I woke up around 5:00 and instantly I knew where I was and why I was here. I was in the hospital because Alexis was hit by a car. I got up and walked to the nearest bathroom. The light from the bathroom blinded my eyes temporarily. I looked terrible. My eyes were red and puffy from crying. My hair was tangled and there was dry blood on my cheeks. Wetting a small piece of tissue I wiped away the blood. I turned on the faucet letting the cool water run and then I splashed my face with it. I gasped, the water was colder than I thought. Then I wiped off the driping water. I combed my hair with my fingers; untangling it gently.
Outside of the bathroom I walked back to the waiting room. Magazines were scattered on a center table. There was a green couch (where I had fallen asleep) and a few chairs around the table. A nurse walked by holding a clip board. I stopped her to ask her about Alexis' condition.
She flipped through the papers on her clip board. She smiled and looked up, "She's going to be alright she just lost a lot of blood, a few broken bones, and a few minor bruises."
I sighed with relief, "Thank you." She nodded and walked on. I sat down feeling relieved.
After and hour Belle ran into the room. She looked like she hadn't slept at all. Her eyes were red as if she had been crying too. Her hair was pulled back into a messy pony tail and she wore some jeans and a t-shirt. She saw me sitting there and ran towards me.
She hugged me and started crying. It felt good to have someone that felt the same way you did. It made me feel better.
"What happened?" she asked through tears.
I had her sit down and calm down. I didn't want her crying while I told her what had happened. She pulled out a tissue and wiped her face. I started from the beginning. From the time I had found Oscar cheating to where Alexis got hit.
After I had finished we sat there in silence. Belle didn't say anything and it made me nervous. I didn't know if she was mad at me or not. When I had told her the part about me going out with Nick Carter she had just looked at me shocked. Now she sat in the corner of the couch with her head down.
A moment later she began to speak to me," How come you never told us?"
I looked up from reading an article and responded," I just didn't know if I could tell you or not..." We kept on talking about it. I apologized to her for not telling her. I noticed she had her cellphone with her. It hit me that I hadn't talked to Nick since the other day. I asked Belle for her cell, she knew what I needed for so she smiled and handed it to me.
I dialed Nick's number but his answering machine answered.... so I left a message for him to come to the hospital. I hung up and handed Belle her phone back.
"Is he cute?" she asked looking at me.
I laughed, "He's hott!"
"Do you have a picture?"
"No, I have one at home.... Oh!!! wait... one of these magazines must have a picture of him."
With her help we looked through magazines until we found one of him. I handed the magazine to her so she could get a closer look at him. She looked at the picture and a huge smile brightnened her face, "Damn! You are so lucky!"
I laughed at her comment. She looked at me and said, "You have to tell me everything now!" I told her everything and she laughed and looked at me with puppy faces.
"Does he have a brother?" she asked when I was done
I laughed, "Be quiet..." I said jokingly. Just at that moment I felt a pair of hands cover my eyes.
"Guess who?" a familiar voice said in my ear. I pulled the hands down and turned around to find Nick standing there smiling. I kissed him and told him to sit down. He sat down next to me and held my hand.
"Nick I want you to meet one of my best friends," I said looking over at Belle.
He looked over to her, smiled, and shook her hand. "Nice to meet you, I'm Nick."
"Belle," she said with a dumbfounded look.
"So what happened?" Nick said looking back at me.
I told him what had happened to Alexis. He listened and squeezed my hand when I had finished.
"Have they let you see her?"
"No."
He stood up and left. I was confused. Belle and I just looked at each other wondering what Nick was doing. After a while Nick came back accompanied by a doctor. They stop infront of us.
"Are any of you family?" the doctor asked looking at us.
"No, her family lives out of the state."
"Well, are you close friends?" he asked.
Belle and I nodded in agreement to his question. Nick had sat down again next to me.
"I'll let you go one at a time." The doctor left leaving us alone again.
"You go first," I told Belle.
She looked over at me, nodded and said,"Ok."
She stood up and walked over to the door. She looked back at us and walked in. The door closed silently behind her.
Nick looked over at me worried, "Are you ok?"
I nodded. His hand was warm and strong. I got lost in his bright blue eyes. His face came towards mine and he gave me a sweet kiss. I ran my fingers through his hair and he placed his hand on my back. I pulled away and smiled at him.
For fifteen minutes we sat there and looked over magazines and talked about us. Then Belle came out. Her eyes were red and I knew right away that she had been crying. I stood up and hugged her.
"Go, ahead," She said.
I let go of her and walked over to the door. The door handle was cold and it felt weird when I grasped it. I pushed the door open and walked in.
I found myself in a white room. On the side there was a window and a door which led to a bathroom. In the middle of the room there was a bed with white sheets.
Alexis lay on the bed her body seemed so frail. She was hooked up to lots of machines. Her face which was once flawless was now scrached and bruised. There was a chair next to the bed where Belle might have sat at.
I sat down and took her limp hand into mine. Her body was cold as ice. A machine beeped and another hummed. I removed some hair that layed on her face.
"I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt you. I love you like a sister and it hurts me to see you like this because....it's all my faul. But I know you're going to get better and maybe someday you can forgive me. Maybe someday things will be the same. You're my best friend and I don't want anything bad to happen to you. I don't want you to... die. Remember when we were little you used to tell me that you would always take care of me because you were older..." A tear rolled down my cheek and I wiped it away with the back of my hand. "Remember you promised you would never leave me. So now I'm holding you to that promise and you have to pull through. You have to be there for me. Please...."
The room fell silent after I had finished speaking. Tears rolled down my eyes and I had no control over them. I just let them fall freely. I kissed her hand and placed it on the bed again. I forced myself to get up and walk out.
Outside of the room Nick and Belle talked. Nick looked up at me as he saw me step out. I needed him so badly right now. I wrapped my arms around his neck and cried. He wrapped his arms around me and comforted me. Using his hands he wiped my tears off.
"Are you better now?" he asked looking at me.
I nodded, "I just need to sit down."
"No, you need to go home and rest," Belle said.
"Belle's right, you need some rest. C'mon I'll take you home and stay with you." He grabbed my stuff and said bye to Belle.
"Bye, Belle," I said.
I followed Nick outside of the hospital. It was raining really bad outside. Nick took his jacket off and put it over our heads. We ran as quickly as possible to his car. I got in to my side and he to his side. I placed the jacket in the backseat. Nick turned on the air conditioning and the car.
We drove in silence to the apartment. I didn't feel like talking and Nick was probably too tired. We arrived at my apartment only to run to it too. Inside it was warm, but there was a huge mess.
Nick wrapped his arms around me
and kissed my neck,"Let's go upstairs so we can rest."
I kissed him and we headed upstairs to the bed. I pulled the blankets down and jumped in. Nick followed taking his shoes off. He then pulled the blanket over us and wrapped his arms around me. I held his arms and laid my head on his chest. That's the last I rememeber because then I fell asleep warm in his arms.
