"Is that…" I whisper.
"It is." Sammy says back.
I look at her, and then back to the window. I look at Austin, he's hooked up to many different machines, but not a breathing tube, which I take as a good sign maybe. His shaggy blonde hair is in his face, and there are noticeable scratches on his cheek and chin.
His leg is bandaged up, and his left arm is in a cast. That must be from the fall. The fall, I remember. How could he have survived it? I saw him go down with Thomas. I mean, Thomas didn't even survive it. He got lucky, really lucky, and I'm so glad he did.
I go over to the door and turn the doorknob, but it's locked. I turn and look at Sammy with a sad expression, "They aren't letting anyone in until his parents get here, which won't be until tomorrow." She says.
"Are you kidding me?" I moan and sit down in a chair across from the window. She follows me and sits down too, "How do you know?" I ask her.
"I practically begged the doctor to tell me. Oh and I used my puppy dog eyes to get some information out of him." She says.
I raise an eyebrow, "Really? Like what?" I ask.
"They found him first I guess. That's what made them keep looking for us. They thought that he might have been from the plane that went down. He was unconscious when they found him, and he still hasn't woken up." She says.
"That's not good is it?" I ask.
She shakes her head no, "I don't think so, but the doctor didn't make it sound like it was really bad." She says and shrugs.
I swallow hard, thinking of the many possible reasons that he hasn't woken up yet, "I just want to go in there with him. This is torture." I say.
"I know. I can't believe they found him, and us." She says.
"I'm just so glad they did." I say and squeeze her shoulder. She smiles at me and stands up.
"I should get back to Dannie and my parents." She says.
I nod at her and watch her skip as she walks away, acting like carefree Sammy again. I smile at her, but it quickly fades. I stand up and walk over to the window again. I put my hand up to the glass, and watch Austin's chest move up and down slowly. Just knowing he's right here breathing, makes my heart almost feel whole again.
I remember that I rudely left my father in the cafeteria, but I can't take my eyes off of Austin. I don't want to leave him like this. I feel so bad that's he locked up in that room all by himself. I wish I was aloud in there, or that his parents would get here sooner. But they probably can't help that, right?
It takes me another ten minutes to bring myself to leave, memorizing his room number perfectly. I jog back to the cafeteria and find my father in the same spot. He smiles at me as I sit down, "What's up?" He asks.
I hadn't really told him much about Austin, just that he helped me out a lot and we cared about each other. And then I told him what happened to him. But he doesn't know anything about how we really feel about each other. I mean, I'm only fifteen, I know he'll think I'm being ridiculous if I tell him how in love I am with this boy.
"Austin! He's alive!" I say with a smile.
"Really, but how?" He asks, surprised.
"I don't know. He's unconscious still, and his parents won't be here until the morning and I'm not allowed in there." I say and sigh.
He puts his hand on mine, "Well the morning will be here before you know it." He says with a smile. I just nod at him.
He walks me back to my room, and notices it's getting pretty late. He gives me a bag he packed for me at home, with my clothes and stuff in it. I hug the bag tightly, looking forward to wearing clean pajamas. "Are you sure it's okay if I leave?" He asks, pacing around the room.
"Yes dad, I'll be fine." I tell him.
After he leaves, I walk into the bathroom and stare at the shower. I run out of the room and grab my pajamas and things, and get in. The warmth of the shower soothes me fast. I almost forgot what it felt like to actually shower.
After washing my hair about 4 different times, and staying in there for about an hour, I decide I'm done. I slip on my clothes and walk into my room, drying my hair with the towel and then sitting down. I look at the time, and it's midnight. I slip on my precious UGG boots that my father packed and walk over to my door.
I open it slowly and peak out. I don't see anyone around, and I take this opportunity to make my way over to Austin's room. I jog quietly over and look in the window. He's still there, it's still Austin, and so I know this is real. I sigh in relief and sit on the chair across from the window. I hug my legs to my chest and rest my chin on my knees, keeping my eyes on the window…
"Hey." I hear someone say, and an arm on my shoulder.
I open my eyes and take in my surroundings. I'm still on the chair but everything's so bright, I must have fallen asleep here. I look at the woman who woke me up. She has blonde hair to her shoulders, and has those familiar brown eyes…
"Do you know my son?" She asks, tears are filled in her eyes.
I look behind her, and the man standing behind her looks familiar too, and I can tell just by their looks that they are definitely Austin's parents. I stand up and they watch me. I look into Austin's room and nothing has changed, "Yes. I was one of the students on the plane." I tell them. Would Austin want them to know about me, or us? Or, what even are we?
"Really, do you know what happened to our son?" His father asks, in a hopeful tone.
"I- Well"- I say, but I don't really know where to start. I know I need to tell them about Thomas and everything that happened but I just don't know how to say it. And how will they react about Thomas, will they go confront his parents and cause them more pain? I know Austin would never do that, and if he's anything like his parents, then they won't either.
"Oh, its okay sweetie, you can tell us." His mother says. She motions for me to sit down, and she sits down next to me. His father stands in front of us.
"Well there's this boy, Thomas. He was in our class and also on the plane. There was this fight between him and Austin… Thomas kind of went crazy; I think the whole thing just really got to him. It got to all of us. And he was at the edge of this cliff over the water, and he took Austin and made them both fall over." I say.
His mother covers her mouth and gasps at what I said, and his father shakes his head, "Where's Thomas?" He asks.
"He didn't survive the fall…" I tell him.
"How do you know?" He asks.
"We saw his body floating down the river the next day." I say, barely being able to get the words out.
His father goes slightly pale and turns around, walking into Austin's room. His mother stays seated next to me, her eyes still full of tears waiting to fall out, "I can't believe Austin survived it." She says.
"How is he?" I ask her.
"We don't know. He still hasn't woken up, and we won't know what damage has been done until he wakes up." She says in a squeaky voice.
"But, he is going to wake up, right?" I ask.
She nods, "The doctors said that he should. We just have to be patient." She says.
I nod, "Can I see him?" I whisper to her.
A small smile appears on her face and she nods. I stand up and walk into the room, where his father is standing next to his bed. He notices me and turns around, "I'll leave you alone with him for a bit." He says.
"Thanks." I tell him and bring a chair over next to Austin's bed. I sit down and rest my elbows on the bed, holding my head in my hands.
"You need to wake up." I whisper to him, staring at his face.
I stay that way for a while, until a nurse comes in to change is I.V. She smiles sympathetically at me and does what she needs to. I notice the chart in her hand and ask, "What physical damage did he get because of the fall?" She asks.
"He has a broken arm, and a few severely broken ribs." She says.
"What about his leg?" I ask her.
She raises an eye brow, "Oh, that wasn't from the fall. It looks like some sort of animal bite." She says. And with that, she leaves the room.
I stare at his bandaged leg; an animal bite? Something must have happened after Thomas took me that I don't know about. I jump up and run out of the room, past Austin's parents' shocked expressions of my sudden departure.
I find Wanda and Rick in the cafeteria eating and I run over to them, "What's going on?" Wanda asks surprised.
"Austin's alive." I tell her.
"We know, we saw him earlier, Sammy told us that she told you so we didn't say anything." Rick says.
"What's wrong with his leg, what happened to him?" I ask.
Rick looks from me to Wanda, and sighs, "Oh yeah. You were gone when it happened." He says.
"What happened?" I ask.
"He got bite by a wolf. I, he and Daniel ran into one and Daniel ran and the wolf chased after him. So Austin and I ran after them, and we got to the wolf off of Daniel but it bit Austin. He was losing a lot of blood before everything happened." He says.
"That's awful." I say, shaking my head and sitting down with them.
"I know, he wouldn't rest or anything. He refused to stop looking for you, and that's when we found Thomas at the cabin." Rick says.
"I can tell how much he really cares about you Ally." Wanda says.
I nod, swallowing hard, "I care a lot about him too." I say.
"We know." Rick says with a smile.
I smile back at him and go back to Austin's room. His parents are both sitting down next to his bed. His father's arm is around his mother's shoulders, comforting her. I smile at their backs and sit down in the chair outside and watch through the window. I can tell how much his parents really love him, just by the look on their faces.
My stomach starts to rumble, so I decide to go to the cafeteria real quick. As I'm walking towards it, I run into my dad. "I was looking for you; you weren't in your room." He says, with sweat on his forehead.
I do a face palm, "I'm sorry dad, and I totally forgot that you wouldn't know where I was. I was talking with Austin's parents." I say and walk with him to my room.
"Oh okay. You know, we can leave today." He says and smiles.
I start to smile too, but it slowly fades. He notices and sits down on the chair, "What's wrong?" he asks.
"I really want to go home and everything, but I really don't want to leave Austin." I say.
"Well you can't just continue to stay here, there's nothing wrong with you. The doctors won't let you stay." He says.
I nod, "I know, I just can't leave here." I say.
He sighs, "Well, maybe we can just stay at the hotel for a couple more nights, but we really should get home by the weekend." He says.
I smile wide, "Thanks dad, you're the best!" I say and kiss him on the cheek. I walk out of the room and towards Austin's. His parents aren't anywhere to be seen, so I go in and sit down. I rub his arm slightly with my pointer and middle finger. His skin feels so cold, and I can't help wishing that this was me instead of him. He's the last person on this earth that deserved any of this. Any of his pain, and all of the crap he took from Thomas, just because of me, stupid me.
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