A/N: Thank you guys, for the awesome reviews! I didn't expect it to be that great, but apparently, it was!

So, here's Chapter Two, as requested. It will be a bit different, but I'll make sure it won't bore you, and I'll split it up if I have to.

The Alternative Reality

Chapter Two

Kaitlin Holly Cooper had never liked hospitals.

She didn't particularly like the medicinal, almost nauseating smell, and she didn't like the feeling of being in a building where so many people were sick, and were possibly dying. But, most of all, she didn't like knowing that she was here because someone she knew, very well, was ill, or injured.

Today, that person was Johnny Harper.

According to the doctors and the paramedics that had taken him from the beach, he was in critical condition, and was now currently in surgery. Why? Well, she honestly didn't know.

The doctors had mainly talked to Ryan and Marissa, since they were nearly three years older than she was. She hated being treated like some little ten-year-old. She was fifteen, as of last week, and she deserved some authority, didn't she?

But Kaitlin wasn't really concerned about herself, for possibly the first time in her life. She was concerned about Johnny, so concerned, infact, that unlike Marissa and Ryan, she couldn't sleep, and couldn't possibly think of anything other than him.

The latest issue of CosmoGirl! lay open on her lap, but she really wasn't reading it. She fumbled with turning the thin, rippable pages, her hands shaking, even now, after nearly three-and-a-half hours after the accident. She chewed restlessly on her bottom lip, and had been on the brink of dissolving into tears again, quite a few times, but she wouldn't allow herself to.

She was unsure of…everything. Of what to do, what to say, what to ask. She knew practically nothing about Johnny's current state. For all she knew, he could be dead, or near it.

The thought disturbed her. She turned uncomfortably in the bumpy hospital chair, turning to look at her sister and Ryan. A pang of jealousy struck her, overpowering her concern and worry for Johnny, but only for a fleeting split-second.

The so-called "inevitable" couple were huddled closely together, Marissa's head resting on Ryan's chest. His arm was around her shoulders, casually - lovingly.

How could they look so peaceful in such a situation?

Sometimes, Kaitlin wondered if in the end, she was the only one who actually cared.

She looked away, not wanting to stare. She leaned further into the uncomfortable cushions of the armchair, letting her head fall back so that her eyes were aligned with the bland, tiled ceiling. Her dark, honey-hued tresses slipped off her shoulders, brushing the side of her face in a teasing fashion. She allowed a soft, exhausted sigh escape her pursed lips, and she closed her eyes, pleading for sleep.

She couldn't take this frustrating suspense any longer. If only she could sleep, and wake up to find out everything was really okay – that this wasn't really the actuality she was forced to face.

"Mr. Atwood, Ms. Cooper, and…Ms. Cooper?"

Kaitlin immediately opened her eyes, sitting up straight once again, staring at the source of the unfamiliar voice.

The European-looking woman before her looked up from a clipboard, her face stern and serious. A frown was pressed to her thin lips, and she made it her personal mission to look each of them right in the eyes.

Kaitlin held her breath, her throat going dry. She was shaking again, and she was blinking back possible tears.

She realized that the woman currently standing before the three was Johnny's surgeon, Dr. Amaizeo, or something of the like. She was too frightened to actually care.

"I-is he okay?" Kaitlin asked finally, after a few seconds of silence. Her voice was wavering in worry, almost unsure of itself.

The doctor looked directly at her, too-thinly-trimmed eyebrows arched.

She said nothing.

A/N: A nice cliffhanger for y'all. Sorry it's so choppy, and well, hideously terrible, but I wanted to get it to you guys before Thursday. I might not be able to update for a few days; but I'll make it my personal mission to get the next chapter to you BEFORE Wednesday. It might come earlier, but who knows:)

Will Johnny be okay?

How will Kaitlin deal, either way?

All of it's coming up in Chapter Three, so stay tuned.