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I just wanna thank everyone who reviewed; it's very encouraging to know that people like it and that they want to read more. Thank you!
And also I'm so sorry but it has to happen...
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"Is he okay?" Lucas asked as he rushed into the hospital. Peyton stood alone beside the bench where Jenny was sleeping, she ignored his question until his hand reached hers. "Is he okay?" he repeated.
Peyton stared at him, her eyes red from crying. "I don't know." she whispered. "They won't let me see him." Peyton and Lucas sat down on the blue plastic benches in the waiting room.
Lucas looked over at Jenny who was lying in Lucas' Ravens jacket that he had let Peyton wear just minutes before. She was sleeping so peacefully; unaware of what was happening. Her little eyelashes flickered at the bright lights. Lucas rapped his arm around Peyton and she rested her head on his shoulder. "It's gonna be okay."
"What's going on? I got your message and came as soon as I could." Mike asked frantically as he raced into the room. "Is he okay?" The two teens watched his worried eyes jet back and forth. They could see a small reflection from the light on his wet cheeks. Mike breathed deeply as he walked over to his brother's friends. Sitting down, he picked up Jenny and asked Peyton. "Did you call my mom?"
Peyton shook her head. Mike searched his pockets with his hand that didn't hold Jenny. "Either of you got a phone?" Lucas reached into the pocket of his pants and handed it to him. "Hold her for a sec." He said to Peyton as he put Jenny into her arms. Mike looked back and forth from a paper to the phone as he dialed. The conversation was short and ended on a bad tone.
"What do you mean you won't make it? ... Try... Just be here!" Mike yelled into the phone. "Sorry." He said as he gave back the phone.
Finally a nurse came out. "You're with Jake Jagielski?" she asked quietly.
Peyton stood up and approached her desperately, tears streaming down her sorrowed face. "Is he okay? Can we see him?" she asked as Lucas and Mike came up beside her.
The nurse's eyes flooded with tears. She wished to reach out to them but it wasn't her place. "He's sleeping," she stopped talking. Lowering her head she whispered to them. "Go in."
The three of them neared cautiously Jake's bed. Pushing back the curtains, they saw his broken body lying lifeless on the white bed. Peyton's body fell to the ground. Her small figure shook vigorously on the cold floor. Lucas bent down to Peyton and held her tightly in his strong arms. "It's not fair." She wept. "He's got Jenny and everything else, why now?"
Lucas struggled to hold back tears. "He'll be okay, I promise." Peyton rubbed her blonde hair against Lucas' dampened shirt. Lucas felt a drip of water tickle the back of his neck and a hand against his shirt.
He looked up and saw Mike holding his eyes shut, bouncing Jenny in his arm and rubbing Lucas' back. Lucas felt bad. He had forgotten Mike was there, and still Mike kept himself together to keep Jenny happy and to help Peyton and Lucas. Bending down Mike wrapped his arm around the young man. "Thank you." Lucas whispered as loud as he could. Mike just watched him constantly looking over at Jake.
A man cleared his deep voice, startling the young people. "I'm sorry. You're his family?" he asked oddly.
Mike stood up, as did Lucas and Peyton. "No, or well I'm his brother, these are his friends."
"Where are your parents?" The doctor asked. Mike explained that they were out of town and they couldn't make it. "Could you please give me their number and I'll have a nurse call, I think they'll want to be here." Mike wrote down the number and handed it to the doctor.
"What do you mean, they'll want to be here?" Mike asked hesitantly. "Is he okay?"
The doctor sighed and Peyton began to sob more obviously. "I'm very sorry, but I don't think your brother will make it 'till tomorrow."
Jake lay in the bed a meter away from them. Listening in he felt the life drain out of him right there. 'I'm gonna die.' He said to himself. A tear slipped down his cheek as he thought of everything that he was going to miss. 'Jenny's first word, her first day of school, her graduations, going to university, giving her away at her marriage.' A tear fell down his cheek at the thought of not seeing her grow up.
"You see," the doctor continued. "Your brother lost a lot of blood tonight. We've tried to pump some back in, but... we don't know if he'll survive."
That night, as Jake slept, Lucas, Peyton and Jake tried to teach Jenny to speak. Jenny mumbled something that sounded like a cat meowing. "It's not gonna work Peyton, she's not gonna say it."
"Give her here." Mike said taking Jenny from Lucas. "Come on Jenny, you can do it, say it." After listening for a few minutes of listening to the silence, she blurted it out. "See what did I tell you?" They all celebrated.
"Mike, Peyton, Lucas." Jake whispered. "Mike. Luc. Peyton. Get up." Jake sighed frustrated he had been trying in vain to wake them up for five minutes.
"What?" Peyton asked half asleep, her head still resting on Lucas' lap. Just before going to sleep they had put Jenny under Jake's arm Peyton put her head on Lucas' lap, Lucas had rested his head on Mike's back, and Mike on the side of Jake's bed.
Peyton smiled and shook Lucas and Mike until they woke up. "Good morning." Jake whispered. Jake looked down at Jenny, who yawned and opened her eyes. "Hi Jenny."
Once they were all a little more awake, Mike took Jenny in his arms. "Come on, you can do it..."
Jake watched intently tears gathering at the side of his eyes. Jenny smiled as Mike encouraged her. Her little hand reached out to Jake and Mike set her in his brother's arms.
Looking deep into his Jenny said as loud as possible, without yelling. "Daddy."
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Please review!
We all live in a yellow submarine...
-The Beatles
I just wanna thank everyone who reviewed; it's very encouraging to know that people like it and that they want to read more. Thank you!
And also I'm so sorry but it has to happen...
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"Is he okay?" Lucas asked as he rushed into the hospital. Peyton stood alone beside the bench where Jenny was sleeping, she ignored his question until his hand reached hers. "Is he okay?" he repeated.
Peyton stared at him, her eyes red from crying. "I don't know." she whispered. "They won't let me see him." Peyton and Lucas sat down on the blue plastic benches in the waiting room.
Lucas looked over at Jenny who was lying in Lucas' Ravens jacket that he had let Peyton wear just minutes before. She was sleeping so peacefully; unaware of what was happening. Her little eyelashes flickered at the bright lights. Lucas rapped his arm around Peyton and she rested her head on his shoulder. "It's gonna be okay."
"What's going on? I got your message and came as soon as I could." Mike asked frantically as he raced into the room. "Is he okay?" The two teens watched his worried eyes jet back and forth. They could see a small reflection from the light on his wet cheeks. Mike breathed deeply as he walked over to his brother's friends. Sitting down, he picked up Jenny and asked Peyton. "Did you call my mom?"
Peyton shook her head. Mike searched his pockets with his hand that didn't hold Jenny. "Either of you got a phone?" Lucas reached into the pocket of his pants and handed it to him. "Hold her for a sec." He said to Peyton as he put Jenny into her arms. Mike looked back and forth from a paper to the phone as he dialed. The conversation was short and ended on a bad tone.
"What do you mean you won't make it? ... Try... Just be here!" Mike yelled into the phone. "Sorry." He said as he gave back the phone.
Finally a nurse came out. "You're with Jake Jagielski?" she asked quietly.
Peyton stood up and approached her desperately, tears streaming down her sorrowed face. "Is he okay? Can we see him?" she asked as Lucas and Mike came up beside her.
The nurse's eyes flooded with tears. She wished to reach out to them but it wasn't her place. "He's sleeping," she stopped talking. Lowering her head she whispered to them. "Go in."
The three of them neared cautiously Jake's bed. Pushing back the curtains, they saw his broken body lying lifeless on the white bed. Peyton's body fell to the ground. Her small figure shook vigorously on the cold floor. Lucas bent down to Peyton and held her tightly in his strong arms. "It's not fair." She wept. "He's got Jenny and everything else, why now?"
Lucas struggled to hold back tears. "He'll be okay, I promise." Peyton rubbed her blonde hair against Lucas' dampened shirt. Lucas felt a drip of water tickle the back of his neck and a hand against his shirt.
He looked up and saw Mike holding his eyes shut, bouncing Jenny in his arm and rubbing Lucas' back. Lucas felt bad. He had forgotten Mike was there, and still Mike kept himself together to keep Jenny happy and to help Peyton and Lucas. Bending down Mike wrapped his arm around the young man. "Thank you." Lucas whispered as loud as he could. Mike just watched him constantly looking over at Jake.
A man cleared his deep voice, startling the young people. "I'm sorry. You're his family?" he asked oddly.
Mike stood up, as did Lucas and Peyton. "No, or well I'm his brother, these are his friends."
"Where are your parents?" The doctor asked. Mike explained that they were out of town and they couldn't make it. "Could you please give me their number and I'll have a nurse call, I think they'll want to be here." Mike wrote down the number and handed it to the doctor.
"What do you mean, they'll want to be here?" Mike asked hesitantly. "Is he okay?"
The doctor sighed and Peyton began to sob more obviously. "I'm very sorry, but I don't think your brother will make it 'till tomorrow."
Jake lay in the bed a meter away from them. Listening in he felt the life drain out of him right there. 'I'm gonna die.' He said to himself. A tear slipped down his cheek as he thought of everything that he was going to miss. 'Jenny's first word, her first day of school, her graduations, going to university, giving her away at her marriage.' A tear fell down his cheek at the thought of not seeing her grow up.
"You see," the doctor continued. "Your brother lost a lot of blood tonight. We've tried to pump some back in, but... we don't know if he'll survive."
That night, as Jake slept, Lucas, Peyton and Jake tried to teach Jenny to speak. Jenny mumbled something that sounded like a cat meowing. "It's not gonna work Peyton, she's not gonna say it."
"Give her here." Mike said taking Jenny from Lucas. "Come on Jenny, you can do it, say it." After listening for a few minutes of listening to the silence, she blurted it out. "See what did I tell you?" They all celebrated.
"Mike, Peyton, Lucas." Jake whispered. "Mike. Luc. Peyton. Get up." Jake sighed frustrated he had been trying in vain to wake them up for five minutes.
"What?" Peyton asked half asleep, her head still resting on Lucas' lap. Just before going to sleep they had put Jenny under Jake's arm Peyton put her head on Lucas' lap, Lucas had rested his head on Mike's back, and Mike on the side of Jake's bed.
Peyton smiled and shook Lucas and Mike until they woke up. "Good morning." Jake whispered. Jake looked down at Jenny, who yawned and opened her eyes. "Hi Jenny."
Once they were all a little more awake, Mike took Jenny in his arms. "Come on, you can do it..."
Jake watched intently tears gathering at the side of his eyes. Jenny smiled as Mike encouraged her. Her little hand reached out to Jake and Mike set her in his brother's arms.
Looking deep into his Jenny said as loud as possible, without yelling. "Daddy."
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Please review!
We all live in a yellow submarine...
-The Beatles