Pulling Me Through Part Three

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Chapter Ten

Andy's POV

As soon as we got into that hospital, I felt as though I was going to have to sit down to stop myself from falling. How could something like this happen to CC? The world always seems to work in strange ways. I hate it.

"Hi, we're here for Christian Coma" I said, my voice monotone. I had never really been a fan of these places…except for when it was Riley in labour. "Can you tell me what happened to him?"

"He was hit by a car" She answered, giving me a look of pure sympathy. "Come this way." She moved away from her desk and led us through the hospital. My heart was thumping in my chest. CC was hit by a car. You see it in all of those movies. Getting hit by a car is seriously bad. What if CC doesn't make it? I could only imagine how Riley was feeling right now.

"Is he going to be okay?" Jake finally asked the question that I had been too afraid to ask. I didn't want to be told that he only had a few hours left. That would kill me. "I know he's hurt and everything, but he's going to live, right?" Her hesitation made me want to scream.

"Normally I wouldn't answer a question like this" She began. "That's up to Christian's doctor to explain that to you, but I'm going to tell you anyway. With Christian it's difficult. No one can really answer that question. It's a fifty-fifty chance. I'm sorry"

Oh God! I think I'm about to throw up. There's a chance that CC will die. I was too stunned to even move or speak, but I could still feel Riley get closer to me to wrap her arm around my shoulder. She was the one who was trying to be the brave one here.

"Look, we can't just give up on him straight away" She whispered in my ear. "There's still a fifty per cent chance that he'll live. Maybe we'll be lucky." I understood why she was saying all of those things. She wanted to reassure me, keep me strong, so I could be strong for CC and the kids.

"Yeah, you're right" I finally sighed, dropping a kiss on her cheek as Jake picked up Savannah.

"Okay, are you ready to go in?" Riley asked as she took my hand, cradling Zane on her other side. I nodded at her and followed her into the hospital room.

Riley's POV

When I walked in, I was beyond shocked. I had been expecting him to be lying on a bed, looking like he was asleep. That had been the only thing that had kept me brave over the past few hours, but when I walked in, that all diminished. He was attached to so many wires and his hair was pulled back. The beep of the machine that he was attached to deafened me.

"Oh my god" I exclaimed before Andy took my hand and pulled me close to him. I couldn't stop the tears from brimming in my eyes, but I sure as hell wasn't going to let them fall. I still wanted to stay brave for everyone.

"Shh, babe" he sighed in my ear. "It's not as bad as you think. In a few days, he'll be fine." I knew that everything he was saying was a lie, but I said nothing. At least it somehow managed to make me feel just a little better about the situation we were in.

"What are we supposed to do?" Jake asked, taking a seat on the seat next to CC. "I don't know how to fix this." I was just about to begin on my bullshit speech about how we all had to stick together for things to turn out right. Really, it doesn't matter if we're all pissed at each other. CC could still die. Just as I opened my mouth to begin, the door cracked open and Scout bounded in. I had texted her about it in secret, knowing that Jake would probably kill me if he had known that she was coming over.

"Oh God, I didn't know it was going to be this bad" She whispered, echoing my thoughts. "Is he going to be alright?"

"Scout, what are you doing here?" Jake asked, standing up again, resting his hands on her shoulders. They still hadn't made up with each other fully, but they were getting there. It would still be a long time until they're like they were before the drugs came into Scout's life. "You shouldn't be here."

"And why is that?" She questioned, raising her eyebrows at him. Even I was still a little pissed at her, but I understood why she was here. CC was her friend too. She had as much a right to be in here as we did. "I've known CC for a while too."

"I hate it when you're right" Jake grumbled, returning to his seat by CC.

"Can you tell me if he's going to be alright or is that too much to ask?" Scout asked, a ghost of a smile fading into her face. At least someone here was being a little more positive. It made me feel as though everything was going to be fine…even though I knew that it wouldn't be as simple as that.

"The doctor said it was going to be a fifty-fifty chance of survival." Jake answered, the look that harboured his face was just like the one that he had when he found out that Mom had died. He had already given up on CC's life. This wasn't good.

"I take it your Christian's friends" A voice said from behind me. I had been so wrapped up in Jake's look of defeat that I hadn't even noticed anyone come in.

"Oh, yes" Andy answered, moving aside, so that the doctor could come in. He went straight over to CC and fiddled with some of the wires. I couldn't watch. It was just too sad. "Um, what are you doing?"

"I need to talk to you about Christian" He said, completely ignoring Andy's question. "Would you like to come to my office, so we can talk in privacy about this?" We followed him up to his office that was unsurprisingly pristine white.

"Is everything okay?" Andy asked, even though he knew that there was no way of knowing that yet.

"Well, I just wanted to make something clear to you guys" The doctor said. "If Christian does make it through this, there are going to be some problems." Why wasn't I surprised? Nothing seemed to go right lately.

"What kind of problems?" I asked. "They can be fixed, right?"

"Well, he's suffered some injuries to the head which will probably slow him down if he does make it. There are going to be a lot of things. For example, swimming and writing. He'll have to be taught that again."

Oh God. The last thing I wanted CC to go through was to have to learn how to write again. That would make him so depressed, but I was more than willing to sit with him for hours on end to teach him these things if I thought it would help him.

"We can deal with that" I finally said. "We're all going to be fully committed to helping him make a full recovery. There's no point in even worrying about that."

"Miss Pitts, you're getting ahead of yourself" The doctor interrupted. What did he mean by that? How was I getting ahead of myself? I was only trying to explain to him that CC was going to be in safe hands when he came back home. And that was when I realised that I had made a mistake. I didn't know if he was ever going to come back home. "There's still the chance that your friend won't make it. I'm sorry."

"No, you don't have to be sorry" I sighed, feeling even sillier as the moments wore on. I had allowed myself to believe that he really would make it when I should be walking on eggshells. "There's nothing you can do but try your best. Thank you, Doctor."

"Is it okay for us to go back to CC?" Andy asked. He was fully prepared to say his goodbyes now if he felt as though he had to, so he could avoid living in regret if something bad was to happen.

"Of course you can" he sighed, pointing at his door. "I'll be up in an hour to check on him again. I'm really sorry about this." We said nothing as we left. Saying sorry was just part of his job. He probably didn't think twice about CC's life.

"Oh, Andy, what are we going to do?" I asked as we began the walk back to the hospital room the CC lay unconscious in.

"Hey, there's nothing we can do but be there for him" Andy assured, taking my hand in this, dropping a kiss to my forehead. "You said yourself that we can't just give up on him straight away. Look, CC is a fighter. He'll make it through this."

Andy's POV

All of the words I fed to Riley made me sick. I was talking bullshit. How was I ever supposed to know if CC was going to make it? I can't just fool myself into believing that it could never happen to me. Riley and Jake lost their mom. Who's to say that I won't lose my best friend? At least I knew that the lies I was giving to Riley would give her peace of mind. If I was strong about all of this, she'd feel more reassured.

When we got back to the room that CC was in, it was in uproar. I half expected Jake to tell me that the worst had happened while the Doctor had been talking to us. It wouldn't surprise me.

"What the hell is going on here?" I asked, now realising that they had smiles on their faces. At least something good seems to have come from what I had missed.

"It's CC" Jake cheered. "I swear to God that he just opened his eyes." My heart skipped a beat at that. Please God, let CC open his eyes. Maybe everything really will be okay. Maybe the universe really does want things to go right for us now. Maybe all those things that the Doctor said about CC having to learn how to swim and write again might not happen and we can all just go back to the way things were.

The latter was probably taking things a bit too far, but I could still hope and dream that this would happen. We sat around him and waited for him to do it again. After ten minutes, I gave up on that hope until he started stirring in his bed.

"I'll go get the doctor" Scout shouted as she ran from the room. We all leaned over him and waited for him to wake up properly.

His eyes finally fluttered open properly and they focused on us. CC was going to be okay. Life seemed as though it was going good again. We were just cruising down the highway, no obstacles in our way.

"Who the hell are you?" He asked. And then we came to a shuddering halt.

Well, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter…even though it was pretty morbid. Oh, so sorry for taking so long to update! Exam season is now over and I've got a week of work experience next week which means no homework, so I'm hoping to get more updates up!