Just Not Sure - Chapter 4 - The Nightmare Continues

Erica got dressed and ran down the dormentory hallway outside. About 10minutes later Frankie was there with a cab. Erica was greatfull to see Maria, Jesse, Trista, Chris and Greg in the cab too. Erica got in the cab in between Greg and Maria. Maria had her head on Jesse’s shoulders and Jesse looked down at the floor, thinking. Greg was quiet too. Finally Frankie spoke up. "Do you think they’re gonna be ok?" It was quiet for a minute. "They’ve gotta be." Greg finally replied. "What are we going to do without matt?" Jesse questioned. "I don’t know...let’s not think about that." Greg replied. ‘What about lindey!!?’ Erica thought. ‘Shes one of my Best friends!! if she goes, i go.’ Erica wanted to just break down and start crying. But she couldn’t, not in front of them. They finally reached the hospital. Frankie paid the cab driver and got out. Greg, Erica, Maria, Jesse and Trista followed. "Hello, could i see Matt Ballinger and Lindsey Waskawitz please?" Greg asked the receptionist. "Are you family or friends?" Greg stood quiet. "They’re family." Mrs. Ballinger said as she walked towards them. Greg sighed with relief. "You guys can some see him, they only allow 2 people in at a time. Matt’s father and his brother Dave is in there now." She said. "So have u seen him or Lindsey yet?" Erica asked. "No, Lindsey is in a seperate room, we tried contacting her parents but the phone was busy, we’ll keep trying though. Matt’s dad should be out of the room soon, i’ll see them then, you guys can go to lindsey’s room or stay here. Whichever one you want." She replied. Mrs. Ballinger gave them the room numbers and walked away to wait for Mr. Ballinger. Maria sat down. "I’ll stay here for now, i’ll see them last, i’m not good at this kind of stuff." Jesse sat next to her. "I’ll go with Maria i guess.". "Well i’m going to go see Lindsey whoever wants to come with me then they can." Erica stated. "I’ll go Erica." Trista answered. She knew it would be a little awkward to be with Erica after what happened but she didn’t care about the kiss right now. The rest of them sat down. "Come out here after your done, we’ll go check on matt when you guys get back." Frankie said. The girls nodded and went to Lindsey’s room. A tall doctor was walking out of the room when Erica and Trista got there. "Hey doctor could i ask you something?" Erica asked the doctor. "Sure." he replied. "Do you know what happened to them? Ya’know....Lindsey and Matt?" Erica was afraid to ask but she wanted to know what she was in for. "Yes, Lindsey and Matt got into a car crash. They were in the same car and i believe matt was driving. I’m not sure what caused the accident but i can tell you how they’re doing right now." He answered. "Yea please...could you?" Trista asked. "Lindsey has broken her left arm, she has severe head injuries, we’re not sure if she needs surgery or not. We should know by tomarrow, her blood count is low she’s stable for now but i’m not sure how long shes going to stay that way. Matt however, is not that stable, he suffered a minor concussion and his right leg is broken. His lungs are pretty banged up as well. We need to do surgery on him once his blood count gets up a little more." The doctor didn’t sound too reassuring. The girls thanked him for the info and walked in the room. Lindsey was laying down with a white sheet over her. She had bruises on her arms and face and her head had a bandage on it. Her left arm looked pretty bad. Erica and Trista took a deep breath and preceded to walk over to her. Lindsey had her eyes shut so she didnt kno they were in the room. "Hey girl, its trista." Trista said as she touched lindseys hand and sat down next to the bed. Lindsey’s eyes fluttered open. She attempted to sit up but it obviously hurt her to do so because she had a painful look on her face and sat back down. "How...why....wheres...matt?" She asked. "Matt’s in the other room, do u remember what happened?" Erica asked, sitting on the opposite side. "We...we....went to go...hang out....at...the...movies......then....all i remember....is that...the..flipped....over....matt couldnt control it......and then...i woke up here....." Lindsey recalled. "He said he wanted to tell me something...but.....he.......never...told....me...is....he....o-o-kay?" She asked. "We’re not sure, we havent seen him yet." trista told her. "Thanks..for....coming guys.....it...means...a...lot.....i...just...wish...that...." Lindsey’s eyes closed and she drifted off to sleep. Trista and Erica looked at eachother worried. her heart monitor was beeping too slow. And Lindsey’s breathing sounded ragged. After a few more minutes of silence they decided to make sure everything was going to be ok, then left. They returned to the other. Maria was asleep and jesse was holding her hand looking around the hospital. "How does she look?" Asked Frankie. "Not that good....at...all." Trista answered. "Yea, she could barley talk." Erica added. "Yea the doctor told us what happened, he said he told you too, Mrs. Ballinger said we could go see Jesse now that they’re allowing 4 people in the room now." Greg. "So who’s gonna be the 4?" asked Chris. "Well, i kno me and Frankie want to go." Said Greg. "That’s 2...who’s the other 2?" "I’ll go." Said Chris. "Well we still need one more person to go." Reminded Greg. "How about Erica?" Maria suggested. "Me and Jesse will go later with Trista and Mrs. Ballinger again." So all 4 headed for Matt’s room. They could hear heavy, struggling breathing coming from inside the room. Frankie paused. "Whats wrong?" Asked Chris. " I don’t want to see him lif he looks really bad, that kid is one of my best friends, i dont know what i would do." Frankie answered. " I kno Frank, but we gotta see him, c’mon, we’ll all be with you." Chris stated. Frankie nodded and continued to walk into the room. They walked in a row. First Chris, Greg, Frankie then Erica. "Omg.........Matt...." Chris spoke. He leaned over and touched his hand. "Can ya hear me buddy?" Chris asked. Matt just laid there, in his white hospital bed with tubes and bandages everywhere. Eyes closed and heavy breathing still going on. Chris sat down next to the bed. Greg walked over. By now all 4 were around his bed. Speechless. "Dude, this does not look like the matt that runs around singin hooked on you all day." Chris tried to joke. They all just stared in amazment. "Hey Matt, your gonna get better.....i kno you will....you...gotta...." Frankie said. Matt just laid there like he didnt hear one word that Frankie said. "He’s not stable right now, he can hear you but he can’t respond." Said the doctor as he walked into the room. "We need to run some more tests, if you could excuse yourselves for right now, tell the others they can visit later tonight around 5...well...actually....tell the others they can visit later this morning...its 5 in the morning. Are you sure you guys want to stay around? You can go home if you want." The doctor reminded them. "No, We want to stay here." Frankie said as he spoke for everyone. "Yeah." Followed Greg. "Well, ok then, ‘i’ll let you know when u can see him again. The four walked out of the room by the waiting room. Jesse and Maria were talking. Jesse looked like he had been crying and Maria was hugging him. "Ugh i cant take this." Frankie stated as he headed for the door. "Wait....where are you going I thought u wanted to stay here...." Chris asked. "I kno! I’m coming back! I just...need to go for a walk." Frankie answered as he walked out the door throwing his coat over himself. They all sat down. Chris put his fingers threw his hair. "Man this is so screwed up, What if Matt-" "SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP!! DONT TALK LIKE THAT!!" Jesse shouted, cutting chris off. "Jesse, sit back down, calm down..." Maria tried to calm him down. Jesse turned and looked at Maria and sat down. "I’m sorry chris....i’m just...worried." Jesse apologized. "Hey, its ok man, i know u are. We all are." Chris reassured him. Around 8am the doctors came into the waiting room. They all sat up awaiting the news. "Well, Matt’s blood count went down but we got it up to standard now." Every sighed with relief. "However....Lindsey’s blood count has gone down even more and her breathing has stopped, we have her in sugery now, we may be able to save her." "WHAT!?" Erica shouted. "Listen miss, all hope isnt lost. We still might be able to save her." the doctor reassured her. "But-but....I...." Erica looked down at the ground. "Can someone take me home?" "Yea Frankie can hey F-" Chris attempted to say. "WHere is Frankie? He’s still not back?" Asked Chris. "Oh your friend called. He said he would be here around 10 and that he’s at his house." The doctor said. "Well...can you call a cab?" Chris asked Erica. "yea i ca-" "Well! y dont u bring her home chris!?" Maria cut in. "You can drive!" Chris paused. "Oh yea i can,,haha.....ok, yea i’ll take you home Erica." So Erica and Chris went to his car. ‘Now’s my chance to talk..’ Erica thought.