Chapter 2: The Hospital

The ambience drove them to LA memorial. On the way there Angel called his chief's wife telling her they were on there way. When they got there Angel rushed inside and found "Jenny. I really need your help here. This girl really hates hospitals." Angel says to the doctor. "Okay let's go check her out." Jenny Giles says.

In Buffy's private room Jenny was checking her out. Buffy , Angel , And Jenny were talking back and forth. And joking to keep Buffy occupied. "Okay you have badly bruised ribs , And a fractured ankle. But there's nothing here that's serious and want heal." Jenny says taking her gloves off. "Thank you Jenny." Buffy says with a small smile. "Not a problem. I'll send a nurse in here to sew that up." Jenny says pointing to the gash on her forehead. "Okay" Buffy says never taking her hand out of Angel's. For some reason she had feelings for this stranger and trusted him with her life. "Thank you for everything." "There's no reason to be thankful. I was just in the right place at the right time."

Just than a knock was heard at the door and than someone entered. Angel looked up to see a nurse with blonde hair walk in. "Hello Dr.Giles sent me here to sew up Ms.Summers gash." The nurse says walking up with the supplies. "Oh of course" Angel says standing up from his chair he was sitting in. "Angel please don't go." Buffy asks with tears in her eyes. "I'm not going anywhere okay. I'm just moving so the nurse can sit down and patch you up." Angel says moving to stand on the other side of the bed. The nurse dressed the wound and than stitched it up. She grabbed all of the garbage and left the room. Angel sat back down and took Buffy's hand in his again. "Did anybody call my parent's to tell them what happened." Buffy asks looking up at him. "I'll call right now if you want me too." Angel says taking his cell phone out of his jacket pocket. "Please there probley worried sick. I should have been there hours ago." Buffy says smiling at him. "okay what's the # " Angel asks getting ready to dial the number. "299-6581 ask for Hank or Joyce Summers" Buffy says leaning into her pillow. "Okay" Angel says listening to the phone ring. Finally on the fourth ring a male voice picked up "Hello". "Hi is Hank or Joyce Summers there" Angel asked polity. "Hank Summers speaking who is this." Hank asks with concern. "Hello my name is Angel O'Connor. I'm a cop for the LAPD. I'm calling to tell you that your daughter was in a car accident earlier. We're at the hospital now." Angel says casually. "Oh My God is she okay" Hank asks. "Yeah she come out lucky compared to the car. She has a fractured ankle and a few badly bruised ribs. And a concussion. Other than that she's fine." Angel says looking down at Buffy who fell asleep during the conversation. "Thank God is she there with you " Hank asked slowly. "Yeah she's resting. The doctor's just got done checking her out." Angel says sitting down. "Okay my Wife and I are on the way. What hospital are you at sir" Hank asks. "LA memorial" Angel says into the phone. "Okay will be there in 15 minutes." Hank says. "Alright see you than we're in rm 2 in the ER" Angel says hanging up.

Angel put his phone down on the table and than laided his head down on the side of the bed. Buffy cuddled around his head with her small body. About 15 minutes later Hank and Joyce Summers walked into the room and found. Buffy and Angel asleep. Angel jerked up when he heard the people walk in. "Hey we're Buffy's parent's" Joyce says through tears seeing her daughter there on the bed so fragral. "Do you know who did this" Hank asked walking up. "No it was a hit and run we're still investigating the crime scene as we speak." Angel says looking at them. "Were you the one that found her." Joyce asks looking at him. "Yeah I was driving home when I saw the car. And I ended up here with her." Angel answers. Just than Buffy woke up from the noise around her plus she felt Angel move. "Angel". "I'm right here baby" Angel says looking down at her. Buffy was on her side facing away from her parent's. So when she heard her mom say her name she was surprised.

"Mom" Buffy says quickly turning around in her bed. "Yeah honey were both here" Joyce says walking up to her daughter. Buffy looked over her mother's shoulder to see her father standing there. "Daddy" Buffy let out reaching for him. Hank walked up and took Buffy into his arms. At that point Buffy let her tears fall. "Where's OZ at" Buffy asked through her tears. "His on his way we called him before coming here." Joyce says sitting down next to her daughter. "Okay" Buffy says laying back down and resting her head on her mother's thigh never taking her hand out of Angel's. She fell asleep just like that.

About 10 minutes later Oz came rushing in. "Mom what the hell happened. You just told me to get to the hospital." The 23 year old says out of breath. "Catch your breath Denial everything's okay now." Joyce says stroking her daughter's face. "Like I said before what the Hell happened to my sister and who the hell is he? " Oz says pointing at Angel. "Denial your sister was in car accident a few hours ago. She has a concussion , Badly bruised ribs , and a fractured ankle. It was a hit and run. And as for the man your sister has been clinging to his name is Angel O'Connor. His the one who found her. His a officer for the LAPD." Hank says looking at his son. "Oh" Oz let out sitting down on the side of the bed. "Sorry about the outburst, but I think you would do the same thing if you found out your sibling was in the hospital. And than walking in the room and knowing what happened to find a man holding her." Oz says looking at Angel. "Yeah I probley do the same thing. Exact I would have killed the guy." Angel says looking up at Oz with a smirk. "I think I'm starting to like you already" Oz let out. "That's good cause I wouldn't cared if you liked him or not." Buffy says looking at her older brother. "Hey you" Oz says ruffling her hair. "Hey and don't touch the hair it looks bad as it is." Buffy says slowly leaning up in the uncomfortable bed. "How you feel honey". "Better with the pain medicating working" Buffy says laughing. "Funny really" Oz says laughing a little. "What I'm still my perky self exact for the fact that I have the wigging sitting here in a hospital room."

Angel's cell phone went off and he picked it up. "O'Connor" Angel says rashly into the phone. "Yeah Angel it's Fred the car that hit Ms. Summers was a Ford. And we were able to get a name from the beer bottle. She was hit by a Riley Finn. He's 22 and goes to UCS with Buffy." Officer Buckle says with concern. "Okay thanks Fred" Angel says hanging up his cell phone. Angel turned to the Summer's family and asked "Do any of you know a Riley Finn." Buffy looked up at Angel with fear in her eyes and said "Yeah His my ex. We broke up a couple of months ago. His been harassing me ever since than. I put a restraining order against him. But he still wouldn't leave me alone." Buffy says with tears in her eyes. "Angel why are you asking if we know him or not." Oz asked looking at Angel. Angel looked at everyone and said "That was one of my colleagues on the phone. She said they found out that it was a Ford that hit you and they tested the beer bottle from the scene and found that it belonged to Riley Finn." "What do we do now." Hank asked sitting up in the chair he was in. "It's up to Buffy she could press charges on him and we could go from there." Angel says tighten his grip on Buffy's hand. "I don't know what to do cause if I press charges he'll only come after me again. If a restraining order didn't hold him back what makes you think this will." Buffy says with concern. "The fact that he'll be in jail and I'll be there if he comes again. He even puts a finger on you and he want need to worry about going to jail. He'll have to worry about me." Angel says looking at her. "And me" Oz says looking at his sis. "His lucky I didn't do anything yet."

About an hour later the doctor came in and said for everyone to get out so she could get some rest. Buffy wouldn't let Angel leave the room without a fight. "Love I'll be down the hall okay. Get some rest and they'll let us back in here." Angel says kissing her forehead. Buffy looked up at him and said "Fine but you go get some rest too. Shower,Change,eat something. Than come back okay." Angel looked down at her and said "Okay see you in a couple of hours." Buffy watched him leave very slowly out the door. She imminently fell asleep after Angel left and did as he said.

Angel walked down the hall to the waiting room. Hank , Joyce , And Oz were all sitting there talking. Angel walked up and handed Hank his cell phone #. "I'm going to my apartment for a little while. If anything happens call me." Angel says with a nod towards the paper in Hanks hands. "Okay see you soon" Joyce says looking up at him. Angel walked away and left the hospital.