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Chapter 3

"You, Miss Naegino, are going to be fine," the nurse said as signed off on a file. "Just a headache. But you should take a few days off work, considering what you do for a living."

Sora groaned, rolling her eyes. "And my friends? They're going to be fine too, right?"

The nurse just shrugged. "I'm sorry, but I don't know. You're going to have to stay at the hospital a bit longer if you want to hear about them." With another sigh, Sora stormed out of the exam room and headed back to the waiting room.

Since Derek had roughed them all up, the doctors had taken the conscious victims to exam rooms, though she had no idea what had happened to Rosetta, Ken, and Yuri. God, Yuri was just married yesterday- and Ken was engaged and expecting a child. Rosetta was just 16... Sora wouldn't be able to take it if anything had happened to them. God, this was all her fault for just not talking to Rosetta in the first place...

And Leon... she had known he was still hurt from the accident last month, but Sora had decided that he should be there. And she had no doubt that he wouldn't like being left at home for this. He probably would have come even if she had asked him not to.

"Sora!" May gasped when she saw her enter the waiting room as rushed forward in a panic. "Sora, any news about Ken?"

She shook her head miserably. "No, May. I'm sorry... I'm so sorry about all of this, I-"

"No, you should be sorry!" May shouted, turning to glare at her.

Sora blinked. "What?"

"That's right, you should be sorry! You're the whole reason that all of this happened! If you had just talked to Rosetta instead of getting my fiancé involved, then he would be fine! But no! You had to go and play hero and get him put in the hospital!" she screamed at Sora, already in hysterics.

"May, I'm-"

"No, Sora, just shut up! Just shut up!" she shouted before turning on her heel and running from the waiting room.

Sora stared after her, then swallowed nervously and tried not to take it personally. After all, May was going through a nightmare with her fiancé, not to mention she was pregnant.

Still, that didn't mean her words hadn't shook Sora up just a little as she got out her cell phone to call Kalos. He would need to know that all of his stars beside herself and Sarah were in the hospital. "Kalos, its Sora. You probably need to get down to the hospital... I don't know, but Yuri, Layla, Ken, Leon, and Rosetta are all in the ER... its a long story, I- Kalos, I know its sudden, but- no, I can't do that, I... Kalos, I'm sorry, but I can't! Anna looks enough me, use her! And Mia and Sarah can do it if they have to, but I'm not leaving the hospital until I know what's going on with each and every one of my friends! ...you just tell Mr. Kenneth that, then! But I'm not leaving!"

With another groan, Sora snapped her phone shut and leaned back against the wall, pushing her hair out of her eyes in exhaustion. She had forgotten they had a performance at Kaleido Stage tonight. She couldn't work, and even if she could there was no way in hell she was leaving the hospital. But that left Anna to stand in for Sora and Mia to make an attempt at Rosetta's part, even though she hadn't done anything on the trapeze in a long time. She sighed guiltily, but knew it couldn't be any other way. She had to stay at her hospital and find out what was happening to her friends.

It took another ten minutes, according to Sora's watch, for Layla to finally burst into the waiting room. "Layla!" she exclaimed and hurried over to her. "Layla, are you okay?"

"Yeah, yeah," she said, waving off her concern, "they just had to re-cast my arm because I cracked the old one- where's Yuri?"

Sora sighed in relief before shaking her head. "I don't know, you're the only other person I've seen. But-" Sora's head snapped up when she heard a nurse calling for Leon Oswald's family, and she dashed over to her, eyes wide with fright. "That's me, that's me," she said frantically. "Is Leon okay? He's going to be fine, right? Tell me he's going to be fine!"

"Relax," the nurse said, smiling softly at her. "He's going to be fine. We admitted him for observation because we're trying to get his ribcage stabilized, since several ribs were still bruised from what looks like a previous accident. But he's going to be fine, and he can probably go home tomorrow. And yes, you can see her- Room 243."

"What about Yuri Killian?" Layla demanded frantically, practically begging the nurse for information. "Is he okay?"

The nurse shrugged. "I'm sorry, ma'am, I don't."

Layla stared after her in a panic, her eyes shining with unshed tears, and Sora looked between her and where Leon was in despair, trying to decide who she should go to and failing. "Layla... Layla, I..."

Layla glanced at her then shook her head quickly and looked away. "It's okay, Sora," she said, her voice breaking. "Go on, be with Leon, you'll be fine." With a heavy sigh, Layla sank into a chair and hid her face in her hands, struggling to keep up the facade that she was fine.

Sora struggled with her choices for a moment longer, then decided Layla needed her more right now and sat down next to her, wrapping an arm around her shoulders and telling her, "Its going to be okay, Layla. Yuri's going to be fine."

Layla scoffed and shook her head. "You don't know that. How the hell could you know that?"

Sora just sighed and held Layla tighter. The truth was, she didn't know what was going to happen to Yuri. She could only hope that he would be all right and stay here with Layla.

Sora was debating at least going to see Leon, to make sure he was okay and to let him know she was, when a doctor came out and called for Yuri. Layla immediately rushed over but Sora hang back, letting Layla have her privacy but not too far away to comfort her. When Layla sighed in relief and leaned back against the wall, Sora smiled, then hurried forward and asked about Rosetta and Ken. "I don't know about Rosetta," the doctor said, "but Ken Robbins should be fine too. He has a minor concussion and will have to stay here over night, but nothing too serious."

After the doctor left, Sora turned to Layla with a question in her life, and Layla laughed weakly before explaining, "Yuri's gonna be fine too."

Sora sighed in relief and grinned, then waved her on with a tired hand. "Go on, Layla, be with him. I'll tell you when I hear something about Rosetta."

Layla gave her a quick hug in thanks, then hurried off to go find her husband. Sora chuckled softly before calling May.

"What?" May practically shouted as a way of greeting.

"May, its Sora. Ken's going to be okay. He's- hello?" Sora rolled her eyes as she listened to the dial tone, then put her phone away and glanced guiltily in Leon's direction again. She hated that she hadn't seen him yet, but Rosetta was her best friend and she had no one else right now.

When Sora finally glanced at her watch again, it was midnight, with still no news of Rosetta. With a despondent sigh, Sora was about to head off to Leon's room when a doctor entered, this one for Rosetta. She just barely managed to drag her exhausted body over to him, not sure if she could take any bad news after everything that had happened today. "That's me," she said, struggling to keep her eyes open. "Is Rosetta okay?"

"Yes. She has several broken ribs, a concussion, twenty-three stitches and a lacerated liver, but we've managed to stabilize her. But we need you to contact her parents- we need to do a kidney transplant, which we can't do without her parent's permission, since she's only 17."

Sora nodded, trying to focus on the fact that Rosetta was going to be fine and not how severe her injuries were. "Thank you. I'll call her mother soon. Can I see her yet?"

The doctor shook his head. "I'm sorry, but she's still in the ICU, so only family is allowed."

Sora nodded in understanding, then finally turned to go find Leon after the doctor left. Everybody was going to be fine.

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"Hey," Sora said hesitantly as she stood in the doorway of Leon's room, surprised to find him awake.

"Sora!" he gasped when he saw the bruises on her face. "Oh my god, Sora, are you okay? Did he-"

"I'm okay, Leon, I'm okay," she promised quickly, giving him a small, exhausted smile. "And so are all the others."

He gave a sigh of relief, then smiled and beckoned her closer. "Come here, you." Sora grinned as she walked closer and lay down next to him, curling up against his chest and closing her eyes for just a second. God, sleep sounded heavenly right now... but first she had to call Rosetta's mother. It was 6 am over in France right now, and she would probably want to get over to New York as soon as possible.

With a groan, she forced her eyes open, then reached into her pocket for her phone then hesitated, realizing she had no idea how to reach Rosetta's mother... but Kalos would have that information on file. "Ugh," she moaned aloud, rolling her eyes as she started to dial Kalos's number. "What are you doing?" Leon asked curiously, twining his fingers in hers.

"Figuring out how to contact Rosetta's mother. The doctors need her permission to do a kidney transplant on Rosetta."

Leon frowned, squeezing her hand tighter. "I thought you said everyone was okay."

"She will be, it'll just take a while for her to get back on her feet." Leon nodded in satisfaction, then leaned his head on her shoulder and listened as she talked to Kalos. "Yeah, Kalos, I need to call Rosetta's mother. You should have her number on file, right? ...oh, you're almost down here, good... no, no, I'll talk to her, that's fine. ...okay, tell Sarah thanks for me. ...got it. Bye."

"That was quick," Leon observed once she had hung up.

"Yeah." Sora nuzzled into his side and closed her eyes. "Kalos is almost here, but he said he'll call Sarah and ask her to get the number for me. She'll probably call me in a few minutes."

Leon smiled as he looked down at her, seeing how exhausted she was, then said, "Then you go to sleep, and I'll wake you up when she gets here." Sora didn't have to be told twice. One second she was struggling to stay awake, the next, she was fast asleep against Leon's side. He grinned, then pulled the hospital blanket higher over her and wrapped his arm around her shoulders.

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Sora was about to press send on the call to France when she stopped and bit her lip. "Damn it," she muttered. "I don't speak French. I know how to say hello, thank you, and... that's about it."

Leon laughed, then held out his hand for the phone. "I speak French; I'll talk to her." Sora smiled as she handed him the phone, wondering if there was anything Leon couldn't do. A few moments later, Leon said, "Bonjour, Mademoiselle Pascal. Je suis Leon Oswald, un ami de Rosetta's. Je m'appelle parce qu'elle est à l'hôpital et ..."

Sora closed her eyes again and allowed the sound of Leon speaking French to lull her to sleep again. She could deal with these new problems tomorrow. Well, strictly speaking, later today. Right now, she was going to sleep and finally putting an end to this hellish day.

Well, while I'm pretty sure 'Rosetta's' isn't the genitive of 'Rosetta' in French, google translate seems to think it is. Also, does Kaleido Star take place in New York or Japan? I really have no idea. Please review