It wasn't the first time she had woken to see the fluorescent lights reflecting off the white, sterile room, she would have been in disbelief if it weren't for the throbbing sensation in her skull, the inability to move her fingers without cringing in pain and the steady beeping that was audible next to her.

"She's awake!" The sudden noise only made the pain increase, she used all her strength to turn her head to the side, wanting more than anything to see who had spoken. To her surprise a flash of blue appeared in front of her, the color lighting up the room. She stared at him, watching as his face lit up, his happiness apparent. "Lanes, I'm so happy you're back!" She was engulfed in a hug before she could protest at the contact between the two. She tried to speak but her throat felt as if she had swallowed glass. After a moment she felt the ability come back to her, the saliva coating the dried tissue.

"Hey Core." The sound of her own voice frightened her, it was hoarse and weak. Fighting the urge to cringe at the contact she let herself melt into his arms.

"God Lanes... you had me worried for a second there." For a second she could have sworn that she saw tears in his eyes, but if she had he quickly pushed them away and sat down next to her bed. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said what I did to you, I didn't mean it..." He mumbled into his hands,

"Don't worry about it Corey." She gave him her best smile, before it fell from her face. "So... what happened?"

He looked up at her, "you don't remember?" Laney shook her head. "You collided with another car, head on, at full speed. It's amazing you made it without a more serious injury." As if sensing her next question he continued. "Your left wrist is fractured, your lip's cut open, you got a pretty nasty gash on your forehead, a grade 3 concussion, your back was strained and to top it off your covered head to toe with bruises and cuts."

"More serious injuries? I'm pretty fucked up as it is Core." The two laughed slightly at her comment, before Laney was forced to stop due to the pain arising in her side, which Corey took immediate notice of.

"Don't push yourself Lanes, you'll be in here for awhile, you just need to relax and work on getting better." She rolled her eyes at him.

"I can't be in here forever, we have the gig next week..."

"Lanes, the gig was three days ago... You were out for ten days." He spoke. Corey's words took her by surprise. No, that was impossible, yesterday was Sunday, the 27th, there was no way that much time had passed.

"What day is it?"

"November 6th." He spoke softly, waiting for her to put the pieces together. Her mind moved slowly, connecting the dots before she realized that what he said was true.

"That's crazy..."

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Laney had spent nearly two weeks in the hospital, and her doctor's still weren't sure that she should be allowed to leave, but she practically forced them to let her go, protesting that the longer she stayed the worse it would be for her mental health. To her surprise her therapist had agreed with her. That's how she ended up in this position, surrounded by the mourning members of the family that she had shattered. She was told it wasn't her fault, that the teenager was in fact intoxicated, but it did very little to ease her mind.

That was why she stood in the tight black dress covered in the shear fabric that landed at her feet, the only color of the day was her hair. Trying to keep her thoughts to herself, she shouldn't be the one mourning, but somehow she couldn't keep her mind from believing that it was in some way her fault. Maybe if she had paid more attention to the cars that surrounded her, or had waited to let her tears go until she had gotten to her house. The bandages that were wrapped around her wrist and forehead said it all, it let those around her know that it was her fault.

Laney couldn't help but pay her respects, after all, her turn would be here shortly.

It has been way too long, sorry about that. School's getting on my buns, and I think I'm coming down with something. So please leave a review and feel free to message me if you have anything else to say. If you're looking to check out another story, I'm currently writing another fanfiction with one of my friends, if you're interested you can click on the link, she writes the odd chapters and I'm writing the odd.

Again sorry for the late update, I'm trying my best!

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