Lennox POV

They let me stay at the hospital for the rest of the day to see if my vision improves…it doesn't. Chase stays by my side and tells me the time every hour. He tells me that it's seven now and we're going to get ready to leave. Don, Leo, Bree and Adam went together to get the car while Tasha and Chase helped me get out of bed.

"Just take a couple steps forward and turn around," my nurse was saying. I did as she said and waited. "Good, now lower yourself down and you'll find the wheelchair."

As I sat, I said, "I really don't think this is necessary. I mean, I can walk just fine!"

Chase took my right hand and squeezed. Tasha moved behind me to push and said, "Its standard procedure, Lennox. They don't want to risk anything else happening to you."

"Why not? I'm already in the hospital," I grumbled. Tasha just sighed and kept pushing me.

When we finally reached the car, Chase helped me in and never once let go of my hand. "Hey, Lennox," Adam murmured from my left. "How are you doing, buddy?"

I smiled and said, "Fine, I suppose. What about you?"

"Um, cool, I think. Thanks to your brilliant idea, we put out the fire before anyone was seriously injured. So that's pretty awesome, right?"

"Yeah, brilliant," I agreed sarcastically.

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"Would you stop squirming, Lennox!" Chase said, losing patience.

"But it hurts!" I complained.

"I'm trying to make it feel better, if you would just sit still!"

"It stings though!" I countered.

"It's peroxide, of course it's going to sting!"

I mentally laugh at myself. Five minutes at home without my sight and I ran into a wall. I gave myself a huge scrape on my forehead, along with some shed blood. Chase was now trying to play doctor for me in my bathroom and clean it up. "There," he said, pressing a bandage on my new wound, "all done."

I press my hand to it and wince. "Thanks Chase. Sorry I'm being such a pain."

He chuckles and pulls me up close to him. "I think, given the circumstances, you're allowed to be a pain."

I wrap my arms around him and lean against his chest. "Chase?" I whisper.

"Mm?"

"It frightens me, being blind I mean."

He strokes my hair softly and says, "The doctors said that it will probably take a couple more days, at the very most."

"But what if it's not? What if I stay like this forever?" I ask him, getting upset.

"Like what, Lennox? Smart, beautiful, kind and allover amazing? Life has speed bumps, alright? This is just a little speed bump; it doesn't make you weak or any different than you were a couple of days ago. If anything, it makes you that much stronger. So what if you are blind for the rest of your life? You still have your family, and me, too. You'll always have me by your side, steering you away from walls," Chase finishes with a little laugh.

There are no words to thank him for what he just said, so instead, I reach up and kiss him. I'm kind of getting a hang of this kissing thing. When we eventually pull away, he says, "Shouldn't you be getting to bed?"

I roll my eyes and say, "Okay, Don."

"Ick, don't call me that when I just got done kissing you, it makes me feel all weird."

I think about that and say, disgusted, "Ew, you're right! That'd be like making out with my father!" We shudder in unison. I get my pajamas on in my bathroom while he waits in my room. It's a bit tricky considering I can't exactly see what I'm doing. When I'm satisfied that I look presentable, I fumble for the handle and step out.

"Uh, Lennox?" Chase says, sounding embarrassed.

"What? What is it?" I ask, panicking.

"Your, uh, tank top, is um…ahem! It's, pulled down, a bit…erm, low," he finally gets out.

"Oh God!" I answer, mortified. I whirl around and pull it up. How more embarrassing could I possibly be, honestly? "Could we like, never speak of this again?" I ask, turning back around.

"Agreed," he hastily replies.

I throw my hands out in front of me so I don't run into anything on the way to my bed. Chase takes one arm and guides me. Once I'm finally in bed, he pulls the covers up around me and gently kisses my forehead. "Goodnight, Lennox. I'll see you in the morning."

"Goodnight, Chase," I yawn. I close my eyes and let sleep overtake me.

xXx

I'm sitting in a wide field of red grass under a large blue willow tree with orange leaves; the most color I've seen in a while. I'm wearing a long, dark green strapless gown and I peer up at the fuchsia colored sky. I seem at home in this strange place as I lay down on the ground to watch the multicolored clouds floating up above me. Violin music starts to drift through the wind and I sit up to see where it is coming from. There's a forest where there was more grass a second ago, and the music seems to be pouring out of the trees. Instinctively, I stand up and follow the sound. When I step through the trees, I'm surprised to see my mother sitting down on a log. She appears to be waiting for me.

"Mama?" I say.

She smiles at me and says in her melodic voice, "Come here, baby."

I immediately obey and she pulls me in for a hug. When she pulls away, she smiles proudly at me. It's almost like looking at a future me. "You've gotten so big, Lennox! You look exactly like I did when I was fifteen. Tell me, honey, why did you do it?"

I was so happy to see her that I was a bit taken aback. "What?"

She looked at me sadly and said, "Why did you do it? Why did you leave us, Lennox? Did you stop loving us?" Suddenly, four people surrounded Mom: Breyson, Emily, Dad and Aaron. "Why did you leave us?" they all ask me in unison.

"I didn't leave you! You all left me!" I screamed back at them. But they weren't listening; they all kept repeating the words, "Why did you leave us, Lennox?" I tried to touch them, but some invisible force was holding me back. I pounded against it and screamed, "I didn't leave you!" over and over. I couldn't get to them, no matter how hard I screamed or pounded. All I wanted was for them to hold me and tell me that everything was going to be okay. I screamed and screamed, until I heard…

"Lennox! Lennox, wake up!" My eyes shoot open and I feel Chase sit down on my bed and hold me while I cry onto his shoulder.

"I didn't leave them, I didn't leave them," I kept saying to him.

He rubbed my back and, even though he probably didn't have a clue what I was rambling on about, said, "Shhh, Lennox. I know, I know you didn't."

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A/N: I honestly don't like how that ended so abruptly, but I didn't know what else to put right now. I'm lacking inspiration, help me please! Anywho, I thought I should let you guys know that I have my Kickin' It JerryxOC story up and running, so that should be fun…Check it out and tell me what you think! Again, sorry about the slow update but thanks for keeping the faith! As always, review and stay swag, kiddies! :]

~Ordinary