Title: Longing for Love Ch.7 - 8
Author: FallenAngel
Disclaimer: I do not claim to own any characters from TFATF, all other
characters are mine. I do not own the last name Draven either, it belongs
to the movie 'The Crow'.
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Chapter 7
When Vince made it to the living room, screaming as he laid Angel on the floor, Brian and Mia were flying down the steps, Dom and Letty following behind. The screaming had caused Jesse to fall off the couch in shock and Leon to jump from the chair he had been watching tv from.
"She's not breathing, help her!" Vince yelled to Brian.
"What the f*ck happened V?!" Leon asked, the fear in his voice very audible.
As Leon tried to find out what happened, Brian had begun CPR and chest compressions on Angel, while Mia was begging the 911 operator to hurry.
"She's breathing!" Brian yelled breathless.
The sirens blared, EMT's came in one after another. They put oxygen on Angel's face and hooked an IV to her arm. The EMT's were asking so many questions that Vince's head was swimming. Everyone was asking him what had happened.
"I DON'T KNOW!! Vince yelled, while holding his head in his hands and falling to his knees.
The EMT's placed Angel on the gurney and wheeled her out to the ambulance. Leon, Jesse, Brian, Mia and Letty followed them out the door, getting into their cars and following the ambulance to the hospital.
"C'mon brother, we have to go" Dom said, placing his hands on Vince's shoulders.
Dom helped Vince up off the floor and gothim into the car. They sped off and soon caught up with the others.
"V, brother, what happened?" Dom asked softly.
"I don't know Dom, I went to her room, she told me to come in, we talked a little, then she laid down holding her head, crying and begging for the pain to go away. She said her head was gonna explode, I thought it was the alcohol. I laid at the foot of the bed and watched her, but I must have fallen asleep. When I woke up, she wasn't moving, so I crawled up to her, when I said her name and turned her to face me, her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she quit breathing!" Vince explained through tears and fear.
"Ok brother, we'll let the doctor's find out what caused it" Dom said while placing a hand on V's shoulder.
The ambulance pulled into the ER bay, as the three cars passed it and parked. Everyone was out of the cars and to the ER doors before the EMT's could even get Angel out of the ambulance. They pulled her out and rushed through the doors, everyone followed.
Doctors and nurses came from every direction, hooking machines to Angel, taking blood pressure, listening to her chest, poking needles in her to get blood. Once the examination was done and the blood sent to the lab, a doctor came into the waiting room where the team was told to wait and explained to them that they were waiting for the blood test results.
"You have to help her Doc, she's all we got" Vince told the doctor softly.
Dom told the others about the conversation he and Vince had on the way there. No one could figure out why this had happened, then Mia jumped up and started pacing the waiting room. All she could think about was the bottle of pain pills Angel kept in her drawer next to the bed.
"What's wrong Mia?" Letty asked, concerned.
"I'm not sure. Letty, I have to check on something, if anyone asks, I'll be right back. Can I borrow your car Let?" Mia asked.
"Sure, anything" Letty answered as she handed the keys to Mia.
Mia left in a rush and headed for the house. When she got there, she ran in and up to Angel's room. Mia opened the drawer next to the bed and found the bottle of Vicodin Angel had kept there for pain. When she opened the bottle, there were only three pills left out of thirty. Mia knew Angel had just refilled her script for the drug and began to panic. She put the lid back on and raced down the steps, out the door and back in the car.
"God Angel, what have you done?" Mia said as she sped away.
Chapter 8
When Mia returned to the hospital, she saw the doctor talking with her family in the waiting room, so she joined them.
"What's going on?" Mia asked.
"I was explaining the results of the blood tests to your friends here" the doctor answered.
"So what's wrong with her Doc?" Vince asked, face filled with worry.
"Well we've found significant amounts of a drug in her system, that along with her blood alcohol level. Let's just say she's in serious condition" the doctor said in a low voice. "Now, has she been depressed or emotional lately?" he asked as he took notes.
Everyone looked at Vince then to each other.
"No, she hasn't" Mia spoke up "she just moved back here, maybe the stress of the move?" she added.
"I don't think this is stress related, to be honest, I was trying to ask in a discreet way if she may be suicidal" the doctor said, curious to hear the answer.
"Suicidal?!?! No Way!" Leon yelled.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you" the doctor said.
"Doctor, the patient is waking up" a nurse informed.
"Thank you nurse" he replied.
Everyones faces lit up, and you could hear the sighs of relief.
"Can we see her Doc, please?" Vince asked.
"Not yet, let me check her out, then I'll send the nurse for you" the doctor answered.
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Angel opened her eyes and tried to sit up, but her ehad wouldn't let her, it was still pounding and she tried not to cry out in pain.
"Well Miss. Draven, you've decided to return to the land of the living" the doctor said cheerfully.
"Where am I?" she asked, looking around.
"You're in the hospital, we would like to keep you overnight and run some more tests though" the doctor demanded.
"No thanks, I think I'll go home, why the hell am I here anyway?" Angel asked, confused.
"You don't remember?" he asked.
"All I remember is drinking too much and getting a killer migrane that wouldn't go away" she said.
"It was a killer alright, if it hadn't been for your friends, you wouldn't be here right now" he said concerned. "do you remember taking anything for your migrane Miss. Draven?" he asked
"I think I did, I have the a script for Vicodin I had gotten for the headaches" she answered.
"Do you remember taking any though?"
"Not really, sorry, it's all kinda blurry" she said, rubbing her temples.
"Ok Miss. Draven, I'll check on you later, you have some visitors waiting" he said as he left the room.
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Mia pulled Letty aside and told her what she had found, neither of them believed Angel would try to harm herself, there had to be a good explanation for all of this.
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Leon was first in the room. He ran to Angel's side and grabbed her hand, giving it a gentle kiss.
"Are you ok baby, feel any better?" he asked.
"I'm fine Leon, it's just a migrane" she said.
"Just a migrane? You stopped breathing on me. I'm not a doctor, but I don't think a migrane causes that" Vince growled.
"How do you know what happened V?" she asked confused.
"Angel, if V hadn't been in your room, you would be dead right now" Leon informed her, tears welling in his eyes.
"What do mean dead, all I did was drink too damn much!" she yelled while gripping her head. "what the hell happened V?"
Vince explained to her the events that led up to calling 911. Angel's eyes grew wider as he went on further and further, then the tears came. She couldn't believe what she was hearing, but more important, she couldn't believe the pain in Vince's voice and the tears welling in his own eyes as he finished.
"Ok, so why were you in my room again?" Angel asked.
"We needed to talk, that's why I was there, I stayed because, I wanted to be near you" he said in a whisper.
Everyones jaws hit the floor. They couldn't believe what had just come out of Vince's mouth.
"Well it's about damn time you expressed some feeling for her!" Jesse yelled. "Why couldn't you have done it sooner, maybe she wouldn't have drank so damn much?"
"I know I should have said something sooner Jess, I'm sorry" Vince said softly as he sat in the chair next to Dom, head in hands.
"Wait a damn minute!" Angel said angrily "you all think I tried to commit suicide don't you?"
"That's how the doctor put it sweetie" Mia said embarassed she could ever think it.
"Oh my god! This isn't happening, if I wanted to commit suicide I would wrap my car around a f*ckin' pole for sh*t sake!" Angel yelled. "I'm sorry Mia. yes I DO love Vince with all my heart , but there's no damn way in hell I would ever OD just because he doesn't know how to treat me"
"Thank god for that" Dom added.
"I can't believe you guys thought I would do something like that" Angel said looking at each of them.
"Then why did you take so many pills?" Jesse sobbed.
"Jesse, sweetheart, come here" she said.
Jesse made his way to her as Angel patted a spot on the bed next to her. When Jesse sat down, Angel held him close to her.
"Jess, I was wasted, when I went to my room, my head started pounding, bad. You know I can't handle the migranes, so I got the bottle and took a few pills to get rid of it. Honestly, I don't remember taking any more after that. Jess, look at me, I've told you over and over again, I'm not going to leave you little brother" she said, looking deep into his eyes.
"So how many do you THINK you took Angel?" Mia asked.
"Oh god Mi, I'm not sure, why?" she answered.
"Well sweetie, theres only three pills left in the bottle you just refilled" Mia said, holding the bottle for her to see.
"WHAT!? NO WAY!" Angel screamed Chr*st, no wonder you all thought I tried to kill myself!"
"Mia, where did you get that?" Dom demanded.
"I went back to the house to check on a hunch and this is what I found" she answered.
"Why the hell didn't you tell us?" Vince asked.
"Because I knew there was a damn good explanation as to why there were only 3 left V" Mia snapped "Angel just gave us the explanation, and further more Vince, I happen to know her better than you do, remember that!"
Vince gave her a hurtful look and left the room.
"Mia, don't you think you were a little rough on him?" Dom asked.
"No, I don't Dominic, he needs to get his head out of his ass and realize what he has here AND learn how to treat her right!" she said and walked over to Angel.
Dom left the room to find Vince sulking in the hallway.
"She's right Dom, Mia is right, I need to get my head outta my ass and prove to Angel how much I love and care about her, instead of being an idiot" Vince said.
"Then get off your ass, go in there and show her!" Dom said with a grin.
"Yeah right, everyone will think I lost my ever lovin' mind if I go in there and lay one on her" Vince replied.
"No they won't, we're not stupid V, we all know how you feel about her and we all agree you should do something about it, so go in there and show her!" Dom demanded.
Vince and Dom walked back into Angel's room. Jesse and Leon were on their way out to get something to eat. Mia and Letty were standing next to Angel's bed giggling about something Angel had said.
"What are you two laughing about?" Dom asked, smiling.
"Oh nothing, Angel doesn't like her gown" Letty said laughing.
"Yeah well, you try to get up when you have a ninety foot long piece of sh*t on, see how you like it" Angel said as she tried to free herself from the gowns clutches. "F*ck, I gotta p*ss! Get this thing off me"
When Angel stood to head for the bathroom, she was face to chest with Vince. He leaned down and planted the most sensuous kiss on her she had ever experienced.
"What was that for?" Angel asked surprised, knees shaking.
"I guess it's my way of showing you that I'm sorry for treating you like sh*t for so long" Vince whispered in her ear.
"It's gonna take a lot more than a hot kiss V" she whispered back.
Angel gently pushed passed Vince.
"Nice ass" Vince said with a sly grin.
"It is, isn't it" Angel replied, winking at him.
Angel retreated into the bathroom, when she was finished, she returned to her bed, not with the gown on, but her t-shirt and thong. Everyones mouths hit the floor, especially Leon and Jesse's, who had just walked in with their food.
"Ah, much better" she said "what? you're all looking at me like I did something wrong"
"Uh, no sweetie, it's just you went in with a gown and came out with a thong is all" Mia said laughing.
"Sorry, this is more comfortable" Angel said with a wink.
"Where the hell is that damn doctor? I wanna go home" Angel demanded.
"I'll go get him" Jesse said as he ran into the doorjam.
"So, do you think he'll let you come home with us" Letty asked.
"I know he will, Im not staying here. Hell I can have my headahces at home, maybe he'll change my meds" Angel replied.
"If he says you have to stay, you're stayin'" Vince added.
"Oh ya think? I'll just pull a jail break" Angel said laughing "besides my head is feeling A LOT better now" she added.
Mia was sitting in the chair watching Angel's every move, she knew her happy attitude was fake, she would get to the bottom of it when they got home.
"Here he is" Jesse said as the doctor followed him into the room.
"Ok Miss. Draven, you can go home, but I want you to stay away from the Vicodin for a while. I've written you a new script, this should help with the headaches. I want to see you in my office in two weeks, no later." the doctor demanded.
"Yes sir, I'll see you in two weeks" Angel agreed.
"And Miss. Draven, NO alcohol until further notice, none!" he added sharply.
"Agreed" Angel said "gimme my jeans please, Im outta here"
Everyone gathered their things and walked Angel to the cars. Dom handed Vince his keys and told him to take Angel in his car, that he would ride with Letty and Mia. With everyone in their designated rides, they took off, heading for home.
Chapter 7
When Vince made it to the living room, screaming as he laid Angel on the floor, Brian and Mia were flying down the steps, Dom and Letty following behind. The screaming had caused Jesse to fall off the couch in shock and Leon to jump from the chair he had been watching tv from.
"She's not breathing, help her!" Vince yelled to Brian.
"What the f*ck happened V?!" Leon asked, the fear in his voice very audible.
As Leon tried to find out what happened, Brian had begun CPR and chest compressions on Angel, while Mia was begging the 911 operator to hurry.
"She's breathing!" Brian yelled breathless.
The sirens blared, EMT's came in one after another. They put oxygen on Angel's face and hooked an IV to her arm. The EMT's were asking so many questions that Vince's head was swimming. Everyone was asking him what had happened.
"I DON'T KNOW!! Vince yelled, while holding his head in his hands and falling to his knees.
The EMT's placed Angel on the gurney and wheeled her out to the ambulance. Leon, Jesse, Brian, Mia and Letty followed them out the door, getting into their cars and following the ambulance to the hospital.
"C'mon brother, we have to go" Dom said, placing his hands on Vince's shoulders.
Dom helped Vince up off the floor and gothim into the car. They sped off and soon caught up with the others.
"V, brother, what happened?" Dom asked softly.
"I don't know Dom, I went to her room, she told me to come in, we talked a little, then she laid down holding her head, crying and begging for the pain to go away. She said her head was gonna explode, I thought it was the alcohol. I laid at the foot of the bed and watched her, but I must have fallen asleep. When I woke up, she wasn't moving, so I crawled up to her, when I said her name and turned her to face me, her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she quit breathing!" Vince explained through tears and fear.
"Ok brother, we'll let the doctor's find out what caused it" Dom said while placing a hand on V's shoulder.
The ambulance pulled into the ER bay, as the three cars passed it and parked. Everyone was out of the cars and to the ER doors before the EMT's could even get Angel out of the ambulance. They pulled her out and rushed through the doors, everyone followed.
Doctors and nurses came from every direction, hooking machines to Angel, taking blood pressure, listening to her chest, poking needles in her to get blood. Once the examination was done and the blood sent to the lab, a doctor came into the waiting room where the team was told to wait and explained to them that they were waiting for the blood test results.
"You have to help her Doc, she's all we got" Vince told the doctor softly.
Dom told the others about the conversation he and Vince had on the way there. No one could figure out why this had happened, then Mia jumped up and started pacing the waiting room. All she could think about was the bottle of pain pills Angel kept in her drawer next to the bed.
"What's wrong Mia?" Letty asked, concerned.
"I'm not sure. Letty, I have to check on something, if anyone asks, I'll be right back. Can I borrow your car Let?" Mia asked.
"Sure, anything" Letty answered as she handed the keys to Mia.
Mia left in a rush and headed for the house. When she got there, she ran in and up to Angel's room. Mia opened the drawer next to the bed and found the bottle of Vicodin Angel had kept there for pain. When she opened the bottle, there were only three pills left out of thirty. Mia knew Angel had just refilled her script for the drug and began to panic. She put the lid back on and raced down the steps, out the door and back in the car.
"God Angel, what have you done?" Mia said as she sped away.
Chapter 8
When Mia returned to the hospital, she saw the doctor talking with her family in the waiting room, so she joined them.
"What's going on?" Mia asked.
"I was explaining the results of the blood tests to your friends here" the doctor answered.
"So what's wrong with her Doc?" Vince asked, face filled with worry.
"Well we've found significant amounts of a drug in her system, that along with her blood alcohol level. Let's just say she's in serious condition" the doctor said in a low voice. "Now, has she been depressed or emotional lately?" he asked as he took notes.
Everyone looked at Vince then to each other.
"No, she hasn't" Mia spoke up "she just moved back here, maybe the stress of the move?" she added.
"I don't think this is stress related, to be honest, I was trying to ask in a discreet way if she may be suicidal" the doctor said, curious to hear the answer.
"Suicidal?!?! No Way!" Leon yelled.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you" the doctor said.
"Doctor, the patient is waking up" a nurse informed.
"Thank you nurse" he replied.
Everyones faces lit up, and you could hear the sighs of relief.
"Can we see her Doc, please?" Vince asked.
"Not yet, let me check her out, then I'll send the nurse for you" the doctor answered.
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Angel opened her eyes and tried to sit up, but her ehad wouldn't let her, it was still pounding and she tried not to cry out in pain.
"Well Miss. Draven, you've decided to return to the land of the living" the doctor said cheerfully.
"Where am I?" she asked, looking around.
"You're in the hospital, we would like to keep you overnight and run some more tests though" the doctor demanded.
"No thanks, I think I'll go home, why the hell am I here anyway?" Angel asked, confused.
"You don't remember?" he asked.
"All I remember is drinking too much and getting a killer migrane that wouldn't go away" she said.
"It was a killer alright, if it hadn't been for your friends, you wouldn't be here right now" he said concerned. "do you remember taking anything for your migrane Miss. Draven?" he asked
"I think I did, I have the a script for Vicodin I had gotten for the headaches" she answered.
"Do you remember taking any though?"
"Not really, sorry, it's all kinda blurry" she said, rubbing her temples.
"Ok Miss. Draven, I'll check on you later, you have some visitors waiting" he said as he left the room.
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Mia pulled Letty aside and told her what she had found, neither of them believed Angel would try to harm herself, there had to be a good explanation for all of this.
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Leon was first in the room. He ran to Angel's side and grabbed her hand, giving it a gentle kiss.
"Are you ok baby, feel any better?" he asked.
"I'm fine Leon, it's just a migrane" she said.
"Just a migrane? You stopped breathing on me. I'm not a doctor, but I don't think a migrane causes that" Vince growled.
"How do you know what happened V?" she asked confused.
"Angel, if V hadn't been in your room, you would be dead right now" Leon informed her, tears welling in his eyes.
"What do mean dead, all I did was drink too damn much!" she yelled while gripping her head. "what the hell happened V?"
Vince explained to her the events that led up to calling 911. Angel's eyes grew wider as he went on further and further, then the tears came. She couldn't believe what she was hearing, but more important, she couldn't believe the pain in Vince's voice and the tears welling in his own eyes as he finished.
"Ok, so why were you in my room again?" Angel asked.
"We needed to talk, that's why I was there, I stayed because, I wanted to be near you" he said in a whisper.
Everyones jaws hit the floor. They couldn't believe what had just come out of Vince's mouth.
"Well it's about damn time you expressed some feeling for her!" Jesse yelled. "Why couldn't you have done it sooner, maybe she wouldn't have drank so damn much?"
"I know I should have said something sooner Jess, I'm sorry" Vince said softly as he sat in the chair next to Dom, head in hands.
"Wait a damn minute!" Angel said angrily "you all think I tried to commit suicide don't you?"
"That's how the doctor put it sweetie" Mia said embarassed she could ever think it.
"Oh my god! This isn't happening, if I wanted to commit suicide I would wrap my car around a f*ckin' pole for sh*t sake!" Angel yelled. "I'm sorry Mia. yes I DO love Vince with all my heart , but there's no damn way in hell I would ever OD just because he doesn't know how to treat me"
"Thank god for that" Dom added.
"I can't believe you guys thought I would do something like that" Angel said looking at each of them.
"Then why did you take so many pills?" Jesse sobbed.
"Jesse, sweetheart, come here" she said.
Jesse made his way to her as Angel patted a spot on the bed next to her. When Jesse sat down, Angel held him close to her.
"Jess, I was wasted, when I went to my room, my head started pounding, bad. You know I can't handle the migranes, so I got the bottle and took a few pills to get rid of it. Honestly, I don't remember taking any more after that. Jess, look at me, I've told you over and over again, I'm not going to leave you little brother" she said, looking deep into his eyes.
"So how many do you THINK you took Angel?" Mia asked.
"Oh god Mi, I'm not sure, why?" she answered.
"Well sweetie, theres only three pills left in the bottle you just refilled" Mia said, holding the bottle for her to see.
"WHAT!? NO WAY!" Angel screamed Chr*st, no wonder you all thought I tried to kill myself!"
"Mia, where did you get that?" Dom demanded.
"I went back to the house to check on a hunch and this is what I found" she answered.
"Why the hell didn't you tell us?" Vince asked.
"Because I knew there was a damn good explanation as to why there were only 3 left V" Mia snapped "Angel just gave us the explanation, and further more Vince, I happen to know her better than you do, remember that!"
Vince gave her a hurtful look and left the room.
"Mia, don't you think you were a little rough on him?" Dom asked.
"No, I don't Dominic, he needs to get his head out of his ass and realize what he has here AND learn how to treat her right!" she said and walked over to Angel.
Dom left the room to find Vince sulking in the hallway.
"She's right Dom, Mia is right, I need to get my head outta my ass and prove to Angel how much I love and care about her, instead of being an idiot" Vince said.
"Then get off your ass, go in there and show her!" Dom said with a grin.
"Yeah right, everyone will think I lost my ever lovin' mind if I go in there and lay one on her" Vince replied.
"No they won't, we're not stupid V, we all know how you feel about her and we all agree you should do something about it, so go in there and show her!" Dom demanded.
Vince and Dom walked back into Angel's room. Jesse and Leon were on their way out to get something to eat. Mia and Letty were standing next to Angel's bed giggling about something Angel had said.
"What are you two laughing about?" Dom asked, smiling.
"Oh nothing, Angel doesn't like her gown" Letty said laughing.
"Yeah well, you try to get up when you have a ninety foot long piece of sh*t on, see how you like it" Angel said as she tried to free herself from the gowns clutches. "F*ck, I gotta p*ss! Get this thing off me"
When Angel stood to head for the bathroom, she was face to chest with Vince. He leaned down and planted the most sensuous kiss on her she had ever experienced.
"What was that for?" Angel asked surprised, knees shaking.
"I guess it's my way of showing you that I'm sorry for treating you like sh*t for so long" Vince whispered in her ear.
"It's gonna take a lot more than a hot kiss V" she whispered back.
Angel gently pushed passed Vince.
"Nice ass" Vince said with a sly grin.
"It is, isn't it" Angel replied, winking at him.
Angel retreated into the bathroom, when she was finished, she returned to her bed, not with the gown on, but her t-shirt and thong. Everyones mouths hit the floor, especially Leon and Jesse's, who had just walked in with their food.
"Ah, much better" she said "what? you're all looking at me like I did something wrong"
"Uh, no sweetie, it's just you went in with a gown and came out with a thong is all" Mia said laughing.
"Sorry, this is more comfortable" Angel said with a wink.
"Where the hell is that damn doctor? I wanna go home" Angel demanded.
"I'll go get him" Jesse said as he ran into the doorjam.
"So, do you think he'll let you come home with us" Letty asked.
"I know he will, Im not staying here. Hell I can have my headahces at home, maybe he'll change my meds" Angel replied.
"If he says you have to stay, you're stayin'" Vince added.
"Oh ya think? I'll just pull a jail break" Angel said laughing "besides my head is feeling A LOT better now" she added.
Mia was sitting in the chair watching Angel's every move, she knew her happy attitude was fake, she would get to the bottom of it when they got home.
"Here he is" Jesse said as the doctor followed him into the room.
"Ok Miss. Draven, you can go home, but I want you to stay away from the Vicodin for a while. I've written you a new script, this should help with the headaches. I want to see you in my office in two weeks, no later." the doctor demanded.
"Yes sir, I'll see you in two weeks" Angel agreed.
"And Miss. Draven, NO alcohol until further notice, none!" he added sharply.
"Agreed" Angel said "gimme my jeans please, Im outta here"
Everyone gathered their things and walked Angel to the cars. Dom handed Vince his keys and told him to take Angel in his car, that he would ride with Letty and Mia. With everyone in their designated rides, they took off, heading for home.