A/N - Sorry it took me so long to get this chapter up, I've been really busy with school, I went to a Busted gig and I've been helping more around the house for money. And I can't remember who, but someone mentioned an idea which I used in this chapter. Thanks for the idea.
Next thing I remember was waking up in Smallville Medical Centre; well that's where I thought I was. It was painful all over. I could barely turn my head without sharp shooting pains going up my neck. Then I heard the door open and someone's footsteps walking towards my bed. The person pulled a chair over to my side and I finally saw who it was. Chloe.
"Hey Peyton. Clark told me what happened, feeling any better?" I tried speaking but nothing came out. Chloe noticed this straight away. "It's OK. You don't need to speak; I'll just sit over here." She must of sat beside me for a while. My mind wondered a little whilst she was there. I fell asleep again when Chloe was still beside me. Once I woke up, it was Clark who was sitting beside me. I smiled at him when he took my hand tighter and smiled back at me.
"Hi, feeling better Peyton?" This time when I tried to speak, it came out a bit croaky but at least I could speak.
"Been better." We both laughed a little then I started coughing hysterically. Clark started to rub my back after I sat up. He really helped. "What... h-happened?"
"I don't remember much but when I woke up, you were unconscious and you had your cell phone in your hand. That's why I was wondering when you were going to wake up because I thought you would know more than me. Can you remember anything?" I tried to think back. The only thing I would recall was my car colliding with the large truck.
"I only... re-remember that my c-c-car crashed into t-that large t-tr-truck," I finally got out. It took a lot out of me when I spoke so I tried to keep it to a minimum. "Who el-else had c-came to s-s-see me?"
"Your dad, your brother, Chloe, Lana, Pete, my parents and a lot of other people from your family too. And I also think that woman... uh... Jennifer came too." Jennifer?!?! Why the hell would she want to see me? Dad probably asked her to come. "Anyway you need your rest. I'll just sit here quietly and I'll wake you up if someone else comes." I nodded, laid back and started sleeping again.
Clark must have stayed with me all night because I awoke at around 8.25am and he was sound asleep, covered in a thick blanket in my room. I looked at my cards which people left for me when I came across a closed envelope. I opened it and started reading the letter inside.
Hiya babe,
Dylan told me everything so I made Candee drive me all the way here. I couldn't believe it until I saw you myself. Gosh hunz, that must have been some crash. You were asleep when I came to visit and the dude who was sitting beside your bed was going to wake you but I told him not to. You really needed the rest. So I sat and wrote you this letter.
I'm really sorry that I haven't called or wrote to you for age. School has beenfcuking hard and I haven't had any spare time in ages. But my grades are finally improving so my parents say I could stay in Smallville over the summer. If that's OK with you Peyton because if you're gonna be busy I will totally understand.
I finally got the courage to ask Johnny out and he said yes! Now we're going steady! What about you? How's your love life been? And you do need to answer because I am your best friend, remember? Well, I still hope I am!
I'll see you again sometime babe, write back!
Love you loads, Sam xx
I could not believe it. Sam came all the way from Metropolis just to see me. She's the bestest friend I could have asked for. But I still couldn't believe it and Clark didn't even wake me! The idiot. I slipped the letter back into the envelope and placed it back on the shelf.
Clark started moving a little. He sat up and then turned towards me. He looked shattered and he needed more rest than I did. He rubbed his eyes then pulled his chair to my side. He took my hand and I squeezed it back. Just after that, more people came into my room. It was my aunt Sadie, my Uncle Tom and my two younger cousins, Katherine and Laura-Jayne.
"Hi baby! Are you feeling any better?" My aunt asked. Clark stood up and let her have a seat. My Uncle Tom took a seat at the other side of me and Katherine and Laura-Jayne sat at the bottom of my bed.
"I feel better than what I did yesterday." My voice was back to normal now, which was a relief.
"That's good to hear. And Laura-Jayne painted you a little picture." Laura handed me the picture. It was really sweet for her to do. She painted a rabbit... I think anyway.
I fell asleep during their visit and Clark also left for a while too. When I awoke, I was told Chloe, Pete and Dylan visited. And my doctors said that I should be getting home in the next few days, as soon as tomorrow even. That was a relief.
When I did wake up again, my dad was sitting beside my bed, reading a magazine. He never noticed that I was conscious until I was trying to get a drink and I knocked down the jug. He turned to me and smiled a little. That was the first time I had seen him smiling in a long, long while.
"Hi daddy." Don't ask why I called him that, it just felt right at the particular moment. "How long have you been here?"
"Daddy? You haven't called me that since October 1989..." He remembers the last time I called him daddy? Guess it's a thing all dads remember. "You know, the day we got caught in the Smallville meteor shower."
That day was one of the most horrible days of my life. But that day changed my life forever too. My parents were in town when I wondered off for a while. That's when the first of the meteors crashed and I was trying to escape it all. I tripped over a dent in the road and a meteor crashed right in front of me. Fragments of it broke off and cut me in the head. I was told the rock went into my bloodstream and suddenly everything about me was different.
Ever since that day, I could make people do things that I thought. Like control them I guess. The first time I actually noticed myself doing it was in the second grade. I accidentally made my teacher go to the principal and make out with him, like I had seen in a movie the night before. Everyone in the school got a laugh out of it and I used this to my advantage. I made my dad date a lot of women I thought were really nice (after my mom passed away). But I figured out that I was the only one who was happy so I stopped messing around with people's thoughts and minds... until I met Clark that is.
"Yeah I remember that day daddy. So, why are you here alone?" I would have thought Jennifer would be with him.
"Jennifer's working and Dylan's got college so I thought I could spend some quality time with my little baby." Now that's something I've never heard my dad say since... since... since when I was actually a baby.
"Your little baby?"
"Yeah. Baby, if I lost you, I don't know what I would do. So... any word on getting out?" This was the nicest my dad had ever been to me.
"Clark told me that the doctors said I could be getting out as soon as tomorrow." That made him smile, big time. Just then, Clark and Chloe came into the room. My dad decided to leave and Clark and Chloe sat down. Chloe bought me a few magazines and Clark gave me a kiss on the forehead.
"I never knew you two had a thing going on," Chloe said coldly. Clark told me he was going to tell Chloe about us, guess he forgot.
"Chloe, no need to be jealous," Clark shot back. "I don't need to inform you with everything that's happening in my private life because knowing you, you'll make in front page material some how!" Whoa, since when is Clark a total mean bastard?
"Sorry Clark. I'll come back later, bye Peyton." Chloe quickly picked up her handbag and I left. I hope she was alright; she looked really pissed after Clark kissed me. I didn't want to ruin my friendship with her.
