Bernadette
Bernadette sat at Emily's side, Howard had gone to get coffee, but that was over half an hour ago, and clearly just an excuse to avoid seeing his daughter plugged into every machine they had in that hospital.
All of this is my fault, I'm supposed to protect her…..Emily remained unconscious, the nurses rushed around frantically the moment she arrived, because of the drugs she took, the nurses had no choice but to put her into a medically induced coma,
"She's lucky to be alive." The nurse told Bernadette and Howard, "I've never seen anyone react that way to cocaine, do you know exactly how much she took?"
"I was a little preoccupied trying to get her to hospital!" Bernadette snapped, "I'm sorry…..I don't know...she looked like she took a lot." Bernadette stared at the heart monitor, worried that it could stop at any moment, like it did only hours ago.
Another nurse stood at the door with a clip board and a sheet of paper containing the contents of what exactly Emily took, " , according to the tests we ran, there was drain cleaner in the batch of cocaine that Emily took."
What?...drain cleaner, Bernadette sank into the chair, "She will be ok? Won't she?"
Both nurses looked at each other with uncertainty, a gesture Bernadette could have done without.
"So far she's responding well." The nurse rubbed Bernadette's shoulder while the other nurse was checking Emily's eyes with a mini flashlight, "But what we need to focus on is who gave her the drugs." At that moment, it wasn't Bernadette's main priority.
When the nurses went, Howard returned, wearing that same melancholy look he'd been wearing all night,
"Here." He handed her a hot Espresso, and set his hot chocolate on the Cabinet next to Emily's bed.
"We came here as soon as we could." Amy and Sheldon were horrified to see Emily so lifeless, the girl who was always so happy and bubbly, was now a sleeping, lifeless shell. Bernadette collapsed into Amy, both her and Howard were trying not to cry, God knows they've done enough of that tonight.
"She will be ok, won't she?" Ashlii stroked Emily's long blond hair,
"I don't know." Bernadette welled up, she sat with Amy, Leon held his sister by the shoulders as he wiped an escaped tear,
"Whoever did this needs locking up." Leon hissed, "It's sick."
"Calm down, son." Sheldon patted Leon on the back, "What do we do when someone is upset?"
"We make them a hot beverage." Leon huffed, "Hold on how am I supposed to-"
"Vending machine." Sheldon told him, handing him some change.
Soon after Penny and Leonard came in with Katherine and Celine, Ashlii had gone out for a cigarette, (Unbeknownst to Sheldon and Amy.) So Celine sat on the other chair beside Emily,
"Oh my God." Celine whispered, "Why the hell did she even take that crap?"
"Because of me." Bernie wallowed in despair, "She thinks I hate her."
"Oh, sweetie." Penny cuddled Bernadette as she cried, Celine held her best friend's hand as she listened to the sounds of the monitor.
Katherine
Katherine looked in from the glass window at a motionless Emily, her heartbroken parents and a woebegone Celine. She didn't hear Ashlii come up behind her and smack her hand on her shoulder, "Why are you here? Go inside."
Katherine gripped at the railings along the wall, "I can't." I should never have gone to that party, Katherine felt like screaming, she was a good girl…..
"Did you want something else?" She snapped, Ashlii left with a glare.
Katherine's stomach was turning, Emily actually looked dead, her skin was a ghostly pale, she had bags under her eyes, she was hooked to a machine to make her breathe, she locked eyes with Celine, "Come in." Celine mouthed, but Katherine bolted.
Celine finally caught up with Katherine, she was surprised her sister was so shaken by this, she was always the calm one, the golden girl, Saint Katherine could do no wrong, so why was she so jumpy?
"Kathy, what's wrong? You looked ready to throw up." She wanted to throw up, "Why didn't you go in?"
"I'm sorry…I just couldn't."
Celine could see Katherine was starting to lose it, and it was scaring her, Katherine didn't do distressed, she started to ramble until Celine grabbed her by her black leather jacket, "What is wrong with you?"
"I...I didn't mean to…it was dark and…and she wouldn't shut up….I didn't know it was her…..I had to give her something."
"What are you talking about?"
"It was me." Katherine looked like a madwoman, "I gave her those drugs."