| Test of Your Sanity 28 |
| �Heather!� Her eyes instantly opened. �What?� Nick smiled. �It worked.� She rolled her aching eyes and closed them again. �Wake me when there�s something important goin� on.� Nick frowned. �There�s something important.� �What?� she mumbled. �I didn�t get a morning kiss.� She tried to look annoyed, but couldn�t help smiling. Heather leaned over the safety bar and kissed him lightly. �Happy now?� He shook his head. Heather smiled and kissed him again, this time longer. �Happy?� �Nope.� She sighed heavily. �There�s just no pleasing you, is there?� Nick smiled. Heather smiled, and then leaned closer, and when their lips were about to touch, she leaned back and closed her eyes again. �Hey!� The smile that plagued her lips was too hard to keep, so she laughed. �You are too cute.� �Ok�� Heather rolled her eyes. �Then I COMPLIMENT you, and you think I�m a nut.� Nick smiled. �You�re not a nut.� �Oh really?� �Really.� �I�ll believe you�this time.� It was Nick�s turn to roll his eyes. �Whatever.� *** With a shake on his shoulder, JC woke up. He groaned and yawned, looking to see who or what had woken him up. He stopped in mid-yawn when he saw Rebecca standing over him, smiling. He gave her a toothy grin and she laughed. �Good morning JC.� �Good morning Reb.� �So any progress overnight?� she asked. JC shook his head sadly. �Nope. None at all.� �Don�t worry. She�ll be ok soon.� �Hope so. I don�t know what I�d do if she died.� �Don�t worry. She�ll be fine.� Rebecca bit her lip. She didn�t want to tell him that the chances that she would survive were about 1 in 5. �I hope so.� �Did you stay here the whole night?� she asked, changing the subject. �Yeah.� Her eyebrows furrowed. �Huh.� �What?� �She should�ve woken up by now,� she muttered. �WHAT?� JC cried. �Um, uh, it�s nothing serious�it�s just that she was supposed to wake up like last night. That is, if she�s only unconscious.� �She�s ONLY unconscious right?� JC asked, his palms sweaty. �I don�t know. Just step out for a moment and I�ll have the other doctors help.� JC got up shakily and left the room, praying to himself. He got into the waiting room and sat down in a chair closest to the room he was just in. �Hey.� JC looked up and said, �Oh hey.� �What�s up?� he asked, sitting down. �I don�t know. And that�s what worries me,� JC mumbled. �Is it about Jessie?� �Yeah. She was supposed to wake up like last night or something. But she�s not.� �But�but we were in there just last night,� he said, panicked. �She was fine then! What�s wrong with her?� �I don�t know,� was all JC could say. Rebecca came out again, with the same expression she had all the times she came out. �What�s the news?� JC asked, standing up, AJ on his heels. �She�s in a coma.� �C-coma? As in sleeping?� JC stuttered. �Kind of. But she�s unconscious.� �Can this be any worse?� JC cried. �Yes. She can be dead.� �Thank you for enlightening me,� JC said sarcastically. �Can I see her?� Rebecca nodded, still shocked by his coldness. JC breezed by her and went into the room. He sighed when he realized how unkind he was to Rebecca just then. All she was doing was her job. He made a note to apologize later. JC made his way to the bed where Jessie had been laying on for the past 2 days. He just wanted to hold her and tell her it�ll be all right, but that was out of the question. She was in serious condition and possibly not awake for months. Since he knew, he could see the differences of her face and body from last night till that moment. She was definitely paler, and her breathing was slow. JC sighed. �This is gonna be a LONG month.� Then his head snapped up. �Oh damn the tour!� He turned sharply and almost ran back out of the room looking for Lance. When he was nowhere to be found, he dialed quickly on his cell phone. Ring�ring� �Hello?� �Lance?� �JC? Hey.� �I just thought of something.� �The tour?� �How�d you know?� JC asked, surprised. �We were wondering how long it would take for you to notice.� �Oh,� JC said, not sure to take the comment offensively or not. �What�s gonna happen?� �We�re just gonna postpone it till she wakes up.� JC sighed. �But what about the fans? Won�t they be kinda disappointed?� �Think about it JC. What is more important? A loud concert or the health of a loved one? Hmm?� Lance asked. �I guess I see your point.� �Yeah. Anything else you need?� Lance asked. �Yeah.� �What?� �A Big Mac.� JC smiled as Lance laughed. �Gotcha.� JC chuckled and said, �Alright see ya man. Oh and Lance?� �Yeah?� �How �bout an order of fries and a Coke?� �Now you�re pushin.� JC laughed. �Just get over here.� �Gotcha.� *** �Hey! Nick.� Nick looked up from his position on the side of Heather�s bed. �Hmm?� AJ sighed. �It�s Jessie�� �What?� they asked. �She�s in a coma.� �A coma?� AJ nodded. �She was supposed to wake up but�� �Can�t comas kill somebody?� Heather asked uncertainly. �Yeah. I think so.� �Oh god. Now I really feel bad.� �It�s not your fault. Now you know that you shouldn�t take things for granted�I guess,� Nick murmured. �Man. This is NOT a good week.� Next |