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Chapter Twenty One

Charlie's P.O.V.
"Ruby!" I yelled. "Is that you? Can you hear me?"
I yelled so loudly that even Dr Walker could hear me from outside. He ran into the room and took control.
"What happened?" he asked me.
"Ruby spoke. I heard her," I said quickly.
"What did she say?"
"I'm okay Brax," I quoted.
Dr Walker raised a questioning eyebrow.
"Oh um, Brax called but I left it for voicemail to pick it up. I'm assuming Ruby heard him and wanted to let him know she's okay," I said hastily.
"Alright, I'll try this again." He turned to Ruby and said, "Squeeze my hand if you can hear me."
Oddly enough, nothing happened. Dr Walker didn't give up. "Move anything if you can hear me," he said.
We both saw her wriggling her fingers. Immediately, Dr Walker yelled for help. A few other doctors came into the room. With two doctors on either side of Ruby, they counted to three and lifted her onto a bed. They dragged her down the corridor. "We're taking her into theatre to check on her, and to fix things we may have missed before." Dr Walker told me.
"Is she alright?" I asked before he could get away.
"It looks that way, but I don't want you to get your hopes up. Anything could happen," he warned.
I watched him follow Ruby, hoping everything will go as planned.

Casey's P.O.V.
I heard a set of wheels rolling past the room I was in. I looked out the side window and saw Ruby lying in the bed with doctors surrounding her. Without even thinking, I leaped off my bed and ran after them.
"Dr Walker, Dr Walker!" I yelled.
"What are you doing Casey? I should be in bed!" he exclaimed.
"I know, I'm sorry, but what's wrong with Ruby?" I asked.
"Nothing that we know of. She just woke up," he answered.
"So why are you taking her-"
Dr Walker started to speak before I could finish. "Look, I don't have time for questions. Just go and get some rest like you should be and I'll update you with more details afterwards." He left before I could ask him anything else.

Brax's P.O.V.
As I got back from the hospital's vending machine, I saw Casey running back into his room.
"Where did ya go Case?" I asked. "You're suppose to stay in bed. The doctors won't be happy to see you up mate."
"They know I'm up. I saw them with Ruby and I asked how she was doing," he answered.
I grunted.
"What? Don't you care about Ruby?" demanded Casey.
"Of course I do. It's just that I don't think we're on Charlie's good side right now. I know she's been ignoring me," I told him.
"Bro, Ruby just woke up. Do you really expect Charlie to be right at your toes where her daughter was in a coma?"
"Well she could've at least sent me a text to let me know what was happening."
"Think about it Brax. It's not like she knew what was happening. Cut her some slack bro."
"You don't even know what she said to me. She blamed this all on me and I just wanted to know why okay?" I explained angrily.
"Fine, whatever. Just sort yourselves out because I don't want to be caught in the middle of all this."
"You already are."
"Leave it, Brax," he said firmly.
I'd never seen my brother so annoyed before so I left him alone and went to the bathroom.

Charlie's P.O.V.
Awhile after the doctors had taken Ruby away, I knew there was nothing I could do except sit around and wait. Seeing as Brax kept calling me, I decided to go to Casey's room in case he was there. I also wanted to apologise to him as I blamed the accident on him. I peeked through the window of Casey's room, but Brax was nowhere in sight. I went inside and asked Casey where his brother was.
"I'm not too sure, sorry. We had a disagreement so he just took off," answered Casey.
"Do you know where he went?"
"No sorry. I can give him a call if you want?"
"Nah, it's fine. I'll go and find him myself. Thanks anyways Case. Hope you're feeling better," I said politely.
I was just about to walk out the door until Casey called for me. "Wait, Charlie, how's Ruby?" he asked.
"I guess she's okay?" I replied.
"Haven't the doctors said anything?"
Before I could answer, Brax walked into the room.

Brax's P.O.V.
"There you are Brax!" Charlie greeted, as if nothing had happened before. "Where were you? I was looking everywhere for you."
She didn't get it, did she? It makes no sense how she blamed everything on me, and now she's acting as if everything is okay. "Why? You kept having a go at me before," I replied.
"I know, I'm really sorry Brax. I didn't mean to. All this was boiling up in my head and all I wanted was for Ruby to be okay. You were the only other person there."
"You still shouldn't be blaming me. I didn't even do anything wrong. Can't you at least explain to me why? Besides, you were ignoring my calls."
"That's because I was so worried about Ruby, and Casey was here perfectly fine."
"He's still hurt Charlie," I said angrily. "You shouldn't even be taking this out on me. It's not like I wanted Casey to go in the first place."
"Then how come you did?"
"Because my brother here kept pestering me."
"Alright, fair enough. Like I said before, I'm sorry."
"Me too," I said slowly.
"What for?" Charlie asked.
"Us. When you found out Casey was alright and Ruby was unconscious, you kept saying how it wasn't fair that Ruby had much more of a severe injury. You were blaming it on Casey, and he didn't do anything wrong. You kept having a go at me and my brother. How are we suppose to stay together if something goes wrong and you're just going to blame it on someone?"
"I already said I'm sorry. Besides, you know that the best things don't happen when a Braxton is involved..."
This really made me angry. "I thought you were different Charlie. I thought you weren't so judgemental!" I shouted.
It had only just hit Charlie of what she said. "I'm sorry Brax, I didn't mean it like that!"
"Just go, please."