Here's chapter Seven! Knock yourself out and enjoy!
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Chapter 7:
Kendall's POV
Kendall and the other three boys all sat in the waiting room of the hospital, worried expressions etched on their faces. Logan was pacing back and forth, while Carlos was sitting in a chair with his knees to his chest, staring at his helmet that was in his hands. James was shaking his leg and tapping the armrest of the chair impatiently as he stared off into space. Kendall was sitting in the corner of the room, repeatedly running his hands through his hair as he shook his leg impatiently and bit the inside of his lip, checking the clock every minute or two.
"We've been here for three hours! When are they going to tell us something!" Kendall shouted in frustration.
"Kendall calm down, she's probably in surgery." Logan said trying to stay calm. Kendall shook his head.
"Logan don't tell him to calm down, you're freaking out just as much as we are." James snapped. "He has every reason to be upset. Elle might die and there's nothing we can do about it."
"Way to stay positive." Carlos said glaring at James who rolled his eyes.
"Carlos you saw what happened! That car was going at least a hundred miles an hour, Elle's car flipped four times, hit a tree and flipped again! It's stupid to think that there's absolutely no chance of her dying! Did you see what she looked like when they pulled her out of the car?" James asked, his tone harsh.
"I didn't say there wasn't a chance of that, I'm just trying to stay positive and believe that Elle's strong enough to get through this." Carlos snapped as Mrs. Knight and Mrs. Bennett walked into the room.
"Boys stop arguing." Mrs. Knight hissed at them. They all immediately went back to being silent. "What happened?" Mrs. Knight asked.
"She was following us to James's house and we had to go past Thrasher Hill. Someone drove into her at like 100 mile an hour and then drove off." Kendall said.
"Have they said anything? Is she going to be okay?" Mrs. Bennett asked.
"We don't know." Logan said. "She was pretty beat up when they pulled her out of the car. Mrs. Bennett sat down and buried her face in her hands.
"Are we going to be able to fix her car for her?" the boys all shook their heads.
"It's completely totaled. Her car slipped four times, hit a tree and flipped again. The drivers side of her car was so crushed they had to cut her out of it." Logan explained. Mrs. Bennett shook her head and Mrs. Knight put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"You boys don't know anything about how she's doing?" Mrs. Bennett asked desperately. The four boys shook their heads.
"All we know is that she's alive because they haven't come out and told us otherwise." James said softly.
"Did you boys warn her about that intersection?" Mrs. Knight asked.
"Yeah, I'd just told her about it and then that happened." Kendall said as a doctor walked into the waiting room.
"Eleanor Wolff?" Mrs. Bennett looked up at the doctor standing in the doorway.
"That's my daughter." Mrs. Bennett said, practically jumping out of her seat.
"Mrs. Wolff." She interrupted him.
"Bennett. I'm remarried." She corrected.
"Mrs. Bennett, your daughter is alright at the moment,he got out of surgery a few minutes ago, however she sustained some very serous injuries and excessive blood loss." he said. "The accident caused internal trauma to her abdomen which cause internal bleeding. She has 3 fractured ribs, luckily none of them punctured any organs, her right wrist was broken in 2 different places, and she had two very large pieces of glass stuck in her. One in her left shoulder blade, the other in her thigh, which came very close to cutting her femoral artery. From the gash on her forehead and what I was told about the accident I'm going to assume that she most likely hit her head so she most likely sustained a concussion and whip lash, however we can't be sure. If she did suffer from head trauma then there's a very good chance she may have some memory loss." Mrs. Bennett looked shocked and worried.
"She's going to be okay though right?" Carlos asked eagerly.
"She should be as long as she remains stable. We already brought her in for surgery and stopped the internal bleeding and set her ribs a long or artery or cause anymore internal damage. Her should and leg were stitched up and we bandaged her forehead. A nurse should be setting her wrist right now. I can't promise you anything though. It's hard to say anything for sure with accidents like the one she was in. I have a feeling she'll be okay though, most accidents like hers are fatal, she was very lucky." the doctor said.
"Can we go see her?" Kendall asked. The doctor hesitated but nodded slowly.
"You can, however with the injuries she sustained don't be surprised if she doesn't look like she normally does." He warned them before leading them down the hallway to Elle's room.
They all walked slowly into the room. The Kendall and the other boys were shocked by how Elle looked. She was extremely pale, almost the color of the hospital's white walls, and her face and rest of her body was bruised and covered in cuts. Her normally neat wavy brown hair was knotted and messy with tiny shards of glass still hidden in it and spots that were matted with her own blood. She had a nasal tube providing her with oxygen, an IV stuck in her right arm providing her with the liquids she needed, another IV stuck in her left arm for a blood transfusion, and wires under her hospital gown stuck to her chest that were monitoring her heard beat. Her right wrist in a cast, and her left leg was propped up on pillows. Her entire body was covered in large bruises and both large and small cuts.
"She's all broken." Carlos said sadly as he looked at her.
"You would be too if you had just gotten in an accident like that." James said.
"From what we were told and the pictures we were shown of the car she was in, I have to say she's very lucky to be alive and have just the injuries that she has." The doctor said. "Usually accidents like that are fatal and if there is a survivor their injuries are much more extensive than hers."
"She's her own good luck charm too, not just ours." Logan said.
"Actually I think you boys are her good luck charms. If you boys hadn't been there to call an ambulance when you did she would have bled out."
"Elle's just lucky in general." Kendall said as he sat down in the chair next to her bed.
"Is she going to be alright here over night?" Mrs. Bennett asked.
"She most likely will be. There's always a small chance, but I have a feeling she's going to be fine."
"I should head home then, let her brothers and sisters know that she's alright."
"I'll being you home." Mrs. Knight said. "Boys, don't stay too long." she said, mostly directing her words at Kendall who was sitting next to Elle's bed holding her hand tightly in his.
"We'll leave shortly Mama Knight." Logan said. Mrs. Knight nodded and left the room with Mrs. Bennett.
"Do you think she's gonna wake up tonight?" Carlos asked the other boys. They shrugged.
"She probably won't wake up for a few days. She's in a very deep state of sleep." the doctor said.
"You mean like a coma?" James asked.
"It's along those lines. She should wake up by Wednesday or if she's lucky, which she seems to be, she'll wake up before then." he said.
"So there's no chance of her waking up tonight?" Logan said. The doctor nodded. "We should go then." he said. James and Carlos agreed and stood up but Kendall stayed sitting.
"You coming Kendall?" James asked. Kendall shook his head.
"I'm not leaving." he said. Logan sighed and looked at his friend.
"Come on man, we're all exhausted. Lets just go back to James's house and get some sleep, we can all come back here in the morning." Logan said.
"I'm not tired and I'm not leaving her." He said stubbornly. Logan sighed and shook his head.
"We don't allow over night visitors in the ICU unless you're family." The doctor said. "As much as you want to stay and I'd like to let you, I can't. You should go home with your friends." Kendall bit the inside of his and look at Elle's unmoving body nervously before getting up. He let go of her hand gently kissed the top of her head.
"Lets go." Kendall said with a slightly annoyed tone as he walked toward the door. He turned and looked at Elle once more before following Logan, James, and Carlos down the hallway and out of the hospital.
The four boys drove carefully back to James's house. They all threw their hockey dufffels in the corner by the door as they walked into the Diamond's house and walked into the living room. All four boys fell tiredly onto the couch and sighed. Kendall sat forward and ran his hands through his hair in frustration.
"Kendall she's gonna be alright." Carlos said reassuringly. "The doctor eve said that he think she's gonna be okay. She's lucky. I bet she'll even wake up before Wednesday. We'll probably go in there tomorrow or Monday and she'll be wide awake." Kendall sighed and rubbed his eyes.
"You're probably right." Kendall said leaning against the back of the couch and closing his eyes.
Kendall and the guys went back to the hospital the next day, and the day after that, and the day after that, each day hoping that Elle would be awake when they got there, and each day getting the same answer. She was still asleep.
Kendall spent all of his free time sitting next to Elle holding her hand, talking to her, singing to her, waiting for her to wake up. Logan, James and Carlos took turns visiting her with Kendall, making sure that he remembered to eat and drink.
Elle was still sleeping when Wednesday rolled around, and Thursday, and Sunday. Eventually a month passed and Elle still hadn't woken up. Her family had come in to see her everyday. Her brother Ray Jay drove up every weekend to see her and her little sister Layla kept asking Kendall why Elle was ignoring them and why she was sleeping so much. All he could think of to tell her was that Elle was really really tired.
"Mom it's been over a moth. Didn't the doctor say she'd wake up like four days after the accident, maybe earlier?" Ray Jay asked anxiously sitting in the chair on the opposite side of Elle's bed that Kendall was sitting on.
"She's going to be fine." Mrs. Bennett said, though she sounded as though she doubted her own words.
"Is Ellie done being tired yet?" Layla asked Kendall, trying to climb on his lap to be closer to her sister.
"I don't think so Layla." Kendall said sympathetically. "Elle got really hurt so she's really tired and needs to rest so she can get better. I'm sure she'll be done being tired soon."
"I hope so." the small little girl mumbled.
"Ray Jay do you have a ride back to the house?" Mrs. Bennett asked. Ray Jay nodded.
"Yeah, Chris dropped me off. He said he had to go to the store and he'll pick me up when I call him or when visiting hours are over." He said.
"Do you mind if I leave Layla with you then? The second I bring her home she starts screaming to go back and see Kendall and Elle." she said.
"Yeah mom it's fine."
"Okay, thank you Hun. I'll be back try to be back later. I have to go back to work now though." She said.
"Bye mom."
"Bye Mrs. Bennett." Mrs. Bennett waved at Kendall and her children as she walked out the door.
"So you've been taking care of Layla for my mom?" Kendall nodded.
"And Jason when your mom brings him but he doesn't like it here." Kendall said.
"How often have you been coming here?" Ray Jay asked.
"Everyday after hockey until visiting hour are over. There were a few days where they let me stay here over night so I did." Kendall said. Ray Jay laughed quietly.
"You know if Elle were awake she'd probably hit you and yell at you to go home." he said.
"Sounds about right." Kendall laughed. "I wouldn't listen to her though, and then she'd throw a book at my head."
"Sounds like that's happened before." Ray Jay laughed.
"Yep. She's thrown books at me, scissors because they were already in her hand, her helmet, her phone, that one she got me right between the eyes, she took a picture off her wall and threw it at me, one time she threw a lamp at me."
"Yeah she likes throwing things when she's mad." Ray Jay said.
"Yeah she's almost constantly mad at me."
"Why?"
"Because I'm stubborn and can tell when something's bothering her and I won't leave her alone about it until she tells me." Kendall said.
"And that's the easiest way to piss Elle off." Ray Jay said. "If you try to show her that you care about her she automatically acts like a bitch to push you away."
"I've noticed." Kendall laughed. "That kind of thing doesn't work though."
"You really care about my sister don't you." Ray Jay said.
"Yeah, I do." Kendall said, gently squeezing Elle"s hand.
"You better take extra good care of her or I'll have to drive up here and kick your ass, which I don't wanna do 'cause you seem like a really good kid" Ray Jay warned.
"You don't have to worry about that." Kendall said. "I don't have any intentions of hurting her."
"I'll know if you do. Her best friend is my girlfriend." Ray Jay said. Kendall nodded and leaned back in his chair, making sure Layla didn't fall off his lap as he did so.
"So why is Chris here with you?" Kendall asked. Ray Jay shrugged.
"He's worried about her. They're not dating anymore but he still cares about her."
"You know Elle hates him and is scared of him right?" Kendall asked. Ray Jay looked confused.
"How do you know?" Ray Jay asked.
"He walked in the door when you guys got here and she looked terrified and turned pale as a ghost, then the same night before dinner he had her cornered in the kitchen and she was holding a knife to him shaking."
"I'll talk to him about it." He said
"I'm gonna go get some food. You want anything?" Kendall asked.
"Yeah Can you get me a burger?" Ray Jay asked pulling a twenty out of his wallet.
"Yeah. Layla are you hungry?" he asked. The little girl nodded and wrapped her arms around Kendall's neck so he could pick her up. "Call me if anything happens while I'm gone." Kendall said as he picked up Layla and took the twenty from Ray Jay.
"Will do." Ray Jay said as Kendall walked out of the room.
Kendall walked down the hall and down two flights of stairs to the food court. He stood in line holding Layla waiting to order food.
"I want food." Layla whined after waiting in line for 15 minutes.
"I know." Kendall said. "We're gonna get food, we just have to wait in line." Layla mumbled something under her breathe as they waited in line. After a couple minutes they got their food and sat down to eat when Kendall's phone rang. "Hello?" he answered.
"Kendall she's awake. She's freaking out but she's asking for you." Ray Jay said. Kendall could hear Elle freaking out in the background and cursing at the nurses.
"I'll be right there." Kendall said as he hung up. "Come on Layla, Elle's awake." He said picking up their food.
"But my food.." Kendall laughed and rolled his eyes.
"You can bring it with you." He said picking her up. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and texted Carlos, Logan, and James to let them know that Elle was awake.
Kendall walked down the hall with Layla, he could hear Elle yelling all the way down the hallway. He walked into the room and put Layla and the food down. Elle was fighting the nurse to rip her IV's and oxygen off while she cursed and yelled. Kendall walked quickly over to Elle's bed.
"Elle, Elle listen to me. Ellie!" He shouted over her cursing, carefully grabbing her arms to keep her from pulling out her IV's. "Elle you're okay." he said softly once he got her to calm down.
"Why am I here. What happened?" Elle asked frantically.
"You got in a car accident. You're okay now though." Kendall explained. Elle sighed and leaned back.
"Can I leave?" She asked irritatedly. Kendall shook his head.
"I don't know." Elle groaned. "You'll be fine Elle."
"No, I hate hospitals. I need to get out of here now." She snapped.
"The doctor needs to check you out and see how you're recovering before you can leave." The nurse said. Elle glared at her. "I'll go get him now if you want. I can't do that though if you're going to keep trying to rip your IV out. Either that or we're going to have to put you in restraints."
"She'll be fine. We'll make sure she doesn't pull anything out." Ray Jay said. The nurse nodded and left the room. "And by we, I mean Kendall because me and Layla are going to go get mom." Kendall and Elle nodded. "We'll be back later Elle." he said. Elle waved goodbye as he and Layla left the room.
Elle's POV
"You looked exhausted." I said looking at Kendall. His eyes had dark rings under them and his hair was a mess. "How long have you been here?" I asked.
"Since yesterday. I stayed here last night." He said. That's sweet.
"Why?" He shrugged.
"It's not like I would've gotten any sleep at home so I figured I'd stay here in case you woke up."
"Oh." I said simply. "So uh, how long have I been in here? A couple days?" Kendall laughed and shook his head.
"More like a month." Kendall said. I looked at him shocked.
"A month!"
"You were in a coma." He said "We were all really worried, the doctor said you were supposed to wake up the Wednesday after the accident and when you didn't we got really worried, Carlos especially. We visited you everyday and your brother drove up every weekend to see you."
"Please tell me he left Chris in Chicago." I said. As if on cue Chris walked through the door of my hospital room. "Get him out." I snapped. My heart monitor started beeping faster. Chris just stood there and smirked at me. "Kendall get him out! I want him out of here!" I shouted.
"What's wrong Ellie, not happy to see me?" He asked smugly.
"Chris get out of here." Kendall snapped, putting himself between Chris and me. Chris just rolled his eyes and pushed past Kendall.
"How ya feeling Darlin'?" I glared at him.
"Shitty no thanks to you." I hissed. Kendall looked at me.
"What are you talking about Elle?" he asked.
"This jackass threatened me right before we left to go to James's house." I said glaring at him.
"You did what?!" Kendall shouted at him.
"I did not." Chris said. "Elle you must've hit your head really hard." I watched as Kendall pushed Chris against the wall violently.
"I swear to God if you did this to her I'm going to kick your ass. I don't care if you're back in Chicago. I'll drive down there and personally kick your ass."
"Kendall get off him before they call security. I want him kicked out not you." I snapped. Kendall backed off of Chris and walked back over to my bedside.
"You really know how to pick psycho friends." Chris snapped. I rolled my eyes.
"Chris just get out." I snapped.
"No I don't think so." Chris said.
"Chris leave now." Kendall growled. Chris laughed.
"Chris I swear to God if you don't leave now–" A nurse walked into the room interrupting me.
"Is there a problem in here?" She asked. Before I could answer Chris shook his head.
"No, there's no problem." He said nicely.
"Yes there is I want this guy out of here!" I shouted.
"Elle, come on, what happened to us," Chris said walking toward my bed. The heart monitor beeped faster as my heart beat faster. Kendall stood protectively between us.
"Get him out of here!" I shouted at the nurse. She walked over to Chris.
"You need to leave, you're disturbing her." She said calmly.
"That guy's the one disturbing her." Chris said, accusing Kendall.
"Chris get out!" I shouted grabbing the glass cup on the stand next to my bed and throwing it at him.
"You need to leave. Now." the nurse said sternly. Chris glared at Kendall and I as the nurse escorted him out.
"You alright?" Kendall asked as he sat in the chair next to my bed. I nodded as I shifted uncomfortably, a sharp pain going through my shoulder. "Lean forward?" he said standing up. I listened and leaned forward carefully. He moved my hospital gown off of my shoulder blade and I felt his warm hands run over the skin on my back carefully sending shivers down my spine. I quickly slapped his hand away.
"That's enough." I snapped, leaning back again.
"You pulled some of your stitches out." Kendall said.
"Why do I have stitches in my shoulder?" I asked.
"Right, you don't even know what happened to you." He said. "You had huge pieces of glass in your shoulder and your thigh, you broke you wrist and 3 ribs, and you had internal bleeding."
"Well that sounds pleasant." I said sarcastically. "Shouldn't they be out by now if I was in a coma for a month?"
"Yeah they should be but you're healing a lot slower than normal." Kendall said. I shrugged.
"Sounds about right. I've always been like that." I said as the nurse walked back in.
"You might wanna re-stitch her shoulder, she tore them all throwing that glass at that guy" The nurse sighed as she swept up the broken glass on the floor.
"You're gonna be trouble aren't you?" she asked me. I gave her a fake smile.
"Yeah probably." I told her. She rolled her eyes as she dumped the glass in the trash can.
"I'll be right back to fix your shoulder." she said walking out of the room. I looked over at Kendall who was smiling at me.
"What?" I asked. He shook his head.
"You still have a cute smile." He said sitting back down. I felt my cheeks heat up and automatically grabbed the pillow behind me and hit him with it. He laughed and put the pillow at the end of my bed. "I complement you so you beat me with a pillow?" He asked. I nodded and laughed. "You're violent."
"Oh you love my violence." I said hitting his shoulder gently. He laughed and rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, I have to say I missed it." He said with a smile. I smiled back a little. "Your hair's really messy." Kendall laughed. I glared at him.
"Yeah 'cause your hairs gonna look perfect after a month in the hospital and a car accident." I said sarcastically. Kendall laughed and shook his head.
"I didn't say it didn't look good." He said pushing part of my hair behind my ear. I bit the inside of my cheek as he leaned closer to me. I could feel his breath against my lips. He leaned in to close the gap between us.
"ELLIE!" Carlos yelled as he ran in the room. Kendall backed away quickly and sat back in his seat awkwardly.
"Did we interrupt something?" James asked as he and Logan followed Carlos into the room.
"Nope." I said quickly.
"Kinda." Kendall mumbled. I grabbed the pillow at the end of the bed and hit him with it. He shot me a 'What was that for?' look as Carlos, Logan, and James looked at us suspiciously.
And that's CHapter Seven! Hope you guys enjoyed! Let me know what you thought. CHapter Eight will be up soon