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Seth, Dean, AJ and Phil all sat in the waiting room at Mercy Hospital. Seth and Dean had left Skylar and Roman several voice mails on what happened but they were sure they already saw it on the news. Before AJ could try their cell phone again, she heard Skylar's voice, and Roman rushing to the front desk of the hospital.
"Where is she? Where's my best friend?!" Skylar screamed to the receptionist. "I want to see her! Please tell me she is ok!" She couldn't help it as the tears started to pour down from her eyes, shaking hard. Her hair was wild and she had on mismatched boots, a pair of ripped jeans and a orange t-shirt. Roman had the dark circles around his eyes, tired himself and he was even more worried.
As soon as they saw on the news of the accident and that a few people were hurt, Cosmo included, Karissa saw it first and she screamed seeing Cosmo's lifeless body helped onto the stretcher as Skylar and him tried to calm her down. It was from that point, she started crying, calling for her "Auntie Cosmo" and saying that "Auntie Cosmo not moving. Why isn't she moving, mommy and daddy? Why is she being put in the truck?"
She wouldn't stop saying it without crying. It was a blessing that Skylar's mom was here to watch Karissa, but she knew that Karissa wouldn't forget what she saw on TV. When she saw her Aunt being rolled away into the hospital. Even if it wasn't right in front of her, it was still traumatizing for the 5 year old. Skylar's mom quickly changed the channel, even though most of them showed the news report so Skylar's mom decided to watch the little girl for the night, taking her to bed early.
Skylar knew she needed to comfort her daughter and so did Roman, but Skylar had to know if Cosmo was ok. Did she survive the accident?
"M'am, we understand you are upset, but you have to wait until the doctor comes back from the room with the condition of your-"
"I don't want to wait, you bitch! I want to see her now! Right now, don't you get it? You don't understand that she is my best friend!" She sobbed hard as Roman had to pull her from the desk, knowing she was hysterical, but he couldn't blame her. But he had to calm his wife down, as bad as the situation was. He saw Seth and Dean sitting as Seth sat there, emotionless. His fists were balled up, his head was down, messy and he was trembling.
Skylar was still sobbing and crying as she remembered the reporter describing the incident as Cosmo was hit by the car.
"Please baby, you have to calm down.." He whispered to her soothingly, holding her in his arms as her tears were wetting up his shirt. She was breathing heavily, sobbing harder than ever.
"Baby, she's my best friend, my sister. The closest friend I've ever had. And th-they were talking about she was walking the street, drunk and possibly on drugs?! That couldn't have been possible." She shook her head in disbelief.
"I know sweetheart, and I understand. But you have to calm down sweetheart. It kills me to say this, but we do have to wait for the doctor." He told her softly, kissing her softly as he wiped her tears away.
"I can't lose her..I can't.." She cried harder, unable to speak anymore.
While everything else was going on, Seth was still silent. He was silent during the drive, even though he was fast, going over the speed limit a couple times. The blood was still on his hands and on his shirt. It was Cosmo's blood to be exact; When he was holding her, her lifeless body in his arms.
Dean was normally the one who was quiet but seeing Seth like this, he wasn't use to it at all.
"Seth..Seth look at me." Dean shook him, as Seth finally looked up at him. Everyone was coming together as Skylar was still crying and hysterical.
"Did anyone know that Cosmo was d-drunk? Please tell me this isn't true, please!" She begged.
"She was acting really strange tonight. She was arguing with Seth and I.." AJ spoke up but was interrupted by Seth.
"And then..that's when I noticed..certain bruises on her.." Seth confessed. "Skylar..she's sick.."
"Sick? Wh-What do you mean, she's sick?"
"She told me not to tell you, but you deserve to know the truth." He stood up. "She was on drugs. I tried to help her get clean but she fell into a relapse..she fell into it because of me."
"And me.." Dean stood up. "I saw how drunk she was..I ignored it and-"
"The both of you ignored it and you two didn't do shit about it?!" Skylar freaked out.
"Skylar, stop it!" Roman told her, trying to keep things calm, but the way things were, it was further escalating into a disaster.
"She's lying down in the bed, unconscious and she was sick the whole time?! She couldn't even tell me?! You two couldn't even tell me, you just let it happen?! Seth, you already broke her heart more than once!" She glared at him, tears rolling down her eyes. "Haven't you already done enough?! And you Dean, how the hell did you get caught up in this situation?!"
"I didn't even know she was sick! I would have done anything to help her! Seth should have said something!" Dean glared at him
"I know that. And Don't you think I fucking know that already, breaking her heart!. It should have been me in that fucking hospital bed. Are you happy with that Skylar?!" He screamed at her right back, punching a hole into the wall and walking away from all of them, needing to be alone. "I should have helped her and I didn't. I fucked up, there you go Skylar! Hope you have fun knowing how much of a piece of shit I am! Then again, that's new right? You like to blame every body for shit huh?!"
Dean followed him, catching up with him, seeing as how this had all gone to hell. Skylar was still screaming and ranting as AJ and her were now arguing with each other.
"Will all of you shut the hell up!" Roman shouted at all of them, making them be quiet. "This isn't going to help, pointing the finger at anyone. We need to focus on Cosmo, making sure she is alright. And that starts with you Skylar; You need to calm down. Babygirl, this isn't going to help anything. Now I need to see if Dean and Seth are alright."
At the same time, Seth had already started moving away from everyone, but not with Dean on his ass.
"Damn it Seth, wait a minute!" Dean tried to be the voice of reason but Seth was already feeling like shit already. As far as he was concerned, he hated himself. He knew the accident was all his fault. If Cosmo died tonight, he knew there was no other reason to live.
"You know Skylar doesn't mean it. She's really upset and scared..we all are.."
"..I didn't mean it." He whispered. "I never meant to hurt her. I never meant to push her away. I fucked up Dean!" He punched another hole into the soda machine, punching it over and over again. It was then he saw Roman, exhaling deeply.
"I got Skylar to calm down. She really didn't mean to lash out on the both of you, especially you Seth." Roman tried to reason with his brother. "She knows how much you care for Cosmo. And she also knows that whatever happened between the both of y'all, its in your responsibility."
"She was sick Roman. She was mentally sick and I tried to help her. I didn't do enough. For god sakes, I insulted her, saying she was just like her mother; a whore." He couldn't hold back the hurt and shame in his voice. His voice was cracking. He was a broken man.
"Listen to me." Roman told me. "You were there for her but you can't completely fix the problem. She really needs professional help. The fact that she trusted you out of all of us says something and soon, Skylar will realize that."
"I will stay in this hospital all night. Where the fuck is that damn doctor?" He huffed, pacing back and forth. Dean felt the need to have a cigarette himself. He pinched the bridge of his nose to keep from crying himself. Cosmo was like a little sister to him as well. But he and Roman were not stupid. They both knew that Seth cared deeply for Cosmo, more than any woman he has ever been with.
They went back to the waiting room where everyone else was and just in time, the doctor arrived.
"I need to speak with Ms. Valencia's family?" He asked. "My name is Dr. Hunter."
"Well, no offense Dr. Hunter, but her father is in the nursing home. We will make sure he is alerted of this but, we are her family at this moment." Roman spoke up as everyone stood up.
"Um, I appreciate that, Mr. Roman Reigns, but its very critical-"
"Cr-Critical of what?" Seth was confused, swallowing tears down the back of his throat. "We're her family. Please just tell her if she is going to be ok..please."
"We'll wait outside, if you just let Skylar or Seth see her. Please." Phil tried to convince him. "At least tell us her condition."
Dr. Hunter sighed deeply. "Well, she is still unconscious; She is suffering head trauma, and her ribs have been cracked and bruised and a broken leg. She suffered some bleeding as well. We are not even sure if she may even make it."
"Well you better do something or I swear to God I will burn this goddamn hospital down!" Skylar threatened. "Roman, hold my ass back right now!"
"Just calm down, Mrs. Reigns. What I'm saying is that, she is still breathing, but at this moment, her condition is severe. We're lucky that she is still having a pulse and not too much damage has happened. But she still needs rest. We'll call tomorrow to see if there are any changes in her condition or if she has woken up. I'm sorry." Dr. Hunter said regretfully.
They knew there was nothing they could do except come back tomorrow to see if everything had changed.
While everyone else left, Seth stopped short as Roman looked at him carefully. So did Dean.
"I want to see her." He stated. "No, I'm going to see her. I need to see her, guys."
Before they could say another word, he started down the hall, finding her room number and with the last name, Valencia.
He slowly opened the door as he heard the monitor beeping. She was wearing the hospital gown, her skin was pale and she had a busted lip. She was hooked to the IV in her arm as Seth felt like he wanted to fall through the floor. Her eyes were closed but there were bruises on the side of her face, her head was bandaged and she had a large purple mark on the side. Her right arm was in a cast and her right leg was propped up in the cast as well. There was still blood coming through the head bandages and she was wearing a neck brace. Seth swallowed hard, his hand fisting his two toned hair tightly as he pulled a chair, sitting down next to her. He gently touched her cheek, looking at her.
"It's me..Seth Rollins; You know, the jackass that treated you like shit." He chuckled bitterly. "I don't even deserve to be called your friend. I deserve to go to hell for being who I am. How I acted towards you."
He sighed heavily, looking down as the salty droplet of tears mixed in with the dried blood on his hands. He looked back up at her unconscious state.
"Listen to me Tinkerbell; You are strong, you can fight through this. You have people here who need you...I need you." He whispered so softly. "I've missed you Tinkerbell. I know I fucked up horribly. I know I was rotten to you, but if you leave me right now..if you give up, I will be even worse than I am now. I'm fucked up, Cosmo, I admit this. But don't leave..don't give up. I know you can hear me, somewhere."
He squeezed her hand tightly, trembling as he gently kissed her knuckles. "Please Cosmo..please fight this. I need for you to wake up. I need you so much, Tinkerbell...I'm sorry...I'm really sorry.." he broke down as he started to cry softly, squeezing her hand. He felt a hand on his back, as he looked up to see Skylar, wiping away her own tears.
"Its ok Sethie. Let her rest. There's not much we can do except wait until tomorrow. Hopefully she will come back to us." They both looked back at her, mostly Seth as he wiped away the tears again, knowing they would fall once more.
Skylar gave him one more hug as they left in silence.
...
Seth went back to the hospital at 9 in the morning, talking to Cosmo, even though there was no change in her condition. He continued to talk to her, forcing himself not to cry, having faith that she would wake up.
It was almost at the end of the week as he was at his apartment, cleaning up. His phone vibrated and saw it was Roman calling him. Seth barely had any sleep but he didn't want any; Not until he knew Cosmo was ok.
"What's up, man?" He drank some coffee, wrinkling his nose in disgust when it was black coffee.
"Come to the hospital. Dr. Hunter said she's awake."
Seth rushed to the hospital as fast as he could, seeing Sky, Roman, Dean, and Renee Young.
"I called her father, he'll be on his way here." Skylar reported. "We can go in to see her but it has to be at one at a time. You can go first Seth.." she told him.
Seth gathered up all his courage, anxious to see her as he walked through the door. He wouldn't know what to do if she still hated him. He knew he deserved it but he couldn't handle that right now.
She slowly opened her eyes and saw Seth Rollins. She tried to smile, despite the pain she was feeling in her body.
"Seth!" She smiled, gulping and feeling overwhelmed as he sat down next to her as she was laying in bed.
"Hey there, TInkerbell." He told her softly.
"Oh you haven't called me that in so long." She smiled a little, her blue eyes were blood shot.
"I never stopped." He gently stroked her hair.
"Is everyone outside?" She slowly nodded to the front door.
"Yeah.." He spoke. He let a tear fall from his eye as she tried to slowly wipe it away.
"Why are you crying Seth? I'm ok." She asked him softly.
"Because this is all my fault.." He confessed.
"Seth..I deserved this.." Her eyes bowed down.
"No, no you didn't-"
"Yes I do." She sniffled. "Yes I do. I was so mean to you. I was so rotten. I was such a bitch to you, Seth. You deserve to hate me. I should have been dead."
"No, stop saying that, sweetheart." He squeezed her hand, as she sat up slowly, wincing. "I fucked up. We-We both did."
"Do you think we can fix it Seth? We can fix it right?" She started to cry.
"Of course we can. I've missed you, sweetheart."
"I've missed you too. I'm so sorry..I'm so sorry for everything.." She started to cry as Seth wiped her tears away.
"Shhh don't." He stated quietly, gently cupping her face. "It's ok. I promise I won't push you away again. I'm sorry for everything, sweetheart."
"I won't hurt you anymore. I promise I won't. I'm really sorry Seth. I was so horrible to you. I've been treating you like a piece of crap-" Her voice was breaking, the pain and anguish in her heart, her voice and in her eyes.
"Cosmo, stop blaming yourself..please." He kissed the tip of her nose gently. "I should have never related you to your mother..I shouldn't have raped you, I shouldn't have-" The more he kept talking about what he's done to hurt her, the more angry he became, the more he wanted to just crawl into a dark hole and never return. Cosmo reached up to touch his face, wanting to bring him out of his dark thoughts.
"No more of that..please. Don't continue to be angry, sweetheart.." She stroked his cheekbone.
He sighed heavily. "How are you feeling.."
"It hurts.." She sighed.
"Everywhere?" He asked her, rubbing his thumb on her wrist.
"Mostly here.." She took her hand and rubbed it on his chest. "I hurt your heart..."
He couldn't control the tears anymore as they streamed down his face, and needless to say, they were both emotional at this time. It was quiet for a moment as Seth rested his head on her chest, carefully not to touch her bruises. He closed his eyes, listening to her heartbeat.
"They-They are going to ask you questions about what happened..that night.." He told her gently. "The police.."
"I'm aware of that.." She sighed, feeling a migraine kicking in, as if that was new. "But I'll be ok."
It was silent until she closed her eyes, opening them again, filled with so many tears that she thought she could cry for days. "Seth..I need help."
"That's why I'm here."
"I know..and I'm so grateful for it.." She squeezed his hand. "But you've done so much...I need professional help. I'm scared but I know I need it..more than anything. No one else can help me. I'm a sick person, Seth. I'm fucked up and I'm sick."
As she closed her eyes, filled with pain, looking back on everything she did, she opened them to see Seth kissing her knuckles, staring at her carefully, neither one breaking eye contact.
"If you're sick..then I will be your cure, sweetheart. No questions asked."
A/N: I won't lie..I almost cried myself a bit writing this chapter *sniffles, takes a deep breath* Ok everyone, you know what to do.