Ch 2

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"Ugh, who the heck is calling me at..." I mumbled to myself as I looked over at my alarm on my nightstand "5 in the morning? Everyone should still be sleeping at this hour." I reached over and picked up my cell phone. "Hello?" I uttered in a somewhat annoyed tone.

"Trish...?" I heard Shelton say.

"What's going on?" I asked him. He must have a good reason for calling me this early in the morning.

"Well..." He said as he let out a sigh "Lillian was going out to the gym a little while ago, and she...she got hit..."

"Is...is she ok?" I asked as I felt the tears welling up in my eyes. This can't be happening. It has to be a joke. Or some sort of sick twisted dream. I was just with Lillian yesterday.

"I don't know yet. They haven't told me anything." He said shakily.

"I'll be there ASAP. I'll call you when I find out when my flight is going to get in." I answered as I hopped out of bed.

"K, I'll call if you I hear anything." He said before he hung up the phone. I hastily threw my hair up in a loose ponytail, threw on a pair of tennis shoes, grabbed my purse and hopped in my car. Then I headed off to the airport. About 20 minutes later I bought my plane ticket and hopped on the plane. Luckily it was boarding as soon as I got there. Talk about good timing. I tried to sleep on the 3 hour plane ride, but I was too stressed out. After the plane landed I called Shelton to find out what hospital they were at and I took a cab over there.

"Hey Trish." Shelton said as he approached me shortly after I walked in the main door.

"Shelton! Have you found anything else out?" I asked as I pulled him into a big hug.

"Not much, they just took her out of the ER room so we should find out soon." He answered. His eyes were red so I could tell that he must have shed some tears earlier. We walked over to some chairs and sat down next to each other. A few minutes later a doctor came over to us.

"Mr. Benjamin?" The doctor asked as he looked at Shelton.

"That's me." Shelton answered as he stood up to shake the doctors hand.

"I'm Dr. Pace." He said as he shook Shelton's hand. "So you're Lillian's boyfriend, correct?" He asked as he looked down at some information on clip board.

"Yep. So what's going on?" He responded.

"Well I personally apologize that it took so long to get the word to you. Lillian was in a bad wreck. She has a pinched nerve in her back and a broken leg. She also needed 23 stitches. And she is in a coma. She is young and very healthy so she should be able to pull through this." Dr. Pace said.

"How long do you think she will be in the coma for?" Shelton asked.

"It's tough to say. She could be in it for a matter of hours, days, or even weeks. We're hoping for the best but I can't give you a definitive answer at this point." The doctor said as he sympathetically put a hand on Shelton's shoulder.

"Can we go and see her?" Shelton asked anxiously.

"Of course. Only one person at a time can go in though. She needs her space. Her room is number 108." Dr. Pace said as he shook Shelton's hand once again and then took off down the hallway.

"Do you want to go in there first?" Shelton asked me as he put his hands in his pockets.

"No, it's alright. You go ahead." I said. He nodded at me appreciatively and took off towards her room. I still can't believe that this is happening. Lillian is always the one to call me to make sure that I'm driving with my seatbelt on and to make sure that I made it to the hotel ok. What if she doesn't wake up? What will I do? I shouldn't be thinking like that. She's going to wake up and she's going to get better. Shelton came out and walked over to me. "So how is she?"

"She's in pretty bad shape. It's tough to see her like that." He answered as he ran a hand over his head. I could see the tears beginning to well up in his eyes.

"She'll get through this. She's a fighter." I said as I got up and gave him a quick hug. "I'm gunna go in there and see her now." I said before walking over to Lillian's room. I took a deep breath and turned the door knob. I saw Lillian laying there in that bed. There are so many tubes hooked up to her, and she's all bruised up. Not to mention the huge cast on her leg. I stood there in shock for a moment as my eyes began to well up with tears. This can't be happening.

"Gosh Lillian, why did this have to happen?" I said as I walked over to the chair next to her bed and gently squeezed her hand. I stayed there like that for a few minutes just looking at her and letting the tears flow. "I should probably get going. Shelton probably wants to see you again, but I'll be right outside sweetie." I said as I got up and walked over to the door to leave her room.

I opened the door to go back out into the waiting area and I saw Shelton sitting down in one of the chairs and I went to sit next to him.

"Trish, I can't believe this." He said as he buried his head in his hands.

"I can't either." I said as I set a hand on his shoulder.

"But you don't understand! I should be in there with her, I should be just as messed up as she is!" He said in a sudden outburst as he formed his hands into fists and pounded them into the armrests on the chair.

"What are you talking about?" I responded as I removed my hand from his shoulder and returned it to my lap.

"She wanted me to go with her, I would have been the one driving not her. If I wasn't so tired-" He said before I cut him off.

"Shelton, don't you go start blaming yourself for this. You know as well as I do that Lillian is an insane morning person and you're not. Things like this happen sometimes and you just cant help it. There's nothing you can do about it." I said as I gently squeezed his knee.

"I guess you're right." He said as he let out a sigh. "You don't mind if I go find something to drink, do you? I've been sitting here for hours and I'm getting a bit stir crazy."

"Go ahead, I'll stay here." I responded.

"Thanks." He said appreciatively as he started off to find a vending machine. I leaned my head back against the wall behind the chair and I let out a sigh. Lillian's a fighter and I know that she'll pull through this, but this is going to be some tough times ahead. Not to mention the fact that there's no way that she's going to be able to come on the road with us. That's going to suck for the sheer fact that she's really the only other diva on the roster that I'm really close to. But that's selfish of me to think like that.

"How is she?" A very frazzled looking blonde Canadian asked me.