the parking lot. Not even bothering to grab his keys before he ran towards the hospital. He made his way to the front desk but before he got there he saw Kate at a pop machine, wait a second Kate? He half smiled to himself, ' I always new she didn't really hate Lizzie.' The thought of Lizzie immediately snapped him back into reality. "Kate!" he yelled across the hospital, causing everyone in the lobby to turn and look at him, but at this point he really didn't care.


"Gordo!" Kate yelled runnung towards him, You need to get up there right now!"


"Why?" He asked, panic in his voice.


"Just hurry and get up there she's on the top floor, room 114."


He ran towards the stairs deciding the elevator would take to long. He ran as fast as his legs would carry him up every flight of stairs. As soon as he passed the waiting room all the teens sitting there half asleep, suddenly woke and started cheering, Gordo stopped for half a second with a confused look on his face, not knowing that every person on the IC unit had been waiting for him to get there. He began running again towards Lizzie's room. As he opened the door and saw her lying there his eyes began to fill with tears again.


"Oh, thank God," Mrs. McGuire said and hugged him nearly knocking him off his feet.


As soon as she let go of him he walked to Lizzie's bed and took her hand, "Wake up, Lizzie please wake up," he pleaded through tears. He could suddenly feel her start to squeeze his hand, but she still wouldn't wake up. Finally he thought, 'She may never be able to hear me tell her I love her, but she has to know somehow.' He got up his courage and bent down and kissed her.

He could hear everyone in the room gasp. Then his attention was turned back to Lizzie and he saw her eyes begin to flutter open.

"Gordo?" she whispered.


"Good morning, sleeping beauty," he sad quietly. Suddenly they looked out the window and saw the hall filled with teenagers and nurses cheering. "Lizzie,I love you," Gordo finally said.


Everyone in the room and the hall held their breath as they waited to see what she would say in reply. After moments of complete silence Lizzie finally said what she had wanted to say since Rome, "I love you too, Gordo." With that the teens in the hall way began shouting as loud as they could and the nurses and Mrs. McGuire just looked at them with tears in there eyes.


"I saw that one coming," Miranda said standing next to Lizzie's bed, not to mention she was holding hands with Ethan at the same time. Everyone started laughing at this point.


"I guess I got my knight in shining armor after all," Lizzie said to her self with a smile.


THE END

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