Chapter fifteen: Standby
Sirens were going off all around them as they entered the ER; Annie rushed in dragging Sam and David behind her. They stood behind her watching people being wheeled in on stretchers. Once they got upstairs they met up with Eric, he seemed to be able to calm everyone down.
"Eric," Annie cried. She rushed up to him holding him tightly.
"What's going on?" David demanded.
"Is Ruthie okay?" Sam whined.
"Boys! Please, we don't know anything yet" Eric said, he raised his hand in an attempt to calm them. "Listen, I called Lucy and Kevin and they're on their way now with Savannah."
"Eric?"
"Kevin's calling detective Michaels, he's trying to find out what happened." Eric said reassuring his wife. "Sam, why don't you and David go and get some sodas?"
"Can we get chips and cookies too?" Sam asked.
"Sure," Eric said handing his son some money. The two of them quickly ran off, leaving Eric and Annie standing in the waiting room alone.
"Eric, I didn't even notice she was gone, I was supposed to be watching her more closely especially after how she's been acting lately," Annie said, she walked over quietly and sat down. She buried her head in her hands, for a moment before looking up at him.
"You couldn't have stopped her, not with the way she's been acting lately." Eric said. He took a seat besides her placing his arm around her neck. "She'll be okay"
Lucy raced into the waiting room carrying Savannah; Kevin trailed in behind her talking with some cops. Lucy Rushed over to her parents sobbing she placed savannah down in a chair. Savannah was sound asleep so she curled into a ball once placed on the seat.
"Is she okay?" Lucy asked nervously.
"We have no idea," Eric said. He looked over at two policemen standing next to Kevin. He stood up with Annie holding her hand tightly.
"Mr. And Mrs. Camden, I'm Roger Quincy and that's Mathew Reynolds," The man said gesturing to his partner.
"What happened?" Eric asked.
"Your daughter was in a car accident with we believe her boyfriend, the two were speeding down the road and they crashed into a tree trying to avoid an oncoming car. The driver, we think was Tristan Montgomery, Is that your daughter's boyfriend?" The man looked up from his pad.
"Probably, I wouldn't know you could ask her best friends Erica and Lindsey they would know for sure but if she had a boyfriend that would probably be him." Annie said through tears.
"Well, Tristan was killed." He said.
"What?" Eric looked up.
"He wasn't wearing his seatbelt and when they crashed he went through the windshield." His partner said. Annie looked at him in horror.
"And Ruthie?" Eric asked.
"She was wearing her seatbelt, it may have saved her life." Said Mathew.
"Do you know anything else?" Annie asked.
"We don't know anything else for sure, we think they were driving intoxicated, which is why they weren't paying attention to the road." Said Roger.
"Driving drunk?" Eric repeated in shock.
"Can you give me the names of Ruthie's best friends please?" Roger asked.
"Sure, Erica Lanes and Lindsey Hart." Eric said.
"Thank you, my partner Mathew, will stay here in case Ruthie wakes up or any information about her condition comes up." With that the two of them walked over to the receptionist's desk to talk. The twins were walking back with cans of soda and arms full of candy and chips. They slowed as they passed the cops.
"What's going on?" Sam said.
"Hey," Lucy said.
"Hi Lucy, want a soda?" he said holding one out, which caused him to drop a handful of candy bars.
"No thank you Sam," The two boys walked over and sat down on the floor placing their goodies in front of them. Sam started opening the chips and soda while David watched his parents. They seemed different, they seemed scared, and that was something David had never seen in his parents before. Just then a doctor came out, and walked up to his parents.
"Mr. And Mrs. Camden, I'm Doctor Benson." He said introducing himself.
"Well, is she okay?" Annie asked looking at him frantically.