Chapter Thirteen
"… Aaaaaarrrrrriiiiiiiaaaaaa…"
Aria opened her eyes and turned over to find herself face to face with Kendall.
"Good Mooooooooorning!" he said in a cheery tone.
"Hi." She said leaning over and giving him a kiss.
Aria got up and found something to wear and started getting dressed.
"What're you doing?" Kendall said with a pout.
"I have to work today." She said.
"Can't you just cancel?" he asked.
"Have you met Gustavo?" She questioned.
"On second thought, go to work. Want me to drive you?" he said getting up and wrapping his arms around her.
"No, it's okay. I'll take a cab. But you can either one, put some clothes on and get out or two, put some clothes on and stay here. It's your choice." She said with a smug look.
"Why do both options have to include put some clothes on?" Kendall whined.
"Because your mother would disapprove of you showing up at your apartment in your current state." She laughed.
"This is true." He said finding his clothes that were thrown all over the room during last night's adventure. "My mom's probably wondering why I'm not back yet. So, I should probably go to my place when you leave."
"So like, now?" Aria said.
"I guess…" Kendall said pouting.
"Don't be sad. I'll be back soon." She said as they walked out the door.
"Okay. Have fun!" Kendall said giving her a kiss.
Kendall made his way back to his apartment. He walked in and found Carlos, James and Logan sitting at the table eating toaster waffles.
"Good Morning Friends!" Kendall said cheerfully.
"Good Morning…" James said, confused at his happiness.
"Why are you so happy?" Carlos asked.
"No reason." Kendall said with a smug smile.
Logan's eyes widened. "YOU DID NOT." He said with shock.
"I did not what?" Kendall said fighting a smile.
"OH MY GOD." Logan said.
James and Carlos looked at each other in confusion.
"What?" they said in unison.
"Kendall totally banged Aria!" Logan yelled. James and Carlos' faces turned from confusion to shock.
"First, not so loud, my mom and Katie might hear you and second, I would not say I 'banged' Aria." Kendall said.
"Your mom and Katie went out to breakfast. What would you say, you did the nasty?" Logan teased.
"We're not talking about this." Kendall said.
Suddenly Kendall's phone rang. "It's Kelly?" he said. He picked it up. "Hello?"
"Hi Kendall. It's Kelly. Is Aria with you?" she asked.
"No, she was taking a cab to Rocque Records." Kendall explained.
"But she's 20 minutes late and she's not one to be late for anything. And she's not answering her phone." Kelly sounded concerned which made Kendall nervous.
"Uh, maybe I'll try her. I don't know where she would go…" Kendall said.
"Okay, if you get a hold of her, tell her that we won't cancel her session today if she can make it in late." Kelly said. Kendall said okay and hung up.
He immediately called Aria. He tapped his fingers on the table with it rang. He got her voicemail.
"DAMN." He said.
The other three boys gave him a questioning look.
"No one knows where Aria is." Kendall said nervously.
"You bang her and then she leaves, ouch." Carlos said,
"Stop saying that. Guys, this is serious. She wouldn't be late…" Kendall looked like he was about to cry.
His phone rang. His caller ID said "ARIA" He pressed the talk button as fast as he could.
"ARIA?" he said.
"Kendall?" a voice said on the other line. "It's Emma. You might want to get here to the hospital. Fast."
"I'll be there in a few." He said hanging up. He ran for the door.
"WHERE ARE YOU GOING?" James shouted after him.
"THE HOSPITAL." He said running for the elevator.
Logan, Carlos and James ran after him.
They all piled into the car and Kendall sped to the hospital.
He ran inside and up to the desk. Carlos, James and Logan were close behind him.
The receptionist looked up at him. Kendall was out of breath.
"Can I help you?" she asked.
"Yeah, I need to see Aria. Aria Smith." He panted.
Kendall heard his name he whipped around to see Aria's mother stand there, waving at him to come over to her. He quickly walked over to her.
"What happened? Is she okay? " he asked in a panic.
Aria's mom took a deep breath. "She was on her way to Rocque Records and her cab got hit by a drunk driver. I don't know why he was drinking so early in the morning but he hit her cab and the driver didn't make it and she's been out since the crash." Her mom explained choking back tears.
Kendall stared at her in shock. "Oh god, if she had just let me drive her." He whispered. "Where is she?" he asked.
"Here, I'll take you to her." She said.
Kendall has completely forgotten his friends were there until he heard them walking behind him.
Kendall walked into the room. It was small. Aria's father and sister were sitting on the couch. Aria was lying in a hospital bed, unconscious. Kendall couldn't stand to look at her for very long. He felt overwhelmed with emotion.
"You can sit anywhere if you want." Aria's father said. Kendall could hear the stress and worry in his voice.
No one was sitting in the seat next to the bed so Kendall sat there.
He talked to James, Logan and Carlos and told them they didn't have to stay. They decided it was best to leave Kendall with Aria's family and told Kendall to text them if anything happened.
Hours had passed. It was around 8PM when Aria's family decided to go to the cafeteria. They had invited Kendall to go but he said he'd rather stay with Aria.
Kendall looked around and saw Aria's phone on the table. He picked it up and noticed she had a message in her drafts. He noticed it was supposed to be sent to him. He figured it was being sent to him so he had the right to read it. He opened it up and read it. "I forgot to tell you. I love you. :) I'm really happy tha-" the message cut off. This left Kendall wondering what she was about to write.
His thoughts were interrupted by a scratchy voice. "Kendall?" Aria croaked.
"Aria! Oh my god. I'm so happy to hear your voice." Kendall said grabbing her hand.
"Where- what happened?" she struggled to ask.
"Shhhh! You don't have to talk, okay?" Kendall said brushing a piece of hair out of her face. "Hold on, I'm going to go get a nurse." He said getting up.
"No! Please don't leave me." Aria said grabbing his hand with all the strength she lad left in her.
"I'll be right back. I'll literally be like to seconds okay? I won't leave you." He kissed her on the forehead. "I'm yours, remember?" He left to find a nurse.
Aria looked around, dazed and confused. The last thing she remembered she was texting Kendall.
Kendall came back into the room.
"Kendall, where am I and what happened?" Aria asked
"Well, long story short, you get hit by a car and now you're in the hospital." Kendall said sitting back down and holding her hand again.
Aria was in shock. "What happened to the cab driver and whoever hit us?" she asked.
"Uh, let's not talk about that right now." He said as the nurse walked in.
The nurse starting asking her questions and fixing things and stuff. "Where are my parents?" she asked Kendall.
"They just went to get food. They'll be back soon. Don't worry." He said.
The nurse explained that Aria had three broken ribs and a severe concussion and that she was lucky to be alive because it was a really bad crash.
Aria's parents and sister came back and were extremely happy that Aria was awake.
Aria's parents didn't know which parent should stay with Aria. Kendall offered to stay with her overnight so that they could both go home and get some sleep. They agreed with him and left around 10PM.
A nurse showed Kendall where the cot was and how to set it up. He sat on the cot. Aria looked at him.
"You never told me what happened to the drivers." She said.
"They didn't make it." Kendall said.
"Oh." Aria said disappointed.
"It had nothing to do with you. The car hit on driver's side and you were on the passenger's side." He said.
"Kendall? Will you come and lay with me?" Aria asked.
Kendall could hear in her voice that she needed him. "Am I allowed to do that in a hospital?" he asked getting up and walking toward her.
"I don't care." She said reaching for his shirt and pulling him down so she could kiss him. "Please?"
"Anything for you." He said crawling into her hospital bed with her.
"Hey Aria," he said grabbing the bottom of her chin and pulling it up so their eyes met. "I love you."