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'Mitchie?' Shane whispered in her ear. 'I'm here for you. Please be OK.' Shane felt the tears fall softly from his eyes. She still lay still.

'Got the news today

But they said you had to stay

A little bit longer and you'd be fine

When I thought it'd all be done

When I thought it'd all been said

A little bit longer and you'll be fine…' Shane whispered in her ear.

'Excuse me? Mr Gray? We need you to leave now. Mitchie has to go into surgery.' The nurse smiled apologetically at Shane. 'Trust me, she'll be fine. We have the best doctors working on her.'

Shane looked desperately to the nurse and back to the lifeless body that lay before him. He nodded.

'I love you Mitchie.' He whispered as he kissed her on the head and left the room.

Shane walked back out to the fairly empty waiting room. It was only now that he noticed the other people in there. There were a few people dotted around. A middle-aged man, carefully nursing his hand, an elderly woman, with a sour expression and two teenage girls in the corner.

He walked over to where Nate and Caitlyn were sitting, and realised that they were now accompanied by his parents-in-law, his parents and Jason.

'Hey.' He said in a low tone.

'Shane? Is she alright?' Connie asked nervously. It was obvious that she had been crying.

'I don't know.' He fought back the tears and sat down. 'They're taking her in for surgery now.'

'We know. Nate filled us in.' Shane noticed the slightly evil glances that he was getting from Steve. It was obvious that Caitlyn had also filled them in. But he stayed silent.

After a few minutes, Jason piped up.

'Shane? Do you want to come with me to get coffee for everyone?'

'No.' He replied calmly.

'You look like you need it.'

'No.' He replied again, just as calmly as before.

'Please?'

'If it'll make you shut-up?' Jason nodded, 'Fine, I'll come.'

They walked over to the hospital café silently. Jason ordered the coffee and turned to Shane.

'You think I hit her, don't you.' Shane asked.

'No.' Jason said solemnly.

'Thanks.'

'But I do think that other people will. So I need you to tell me if you did.'

'No! Who do you think I am? I would never hit her! I love her!' Shane outburst.

'I know.' Jason said, putting his arm around Shane. Shane smiled slightly on the inside. He -wasn't ready to smile on the outside. Jason could be a complete idiot at times, but it was nice to know that someone trusted him. He was probably the only person from that room that didn't hate him right now. Jason paid for the coffee and they carried it back to the room.

The group sat in silence for the next few minutes. Shane had his head in his hands. His parents, Denise and Paul, were talking quietly. Connie was crying, whilst Steve was comforting her. Nate and Caitlyn were asleep. And Jason was just sipping his coffee and staring ahead.

'Hi!' Shane heard two peppy voices through his hands. 'We were just wondering…aren't you Connect 3?'

'Great. Just what I need. Two more fan girls.' He thought to himself.

'Yeah. Hi.' Jason answered politely. 'What are your names?' Ever the gentleman…

'I'm Alice and this is Abby'

'Hi Alice, hi Abby.'

'Yeah, ummmm, we were just wondering if you'd all sign my cast?'

'Sure. Have you got a pen.' Shane heard a scribble.

'Shane? Are you awake?'

'No.' I answered and heard a snicker. Stupid girls…

'Shane will you sign Alice's cast please?'

'Leave me alone…'

'Shane?' He heard his mother warn him. He hesitated for a moment, then looked up. He took the pen from Jason.

Get better. Shane Gray. He wrote on the cast.

He noticed the disappointed look that Alice gave him when she read the message. Jason poked Nate. And again. And again. And when it finally became obvious to him that Nate was not waking up anytime quickly, he wrapped the pen around Nate's fingers and guided his hand to write the message.

Shane watched the girls giggle.

'So? What are you all doing here?' Abby asked.

'Family business.' Shane answered simply.

'Where's Mitchie? Would she be able to sign the cast as well?'

--

It is at this moment that I should probably mention that Mitchie had been offered a contract with the same record company as Connect 3, and she had almost immediately become a sensation.

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'She's not available at the moment.' Jason answered.

'Where is she?' Abby became persistent.

'Well, it's obvious she's not here, isn't it?!' Shane spat.

'Shane!'

'Oh, is she why you're here?' Alice questioned.

'Go away.' Shane said, putting his head back in his hands before the tears started streaming again.

'I think it would be better if you left now.' Jason said, 'Sorry.'

'We'll leave if you get Mitchie to sign the cast!' Abby said.

'YOU THINK IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU, DON'T YOU?! WELL I TOLD YOU THAT MITCHIE ISN'T HERE RIGHT NOW. SHE'S A LITTLE BUSY DYING. SO I'D BE THANKFUL IF YOU JUST LEFT NOW!' Shane screamed, unable to control his emotions. After he was done, he just went back to sitting there.

'Sorry, you'd better leave.' Jason apologised

'What was all that about?' Shane heard the girls whisper as they left.

--

'Is anyone here for Mitchie Torres?' Shane jumped up as he heard the doctor's voice again.

'Me! Us…we're here. Is she OK?' She pleaded.

'Well, actually we have some news. The operation was successful. We stopped the bleeding. But we lost her for a moment. A lot of the bleeding was around her heart, and that caused it a lot of pressure. She's stable currently, but she's in a coma. And we're not sure if she's going to wake up. We won't know for quite a long time.'

That was all Shane needed to hear. Tears started running uncontrollably as he got up, and threw the chair that he had been sitting on. He ran out of the building and got in his car. He drove. He needed to escape.

'She's not coming back.' Was all he could think to himself. 'She's not coming back and it's all your fault…'

THATS THE CHAP! xD ok plus 2 make up 4 my sniffs hurt feelings (xD) i want atleast 10 reviews b4 i update again! and i mean it this time!!

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death is the number 1 killer in the whole of the USA...tell you friends

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