A/N: Thanks to everybody who reviewed me on my last 2 chapters and the ones who just might do so too.

And I would like to thank my cousin Jessie13 for getting me interested in this and helping my story along. Thanks cuz!

Now on with the Chapter…

Ace's P.O.V.

"OH SHIT!" I yelled.

On her back was the biggest bruise that I had ever seen. It covered the width of her back and went up from the middle all the way up to her shoulders. It was bigger than any of the ones I'd ever given. And I'd given plenty of 'em.

"What?" Eyeball asked turning around for a second.

I turned her around and shined the flashlight on her back. Eyeball's eyes got wide.

"How in the hell did that happen?" He asked quietly.

"Dunno. She had just a small one on the bottom of her back from where she fell on the rock the other day. But as far as I know she hit something more than a brick wall." I replied.

"So I guess we gotta take her to the hospital huh?" Chris asked nervously.

"Yeah. It's the only way we can make sure that she didn't break her back or anything else. I checked but I'm not gonna do her back because I'm scared I'll hurt her." I said quietly.

We all sat in silence. Eyeball was going about 50 mph.

"Eyeball." Jesse said quietly.

"Yeah?" He looked back for a second and then focused his eyes on the road.

"If you don't get a move on, I'm gonna beat the shit outta you as soon as I get rid of this pain and bruise." She said softly.

"Yeah, I think that if she's hurt, it definitely just hurt her physically. It didn't hurt her dignity or anything at all. She's still feisty." Eyeball said.

We all laughed.

Gordie's P.O.V.

We got to the hospital all in one piece. Considering Eyeball is a bad driver, he did pretty good with a hurt person in the back. Me, Ace, Teddy, and Vern weren't allowed back in the hospital room. At least not until they checked her over.

We were all silent. We didn't know what to say. We had just come back from Jamerson. And when you come back from a place like that, with all that had just happened, you didn't really want to talk. Ace was in shock or something. He looked dead. He was staring at the clock. Hardly blinking. Not moving an inch. At least until the doctor came out. And then he hopped up.

"So what's wrong with her?" He asked his voice shaking just a little bit.

"Well, as she was slammed up a brick wall..." He said in a monotone voice that sounded like one of those cartoon characters, though I can't remember which one.

"No shit! I know that! I was there you asshole!" Ace exclaimed.

"In other words," I cut in. "Get to the point."

"She broke her right arm." The doctor said.

"And?" Ace persisted.

"And of course she has that bruise. Surprisingly she didn't break anything besides that arm." He said.

"How long will it take for that arm to heal?" Asked Teddy.

"About six to eight weeks. If there are no complications with the bone and the way it's going to heal. But until that six to eight weeks are up then we won't know if there are any complications. And she's not going to be able to fight or play sports or anything like that." The doctor replied.

"What's your name?" I asked. I wanted to make sure that he knew what he was doing. I didn't want anything else to happen to Jesse. I mean I know that Jesse wasn't my sister but she was my best friend's sister.

"Dr. Drew Jackson." He said curtly.

"Can we go see her?" We all asked.

"Sure." He said but as Ace was walking into the room, he put an arm in front of the doorway.

"Don't go in there and make any trouble." He said. "Cause she's in a lot of pain."

" Shut the fuck up." Ace shot back.

Chris' P.O.V.

The guys were allowed to come in to see Jesse. But the doctor had stopped Ace at the door and told him something. I don't know exactly what he said but Ace looked pretty pissed off about it. When he come in though, he grinned at Jesse and Eyeball.

"How you feeling?" He asked Jesse.

"I'm fine." She said smiling. Eyeball was drenched in a cold sweat and had his head in his hands. He always did that when he got nervous. But why he was drenched in that cold sweat, that I'll never know. But sure as the sun was rising, he was sweating so bad that his shirt was soaked.

Jesse looked over at Eyeball. "Eyeball?"

His head shot up. "Yeah?"

"Are you ok?" She asked.

He nodded and said that he was gonna go to sleep, and that if I needed anything or the doctor came in to wake him up.

"Don't worry Eyeball." I said quietly as he started to close his eyes.

Two minutes later, he was sound asleep. Ace woke Eyeball up and got Gordie, Vern and Teddy so he could drive them all home and then come back. When I asked him why, he said, "You need an adult here, and your dad sure as hell ain't gonna do it and Eyeball needs his rest."

I laughed. He was right. My dad wouldn't have come over there. Even with Jesse. He didn't care about any of us. And we didn't care about him either. But he was anything except an adult. That was for sure. He acted like he was still 15. And he's 19. Same as Eyeball. Not that I minded. But I did when he beat me up.

"I figured Mama would come." I said softly.

"She left. Your dad started drinking and she went to visit her sister." He replied staring at Jesse.

"Again? God almighty! She's down there every other week! She might as well stay down there! Jesus! I have to deal with him all the time. I ain't got nowhere to go." I sighed.

Ace just stared at Jesse not saying anything or moving. We sat there like this for about 10 minutes until Jesse finally woke up.

"Hey, where's Eyeball?" She said sleepily.

"He's at home asleep." I said.

"Oh." She said sitting up.

"Do you need anything?" Ace asked.

"No, I'm fine." She paused. "Where's mom?"

"At her sisters house." I told her.

"Again?" she sighed. "Is daddy drinking again?"

I nodded.

She sighed again. "God almighty! You and Eyeball have to put up with him everyday and when he starts drinking, y'all sure ain't got nowhere to go! Y'all have to gut it out. And so do I. Why can't she just suck up and deal with it or divorce him? I mean jeez. She might as well move down there and save the gas, money, and trouble." After she was done saying all this, she was red in the face.

"That's exactly what he said." Ace said as he pointed over at me.

I looked at him. And shook my head. He laughed.