Chap3 On the Brink
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"Shit, Sands come on wake up," Jason muttered frantically as Sands parlour turned a sickly grey colour as blood poured from the piercing. Jason lay Sands on his side so he wouldn't choke on the blood.
He didn't know what to do. Sand's breathing was growing shallow. Jason felt Sand's wrist frantically attempting to find a pulse. He let out a slight sigh of relief when he managed to find one although it was very faint.
No matter how many times Jason called on him Sands didn't come to. As Sands seemed to be slipping further and further into unconsciousness Jason knew he had to get his parents. He couldn't let Sands die.
"Sands just hang on in there," he whispered kissing his pale cheek as he ran out the room to get his parents. "Mom, dad you need to wake up," Jason yelled bursting into the room.
"Jason what ever is it?" his mom asked as she was shot awake by her son's frantic cries.
"It's…it's Sands. You have to come," he said tears threatening to fall as he saw images of Sands lying on his bed blood streaming from his mouth.
"What about him. What in the world can be so wrong that you-"she stopped dead. Jason had dragged her towards her bedroom bursting open the door bringing Sand's limp and drained figure into view. "Oh my Lord what happened to him?" she said as she quickly approached him. Then her eyes fell on the half empty bottle of vodka on the floor next to the bed and the blood stained nail. Chills ran through her, surely her son wouldn't have been so stupid. Deep down she knew it was unmistakably clear what had happened.
She felt quickly for a pulse. She found one but it was fainter still than when her son had found it just minutes earlier. Jason watched in anguish as his mother checked Sand's body for signs of life.
"Have I killed him?" he yelled.
"Not yet you haven't not be quiet," his mother answered as she grabbed the phone to phone an ambulance. Jason bit his lip hand unable to take his eyes off Sands. He wanted to take him in his arms and kiss him softly but he knew he couldn't not with his mom in the room.
His mom then went on to phone Sand's foster parents. Just as she was hanging up the wail of the ambulance's siren could be heard outside. "I'm coming with you," Jason said instantly.
"No you're not," Elizabeth answered. "His parents are meeting me at the hospital. I think it's best if you stay here," Elizabeth said in a more gentle tone when she saw just how upset her son was. She went downstairs to greet the paramedics. "this way," she said running up the stairs, the paramedics hot on her heels.
Jason seemed to standing in a kind of trance he had finally let a few tears fall, they were steadily flowing faster and faster.
The paramedics ran past him to get to Sands. They too checked his pulse and then put an oxygen mask oven him then loaded him onto a stretcher. "Are you his mother?" a paramedic asked.
"No I'm not his parents will be meeting us at the hospital but I'll come with him in the ambulance if that's all right," Elizabeth answered her voice shaking a little. Although she was at times a little concerned about the bad influence he could be on her son part of her that couldn't help but feel sorry for him.
"Of course," a paramedic answered as they lifted Sands down to the ambulance closely followed by Jason and Elizabeth.
"What is going on?" Jason's father asked worriedly as he stood at the door as the paramedics rushed past him.
"It's…Sands, I'm going to the hospital with him just now stay here with Jason and I will explain it to you when I get back," Elizabeth answered as she threw a long coat on over her nightwear.
Jason bit down hard on his lip as he heard them leave. He glanced quickly to his father then went into his room he really didn't feel like talking to anyone right now he just wanted to be left alone. How could he have been so stupid? Please be okay Sands he repeated over and over again as if somehow hoping the more he said it, it would somehow come true.
All he could think about was what they were doing to Sands right now. It suddenly occurred to him that if Sands woke up he might hate him and never want to speak to him. As much as he hated that thought he wouldn't blame Sands if that was what he did, Sands could die because of him and it was all his fault.
"Son, would you come out here," his father called knocking on the door.
"No just leave me alone!" Jason yelled.
His father sighed and against his better judgement left his son alone, for the time being at least.
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Elizabeth was greeted at the hospital by Lisa and James. "Where is he what's happening?" they asked urgently. Elizabeth was just about to respond when a doctor came out of the room where they were tending to Sands.
"Are you the parents?" the doctor asked his tone and expression unclear.
"Yes we are how is he?" they asked urgently. Elizabeth stepped back a little to give them some privacy. She also couldn't help feel guilty. How could she not have known what was going on under her own roof until it was too late?
The doctor ushered them into the treatment room shutting the door behind him. "We have stopped the bleeding in time but there are some other issues that I feel we need to discuss," the doctor sail solemnly.
