Disclaimer: If I owned Instant Star, I'd so spoil the new season.
Chapter 5: Hit me hard
I'm not sure what happened during those few hours but I was in some place that I didn't recognize when I woke up. "Where am I?" I breathed. It was hard to breathe. I felt like there was no air left in my body.
"The hospital," someone said.
"Who's there?"
"Just me," the person replied bluntly.
"Who's me?" I opened my eyes.
Kwest walked over to me and grabbed my hand, which had been resting on my stomach. "Me."
I gave a weak smile. "It's so hard to breathe…"
"I imagine. You were hit by a car, Jude."
I let those words ring through my head. "I was hit by a car… I was hit by a car!" The thought hit me as hard as the car had a few hours earlier.
He sat down on the edge of the bed and brushed some hair out of my face. "It's over now, Jude."
"Where's anyone?"
"Your mom can't get out of work and I didn't figure you wanted your dad here."
"Good call."
"We've called Sadie but she hasn't answered."
"Anyone else?"
"Jude!" Kat cried, entering the room with Jamie.
"Them," Kwest finished.
"I can't believe it!" Jamie said, coming over to the bed. His face seemed a little red, like he had been crying. "I'm sorry that I haven't been around lately."
"Jamie, it's okay."
"No, it's not okay, you could've been seriously hurt. I could've never seen you again."
"I'm okay."
"What did they say is wrong?"
"Um…" I looked over to Kwest. "What is wrong?"
"You've been x-rayed and you have a broken wrist but they think it's mostly bumps and bruises." It wasn't Kwest who explained it. Tommy was standing in the doorway.
"Hi, Tom," I mumbled. I felt a horrible pain in my stomach, I felt horrible all over. My breath seemed to leave my body even more so than it had done before. I started taking deep breaths, trying to keep air in my lungs.
"You okay?" Kwest asked.
"Yeah, loss of air." I closed my eyes and took breaths.
"This is horrible," I heard Tommy say.
"She wouldn't even be here if you just let her have a day off," Kwest replied.
"Don't you dare pin this on me, it's not like I was driving the car!"
"You might as well have been!"
"I was just trying to get her to the studio but you had to let her go!"
"She needed the day off, Tom! You broke her heart!"
"And you just had to be the great understanding Kwest, didn't you?"
"It's not like this is my fault!"
"It's not mine either!"
"Neither of yours!" I shouted at them opening my eyes.
"What?" They asked.
I sat up on the edge of the bed and stood. "Neither one of you two ran in front of the fucking car!" I walked up to them slowly. "I'm the moron who got hit, I'm the one to blame… Don't hate each other." I pushed Tommy. "Blame me."
"Jude, but…" Kwest started.
"But nothing!" I yelled. "I got hit by the car! I ran in front of it! You guys didn't do anything!"
"It wasn't your fault," Tommy added.
"Exactly my point to you two… So the both of you!" I could the air leaving my lungs again. "Shut u-" My legs collapsed from beneath me and I passed out.
I was in the bed again when I woke up. "Overexertion at it's finest…" I said, opening my eyes.
"Not anything to joke about Jude," Kwest replied. He was sitting on the edge of my bed, gripping one of my hands. The left side of his face was swollen and turning blue.
I got a good look at him and sat up. "Kwest, your face…" I placed my hand on his cheek.
He closed his eyes and took in a deep breath, like he was trying to block it out. "I got into a fist fight with Tommy."
"Oh, Kwest… What happened?"
He hesitated. "Something he said…"
"What?"
"Direct quote: 'That's her for you, always the dramatics.' I wanted to kill him. Jamie got caught in the cross-fire, just a fat lip though."
"What did I ever see in Tommy?"
"Someone who understood you. Someone you thought was nice. Your prince charming."
"My prince jackass."
Kwest laughed and grabbed my hand that was still resting on his cheek. "Total jackass." He kissed my cheek softly. He was about to kiss my lips when someone entered.
"Hi, Jude," he said.
"Dad?" I mumbled.
AN: What will happen? Only I know! Anyways, review!