"Have you heard something yet?!" Carly asked Howie when she came back from the cafeteria.
"No nothing yet" Howie replied taking his coffes she was handing him.
"Gosh when are they gonna tell us something.... he's been in the coma since almost 48 hours and all they able to tell us is that he had broken bone and he is in the coma... I think we all noticed that he is in the coma..."Carly cried softly.
"Shhh it's ok baby!" Howie reassured her. He hold her tight trying to be stronger as possible for everybody.
"I hope so!"Carly sighed
"Eat this!" Becky said handing a sandwich to Naomie.
"I'm not hungry ,thanks!"
"You didn't eat for 2 days Naomie you need energy!" Becky told her.
"I'm ok! I'm not hungry... I'll eat it later!" Naomie told her looking back at the window.
"Nam... you're killing yourself by doing what you're doing. You didn't sleep and eat for 48 hours.!" Becky said worried.
"Fine then.." Noamie said sotfly starting to cry again.
"Dammit Nam... I know it's hard for you... it's hard for everybody but you're not helping him by destroying yourself!"
"I am not hungry all alright? give me a break!" Naomie yelled trowing the sandwich back at Becky as she got up on her feet and walked to the bathroom in the other hall way.
"What happened?"Aj asked when he heard the scream from Nick's room.
"I was just trying to help her..." Becky said starting to cry. They we're all very exhausted and didn't know what to do anymore. Some of them had passed by their house to take a shower and change clothes and tried to sleep a lilttle bit but, some others, like Naomie, Brian, Becky, Aj and Nick's parents were most of the time there. Actually, Naomie, Brian and Jane haven't left the hospital since the accident.
"I know Honey I know!!" Aj wispered taking her in his arms, kissing her forehead.
"I hate seeing her going trough this one more time... I can't help her... "
"You can help ...You're there for her and it count... she's upset right now..we're all upset... but she's more cuz she feels guilty for what happened and she shouldn't... plus, she loves him... and she's scared of losing him just like she lost her mother and her ex boyfriend!" Aj explain, even if he knows that Becky knew all of this.
"I know!"
"You should try to sleep honey you're exhausted!"AJ told her
"I tried but I can't... "Becky said wiping the tears from her eyes.
AJ wrapped her in his arms and layed on the couch "Try in my arms!" he said.
"I love you!" she told him before to plant a quick kiss on his lips... She closed her eyes and fell asleep in AJ arms.
"I love you back!" he smiled trying to not let his tears flow as he closed his eyes
Noamie walked in the hopital's garden letting the tears flow on her cheek. She was so exhausted. She had the feeling that all just happened was a dream and that she would wake up and Nick would be okay...and that they would still laugh they ass off and that Brian would forgive and forget what Nick did... But she knew that this was just an impression, cuz the pain that she was feeling was too real to be just an impression...or just a feeling. She went back inside where everybody was. Becky was sleeping in AJ's arms, Howie was holding Carly, Brian was talking to Leighanne... She just wanted to run away... she was completly alone... nobody... cuz the one she loved was between life and death, he wasn't able to move...even to speak..he wasn't conscious. She sat on one of the many couch and tried to stop crying.... "If only you could hear me...." She wispered.
He walked in a place that seemed familliar, he looked all around him searching for someone.
"Someone hear me?!" He shouted. "Helllo???"
"Don't scream, you're gonna wake the deads!" the female voice said.
"It's you..." Nick said with his eyes wide open.
"Yeah.. it's me!" the angel said. "You gave me one of those fear!!"
"What am I doing back here?!" Nick asked seating on a white bench
"I should ask you this question! What are you doing back here?!?"
"I don't know... I don't even know what is happening to me..."
"You had a car accident! It's normal that you don't remember anything... you hit your head pretty bad!" the angel explained.
"Oh..." Nick exclaimed "So am I...am I..."
"Dead?!"
"Yeah..."
"No you're not! You're in the coma! You'll have to fight for your life tough!"
"I don't know if I want to fight!" Nick said sadly "I feel so tired!"
"I won't let you loose!" the angel said.
"Who are you?!" Nick asked looking at the white shadow... He couldn't see the face of the angel but he knew that he probably could If he kept looking at it.
"I'm your angel! Don't you listen to me when I talk!" the angel laughed.
"What's the name of my angel then!"
"I don't know! All I know is that I'm here for you... I guess I have a different name to different people... this time I'm sorry I can't answer that question!"
"This can't be real... I'm still in a dream.... you're just a dream.... you're not real!" Nick said getting angry.
"I am real... in your dreams... Even If I had a name... you couldn't use it on earth... cuz all I am is an angel... all I am is your angel!" the angel exlpained.
"I know that I know you.... I know... I can't see your face but if I could I could tell who you really are!"
"You don't need to see my face!"
"I just wanna know who my angel is!"Nick told the angel.
"You don't need to know... the important..is that you have one...and you have me!"
"Yeah..."
"Now you have to calm down! You have to be calm don't get upset! It's not good for your heart!"
"I don't care about my heart if I can't see your face!"
"Nick!"
"I just want to see your face!"
"But you can't!"
"Dammit!"
"Hey.. no words like this up here!" the angel laughed.
"Sorry..."
"Much better!"
"Are you gonna help me?!"
"Oh So now he wants my help!" the angel giggled.
"I just don't want to screw everything up one more time... and I'm scared that this is what's gonna happen If you don't help me !" Nick confessed.
"I'm sure gonna help you... I'm there for you... but you'll be alone on this way... I'll be right there If you need me..anytime...anywhere!! I'm always gonna be there!" the angel said pointing his heart.
"What am I supposed to do..."
"You fight for you're life!"
"yeah!"
"This is the biggest battle you'll never do Nick!! and you have to win!"
"Who cares If I don't!"
"Lots of people!!lots of people! Can't you hear them cry their hearts out for you... they need you... they love you Nick!!You have to fight for them!"
"Maybe you're right! Will I find you If I fight?"
"Nick!"
"What?? I just want to know!"
"I promise you will!" the angel said.
"You promise?!"
"I promise!" the angel said before to disapear.
Brian and Leighanne were in a corner of the room talking about things an others..well mostly about the accident and Brian was revealing his feelings about it. He had always felt good to talk about his feelings with Leighanne. And he was happy she was at his side during this rough moment.
"But don't feel responsable Brian...it's not your fault... it's nobody's fault.." Leighanne said.
"Well...if I would have forgive him before...he wouldn't have take his car to join me..." Brian replied.
"Maybe not...but maybe he would have taken his car another time...for another reason...and maybe would have been hit by the van... it's the destiny Brian... Nobody wanted him to get this accident...it just happened. Nobody has to feel guilty!" Leighanne said.
"Maybe you're right..." Brian sighed. "But there's a part of me saying that it wouldn't have happened if I would have forgive him..."
"Don't listen to that part of you Brian... It's the little devil in your head trying to make you feel guilty.." she smiled. Brian smiled back knowing she was right.
"You're always right.." he said smiling.
"Not always but...this time I know I am!" she giggled.
"Thank you for being there.." Brian said.
"You're welcome...but I should go now... I have a meeting for the movie in an hour."
"Okay..."
"I'll come back tonight of tomorrow night. If there are any changes, or if you want to talk...just call me alright?"
"Ok, thanks a lot." Brian said hugging her. He felt good and didn't want to let her go. She pulled him away and smiled before to leave. Brian sat down and fell asleep on the little wood chair.
Naomie woke up and realized she was still sitting beside Nick, with his hand in hers. She looked around her and saw everyone else was sleeping too in the room. She looked up at Nick's face and saw something strange. His face was covered with sweat. She didn't know what to do and her heart started to beat faster. She calmed down and with her other hand, she pushed the little red button so a nurse would come and see what is going on.
"Be strong Nick... please..." she whispered.
"Is something wrong?" a young woman asked entering in the room.
"Well...I don't know if it's wrong or what... but look, he's sweating a lot... and he is breathing heavy..." Naomie replied showing Nick's face. The nurse took a look at Nick and frowned.
"I'll go get the doctor.." the nurse said before to leave the room.
"What's going on?" Becky asked waking up.
"I don't know... he's sweating and breathing heavy..." Naomie replied not leaving his side.
"What??" Aj exclaimed standing up. He walked to Nick's bed, followed by Becky. Carly, Howie and Brian woke up too and ran to see Nick.
"I don't know if it's a good sign or now..." Howie sighed.
"Did you call a nurse??" Brian asked worried.
"Yeah...she said she was going to get the doctor... " Naomie replied squeezing Nick's hand. Her heart was going to explode. She didn't know what was going on and she didn't know if it was a good thing or not. Her mind was freaking out.
"What's wrong?" the doctor asked coming in the room.
"We don't know... " Brian replied.
"I woke up and I saw his face in sweat... " Naomie said.
"Ok...I want everyone out of the room please" the doctor ordered pushing them all out. Naomie squeezed Nick's hand a last time and left the room with the others. The waited outside, all quiet and wondering what was going on. At this moment, Jane and Bob arrived from the cafeteria.
"What happened??" Bob asked running to them.
"We don't know... he was sweating a lot and breathing loud... " Naomie repeated for the 3rd time.
"God..." Jane sighed taking the hand of her husband.
They waited there during a few minutes, all hoping it was nothing wrong. The doctor finally came out of the room with the nurse. Everyone looked at him, waiting for an explaination.
"So? What happened?" Aj asked impatient.
"We'll have to take Nick for some tests again. He has a lot of fever and a really high blood pressure.." the doctor explained.
"And it's not good?" Becky asked.
"Well, sometimes, it's normal for people in a coma to have those symtoms... it only means that there's something going on in his mind and the fever and pressure are the physical effects to it... but we wants to make sure that it's nothing bigger.." the doctor said.
"Like what?" Jane asked.
"Infection coming from his leg... or any inside bleeding... or any other damage in his brain."
"Oh... do you think it can be that?"
"We can't say...I'm sorry. If it's an infection, we would have seen it by the blood tests. But we'll make another brain scan, to make sure everything is alright in his head." the doctor answered. "As I said, we're only doing those test to make sure everything is alright. Maybe it's only something happening in his mind.."
"Like a nightmare?"
"Yeah exactly. Maybe he's just trying too much to wake up."
"Really???" Brian asked with hope.
"Yes but it's not so good because he's tiring hiself by doing that... anyway, we'll get him downstair, for the test and we'll give you the news as soon as we have some." the doctor said.
"Ok thank you doctor.." Bob replied.
A few minutes later, two male nurses came in and took Nick's bed downstair for the scan. They came back an hour later with Nick still 'sleeping'. Everyone sighed and waited again for the doctor to come back with the results.
"We're waiting all the time... " Aj whined.
"Yeah I know.." Becky replied with a sigh. "We have no choice.."
"Sometimes I'd like to take Nick by the shoulders and shake him until he wakes up... " Aj said as Becky giggled.
"I don't want to see you do that!!!"
"Don't worry baby...I would never do that... I just feel like it'd be a great way to wakes him up.. he's driving us all crazy!" Aj sighed. Becky wrapped her arms around him and they sat in silent, waiting again for the doctor.
"Hey guys" Ashley said entering in the room. Everyone greeted her not really happily but she could understand why. "Does something happened?" she asked Jane, sitting next to her.
"Yeah kind of. They had to take him for another scan and blood test because he's having fever and high blood pressure." Jane explained.
"Oh God... " Ashley whispered. "I hope everything will be fine."
"We all do sweetie." Jane smiled. "Is something wrong? You look preoccupied?"
"Oh well... I got a fight with my boyfriend this morning.." Ashley sighed, tears in her eyes. "But I'm okay.."
"Well, you don't look okay... "
"It's just that... he doesn't understand that Nick is my friend and that I care about him... I don't know if it's a jealousy thing or what... but I'm exhausted and tired to have always the same talk with him..." Ashley replied.
"I see...don't worry, everything will be fine sweetheart..." Nick's mother said rubbing her back.
Ashley smiled back and then stood up and sat on the chair beside Nick's bed. She talked to him mentally, knowing that they always had been able to talk by mind...well that's what they always thought when they were younger. She knew he was able to understand her.
"Do you think we should call Kevin and Stacey to tell them what is going on?" Howie asked Brian.
"I think we should wait until the doctor comes back. Let's not worry them for nothing..." he answered.
"Yeah you're right." Howie said. Carly left the two guys alone and went to sit beside Naomie.
"So...how are you doing?" she asked, knowing the answer.
"I'm alright I guess... " Naomie replied glancing at Nick.
"You know...I hope he'll realize or know how much you love him when he'll wakes up..." Carly said.
"Why do you say that?"
"Because you don't realize you're killing yourself by helping and supporting him. It's not anyone who would do this. And you've been through this two times and you're not giving up. You're not leaving him. It's really admirable. You really love him a lot!" Carly exclaimed.
"Hell yeah!" she sighed with a little giggle.
"It's great to see you smile..." Carly said smiling herself.
The doctor came in the room at this moment. Everyone stood up and walked around him.
"Any news?" Jane asked full of hope.
"Yes and a good one." the doctor smiled as everyone sigh with relief. "There's nothing wrong. Everything in his head is fine and is lef too. His blood is alright too."
"So the fever was only because of ... a 'nightmare'?" Brian asked.
"Yes. We'll come and check on him often, to make sure the fever goes away. His breathing is fine now and his blood pressure will lower during the day. Well, let's hope so!"
"And if it doesn't?"
"We'll make other tests... I really don't know why it wouldn't... we did all the tests that we could and we found nothing strange." the doctor explained.
"That's great. Thanks a lot."
"No problem. A nurse will come every hour to make sure he's okay. If you see anything strange again, just call a nurse!" the doctor said before to walked away.
Everyone hugged, knowing Nick was alright. Maybe he wasn't out of the coma but at least, everything else was okay. Carly and Howie went back to their houses for the evening. Stacey and Kevin came during the evening and left late in the night, with Becky and Aj. Nick's parents decided to go back at their house only for this night because they didn't want to leave the other kids alone too much time and Bob had to go in New York with Leslie the next day. Only Brian, Naomie and Ashley stayed for the night.
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