"Seth!" Anna jumped up excitedly when her boyfriend finally reappeared. She had been feeling lonely in the big empty waiting room. Oliver and Marissa were chatting away seemingly oblivious to the world around them, and Luke and Summer were snuggled together, both fast asleep. When she cried out, everyone else started anxiously. Summer pushed Luke away, and Luke, abruptly awoken almost fell out of his chair, Marissa looked up guiltily and Oliver looked like a child who's toy had just been taken away. Anna would have laughed at the spectacle, except she saw Seth's face, and poor Ryan was actually being pushed in a wheelchair by a nurse. Ryan looked humiliated, in pain and exhausted.
"Hey," Seth gave her a quick hug, he looked worried and tired.
"How are you feeling?" Anna asked, as everyone else dragged themselves to their feet, except Oliver, who just sat there pouting, and began to crowd around Ryan, who did not seemed pleased with the attention.
"Ready to go home," he told them hoarsely.
"I'll go bring the car around," Luke offered, and hurried off.
"I was going to-" Seth said, but Luke was already off and running. The nurse followed Luke, wheeling Ryan towards the front door.
"So, how's he doing?" Anna asked.
Seth shrugged, "He's Ryan, he's tough."
"Are your parents coming?" Summer asked.
Seth sighed and shook his head, "No, all the flights are cancelled. There's a storm moving in."
"Yeah, it's already started to snow." Summer said.
"Are you going to ride back with them?" Seth asked Marissa pointedly, motioning to the door. Luke had brought the car around, and there was a slight struggle to get Ryan into the car, he didn't want help, but his leg was completely immobilized and he was having trouble getting into the back seat of Luke's truck, even though he had reluctantly accepted Luke's health.
"Oh… I was going to go Oliver… I didn't think…"
Summer sighed, "Oh whatever. I'll go with them. I'll see you all back at the house. Maybe you guys could get some groceries, in case we really do get snowed in." And then she jogged to the door to assist with the Ryan effort, although she knew she probably wouldn't be much help.
"Are we going yet?" Oliver had managed to rouse himself and sauntered over to the group, now that Ryan, Luke and Summer coalition had left. For some reason, those three seemed against him, although he wasn't sure why. He should point that out to Marissa.
"Yeah," Seth said, "Let's go."