Fulton's POV
Portman and I have been spending allot of time at the hospital these past few days, since we're the only ones that are friends with both TJ and Luis. Dean's gone for a cup of coffee, I could use one too, but we agreed not to leave TJ alone. I'm starting to think that Luis, even with his current situation is fairing better then Tricia. The longer he stays unconscious the worse her condition grows. She isn't eating or sleeping and we're both starting to worry.
"Has she moved at all?" A hand comes down over my shoulder and a Styrofoam cup enters my view.
I shake my head taking the cup. "Nope, if Luis doesn't open his eyes soon, I don't what's going to happen to her.
"Yeah…" Portman's knees crack as he bends down beside me.
I turn my head and look at him and sigh. I don't know what I'd do if I was in Tricia-Jean's shoes. I think I'd probably be just as lost as she is, if anything ever happened to Portman.
"Maybe we should go in there and get her. She looks terrible."
"It's no use, I tried when you were in the cafeteria, she won't budge."
"Well if that be the case, I'll toss her over my shoulder Tarzan style and carry her out."
I nod and get up out of my chair. The rolls for the ICU are specific, you're only allowed to have two visitors in there at a time. However we do not care, therefore when one of the nurses gives me and my fellow Bash Brother pass into the room, neither of us stop and wait outside.
"Hey TJ, you wanna come for a walk." I put a hand on her shoulder and she shakes her head.
Dean sighs and suggests "Come on Teej, let's go get something for lunch, you look like you need to eat something."
"I'm not hungry." She whispers defiantly.
"Tricia, you can't just sit in here all day. It's not gonna help Luis, you getting sick." I know that's gruffer then Portman meant it to come out, but he has a hard with warm and fuzzy.
"I can't leave…I just know as soon as I walk away he's going to open those beautiful brown eyes." Her voice grows more desperate as she clutches Luis's bruised hand to her chest. "Please baby open your eyes."
This all I can take, I can't stand to see her like this. To see Luis like this, I have to get out of here and I'm TJ with me. "TJ, I'm not taking no for an answer let's go."
"Okay." She replies then turns to whisper to Luis. "Don't you leave me."
We were just to the door when another voice enters the conversation, a forth voice. One a weak, dull tone that declares. "I won't."
I feel my stomach summersault as Tricia-Jean vaults back to Luis's beside. He's awake, his eyes are open and he's staring at us. Though his eyes lack their usual luster and his face seems blank of almost all emotion, he's still our resident speedster.
"Hey guys, nice to see ya."
"It's good to see you awoke, dude." Portman smiled. "How ya feelin'?"
"Like my head's been split in half and Elmer's glued back together."
I laugh. "That's pretty much what happened. Do you remember anything about the accident?"
"Just that I was trying not to hit TJ." Mendoza reaches up and wipes a tear off TJ's face with his index finger.
Soon Tricia's fingers are brushing his forehead, her blue eyes watering uncontrollably. "I thought I'd lost you." She gulped. "I thought you were gone for good. You can't leave me Luis."
Luis flinches and pain flashes across his face. "We'll talk about this later okay? I'm so tired…"
"I think that's out cue to get out of here." Dean wraps an arm around my waste and I nod happily. "We'll see ya guys."
As we walk to the parking lot I turn to my boyfriend and ask. "Do you think they'll be alright?"
"Luis seems to be doing okay, I mean I'm not a doctor or anything but he's awake now. That's gotta be a good thing right? And I think TJ'll be doing allot better now that Luis is awake."
"That's not what I mean. I mean, the night of the accident, Luis broke up with her. I wonder what'll happen now?"
Portman looks at me shocked. "Mendoza broke up with her? After all he went through to get her to like him?"
"When he spent the weekend at her house, her father bribed him. He came to the rink looking for someone to talk too before he could figure out what to do. I was the only one around, so I got to be the lucky one."
"Wow, that sucks."
"Yeah. I don't think either of them can really deal with the stress of that right now, so I hope to God they don't try to talk about it. For Luis's health's sake, I hope TJ just lets it go."
Portman and I have been spending allot of time at the hospital these past few days, since we're the only ones that are friends with both TJ and Luis. Dean's gone for a cup of coffee, I could use one too, but we agreed not to leave TJ alone. I'm starting to think that Luis, even with his current situation is fairing better then Tricia. The longer he stays unconscious the worse her condition grows. She isn't eating or sleeping and we're both starting to worry.
"Has she moved at all?" A hand comes down over my shoulder and a Styrofoam cup enters my view.
I shake my head taking the cup. "Nope, if Luis doesn't open his eyes soon, I don't what's going to happen to her.
"Yeah…" Portman's knees crack as he bends down beside me.
I turn my head and look at him and sigh. I don't know what I'd do if I was in Tricia-Jean's shoes. I think I'd probably be just as lost as she is, if anything ever happened to Portman.
"Maybe we should go in there and get her. She looks terrible."
"It's no use, I tried when you were in the cafeteria, she won't budge."
"Well if that be the case, I'll toss her over my shoulder Tarzan style and carry her out."
I nod and get up out of my chair. The rolls for the ICU are specific, you're only allowed to have two visitors in there at a time. However we do not care, therefore when one of the nurses gives me and my fellow Bash Brother pass into the room, neither of us stop and wait outside.
"Hey TJ, you wanna come for a walk." I put a hand on her shoulder and she shakes her head.
Dean sighs and suggests "Come on Teej, let's go get something for lunch, you look like you need to eat something."
"I'm not hungry." She whispers defiantly.
"Tricia, you can't just sit in here all day. It's not gonna help Luis, you getting sick." I know that's gruffer then Portman meant it to come out, but he has a hard with warm and fuzzy.
"I can't leave…I just know as soon as I walk away he's going to open those beautiful brown eyes." Her voice grows more desperate as she clutches Luis's bruised hand to her chest. "Please baby open your eyes."
This all I can take, I can't stand to see her like this. To see Luis like this, I have to get out of here and I'm TJ with me. "TJ, I'm not taking no for an answer let's go."
"Okay." She replies then turns to whisper to Luis. "Don't you leave me."
We were just to the door when another voice enters the conversation, a forth voice. One a weak, dull tone that declares. "I won't."
I feel my stomach summersault as Tricia-Jean vaults back to Luis's beside. He's awake, his eyes are open and he's staring at us. Though his eyes lack their usual luster and his face seems blank of almost all emotion, he's still our resident speedster.
"Hey guys, nice to see ya."
"It's good to see you awoke, dude." Portman smiled. "How ya feelin'?"
"Like my head's been split in half and Elmer's glued back together."
I laugh. "That's pretty much what happened. Do you remember anything about the accident?"
"Just that I was trying not to hit TJ." Mendoza reaches up and wipes a tear off TJ's face with his index finger.
Soon Tricia's fingers are brushing his forehead, her blue eyes watering uncontrollably. "I thought I'd lost you." She gulped. "I thought you were gone for good. You can't leave me Luis."
Luis flinches and pain flashes across his face. "We'll talk about this later okay? I'm so tired…"
"I think that's out cue to get out of here." Dean wraps an arm around my waste and I nod happily. "We'll see ya guys."
As we walk to the parking lot I turn to my boyfriend and ask. "Do you think they'll be alright?"
"Luis seems to be doing okay, I mean I'm not a doctor or anything but he's awake now. That's gotta be a good thing right? And I think TJ'll be doing allot better now that Luis is awake."
"That's not what I mean. I mean, the night of the accident, Luis broke up with her. I wonder what'll happen now?"
Portman looks at me shocked. "Mendoza broke up with her? After all he went through to get her to like him?"
"When he spent the weekend at her house, her father bribed him. He came to the rink looking for someone to talk too before he could figure out what to do. I was the only one around, so I got to be the lucky one."
"Wow, that sucks."
"Yeah. I don't think either of them can really deal with the stress of that right now, so I hope to God they don't try to talk about it. For Luis's health's sake, I hope TJ just lets it go."