Chapter 7
Worried, she grabbed her phone and bag and walked out of the apartment and down to the road. She began walking towards the Chinese restaurant, Ezra had taken his car and she didn't have hers with her. She quickened her pace when she saw flashing lights in the direction of the restaurant. It seemed to take her forever to get there. But when she finally reached the source of the sirens, she saw it was an accident involving a car and a pedestrian. She screamed out when she saw the pedestrian was Ezra. She ran towards him, but two officers stopped her. She explained who she was, but they insisted on not letting her through. She could do nothing but pace back and forward until they got Ezra out from under the car wheel and onto a stretcher. Only then was she allowed to him, with tears streaming down her face she reached the stretcher in a second. Ezra's eyes were fluttering about and the paramedics were rushing him into the ambulance. They let her in the back to ride with him and she never once let go of his hand. He tried to talk to her but she hushed him. He looked like death and she didn't want him trying to talk and cause him more pain. She looked down at his leg and saw his shoe and sock off on his right foot, there was a lot of blood coming out of the bandage, she swayed a little until one of the paramedics gently shook her and asked her if she was alright.
"If he going to be okay? What happened? What's wrong with him?" Aria blurted out, she didn't want to hear how bad he was, especially while Ezra was laying right next to her but she had to know.
"I'm sure he'll be fine miss, we think he's broken a few ribs and his ankle isn't in good shape but you'll know more once we get him to the hospital and get him fixed up," he smiled at her. It made her feel a little relieved, but there was still a lot of blood for a broken ankle. She looked down at Ezra's pained face and brushed his hair to the side and smiled. He reached up and placed a shaky hand on her cheek. She held it there and he forced a smile on his face, even though it was obvious he was in pain. Aria kissed his hand and laid it back next to him. They arrived at the emergency room and the paramedic said she had a few seconds with him before she wouldn't see him for a while. She thanked him and then leaned down the Ezra and gently kissed him and brushed his hair to the side again.
"You're going to be okay. I love you, you're going to be fine, I'll be waiting," she whispered into his ear, and she heard him try to say 'I love you' but she stopped him halfway through, she knew what he was going to say, but didn't need to hear it if it was hard to speak. She just nodded and gave his forehead a kiss as the ambulance doors opened and Ezra was pushed out, only then Aria finally let his hand fall from her grip as she forced herself to smile to him as he looked at her. She walked into the emergency room's waiting room. Once she sat down, she decided it'd be a good idea to call her parents. They'd worry like crazy but she thought they and Mike would want to know. She got up and walked outside and called them. Her mum freaked out and her dad was shocked.
"Hold on Aria, we're leaving right now," Byron said, Aria could hear him rushing around the house while Ella yelled out to Mike to hurry up, "we'll be there as soon as we can, bye," Byron said and quickly hung up. Aria smiled, her parents would be here so she felt a bit better, and then she hurried back into the waiting room to wait for any news from Ezra. Soon Aria was sitting next to a worried Mike and Ella, Byron was pacing the waiting room. Aria had told them he possibly had a broken ankle and a few ribs but they didn't know for sure. Hours passed without any news, Aria looked expectantly at every person who came through the doors, hoping one of them had news of Ezra. Finally a male doctor came out, taking his gloves off. He found Aria and her family.