The Trials of Friendship
Disclaimer-I don't own WITCH
A/N-If u don't remember wat happened in the first chap, ill refresh ur memory. Will and the other girls were down at the river fighting Cedric and Will got hurt. Short sweet and to the point. Now, go enjoy this chap
Chapter 2-At the Hospital
Irmas' POV
"Please!"
"I'm sorry, but those are the rules"
"Someone should be with her!"
"Have you gotten thru to her mother or father yet?"
"Her parents are divorced-"
"Not the time Taranee!"
We were at the hospital. We had been fighting Cedric, and thought we had won. But we had missed one thing. His tail was free, and he had used it to his fullest. He attacked the bridge, and knocked off a few big rocks. One of them hit Will.
We all went back to human form (with a little help from the fact that Will had lost the Heart; Hay Lin found it). Cornelia was able to move the rocks (although it did wipe her out), and then Hay Lin got her cell phone out and called the hospital. We had all gone in the ambulance, but now…
"Someone should be with her", I repeated, knowing it wouldn't do any good.
"Those are the rules", the doctor said, before turning away from us. We finally gave up and collapsed into the chairs next to us, knowing that, no matter what we said, we wouldn't be able to see Will. Taranee looked ready to cry, and Cornelia had an unreadable expression. Hay Lin looked almost shocked at what happened, and I had very good guess that I did to.
Finally I couldn't take it anymore. I grabbed Will bag and started rummaging thru it.
"What are you doing?" said Taranee in a shocked voice. It was the first words she had said since we had gotten to the hospital.
"Looking for this", I said, pulling out Wills phone. "She has her moms work number saved to her phone"
I found her moms number and hit send. Wills' mom needed to know what had happened.
"Hello, Simultech", I really hated that pleasant sounding voice that answered me.
"Hello, may I speak to Mrs. Vandom?" I said as politely as I could.
"I'm sorry, she is in a meeting right now", said the lady. "Would you like to leave a message?"
"No", I said. "Listen, this is urgent, I need to speak to her right now!"
"Okay", said the voice finally. "Who shall I tell her is calling?"
"Just say it's Irma", I said, relieved I didn't have to get rude. "And tell her it's an emergency"
"Irma?" I had to wait five minutes to get through to Mrs. Vandom, and was relieved to finally hear her voice.
"Mrs. Vandom!" I was so happy to finally get to talk to her.
"What's the emergency?" she asked, sounding concerned.
"I-well-it's just-" I wasn't exactly sure what to say. "I-Will-got hurt", I finally managed to say.
"What!" I basically expected that. I explained what had happened (leaving out the part about being guardians, and simply saying we were attacked by some giant monster), and Mrs. Vandom said she would be right over.
"Glad that's over", I said, closing the cell phone and putting it back in Wills bag.
"Smooth lying", said Hay Lin with a small smile.
"Thanks", I returned the weak smile myself, and look over at Taranee. She looked traumatized.
Well duh, I told myself. Will was-is- practically her best friend. And now she's…no, I can't think like that. I have to be strong. For the others sake, I have to be strong. I have to be strong for the others. I'm the one who is always making jokes about everything. I need a joke for this to. Okay joke, come on think, a joke…
"This isn't a joke Irma", said a ticked off sounding Taranee. Hay Lin and Cornelia jumped and looked at her, both seemed very confused.
"I need to say something", I told her, not caring that she had been listening to my every thought, just not caring.
"It isn't a joke!" Taranee cried, jumping up from her seat. I stood up to and faced her. Not that it made a difference. Taranee and I are basically the same height.
"You can't expect to get thru life just making jokes!" she cried, obviously not caring that everyone was staring at here (that was a first for Taranee). "Life isn't one big joke, why can't you see that, why can't you for once just stop!"
"What's wrong with making jokes?" I asked her. "You never cared before!"
"It wasn't someone close to us before, why can't you see that!" Taranee looked upset (understatement of the century).
"What about Elyon?" Cornelia asked quietly.
"Taranee, I know you're upset", said Hay Lin. She stood up and put her arm around Taranees shoulder. "People deal with things in their own ways. You cry, I draw, Cornelia shops, and Irma makes jokes. It's just the way we are"
Suddenly Taranee didn't look so mad anymore. She looked horrified. She looked at me with shocked eyes, and I noticed that they were filled with tears.
"I'm sorry Taranee", I said. "I didn't mean to-"
"Forget it", she said, collapsing back into her chair. "I didn't mean to blow up like that, I just couldn't help it. Everything that's happened, Will-"
She broke off as she started crying again.
"Hey", Hay Lin gave Taranee a little squeeze around her shoulder, and gave her a weak smile. "Will'll be all right. She's the one person who could fall from the Tower of Mist and walk away with out a scratch"
Taranee hiccoughed and I got the feeling she was trying not to laugh.
"Girls?"
It was about an hour after my little fight with Taranee. The doctors were still refusing to tell us anything. Which is why we were happy to hear Mr. Vandoms' voice.
"Mrs. Vandom!" I jumped up and walked quickly over to her.
"How is she?" Mrs. Vandom asked.
"They won't tell us", said Taranee sadly.
"Mrs. Vandom?" we turned around to see the doctor we had talked to earlier standing there, looking mournful.
"Y-yes?" Mrs. Vandom managed to stammer. Don't ask me how she managed to talk, my mouth was dry. "How's my daughter?"
"Well, let me be the first to say, you have a strong daughter" he started. "From what these girls described, I wouldn't expect anyone to live. But-"
"What?" I asked. "But what?"
"Well", he said, "As of right now, Will has entered…a comatic state"
(If you have no idea what that means, than wait for me to update to find out)