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"Help is on the way!" Tyler exclaimed as he approached Callie who was not helping Samantha get out of the car. Samantha seemed relatively fine. So did her little brother. But, their mother was a different story. She still couldn't feel her legs, which was very worrisome to Callie.

"Did they say how long?" Callie asked.

"They estimated about ten minutes."

Ten minutes. That's good. Ten minutes is nothing. We can hold on for ten more minutes. Ugh, my head is killing me! The second I get to the hospital I have got to get some Advil or something.

Callie looked Samantha up and down. "Are you sure you aren't hurt Samantha?" Callie asked gently.

"Yeah, I think I'm fine. But, I don't think my mommy is."

"Hey, help is on the way okay. You're mommy is awake and talking to you. That's good. Help is going to get here and she's going to go to the hospital and be fine. Don't worry. Now, what's your little brother's name?"

"Curren," Samantha responded quietly.

"Okay, I'm going to go in and see if Curren is okay. Can you stay with Tyler here?"

"Yeah"

"Okay, good girl. You're doing great!" Callie tried to encourage the little girl and stay positive for her. She couldn't let Samantha know that inside she was actually petrified and had no idea if her mother would be fine. She had no idea if Brandon would be fine or how the rest of her class was doing. But if she started freaking out now, Samantha might too. She just had to wait ten more minutes before help would be there and she wouldn't have to be in charge of the situation anymore.

"Curren, my name is Callie," Callie told the little boy as she got into the car to look him over. "Are you okay? Does anything hurt?"

After hesitating Curren answered quietly, "I have an ouchie on my arm."

Callie looked at Curren's arm and saw that he did indeed have a big cut on his arm. She definitely wasn't qualified to make any kind of diagnosis, but from the looks of the cut she could tell that he would need stitches. "Anything else?"

"I don't think so."

"Okay, do you think you can come outside with me and your sister?"

"Yes"

Callie stepped out of the car, but took hold of the car door when she suddenly felt a sense of dizziness. What the hell was that? It's probably nothing. I probably just got out of the car too fast.

"Hey, are you okay?" Tyler asked with concern.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I think I just got out of the car a little too fast. Come on Curren."

Callie helped Curren out of the car and walked him over to where Samantha was standing with Tyler.

"Okay, guys. I'm going to go talk to your mom. Can you both stay here with Tyler for a minute?"

Both children responded with a nod of the head.

Callie turned back to talk with their mother. "They both seem fine."

"Thank God, that boy said help is on the way?"

"Yeah, they should be here in about ten minutes."

"Okay, then I'll just stay put until they get here."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, I can't move my legs so short of you carrying me out of the car there's really nothing you guys can do for me."

"Listen, I don't want to leave you but my brother is on the bus and I…" Callie paused, trying to finish her sentence but finding it hard to speak. "I really want to go check on him." Callie finally finished her sentence but it sounded kind of slurred. The other woman didn't seem to notice though.

"No, I'll be fine here. Believe me; you've done more than enough for me by making sure my kids are okay. Go check on your brother."

"I'll make sure Tyler stays with Samantha and Curren."

Callie went back to Tyler, Samantha and Curren. "Can you stay with them while I go check and see how my brother is doing?"

"Aren't you going to need help with that?"

"I'm just going to look in and make sure he's at least still breathing; besides you're injured. You should stay here with Samantha and Curren."

"It's just a cut."

"Yeah, a very big nasty cut on your HEAD. You could have a concussion or something worse. You should stay here and take it easy until help gets here, which should be any minute now."

"Fine, I'll stay here. But can you just check on your brother and come right back?"

"Deal," Callie agreed as she started walking back toward the bus.

As Callie approached the bus she started to feel the dizzy feeling again. Callie managed to walk to the other side of the bus so that she was out of sight from Tyler, Samantha, and Curren. Callie held onto the side of the bus and closed her eyes as she tried to make the dizziness go away.

Okay, as much as I'd hate to admit it, I think there actually might be something wrong with me. That was the second time I got dizzy. And back there I had a hard time finishing my sentence and when I did finally finish it I sounded completely off. But how can there be something wrong with me when I feel fine. Since the accident happened I've felt fine. Plus I barely have a scratch on me. Maybe I'm just imagining it. Besides, I can't be hurt. Brandon is hurt and he needs me to be there for him until moms can get to us. Good thing we're only about an hour out of San Diego.

Just push through this. I'm not bleeding severely and I don't have any broken bones or anything so it can't be that serious. I can just wait it out until we get to the hospital and tell the doctor what I'm experiencing. They'll probably tell me it's nothing and I'm just overreacting. It's okay. I'm okay.

"I'm okayyy," Callie said to herself but looked baffled when she realized that what she was saying was coming out slurred. She opened her mouth to try speaking again, but was shocked when no words would come out of her mouth. I can't talk. Why can't I talk!?

Callie tried to talk again, but again no words would come out of her mouth. I know what I want to say, I just can't say it! Why the hell is this happening!?

Callie started walking toward the other end of the bus to try and get Tyler's attention. She didn't want to admit it, but she needed help. Whatever was wrong with her was worse than she thought and it was only getting worse.

Before Callie could make it to the other side of the bus she falls back onto the ground, unconscious.

Back in San Diego…

Stef rushed into Lena's office.

"Any news?" Stef asked.

"Not yet, the other bus is turning around to find out what's going on," Lena answered.

"They still haven't made any contact with anyone on the bus?" Stef asked.

"No. Some of the students on the bus are trying to call their friends from the other bus, but no one's answering. The bus is missing Stef!" Lena exclaimed, her worry clearly evident in her voice.

"The bus must have crashed. It had to have."

"We don't know that for sure yet Stef," Lena said, trying to stay somewhat positive even though she was probably more worried than Stef.

"What else could have happened? I was texting Callie and she suddenly stopped texting me. Then her phone was off and Brandon didn't answer his phone. Something is wrong here! The bus had to have crashed."

"If it crashed we would have heard about it by now," Lena tried to reason with Stef.

"Not if no one has called for help yet," Stef responded as a thought came to her head. "I can track Brandon's phone and go find them."

"Stef, are you sure you should be driving right now? Maybe you should just wait to hear from the other bus," Lena questioned.

"I'm not going to just sit here and wait while our two of our children are missing!" Stef exclaimed as Lena's office phone started ringing.

Lena answered immediately. "Hello?"

Stef watched Lena, waiting to hear who was on the other line and what news they had.

"What hospital are they going to be taken to?"

Stef sighed in worry as she listened to what Lena was saying. She was right. The bus did crash.

"I'll contact the parents and let them know," Lena responded as she hung up the phone.

"What's going on Lena?"

"A young man called in an accident in San Bernardino. He was involved in a crash with another car and a bus full of kids. They're all being taken to St. Bernardine Medical Center."

"Is that all they said? Did they if there were any casualties or anything else?"

"No, Stef, it's about an hour away. Monte is out for the day so I have to wait here and contact all of the parents. You have to go and find out how Callie and Brandon are doing and let me know that they're okay."

"I'll get there in less than hour!" Stef said as she started toward the door.

"Stef, I made Callie go on that trip…"

"Lena, don't do this. You didn't know that this was going to happen and for all we know Callie and Brandon are fine."

"But, what if they're not?"

Stef couldn't answer Lena. She didn't know what to say. She had the same fear as her. What if Callie and Brandon weren't fine?

What do you think is wrong with Callie?

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