"Oh my God…" Joey whispered, walking over toward her.
"Mary? Are you okay?" he asked kneeling down to her level.
There was no answer.
"Mary!" he shouted tears filling his eyes. He wanted to reach out and shake her, but he had read somewhere that could make things worse.
"Answer me!" he begged.
Still no answer. Joey was freaking out now. She couldn't be dead. She just couldn't…
Then he heard a woman shouting, he looked and saw the phone at Mary's feet. She must have dropped it.
He quickly picked the phone up and answered the woman.
"Hello?" he said slowly.
"Hello? Who is this? What happened to Mary?" the woman cried franticly.
"This is Joey Parker. I am her boyfriend. I spoke with her on the phone earlier, in fact I am the one who told her to call the police." he said trying to be calm. "Where are they? The man is already gone! And he shot Mary!" he said starting to panic again.
"What? He shot Mary?" The woman asked.
"That's what I am guessing I heard gunfire and when I ran in the house the man ran away and Mary was lying on the floor and her shoulder is bleeding pretty bad." Joey explained
"Okay, the police should be there any minute. Is she breathing?" The woman inquired.
Joey breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her chest rise and fall. "Yes she is breathing but she is remaining unconscious."
"Okay… now you should just wait for the police and ambulance to get there.
"Okay" Joey said with a sigh
Three hours.
He had been sitting there for three hours.
Three hours and there was still no news.
The ambulance had finally showed up and it took him and Mary to the hospital. Mary never even moved. The only thing that kept Joey from thinking she was dead, was her shallow breathing..
When they reached the hospital they rushed her into some room and told him he had to stay in the waiting room.
Which was where he had sat… for three hours… with no news.
Well actually there had been news, someone must have seen him and Mary get in the ambulance because, now all that was on t.v. was that "Joey Parkers longtime girlfriend, Mary Santiago, was rushed to the emergency room." and the were tons of reporters waiting outside, trying to talk to him.
Joey had nothing else to do (other then sit their and let his head fill with terrified thoughts) so he watch the news.
Ever so often he would switch the channels, each channel seemed to have their own version of the story. One reporter said "A neighbor claims to have heard gunfire and to have seen a mysterious man run away from the house. Our souses are telling us that Mary was cheating on Joey with this man and when Joey found out he was consumed with rage and shot her."
"What on earth?" Joey thought to himself. "They don't even know what happened."
The realization hit him like a freight train. "We don't even know what happened."
"Hey J.P.!" Joey heard a familiar voice call out.
"Dustin!" Joey said standing up (He had been sitting on a couch before)
"Hey Joey!" Tami said as she and Dustin ran over to him. "What happened?" "Yeah. You left in a big hurry. So I drove to Tami's house." Dustin said
"We both drove up at about the same time, but no one was there." Tami added.
"Then we heard on the news that Mary had been hospitalized. So we rushed over here." Dustin finished.
"I don't really know what happened." Joey said sadly. "I guess it all started last night, Mary had seen this guy follow us home from the pizza place, and I had said that he probably was just following us because he was shocked to see someone famous. But then this morning Mary called me and she was freaking out apparently the man was back an he was at the back door. She said he knew her name and was threatening her with a gun."
Tami and Dustin's mouths dropped open.
"What did you do?" Dustin asked.
"I told her to call the police then I hung up." Joey said. "After I hung up I ran outside and drove to her house as fast as I could. Right before I walked inside I heard a gunshot, then Mary scream, then another gun shot. I ran inside to find the man had broken inside. As soon as he saw me he ran away. I started to run after him but noticed Mary was hurt. I think she was shot."
"Oh my gosh!" Tami cried.
"Yeah" Joey said biting his lip. "I should have been more careful. I should have done something as soon as she said he was following us."
Joey then sat down on the couch. Tami and Dustin soon did the same. Then there was silence. Each person preoccupied with their thoughts.
"Breaking News" the reporter on the News said, breaking the silence. "Joey Parkers best friend and manager, Dustin Gray and Mary Santiago's best friend Tami miller when seen walking into the hospital."
Then they showed a video of Tami and Dustin walking inside.
"Are they caught up in this scheme some how? Did they help shoot Mary? Channel 3's Breaking News will keep you covered on this whole thing."
Tami, Dustin and Joey where all laughing hysterically.
"Man they work fast don't they?" Dustin said.
Right after they calmed down a nurse walked in and said, "Joey Parker? There is some news on Mary."
OH What's going on? What is the news!? I guess you will have to stay tuned!
Sorry I went so long without updating. But this is the longest chapter. About 1000 words! I was going to make it longer too but decided to stop there. I will try and update as soon as I can.
I think I know where I want to go with this story, but suggestions, (and REVIEWS!) are greatly appreciated!