Louis turned as he heard the sliding doors of the hospital entrance open, and saw his teary eyed family run through. His heart broke at the sight of his mother in particular, whose angst at the moment was devestating. What would they think when they found out he was the cause of the accident, that because he didn't listen to Ren or Tawny he could have killed the both of them. Please dear God let them live, he wouldn't be able to live with the fact that he killed them because he thought he was cool speeding. He would give his life just for the two of them to live. He hopped down off of the stretcher they had him sitting on, and made his way over to his parents and Donnie who were at the information desk.
"Louis!" His mother cried out, running over to him and enveloping him in a tight hug.
"Mom, I'm so sorry." Louis cried, burying his face in her jacket.
"Sorry for what?" His mother asked, rubbing his back.
"It's my fault mom, Ren and Tawny told me to slow down but I never. I'm so sorry." Louis replied tearfully.
"What?" His mother questioned, but before anyone could say anything more, a doctor came over to them, clipboard in hand.
"Is this the Stevens family?" he asked.
"Yes, we are. Our daughter and Tawny, how are they?" Mr Stevens asked eagerly.
"Is Tawny's family here with you?" The doctor asked.
"No they are away on business in Europe, she's staying with us for the time being." Mr. Stevens answered anxiously.
"Alright then, why don't we have a seat then." the doctor said, directing them over to a unoccupied section of the sitting area.
"First off let me say that both girls are very lucky to be alive right now. From what the paramedics and firefighters said, the accident was horrific and they at first didn't think that anyone who had been sitting in the back seat like Tawny and Ren where could have survived, they figured they would be dead when they finally managed to open the back end of the car. The police told me that the cause of the accident was speeding and that the driver, your son was going quite the speed when they hit the man driving the van." The doctor started, no one said anything, they just looked over at Louis who lowered his head.
"Now one of my colleages checked out your son and Mr Twitty here, they are fine however, I ask that they stay over night for observation due to the fact that they do have rather severe concussions. As for your daughter and her friend Tawny, that's a different story. Let me start off with Tawny, she suffered several severely broken bones in her left leg as well as a shattered knee cap and other severe breaks in her right leg. There was some internal bleeding, mainly around her liver and kidney's but we were able to stop that during surgery as well as repair her knee cap and breaks. She has five broken ribs that will need to mend themselves. She has many, many severe cuts and bruises, most which had to be stiched. One of the most severe, is on her forehead. We figure that she gained that on first impact and it has knocked her into a coma." The doctor explained solomly. Mrs. Stevens started crying even more, Donnie hugged her comfortingly while fighting back his own tears. Twitty and Louis hung their heads, and Louis muttered something to himself that no one could hear.
"What about Ren doctor?" Mr. Stevens asked fearfully. The doctor took a deep breath and looked at them all sympathetically.
"Ren suffered more severe injuries. She also recieved many severe cuts like Tawny, the result being first impact and from the metal of the car as it twisted and ripped open. She is also in a coma, and like Tawny we don't know when she'll come out of it. There were several broken ribs and two fractures, a sprained wrist and severe internal bleeding. All of her injuries will heal basically on their own, we stopped the internal bleeding in surgery, however, unfortunatly ..." The doctor answered, his voice breaking before he could break the horrible news.
"What doctor? What is it?" Mrs. Stevens cried, clutching her husband's arm tightly.
"Ma'am I don't know how to say this, so I'll come right out and say it. A large piece of the car came through the back seat of the car, where Ren was sitting, and it was pushed into Ren's back during the collision on the rocks. The metal, cut into her nerves, and totally destroyed several of them, the ones that control her ability to walk. Mr and Mrs Stevens I'm sorry to tell you this, but your Daughter is paralyzed from the legs down for life, there is nothing we can do surgery wise to help her." The doctor said. Mrs. Stevens erupted into deep sobs burying her face into Mr. Stevens shirt. Donnie got to his feet and went over to the corner and stood and looked out the window, tears rolling down his face. Louis just sat next to Twitty, both of them silent in shock. The doctor stood up slowly and walked over to the nurse's station and told her to direct all out patients to the other waiting room so that the Stevens could be alone.
