Ray and Julie found Barry arguing with a nurse by a vending machine.
"You have to let me see her! Tell me that she's alright! Tell me anything." He screamed angrily and Ray immediatley dropped Julie's bag and rushed up and walked between the furious Barry and the annoyed nurse. Julie smiled, she'd forgotten how good Ray was at being a meddler.
"I can't tell you at this point." The nurse said with a sharp tone to Barry and quickly turned around and left after giving Ray a firm look, telling him to keep his friend in line.
"Calm down Barry." Ray asked as a following but his friend pushed him off.
"I won't calm down! These bastards won't tell me anything!" Barry's voice reached desperation and he let out a moan of saddness. "Ray, I can't let her die."
"You won't." His friend reassured him. "But you screaming like an idiot won't help that. Let the hospital staff do their work, they know how to help her." He looked at Barry who seemed to have calmed down. He touched his shoulder. "Hey, don't you understand that there's nothing you can do?"
"No you don't understand!" Barry snapped.He pointed at a door. "That's my girl in there. I'm nothing without her. I need her."
"And you don't think I know how that feels?" Ray glanced at Julie who immediatley looked away. Barry let his eyes wander between the two of them and an awkward silence fell over them all.
Barry lowered his arm, staring at the floor. Then he got a second wind. He looked at Julie. "So Jules, been having any scary killer nightmares lately?" He asked sharply and she frowned.
"Hey man, back off." Ray took a step towards Julie but she shook her head and took a step towards Barry instead. Her face tense and nostrils flared.
"You think I wanted this? I told you guys to go home! But you didn't." Her eyes got wet. "I wished you'd never come here. I rather have myself die then let anything happen to any of you." She looked at Ray quickly but then turned her eyes away, staring into a wall.
Barry shook his head. "There's no killer." He mumbled.
Julie snorted. "Yeah? So this is all a coinsidence? We're all in need of medical care, except for Ray cause he just came. Give it a few days, then maybe we can get a discount. I've been here several days, you ... you Barry. Look at you - you look horrible. Bruised and limping. And Helen..." Her voice died.
She put her hand over her face to muffle a tiny sob. This wasn't right. Helen was the one who least of all deserved to get hurt.
Ray put his arm on Julie's shoulder and she looked at him with big eyes. A small bittersweet smile curled her lips. She was glad to see him, he looked good, but the circumstances were the worst possible.
"You were here because of yourself Julie." Barry clearified with a harsh voice but she glared back at him.
"It was an accident Barry."
"Hey." Once again Ray stepped between. "Biting each other's heads off won't do any good." He sighed. "This is so messed up. What is going on? I just got here. I don't really know anything. Can somebody please explain it to me?"
He looked at both his friends who seemed calmer now but still edgy. Julie nodded.
"Let's sit down." She said and led him over to some green plastic chairs.
Barry didn't follow them. He stood outside the door where Helen had been brought in and waited.
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Barry didn't have to wait long. A nurse came out with a chart in her hand.
"Mr Cox?" She asked seeing him and he nodded. Ray and Julie rose to their feet a couple of feet away but didn't move up to him.
"Your fianceé will be fine. She has a concusion and will probably be suffering from severe headaches to next couple of days. There was no fractions or damages to her neck or spine - very lucky in this sort of case." She shot him a glare like he was responsible for it.
"Can I see her? I she awake?"
The nurse nodded. "She is awake, but only barley. We're going to give her something so she can sleep but you can go in for a few minutes if you'd like. She's in room 212. We had her moved."
"Thank you." Barry smiled relieved. He hadn't known something in him could feel this good. Helen was alive and well. He looked at Julie and Ray and nodded with a smile. They smiled too.
"Room 212." Barry said rushing ahead of them to see Helen. He knocked gently on the door before he peaked in. "Heller?"
He saw her on the bed. She looked weak and horrible. He went up to her side and took her hand. Her eyes fluttered open.
"Hey." He said softly and she managed a smile. He leaned down giving her a kiss on the cheek. He was silent just looking at their linked hands for a few seconds. Then he felt her giving a little pressure back to his grip and looked into her eyes again.
"I was scared." He admitted and saw her teeth.
"I was asleep." She laughed coyly. "Guess it was my turn huh. Being the one in a hospital bed." The sad smile made him squint his eyes a little.
"I'm glad you weren't shot. Definitley not an experience I want you to go through." He grinned but knew it wasn't funny.
"We live a dangerous life."
He shook his head. "No, we have bad luck."
Helen frowned. "You still don't believe someone's after us? Barry, look at me. This wasn't really a slip and fall accident. I have head trauma." She crinkled her face and put her hand to the side of her head as a shooting pain struck her.
Barry felt helpless, he couldn't take the pain away. "Helen, I can't believe it. There's no reason." He felt her eyes and nodded a little. "Okay okay, there's a tiny reason but we cleared that up long ago. It's not a movie, the past isn't coming back to haunt us. It's just... I don't know what it is but... bad luck isn't totally off the charts here baby."
He kissed her knuckles. "Maybe we should go home."
Her eyes got wide. "Home? Barry, what about Julie? And Ray? I'm not just going to leave them here. They can be in danger. So can we."
"I know we are." Barry mumbled. He hadn't meant to, he didn't want to admit that he was scared of the possibilities. He avoided to look into Helen's eyes but was forced to eventually.
"So you do believe this isn't just ... by accident."
Barry sighed and stood up, rubbing his face with his hands. "There's something, I should've told you. But... I didn't want to worry you."
Helen sat up a little. She didn't say anything but since he got quiet again she did. "What? What didn't you tell me Barry?"
He looked at her and walked over to her side, taking her hand again. "I just didn't want to worry you. I was scared. I... it was when I got attacked... the 'mugger' didn't actually take anything and he ... he said something. He said... he said that I was next. That was what he whispered to me: you're next. But apperantly that wasn't right cause I ... and now you..." He got quiet and noticed that Helen's lower lip was quivering.
She took her hand away from his grip and turned her head away. Two little tears ran down her cheeks and she pressed her lips together.
"You told me Barry. That you weren't lying. But you lied. Again." She glared at him and he could see the hurt in her eyes. He hated himself.
"I know." He exhaled. "But Helen I only did it cause I didn't want to worry you. I wanted to protect you."
"Well you failed at that didn't you." She pressed her lips tighter together and he leaned down and took her hand again, although she was a little reluctant. He kissed it.
"I'm so sorry Heller." He didn't have time to say anything else because a nurse came in again.
She seemed surprised to see Barry there. "Oh, I'm sorry sir but you have to leave. Visiting hours are long over and this little lady needs to rest." She came up to Helen with a needle in her hand and the automatic reaction was Helen pressing her nails into Barry's hand.
"No! I don't want any drugs." She shook her head and looked up at Barry asking for help.
The nurse looked at her like she was an obedient child. "Oh but miss this is only to help you sleep. It's nothing heavy or addictive." She tried the syringe, squirting out some of the contents and Helen sat up and put her arms around Barry's arm, tugging it tightly.
"No! I don't want it." She said much firmer this time and the nurse sighed. She looked at Barry for support to but he put his arm around Helen's shoulder.
"Okay, but if you changed your mind, push this little button here and I'll come and give you something. Okay?"
Helen nodded.
"Good. Now sir, if you'd follow me..."
"I want him to stay." Helen interrupted and the nurse seemed to sigh internally.
"But I really don't think..." She saw the look on Helen's face and nodded. "I'll get someone to bring an extra bed in here." She promised leaving the room.
Helen lay down again, her hand still holding Barry's to his joy.
"I don't want to be alone." She said. "I'm still mad at you. But I don't want to be alone."
He nodded and kissed her forehead. "I won't leave you alone. Never again." He pulled up a chair and sat down next to her bed with his lips pressed to her hand.
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A/N: Thanks SO much for the response you guys! =) Keeps me going to know someone's enjoying this. So yeah, thanks!!!
"You have to let me see her! Tell me that she's alright! Tell me anything." He screamed angrily and Ray immediatley dropped Julie's bag and rushed up and walked between the furious Barry and the annoyed nurse. Julie smiled, she'd forgotten how good Ray was at being a meddler.
"I can't tell you at this point." The nurse said with a sharp tone to Barry and quickly turned around and left after giving Ray a firm look, telling him to keep his friend in line.
"Calm down Barry." Ray asked as a following but his friend pushed him off.
"I won't calm down! These bastards won't tell me anything!" Barry's voice reached desperation and he let out a moan of saddness. "Ray, I can't let her die."
"You won't." His friend reassured him. "But you screaming like an idiot won't help that. Let the hospital staff do their work, they know how to help her." He looked at Barry who seemed to have calmed down. He touched his shoulder. "Hey, don't you understand that there's nothing you can do?"
"No you don't understand!" Barry snapped.He pointed at a door. "That's my girl in there. I'm nothing without her. I need her."
"And you don't think I know how that feels?" Ray glanced at Julie who immediatley looked away. Barry let his eyes wander between the two of them and an awkward silence fell over them all.
Barry lowered his arm, staring at the floor. Then he got a second wind. He looked at Julie. "So Jules, been having any scary killer nightmares lately?" He asked sharply and she frowned.
"Hey man, back off." Ray took a step towards Julie but she shook her head and took a step towards Barry instead. Her face tense and nostrils flared.
"You think I wanted this? I told you guys to go home! But you didn't." Her eyes got wet. "I wished you'd never come here. I rather have myself die then let anything happen to any of you." She looked at Ray quickly but then turned her eyes away, staring into a wall.
Barry shook his head. "There's no killer." He mumbled.
Julie snorted. "Yeah? So this is all a coinsidence? We're all in need of medical care, except for Ray cause he just came. Give it a few days, then maybe we can get a discount. I've been here several days, you ... you Barry. Look at you - you look horrible. Bruised and limping. And Helen..." Her voice died.
She put her hand over her face to muffle a tiny sob. This wasn't right. Helen was the one who least of all deserved to get hurt.
Ray put his arm on Julie's shoulder and she looked at him with big eyes. A small bittersweet smile curled her lips. She was glad to see him, he looked good, but the circumstances were the worst possible.
"You were here because of yourself Julie." Barry clearified with a harsh voice but she glared back at him.
"It was an accident Barry."
"Hey." Once again Ray stepped between. "Biting each other's heads off won't do any good." He sighed. "This is so messed up. What is going on? I just got here. I don't really know anything. Can somebody please explain it to me?"
He looked at both his friends who seemed calmer now but still edgy. Julie nodded.
"Let's sit down." She said and led him over to some green plastic chairs.
Barry didn't follow them. He stood outside the door where Helen had been brought in and waited.
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Barry didn't have to wait long. A nurse came out with a chart in her hand.
"Mr Cox?" She asked seeing him and he nodded. Ray and Julie rose to their feet a couple of feet away but didn't move up to him.
"Your fianceé will be fine. She has a concusion and will probably be suffering from severe headaches to next couple of days. There was no fractions or damages to her neck or spine - very lucky in this sort of case." She shot him a glare like he was responsible for it.
"Can I see her? I she awake?"
The nurse nodded. "She is awake, but only barley. We're going to give her something so she can sleep but you can go in for a few minutes if you'd like. She's in room 212. We had her moved."
"Thank you." Barry smiled relieved. He hadn't known something in him could feel this good. Helen was alive and well. He looked at Julie and Ray and nodded with a smile. They smiled too.
"Room 212." Barry said rushing ahead of them to see Helen. He knocked gently on the door before he peaked in. "Heller?"
He saw her on the bed. She looked weak and horrible. He went up to her side and took her hand. Her eyes fluttered open.
"Hey." He said softly and she managed a smile. He leaned down giving her a kiss on the cheek. He was silent just looking at their linked hands for a few seconds. Then he felt her giving a little pressure back to his grip and looked into her eyes again.
"I was scared." He admitted and saw her teeth.
"I was asleep." She laughed coyly. "Guess it was my turn huh. Being the one in a hospital bed." The sad smile made him squint his eyes a little.
"I'm glad you weren't shot. Definitley not an experience I want you to go through." He grinned but knew it wasn't funny.
"We live a dangerous life."
He shook his head. "No, we have bad luck."
Helen frowned. "You still don't believe someone's after us? Barry, look at me. This wasn't really a slip and fall accident. I have head trauma." She crinkled her face and put her hand to the side of her head as a shooting pain struck her.
Barry felt helpless, he couldn't take the pain away. "Helen, I can't believe it. There's no reason." He felt her eyes and nodded a little. "Okay okay, there's a tiny reason but we cleared that up long ago. It's not a movie, the past isn't coming back to haunt us. It's just... I don't know what it is but... bad luck isn't totally off the charts here baby."
He kissed her knuckles. "Maybe we should go home."
Her eyes got wide. "Home? Barry, what about Julie? And Ray? I'm not just going to leave them here. They can be in danger. So can we."
"I know we are." Barry mumbled. He hadn't meant to, he didn't want to admit that he was scared of the possibilities. He avoided to look into Helen's eyes but was forced to eventually.
"So you do believe this isn't just ... by accident."
Barry sighed and stood up, rubbing his face with his hands. "There's something, I should've told you. But... I didn't want to worry you."
Helen sat up a little. She didn't say anything but since he got quiet again she did. "What? What didn't you tell me Barry?"
He looked at her and walked over to her side, taking her hand again. "I just didn't want to worry you. I was scared. I... it was when I got attacked... the 'mugger' didn't actually take anything and he ... he said something. He said... he said that I was next. That was what he whispered to me: you're next. But apperantly that wasn't right cause I ... and now you..." He got quiet and noticed that Helen's lower lip was quivering.
She took her hand away from his grip and turned her head away. Two little tears ran down her cheeks and she pressed her lips together.
"You told me Barry. That you weren't lying. But you lied. Again." She glared at him and he could see the hurt in her eyes. He hated himself.
"I know." He exhaled. "But Helen I only did it cause I didn't want to worry you. I wanted to protect you."
"Well you failed at that didn't you." She pressed her lips tighter together and he leaned down and took her hand again, although she was a little reluctant. He kissed it.
"I'm so sorry Heller." He didn't have time to say anything else because a nurse came in again.
She seemed surprised to see Barry there. "Oh, I'm sorry sir but you have to leave. Visiting hours are long over and this little lady needs to rest." She came up to Helen with a needle in her hand and the automatic reaction was Helen pressing her nails into Barry's hand.
"No! I don't want any drugs." She shook her head and looked up at Barry asking for help.
The nurse looked at her like she was an obedient child. "Oh but miss this is only to help you sleep. It's nothing heavy or addictive." She tried the syringe, squirting out some of the contents and Helen sat up and put her arms around Barry's arm, tugging it tightly.
"No! I don't want it." She said much firmer this time and the nurse sighed. She looked at Barry for support to but he put his arm around Helen's shoulder.
"Okay, but if you changed your mind, push this little button here and I'll come and give you something. Okay?"
Helen nodded.
"Good. Now sir, if you'd follow me..."
"I want him to stay." Helen interrupted and the nurse seemed to sigh internally.
"But I really don't think..." She saw the look on Helen's face and nodded. "I'll get someone to bring an extra bed in here." She promised leaving the room.
Helen lay down again, her hand still holding Barry's to his joy.
"I don't want to be alone." She said. "I'm still mad at you. But I don't want to be alone."
He nodded and kissed her forehead. "I won't leave you alone. Never again." He pulled up a chair and sat down next to her bed with his lips pressed to her hand.
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A/N: Thanks SO much for the response you guys! =) Keeps me going to know someone's enjoying this. So yeah, thanks!!!