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Mary had been a very, very, very, long flight, and when she got finally gotten off the plane she had been very, very, tired so she had fallen asleep without checking her voice-mil. Which was something she swore she wouldn't do again after the whole pregnancy scare with Lucy. So when she had checked her voicemail the next day there were several messages waiting for her, all which told her she needed to call the Camden residence as soon as she got them.
"Hello."
"Luce."
"Mary, you finally called." Lucy's tone was a dead give away that something was wrong. "We're leaving for the airport in a few minutes and I was afraid I would have to tell you on your voicemail."
"Tell me... tell me what?"
"Simon's been shot." she couldn't have heard that right so she asked.
"What?"
"He was shot he's in the hospital."
"Is he okay? What happened?"
"Mom and Dad are there they say...they say he has a 50/50 chance that he will survive." Mary heart had dropped into her stomach. No it couldn't be. Simon could not be shot. Could not be in the hospital.
"I'm sorry Mary, we've got to go."
"Yeah I'll..I'll met you there." she said slowly.
"Alright." the dial tone sounded. Mary starred at the phone. Her little brother was in the hospital. She didn't even know who shot him, she should have asked. She called her work and got a flight on the next plane out. It was the longest flight of her life and she was a flight attendant who went all over the world. She walked as quickly as she could off the flight, and found Lucy by the baggage claim. She run quickly into Lucy's arms and hugged her tightly for several seconds before released her and backing away a little bit.
"What's going on?" she asked her voice started cracking again it had done that many times since she had heard about Simon's condition. "What happened?"
"Simon was shot by Justin."
"Really." not that she thought Lucy would lie about something like this it just hard to understand.
"Yeah." Her eyes were starting to water again, another thing her body kept doing. She tried to blink the tears back and when that didn't work she brushed the back of her hand against her eyes. She sniffed loudly, and averted her eyes. She still couldn't seem to believe it.
"Can we go now?" she asked Lucy without looking at her.
"Yeah." she said, Mary noticed that Lucy was acting kind of odd, and had responded to all her questions with one word answers.
"You okay Luce?"
"I'm fine! Simon's the one who was shot, let's go!" she said then without waiting for Mary to say anything, started making her way out of the airport, leaving Mary no choice but to follow. The ride to the hospital was made in silence, Mary wasn't sure what was up with Lucy so she chose not to say anything till she saw Simon and saw how he actually was. Lucy pulled into the parking lot several excruciatingly worrying minutes later.
Mary was out of the car the moment it was put in park, regardless of the fact that she had no idea where she going she charged on like she did. She got as far as the front desk, before she realized she had no idea where she was going. It took a few moments for Lucy to come into view and then Mary was able to follow her until she saw them, her family. Her Mom and Dad got up from their chairs and made their way over to her and hugged her closely one after the other.
"How is he?" she asked.
"Better then he was before but he still unconscious." her Mom said.
"Can I see him?" her mother nodded, the tears were starting to blur her vision again. She started moving and Marry followed closely behind her. Her mother opened a door and started walking. Mary paused for a long moment, she had wanted to see Simon since she had heard about him being shot, but now that she was actually here it would really be real once she saw him. She took a deep breath and headed forward stopping shortly after seeing Simon.
Simon wasn't supposed to look like this, so pale, so weak. Simon had always been such a happy kid, and he wasn't like himself. She cupped her hand over her mouth as she realized she was sobbing. Her mom turned around at the sound and held her closely. She could still see Simon over her mother's shoulder and she couldn't seem to stop crying.
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