There she lay in front of him near the end of her life: IV in her arm, breathing mask over her face, blood soaking through the bandages on her legs, left arm in a cast, scratches all over her body. He took her hand into his and linked their fingers together.

"Please don't leave me," Bradin pleaded, "Please."

He hears the monitor beep every few seconds.

"Her father snuck into her car," Lucas said walking up to him, "He demanded that she'd drive to who knows where. He almost shot her until she swerved causing the accident she was in. Her father died. The car, as you saw, was totaled and she was smashed in between the front and back seat."

"But, she was the driver," Bradin said looking up at his best friend.

"The way she crashed made another car run into hers turning her car into nearly a square. They took the other car away to make it easier on them to give them more room and let driver's go by the accident to their destinations."

"Why didn't we hear it?" he asked, "It was right outside of school."

"I guess it was around the time when the janitor's kind of dropped something at the same time. I don't know."

"I just want her to live," Bradin said, "I need her so much."

"All we can do is pray and wait that she'll be okay."

Lucas's father came into the room in a wheelchair that was being pushed by a nurse. "How is she?" he asked.

"Not so good," Lucas told his father, "They don't know if she will live."

"I can't lose her and her mother. I love them both," he said taking Kali's hand into his. He looked over at Bradin who was staring at Kali's face moving her hair behind her ear. "How are you doing?"

Bradin looked at him and back at Kali before shaking his head.

For days, the two guys went to school just to take their exams. People were asking them what happened to Kali just so they could make fun of her again. When Lisa and Landon asked, Bradin blew up at them asking why they were suddenly starting to care. He didn't want them to hurt Kali ever again. He would make sure of it.

He was always at Kali's side waiting for her to pull through. The doctors told him that she was progressing quicker than they thought. He smiled to himself knowing that she was fighting to come back. He really hoped that she would succeed. He lay his head on her bed and closed his eyes.

"Hey you," he said as he wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.

"Heeey," she said turning so she was facing him. She placed her arms around his neck. "How are you today?"

"I was sad all day."

"Why?" she asked worriedly.

"I didn't see you at all." She playfuly glared at him. He kissed her. "I love you so much. If you ever left me, I don't know what I would do.vYou're my life, Kali. Please don't leave me."

She placed one hand on his cheek and then walked away.

Bradin lifted his head and felt tears in his eyes. He looked at Kali and asked, "Why do you always run away?"

She stood next to him watching him cry over her. She couldn't help but cry herself seeing how much she has hurt him. She really did love him. She did not know how to tell him or show him. She knelt down and placed his hand over his, which was holding hers.

Bradin felt Kali's hand move and looked up at her face. He felt her squeeze his hand again before opening her eyes slightly. Tears came to his eyes as she looked at him. He stood up and tears escaped his eyes. he sat back down on the bed and hugged her.

Lucas and his father walked in to find Kali and Bradin hugging.

"Hey sis!" Luca yelled hugging her when Bradin moved away.

"Hey, sweetie," her father said, "How are you feeling?"

"Just shoot me," she said softly.

"Absolutely not," Lucas said, "We can't. Braidn won't be able to handle it."

Bradin smiled and wiped his eyes. A doctor came in and saw Kali awake. He asked the guys to leave so he could check her to make sure she was doing okay.

"She's back," Lucas's father told them when they entered the hallway, "for good."

a/n: okay maybe i lied.i had time today to do it rather than a 800pt paper that i should be soing. oh well. i'm guesing there's prolly no more than 2 chapters left to this story. um...i am writing another one. however idk if i'llpost it up. i wont have that much time until prolly summer n that starts around july-ish. i'll post this again soon though i promise.