Joey came running through the doors of the waiting room in a huff. Angie was having a hard time keeping up with her dad. You could tell that she had been crying prior to this since she still had red eyes.
Emma could see the anguish in Joey's face. She could barely look at his face without tears rushing down her face.
"Emma," he called out as he embraced her.
"I'm so sorry," Emma repented, wanting him to know she felt responsible.
He didn't pick up on it, "How is he?"
"There's been no change in his condition. The doctor's don't think his body is strong enough to get through this."
Angie didn't like the thought if that, he meant so much to her, she all of a sudden burst out into tears, "No…"
Emma knelt down beside Angie, "It's going to be okay, Craig's a fighter." More tears ran down her face, "I know he is." She knew that from her own experiences, he was so unwilling to let her go, even after she had gave up on them and said that he wanted to be with Kelsie. If this wasn't true love, she didn't know what was.
The little girl looked at Emma with a faint smile, she embraced her, "I hope you're right."
"Emma maybe you should phone Spin, Jimmy and the rest of them since they're close by," Joey suggested. He knew that Craig needed all the support he could get at a time like this. He needed to know that they were there for him.
"I don't know most of their new numbers, Craig keeps that kind of thing," Emma said, feeling a little helpless. She didn't even know how they were going to take this all.
"I've got them in my phone," Kelsie spoke up. She still talked to them since she had left.
"Well then you need to write them down then we all can phone them."
"No Chris and I'll go do it; you and Emma need to stay here incase there's any news."
"Okay," he said as he sat down on the couch.
"Would you mind watching Ava while I'm gone?" She knew that it had been a long time since the last time he had seen her.
"Sure."
Chris handed Joey her, "Ava, this is your grandpa."
"She's defiantly gotten bigger since the last photo's Craig sent me. She seems to be always changing. "He couldn't believe this was his granddaughter, she was so beautiful."
"Yeah, I know what you mean," she smiled.
"I have to thank you for letting Craig to be apart of her life. She means the world to him; she has really brought life to him."
"Yeah I know, she adores him just the same," knowing how her eyes light up every time he walks into the room. She hated the thought that she would never see that again in her daughter f he was to die.
"Hello," Ashley answered. She had picked up Jimmy's phone since he was unable to get it right now.
"Hey Ash," Kelsie said, not surprised that she had answered it.
"How's it going Kels?"
"Not…good, um…"
Noticing the sad tone in her voice, "What's wrong, is it Ava…Chris?"
Kelsie took a deep breath, it took all she had not to cry, something inside her wanted so badly though.
"Okay the silence is killing me, just spill it."
"Craig was n a horrible accident today, and they're not sure if he'll make it."
"What…no; this can't be happening," she was beginning to get angry. News like this hit people all in different ways.
"You and Jimmy should really be here."
"Alright, where exactly though?" knowing that they would get lost otherwise.
"Royal Jubilee Hospital in Saanich."
"We'll be there as soon as possible," putting down the phone before Kelsie had a chance to say good-bye.
They had finally allowed Craig to have visitors, but only one at a time was allowed.
Emma sat at his bedside, with his hand in hers. Her face was all blotchy from all the crying she had done. "Craig, you got to wake up, please I need you," she pleaded. "I know I shouldn't have left, I was just scared. I haven't told something you that could change things, so I wanted to leave before you could leave me instead.
Emma laid her head right next to him on the bed. She felt worse than she did when Snake's cancer had come back. Was it because there was no one to comfort her, or that the one that usually comforted her was the one lying here
"You know when you wake up I'm going to have a party to celebrate your birthday since it's only 2 weeks away, and I won't be here then. Plus if you're better enough I can give you an extra special present." She smiled, as she thought of their first time, and how gentle he had been with her, and how slow he took it, making sure she was okay, "I love you."
Jimmy walked in it was finally his turn. He never thought he would have a friend in this position, let alone say his good-byes, just incase the worse happens.
"Man, Craig you've always been a great friend. I'll never admit this, but I'm somewhat glad that you cheated in Ash, not the fact that you hurt her but the fact that if you didn't we would have never rekindled our love. I liked you to be the first to know that I'm going to ask Ash to marry me. Don't let go though, Em needs you. Even though she won't admit it, she's not as strong as everyone thinks, just looking at her now, I can see it, but I guess you already know that. If you were to leave there would be many that would miss you."
Spinner was the last to come in; he didn't even know what to say. He had a hard time looking at him, he was hooked up to so many machines, and there were cuts all over his face, it was hard to recognize him. "Dude, this is so unkewl. You've never given up in all the time; I've known you, so why start now. But maybe you're tired after all you've been through in your life. I can't say you've had much of an easy one. I don't know how you've lasted this…."
He wasn't even finished before Spinner heard machine's start to beep. What was wrong? What had happened?
A bunch of nurses, and a doctor ran into the room, pushing him out of the room.
"Spin, what happened?" Emma asked worried what it could be.
"I don't know, I was talking to him, and then all of a sudden the machines began to go off," running his hand through his hair.
Emma knew this couldn't be a good thing, "NO…" she yelled out.
Spin felt for her, it couldn't be easy being in her shoes, watching a love die right before you. He just put his arms around her; it was the only thing he could think of doing to console her.
