I'm going to finish Critical, then I'll decide whether or not to keep writing on here. Deal?
After about half an hour later, Miley's parents, Joe and Demi heard footsteps coming along the corridor again. They all looked up expectantly, wondering who it was. Sara and Jackson had been gone for ages, and nobody knew where Nick had run off to.
As the footsteps grew closer, the group became more and more interested in who the person was. After a few moments, Joe's parents came into the waiting room and smiled at Joe, Demi and Miley's parents.
"Hello," his mother, Denise, said. She smiled and walked over to Miley's mother, Tish. They hugged each other tightly. Denise pulled away and sent a sympathetic smile towards her friend. "How is she?" she asked.
Tish shook her head. "Still unconscious." She sighed. After a couple of moments, tears welled up in her eyes. "I just want my baby girl to be okay, you know?" She sniffed and buried her face in her hands.
"Aw, honey," Denise soothed, rubbing Tish's back. "Miley will be just fine. She's a strong girl surrounded by people who love her. She'll make it through this. Don't you worry," she said. She looked around after a moment. She furrowed her brow in confusion. "Where's Nicholas?" she asked Joe.
Joe shrugged in reply.
"Um, he rushed out of here about a half hour ago, Mrs G. He didn't say anything to us. He just ran out of here after he came out of Miley's room. No one knows where he is or what happened in there. All we know is that Miley can't have said anything," Demi responded.
Denise nodded, taking a seat between Joe and Tish. Her husband, Paul, came and sat beside Miley's dad, Billy Ray.
After a few moments of silence, Nick walked into the room. He looked upset. Everyone could tell just by looking at him that he had been crying, but no one dared say a word about it. Nick didn't cry. Nobody had seen him cry in years.
Demi smiled and stood up. She walked over and hugged him tightly. "You okay, Nick?" she whispered.
Nick nodded and pulled away. He glanced at Tish. "Is she awake yet?" Tish shook her head. Nick sighed and sat down beside Joe. "Why hasn't she woken up yet? She needs to wake up ..." He trailed off, his voice breaking as he spoke. He looked away to avoid having anyone see him upset.
Demi rubbed Nick's back and bit her lip. "Miley's going to be fine. I'm sure she'll be awake soon." When Nick didn't reply, she sighed and stood up. "Okay. Everyone stop moping around. Yes, Miley's injured. But you know Miles. She's strong. She'll be just fine. Just you wait and see." Demi glanced at the double doors leading to Miley's hospital room. "She'll be just fine," she whispered.
Tish and Denise smiled at the three teenagers sitting before them. It amazed them how mature they were. They were still so young, yet they understood what exactly was happening and they handled it all so well.
Tish stood up and took a deep breath. "I'm going in to see Miley," she said. She smiled slightly at her husband and walked through the double doors to see her little girl.
After a few moments, Jackson and Sara walked in together. Sara was clutching onto Jackson's arm while Jackson led her into the room, looking straight ahead. When they saw everyone else, Jackson's eyes narrowed in Nick's direction. He then realised his father was watching and sat down with Sara at the other end of the room.
"Well, this is awkward," muttered Joe.
Demi elbowed him hard in the stomach. He yelped and glared at her. She smiled innocently and got up.
"I'm going to look for a place to get some coffee or something. Anyone else want to come?" she asked.
Joe and his parents stood up and began to leave with her. They heard a squeal and they all turned to see Sara walking after them. When they gave her a dirty look, she smiled at them like she didn't notice or even care.
"I'd like some coffee," she said. She turned around and smiled sweetly at Jackson. "Want some, baby?"
Jackson nodded and folded his arms across his chest, glaring at Nick.
Demi, Joe and Sara all left the waiting room. The only people left were Jackson, Nick and Billy Ray. Billy Ray felt the tension in the room and stood up. He followed his wife down to Miley's room without a word to his daughter's best friend and his son.
Jackson stood up, still glaring at Nick. "Who the hell do you think you are, talking to my fiancé like that? You think it's your place to comment on my sister's relationship with Sara? You don't care about Miley. Not one bit. In fact, you're the reason she's in this mess. She could DIE, Nick, and it would all be your fault," he spat, stepping closer to Nick as he spoke.
Jackson's comments felt like a knife twisting in Nick's stomach. He stood up with an angry expression on his face and stepped closer to Jackson. "Listen to me. You may be Miley's brother, but that doesn't mean you know what's best for her. You think you know her better than anyone else, but you don't. Did you know that Miley hates Sara? Did you know that she likes to listen to Train when she's looking at the stars at night? Did you know that she freaks out every time she has a math test because she's afraid of disappointing you and your parents? No, you didn't. Because you spend every fucking SECOND with your girlfriend. Ever since you've been with Sara, Miley has felt like she doesn't exist any more," he snapped.
Jackson's face tightened, and he raised his fist to hit Nick.
Nick chuckled. "Go on, then. Hit me. See what good it will do. Just because you know I'm right but you're too scared to admit it." When Jackson lowered his fist, his eyes still narrowed, Nick smirked. "Knew you wouldn't go through with it." He turned to follow the others for some coffee, but then turned back to face Jackson. "Maybe instead of hitting her best friend, you should think about what Miley wants. What she thinks of Sara. Maybe then you'll see that all this is driving her insane." With those words, Nick turned around and went in the direction his parents, Demi, Joe and Sara went.
In Miley's room, Tish and Billy Ray were standing beside their daughter's bed, watching her as she lay there so peacefully. Tish looked up at her husband with tears in her eyes.
"Our baby will be okay, won't she?"
Billy Ray placed a hand on his wife's shoulder and squeezed gently, not taking his eyes off his little girl's closed eyes. He blinked a few times, trying to make himself believe that it was all a dream. When he realised it definitely wasn't, he looked at his wife.
"I wish I knew, sweetheart," he whispered.
Tears began to fall down Tish's cheeks at Billy Ray's words. She closed her eyes and buried her face in her hands, sobbing uncontrollably. Billy Ray's eyes went back to his little princess lying in the bed before him.
Not knowing how to calm his sobbing wife, he did the only thing he could think of. He pulled Tish in towards him and wrapped his arms around her protectively, allowing her to sob into his chest, not once taking his eyes on Miley's sleeping body in the bed.
When Tish calmed down slightly, she looked back at Miley.
"My baby," she whispered.
Billy Ray rubbed her back. He then walked around the bed and looked out the window at the cars below. It was still pouring rain outside. He could definitely see how the driver didn't see Miley.
He kept his eyes on the cars below. He couldn't believe that one of those inventions had hit his little girl. That one of those things had nearly killed his princess. That one of those things had nearly ruined his life.
He turned and faced his wife again.
"She's lucky to be alive," he said softly.
Tish nodded, stroking her daughter's hand as she sat down in the chair beside the bed. She didn't take her eyes off Miley. Her eyes were still filled with tears as she watched her little girl. She knew that, when she woke up, she would be in pain. She knew she'd have a lot of people wanting to see her.
Looking at her daughter, all she wanted to do was go back in time and protect her from that car that had hit her. She wanted to stop her from going out that morning with her friends. Maybe if she had stopped her or if she had told her to come home right after breakfast, she would be okay. Maybe she would be sitting on the living room couch, watching movies with Demi and eating popcorn.
Billy Ray moved away from the window and took Tish's free hand. "Tish," he said gently. "Let's go wait out in the waiting room, darlin'. I think we should just wait for her to wake up out there." He tried to pull her away from Miley, but Tish stayed where she was.
She glanced up at Billy Ray. "You go on out and wait with the others. I'll be out in a minute," she said.
Billy Ray nodded and left the room. He glanced back at his wife through the window into the room from the hallway. She was just sitting there, staring at Miley. He eventually decided to leave her to her own devices and walked back to the waiting room.
Inside the room, Tish smiled to herself as she remembered what Miley was like when she was only a little girl. Nick, Joe, Demi and her had been inseparable back then. Miley never stopped smiling when she spoke of them. All she ever talked about was Nick and Demi and Joe, her best friends forever. What she had said back then had turned out to be true. She had been best friends with them for years. They were just as close, if not closer, now than they were before.
"Miley," Tish said softly, clutching her daughter's hand. "Miley, baby. I love you so much, sweetie ... Please wake up. I need my little girl by my side." She paused, wondering whether or not Miley could hear her. Hoping that she could, she spoke. "Nick needs you too, sweetheart. He's devastated. He blames himself." She paused again. "He loves you, Mi. More than anything. He hasn't said anything to anyone, but anyone can tell by just looking at the boy." Tish smiled softly, thinking about her daughter's friendship with Nick. "You're his world, princess."
The room was silent except for the beeping of all the machines Miley was hooked up to.
Then, in that moment, when all was silent and nothing in the room moved, Tish felt something move in her hand. She looked down. Miley had twitched her hand.
Billy Ray sat down in the waiting room with his son. The waiting room was silent. They didn't know what to do or say to each other. Everyone else was down getting coffee.
At that moment, the double doors burst open and Tish came in panting. "M-MILEY!" she yelled.
Billy Ray jumped to his feet and rushed to his wife's side. "What about Miley?" he asked, worried. He hoped she was okay. He took his wife's hand and looked at her. She was ... smiling. "Is Miley okay?" he asked.
Tish grinned and nodded. "We need to find a doctor. Miley's twitched her hand, Billy Ray. She twitched her hand! I was talking to her and then I felt her twitch. Does that mean she'll be awake soon?" she exclaimed.
Billy Ray smiled. The doctor had told them that he knew she would be okay, but they had always had a bit of doubt. They always were thinking of the worst case scenario so they wouldn't get their hopes up. The doctor was right. Miley was going to be just fine.
Kind of short, I know. It's only like 2000 words. But whatever. It'll do for now. I'll update again soon. I know it's been a while since there's been a proper update with a chapter and stuff, but it's been a rough few weeks. One of my best guy friends actually got into a car accident on August 30th, so we had to go to the funeral on Saturday. Like I said, it's been rough. But we're getting through it, you know? ANYWAY. Moving on. Review please? I found it quite funny that more people had reviewed than ever when I was thinking of stopping. Maybe those people who had never reviewed until then could review? Remember that you can leave an anonymous review if you don't have an account (: I opened a WordPress account. I'm going to write stories on there. Like, non-Disney stories. The username is jumpthenfallx. The link is (http:/)(jumpthenfallx).(wordpress).(com)/. That's without the brackets. Um, also follow me on Twitter (jumpthenfallx) and Tumblr (itsonlylife). Ask me questions on Formspring (xjumpthenfallx) and PM me on here if you want (: I think that's about it. Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoyed. Reviewwww (: Bye.