Chapter 9...
"Through The Wire"
Kanye West
Through the fire, to the limit, to the wall
For a chance to be with you, I'd gladly risk it all
Through the fire, through whatever come what may
For a chance at loving you, I'd take it all away
Right down through the wire, even through the fire
"Where am I?" I asked myself looking around the room. I lifted my hand to my face. My face was unbelievably swollen and my upper and lower teeth were wired together. A rush of fear came over me. I was all alone. Tears filled my eyes and I began to whimper. I prayed that someone would come into the room. My prayers were answered when my angel walked in the door.
His skin was tanned and his hair, a golden shade of blonde, was a mess. "Hey there." He whispered. I smiled at him. "Okay, I am sure you have not a clue what is going on." I nodded. "Whether or not you remember last night is irrelevant. Nathan and I got in a fight. Who ever hit you is irrelevant too. You fractured you jaw and Nate called an ambulance." He continued. "I stayed in the waiting room all night. You had surgery on your jaw and they wired your mouth together to help the healing." I nodded my head because I had already realized speech was not going to be possible.
He handed me a note pad. "Thank you for staying. I was getting scared." I wrote. He smiled at me and said, "I thought you would be." He looked to the door. "Peyton and Brooke are out there. Do you want to see them?" On the note pad I wrote, "Do I look cute?" He winked at me and said, "Always." I tried to smile back at him but the pain was too bad.
Brooke walked in first, then Peyton. Peyton spoke first, "Oh my god! I can't believe it." She walked over to me and ran her fingers through my hair. Brooke placed her hands on her hips, "Ya know, you are so trendy. Kanye West, the rapper, had his mouth wired shut." She shifted her weight from one foot to the other, "You bitch, and you always beat me to the hottest trendy." I smirked at her, not being able to decipher where or not she was serious.
Lucas sat on the hospital bed with me. He kept running his hand over my head. I held his other hand. I appreciated him being there more than anything. He made me feel calm.
Brooke asked Lucas, "Can she talk?" Lucas shook his head and said, "She isn't really supposed to. The doctors told me that she can write notes, but that's about it."
Brooke and Peyton both nodded. "Oh." Peyton said. "I'm sorry this happened Maddie." She looked around and whispered into Lucas' ear, "Has Nathan been here?"
"He was the one who called the ambulance, but he didn't ride over here with us. He went home."
I felt anger swell up in the pit of my stomach. Lucas could tell. He placed his hand on my abdomen. "Do you want some ice for your jaw... or some heat? Anything?" I took the note pad and wrote, "Ice, please." I watched him walk over to the table filled with fruit baskets and flowers. It was kind of ironic that someone sent me a fruit basket. By the time I could eat solid food the grapes would be raisins. He scooped ice into a plastic baggie and wrapped a towel around it. "Here." He said as he placed the ice onto my jaw. I gave him a "thumbs up". He grinned.
I closed my eyes and felt myself fall asleep. Lucas, Brooke, and Peyton must have left shortly after they realized I was sound asleep. Lucas was the first one I saw when I woke up. He was sitting in a chair diagonal from my bed. He didn't see that I was awake. There was a knock at the door. Lucas got up and let the visitor in. It was Nathan. "How nice of you to come visit. After you fled the scene last night, I didn't think you were ever going to show your face again."
Nathan closed the door behind him. "Shut the hell up. You better be damn glad that Madison doesn't know you were the one who hit her." He took a seat across from Lucas. Nathan rummaged through the fruit basket. "That could fuck up your love fest." He said as he shined an apple on his shirt and then took a bite.
"Damnit Nathan. I was protecting her. You were five seconds away from beating the shit out of her."
Nathan pointed at Lucas. "I would never hit Madison. You're the asshole who broke her jaw."
I couldn't take it. I started to stir in the hospital bed. I began to cry. Lucas jumped out of his chair and walked over to me. On the note pad I had scribbled, "Did you do this to me?"
Lucas lowered his head into his hands. He began to cry. He threw the notepad at Nathan. Nathan walked over to the hospital bed. "He did Maddie. Luke was the one who did this to you. He broke your jaw. He..." Lucas pushed Nathan out of the way, "Please Madison," He was sobbing, "I was trying to protect you."
Note pad was gone. On my hand I wrote, "Please leave." Both of the brothers walked out of the hospital room. I was alone again. I cried and cried. I couldn't stop. I was making myself sick. I started to cough. What was happening?
Lucas came back into the room to say he was sorry. He found me passed out on the hospital bed. He pressed the emergency button over and over again. "Please help!" He screamed.
A nurse came running in. "What happened?" She asked. The nurse looked at my tear streaked face. "Oh god." She paged a doctor. "Doctor Malone please come in here. Room 218, we have an emergency." She waited for an answer. Lucas stood in the corner of the room watching and praying. "Madison Carter has passed out. Possibly choked on blood or vomit on a count of the stitches." A doctor came running in and took me to the ER.
Lucas closed his eyes and fell to the ground. "Please God, please. I can't lose her." He paused and bit his lip. "I love her."