Chapter Four: Alexander Griffin.
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The last thing I saw was the green truck. I had blacked out.
I woke up to someone's horn blowing. I could hear someone screaming at somebody to call the 911. I could hear, but my sight was a little fuzzy. I tried to move and discovered my arm and leg hurt badly, as well as my chest. It was too painful to move so I looked around. I made out a person in my window telling me not to worry that help was on its way. I turned my head and my I saw the green truck again.
Then it hit me. Green truck? I hit a green truck? I screamed.
"HELP!!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The person came back to the car and said, "What's wrong?"
"The truck, the truck! What does the truck say?"
The person looked at me funny then looked at the truck and stuttered, "Ramon's Italian Family Restaurant. Are you sure you don't need help? I'll make sure the paramedics come to you first."
"NO! NO! Make them go to her!"
He gave me another funny look, shocked that I was so insistent that it was a girl.
I sat trying not to move, numb with despair. I hit Gia, I hit her car. She's probably dying because of me. I thought this was starting out as a good day. Where the hell is that stupid dog I didn't want to hit? I heard the sirens of the first ambulance and watched as they ran to help Gia. Another one soon followed came to my aid.
"Are you hurt sir?"
I looked at this man with complete astonishment.
"Sorry, that was a stupid question."
"Hell it was. How's the girl in the other car?"
The man looked over at the truck as he opened the door to help to put a neck brace on me. "Uh...I don't know, I'll find out for you. But now I have to make sure you`re okay-"
"I know I'm fine, all I care about is whether she is."
"Sir, you might have internal bleeding for all I know, I have to help you now. What's Your name?"
I grunted and said, "Alexander."
"Alex okay?" I nodded as much as I could as he tried to undo my seat belt. "What's the girls name-?"
"GIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
I heard two simultaneous calls of her name and I looked out the window and saw two blurred visions of Roxy and Hawk running down the sidewalk towards Gia`s truck. They were almost there but got stopped by a policeman and caution tape. They yelled inaudible things at him and begged to be let by. The policeman tried to calm them down when a paramedic came and talked to them both and took them with him. He told them something and Hawk began dialing his cell phone. Roxy was looking into the truck and watched, tears running down her cheek as the paramedics managed to get Gia on a stretcher. A helicopter was landing in a nearby field and they pushed the stretcher with Roxy and Hawk following.
My heart stopped when I caught a glimpse of Gia on the stretcher. She was lifeless. A hand lay off of the stretcher and was covered with blood. Her eyes were closed, she wasn't moving. Roxy picked up her hand and placed it on her chest. They got in the helicopter, as I was being place onto the stretcher.
I was numb, too numb to think. I was in pain, and not pain from my injuries. As I was placed in the ambulance, I began to cry.
"I'm sorry did that hurt?" the paramedic asked me.
I looked at him through the blur of tears in my eyes, "Did what hurt?"
"When I pressed here." Ironically, he had pressed my chest directly above my heart. More tears came, "Yes, extremely. But there is nothing you could do to fix it."
He gave me a puzzled look, and I cried the rest of the way to the hospital.
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"This is the second victim from the accident on 7th street?"
"Yes. Right arm fractured in two places as well as left leg. Also three broken ribs, and a bruise on the left collar bone from the seat belt."
"Wow, he's lucky compared to the other victim. Is he able to communicate?"
"Yes. Smart boy, told a witness to help the other victim first."
"If he hadn't she'd be dead by now. What's his name?"
"Alexander Griffin."
"Any family?"
"A mom and a sister from the looks of his wallet."
"Did you call them?"
"On my way."
I heard the conversation between the doctor and nurse as I lay with my eyes closed in a hospital bed. The doctor was soon by me and I opened my eyes.
She smiled, "Good evening, Mr. Griffin."
"What's so good about it?"
She smiled sweetly, "Mr. Griffin, do you know where you are?"
"In a hospital."
"Good, no signs of delusion. Mr. Griffin, you were involved in a crash earlier today. You are in no serious danger but we still need to run some tests just to make sure. I-."
"Gia. Is she okay?"
She curiously looked at me and said, "Who's Gia?"
"The girl, in the truck, I hit her."
Her face softened with sympathy and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Griffin. I'm not able to give out information of my other patients."
I sat up quickly, "All I want to know is if she's okay!!!!"
She sighed, shifted her feet and said, "For the time being. Now please sit back down."
I sat back down, for the time being. She's only okay for the time being.
"Mr. Griffin, I know this must be very hard for you but I see that you have some recollection of the accident. There are two policemen sitting in the waiting room who would like to report your side of the story, if you're able to speak right now."
I finally realized my true surroundings and discovered I was lying in a hallway.
"Why am I in a hallway?"
"We're waiting to put you in a room for the night. It takes awhile for news to travel in this place." She paused and looked around, "Are you willing to talk to the police now?"
I nodded. She began to walk away and spoke to two policemen and guided them towards me.
"Mr. Griffin, my name is Officer Smith and this is Officer Grim," the other nodded at me, "We need your account of the accident for our report. Are you willing to answer our questions now?"
I nodded. Everyone seemed to be doing a lot of nodding in here. Seemed to be a lot of it when any one is hurt. They spent the next twenty minutes asking every question every thought of in order to get the most accurate account possible of the accident.
Around the time they were finished, my mom ran into the ER.
"ALEX!!!!!!!!! ALEX!!!!!!!!"
She ran to me with my little sister following behind her.
"Oh my god Alex! Baby, are you okay?"
She grabbed me and gave me a hug and didn't let go for what felt like eternity. But I didn't mind, I needed her comfort.
My little sister, West, smiled at me and patted my arm.
"Hey Lil' Squirt."
"Hey Big Squirt."
"The doctor told me you got scratched up pretty bad, how are you feeling?"
"I'm fine. I think they gave me morphine or something."
"Morphine or something. Apparently you are very aware of your medical terms." Said my sister teasingly.
"Can it West."
My mom smoothed the sheet on my bed and said, "Why are you in a hallway?"
"They're in the process of moving me. I guess I was somewhere else when I was asleep. I didn't even know I fell asleep."
"So, they said there was a girl involved in the accident. They said you knew it was a girl, and you wanted them to help her first. They said it most likely saved her life. Did you know her?"
I looked at my mom sadly, "Yeah, she was our classes secretary."
"Was? You don't mean she-?"
"No. They told me she was okay, for the time being."
My mom ruffled my hair and kissed my forehead.
Just then we heard a painful scream. I looked down the hallway and saw a women sitting on the floor and man rubbing her back. She kept screaming, "No, no Jesus. Not my baby, not my baby. Don`t take my baby!"
Then I recognized two figures kneeling on the floor with them. The girl looked at the women and said something and the women collapsed onto her shoulder in gasping sobs. The other figure was a boy and he rubbed the girls back as the man rubbed the woman's.
Each one had a trail of tears glistening on their cheeks.
The boy and girl were Hawk and Roxy.
They were crying over Gia.
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A/N: I think I have a fetish for cliffhangers or something. Oh well. Aren't you guys proud of me? I got it out so soon! And Chapter Five will be out soon also. Hmm, maybe sooner since it's spring break and my life is oh so uneventful. Now for notes to individual reviewers.
I Have Pink Hair- Thank you! I love your pink hair and I will "Write on!" Maybe we can start a union or something and our slogan will be, "Write on!"... Hmm.? No? Oh well...it was worth a shot.
Mystic Rider- I loved your notes! They made me giggle. You won't necessarily have to remember all the names. I think I'll give a lil bio with them, you know? I try to be funny, and I'm sorry you think the blue car is evil. Some would say quite the opposite seeing as Alex was in it. He's not devious, or at least I haven't planned it that way.... don't worry he won't be! So, you're like my fish since I have you hook, line and sinker right? Can I put you in a tank and call you Frendle the paperclip?
Ahh, so this is the end. As Strong bad would say, "lets not mince words. I love you guys!"
And I do! Until the next chapter! 3 Chel
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The last thing I saw was the green truck. I had blacked out.
I woke up to someone's horn blowing. I could hear someone screaming at somebody to call the 911. I could hear, but my sight was a little fuzzy. I tried to move and discovered my arm and leg hurt badly, as well as my chest. It was too painful to move so I looked around. I made out a person in my window telling me not to worry that help was on its way. I turned my head and my I saw the green truck again.
Then it hit me. Green truck? I hit a green truck? I screamed.
"HELP!!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The person came back to the car and said, "What's wrong?"
"The truck, the truck! What does the truck say?"
The person looked at me funny then looked at the truck and stuttered, "Ramon's Italian Family Restaurant. Are you sure you don't need help? I'll make sure the paramedics come to you first."
"NO! NO! Make them go to her!"
He gave me another funny look, shocked that I was so insistent that it was a girl.
I sat trying not to move, numb with despair. I hit Gia, I hit her car. She's probably dying because of me. I thought this was starting out as a good day. Where the hell is that stupid dog I didn't want to hit? I heard the sirens of the first ambulance and watched as they ran to help Gia. Another one soon followed came to my aid.
"Are you hurt sir?"
I looked at this man with complete astonishment.
"Sorry, that was a stupid question."
"Hell it was. How's the girl in the other car?"
The man looked over at the truck as he opened the door to help to put a neck brace on me. "Uh...I don't know, I'll find out for you. But now I have to make sure you`re okay-"
"I know I'm fine, all I care about is whether she is."
"Sir, you might have internal bleeding for all I know, I have to help you now. What's Your name?"
I grunted and said, "Alexander."
"Alex okay?" I nodded as much as I could as he tried to undo my seat belt. "What's the girls name-?"
"GIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
I heard two simultaneous calls of her name and I looked out the window and saw two blurred visions of Roxy and Hawk running down the sidewalk towards Gia`s truck. They were almost there but got stopped by a policeman and caution tape. They yelled inaudible things at him and begged to be let by. The policeman tried to calm them down when a paramedic came and talked to them both and took them with him. He told them something and Hawk began dialing his cell phone. Roxy was looking into the truck and watched, tears running down her cheek as the paramedics managed to get Gia on a stretcher. A helicopter was landing in a nearby field and they pushed the stretcher with Roxy and Hawk following.
My heart stopped when I caught a glimpse of Gia on the stretcher. She was lifeless. A hand lay off of the stretcher and was covered with blood. Her eyes were closed, she wasn't moving. Roxy picked up her hand and placed it on her chest. They got in the helicopter, as I was being place onto the stretcher.
I was numb, too numb to think. I was in pain, and not pain from my injuries. As I was placed in the ambulance, I began to cry.
"I'm sorry did that hurt?" the paramedic asked me.
I looked at him through the blur of tears in my eyes, "Did what hurt?"
"When I pressed here." Ironically, he had pressed my chest directly above my heart. More tears came, "Yes, extremely. But there is nothing you could do to fix it."
He gave me a puzzled look, and I cried the rest of the way to the hospital.
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"This is the second victim from the accident on 7th street?"
"Yes. Right arm fractured in two places as well as left leg. Also three broken ribs, and a bruise on the left collar bone from the seat belt."
"Wow, he's lucky compared to the other victim. Is he able to communicate?"
"Yes. Smart boy, told a witness to help the other victim first."
"If he hadn't she'd be dead by now. What's his name?"
"Alexander Griffin."
"Any family?"
"A mom and a sister from the looks of his wallet."
"Did you call them?"
"On my way."
I heard the conversation between the doctor and nurse as I lay with my eyes closed in a hospital bed. The doctor was soon by me and I opened my eyes.
She smiled, "Good evening, Mr. Griffin."
"What's so good about it?"
She smiled sweetly, "Mr. Griffin, do you know where you are?"
"In a hospital."
"Good, no signs of delusion. Mr. Griffin, you were involved in a crash earlier today. You are in no serious danger but we still need to run some tests just to make sure. I-."
"Gia. Is she okay?"
She curiously looked at me and said, "Who's Gia?"
"The girl, in the truck, I hit her."
Her face softened with sympathy and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Griffin. I'm not able to give out information of my other patients."
I sat up quickly, "All I want to know is if she's okay!!!!"
She sighed, shifted her feet and said, "For the time being. Now please sit back down."
I sat back down, for the time being. She's only okay for the time being.
"Mr. Griffin, I know this must be very hard for you but I see that you have some recollection of the accident. There are two policemen sitting in the waiting room who would like to report your side of the story, if you're able to speak right now."
I finally realized my true surroundings and discovered I was lying in a hallway.
"Why am I in a hallway?"
"We're waiting to put you in a room for the night. It takes awhile for news to travel in this place." She paused and looked around, "Are you willing to talk to the police now?"
I nodded. She began to walk away and spoke to two policemen and guided them towards me.
"Mr. Griffin, my name is Officer Smith and this is Officer Grim," the other nodded at me, "We need your account of the accident for our report. Are you willing to answer our questions now?"
I nodded. Everyone seemed to be doing a lot of nodding in here. Seemed to be a lot of it when any one is hurt. They spent the next twenty minutes asking every question every thought of in order to get the most accurate account possible of the accident.
Around the time they were finished, my mom ran into the ER.
"ALEX!!!!!!!!! ALEX!!!!!!!!"
She ran to me with my little sister following behind her.
"Oh my god Alex! Baby, are you okay?"
She grabbed me and gave me a hug and didn't let go for what felt like eternity. But I didn't mind, I needed her comfort.
My little sister, West, smiled at me and patted my arm.
"Hey Lil' Squirt."
"Hey Big Squirt."
"The doctor told me you got scratched up pretty bad, how are you feeling?"
"I'm fine. I think they gave me morphine or something."
"Morphine or something. Apparently you are very aware of your medical terms." Said my sister teasingly.
"Can it West."
My mom smoothed the sheet on my bed and said, "Why are you in a hallway?"
"They're in the process of moving me. I guess I was somewhere else when I was asleep. I didn't even know I fell asleep."
"So, they said there was a girl involved in the accident. They said you knew it was a girl, and you wanted them to help her first. They said it most likely saved her life. Did you know her?"
I looked at my mom sadly, "Yeah, she was our classes secretary."
"Was? You don't mean she-?"
"No. They told me she was okay, for the time being."
My mom ruffled my hair and kissed my forehead.
Just then we heard a painful scream. I looked down the hallway and saw a women sitting on the floor and man rubbing her back. She kept screaming, "No, no Jesus. Not my baby, not my baby. Don`t take my baby!"
Then I recognized two figures kneeling on the floor with them. The girl looked at the women and said something and the women collapsed onto her shoulder in gasping sobs. The other figure was a boy and he rubbed the girls back as the man rubbed the woman's.
Each one had a trail of tears glistening on their cheeks.
The boy and girl were Hawk and Roxy.
They were crying over Gia.
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A/N: I think I have a fetish for cliffhangers or something. Oh well. Aren't you guys proud of me? I got it out so soon! And Chapter Five will be out soon also. Hmm, maybe sooner since it's spring break and my life is oh so uneventful. Now for notes to individual reviewers.
I Have Pink Hair- Thank you! I love your pink hair and I will "Write on!" Maybe we can start a union or something and our slogan will be, "Write on!"... Hmm.? No? Oh well...it was worth a shot.
Mystic Rider- I loved your notes! They made me giggle. You won't necessarily have to remember all the names. I think I'll give a lil bio with them, you know? I try to be funny, and I'm sorry you think the blue car is evil. Some would say quite the opposite seeing as Alex was in it. He's not devious, or at least I haven't planned it that way.... don't worry he won't be! So, you're like my fish since I have you hook, line and sinker right? Can I put you in a tank and call you Frendle the paperclip?
Ahh, so this is the end. As Strong bad would say, "lets not mince words. I love you guys!"
And I do! Until the next chapter! 3 Chel
