Disclaimer: I don't own anything but this plot.

Okay I'm back now so lets get to it! Marco's fate is still undecided. I'm thinking of having him die just for more angst but I'm not sure. For those who want to make Spin miserable I will do that for sometime but this plot is supposed to bring them back together(not friends but not uber death-to-you hate). So for you reading pleasure here is my next chappie!

Midnight

Silence…

Spinner walks through the door greeted sourly by his former crew. The tension rose as they slowly woke up.

Spinner started, "Okay I know you all probably wish it was me laying up there dead…."

"Damn right" Jimmy sneered.

"Guys…save it" Craig interrupted as he pulled Spin into the hallway.

As soon as they were out of the waiting area he confronted Spin.

"Okay now why are you here?" he asked annoyed.

"Dude it's all over the news, plus I should be here I mean he was our friend…"

"Oh like Jimmy was to you!"

"DUDE! I'm sick of this now! Do you think I don't remember? Do you think that I wanted Jimmy shot? Don't you think everyday I live with that on my conscience?"

At this point Spin and Craig were causing a scene and security was called over. After they saw nothing was that serious they left.

Craig spoke up again, "Look, I don't care that you're here but just stay outta the room, I really don't need anymore drama right now."

Spin nodded as he walked out to the main waiting area.

1:00 am

Craig walked back into the first room and turned on the TV since the silence was getting to everyone.

"I'm here for channel 23 news…tonight we take you to St Timothy's hospital where Degrassi community school's student body president is in near death condition. The cause due to a hate crime because of his sexuality. The crime known as bashing has left him in a state of comatose with a low chance of survival."

The background in the newscast was the outside of the hospital where students, and others were waiting outside, some with candles, some with signs, all of them waiting for more news. Paige and Hazel came back and Ellie went in next. Hazel saw that Jimmy was fuming mad. "Craig, what's with Jimmy?"

"Spin came in awhile ago and…"

"What? Why is he here?" everyone fussed. Just as everyone began to start up another fight, Dr Stevens walked in. Everyone stopped as they awaited the next word.

"Well what's going on?"

" At this point only 10 of his brain is working, we haven't been able to keep his vitals stable and his lungs are beginning to fail. We're going to put him on a breathing machine but now it's all up to fate (1)" he replied. "Now if you'll excuse me I have to go back in." as he went back into the unit.

Everyone sat there for about 10min until Craig spoke up "I'll be back, one of you go call Joey and tell him where I'm at and what's going on (2)" as he left the room.

Spinner saw him walking out of the room.

"How's he doing?"

"He's practically gone now, they put him on a respirator. Look the news is outside waiting for an update I need you to go and tell them."

"Oh so now you want me here?

"Look Spin I don't have time for this just go out there and tell them" as he walked into ICU and then to Marco's room.

1:30 am

Craig finally found Marco's room after searching for about 30 minutes. What he saw would stick with him for the rest of his life.

The Marco that he and his friends knew as the bright sunny person was now gone. What was left was a 17 yr old shell of a human who had tubes up his nose and mouth, barely noticeable and virtually dead. "Maybe this is why Ellie was only here for 10 minutes" Craig figured. He walked up to his bedside and saw his friend lying there.

Okay there you have it! 2 hours worth of work. Now as you can see Marco's just screwed over now, so what do you want next? There's more spin torture next chappie. I really don't hate him because Rick was the one who shot Jimmy (sure he was the scapegoat). In fact I feel bad for him (don't hate me I'm super compassionate). The others shouldn't be in the hateration here it's between Jimmy and Spinner.

I used fate so no one gets offended by religion I would've said God.

I just realized that none of the parents would know why the kids were late so I added that.

Now I still have tension between Spin and the gang but between Craig and him it's toning down.

R&R please! Does anyone want more dialog with the others?