Wednesday part 2

A few moments later, Dr. Sanders came in. "Hello Miss Montez." He said to me.

"Hi Mr– Doctor! Sorry Dr. Sanders." I'm getting pretty flustered here. This doctor is hot! But, I'd rather have Troy. Duh! He laughed at me.

"It's OK. So, the nurse showed you the proper way to clean and bandage your burn. Right?"

"Yes." I answered politely.

"And you understood the entire thing and have no questions?" He raised his eyebrows.

"Nope." I said.

"Nope, you don't have any questions or nope, you don't understand?"

"I understand, and I have no questions." I told him.

"That's great. You are welcome to leave now, Gabriella."

"Thank the Lord. I couldn't wait to get out of this place." I smiled.

"But, you can't leave with those tubes still in you. Can you?"

"I guess not." I laughed and glanced at my IV.

"I would ask a nurse to come in here and get them out for you, but since you're in such a hurry to get out of here, I'll do it." He sat down next to my unburnt arm. "One, two...three." And with a swift motion he pulled out the IV. "There. You can go now, but you might want to get out of that ugly dress you got on first."

"Yeah. These things are such a fashion faux pas." I laughed.

"Uh, Miss Montez, unfortunately for your sake, you will need to be back here in exactly seven days for a follow up. Just to make sure everything is healing correctly. OK?" Oh gosh. I don't want to come back here again.

"I guess so." I frowned.

"OK, I'll see you in a week."

"Thanks, Dr. Sanders!"

"No problem, Gabriella." He winked at me and walked out the door. I quickly got dressed and went back to the reception desk where Anna was.

"Hey, Anna." I called to her.

"Oh, Hi! How'd it go?" She asked me. I pulled up my sleeve to show her the snow white bandage. "Good as new. Right?" She laughed.

"Yeah," I said. "Do you think you could get me into Aya's room?"

"I think I can. As long as you promise not to tell anyone." She winked at me.

"I promise."

"Ok, just go up there. I don't think that anyone will ask you, but if they do say Anna sent me." She smiled brightly.

"Thanks!" I turned on my heel and started to Aya's room. When I got there Aya was sleeping. She blended in so perfectly with the white bed sheets. I almost didn't recognize her. She was so pale looking. I sat down next to her and told her the whole story about what happened with mom. Even though she's asleep, I know she can hear me. Aya's good like that. I took her hand and prayed with her. I cried the whole way through. The thought of losing my twin was just mind shattering. It was almost 1:00 AM, and I needed to go to school tomorrow. I grabbed my coat and cell phone and left Aya sleeping.

What am I going to do now? I can't go back home. Not with mom there. I took out my phone and dialed Troy.

"Hullo?" Troy answered.

"Troy! You're awake?" I was surprised.

"Yeah. Is everything OK?" He asked me. I thought about it for a second. Is everything OK? My whole world is falling apart.

"Uh, I guess. Actually no, can you come pick me up?" I asked him back.

"Gabi, what's wrong? Where are you?"

"I'm at the hospital. Please come and get me. I don't want to answer any more questions right now."

"Sure. I'll be there in ten minutes. Don't move."

"Thanks Troy!"

"Bye." He said. I hung up my phone. It's freezing out here. I sat down on the bench outside the hospital. I pulled my knees into my chest and waited.

A good fifteen minutes later Troy arrived. "Gabi!" He shouted from his truck. I ran and hopped into the passenger seat.

"Thank you so much for picking me up." I told him.

"Anytime. You're going to be my girlfriend. Right? I guess I got to get used to it." He smiled.

"Are you asking me–

"Yeah, will you?" He said.

"Troy, I'd love to be the wildcats superstar's girlfriend." I leaned over and pecked his cheek.

"I knew you'd say yes."

"You did, did you?" I teased.

"Yeah," he laughed, "So, where to? Your house?"

"Uh, I was hoping I could stay at your's?" I said.

"I'm sure my parents will be OK with it. Although my mom's not home yet. I'm really worried about her. She's never late for dinner." He laughed.

"I'm sure she's fine." I assured him.

"So are you going to tell me why in the world were you at the hospital?" Lots of thoughts jumped to my head. The surgery, Aya, my mom. I couldn't keep it all in. I had to tell someone. I just don't think I'm ready. I decided to go with the same story I told the nurses. I held up my sleeve to show him my bandage.

"What happened?" He asked.

"Cooking accident." I informed him.

"Wow Gabi! Does it hurt?"

"Actually no it doesn't. It will later though. Right now they have some numbing stuff still in my arm. It should wear off in a little bit. Do you mind if I have some advil at your house?"

"Yeah, you can." he laughed. "I'm glad it doesn't hurt though. Cooking can be very dangerous."

"You bet!" I smiled. We pulled into Troy's driveway. He looked around and turned back with a disappointed look.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"It's nothing. My mom's not home yet. That's all. I'm sure she's fine though. She's probably stopped at my grandma's, and forgot to call. She's done that before."

"Troy, I'm sure she's fine." We got out of the car and he took my burn healing kit. "Thanks." I smiled. We walked into his house only to find Troy's dad making out with a young blonde haired girl. Definitely not Mrs. Bolton.

"DAD!" Troy yelled. Mr. Bolton jumped up from the couch.

"Troy! What are you doing here? I thought you were sleeping. Why is this trash here?"

"Ok, first off, she is not trash, Dad. Gabriella is my girlfriend–"

"So now you're dating her! She got you to sing. What about basketball?" Troy's dad hollered.

"I thought we already talked about this. Speaking of trash, Dad, who the hell is she?" Troy screamed pointing at the blonde girl. She looked about our age.

"She's just a friend, Troy." Mr. Bolton calmed down a bit.

"A friend? A friend you were making out with? Don't try to deny it! We walked in on you!" Troy's voice got louder. I grabbed his hand. He just shook it off. I was really scared.

"You know what Troy?" Troy's dad's voice cracked, "So did your mom. Last night. She's staying at your grandma's."

"You have got to be kidding me." This time it was Troy's voice that cracked. He turned to me. "Gabi, can you go wait in my room. I'll be right up. Promise."

I had never been in his room, but I found the stairs and just looked around after that. His room wasn't that difficult to find, since he was an only child. I sat just on the edge of his neatly made bed. His room was pretty clean for being a guy. I curled my knees up to my chest, like at the hospital, and prayed. I could hear the loud yelling from below me, but I zoned it out as I spoke to God. Once I said "Amen" it was like everything was OK. I felt this overwhelming sense of peace. Like I was in the center of a hurricane, the eye, the calm. I knew that even though my world was crashing around me, somehow everything was going to be fine. I decided not to wait for Troy and I stretched out on his bed. Sleep is a wonderful thing.

A/N: How was it? I thought it threw some curves. lol. You'll never guess what's happening next! You can find out if you review:) have a good day everyone. Ciao!

Jess