Chapter 17
"What? How?"
Buffy had let them in and the three of them sat in the living room.
"Nobody knows; Someone found him early this morning. He had three gunshot wounds. In his shoulder, chest and belly."
"How bad is it?"
"He's in coma. . . they are keeping him asleep because of the pain. They don't know yet when they'll wake him up."
Buffy hurried to the hospital. Xander and Willow had told er that only family could visit him, but she'd try anyway. When she arrived, she asked for his room.
"I'm sorry miss, but Mr. Carrington's situation is still critical. We can't allow visitors outside the family."
"I'm his girlfriend."
"I'm sorry miss." The nurse said again.
She walked away, frustrated because she couldn't see her love. The nurse had said she could watch him for a few minutes through a window. What she saw there nearly stopped her heart.
William laid in a bed, his face nearly as white as the sheet. His hair was still brown, but it laid flat on his haid, none of the natural curl was visible. Tubes were inserted in his arms and he seemed to be hooked up to some sort of respiration device. He looked like death himself. It saddened her greatly. Suddenly she felt someone next to her open the door. Druscilla!
"Sir, why can she go in? She isn't family!"
"She claims she is his girlfriend and the family supports that, miss."
"Bullshit, he broke up with her! I'm his girlfriend!"
"Miss, if you don't calm down we will have to remove you."
"That's not necessary, I'm going."
Buffy looked back one last time and saw a evilly grinning Druscilla watching her. How she hated that girl. If William woke up and saw Dru first, he maybe would fall in love with her again. Buffy wasn't going to let that happen.
The next morning her mood hadn't approved. Xander and Willow were friendly, but more because they liked Will rather than they liked her. Without him with her, the joking began again. And then Angel came, with a big smile on his face.
"What have I heard? Your lover got shot? So he's not the good boy he claimed to be, huh? They say it's drugs."
"Leave me alone, you don't know anything."
"I don't? I have heard rumours about his drugabuse, doing coke. But hey, if you say there is nothing wrong. . ."
He raised his hands in a mocking apologizing gesture. She glared at him, but wasn't entirely sure. . . Maybe Angel was right and was William not the man he claimed to be. She didn't know him very well, after all.
"Fuck you, Angel!"
She ran, the laughter of the man she hated in her ears. It was still a few hours before the end of school, but visiting hours in the hospital had already started. Buffy needed to see her boyfriend, even if it was only through glass. This time the nurse at the desk didn't sto her and she was hoping that was a good sign.
"Hello, you must be Buffy."
Buffy hadn't noticed the older man and woman sitting in the hallway. They introduced themselves as the aunt and uncle of William.
"Xander and Willow told us that you would come. We didn't know Will had a new girlfriend and Druscilla of course didn't tell us either."
"I'm sorry, I could come back another time."
His aunt gestured to a chair and they talked about their nephew. "Oh no dear, sit with us for a bit. The doctors are examining him and it could take a while. He would like having you here, I'm sure of it.
"Do you know if. . . if he has people who would do this to him?"
"No. . . This is so terrible. Do you know if he's going to be okay? None of the doctors would tell me anything 'cause I'm not related."
Suddenly the alarm inside Williams room went off and they saw doctors and nurses hurry towards the room. Buffy and Williams aunt gripped each others hand, both helpless against what would come. After ten minutes a doctor came out to tell them his condition was stabilized.
"Oh god, he's still alive. Thank you!"
"What? How?"
Buffy had let them in and the three of them sat in the living room.
"Nobody knows; Someone found him early this morning. He had three gunshot wounds. In his shoulder, chest and belly."
"How bad is it?"
"He's in coma. . . they are keeping him asleep because of the pain. They don't know yet when they'll wake him up."
Buffy hurried to the hospital. Xander and Willow had told er that only family could visit him, but she'd try anyway. When she arrived, she asked for his room.
"I'm sorry miss, but Mr. Carrington's situation is still critical. We can't allow visitors outside the family."
"I'm his girlfriend."
"I'm sorry miss." The nurse said again.
She walked away, frustrated because she couldn't see her love. The nurse had said she could watch him for a few minutes through a window. What she saw there nearly stopped her heart.
William laid in a bed, his face nearly as white as the sheet. His hair was still brown, but it laid flat on his haid, none of the natural curl was visible. Tubes were inserted in his arms and he seemed to be hooked up to some sort of respiration device. He looked like death himself. It saddened her greatly. Suddenly she felt someone next to her open the door. Druscilla!
"Sir, why can she go in? She isn't family!"
"She claims she is his girlfriend and the family supports that, miss."
"Bullshit, he broke up with her! I'm his girlfriend!"
"Miss, if you don't calm down we will have to remove you."
"That's not necessary, I'm going."
Buffy looked back one last time and saw a evilly grinning Druscilla watching her. How she hated that girl. If William woke up and saw Dru first, he maybe would fall in love with her again. Buffy wasn't going to let that happen.
The next morning her mood hadn't approved. Xander and Willow were friendly, but more because they liked Will rather than they liked her. Without him with her, the joking began again. And then Angel came, with a big smile on his face.
"What have I heard? Your lover got shot? So he's not the good boy he claimed to be, huh? They say it's drugs."
"Leave me alone, you don't know anything."
"I don't? I have heard rumours about his drugabuse, doing coke. But hey, if you say there is nothing wrong. . ."
He raised his hands in a mocking apologizing gesture. She glared at him, but wasn't entirely sure. . . Maybe Angel was right and was William not the man he claimed to be. She didn't know him very well, after all.
"Fuck you, Angel!"
She ran, the laughter of the man she hated in her ears. It was still a few hours before the end of school, but visiting hours in the hospital had already started. Buffy needed to see her boyfriend, even if it was only through glass. This time the nurse at the desk didn't sto her and she was hoping that was a good sign.
"Hello, you must be Buffy."
Buffy hadn't noticed the older man and woman sitting in the hallway. They introduced themselves as the aunt and uncle of William.
"Xander and Willow told us that you would come. We didn't know Will had a new girlfriend and Druscilla of course didn't tell us either."
"I'm sorry, I could come back another time."
His aunt gestured to a chair and they talked about their nephew. "Oh no dear, sit with us for a bit. The doctors are examining him and it could take a while. He would like having you here, I'm sure of it.
"Do you know if. . . if he has people who would do this to him?"
"No. . . This is so terrible. Do you know if he's going to be okay? None of the doctors would tell me anything 'cause I'm not related."
Suddenly the alarm inside Williams room went off and they saw doctors and nurses hurry towards the room. Buffy and Williams aunt gripped each others hand, both helpless against what would come. After ten minutes a doctor came out to tell them his condition was stabilized.
"Oh god, he's still alive. Thank you!"