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And people you might need a hankie as most of this is a weepy.
Chapter Two: Close Call.
Donna, Eric, Kelso, Fez and Hyde sat in anticipation in the waiting area of the hospital as doctors and nurses repeatedly scurried past with no news of Jackie's condition. They had all sat there for about an hour so there has to be some news. None of them spoke, the silence floated down the halls of the hospital new patients poured in from the entrance. Hyde never really noticed the amount of people that were brought in to Point Place Memorial, as it was such a small town he figured not many people got sick. But now he was here and he was waiting on the news of Jackie.
It all happened so fast, one minute Hyde was watching Jackie and next she had fallen to the ground. Hyde was in shock he didn't't know what to do but it was Donna who acted instinctively as she ran down the stands and on to the ground. Eventually he was released and was able to run down with Eric, Fez and Kelso. When he reached her all he saw was a pool of blood seeping from her head. Jackie no longer looked like Jackie she looked pale and he felt her cold skin. Donna started to freak out when a cheerleader came up and began to administer CPR until she got a pulse. Everybody had crowded Jackie and Hyde had wanted to scream at them to stay back. As the paramedics arrived they conferred to each other in private and then carried Jackie into the ambulance. Donna and Forman had been the ones to enter the van and Hyde desperately wanted to go with them but thought it was better if he went with Kelso and Fez.
Hyde was quickly snapped out of his trance when footsteps of both a doctor and nurse alerted him of news. The gang stood up from their seats and approached the doctor. Hyde's heart began to pound as he was visualizing all the worst scenarios. After what seemed like a lifetime of walking they finally made it to the doctor.
"Steven Hyde?" The doctor called from under his glasses.
"Yep, that'd be me!" He said with anticipation.
"Well while Jackie coming in she mentioned your name I expect you are her boyfriend?" The doctor asked.
Everybody had a confused expression on their faces as Hyde said he was.
"Well I have good news."
Everybody sighed with relief. Especially Hyde as he felt that he could breathe again. The doctor continued.
"Jackie took a pretty bad fall but luckily the grass broke her fall. She suffered a concussion and needs plenty of bed rest but I see no reason for her to be in here for more than a few days. There was some swelling around the brain which may cause her to forget the accident but she should be fine."
"Doctor are you saying that Jackie is going to be fine!" Donna said as she hugged Eric.
"Yes she is going to be fine......however there is something that I really would like to call attention too. All the bruising that she has is normal for a fall from 15 feet however there seems to irregular bruising around her calf and ankle."
"Why would that be irregular doctor? She fell from a great height I'd be surprised if she isn't black and blue." Eric said.
"Well..... the mark resembles that of a hand print." The doctor calmly finished.
"How can that be she fell? We all saw." Hyde tried to reason but who was he to argue with a doctor.
"So what are you trying to say?" Donna asked harshly.
"That perhaps her fall wasn't an accident."
That statement left the gang perplexed. Who on earth would want to hurt Jackie?
Hyde groaned. "So when do we get to see her?"
"Well she'll need her rest tonight because the first 24 hours are important to her recovery. You will be able to visit her tomorrow." The doctor then excused himself and the nurse followed him.
Donna turned to Eric. "Can you believe this he's trying to say someone is after Jackie? That's the most absurd thing I have ever heard. I mean its Jackie the most popular girl at Point Place high who would want to hurt her." Donna's voiced was starting to quake and Eric held her.
"Jackie is beautiful, who would what to hurt my beautiful Jackie." Fez stated. He was keeping himself busy by munching on candy.
"I don't know of anyone that would want to hurt her. I mean every girl wants to be her and every guy wants to nail her." Kelso said.
Hyde grew angry at that statement and thumped Kelso hard on the arm.
"What was that for?" Kelso asked while rubbing his now bruised arm.
"You're not helping." Hyde said through gritted teeth.
"O.k. it's getting kinda late and I think we should all go home and come back in the morning. And no one mentions this to Jackie until we are sure, as this would only upset her. And what's worse then an upset normal Jackie is an upset hurt Jackie."
Donna smiled and followed him to the exit. As did Hyde, Fez and Kelso.
Jackie awoke with a blinding pain emanating from the back of her head. She tried to get up but her legs ached too much to do so. Jackie couldn't't make anything out, as her vision was still hazy; it took a few minutes for her eyesight to adjust to the dim lighting. She looked around the room and made out an old T.V above her bed, a few armchairs and a bag of grapes sitting on an abandoned table. Jackie looked down and saw an IV in her skin. Without hesitation she ripped the IV from her wrist.
Jackie looked around again and saw a jacket on one of the armchairs. She took a closer look and noticed that it looked like Hyde's. Jackie looked down and saw that she was wearing a hospital gown. It then dawned on her what had happened. She closed her eyes and could see everything clearly; the cheer, the pyramid and herself falling towards the ground. Jackie winced in pain and tried to think about anything else and as she did Steven popped into her mind she smiled.
She tried to get up again and this time she pulled together every amount of strength that was left in her. She pulled herself up off of the bed and slowly placed each foot on the cold concrete floor. She gathered up her hospital gown and got up. The first few steps were shaky and Jackie stumbled but she remained strong and continued to walk down the hall. She gripped the wall and walked. For a hospital there were very little nurses on call and Jackie was able to walk right past the reception desk. The hospital represented everything Jackie feared, she remembered that it was this very hospital her Grandfather died. Jackie didn't't want to be here she wanted to get out. She heard footsteps behind her and she quickened her pace. Jackie looked at all the different wards and then at all the empty beds where the patients had either died or got sent home. And she wished she was at home in her big fluffy pink bedroom safe.
Jackie heard the elevator doors open and saw seven very familiar looking people get out. The closer they got she made who they were. She saw Mr. Forman, Mrs. Forman, Michael, Eric, Donna, Fez and finally Steven. She smiled and felt her heart skip a beat but then she felt a wave of heat hit her. Her head felt very light and her legs ached and she screamed out in pain before she collapsed and hit the floor.
Hyde and everyone had decided to surprise Jackie with a visit even though she wasn't awake and even knew about they still wanted to be there. Doctors had said that patients in comas could still hear everything that goes on around them and Hyde wanted her to know that they all cared for her. It had been a week since the accident and she hadn't woken up yet. Everyone tried to remain strong and positive but Hyde knew that without the little loud mouth the group was crumbling. Mrs. Forman had assured everybody, as did the doctor that it is very common for a patient to remain in a coma after such an accident. It helps the brain to recover. Hyde didn't't want to say anything because he wanted to believe that, as did everyone else.
Even though Hyde would never admit it he really missed Jackie's presence and without her in the basement it just wasn't as fun. Hyde and the gang waited in the elevator until they heard four dings that indicated they had reached level four. Mrs. Forman and Mr. Forman stood together in a corner of the elevator. Donna held onto Eric's hand and turned away when tears started to run down her face. Kelso and Fez stood in front and just remained quiet.
The elevator doors opened and the seven passengers poured out and began walking towards the reception desk. Hyde looked at a young girl with long dark hair and could have sworn that it was Jackie. He told Eric and both the boys quickened their pace. When they were close enough Hyde and Eric saw that it was Jackie and started to run toward her.
Hyde couldn't't believe she was awake but the look in her eyes indicated that something was wrong. He saw her stumble and sway in the air and then she fell to the ground like she had at the game. Hyde didn't't know what to do, but unlike last time he acted. He ran straight to Jackie and cradled her head in his arms. He felt for a pulse and couldn't't find one. Everyone surrounded Hyde while Kitty and Red had called the nurses.
A siren that said code blue echoed through out the hospital and two nurses grabbed Jackie from Hyde's grip and hooked her onto a heart monitor. Hyde backed away and stood next to Eric and Donna as they tried to resuscitate her.
"She's gone into V fib." A nurse called as she rushed past Eric, Donna and Hyde.
"Eric what is happening? She is a young girl the doctors said that she will be fine that's what they said." Donna sobbed into Eric's chest as he watched the doctors rip Jackie's gown open.
He looked at Hyde and then at Donna. "Babe don't worry Jackie is going to be fine....we can't get rid of Jackie so I don't think death will stop her." When Eric was upset the only thing he could do was make jokes to make him and other people feel better but it wasn't working.
Kelso came up behind Hyde. "She's gonna be O.K isn't she? I mean the doctors said she is gonna be O.K" Kelso wept.
Hyde didn't't know what to say. He felt like he was the one that was dying. A moment ago I saw her alive and the next.... Hyde didn't't even want to finish the thought.
"Kelso we all know what the doctors said." He said angrily. He wasn't angry at Kelso he was angry at himself as it took him so long to realize that he was in love with Jackie and now it looks like he'll never be able to tell her that. A single tear trailed down his cheek and didn't't even bother to wipe it away. He turned around and saw Mr. and Mrs. Forman console Fez in the waiting area. Jackie had touched each one of their lives and it took something like this too make them see it.
Hyde looked at the doctors giving Jackie electric shocks. The first shock was given at 100 volts. Jackie's entire body lifted off of the stretcher and Donna cried into Eric's chest. A flat line was heard and they amped the shock to 150 volts. Jackie's body again lifted off the stretcher and there was no change on the heart monitor. Hyde wanted to look away and wished that he would but he didn't't want to abandon her. His heart broke when he realized that Jackie had woken up from her coma all by herself without anyone explaining what had happened.
"She woke up by her self!" Hyde blurted.
"What?" Eric said.
"We weren't't there when she woke up." Hyde quivered.
Donna looked up at Hyde and then at Jackie. "Oh God!" She cried. Eric looked down and hugged Donna closer to him. Kelso looked down at Jackie.
"I really loved her." Kelso sobbed.
"She is not dead yet." Hyde yelled.
The doctors looked at each other with expressions of sadness. The heart monitor still read a flat line. One of the doctors got up and walked towards Eric.
"I'm sorry there is nothing more we can do."
"No I don't except that. You get back to her and bring her back. There has to be something you can do!" Eric yelled. Mrs. Forman walked up behind Eric and enveloped both Donna and Eric in a hug.
The other doctor was still giving electric shocks. The sound of the heart monitor was staring to drive Hyde crazy. He didn't't understand why she wasn't breathing wasn't being Jackie. Instead she was a person on the floor.
The doctor gave another shock at 300 volts, which was the highest they could give. Jackie's body lifted off the stretcher and the flat line still remained.
Everybody just stood still they couldn't't believe what had just happened. Hyde just stood.
"Time of death 11:46 am."
Hyde looked away and saw a figure out the corner of his eye. It looked a lot like Dawn from the cheerleading team but he wasn't sure. He couldn't't focus on anything. He was about to leave when he heard a blip on the heart monitor and then another.
"We have a pulse!" The first doctor shouted to the other and he rushed towards Jackie. They rushed her towards the emergency room to get her stabilized.
An hour later the doctor returned and told the gang that she is stabilized and should recover within the next month. For the second time in a week they all breathed in a sigh of relief.
And people you might need a hankie as most of this is a weepy.
Chapter Two: Close Call.
Donna, Eric, Kelso, Fez and Hyde sat in anticipation in the waiting area of the hospital as doctors and nurses repeatedly scurried past with no news of Jackie's condition. They had all sat there for about an hour so there has to be some news. None of them spoke, the silence floated down the halls of the hospital new patients poured in from the entrance. Hyde never really noticed the amount of people that were brought in to Point Place Memorial, as it was such a small town he figured not many people got sick. But now he was here and he was waiting on the news of Jackie.
It all happened so fast, one minute Hyde was watching Jackie and next she had fallen to the ground. Hyde was in shock he didn't't know what to do but it was Donna who acted instinctively as she ran down the stands and on to the ground. Eventually he was released and was able to run down with Eric, Fez and Kelso. When he reached her all he saw was a pool of blood seeping from her head. Jackie no longer looked like Jackie she looked pale and he felt her cold skin. Donna started to freak out when a cheerleader came up and began to administer CPR until she got a pulse. Everybody had crowded Jackie and Hyde had wanted to scream at them to stay back. As the paramedics arrived they conferred to each other in private and then carried Jackie into the ambulance. Donna and Forman had been the ones to enter the van and Hyde desperately wanted to go with them but thought it was better if he went with Kelso and Fez.
Hyde was quickly snapped out of his trance when footsteps of both a doctor and nurse alerted him of news. The gang stood up from their seats and approached the doctor. Hyde's heart began to pound as he was visualizing all the worst scenarios. After what seemed like a lifetime of walking they finally made it to the doctor.
"Steven Hyde?" The doctor called from under his glasses.
"Yep, that'd be me!" He said with anticipation.
"Well while Jackie coming in she mentioned your name I expect you are her boyfriend?" The doctor asked.
Everybody had a confused expression on their faces as Hyde said he was.
"Well I have good news."
Everybody sighed with relief. Especially Hyde as he felt that he could breathe again. The doctor continued.
"Jackie took a pretty bad fall but luckily the grass broke her fall. She suffered a concussion and needs plenty of bed rest but I see no reason for her to be in here for more than a few days. There was some swelling around the brain which may cause her to forget the accident but she should be fine."
"Doctor are you saying that Jackie is going to be fine!" Donna said as she hugged Eric.
"Yes she is going to be fine......however there is something that I really would like to call attention too. All the bruising that she has is normal for a fall from 15 feet however there seems to irregular bruising around her calf and ankle."
"Why would that be irregular doctor? She fell from a great height I'd be surprised if she isn't black and blue." Eric said.
"Well..... the mark resembles that of a hand print." The doctor calmly finished.
"How can that be she fell? We all saw." Hyde tried to reason but who was he to argue with a doctor.
"So what are you trying to say?" Donna asked harshly.
"That perhaps her fall wasn't an accident."
That statement left the gang perplexed. Who on earth would want to hurt Jackie?
Hyde groaned. "So when do we get to see her?"
"Well she'll need her rest tonight because the first 24 hours are important to her recovery. You will be able to visit her tomorrow." The doctor then excused himself and the nurse followed him.
Donna turned to Eric. "Can you believe this he's trying to say someone is after Jackie? That's the most absurd thing I have ever heard. I mean its Jackie the most popular girl at Point Place high who would want to hurt her." Donna's voiced was starting to quake and Eric held her.
"Jackie is beautiful, who would what to hurt my beautiful Jackie." Fez stated. He was keeping himself busy by munching on candy.
"I don't know of anyone that would want to hurt her. I mean every girl wants to be her and every guy wants to nail her." Kelso said.
Hyde grew angry at that statement and thumped Kelso hard on the arm.
"What was that for?" Kelso asked while rubbing his now bruised arm.
"You're not helping." Hyde said through gritted teeth.
"O.k. it's getting kinda late and I think we should all go home and come back in the morning. And no one mentions this to Jackie until we are sure, as this would only upset her. And what's worse then an upset normal Jackie is an upset hurt Jackie."
Donna smiled and followed him to the exit. As did Hyde, Fez and Kelso.
Jackie awoke with a blinding pain emanating from the back of her head. She tried to get up but her legs ached too much to do so. Jackie couldn't't make anything out, as her vision was still hazy; it took a few minutes for her eyesight to adjust to the dim lighting. She looked around the room and made out an old T.V above her bed, a few armchairs and a bag of grapes sitting on an abandoned table. Jackie looked down and saw an IV in her skin. Without hesitation she ripped the IV from her wrist.
Jackie looked around again and saw a jacket on one of the armchairs. She took a closer look and noticed that it looked like Hyde's. Jackie looked down and saw that she was wearing a hospital gown. It then dawned on her what had happened. She closed her eyes and could see everything clearly; the cheer, the pyramid and herself falling towards the ground. Jackie winced in pain and tried to think about anything else and as she did Steven popped into her mind she smiled.
She tried to get up again and this time she pulled together every amount of strength that was left in her. She pulled herself up off of the bed and slowly placed each foot on the cold concrete floor. She gathered up her hospital gown and got up. The first few steps were shaky and Jackie stumbled but she remained strong and continued to walk down the hall. She gripped the wall and walked. For a hospital there were very little nurses on call and Jackie was able to walk right past the reception desk. The hospital represented everything Jackie feared, she remembered that it was this very hospital her Grandfather died. Jackie didn't't want to be here she wanted to get out. She heard footsteps behind her and she quickened her pace. Jackie looked at all the different wards and then at all the empty beds where the patients had either died or got sent home. And she wished she was at home in her big fluffy pink bedroom safe.
Jackie heard the elevator doors open and saw seven very familiar looking people get out. The closer they got she made who they were. She saw Mr. Forman, Mrs. Forman, Michael, Eric, Donna, Fez and finally Steven. She smiled and felt her heart skip a beat but then she felt a wave of heat hit her. Her head felt very light and her legs ached and she screamed out in pain before she collapsed and hit the floor.
Hyde and everyone had decided to surprise Jackie with a visit even though she wasn't awake and even knew about they still wanted to be there. Doctors had said that patients in comas could still hear everything that goes on around them and Hyde wanted her to know that they all cared for her. It had been a week since the accident and she hadn't woken up yet. Everyone tried to remain strong and positive but Hyde knew that without the little loud mouth the group was crumbling. Mrs. Forman had assured everybody, as did the doctor that it is very common for a patient to remain in a coma after such an accident. It helps the brain to recover. Hyde didn't't want to say anything because he wanted to believe that, as did everyone else.
Even though Hyde would never admit it he really missed Jackie's presence and without her in the basement it just wasn't as fun. Hyde and the gang waited in the elevator until they heard four dings that indicated they had reached level four. Mrs. Forman and Mr. Forman stood together in a corner of the elevator. Donna held onto Eric's hand and turned away when tears started to run down her face. Kelso and Fez stood in front and just remained quiet.
The elevator doors opened and the seven passengers poured out and began walking towards the reception desk. Hyde looked at a young girl with long dark hair and could have sworn that it was Jackie. He told Eric and both the boys quickened their pace. When they were close enough Hyde and Eric saw that it was Jackie and started to run toward her.
Hyde couldn't't believe she was awake but the look in her eyes indicated that something was wrong. He saw her stumble and sway in the air and then she fell to the ground like she had at the game. Hyde didn't't know what to do, but unlike last time he acted. He ran straight to Jackie and cradled her head in his arms. He felt for a pulse and couldn't't find one. Everyone surrounded Hyde while Kitty and Red had called the nurses.
A siren that said code blue echoed through out the hospital and two nurses grabbed Jackie from Hyde's grip and hooked her onto a heart monitor. Hyde backed away and stood next to Eric and Donna as they tried to resuscitate her.
"She's gone into V fib." A nurse called as she rushed past Eric, Donna and Hyde.
"Eric what is happening? She is a young girl the doctors said that she will be fine that's what they said." Donna sobbed into Eric's chest as he watched the doctors rip Jackie's gown open.
He looked at Hyde and then at Donna. "Babe don't worry Jackie is going to be fine....we can't get rid of Jackie so I don't think death will stop her." When Eric was upset the only thing he could do was make jokes to make him and other people feel better but it wasn't working.
Kelso came up behind Hyde. "She's gonna be O.K isn't she? I mean the doctors said she is gonna be O.K" Kelso wept.
Hyde didn't't know what to say. He felt like he was the one that was dying. A moment ago I saw her alive and the next.... Hyde didn't't even want to finish the thought.
"Kelso we all know what the doctors said." He said angrily. He wasn't angry at Kelso he was angry at himself as it took him so long to realize that he was in love with Jackie and now it looks like he'll never be able to tell her that. A single tear trailed down his cheek and didn't't even bother to wipe it away. He turned around and saw Mr. and Mrs. Forman console Fez in the waiting area. Jackie had touched each one of their lives and it took something like this too make them see it.
Hyde looked at the doctors giving Jackie electric shocks. The first shock was given at 100 volts. Jackie's entire body lifted off of the stretcher and Donna cried into Eric's chest. A flat line was heard and they amped the shock to 150 volts. Jackie's body again lifted off the stretcher and there was no change on the heart monitor. Hyde wanted to look away and wished that he would but he didn't't want to abandon her. His heart broke when he realized that Jackie had woken up from her coma all by herself without anyone explaining what had happened.
"She woke up by her self!" Hyde blurted.
"What?" Eric said.
"We weren't't there when she woke up." Hyde quivered.
Donna looked up at Hyde and then at Jackie. "Oh God!" She cried. Eric looked down and hugged Donna closer to him. Kelso looked down at Jackie.
"I really loved her." Kelso sobbed.
"She is not dead yet." Hyde yelled.
The doctors looked at each other with expressions of sadness. The heart monitor still read a flat line. One of the doctors got up and walked towards Eric.
"I'm sorry there is nothing more we can do."
"No I don't except that. You get back to her and bring her back. There has to be something you can do!" Eric yelled. Mrs. Forman walked up behind Eric and enveloped both Donna and Eric in a hug.
The other doctor was still giving electric shocks. The sound of the heart monitor was staring to drive Hyde crazy. He didn't't understand why she wasn't breathing wasn't being Jackie. Instead she was a person on the floor.
The doctor gave another shock at 300 volts, which was the highest they could give. Jackie's body lifted off the stretcher and the flat line still remained.
Everybody just stood still they couldn't't believe what had just happened. Hyde just stood.
"Time of death 11:46 am."
Hyde looked away and saw a figure out the corner of his eye. It looked a lot like Dawn from the cheerleading team but he wasn't sure. He couldn't't focus on anything. He was about to leave when he heard a blip on the heart monitor and then another.
"We have a pulse!" The first doctor shouted to the other and he rushed towards Jackie. They rushed her towards the emergency room to get her stabilized.
An hour later the doctor returned and told the gang that she is stabilized and should recover within the next month. For the second time in a week they all breathed in a sigh of relief.
