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Post by Meta on Sept 21, 2008 22:13:53 GMT -5
Before Chris could answer, he heard her scream. "Bella?!" He heard some horrible, deafening noises, and pulled the phone away from his ear to look at it. He tried not to panic and think of what to do. Being more than a dozen floors up, he didn't hear the collision. He kept trying to call Bella back and had his secretary do the same, but they couldn't reach her. In less than ten minutes, a co-worker came back from his early lunch break to tell them there had been an accident outside. Chris didn't wait for him to finish telling the details, before running to the nearest elevator and pressing the lobby button. He knew it would be faster than the stairs, but every second he spent in the elevator felt like forever until the doors finally opened. He ran outside and glanced both ways, spotting Bella's totaled car up the street. His heart skipped a beat and he sprinted over, only to be stopped by a fireman. "That's my fiancee!" He yelled, glancing at her car as he continued trying to push past him.
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Post by April :D on Sept 22, 2008 18:40:12 GMT -5
Bella had completely blacked out, unaware that paramedics and firemen were swarming the scene. She was also unaware of the severity of the collision, and the fact that she was on a stretcher being lifted into an ambulance, ready to rush her to the hospital.
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Post by Meta on Sept 22, 2008 18:49:21 GMT -5
Seeing Bella being loaded into the ambulance, Chris left the fireman and went over to the paramedics. "I'm her fiancee." He told them, and they let him ride along. He sat next to one of them, looking down at Bella with extreme concern. He had no idea if she would be okay, and he wanted to take her hand or do something, but he didn't know if he could. He finally made up his mind and went to take her hand in his.
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Post by April :D on Sept 22, 2008 18:51:55 GMT -5
Bella couldn't feel or see anything. By the time they got her to the hospital, she had lost a massive amount of blood and was in very critical condition.
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Post by Meta on Sept 22, 2008 18:58:56 GMT -5
Once they took her to the OR, Chris was forced to stay in the waiting room, where he remained standing and pacing. Occasionally he would sit down and put his head in his hands, but then he would quickly stand up and resume his pacing.
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Post by April :D on Sept 22, 2008 19:50:41 GMT -5
Hours later, though it may have seemed like days, a doctor walked out to talk to Chris. He was holding a clipboard and as he looked up from it, he asked Chris if he was here with Bella, with a serious tone to his voice.
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Post by Meta on Sept 22, 2008 20:08:03 GMT -5
Chris had pulled his tie loose and looked as distraught as ever. He finally stopped pacing when he saw the doctor, and nodded, looking at him. "How is she?"
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Post by April :D on Sept 22, 2008 20:11:58 GMT -5
The doctor softened his expression as he put the clipboard under his arm and watched Chris. "She's alive.. barely hanging on.. but she's a fighter. We've done all we can for her at this point, but she is in a drug induced coma, hopefully she will be waking up soon."
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Post by Meta on Sept 22, 2008 20:26:20 GMT -5
Chris was only slightly relieved. "Can I see her?"
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Post by April :D on Sept 22, 2008 20:28:14 GMT -5
The doctor smiles slightly, seeing how scared Chris still was. He wanted to make Chris feel better, so he nodded. "She won't be responding, but you can go sit with her if that would make you feel better." He looks at her chart. "Room 304"
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Post by Meta on Sept 22, 2008 20:34:33 GMT -5
Chris nodded again, "Thank you." He walked away and headed to her room. When he found it, he took a deep breath and walked inside. He slowly walked over to Bella's bedside, looking down at her. His eyes were glassy as he leaned down closer to her. "I'm sorry.." He told her quietly before sitting down next to her bed and taking her hand in his.
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Post by April :D on Sept 22, 2008 20:39:37 GMT -5
Bella was all scratched up, and internally was suffering from minor brain damage resulting in memory loss. She had bruises and scrapes everywhere and a few broken ribs. She looked nothing like herself and was still unconscious.
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Post by Meta on Sept 22, 2008 20:50:12 GMT -5
"I love you.." Chris added, repeating it every so often, hoping she could hear him. He looked at her hand, rubbing it gently with his thumb, and looked down. He had no idea how long she would be unconscious, if she would even wake up, but he didn't plan on leaving until she did. He looked at her, remaining hopeful.
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Post by April :D on Sept 22, 2008 20:52:51 GMT -5
A nurse came in to check some machines and looked at him. "I'm not sure when she'll wake up, Sir. She's got a whole mess of painkillers in her system."
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Post by Meta on Sept 22, 2008 20:55:45 GMT -5
Chris glanced at the nurse and then looked back to Bella, feeling guilty as he thought about their argument the night before. "I'm not going anywhere.."
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Post by April :D on Sept 22, 2008 20:57:48 GMT -5
The nurse smiles a little more as she looks at the ring on Bella's finger, then Chris'. "Are you her fiance?" Haley, the nurse, had always been a little nosy.. and she wanted to help Chris through this.
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Post by Meta on Sept 22, 2008 21:03:54 GMT -5
Chris nods and reluctantly looks away from Bella, glancing at her ring since he assumed that was how she figured it out. He then looked at Haley. "I'm supposed to be, but I haven't been much of anything for her lately.." He looked back to Bella, feeling tears stinging his eyes. "I haven't been here for her.."
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Post by April :D on Sept 22, 2008 21:11:29 GMT -5
Haley watches him, nodding as he spoke. "We've seen plenty of those problems around here" She walks over closer to him and places a hand gently on his shoulder from behind him, "Most of them turn out happily." She smiles down at him. "I'm Haley if you need anything, I'll be with Bella most of the time-- and it looks like you will too" She waves slightly as she walks out of the room.
Bella was still pretty knocked out.
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Post by Meta on Sept 22, 2008 21:19:06 GMT -5
Chris looked up at her, "Thanks." He watched her leave and then looked back to Bella, hoping things turned out happily for them. He wondered if Haley had just been trying to make him feel better, but he shook those thoughts from his mind and concentrated on Bella. He wished there was something he could do for her.
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Post by April :D on Sept 23, 2008 20:35:42 GMT -5
Haley glanced back in the room as she walked down the hall and sighed, feeling slightly bad for him. Bella wasn't going to wake up any time soon.
A few weeks FF or a few days?
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