Ch. 18

Car accident victims

"This one is losing a lot of blood. We need to get him to the E.R now!" A male doctor shouted as he ran along side a stretcher carrying a man.

Jamie ran up to the doctor watching the stretcher being rolled by. Jamie glanced at Lucky and knew it wasn't good, at all.

"Was a woman brought it?" Jamie asked the doctor.

The Doctor looked at him and shook his head.

"Damn!" Jamie said, looking around.

Just then the hospital doors opened and another stretcher came through, this time holding a bloody woman with blonde hair.

"Oh my god, Babe." Jamie breathed, staring at her bloody body.

The doctors ran by Jamie, pushing the stretcher as fast as they could. Jamie ran after him and listened to the doctors as they offered their diagnosis.

"Deep wound to her side, possible head injury. A dislocated shoulder and maybe a broken wrist." One woman doctor said, looking Babe over.

Head injury, oh no... Jamie thought as he tried to follow them into the E.R

"No, you stay here!" A nurse said, holding him back.

She then turned and followed the rest of the doctors to the back.

Jamie rubbed his face with his hands and turned away from the E.R doors, hoping Babe had the will to survive.

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JR ran into the hospital, and towards the E.R section of the hospital. He saw Jamie sitting in the waiting room with his head in his hands.

"Jamie?" JR asked.

Jamie stood up quickly and looked at JR.

"Was she brought in here?" JR asked.

Jamie nodded.

"Well, how is she?" JR demanded.

"I don't know JR. They brought her in about ten minutes ago. She was rushed into the emergency room. She didn't look that good, and the doctors didn't think so either."

JR sat down on a plastic chair, the pain and worry evident on his face. Jamie sat down next to him and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.

A few minutes later Bianca rushed into the waiting room.

"Is she OK?" Bianca asked the two men.

JR just stared up at Bianca but Jamie answered, "We don't know. She was brought in a little while ago but... it doesn't look good."

"What about Lucky?" Bianca questioned.

"He... Bianca, it's really not good for him. He was really banged up. I don't know if he'll make it..."

Bianca covered her mouth with her hands and looked at JR, who was staring at nothing.

"JR?" Bianca asked, kneeling down in front of him

"I can't lose her." He said sounding defeated.

Bianca pulled him into her arms and he rested his head on her shoulder to cry.

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Two hours later, Bianca, JR and Jamie were still in the waiting room, but now had been joined by Krystal, Adam, and David. David held Krystal in his arms as she cried. Bianca and Jamie were sitting next to each other. JR had gotten up and moved to a chair facing the E.R doors. He wanted to see when any doctors were about to come out. Adam was standing off to the side, looking uncomfortable.

Everyone was tired and they all just wanted some news on Babe and Lucky.

JR was staring at the ground when a flash of blue caught his eye. He looked up and saw a doctor in a scrub walk into the waiting room.

"Are you here for Babe Carey and Lucky Spencer?" The doctor asked, looking around.

"We are." JR said with his voice cracking.

Everyone stood up and crowded around the doctor.

"Are you her husband?" The doctor asked JR.

He nodded, not wanting to waste time on correcting him. And if he did, the doctor may not have told him anything. All he wanted to know was if Babe was OK.

"She isn't as bad as we first thought she was. She has a wound in her side probably caused by some metal, but we stitched her up and gave her a shot so she wouldn't get an infection caused by rust or anything else that could have been on the metal. She has a fractured wrist, and a dislocated shoulder, so her left arm will be pretty sore. The only thing we aren't sure of is a possible head injury. We can't really tell while she is unconscious, but other than a few other cuts and scrapes, I think everything is fine."

"Can we see her?" Bianca asked.

The doctor shook his head, "Not yet. She needs to rest. She's not awake anyway, and she probably will be drifting in and out of consciousness for the next couple of days." The Doctor informed them.

"And Lucky?" Jamie inquired.

The doctor sighed and looked down, "I'm sorry, we did all we can, but his injuries were too extensive, we just couldn't do anything for him. He didn't make it."

Bianca breathed inward, trying to hold back her crying.

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It had been a few days, and JR had been by Babe's side the entire time. He left only once or twice a day to take a shower and see his son, or to get something to eat. The rest of the time was spent with Babe. He would tell her about his day, and how their son was. He never stopped talking to her.

JR had made his way out of Babe's room and went to get some coffee. He hadn't had a decent nights sleep since Babe had been in the accident. Since JR wouldn't leave the hospital, the nurse had brought him a small, uncomfortable cot for him to sleep on so he wouldn't have to leave the hospital.

Jamie saw JR leave and stood up, and walked into Babe's room, wanting to see her.

Babe opened her eyes, and looked around. She furrowed her brows in puzzlement. She saw Jamie enter the room and sat up a little bit, staring at him.

Jamie was looking around the private hospital room, seeing JR's unmade cot and a pile of magazines on the corner. It took Jamie a little while to realize Babe was up. He heard her bed squeak and turned his head towards her.

"Hey Babe." Jamie turned around and quickly made his way to her bed, "How are you feeling?"

Babe looked down at her hands, and then back up at Jamie, "I don't know."

"What do you mean you don't know?" Jamie asked, confused.

"I don't know... Who are you?" Babe asked.