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Growing Up Troubles

Chapter 16

Chris came up for air as soon as he could, he did not think he would make it for a second, he had ended up so deep into the water. As he took a few breaths, he did not even bother looking up to see if Wyatt was watching him or not, he went straight back under water. He had not see the car so could only guess where it would be and how fast it would sink.

Looking around under the murky water, he tried to stay as calm as possible to try and find the blue car. When he caught a glimpse of it, he swam closer, hoping that he could hold his breath a little longer. Swimming to it, the got to the passenger side, so see that Elizabeth was knocked out, he just hoped that she was still alive. He fought to try and open the door, but it would not budge with the weight of the water on it, so went round to the back of the car and smash the back window.

Realising he was running out of breath, he was about to swim back up, until he realised there was a point in the car that was not full of water yet and he could get some air from. Using it to his advantage he took some deep breaths before the air was gone and filled with water.

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Once he had seen Chris come to the surface, Wyatt pulled out his cell phone and called everyone he could. Of course now, he knew there would be a jam in the traffic both ways since everybody had stopped on the bridge to see what was going on, so it would take a while to get everybody here. He just hoped that it would not take too long for the emergency services.

"Wyatt!" Speedy's voice called out, as the blonde jogged towards him, closely followed by Parker, they were only a few cars behind Wyatt but had not realised what had happened until Wyatt called them to explain. It was then that they got out of the car and ran to the middle of the Golden Gate Bridge, "Where's Chris?"

"In the water," Wyatt explained, "He came up for air once, but hasn't come up since."

Speedy shared a worried look with his old school friend and then decided to take his own jacket off.

"Speedy, don't," Wyatt shook his head, "Don't even think about it."

"I'm not letting Chris die down there, let alone your daughter."

Frank climbed through the barrier and dove into the water, missing all the gasps by the public that were watching and the screams from Holly as she ran down the bridge, as fast as she could, with Patty in tow.

"Why the hell did you let him do that?" Holly asked Wyatt, hitting him on the arm.

"I didn't!" Wyatt exclaimed, "And anyway, Elizabeth is down there along with Chris."

"What!"

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Chris was running out of air again, he was struggling to pull off Elizabeth's seatbelt, for some reason the clasp was stuck. He tried to do it a little less rushed, however he was running out of air too much and needed to do it quickly. Soon he felt his lungs burning as his body tried to force him to breathe, the last thing he needed though was to breathe in some of the water. Finally, the seatbelt came undone and the Perry could pull his daughter's body from the car, however as his mind concentrated on Elizabeth, his body's need to breathe took over and he took a deep breath of the water.

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"I can't find them!" Speedy shouted up, looking along the surface, hoping that somehow they had floated to the top. He needed air so took deep breaths of the fresh air, getting ready to go back under. They could not be too deep, surely the car would not sink that fast. And where was Chris, he should have been coming back up soon. Glancing around again, he took another deep breath before diving back under the water for another look.

Wyatt could just watch from the bridge as his friend and husband both tried to save his daughter. Mind you, he was now worried about Chris too, the 34-year-old should have come up for air by now. He watched and waited for what seemed like hours, however it was only minutes. His heart had stopped again, as he waited. If Jack somehow survived this, the Halliwell decided that he was going to kill him on the spot, the jail term would be worth it.

"Wyatt!" Patty's voice called out as a few of the crowd shouted out 'look'. The bodne looked down to see a body had floated to the top of the way, he was sure it was Chris', unless there happened to be the body of another brunette male under there, but it was face down and wasn't moving. He did not have time to do anything as his brother jumped into the water to see what was going on, just as another body came to the surface, actually two, one carrying another.

Holly let out an audible sigh of relief as she realised that it was a visibly alive Speedy with the blonde haired 16-year-old in his arms, however she looked unconscious at least.

Sirens could be heard nearby, finally the emergency services had arrived, if they could get through the traffic on the bridge. Hopefully they could do something for Chris and Elizabeth.

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Parker pulled his brother-in-law's body to the edge of the bay, the only part that was low enough to get the body onto the ledge and then climb up himself.

"Pass me her here," Parker held his arms out to see that Speedy was just behind him with Elizabeth in his arms. He grabbed his 16-year-old niece and pulled her up, as Speedy pulled himself out of the water, "Neither of them are breathing." Parker managed to deduct and moved straight to his niece, who had been under the water the longest. He needed to start CPR until the ambulance got here, he just hoped they were not too late for either of them.

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Wyatt managed to find his way down to the bank that his daughter and husband laid, following the paramedics down as they ran to try and save the two drowning victims. In the hopes of not losing his daughter, Wyatt realised that he could lose both Chris and Elizabeth, he would not know what to do if that happened. He should never have kept so much from his children, maybe if they had explained things to Elizabeth she would not have gone off with Jack. Jack. He was still under the water, he decided to ignore that fact as they reached the two bodies, where Parker and Speedy were trying their best at CPR.

"Can you both step aside please," the female paramedic asked as she moved towards the 16-year-old girl, while her partner moved to Chris, taking over while their fellow paramedics drove the vehicle down as much as they could to get them both on there and to the hospital.

Suddenly coughing was heard, and Wyatt's eyes went straight to his daughter, who was coughing up the water she had taken in.

"Good girl, just roll onto your side and let it all up," the female paramedic said as she helped Elizabeth roll to her side so all the water came out of her lungs rather than going back in, "How's he doing?"

"Nothing yet." The other paramedic shook his head as he continued his CPR, trying his best to revive him.

"C'mon, Chris," Wyatt could hear Speedy whisper but his focus was more on his daughter as he heard "Dad!" in an extremely small and hoarse whisper.

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"We can't say how long he'll be in a coma," the doctor told the Halliwell, as they stood outside Chris' room, looking at the pale body of the 34-year-old man, "But we are certain that he'll wake up."

Wyatt simply nodded his head, just watching all the machines beep around his husband. He hated this, all he could do was wait for Chris to wake up, if that ever happened, and he was not sure reviving him was such a good idea.

"You can talk to him though," the doctor carried on talking, speaking softly, being as kind as possible, "He may hear you."

However, the blonde Perry-Halliwell could not step into the room, too afraid of what would happen. The man that he loved laid there in the hospital bed and there was nothing he could do to help him, it was all out of his hands.

"Hey, how is he?" a now dry Speedy asked, dressed in some clothes from the hospital while Holly made her way home to get him some dry ones of his own, with Patty who was getting some for Parker and Elizabeth.

"Not good," Wyatt shook his head, "He's in a coma and then doctors don't know when he'll wake up," it was only then that Wyatt had realised the doctor had left him on his own, "How are you? Thanks for jumping in there, by the way."

"I'm fine and anything for them, Wyatt. Chris is my best friend and Beth's my Goddaughter, I have to look after them, don't I?" Speedy smiled softly, "Anyway, its not like you could have jumped in there, you're not the best of swimmers. He'll pull through, Chris is a fighter, go and see your daughter anyway, I'll call you if there's any change."

"Thanks, Speedy," Wyatt patted his friend on the back and made his way out of the ICU, where Chris laid, and to the children's ward where Elizabeth now was. He walked into her room to find her sat up in bed, looking out of the window that was close by, "Anything interesting?"

The 16-year-old looked at him, tears in her blue eyes, making his heart break as he realised just how scared she now was. He moved to her bed and sat on it, pulling her into a hug and felt her arms wrap around him, her hands clutch to his T-shirt.

"I'm so sorry, dad," she cried, "I was a complete bitch and I shouldn't have listened to him. I so so sorry. Where's Chris? I need to apologise to him," Wyatt tensed as he heard his daughter's question and he wondered whether she had felt that when she pulled back away from the hug and looked into his eyes with tear stained cheeks, "What's happened?"

"Chris dived in the water to save you," Wyatt explained, trying to find the best way to explain to her about what had happened, "But he, well…"

"He's ok, isn't he?" Elizabeth asked, fear evident in her crystal blue eyes and then fresh tears feel from them as she realised the damage that had been done, "How bad is it? Is he…"

"No, he's not," Wyatt shook his head, knowing the question that the 16-year-old was going to ask, "He's in a coma, the doctors don't know yet when he'll wake up."

"Can I see him?"

"Holly and Patty have gone home to get you some clothes," Wyatt explained to his eldest child, "When they get back, and if the doctors give the ok, we'll go down there, ok?

When Lizzie nodded her head, the older blonde smiled and pulled her back into a hug. He had almost lost her and now he did not want to let her go.

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It was a fair few hours later that Elizabeth managed to get to see Chris, but when she did, Wyatt could not help but realise how scared the young girl was. He wondered what was going on in her head and all he could do was tell her that it was not her fault, he was never going to blame her, he was going to blame Jack – who he now wondered whether they had managed to pull from the car.

Sighing, he watched her walk towards his sleeping form and sit at the bedside, as much as he hated what had happened, he knew that this was going to be a wakeup call for her, she was going to realise that she was not numero uno, that the whole world did not revolve around her.

"Still no change?" his younger brother's voice asked, as a coffee was passed to him. Parker was now dressed in a fresh set of clothes and had been discharged from the hospital, the doctors happy that there was no damage from him diving into the cold bay water. Taking the coffee Wyatt looked at Parker and shook his head.

"Not at the moment," he sighed, "I'm just hoping he can hear what's being said to him."

"Think about it this way, he can tell us what goes on in you head when you're in a coma," Parker tried to joke, but he could see that his eldest brother was not seeing the funny side of it, "I'm here, you know."

"Thanks," Wyatt smiled weakly, it was always nice to know but it did not always help, "Thanks for diving in there and pulling him out. The doctors think that if you didn't do that and get Speedy to start CPR, he wouldn't even be like this."

"Hey, he's my brother-in-law, I had to do it," Parker shrugged his shoulders, "I'd do it again if I had to."

Wyatt rolled his blue eyes and looked back at his husband and daughter and saw that Elizabeth was now holding Chris' hand, almost willing that to wake him up. Suddenly he thought of someone, someone he never thought he would have to think about.

"I've just got to make a call but I have to get home to get a number," Wyatt sighed, "Can you call me if there's any change?"

"Course I will."

With that, Wyatt made his way out of the hospital and into his car. He wondered whether he really needed to do this right now, but there were people who needed to know the situation that they were in. Two people in particular, that he knew Chris would never forgive him for if Wyatt never made the call.

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