Chapter 22:
Matty was deep asleep at two in the morning when he heard his phone ringing, he rolled over and saw that he had slept through ten other missed calls. He quickly answered and it was Tamara."Matty! Finally!" Her voice was urgent."What's happening?!""Matty, Jenna got into a car accident with Collin." Tamara's voice started to crack, she had been crying since she got to the hospital thirty minutes earlier. Matty felt his heart sink and he sat straight up in his bed, his mind went blank and he couldn't talk. He was full of fear. "Matty, can you hear me?" "Yeah, I can, uh- is she okay?! What happened?!" "She's passed out in the hospital I got here a half hour ago, she still hasn't woken up but they think she will soon, they have her on the machines and they're keeping an eye on her. Her arm is broken and she's lucky she doesn't have a bad concussion, but a minor head trauma. She was wearing her helmet though, thank god!""So what does that mean?""When she wakes up she might have memory loss for a little while and she'll have a constant headache, but they say it won't take too long to heal. She's really lucky considering Collin was speeding and lost control.""Which hospital, I'm coming now!" Matty jumped out of his bed and put on a tee-shirt then ran out the door to his blue truck. When he got to the hospital he went up to Jenna's floor and saw Lacey crying on the couch in the waiting room. Jake was there and Tamara walked in a few minutes after Matty arrived with a coffee for Lacey. Matty went over to Jake. "Jake! Has anything happened?""Hey, no she's still asleep, this is Jenna's mum Lacey." Lacey got up and shook Matty's hand."Hey Mrs. Hamilton, I'm sorry to hear what happened, did they say how long until' she wakes up?""You can call me Lacey," she sniffled. "They expect her to wake up soon." Matty turned to Jake."What happened to Collin?" "He didn't get hurt as badly as Jenna, but he did get a concussion and a sprained ankle." Matty was angry and wished that Jenna hadn't of messed around with him, because now she was suffering more than Collin was and it wasn't fair. A doctor walked up to Lacey."Mrs. Hamilton, Jenna is awake now. She is a little confused and disorientated but she's asked for you." Lacey sobbed as she walked into the room with Jenna lying on a bed. She could see bruises along her arms and a bruised cheek. Jenna looked at Lacey and a tear ran down her cheek, Jenna felt awful for putting her through this. Flash backs from when Collin skidded out and riding off the road played back in her head. She felt uncomfortable and kept feeling like going to sleep. She would close her eyes and ten minutes would of passed. Jake and Tamara went in to visit her together and Matty went alone. When he saw Jenna everything felt like an anchor. "Hey," he whispered as he took a seat."Matty." Jenna sounded confused."How do you feel?" "Awful, how's Collin?""His fine, he doesn't matter, what matters is how you are." Matty didn't want to hear her worry about him."We got into a fight before we left, that's why he was driving badly…" Jenna said slurring her words and mumbling. Matty reached down and gently held her hand. He sat in silence looking at her so relieved she was going to be okay, even though it was hard for him to see her in that state. "I'm so happy you're okay." Matty said quietly.
Jenna had been home for a while. Despite the broken arm she was getting better. Tamara would go and visit her every single day after school and even sometimes before, it was a wake up call to her that even though she's dating Jake and a lot of things had changed Jenna was her best friend and she could of lost her. Tamara would bring Jake, Ming and Matty for some of her visits. Jenna was getting ready to go back to school, sure her arm was still in a cast and sling but the doctors had told her everything in her head was back to normal and she might expect dizzy spells when she is in stressful situations. Matty and Jenna had started talking again and she realised how much she has actually missed him, not necessarily missed the romantic tension between them but she missed his voice and his laugh and she was happy to have it back. It was her first day back at school, she was the talk of the town. Some people thought she was an idiot for hanging around Collin who was known for being the way he was, and some people just knew the part of the story where she broke her arm. Jenna didn't pay any attention to anyone, and it's a good thing she didn't because the talk of the town soon changed and Jenna was just another girl. One day during her first week back she was in Geography class, the one and only class she shared with Matty. She sat in her usual seat and he sat in his but they exchanged glances occasionally. Mr. Wick walked up to Jenna and put down her latest test paper. Jenna saw it was a 'D', Mr. Wick stopped and said to Jenna 'We'll have to talk about your last few test results.' Jenna stared down at her paper and could feel the room getting smaller, she felt shortness of breath and swung her bag over her shoulder before walking out of the classroom. Matty saw Jenna and chased after her despite Mr. Wick yelling trying to control his students as they all burst out in whispers while Matty and Jenna walked out. Jenna felt like everything was moving around her.