Chapter 32

Jace:

*Ring ring ring* I wake up to my phone ringing. I look at the time to see that it is 3am. 'Hmmm, that's odd who could be calling me at this time?'

"Hello? This is Jace." I about jump out of bed, goose bumps rising on my arms...it's the hospital. Tear begin to stream down my face as the person on the other end of the line continues to speak to me. The only thing I can understand is it is important for me to get to the hospital quickly. Before I can even hang up my phone I am already in my truck hauling my ass to the hospital. A drive that usually 10 minutes only took me 5 minutes. I know I should be driving safer but when it comes to Scar I have no care if it means I can protect her or try and take care of her.

I park my truck quickly and sprint into the hospital. "Ma'am can I please have a visitors pass for the ICU please?" I look at her knowing that she can see the anxiety in my eyes.

"Sure thing I just need your name and the name of the patient please." She looks at me with a look of calm on her face. I take a deep breath trying to calm myself.

"My name is Jace and I am here to see my girlfriend Scarlet, she is in the ICU." I take another deep breath and wait patiently for her to finish writing out my visitors pass.

"Ok Jace, here you are. Have a good visit." She smiles at me with reassurance. "Thank you kindly." I reply as I sprint in the direction of the ICU. When I get to the ICU a nurse comes straight to me before I can get to Scarlet's room causing my anxiety to spike.

Hi there you must be Jace I am one of Scarlet's nurses tonight. I know that the nurse who called you didn't tell you much but I just wanted to fill you in on Scarlet's current condition. We tried to reach Camerone but he didn't answer so we left him a voicemail." Just before she can tell me about Scarlet's condition Camerone comes running into the ICU looking just as panicked as I currently feel.

"Hi there I am Camerone, I am Scarlet's brother. Is she ok?" Camerone is panting from running to the ICU from where he was working in the emergency room. The nurse looks at both Camerone and myself as we both hold our breath anticipating the bad news that we fear is coming.

"Ok Camerone and Jace, the quick update on Scarlet may come as a shock, I know that it was for all of us nurses here who have been working closely with her." She pauses looking at us very serious, and my heart sinks to the floor. 'This can't be good, something really bad happened.' "About an hour ago we started to see some brainwave activity which is a huge plus. Even more amazingly we were finally able to remove her breathing tube about 30 minutes ago, she is finally breathing on her own and it would appear that she is definitely improving."

Camerone and I both let out a huge sigh of relief till of course we notice that the nurse has a serious look on her face and as if she had some sort of bad news causing the relief I just felt to diminish quickly and even quicker turn into fear. I swallow hard terrified what the nurse may say next and I can hear the audible gulp from Camerone beside me, we must both be thinking the same thing because I can feel tension radiating off of him like a knife cutting straight threw my soul.

"That's not it for the good news either..." She finally breaks the serious look on her face and has a huge grin on her face as if she knows that she got us good. "She is finally awake. She is still very tired and needs to rest before she can be cleared to go back home. We are still monitoring her brain to make sure that there isn't any unseen bleeds or damage that would be concerning. So far it appears that she is in great shape considering the accident that she was in. In all honesty it would appear that she is walking away from the accident with nothing more then some scrapes, bumps, bruises, and some torn muscles in her right leg. If all continues to go well she should be able to go home in 24 hours. She won't be able to go back to work till she is cleared by her doctor which at the minimum could be 2 weeks, as for school she can go back as soon as she is ready as tolerated." She smiles at us again and I can't help the smile that spreads across my face knowing that my Baby girl is finally doing better that I may finally be able to hear her sweet voice and see her mesmerizing eyes.

"Y'all can go see her now if you like." Once again she smiles at us just before she turns on her heel and walks into another patients room. Camerone and I both run to Scarlet's room and fall short of her door, we both take a deep breath and try to calm ourselves before we head in to see her. We walk through the door into the dark room, her eyes shoot open at the sound of our entrance and for the first time in days we finally get to hear her voice.

"Cam? Jace?" Her voice sounds as if and Angel has spoken even with the hoarseness from the lack of use. Hearing her say my name brings me to my knees and the tears begin to fall down my cheeks even though I had not given them permission to escape the floodgates. Again she speaks softly, "Cam, Jace? Where am I? What happened to me?" In this moment hearing her ask what happened I choke on a sob that rips through my chest, I felt like I was dying here, I felt all of the guilt that I had suppressed, I knew it wasn't something that I could have kept from happening but I should have been there to try.

Camerone makes his way over to the side of her bad and gently takes her hand in his, I struggle to pull myself together and to pull myself up off of the floor where I have fallen, I wish to be beside her but I can't find my strength. I listen to Cams calm voice as he explains to her that she has been in a horrible accident and that Beast is totaled but he couldn't let the insurance company take it because he knows how much that bike means to her. I hear her gasp as he tells her that she has been in a coma for almost a full week.

I finally find the strength I need to pull myself off of the floor and go to the other side of her bed. "Jace? Are you ok my love? Cam Jace I am so sorry for putting you through this I can't imagine what you have been through..." She looks so sad and fragile, I can hear that Cam is struggling to find the right words but I know just what to say he was strong enough to tell her what happened when I couldn't find the strength to even stand, the least that I can do is respond to this for him.

I kiss her forehead gently and speak the best that I can manage around the huge lump that I can't swallow to force away, "Baby girl don't you dare apologize for this. You could not have known what was going to happen none of us could have known. We love you so much and more then anything you waking up makes everything better." I look at Cam to see him nod in agreement. I kiss her on her forehead and I feel her push her head against my lips like she has always done and my heart squeezes with love. 'I have missed this so damn much thank you God for bringing her back to me.'

Camerone squeezes her hand gently just in time for his pager to go off signaling that he is needed back at work in the emergency room. He sighs impatiently and hesitantly drops her hand, "Alright Scar Bear I am sorry that I have to leave so soon, unfortunately work calls. I will be back as quickly as I can be. You just sit her and worry about getting stronger. I love you Scar Bear, it is so good to see you awake again."