[Two months later...]

Mike

I was on my way to Brianna's when something came across my attention. There, I saw Kimi and Dil, looks like they're dating or something; near them are Angelica and Chuckie wearing large trench coats, Tommy pretending to read a newspaper, Lil doing the same with a novel, Phil under the bench Tommy's sitting on, and Susie and Harold scoping from the bushes, all spying on the two. Seriously, ever since Dil started dating Kimi, Phil couldn't take it, getting him in a rage. Even the rest of the gang still couldn't believe it at first. But like they always say, "love is blind".

"Just what the hell're you people doing spying on Kimi and Dil?" I asked them, slowly shaking my head.

"Mostly so Phil won't go all nuclear on them" Lil whispered.

"Yeah, you saw how he reacted when he caught them making out" Tommy added.

"Just when will you get in your heads that Kimi dating Dil is by her own free will?" I asked again.

"We do..." Chuckie responded. "But try explaining that to Phil."

I looked at Phil, looking like he's in a fit of rage while in tears. "Ah shit, here we go again."

Kimi noticed us spying on her and Dil. "What're you guys doing?"

"Making sure Phil doesn't try to kill Dil" Harold explained.

"WHY?!" Phil sobbed.

"Oh for fuck's sake, DeVille!" I groaned.

"This dude needs constant supervision" Chuckie said.

"Guys, let's get Phil outta here before he manages to do any damage" I suggested.

The rest of them nodded. But right before they could do that, Phil found a piece of broken glass sharp enough to stab Dil. He got up from under the bench and charged at him, in pure uncontrollable rage!

Lil

My brother, in pure rage, got up, held the shard of glass and charged at Dil.

"Phil, don't... acckk" Mike said, but it was too late. Phil stabbed him in the chest instead.

"Oh shit!" Phil exclaimed.

There was blood coming out of Mike's chest; from the looks of it, he'd been stabbed near the heart.

"I'm... okay..." he weakly managed to say before collapsing on the ground, passing out.

We all attended him to check his condition. "Shit, we gotta bring him to the hospital!"

"We'll use my car" Susie said.

We gently put Mike in the middle of the back seat, with Tommy and I on either side, putting pressure on his wound.

"I'll call Brianna to meet us there" Angelica told us, her, Chuckie Dil and Kimi following us in Chuckie's minivan.

And with that, we rushed to the hospital.

Brianna

[three minutes ago...]

I was in my bedroom lying on my bed, thinking about my night out with my boyfriend tonight.

I headed downstairs into the kitchen to get myself a glass of water, but I accidentally dropped the glass and sure enough, there's shattered glass on the floor. "Shit."

"Why do I have a feeling that something's not right?" I asked myself.

I grabbed a broom and dustpan to sweep the glass. Shortly after, my mobile rang.

I answered the incoming call, wich was from Angelica. "Hello?"

"Brianna? Angelica."

"Oh hi, Ang. What's up?"

"I got some bad news."

I could hear the serious tone in her voice. "What?"

She continued. Mike's on his way to the hospital."

"What happened to him?" I had a seriously worried look.

"He...was stabbed..."

"Oh my God! How is he?" I started to feel tears welling up in my eyes.

"We don't know yet." Angelica answered. "He's still being checked."

"I'm on my way to the hospital now. See you there."

"Okay, bye."

I hung up, got changed and drove to the hospital as fast as I could.

After about 15 minutes, I made it to the hospital. There I saw the group desperately waiting.

I had a worried look. "I heard what happened to Mike. How is he?"

Tommy sighed. "I don't know if he's gonna make it."

"Who did this?!" I yelled.

"It was my fault" Phil dryingly said. "What have I done?"

"Condemned yourself to a life sentence" Lil growled.

I took a look at Mike, in a coma. I felt the tears watering my eyes. I couldn't hold back before I just broke down crying for a lengthy 10 minutes, while the girls just comforted me.

I took some deep breaths. "Lil...if he doesnt recover...I'm gonna use your brother as a punching bag...while wearing brass knuckles."

"Brianna, please... it was an accident" Phil begged. "Please don't kill me!"

"I won't kill you; I'll make your life a perpetual pain."

Tommy spoke up. "Guys, we're in a hospital; let's not make a scene here."

We all nodded, but I kept my glare at Phil.

Three minutes later we're allowed to enter the room.

I held Mike close while in tears. "Please... wake up... You're the only man I love; don't die on me..."

I heard a few others sobbing as well. Suddenly...

"Uh guys?" Harold pointed out. "The monitor..."

We noticed the monitor beeping in a straight line.

"No...can't be... He can't be dead!" I exclaimed. "Please... I need you..."

And once again, I broke down sobbing. Angelica and Susie just comforted me now, while the rest feel just as bad.

Tommy

I felt bad for Brianna, 'specially she'd been dating Mike for only a couple months now. As for the rest of us, I think we might've lost our 'dad in the group' and our protecter. Ever since he moved to our neighborhood from Indonesia, he'd been like what we saw in Susie, not to mention he's skilled in hand-to-hand fights, guns and also has a decent build. Might not be as buffed as Chuck or Angelica, but he's decent. We had our moments with him together from bad times to good, be it he's in the school's boxing team, he saved us from a few thugs one night, despite him being bruised a bit, the list continues.

I noticed something near the monitor. "Guys, he's alive; we unplugged the wires by accident."

We all sighed in relief and a bit stupid. I plugged the wires back in, and in seconds Mike's heart rate is beating at a steady pace.

"I hope you're happy Phillip!" I heard Lil scold her brother.

"I said I was sorry, Lillian."

"You nearly took him from me!" Brianna yelled. "You think I'll forgive you now you said you're sorry?!"

Just then we noticed Mike's heart rate decreasing.

"The machine's plugged in" Dil pointd out.

That's when we noticed the motitor beeping at a very low rate, close to zero.

The doctor and nurse came in. "I'm gonna have to ask all of you to exit the room." He and the nurse had the shock charges ready.

And with that, we waited desperately out in the hall, hoping that Mike'll make it through this.

"Please..." Brianna sobbed softly. "I don't know what I'd be without you... Please...don't leave me..."

Angelica hugged her close. "He'll be okay; trust me."

"He's strong enough to spar with you, Chuckie and Angelica" Lil added. "I'm sure he'll make it through this."

We waited for a very lengthy 30 minutes, waiting on the results, until...