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Chapter 14

Need a ride?

The ride to the hospital was a rather quiet one with the exeption of Danielle's crying. She had her head on my lap and I was trying my best to console her. Jeff was driving like a mad man to the hospital. I've never seen him like this before. And me, I was still trying to understand everything. I didn't get why when you did the right thing… bad things happen. Or had they done the right thing?

As we finally reached the hospital we all pretty much ran inside. Some nurse yelled at us to slow down but we didn't care. I reached the front desk and immediately was asking how Lee, Scott and Garrett were.

"Excuse me," she said dully, "I'll need your name and relation to the patient."

I hated when people asked me for my last name. I didn't really believe it was my last name. I hated it because it proved I belonged to my scum bag father. I had thought about legally changing it to Hannigan but I was too young and needed my parents permission and personally I never wanted to see that bastard ever again.

"Kate Davis," I replied with a hint of venom but the lady didn't seemed to care.

"And who did you want to see Kate Davis?"

I swear I was about ready to strangle this woman. Jeff could tell I was getting frustrated and tried to talk to the woman as I started pacing back and forth. Danielle had taken a seat and started crying again. After a minute Jeff walked over to where Danielle was sitting and I followed.

"Well we can go see Scott right now. Turns out he broke his leg and needed some stitches in a few places. But he's doing okay," Jeff said.

I let out a slight sigh of relief. Scott was going to be okay.

"What about Lee?" Danielle asked her eyes wide anticipating the answer she was hoping for.

Jeff paused for a second, "I guess he's not doing too well. He has a fever and he's a bit delusional. They umm… wanted us to wait awhile before we go see him."

Danielle started crying and I felt tears well up in my eyes. Not Lee, I couldn't live without him. He had to be okay. He had too.

"And Garrett?" I asked after a moment of silence.

"Umm… he's in intensive care. He banged his head up pretty good. He hasn't opened his eyes yet."

I froze again. This wasn't happening. This couldn't be happening.

Jeff was trying to comfort Danielle as I leaned up against the wall. I didn't get this. Why the hell should my friends be going through all this pain for helping out a Soc girl? A stupid Soc girl who didn't really give a damn about us. If that had been me Jen never would have done anything. She would have kept on walking. Why should Lee and them have helped her? All it had done was hurt them? I didn't understand.

One of the doctors came and took Jeff and I to go see Scott. Danielle couldn't bring herself to stand up. She was shaking so much. I felt bad leaving her there but I needed to see Scott right now. I needed to know someone would be okay.

The doctor opened the door for us and told us not to be too long.

"He still needs some rest."

Jeff and I nodded our heads as the doctor left the room.

I walked over to Scott bed and looked at him. The cut by his right eye had been stitched up by the look of it. And all of the blood was gone. Though he was still looking kind of pale. The blankets covered up his leg so I couldn't really tell if it looked any better.

"Hey buddy," Jeff said quietly to Scott.

Scott opened his eyes and smiled at us.

"Hey all."

Both Jeff and I smiled.

"How are ya doing?" I asked.

"Well what ever drugs they've got me on seems to have taken all of the pain away," Scott said with a grin, "I think I should take some of this stuff home with me."

I couldn't help but smile and shake my head and Jeff did the same. We stayed and talked with Scott for a little while, but the doctor was right, he needed sleep.

"Hate to be rude but I think you need to catch up on your beauty sleep there buddy," I said with a grin.

Scott laughed, "I know. My usual sexiness just isn't up to par right now eh."

I shook my head with a grin, "I wouldn't worry to much. A few hours of sleep and you'll be back to your usual hot stuff."

Jeff shook his head at the two of us and ruffled Scott's hair before heading towards the door. I leaned over and kissed him on the forehead then followed Jeff.

"Hey wait a minute," Scott said, as we were about to leave the room.

"What buddy?" Jeff asked as he stopped and turned to face him.

"How's Lee and Garrett?"

There was a moments silence.

"Not to good," Jeff said sadly.

Scott nodded his head but didn't really have to much time to react as he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

As we walked back out to the waiting room Danielle was still there crying. I walked over and gave her a hug. Just then a doctor walked up to us.

"Excuse me but do any of you know a Kate?"

"Umm… I am Kate," I answered.

"Well Kate would you mind coming with me?"

I looked over at Jeff and Danielle who had both shrugged, "Yeah sure."

The doctor nodded his head and I followed him down the hall. I still wasn't exactly sure what was going on but at this point and time my brain was having a hard time processing anything. I stopped when the doctor did and followed him into a room.

He pointed towards the bed and I saw Lee lying there, helpless. He was rolling around a bit and mumbling things. I looked over at the doctor my eyes pretty much begging for him to tell me the truth.

The doctor sighed, "Don't worry too much. He got a few cuts from the fight and hit his head pretty good but we've taken care of all that. He's just got a fever. Too much stress I'd assume. He keeps calling out for a Kate and a few other people. We just can't seem to be able to make out their names. Any ways we figured you might want to see him. So I'll leave you."

I felt tears welling up in my eyes again as I tried to stay focused on what the doctor was saying.

"But I must warn you. When he wakes up most likely he'll be in a state of shock. So if it takes him a minute to put a name to your face don't worry."

I nodded my head and gave a slight laugh. No I shouldn't worry that my best friend, pretty much my older brother, when he finally wakes up, won't even recognize me. No I had nothing to worry about at all. I shook my head slightly before walking over to Lee's bed. I took his hand and pulled up a chair.

"Kate, I'm sorry I didn't mean too. I promise I'll get you another lollipop. Promise. I really will. Maybe like a million lollipops. Would that help?" Lee muttered as he tossed slightly.

I was trying my best to fight back even more tears. I had gotten super pissed at Lee once when we were like 10. I had just bought a lollipop from the corner store and Lee had taken it from me. I was so mad and I chased after him for like a few bocks before I tripped and scraped me knee. Lee had felt so bad about it. He had offered to buy me like a million lollipops to make me feel better. And even though I was happy with the lollipop he had gotten me later on that day. It still really bugged Lee. I guess he didn't like hurting me.

"Bryan! Come back man! Please don't go. Gary will forgive us! Come on this can't end like this! Bryan! It's going to be okay!"

I brushed a piece of Lee's blonde hair from his face and I felt his forehead, which was pretty hot. I tried my best to quietly console him but he couldn't really hear me. He kept calling for me and no matter how much I tried to tell him I was here. He didn't know I was. Then he was asking for Bryan, Gary, Danielle… Jeff, Scott, Garrett… And as I heard him say Jen's name I wanted desperately to hurt her. It wasn't right that Jen had broken Lee's heart all because he wasn't some rich snob. It wasn't fair that Lee was lying here all because he wanted to protect her, even after what she had done to him. And it wasn't fair that he was calling out her name, apologizing to her.

I heard the door open and Danielle walked in and practically jumped onto Lee's bed. She kissed him on the forehead and her tears started to fall on his face. I smiled at Danielle as a brushed the few lingering tears from my eyes.

"Stay with him," I said softly and Danielle nodded her head.

I let go of Lee's hand and passed it to Danielle who took it and held onto it so tight I told her she was going to break it. She had managed a slight laugh before slightly loosening her grip. But I knew she needed to hold on that tight, she needed to know he was there.

"I'm going to go make a few phone calls really quick," I told Danielle before I left the room. As I walked down the hall my head was pounding with so many thoughts I literally thought I might explode. I saw Jeff who was talking to Scott's mom. And I quickly walked over to the telephone and started dialing.

"Hello is Gary there," I asked.

"Yeah one second," Gary's girl Heather said as she yelled for him.

"Hello," Gary said his tone was a little pissed off. I was guessing he and Heather had been 'busy.'

"Hey it's Kate. Sorry to bug ya Gary but Lee's in the hospital," I told him.

"What? Why?" Gary asked as his voice quickly changed to a different tone, the worrying brother type one.

"Got into a fight with some scummy Socs. He, Garrett, Scott and a few other guys were in it. Turned into like a rumble thing," I paused for a second, "Any ways, the doc says he gonna be okay. He had a few stitches and he's got a few cuts but nothing to major. But he has a pretty bad fever right now."

"How bad?"

"He keeps mumbling things and calling for people. He keeps apologizing for things too. Like he kept talking about buying me another lollipop and something about Bryan wanting to go somewhere cause you were mad at them."

It seemed to me that Gary knew exactly what Lee had been talking about but just didn't say anything. He was kind of quiet for a few seconds though, just thinking I guess.

"You okay?" he asked out of the blue.

"Physically I'm okay. Emotionally no," I replied honestly. Gary was one of those people who could tell I was lying in a heartbeat. So I just decided to cut the 'I'll be okay' bullshit. In all honesty I wasn't sure I was going to be.

"Its okay little girl. I'll be right there." He said before hanging up the phone.

I slowly hung up the phone my hand shaking a little bit. My brain still wasn't completely processing any of this. It just kept asking more and more and more questions. Begging, pleading to someone, anyone to make sure they were going to be okay. I kept picturing Scott's tired sleeping face, Lee rolling around mumbling, begging for Jen's forgiveness, and Garrett. The doc still wouldn't let us see Garrett because we weren't family. They had tried getting a hold of Garrett's mom but no one seemed to be able to. I tried to explain to the doc I was practically family but they just didn't care. But I did.

Slowly I picked up the receiver again dialing a number that was pretty much etched into my brain.

"Hey," I said softly.

"Hey Kate!" I heard the usually cheery Jenna reply.

"Hey girl. Listen is your mom home yet?"

"Nope she doesn't get home for like a few more hours," she replied, "By the way… have you seen Garrett. He was supposed to come home and help me with my math homework. It's like adding mixed fractions and makes like no sense. Like seriously I really don't care if I have 3 ¼ of a pie and Beth has 4 ¼… good for us! Now let me eat my pies!"

I couldn't help but laugh slightly. Jenna was always bright and happy, making a joke, or reading a book as her sister's battled over the bathroom. She was so much like Garrett… poor Garrett…

"Uh well that's kind of why I need to talk to your Mom. Who's home right now?"

"Just me and Anna. Beth went to go take Lily and Tiff to their friend's house. Then she's heading over to her boyfriends' house! Man you gotta meet this guy Kate! He's so weird! I swear he's like constantly starring at everything and day dreaming. He said like two words to me when he came over…"

I listened to Jenna ramble on about Beth's new boyfriend for awhile. Getting a good chuckle every now and then. But all I kept thinking about was how to get a hold of Garrett's mom.

"Hey Jenna… can well… this is hard to say sweetheart."

Jenna stopped talking immediately, "What is it Kate?"

"Well umm… first off promise me you'll be a big girl about this."

Jenna laughed, "Yeah, yeah Kate. I promise."

"Well… ok I'm just gonna say it. Jenna… Garrett got into a fight and now he's in the hospital."

There was a long silence until I finally heard Jenna start softly crying.

"Its okay Jenna. Its okay baby girl." I said though I felt myself crying again.

Jenna was like my little sister. I loved her so much and I couldn't stand to hear her crying like this. None of this was fair. None of it.

"Is he okay?"

"I dunno baby. I just don't know."

Jenna started crying hysterically now. I was trying me best to comfort her… but that's pretty hard to do over the phone.

"Its okay Jenna. I'll be right over."

Jenna sniffled a few times, "How you gonna get here?"

"I'll find a way. Just hang tough ok?"

I could tell Jenna had forgot she was on the phone because there was a long silence probably because she was nodding her head. I did that every once in a while. You get so caught up in the conversation you forget the person can't actually see you.

"Ok Kate. Please hurry."

"I will. Hang tough kiddo. I'll be there in a second."

And then I hung up the phone. I honestly didn't know how I was going to get to Garrett's house. It was pretty far from the hospital and I didn't really want to walk or anything. I figured I might be able to hitch a ride but then again I didn't want Anna and Jenna riding in some strangers car. I looked around the waiting room and saw that Jeff and Scott's mom were gone, most likely they had went to check up on Scott. And Danielle I assumed was still with Lee. I figured she wasn't going to leave his side till he woke up.

I figured I might be able to hot-wire a car. Bryan had taught me how to along time ago. But for some reason I just don't like doing stuff like that. I do it but I don't like it.

I was just about to go search for Jeff's keys when someone tapped me on the shoulder.

"Need a ride?"

Hmm… who's offering Kate a ride? Cue dramatic music lol! Hope you all enjoyed! I'll try to update really soon! Please review!