Gabriella's eyes began to widen as she saw her mother, lying on the floor, face down. One hand was clutching the phone, the other on her chest, directly above her heart. Gabriella instinctively ran over to her mom, who was unconscious.
'Mom…MOM!' Gabriella cried. 'C'mon mom, speak to me.'
Gabriella had no idea what to do, whether to call 911 straight away or try to resuscitate her mom. She decided first to check her mom's pulse, praying that she would feel something. She placed her fingers on the side of her mother's neck.
'C'mon, please…' Gabriella whispered. For a moment, she felt nothing. To Gabriella, it felt as if time had stopped, but then, she felt something, a pulse. A very feint pulse, barely noticeable, but it was a sign of life.
'Oh thank goodness!' Gabriella cried. 'Hold on mom, I'll get help!'
Gabriella pulled out her cell phone and dialed 911, her heart still racing, her mind spinning. She was in a state of panic.
'Hello, 911, I need an ambulance at 248 67th street, my mum's unconscious, I don't know what's wrong with her' Gabriella said as calm as possible, but as she was, tears were welling up in her eyes.
'Okay, don't worry, someone will be there soon' said the operator on the other line and they hung up.
An ambulance came ten minutes later and took Gabriella's mom to the emergency room where doctors took her to the intensive care unit. Gabriella sat in the waiting room, thinking about nothing else but her mom. After two hours , a doctor approached Gabriella.
'Hi, I'm Doctor James. I'm afraid we still don't know the what's wrong with your mother. We know she's had a heart attack but as far as her waking up, that's out of our hands at the moment. I'm terribly sorry.' The doctor said before walking away with his head down.
Gabriella broke down into tears. She was scared. She felt like she couldn't do anything. Since her dad left when she was five, her mom had been the only one there for her. She didn't know what she would do without her. Eventually, she cried herself to sleep in the hospital waiting room. One of the nurses came and put a blanket over her, feeling sorry for her. One question still lingered on Gabriella's mind, was her mom going to make it?
Meanwhile, the next day at school, Troy looked everywhere around the school, looking for Gabriella. As he was walking down the hall, he ran into Taylor.
'Hey Taylor, have you seen Gabriella anywhere today?' Troy asked in a concerned tone.
'Hmm, nope, I haven't. It's kind of weird for her to miss school though now that I think about it, but don't worry Troy, if anything's wrong she'd tell us.' Taylor replied.
'Yeah, I guess so.' Troy said as Taylor began to walk off.
Troy was left standing there, alone in the hallway, thinking.
'Something is definitely wrong and I can't do a thing, because I don't know what's wrong…some friend I am.'