Ryan drove as quickly as he could over to the hospital. He felt so guilty for not going there earlier. You should have known there was something wrong. Well, you sensed something was up, but you made sure you silenced that train of thought. Idiot.

He parked the car and ran into the reception. There was a huge queue of people waiting for attention from the harassed woman at the desk. Screw that. This time you're going to trust your instincts.

On autopilot, Ryan climbed into the elevator and pressed the "2" button. He felt the elevator move and seconds later the doors opened and Ryan stepped out. This is the floor, it has to be.

Ryan walked through a set of double doors and found himself in a corridor with rooms on one side. A young nurse looked up from her post behind a desk, got up and walked towards him.

"Can I help you Sir?"

Sir? Wow, this sure is different from Chino hospitals.

"Err…I'm looking for Marissa Cooper. She was in a traffic accident."

"Miss. Cooper is in Room 4. But I'm afraid it's close family members only at the moment, until she wakes up. Are you a relative?"

"No, I'm her boyfriend. I just found out about the accident. Could you tell me how she's doing?"

"She's not doing too badly; incredibly there isn't too much visible damage off the crash; there are lots of cuts but they'll disappear. We just need for her to wake up now, so we can assess if any damage has been caused to her brain."

"Ok…thank you for your help."

Just then, the door to Room 4 opened and Julie Cooper stepped out. She stopped abruptly the moment she saw Ryan standing outside.

"What the hell are you doing here?" she asked.

"Err…Kirsten told me about the accident, I wanted to come and see Marissa."

"Well, Marissa can only be around her family right now, till she wakes up."

"So I've heard. Can you…can you just tell Marissa that I love her and…"

"Uh huh, I'll tell her, although she won't be able to hear as she's unconscious. And since when were the two of you back together? Didn't you hear that Marissa bats for the other team?"

"That was a short phase Marissa went through, and we've been together for a couple of weeks now."

"Right. Thought she would have mentioned something, but never mind. Well, you should go Ryan, there's nothing more you can do at the moment."

Um…okay, well, thanks. I guess I'll be off then."

"Bye Ryan."

I cannot believe she has got back together with him! Ever since he arrived here, there's been nothing but trouble. Then Marissa started dating a girl…things calmed down a little in the way of incidents…but a couple of weeks after starting out with Ryan again she's in a car crash. I mean, shouldn't Ryan have been giving her a lift anyway?

This is the final straw.

Hmm…Julie isn't really the exceptionally caring mom. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed so far; you're awesome. Follow their lead please people: REVIEW!