I know, it's kinda sad that KYle got hurt, but i'm just setting up different situations that they have to go through. Remember i'm planning on making this a long fic, so there's gonna have to be alot of stuff happening to them.
So don't get too upset if there's some bad things that are happening. I promise it's all gonna work out in the end.
ENJOY AND REVIEW!!!
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The part 24 hours didn't seem real, at all. The championship, getting back with Kyle, him getting hit. It didn't seem like it was really happening. Or it wasn't happening to her. Brooke now got a small sense of how Peyton felt. In a way she blamed herself. If she hadn't of pulled Kyle aside, he would've left the stadium with the rest of the guys. He wouldn't have been by himself.
It had been 6 hours already and she was getting anxious. All she could think about what how lifeless Kyle looked. She couldn't see his face, but she saw the rest of him. There was blood all over his shirt, and she could barely see him breathing. She cried, watching the guy she loved get carried off in an anbulance in a stretcher.
Due to some eavesdropping, she found out that Kyle had a dislocated arm, and he broke all his ribs on his left side. One of his ribs had ran into his lung and punctured it. At first it was her, Lucas, Nathan, Haley, Peyton, Jake, Kyle's dad, and the rest of the team in the waiting room. But as the surgery went on, they had sent the players home, and Nathan had sent Peyton and Jake to take Haley home. This probably wasn't good for the baby.
Lucas had left to get everyone something to eat. SHe was thankful that Lucas was there, even though he didn't really like Kyle all that much. That left KYle's dad, Nathan, and Brooke in the waiting room. The way it should be. If there were any three people that should be here, it was them.
She saw out of the corner of her eye, Nathan walk over to sit next to her.
"HOw you doing?" Nathan asked quietly.
She shrugged, "I'm a mess. Nathan what if he doesn't get better?"
Nathan pulled her into a hug, "Don't think like that. Kyle's strong, just remember that."
"I know he's strong. But he looked really bad Nate."
"It looked worser than it looked. Plus, he's got so much to come back to," Nathan smirked, and Brooke knew he knew.
"How did you--"
"I knew Kyle was happy for winning, but he looked ecstatic for a whole different reason. And i kinda saw you pull him outside."
"Now i know how Peyton feels. When we finally get together, he gets hurt."
"this wasn't your fault. Some asshole wasn't looking wher ehe was going."
"He needs to beat this. I don't think i can live without him being okay."
"He knows that. He's gonna be fine. Kyle just needs us to believe it too."
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Leo had a feeling this would happen. He just chose to ignore it, and take all the necessary precautions.
So when he got the call from Michael that Kyle had been hurt, he immediately called the men in the family, and they were all on the next flights to Tree Hill.
While on the plane, him and Manny had discussed who it could possibly be. The only people Leo thought were capable of it would be the Rosali's. Leo had refused to make his shipments on the Miami piers, which had pissed them off to say the least. The Giovanni's were pretty powerful, and it took alot of guts for someone to do this. And the Rosali's were dumb.
They hadn't gotten more info on KYle's condition, only that he was in surgery. Michael was sure to have his head when they got there. But that was the least of his problems.
Leo racked his brain, trying to think of how they could've known about KYle. He had only been in town for a couple of days. Rosali's could find out anything thought, no matter how secretive it was.
Kyle didn't deserve this, he didn't ask for it. Leo prayed to God that he would be alright. He also prayed to Daniella, that she would protect her son.
The boy wasn't ready to leave yet. He had too much left to do.
Leo would never forgive himself if something happened to him.
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Nathan hated hospitals. God knew he had been in enough of them. The most recent one was a few months ago. When he was waiting for the fate of his wife. Now he was in the same spot, waiting for the fate of his best friend.
You would've thought Tree HIll would've found out by now that nobody was invincible. But the hospital was still packed, crowded with people. Everyone was always getting hurt. And there was at least two disasters every year.
His eyes were just about to droop shut when he saw a doctor in scrubs walk out of the elevator.
"Are all of you here for Kyle Sammet?"
"Yes. I'm his father, these are his friends," Michael said, "How is he ?"
"Well Kyle's pretty lucky. We repaired his left lung, popped his arm back in place, and his ribs are gonna be fine, it's just gonna be hard for him to breathe. Kyle's head had busted, so we checked for any brain damage or head trauma. He had a concussion from the impact as he fell from his bike. There's one more thing that we found. Sir did you know that Kyle had been shot?"
"What? He got shot? Where?"
"His stomach. The bullet had collided with one of his ribs, which led to the rest of them breaking. Thank goodness it didn't go further in, or it would've hit his lower spinal cord."
"So alll in all, he's gonna be fine."
"I wouldn't worry so much. The nurses are getting him in a room, making him comfortable. He's not gonna wake up anytime tonight, maybe not until later on tomorrow. But it all depends on Kyle."
As the doctor walked away Nathan said again, "He was shot? How could we miss that?"
"We were all more concerned about him in general. There was alot of blood, it was hard to tell where it was coming from."
"So we just wait?" Brooke asked.
"Looks like it. It can't be that long," Nthan said as he sat down.
The elevator dinged again and two men, one young and the other middle aged, entered.
Nathan saw KYle's dad stand up and walk over tothem.
"Who do you think they are?" Brooke asked quietly.
"I don't know."
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"Leo you said that he wasn't gonna get hurt," Michael hissed.
"I know. I have no idea how they found out, you were only in town for a few days," Leo said spologetically.
"Well what are you guys gonna do?"
"We'll find out hwo exactly do it, and we'll take care of it," Manny said.
"You better. It's a miracle Kyle didn't die from the impact. He could've been paralyzed."
"Oh my gosh. Uncle Mike we didn't mean for this to happen. I won't happen again," Manny said with finality.
"It better not. I don't even know why you even brought it up to him about doing this. This is what i've been trying to protect him from his whole life. And now one of the biggest game of his life has happened, he hsould be out celebrating. But instead he's in a hospital bed."
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After a few minutes of silence a nurse came out.
"Kyle can have visitors now. He's still out of it, but i'm sure he can still hear you. One at a time."
"Brooke you should go," Nathan said.
"Are you sure? We should wait for his dad."
"NO you go ahead, he won't mind."
Brooke stood up and followed the nurse through a door which led to a hallway of rooms. Since it was late at night, all that was heard was the beeping of machines coming from various rooms. They walked all the way to the end of the hallway.
"This is his room. I can only allow ten minutes for each visitor."
"I understand. It's fine." BRooke said as the nurse left.
SHe tried to move her feet, but they wouldn't move. She was scared of looking at him, that he wouldn't look the same. But she had to be there, let him know that she was there. So she willed her feet to move.
Like all the others, she heard the beeping of his monitor. It was consistent, although annoying, was a good sign. It meant that he was breathing alright.
She pushed the door open and gasped at the sight of him. He had a brace around his whole arm, and there were scratches and bruises all over his face. There was a bandage on his forehead, probably where he had stitches. HIs stomach was probably wrapped up from the gunshot wound. And there were IVs up his arm. Everytime he breathed his monitor would beep, once again scaring her.
Brooke had never seen him like this. Kyle never got hurt. Sure, he broke his ankle in the 5th grade, but that was it. No car accidents, school shooting, nothing. It was hard to believe that anyone would wanna hurt him. She pulled up a chair and sat down next to him. Kyle had been a strong tough guy, now he was reduced to a hospital bed, inconscious.
"Nice gown," Brooke whispered, smiling. "I can't wait for you to see yourself. Anyways, you gave us quite a scare. Kinda sucks that it had to be the day where so many things happened. I think some family members are here to see you, but i'm not sure. Kyle you had to wake up soon. We all need you here, your dad's a wreck and Nathan blames himself. And in a way i do too. I pulled you away to talk to you, and if i hadn't, you would've left with the rest of the guys instead of leaving by yourself. So you have to wake up, so you can convince me that it wasn't my fault."
She grabbed his hand. It was cool and rough, but she felt the same warmth anyway. She heard footsteps outside the door, and saw that KYle's dad was standing outside.
"You're dad's here now, so i'm gonna let him see you. I'll come see you later. I love you," She whispered as she kissed his forehead.
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As Brooke left the hallway and into the waiting room, she saw that Peyton and JAke were back, and so was Lucas. They all stood up.
"HOw is he?" Peyton asked anxiously.
Brooke shrugged, "He looks worse than he really is. They said he might wake up tomorrow."
"That's good. At least he's gonna make it."Jake said.
"Yeaa, but i still can't figure out why someone would shoot him, he wasn't in any trouble was he?" Peyton asked Nathan.
"Nope, none that he told me. And Kyle would never get into stuff like that."
Brooke looked around and saw that the two men that had come in earlier were sitting in a corner, talking silently to themselves.
"Hey, did you guys ever find out who they were?" BRooke asked.
"That's KYle's uncle and cousin, from his mother's side," Nathan answered.
"Why would they be here now?"
"I don't know. YOu think they know something?"
"They might. BUt i still wanna hear it from Kyle. What time is it anyway?" BRooke asked.
"It's 5 in the morning. We stayed over at Nathan and Haley's. Took a nap, then came back here," Peyton said.
Kyle's dad came out, "Listen guys, i think we should all go get some rest. Maybe get something to eat, this careteria food in horrible. Come back later, and maybe Kyle will be awake by then."
Nathan stood up, "He's right. Let's get some sleep, eat something, then come back. I'll bring Haley later on."
"When should we meet back here?"
"Hmm let's say maybe around one?"
"That sounds good," Brooke said as they all got their things to leave.
As they were waiting for hte elevator, he saw KYle's dad talking to his uncle and cousin again.
"Nathan something's wrong, they can't be here just because KYle's hurt. There's something more."
"I think you're right. But we can't go look into it now."
Yes, they weren't gonna look into it now, but sooner or later Brooke was gonna find out what was going on. SHe needed to know. Kyle's sudden demand that they not be around each other anymore was pretty surprising. But there was no way he would do that just because he had deep feelings for her. There was something else going on. And she had a feeling that his cousin and uncle knew what that other thing was.
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If Kyle could sum up the past couple of hours in one word.
Ouch.
The pain was unbearable, so bad that he blacked out. The searing pain in his head, it was hard to breathe, like an elephant was sitting on him, the discomfort of his arm, and the unbelievable pain in his stomach, like something had flew inside of him. It was a very uncomfortable feeling. The last thing he remembered was Brooke's voice, asking Nathan what had happened to him. It was inevitable that he was going to the hospital, most likely surgery. But it wasn't like he was gonna feel anything, the darkness overtook him too soon.
He heard voices, mostly lady voices, probably nurses. And the beeping on his heart monitor. He felt stiff, like he couldn't move a muscle. And he didn't want to. One movement and he would relive all the pain he felt just a few hours ago. Yes, we was asleep, but he could hear people come in and out, faint stuff of what they were saying. The voice that he really noticed was Brooke's.
The first thing he heard was the joke about the gown. SHe would never let him forget it. Ever. Oh well. At least he didn't have to see hismelf now. He must've looked pretty bad, since her voice was shaky. She talked to him about how NAthan blamed himself, and how she did also. Whatever the reason was stupid. It wasn't her fault that he got run over, shot, and left for dead. He himself was the only one respomsible. He wanted this, and accepted it freely. He just didn't think he would be in the line of fire so soon.
No doubt uncle Leo was here, his dad must've called him. Kyle didn't even wanna think about what his dad was gonna say when he heard about him being shot also. He felt bad, nobody else knew about his new position in the family. It was weird, having to tell them everything. They would flip, tell him to stop, and then not talk to him for days.
With everything that had happened to him, he almost forgot the fact that he was gonna be with Brooke. Happiness overtook him, but then reality brought it all back. It could've easily been Brooke getting hurt. IF she would've waited for him, she might've gotten run over or shot as well. So early in the game, and Kyle was already having to make decisions. HE oculd either go on and be with Brooke, and her have a chance of getting hurt or dying. Or he could sacrofice his own happiness once again, and do what he thought was right. They were both win some lose some decisions. He didn't wanna give up Brooke, not when he just got her. BUt he had made the agreement with his family, it just wouldn't be right to back out now.
Ultimitely he had to make a decision. And now he had absolutely no idea what to do. He still had a few hours in his own head, before he woke up and faced all his friends and family. It was kinda hard to think when he had pain everywhere. He would've asked for some pain killers or something, but he was still unconscious.
Kyle never really was a revengful kind of guy. Whenever someone had hurt him, he didn't really like retaliating. It was just immature and stupid. But he had to find out who did this to him. If he couldn't then his uncles would. And the mroe important question was who had done it. It was all a mystery to him at the moment. He wanted to talk to his uncle and Manny about what happened, and what they were gonna do about it. He also wanted to talk to Brooke, and make a decision. He wasn't looking forward to it, but it had to be done.
When he thought back to when he first saw the black car, he laughed to himself. The car was following him the entire time, and he never thought to blow them off. He just kept on going, until he got hit. Stupid mistake on his part. He should've been more cautious, but at first he didnt' really have a reason to. It was Tree Hill for goodness sakes, there were no mob families hanging around. Most people never even knew of Tree Hill. Which meant that whoever did this really didn't like his family.
At 17 years old Kyle already had his first murder attempted upon him.
If this was the life of a mobster, he wasn't sure if he liked it.
He could've been doing anything right now. Playing Xbox with Nathan, hanging out with Brooke, even talking with his dad. BUt instead he was in a hospital bed.
With a dislocated arm.
A shattered ribcage.
And a bullet wound in his stomach.
It was a perfect way for Kyle to end his season.
He literally went out with a bang.