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A/N: so I JUST finished the first chapter, I don't know if I'll like stick with the story so I am doing a lot today and stuff.

­­­­­­"Hello?" Sandy answered the phone, his hand shaking.

"This is Matthew Johnson with the Newport Police," he gave Sandy a second to take in who was calling, "This morning Kirsten Cohen, assuming your wife, was in an accident, which was completely not her fault, she is in critical condition at the HOAG, and I request that you come if possible." Sandy's world had just fallen around him in little pieces.

"Sure," Sandy told him, "I'll be there as soon as I can." Sandy didn't know what to do; so he put his head in his hands in an effort to calm himself down. His eternal love was…wait…WHY AM I STANDING AROUND? With the thoughts all jumbled in his head he ran to his car and sped out of the parking lot.

"Can I please see Seth Cohen and Ryan Atwood in the office?" the receptionist interrupted their math class.

"Ooooooooooo," the class joked around as the two boys stood up and headed towards the door, giving each other weird looks, wondering what they had done.

"Is something wrong?" Seth asked the lady on the way to the office.

"Your father is on the phone with something he really needs to tell you," she explained, holding open the office door. She motioned towards the phone on her desk.

"What's up dad?" Seth asked, suddenly his face drooped, "Can we come?...Please…Marissa could…we'll go…go…get our stuff." His voice became shaky.

"What's wrong?" Ryan's face looked concerned.

"Mom…" Seth looked at Ryan, "She was in an accident and we have to get Marissa to take us to the hospital if we want a ride there. Dad sounded really shook up."

Seth and Ryan ran into their class and grabbed their bags, everyone watching. The teacher could tell that something was going on and let them go.

"What class is she in?" Seth looked towards Ryan.

"Physics!" he remembered, rushing towards the physics room. Ryan pushed the door open, "May I please see Marissa Cooper, it is an emergency." The teacher gave him a look of disgust as Marissa hopped out of her seat and ran to the door.

"What is it?" she asked, looking concerned.

"Kirsten was in an accident and is at the hospital, we really need to get there…like NOW," he explained, sweat running down his forehead.

"Sure," she gave him a look of sorrow, "I'll be right back." She ran into the classroom and grabbed her books, completely passing by her teacher.

Julie Cooper sat on the couch in her mansion watching the 11:00 AM news. She hadn't been feeling great and wasn't really needed at work that day. A reporter came up on the screen from the scene of an accident.

"Today, Jeff Lorenstein ran a red light when he was late to school, slamming his Ford Expedition into the driver's side of Kirsten Cohen's Range Rover," the reporter informed her, showing pictures of the scene. Julie's hand went directly to her mouth as she noticed blood on the windshield of one of her best friend's cars.

"It was awful, the Rover moved over a couple of feet," Tonya told the newscaster as Julie kept her eyes on the TV. She decided to call Caleb and ask what was going on.

"Caleb?" she asked, sounding shook up.

"Yes?" he asked.

"Is Kirsten at work?"

"No."

"Well I know where she is."

"Where?"

"She was in an accident and is in critical condition."

His jaw dropped to the floor as he grabbed his car keys.
"Go to the hospital, I'll see you there." With his last comment, Caleb hung up the phone.

Sandy arrived at the hospital, completely shaking with fear. He hurried towards the front desk.

"Hello?" the sweet young lady looked up at him.

"I was wondering if you could give me information about the patient Kirsten Cohen?" he asked.

"Over here," Matthew motioned to him, coming out of the hallway to the side of him.

"Wait sir," the nurse looked at him, "Here is some paperwork to fill out. Mr. Johnson has information on her condition." Sandy rushed over to the police officer and looked at him with longing eyes.

"She's in surgery," he explained, "Her lung almost collapsed and she had some internal bleeding." Sandy's hand went towards his mouth.

"She will have to go back in surgery for her leg, back, and collarbone, she was found to have a badly broken leg, some cracked ribs, a very nasty looking collarbone, and something wrong with her back, not to mention the internal mess and the major laceration on her forehead which caused her to have to have a blood transfusion. She must be bruised on every bone in her body." It was all too much for Sandy to take in at one time. He gulped and looked at the officer, then at the door. His kids and their friend Marissa ran in.

Sandy rushed to greet them and was greeted by a large hug from Seth and another from Ryan.

"What's wrong with her?" Seth asked longingly.

"Internal bleeding, nearly collapsed lung, badly broken leg, badly broken collarbone, some cracked ribs, back problems, a huge gash on her head and bruises all over, she's in surgery for a blood transfusion and to stop her internal bleeding." Seth looked at Ryan whose jaw was at his feet. That's where Caleb comes in.

"How is she Sandy?" he asked, not bothering to yell or call him Sanford.

"Not good," he replied, noticing Julie coming towards him, "Let's just all sit and wait for what is next."

"I am now allowing guests to see her," her Doctor came up to greet the family later that night, "I'm Doctor Christopher and I am Kirsten's doctor. I only want her immediate family, or the people that she lives with, to go and see her." Caleb and Julie sat down in their seats with Marissa and Summer, who had joined the group after school, realizing that she needed her family, "She isn't awake, she is in a morphine induced coma because when she wakes up she will be in more pain than she has ever probably experienced. She's a miracle." Sandy put his arms around his boys and started towards her room, following the doctor.
She was hooked up to an IV and other wires hung around her. She had been put under the covers and her arm was in a sling and there was a bandage on her head. Under the covers he was sure there was more. He couldn't believe what his wife looked like. He took a seat next to her bed on her good side and took her hand in his and kissed it.

"Has her surgeries ended for now?" Sandy asked the doctor.

"Yes," he answered, "we have taken her out of the coma, but it might be a while before she wakes up. Now I have to go check on my other patients, I'll leave you three be."

"Oh God," Seth looked at his mother, who looked beautiful no matter what was wrong with her.

"See those two IVs?" Ryan pointed at the two bags, "One keeps her hydrated and one is dripping morphine little by little." Sandy and Seth both looked at him as if he was crazy.

"How would you know?" Seth asked.

"Oh…" he blushed, "No reason."

"Ryan," Sandy used his stern tone of voice, "We are your family, and you can tell us."

Ryan gulped, "Well when I was 10 years old, a was beat up by one of my brothers enemies beat me up to make my brother mad and I broke my arm in a bunch of different places because I fell weird and I had those two IVs and I learned about them and stuff." He looked at the ground, not wanting to see Seth and Sandy's reactions.

"Ouch," Seth touched his own arm thinking of Ryan's pain. He was glad to get his mind off his mom who looked dead, even though she was breathing with help from a machine. Seth took a seat in a chair and decided to doze off. Ryan followed his lead.

A/N: Kirsten wakes up in the next chapter and she sees everyone including the people in the waiting room...COMMENT PLEASE