" Is she going to be ok?" Zac stammered in an excited tone as he and his brothers walked up to Mrs. Richards who was sitting outside the hospital room.
Tara's mother picked her head up out of her hands and looked up at them with teary eyes. She nodded yes as she grasped a torn tissue in her hand. Her normally nice curly hair looked frazzled, and she didn't have any makeup on. It was the first time that Zac had ever seen Tara's mother like that.
Isaac patted Mrs. Richards shoulder. " Its going to be ok." He said quietly.
She smiled slightly. " Tara is lucky to have such good friends." she replied.
Yeah right...We almost killed her. Zac thought to himself. Taylor looked at his younger brother with guilty eyes. He must have been thinking the same thing.
"Can we go in and see her?" Zac asked polietly as he clasped his hands together in front of him.
" Well she is sleeping, But I suppose it wouldn't hurt." Mrs. Richards answered.
Zac took Tara's mother in a quick hug, and the other brother's smiled before walking into the brightly lit room.
Zac's breath caught in his throat when he saw his pretty best friend lying on the hospital bed with her eyes shut. He stepped reluctantly up to her bed. He turned around to see Ike and Tay hovering around the door, looking like they wanted to go back out. " Come on you guys, Atleast come say something to her."
Taylor made a face then walked over to Tara's bed. He looked down at her then glanced to Ike.
" Come on Ike, She doesn't look that bad." Issac craned his neck to try and get a better look at Tara from where he was standing. " I think i'll just stay here." He muttered sitting down on a chair that was against the wall.
Zac looked down and examined his best friends injuries. Her right wrist was in a brace and her left leg was in a cast from her knee to her toes. Zac's eyes drifted to her face, which had black and blue marks on it. There were 7 stiches running down her left cheek and one on her bottom lip.
Zac frowned and took her good hand in his. " Im so sorry Tara." He muttered. " We didn't mean for anything of his this to happen." He squeezed her hand a little bit then kissed it before setting it back down on the bed beside her." Let's go now guys, Mom and Dad are bringing Jessie and the others home today. We can come back later." Ike called quietly.
Taylor nodded and put his hand on his little brother's shoulder. The three walked out of the room together and into the hall way. Zac glanced in one last time to where his best friend was laying. This is all your fault. He muttered in his head.
" Tara sweetheart, do you want more pain pills?" Mrs. Richards asked her daughter. Tara shook her head no. I'm bitter. I'm completely bitter. The injured 14 year old thought in her head. It's all that bitch Andi's fault... Wait what the hell am I saying, Andi is my second best friend. .
" Are you ok?." Tara's mother looked at her daughters face worridley.
" Im fine." Tara muttered quietly. That was a lie. Her face and tounge hurt really bad. And she couldn't feel anything from her waist down.
" Well the Doctor is going to be here soon to talk about your leg." Her mother rushed sitting down in the chair beside Tara's bed.
" Why, what's wrong with my leg?" Tara snapped. The stitches in her tounge scraped against the top of her mouth. She grimaced.
" Well, They had to operate on it, I told you that." Mrs Richards said timidly, almost afraid that her daughter was going to attack her.
"I dont remember anyone talking to me until now." Tara replied scratching her nose with her good hand. " And why didn't Zac come in?" Tara mummered close to tears.
" Oh baby, He did, You just cant remember." Her mother soothed stroking her hair." Tara nodded trying to understand what was going on without getting confused and upset.
The hospital room door swung open and Tara's doctor walked in with a clipboard. Tara took a deep breath and smiled slightly at the middle aged man. " Hello Tara, Mrs. Richards." Dr. Miller greeted pulling a chair up beside Tara's mom.
" So whats wrong with my leg Doc?" Tara tried to joke, But the doctor didnt seem to have a sense of humor he just looked at her with blank eyes from behind his bifocal glasses.
" Well we had to operate, as you were told, Because of damaged tendons, ligaments, and your knee cap was crushed in one spot." The Doctor said calmly.
Tara swallowed hard, and looked to her mother. " Well, it's ok though right?" She stammerd looking from her mother to the Doctor.
" Im sorry but were not really postive yet, we have to see how everything heals, and how the damaged tendons are." The Doctor explained. After talking for about 5 more minutes, the nurse came in and gave Tara a sedative.
Right before she fell asleep, she saw a blurry face peek in through her door. It was Andi. Tara's eyes narrowed and her cheeks burned with anger. " How dare you show up here! You stupid Bitch, Do you have any idea what your gay ass dare did to me?!" Tara shouted. Her heart thudded hard in her chest and her good hand clenched in a fist and her finger nails dug into her skin. It was a good thing that her mother was in the cafeteria and her room was down the hall from the nurses station.
" I...I...Didn't mean it." Andi stammered. Her face turned bright red as she spun on her heel and bolted down the hallway.
"Bull Shit Andrea." Tara called out the door. The injured blonde proped herself up on her good elbow and peered at the empty, now desolate doorway. Its a good thing I can't walk, because I'd be out that door after her in a second. " Don't come back either"
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