Author Note: Thank you sooooooooooooooooooo much too all the reviewers. I'm sorry the last chapter was too short. I'll try to write longer ones AND update ASAP! In some of this part I guess Matt is a little out of character since he is letting his emotions get the better of him and he is usually in control more. Don't worry this is for a reason. By the way sorry that this chapter took so long to put up, but something was wrong on my computer and every time I would try to type it would freeze.

Merryw, it's cool that you like The Outsiders. It's my favorite book. I also like Matt and Lucy together too! (but you probably figured that out since this is about them)

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, only the story.

Matt's POV

I put my finger to the phone and slowly started to dial the number. My whole body shook as I listened to its ringing.

"Hello!" It was my mother. She sounded incredibly cheerful and I hated to have to break this news to her. To tell a mother that her child was hurt is one of the hardest things to do.

"Uh… It's Matt." I said softly trying to swallow the hard, dry lump in my throat.

"Matt, are you OK, you sound upset."

"Actually, we got into an accident."

"Well, if you're worried about damages to the car or something, we'll take care of it."

"Mom…," I protested. I knew she knew that Lucy was hurt. My mom always knows when something isn't right, but she couldn't admit it. "It's not the car that I'm worried about. Its Lucy she's hurt really bad. We're on our way to the hospital right now."

"We're coming," she said softly and I could hear the pain in her voice.

There I was sitting in the waiting room outside of the emergency room. I was starring strait forward when I saw my parents coming. I wanted to go run to them and wrap myself in their embrace, but I couldn't move. When my mother saw me she gasped. I guess I must have looked sort of beat up. I had a couple of busies and a cut across my forehead. I was Ok though, and it was nothing compared to Lucy's condition.

"Matt, oh, are you Ok."

"I'm fine, Mom, really."

She sat down in the chair beside me. My Dad went to the front desk to fill out the paperwork on Lucy. My mom and I sat there quiet for a long time. It was one of those awkward silences where you want to say something to fill the silence, but you can't think of anything to say. She finally spoke.

"She'll be Ok Matt, I know she will."

"How…How do you know?" I asked angrily. "You don't Mom, You don't know." I looked at her face and I could tell I hurt her. 'I'm sorry, I'm just in a bad mood."

"It's Ok I know this is hard for you."

We sat there for a little while quietly and then my dad came over, but he didn't really say anything. A nurse started walking toward us.

"You're Lucy Camden's family, aren't you?"

"Yes, we are," my father answered.

"Well, she's still unconscious, but you can go in the room and wait until she wakes up."

We went in the room and when I saw her lying there an awful feeling came over me. The doctor came in and explained everything to us. Her head had been hit and her brain was damaged. It wasn't sending the signals to her heart right and her heart rate was low. If it got better than she would be OK, but if it got worse her heart could stop. The doctor left and the three of us stood there waiting and wondering if she would wake up. Would if she didn't and would if I never got a chance to tell her that I was sorry and that I loved her?

"Dad …," I said sort of out of breath, "Dad is she going to be Ok."

"I, I don't know son."

"Can't you fix this Dad? I mean you always take care of everything. You take away everything bad. Every time someone has a problem you fix it. It's what you do, so please, please fix this Dad."

"Matt, There's nothing I can do."

"Yes you can, please just try."

"This is reality Matt and you have to face it, you just have to face it."

"No, No, No this is not happening, it's not."

"Matt, just calm down Ok, everything is going to be fine. We'll get through this together."

I couldn't take this. All I wanted was for Lucy to be OK and my Dad couldn't make this pain go away, no one could. I did something I hadn't done in a long time, cry. I completely broke down and my head was pounding. I had to get out of the room. I couldn't stay there any longer. I ran out and slammed the door. I was going to go for a drive and blow off some steam, but I heard my parents talking and I listened at the door.

"Eric, this is scaring me. I mean it's really, really scaring me. Not only Lucy, but I've never seen Matt like this before." I heard my mother say through tears.

"Easy Annie, don't get upset. It's not good for the babies. We need to be strong for the kids."

"I know, I just wish we could do something to help Matt get through this."

"I don't think there's anything we can do. Matt has always cared so deeply for the kids and this is the first time that one of them has been hurt this seriously. This is just something he can't handle easil. It's shock, but I think with time he'll be OK."

"I love matt so much, I hate that he's hurt."

"I know, because you're a great mother. I just wish that I could be a good father and help him somehow, but I don't think that there is anything that either of us can do except pray. Pray that Lucy is Ok and that everything will be normal again. It's all in God's hands and I'm not worried because he always comes through."

This whole mess was awful. Both of my parents are upset and I got my sister in a car wreck. Everything was falling apart, but I knew I had to take care of things. I slowly walked back into the room. My parents smiled when I walked in and I felt lucky to have such a great mom and dad.

"I'm sorry," I said apologetically, "For breaking down earlier. I have a better handle on this now and I'd really like to take responsibility. I'll stay here, in the hospital with Lucy until she gets better. I think you guys should go home. I love yall, but Mom , you need to rest and Dad you have people who need help and mom to take care of. If something, good or bad, happens with Lucy I'll call you guys." They agreed with me and after they kissed Lucy on the forehead and hugged me they left. I sat down in a chair by the bed and fell asleep.