OK, Heres chapter 7. Please, Please, Please Review. I hate to beg but... Please review. Hope you like it!
General POV
Lucas told Peyton and Haley everything that Brooke had told him but he had conveniently left out the part about Brooke yelling at him about Mercedes and Nathan. Peyton immediately agreed but Haley was a different story.
"Come on Haley. Please!" Lucas said to Haley
"I can't Luke. I have some shows in Charleston that I can't cancel."
"Fine, if that's the way you want it!"
"That's not the way I want it Luke! What do you want from me! I can't just cancel shows last minute! I would think you would understand that!"
Peyton had has enough of these two.
"God, will both of you stop arguing! You sound like two six year olds fighting about what piece of candy to eat. Luke... you know that Haley would go if she could but she can't. She had other things that she has to take care of. You and I are going. We'll be there to support Mercedes through this. Besides she'll have Nathan to."
"Yeah, cause that will turn out well." Luke said
"Whatever Luke." Peyton said rolling her eyes.
Back in LA Brooke had sent the money to Peyton and was on her way to the hospital. In the hospital Mercedes held on to Q's hand as if they were permanently attached to one anothers. She talked to him...
"Come on Q, you've been asleep long enough. Please wake up."
She laid her head down on the bed and she felt some pressure applied to her own hand.
"Mercedes?"
She looked up and found Q opening his eyes.
"Hey Q." She said her eyes tearing up.
"What happened?"
"You don't remember?"
"I... remember getting into my car and..."
"Shh... it's ok. I'm gonna go get the doctor."
I got up and walked out to the front desk. One of the nurses called the doctor while another went inside to check on him. The doctor walked out and came over to me.
"How is he?" I asked getting up from the chair.
"He seems to be doing fine. His vitals are strong, he does have some discomfort in his abdomen, you know swelling, brusing, but besides that he lookes fine.They are taking some tests to see if theres something wrong inside but... I don't think that there is. He may be able to go home at the end of the week."
"Wow, that's great. Thank you."
"No problem. Umm... you may want to wait about 10 more minutes before going in again so they can finish the tests. Do you have any questions?"
"Umm... actually I do. I don't live in Loa Angeles anymore and I don't want to leave Q to be taken care of by a stranger. I would stay and take care of him but... I have missed a lot of school as it is and I can't really afford to miss anymore so..."
"Where are you living now?"
"North Carolina"
"Wow... you went past the big city don't you think?"
"I needed a change."
"I understand. So... you would be flying there then."
"Yes."
"How long is the flight?"
"4 maybe 5 hours."
"Hum.."
"Do you think I should take the jet?"
"Would it shorten the trip?"
"I would think it would."
"Maybe you should. The less time he spends in a plane the better."
"So you think it will be alright?"
"When are you planing on leaving?"
"Sunday afternoon."
"Tell you what... bring him in Sunday morning, I'll check him over and make sure he'll be ready to fly. But I think the way he's healing now... he's really surprised me. So... I think it'll be fine."
"Alright, that sounds good."
"Alright, I'll be back later to check up on him."
"Ok."
The doctor walked away and Mercedes got out her phone and dialed Brookes number. She answered...
"Hey"
"Brooke... he's awake."
"He's what? When?"
"He woke up about 15 minutes ago."
"Oh my... I'm on my way there."
"Ok."
Mercedes hung up and walked into her brothers room. About 10 minutes later Brooke walked into the room and headed to Q. She sat on the bed opposite Mercedes and took his hand in hers. They looked at each other for a moment and Mercedes could tell that they wanted to be alone.
"Ok... I'm gonna go." Mercedes said getting up.
"Ok, Be careful." Q said never taking his eyes from Brooke.
Mercedes left the room and Q looked at Brooke. Brooke really didn't want to cry but she couldn't help it, and tears escaped her eyes. Q wiped them away and took her into his arms.
"Brooke don't cry." He whispered
"I can't help it. I'm just so happy your ok."
They stayed quiet for a moment and Q kissed Brookes head.
"I missed you Brooke." He said looking her in the eyes
"I missed you too."
They talked about how much they had missed each other and everything else that had been going on. Later on Mercedes walked back in and they hung out there, just talking. The week passed quickly and Q was getting better everyday. The doctor let him go home early and Brooke and Mercedes took him home on Thursday morning, Brooke got a call from Lucas that night.
"Hey Luke."
"Hey Brooke."
"What's up? Is everything ok?"
"Everything's fine, I guess we were all so excited that we forgot we have a game Friday night."
"I totaly forgot about the game!"
"So... What should we do? I mean you guys are coming home Sunday afternoon and the next plane from here to LA doesn't leave until Saturday afternoon. That means we'll only be there for the night. What's the point of going?"
"I still want you guys to come Lucas. Look... the truth is... Mercedes keeps sinking into a deeper depression with each passing day, and even if her brother is getting better she doesn't seem to snap out of it. Ever since we brought Q home she's stayed up in her room. I don't know what to do. I've tried talking to her to see if she would tell me what's wrong but... she put up a wall again and she won't tell me anything. That's why I want you to come. I know that she'll tell you what's wrong."
Luke wanted to see Mercedes happy again, and he honestley missed her a lot.
"Ok, we'll change the plan then. We'll leave Saturday."
"Good. I'll call the car company. A call will be there to pick you up when you get here. I would go but... driving in LA isn't that simple, and I have to take care of Q."
"OK, see you on Saturday then."
"Saturday it is then, Bye."
"Bye."
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