Chapter 3: Collision

Driving almost recklessly through the cramp streets of the city during the day and night to find Bayview Medical, I started to think that it's my fault for causing all these problems…Why did I even complain about William having a girl…Why bother…I lost concentration and hit on something. Thank goodness I was wearing my seatbelt and I blacked out…What happened? Oh, God…Oh, God…

I hear voices…some by-standers maybe…

"Oh, man…look at her…She's hurt!" Someone yelled, "Come on, we don't have much time…call 911 now!" I opened my eyes and I felt upside down.

"What happened?" I asked, almost begging. My face was warm and I think I have broken all my bones in my body. My vision was really blurry, like something red was running down my eyes. One by-stander was bending down and replied:

"You collided on a stop light and your car flipped." He tries to reach my hand, but I guess he didn't reach at all. "Hold on…Paramedics are on the way…You'll be all right…Just sleep and you'll be in the hospital in no time…" He leaves and I hear like 30 sirens…I'm guessing that the whole city was bringing all of its police force to just rescue me. It hurts…Jude, hold yourself together…Come on you can survive through the pain, I know I can!

"All right make a lane…come on move it!" One person said, "Ma'am, I am going to get you out of there…don't worry…"

"Thanks…" I panted. The car was almost constricting me like an anaconda was squeezing me. I groaned very painfully every time the car was squeezing me. "Please, hurry up…I'm very hurt…Please!" I yelled angrily.

"Don't worry; you'll be all right…" The same person replied, "We need that jaw appendage now!" Then some I hear buzzes and something went through the car, literally cutting the car in half. The back side of the car was pulled off. Then the voices sounded distorted almost sounded like a song that was back-masked:

"Come on, pull…Pull!" Then I was lifted up off of my seat and I was lying on something. "Do we have an ID on her?" He continued.

"Yeah…let me see…" A second voice said, "Here…A Jude Harrison…"

"All right thanks man…"

"Anytime…" I hear footsteps fading, "Hey…where do you think we should put her?"

"Send her to Bayview Medical…" A third voice sounded out of thin air, "She has a lot of cuts in her arms, face, and abdomen...Bayview's a trauma center so the doctors there can stitch those cuts up." I realize that I was wheeled off in a stretcher and I wind up in an ambulance. My vision was kind of normal by now. The person who wheeled me in the ambulance spoke:

"Ms. Harrison, how are you feeling?" He asked he was holding an IV bag and I see a needle leading to my left arm. He looked kind of hot. He's a redhead and he has a cute smile when I saw him.

"Yeah…I'm fine. How bad am I hurt?" I asked. He laughed and stops abruptly. "What's so funny?"

"The funny thing is that some of my patients ask that before they even get to the hospital." He replied. Then the ambulance moved and is en route to the hospital. "The weird thing is that you're still conscious even after the crash and that you weren't even hurt at all. Just some cuts that's all. You were lucky back there."

"Yeah… thanks…" I said.

"Just close your eyes and sleep for a bit…you need it badly." He said.

"I'll do that…" I said. I closed my eyes and I was relieved I was alive at the moment. I looked up and see the white fluorescent light. I sort of thought that I won't see William ever again. But I wind up staying in the same hospital with him. I sighed quietly and just sleep the night away. Jude, you are so lucky...You are so lucky... I thought.

"How is she?" The driver asked.

"She's fine...just some cuts...you know the weird thing..." the conversation was more muffled as I slept through the night.