CHAPTER 3: The Accident
Nicole was sitting in her locker room. She was getting ready to leave. When she went to put her cell phone away, it rang. "Hello?" She questioned.
"Hey sexy." A voice said.
"Who is this?"
"You'll find out soon enough." And with that, the person hung up.
Nicole got scared. She got the rest of her stuff together and went to leave when her phone rang again. It scared her so bad, she dropped her bag. She picked up the phone and got up the courage to confront the person on the other line.
"Look, I don't know who the hell you are, but you better leave me the hell alone!!!" Nicole shouted.
"Nic?" A familiar voice questioned.
"Matt? God, I'm sorry." Nicole apologized. "Someone called me, and it was creepy. Sorry."
"Nic, it's fine, but......"
"But what?" Nicole asked, suddenly scared again.
"It's uh, Jeff. He's hurt Nic."
The words hit her like a ton of bricks. She felt the air drain from her lungs. She managed to finally gasp out, "What? Jeffy?"
"Look, Nic, Chris is still at the arena. I called him and he's waiting for you." Matt explained. "He's gonna bring you here."
"Where's here?"
"The hospital." Nicole quickly hung up and found Chris Irvine. He drove her over to the hospital. When they got there, they got Jeff's room number.
"Room 218." The elderly nurse informed them. Chris thanked her, while Nicole darted for the room. When she got there, she stopped.
"Aren't you gonna go in?" Chris asked.
"I don't know if I can see him hurt." Nicole replied.
"Come on, you need to see him." Chris told her, nudging her forward. She obeyed and stepped in the room.
The first people she saw were Matt and Amy. Matt was sitting in a chair, by the bed, holding Jeff's hand. Amy sat on the bed, on the side of Jeff. Nicole then noticed Shane Helms sitting in the window sill. There were two people she didn't see.
"Where's Shan and Dad?" Nicole asked, waking everyone from their daze. She was referring to Shannon Moore and Matt and Jeff's father Gilbert, who Nicole thought of as her own father.
"Dad will be here tomorrow, hes gotta get a plane first. Shan will be here soon." Matt answered. He walked up to Nicole and hugged her. She followed him over to the hospital bed. Nicole took one look at Jeff and gasped.
He had a big white bandage on his head, cuts and bruises on his face, and an ace bandage on his left wrist. "Oh my god." Nicole whispered. She started crying and she felt strong arms wrap themselves around her. She turned around, into Matt's strong embrace.
"It's ok sis, he'll be fine." Matt said, while trying to hold back his own tears.
Nicole turned her head when she heard the door open. She attempted to smile when she saw Shannon walk in the room. He looked like he was going to cry too. Matt let go of Nicole and she walked over to Shannon and gave him a hug. He hugged her back, while a few tears fell down his face. He quickly regained his composure and turned to Matt, keeping one arm wrapped around Nicole. "What happened?" He asked.
"I don't know." Matt answered. "A cop found him outside of his car. He said it looked like someone had hit him in the head." Amy started crying and Matt quickly wrapped his arms around her to calm her down.
"Shane you ok?" Chris suddenly asked. Everyone had forgotten that the two of them were there, since they had been so quiet.
Shane turned his head and nodded. Nicole noticed that his face was wet. She quickly walked over to him and hugged him tightly. "Thanks shorty." He whispered. She nodded.
"So," Chris said breaking the ice, "We have to wait until Jeff wakes up to find out what happened?" Matt nodded.
Just then a nurse walked in the room. "I'm sorry everyone but visiting hours are over."
"Ma'am, I'm his family may I please stay?" Matt asked.
"Yes but only you. I'll go get you a blanket." Matt thanked her and she left. Matt said goodbye to all his friends, until he came to Nicole.
"Matty, I'm not leaving." Nicole said.
"Nic," Matt started, but he was cut off.
"You said it yourself, I'm your 'sister'. So I'm staying too. I care about Jeff as much as you."
"Yeah just not as a brother." Matt joked, smiling for the first time since Jeff's accident. Nicole smiled too.
"Does he know?" Nicole asked. Matt shook his head 'no'. Then the nurse walked in again.
"Ma'am, I'm sorry you're going to have to leave now." The nurse said politely.
"Actually miss, this is my little sister." Matt lied.
"Oh, ok I guess. But I don't have any more blankets."
"I don't need one." Nicole answered. The nurse nodded and left. Matt took his blanket and curled up in the chair, while Nicole climbed up on the hospital bed next to Jeff. She snuggled close and whispered, "I love you skittles." in Jeff's ear, hoping he would hear her. She then fell asleep. What neither Matt nor Nicole saw was the black shadow standing at the door.
A/N: Whaddya think? Good, scary, suspenseful? I'm trying my best at suspense here. There should be horror later. Who is this crazy stalker? Who killed Nicole's family? Are the stalker and the murderer the same person? R&R pretty please!!!? Thanx for the reviews so far! I appreciate it! :) Nicole***
