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Chapter Three: The Truth

At about eleven the next morning, Mariah got up and dressed. She woke the others up and went to the hospital. Because she had spent most of yesterday with Ray, Mariah had to wait until everyone else seen him before she could. Kai went in last before Mariah and he said that Ray was stirring and starting to wake up. Mariah went in quickly and sat down on the hard plastic chair next to his bed. For the first time, she noticed all of Ray's injuries. His left arm was in a cast, his right foot was held in place by a brace, and his arms and legs were cut and bruised, although none of the cuts looked deep. Mariah was happy to see his face wasn't cut or bruised as bad as his legs and arms were.

"Ray if you can hear me, please try your hardest, wake up" Mariah said in a pleading voice. She quickly left the room to get a drink of water. She couldn't look at him without wanting to cry. She ran into Lee and he, seeing that she was about to cry, asked what was wrong. She looked away from Lee and said, "He hasn't woken up yet. I just hoped that this nightmare would have ended sooner"

"I think all of us feel that way, come on there's another reason"

"There's nothing else. Lee I already told you why" Mariah answered him, still not looking completely at him.

"Mariah...I'm not stupid. I can tell just by looking at you that it's something else. It's okay...you can tell me..." Lee said, starting to grow impatient.

"Do you really, really want to know the truth? ... I can't live without Ray. He means more to me then you'll ever be able to imagine... I...I...I love him" Mariah said in an upset, soft tone. Without looking at Lee, she turned and walked out of the room.

Before going back to Ray's room Mariah walked around the hospital. She went back to his room and sat there quietly for a while. She remembered when they were younger, and how happy they used to be playing with each other or hanging out behind the grocery store blading. Those were the best times in her life. She took Galux out of her pocket and looked down at it thinking, I wouldn't have this or be the blader I am today, of it hadn't been for Ray. She placed her blade on the table beside the bed, right beside Driger. She looked at the two blades and seen a flash of light pass between the two. She knew that the bond of the White Tiger bit beasts was what caused the light, it happened whenever two White Tiger bits (Driger, Galux, Galmon, Galeon and Galzzy)were really close. Leaving the two blades lying there beside each other, she got up and looked out the window. She could feel tears coming, and quickly before they came she said this, "Ray I can't live without you. I mean it, I can't. You have to wake up. You have to. I...I...I lo...I love you." When she turned around she found herself staring into the eyes of Ray Kon.

"Ma...Mariah..."

haha cliffy...evil smile yeah yeah... I know its short...