CHAPTER 28: Visit
"Hey Jeff." Shane greeted, walking into Jeff's room with Shannon.
"Hey." Jeff greeted, giving them both slight smiles.
"How do you feel?" Shannon asked.
Jeff sighed. "My head is killing me, my brother knows something I don't, and my girlfriend is fighting for her life, all in all, im pretty peachy." He finished sarcastically.
"Man, we were just trying to make conversation." Shane pointed out.
Jeff nodded. "I know, but I'm honestly not in the mood."
The three sat in silence until Matt walked in the room. Jeff instantly looked up.
"Jeff, I talked to the doctors." Matt started.
"And?"
"And, you can see her if you let them put you in a wheelchair."
Jeff sighed and nodded. "As long as I can see her."
"Yeah. I'm gonna go get the wheelchair."
Jeff watched his brother leave, then he turned his attention back to Shannon and Shane. "Have you guys seen her?" He asked quietly.
Shane replied. "We saw her through the window, but we haven't been in to see her."
"How bad is she?"
"Pretty bad." Shannon replied truthfully.
"Okay, let's go." Matt said, walking back in the room. Shannon and Shane helped Jeff sit up and get in the wheelchair. Once he was in, Matt started to wheel him towards Nicole's room.
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"Turn there." Chris instructed Jay, who was driving. Jay turned and kept driving.
Adam looked at Chris, who was in the back seat. "Are you sure you know where we're going?"
Chris nodded. "Yeah, when he called me, he knew exactly where I was, so he must be close."
"If you say so." Jay responded.
They continued to drive until Chris told them to stop. "I found her right here." Chris said, getting out of the car.
Following closely behind, Adam asked, 'Are you sure you found her right here?"
"Positive." Was the response as the three blonde men started looking for anything unusual.
"Hey look." Jay said after a few minutes. Chris and Adam followed his gaze to an alleyway a little ways down from them.
"What about it?" Adam asked.
"I just saw something, why would someone be back there?"
Chris shrugged. "We won't know, unless we check."
Jay and Adam nodded and started walking. They slowly walked down the alley, noticing a man standing at the end. As the got closer, they heard him talking to himself.
Raising a finger to his lips, Chris listened closely, while still slowly walking closer to the man. Adam and Jay followed closely behind, tip toeing to be as quiet as possible.
Not hearing anyone around him, the man started praising himself. "Aw, poor baby." He said quietly. "And they're all so worried about her. Aw, what if she doesn't wake up? Oh, she'll wake up, and when she does, I'll be there to get her back."
Chris looked over to Adam, and pointed to the man, mouthing 'It's him.' Adam and Jay both nodded.
Chris smirked evilly and tapped the man on the shoulder. When he turned around, he was met with Chris's fist.
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Amy wiped the tears from her eye when she heard the doorknob to Nicole's hospital room turning.
"Hey Ames." Matt greeted quietly. She faked a smile at him, Shannon, and Shane. She looked at Jeff, but she realized that he wasn't even paying attention to her. He only had his eyes on Nicole.
Matt also noticed where Jeff's attention was. He wheeled him over to Nicole's bed and backed away.
Jeff reached out and took Nicole's hand in his own. "Hey babygirl." He whispered.
Amy made her way to Matt. She pulled him to the side and whispered, "Matt, we really need to talk."
"What's wrong?" Matt asked, concern in his eyes.
"I have to tell all of you, I can't tell you first."
Matt nodded. "Well, I have something to tell all of you too. And it might be able to help us."
Amy nodded and leaned her head on Matt's shoulder as they watched Jeff and Nicole.
"Baby, you have to wake up." Jeff whispered, gently stroking Nicole's hand with his fingers. "I need you here. I love you." Wiping away the tears at his eyes, Jeff continued. "Look baby, whoever hurt you will pay. I will make him pay. I just need you to come back to me." Jeff looked over at Amy, Matt, Shannon, and Shane, giving them all slight smiles.
"Jeffy?" Jeff's head spun around quickly, looking down at the petite brunette in front of him.
"N..Nickie?" Jeff stammered.
"Where am I?" Nicole asked, her voice weak.
"In the hospital, you were hurt." Jeff replied, running his hand over her cheek. "I'm so glad you're okay babygirl."
"Me too Jeffy. I couldn't lose you." Nicole responded, placing her hand on top of Jeff's. Nicole smiled and looked at her friends. "Hey guys." She said softly.
"Hey shorty." Shane said, smiling.
"Hey Nic." Shannon replied.
Matt and Amy smiled at her. "I'm glad you're okay Nic, cuz someone's on their way here to see you." Matt said smiling.
Everyone gave him a confused look to which he just smiled at. "Who?" Nicole asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Someone who thinks they know who's responsible for all this shit that's been happening." Matt replied. As soon as he finished his sentence, there was a knock on the door. Matt smiled and opened the door.
Nicole gasped at the person she saw. She swallowed and finally asked, "Brit?"
A/N: This chapter wasn't really sad. Next chaper will be sadder, cuz that's when Amy will tell the bad news. So, thanks for the reviews so far, hope you liked this chapter! :)Nicole***
