To Die For

I DON'T OWN ANYTHING!

(A/N)Although Peter would have called her parents, he thought Shelby only had a flu and when she got really sick, his first reaction was to get her to the hospital. He is going to call her mom this chapter, but it was more important to get her help first.

Chapter 3

Peter had run into the hospital after parking, and shortly after was followed by two doctors and a stretcher. They carefully placed Shelby on the stretcher, and hurriedly wheeled her inside with Peter, Scott, and Sophie not far behind. When they got to the doors Shelby had been carted behind, a nurse stopped the three.

"I'm sorry, you are going to have to wait out here and fill out some forms." The nurse said

Scott was about to protest when Peter spoke up, "Yes, of course."

They sat down and Peter started to fill out forms, name, DOB, parent/legal guardian, "I have to call her mother!" Peter realized

"I'll do it, just finish filling those out." Sophie got up and walked towards the payphones

While Sophie was gone, Peter continued filling out random forms full of background information and plans of payment, while Scott went from pacing the floors to sitting next to Peter with his head in his hands. Sophie came back some minutes later.

Peter looked up, "How is she?" he said referring to Mrs. Merrick, now officially divorced from Walt

"Guess," Sophie didn't mean to sound as harsh as she did so she added, "I'm sorry, I'm just so nervous, she said she would try and get down here as soon as possible."

Peter put his arm around her, held her close, and kissed the top of her head, "Don't worry, she'll be fine," Then he turned to Scott, "She WILL be fine."

Scott looked up at Peter, and for the first time they both saw the tears in his eyes. He just shook his head yes and again placed his head in his hands. Peter just placed his hand on Scott's back for support.

Three times the doctors came out just to tell them Shelby was still being tested, finally, three hours after rushing her to the hospital, the doctor now known to be Dr. Arkus came out, "We tested her for multiple thing, and the results will be out soon, for right now she is awake, but not in any pain what so ever because of the medicine we gave her. You can go in and see her one at a time, but if I may, I think she is looking for you, "He motioned to Scott and smiled sadly, he in fact knew what the results had come back as, he just felt they should be discussed between the adults first. Scott listened to the doctor's directions on where Shelby's room was, and he disappeared behind a corner.

"Mr. Scarbrow, Mrs. Scarbrow, can I have a word please?" Dr. Arkus asked

They both nodded and followed him into a meeting room.

Scott stood outside the room given to Shelby, he took a deep breath, wiped his eyes, took anoher breath to calm himself, and slowly opened the heavy wooden door. The first thing he noticed was the beeping of a machine she was hooked up to,then he saw her, Shelby, his love. She was pale, but laying seeminly peacefully in the hospital bed, her eyes were closed and she looked to be sleeping. Scott, not wanting to wake her, walked quietly to the cushioned chair next to her bed; when he sat, the chair moved back slightly, creating a small noise of the leg sliding on the floor. He looked up quickly at Shelby, she was still sleeping; he sighed and sa watching her, when he noticed that his sneaker was untied her picked his foot up on the chair and tied it. When he looked up, Shelby was watching him

"Hey." She smiled slightly, he could tell she was weak

He stood up next to her bed and took her hand, he smiled and said softly, "Hey, how are you feeling?"

"Better." She looked at him, his response was to kiss her hand

"I don't know what I would do without you, I love you so much."

Just as she was about to answer, a nurse came in, "Scott?"

"Yea? He looked confused, "What's wrong?"

"Shelby needs to get her rest, Dr. Arkus wants you to go to the meeting room down the hall, Sophie and Peter are waiting there."

"I don't mind if he stays." Shelby spoke up

Scott looked at her and smiled, "Nah, you need to get better as fast as possible," He kissed her cheek and squeezed her hand, "Don't worry, I'll be back in a little while." He smiled reasurrenly, then walked out the door down the hall.

He saw the room and opened the door, upon entering, he saw something he was not expecing, and something that made his stomach sink, Peter was holding a hysterically crying Sophie with a grim expression on his face, while the doctor had a solomn expression on his face. When Scott spoke up, his voice was caught in his throat, making it hard to talk, "What...What's going on?"

Peter looked up at the boy, he and Dr. Arkus had decided Peter should be the one to tell him the news, but looking at Scott now, he knew it would break his heart, "Scott..."

Peter's loss for worse confermed his suspicions, "What's wrong with her?" He knew it was about Shelby, tear instantly entered his eyes. When Peter didn't answer, Scot spoke up again, "PETER, WHAT IS WRONG WITH SHELBY?" He was now getting hysterical

Peter stood up leaving Sophie to cry by herself, he walked over to Scott and put a hand on each shoulder and looked the boy in the eyes, "Scott, she's very sick."

Scott looked into this man's eyes, this man who he considered a second father, and saw the pain the whatever news he was about to hear had brought on, "Peter, just tell me, what is wrong with her?"

"All the times she was on the street, you know she used drugs, that she drank alcohol, well they don't know which one, but it affected her liver," he looked sadly into Scott's eyes as he continued, "It's cirrhosis, and they didn't catch it in time, her liver is badly damaged."

Scott looked away shocked, how could that be, just a few weeks ago they had talked about moving in together after graduation, and now she had liver disease? He looked back to Peter, "What...I mean," Peter could tell the boy was in shock, "I just don't understand..."

"Scott, the doctors are going to add her to the donor list, and were going to test who ever wants to at Horizon to look for a match," Then he made sure Scott was listening, "What you have to realize though, Shelby has a rare blood type, if no one matches and her only hope is the list, there is a good chance she won't live long enough to recieve one."

Scott's ears started to ring, everything was white, he couldn't see anymore, and he felt like throwing up. As Peter watched him, he knew that the realization was setting in, he pulled a seat over and helped Scott into it, "You have to keep a positive attitude Scott."

He looked up horrified, "A pos..no, this can't be happening, I just..." Finally the tear began flowing, his world seemed to be falling along with the tears, the thing he cared about the most in the world was sick and there was nothing he could do about it. Peter gathered the crushed teen in this arms, and Sophie came over to join the hug. Dr. Arkus stepped out, he knew they needed their time.