Summary: Lizzie and Gordo are now going steady. But something they do not expect will soon put Lizzie's life in threat along with their relationship.
Gordo and Lizzie now slept, Morpheus' embrace took them over. The stars wheeled over them, and Venus sent her son to sweeten their dreams.
Suddenly, around 3am, the earth quaked. The McGuire house trembled, the ceiling rent. Jo McGuire and Sam ran and got Matt out, but just as they headed to Lizzie's room, the floor gave in, and they fell into the first floor.
Lizzie was trapped, screaming of fright, and Sam tried to get back up to help her. But Jo told pulled him aside, a piece of concrete was about to kill him. As the pair and Matt ran outside, the house collapsed.
The Gordon family home was affected too. Part of the ceiling collapsed too, but since the house had only one floor, the whole family escaped without further complications. Gordo got a cut in his cheeks from a fall, but apart from that, he was well.
Gordo: "Oh my God! Lizzie! Something has happened! Dad, Mom, I have to see her. Something has gone wrong with Lizzie!"
Lizzie was not well. A piece of the ceiling hit her in the head, and she was in comma. In her rosy fingers, the ring Gordo gave her flashed. Before loosing her consciousness, Lizzie thought: "Gordo, I love you. I need you."
By the time Gordo reached the McGuire's, the house collapsed entirely. Fortunately, there was a firefighter station close to the house, and Sam reached them, desperate, begging them to rescue his daughter.
Sam: "Please, I plead you! Help my daughter! Our house collapsed, and she was trapped in her room! Please!"
Firefighter 1: "Sir, we have to access the damage first. We cannot venture into the rubble and risk more injury to your daughter!"
Sam: "I beg of you. She is my only daughter. Please!" His sincerity moved the men, and they drove him over to the house. Three of the firefighters quickly sent the hounds to see where Lizzie was. Then, one of them brought air pumps to the rubble. They found Lizzie, holding her ring, silent, with a broken leg, blood running down her cheeks.
They brought her out. Jo quickly rushed to her side. Sam took her right hand and said: "Lizzie, Lizzie, can you hear me honey? Lizzie, please, answer me."
Rushed into the hospital, where dozens of other patients were being brought in, Jo, Sam and Matt waited close to Lizzie. After 9 hours of waiting, Doctor James Dean came in. The grim and gloomy look on his face worried Jo, who quickly grabbed Sam's hand in comfort.
Dr. Dean: Mr. and Mrs. McGuire. After finishing the MRI and the Neurological tests on Elizabeth, I am afraid she will be confined in a comma state for the next weeks. Unfortunately, we cannot do surgery. It seems the bump in her head affected the higher-brain functions. I am sorry."
Jo: Doctor, do you mean Lizzie will not speak or feel, or eat for the rest of her life? No, Lord, please. Oh Sam!"
Sam grabbed Jo in a warm embrace, holding his tears as he tried to give some hope to his wife. Matt looked confused and daze. His sister, the "girl who made him hurl" as he once cheered, was now near death, and he could do nothing about it. Tears began to roll down Matt's cheeks.
Gordo entered the room, after convincing the officers that he was related to the family. Without uttering a word, he realized the worst. After hugging Jo and Sam, Gordo came next to Lizzie, and kissed her, as delicately as a white rose blooming after spring's mist, and held her hand.
Gordo (thinking to himself): "Not even ill chance can take away her beauty. Her cheeks, still warm, two rose buds that call me. Lizzie, I need you. I love you. I will find a way to bring you back."
That night the McGuires stayed besides Lizzie, and Gordo took Matt to his grandmother's house, where his parents were staying. Gordo returned to the hospital and slept at the foot of Lizzie's bed.
(I hope you like this one. In one week I will update.)