Chapter 2-
They got to the hospital, both dragging Two-Bit in. There wasn't a lot of people in the emergency room. Just a mother and her son over in a corner, and a middle aged man who was reading a news paper. The waiting room was quite small, There was only about a dozen chairs, and a small front desk, with a young women there, with her hair all nice in long big curls, and she had glasses that complemented her face. Fortunately there was no line to the front desk.
"Hello my name is Patricia. How may I help you?" said Patricia
"Hello, were here to see if Two-Bit has Alcohol poisoning." Said Darry.
"The patents name?" asked Patricia, grabbing a pen and some paper.
"Keith Mathews." Said Darry.
"Is his skin clammy, or pale?" asked Patricia,
"A little pale." Said Darry.
"And how long has he been passed out?" asked Patricia.
"Were not sure." Said Ponyboy.
"I'll call a stretcher in and well bring him back to one of the rooms." Said the lady. "for alcohol poisoning can be fatal, so we should try to treat him as soon as possible." Said Patricia.
"Okay thank you." Said Darry.
The stretcher showed up almost immediately. Two-Bit was loaded onto it and pushed into the hospital.
"Well let you know how things are doing soon." Said one of the doctors.
"Ponyboy, go and call the Mathews, I'm sure they've been looking for him." Said Darry, handing Ponyboy some change for the pay phone.
Ponyboy went over to the pay phone and dialed the Mathews, again Tiffany answered.
"Hello?" she said.
"Ummm, hi Tiffany is your mother home?" said Ponyboy. This is going to be hard. He thought.
"Yeah, just a sec." Said Tiffany.
"Hello?" said Miss Mathews.
"Ummm, hello Miss Mathews, it's Ponyboy Curtis." Said Ponyboy.
"Hello Ponyboy, what can I do for you?" said Miss Mathews.
"Ummm, well, we have Two-Bit." Said Ponyboy
"Oh good, we've been looking for him all day! Tell him to come home." She said.
"Yeah, Ummm, well the thing is, were at the hospital. We think Two-Bit has Alcohol poisoning." Said Ponyboy.
"W-w-w-hat?" stuttered Miss Mathews.
"I'm sorry, I found him in the lot about an hour ago." Said Ponyboy.
"Where coming right over." Said Miss Mathews, and she hung up.
Ponyboy hung up the phone and joined Darry in the waiting room.
"Should we call Sodapop and Steve?" suggested Darry.
"I guess." Said Ponyboy.
"I'll do it." Said Darry getting up and heading towards the phone.
Oh please! Thought Ponyboy. First Mom, Dad, then Johnny and Dally, not Two-Bit too. Ponyboy sat his head back and closed his eyes.
Darry returned about a minute later. "Sodapop and Steve said they'll be over in about two hours when their shifts are done." He said, sitting down next to Ponyboy. "Are you all right Ponyboy?"
"Yeah, just a little tired that's all." He said.
It took about another twenty minutes for Miss Mathews and Tiffany to arrive. Miss Mathews basically ran into the room, closely followed by Tiffany.
"Darry! Ponyboy!" said Miss Mathews running over to Ponyboy and Darry. "Is he all right, were is he?"
Miss Mathews was a tall women, about five five, she looked just like Two-Bit, and was one of the nicest mothers you could ever meet. She was really good friends with Mrs. Curtis, Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry's mother.
"They took him back." Said Darry. "They haven't told us anything."
"I just hope he's all right!" cried Miss Mathews, grabbing Darry. Darry looked surprised at first, but patted her on the back.
"I-I had a c-c-cousin who d-d-died from Alcohol poisoning! I-I-I just hope that T-T-Two-Bit will b-b-be all right!" cried Miss Mathews.
Ponyboy looked over at Tiffany. She wasn't bawling like her mother, but she was crying. Tears ran down her face, and she was staring at her mother.
Miss Mathews finally let go of Darry, and sat down.
"Tiffany dear, d-d-don't cry, everything's g-g-going to b-b-be all right." Said Miss Mathews grabbing Tiffany into a tight hug.
"Can I get you guys anything?" asked Patricia. "Coffee or water?"
"I'll have some coffee." Said Darry.
"Just water, thanks." Said Miss Mathews.
Patricia ran off to get the drinks, just as a doctor came in.
"Are you Keith's family?" he asked. The doctor was very tall, almost taller then Darry, with dark brown hair and glasses. He was taking off his rubber gloves.
"Yes!" said Miss Mathews, jumping out of her seat. "Is he all right, will he survive, how is he doing?" she yelled.
"We'll I'm doctor Banks, we've pumped out his stomach, but he still wont wake up. We think he's in a coma, and we have no idea when he will wake up." Said Doctor Banks, "Keith is a lucky boy though. He must have drank a lot. If you would have waited any longer, he probably would have died."
"So what are you going to do for him?" asked Tiffany.
"And you are?" asked the doctor in a baby voice.
"I'm Tiffany Mathews, Two-Bit's sister, and I'm eleven years old, so you don't have to treat me like a baby sir." Said Tiffany. Tiffany is a pretty cool kid. She looks a lot younger then she is but acts more like she thirteen, she looks just like Two-Bit and loves him to death! She sometimes will hang around Two-Bit and Ponyboy, but when she gets mad she has an awful attitude.
"Oh um, well do the best we can." Said Dr. Banks. "I'll come back soon and give you an update."
The four looked at each other and sat back down.
"You put him in his place Tiffany." Said Ponyboy.
"Yeah, well, I hate it when people call me a baby, or treat me like one." Said Tiffany.
Ponyboy laughed and laid his head on the wall and closed his eyes. He was asleep before he knew it.
Well another chapter done…let me know what you think about it! Thanks for reading! And again, don't expect fast updates with me, but who knows, some days I'm busy some days I'm not…