Status: Complete
You're Not Like the Others
Ch.17
We arrived at the hospital in about 10 minutes, like I told Abby I would. I practically ran to the front desk
"Excuse me could you tell me what room Abby Summers is in?"
The receptionist typed on her computer
Hurry up please I thought
"Since she's a child, I need to ask what your relation to her is"
"I'm her mother" I said with annoyance
"Alright, she's in room 569"
"Thanks" I said
Soon Zak started walking with me
"What room?"
"569"
We got in the elevator Zak hit the 5th floor button. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes to calm myself down. I used to like elevators until one day when I was 8 an elevator that I was on with my dad stopped and we were stuck in there for six hours. And I don't like small spaces.
"You ok?"
"I'll be fine" I said with a shaky voice
Elevator hurry and open your door! I thought
After what felt like 20 minutes it finally went 'ding' and opened. Me and Zak got out and we headed to Abby's room. When we got to the room I ran in and hugged her tightly. After a minute I let go and examined her. All she had was a few scratches and bruises
"What happened baby girl?" I asked with tears in my eyes
She opened her mouth and started talking
>>>>> ANYBODY'S POV<<<<<<
"Ya'll ready to go home?" Gloria asked the kids as they came back to the table at Chuck-E-Cheese
"Yeah" the kids said
"Alright, get your prizes and lets get goin'"
Abby grabbed her giraffe that was pink with hot pink spots and was as tall as her. She, Brett, Travis, Lily, Hailey, and Gloria headed to the car
"Don't forget to buckle up" Gloria said as she opened the back passenger door
Travis got in first then Brett, Hailey, Lily, and Abby got in. Gloria shut the door and the kids buckled their seltbelts. Gloria got in the drivers seat, buckled her seatbelt and started the vehicle
"Ya'll buckled up?"
"Yes"
She then drove off. While driving Selena Gomez's Round and Round came on and the girls started singing and the boys mocked the girls. When it was over Travis unbuckled his seatbelt
"Watch this" he whispered to Brett
He reached over to Hailey and unbuckled her belt
"Stop it Travis"
Travis sat back in his seat quickly
"Travis what are you doing?" Gloria asked looking in the rearview mirror for a second
"Noth-"
"He's undoing our seatbelts" Hailey said
"Travis now stop that and put your seatbelt back on before I give you an old fashioned spankin'"
Travis put his belt back on and pouted. Five minutes past and they stopped at a stop light, they were about 6 minutes away from the house. The light on the other side changed green and the vehicles started going
"GG when's the light going to change? I've got to go to the bathroom" Brett said
"Here in a second sweetheart"
Then the light changed red and then theirs changed green. Gloria started driving again and noticed something. A black extended SUV was on her side of the road heading straight towards her at full speed
"Kids I need you to hang on to something tightly" she said as calm as she could because she knew that she wouldn't be able to dodge the SUV in time.
The kids grabbed on to something tightly
"GG what's going on?" Lily asked worriedly
"Just do what I told you" she said to Lily then prayed "Lord please let these children survive they have so much to look forward to"
And with that the SUV crashed head on with them. The front of the car smashed inwards, the windshield shattered, Gloria hit the steering wheel, airbags came out, and the kids went forward from the impact. The SUV backed up and turned left doing a dounut and headed to the car again and smashed the driver side. Gloria and the kids fell sideways from the impact and the glass shattered all over Gloria and Travis. Then the SUV took off and Abby could hear the other kids screaming, yelling from outside of the car, the horn from the car was going off and Abby looked at Gloria and she was slunched over the steering wheel lifelessly. Abby soon heard sirens before she blacked out.
>>>>> KAYLA'S POV<<<<<<<<
Kayla was stunned
Who would do something like this? Gloria wouldn't hurt a soul...Why did they do that? I thought
"Did you hit your head sweetie?" Zak asked sitting next to her examining her head
I snapped out of it and looked too. There was a few stitches right near her hair line
"I guess" she said
"Where's Travis and the rest of them?"
"In the rooms next to me...Gloria's in the room with gl-"
then the doctor came in
"How are the others?" I asked the doctor
"Well, the girls and the yougest boy got scratches and bruises, the older boy's got a concussion, a broken arm, scratches, and bruises... And the woman is in the ICU, she's got a collapsed lung, 4 broken ribs, a concussion, broken arm..."
then his pager went off. He looked at it and I could tell it was about Gloria
"What's wrong with her?"
"They just took her to the O.R, I'll let you know how she's doing" he said and then left quickly
I sat there trying to take this all in and when I finally comprehened it I broke down crying. Zak came to me and hugged me tightly while I sobbed into his chest.
Please let Gloria make it through I thought
I gained composure of myself and layed next to Abby on her bed
"Mommy, are you ok?"
"I'm fine sweetie, why don't you go to sleep...me and daddy's right here" I said kissing her forehead
She settled down into the bed and cuddled up next to me. About 10 minutes later she fell asleep
"Zak?"
"Hmm?" he asked putting down his phone and I could tell by the look on his face he was beyond pissed
"Maybe you should go home and get some rest" I said softly
"I'll be fine Kayla"
"Zak you look exhausted you need to go home and rest"
He sighed irritatedly and ran his hand down his face
"Alright, I'll go...just call me if you need anything, if something happens, or when they tell you Gloria's condition ok? And it doesn't matter what time it is either"
"I will"
he got up and kissed my forehead and then left. I soon fell asleep in the very uncomfortable hospital bed. I woke up about 2 hours later when the doctor came in
"How is she?"
"We've fixed her lung and we found some blood clots in her brain and fixed those too...But she'll still be in the ICU for a few days"
"And what about the kids, did their mom or dad pick them up?"
"We've contacted their parents and told them what happened and that the kids have to stay over night"
"Thank you so much for helping them all out"
"Not a problem...I need to ask you a few questions though...Do you know who did this?"
"No, the only information I got from my daughter was that a black extended SUV crashed into them"
The doctor nodded, "Ok, I'll let you get back to what you were doing"
he then left and Abby woke up
"Mommy?" she asked groggily
"It's ok baby, go back to sleep" I said softly while stroking her head lovingly, making sure I didn't hit the stitches.
She cuddled back into me and went to sleep. I picked my phone up and looked at the time '3:34am'
He's probably asleep I thought
-R u up?-
I then pressed the little green send button. A few minutes went by and nothing popped up so I put the phone down. As soon as I put the phone down it went off, I picked it up again and opened the messeage
-Yeah, any update?-Z
I know you were asleep I thought and then text him again
-Gloria's out of the O.R, they fixed her lung & she had a few brain clots, they got to those in time & now she's back in the ICU for a few days-
-I'm glad they got her lung fixed and I'm glad they caught those clots in time-Z
-Me too, if she passed away I don't know what I would do...She's like a mother to me-
-I know ur about to cry, please don't-Z
I smiled at that because I was about to cry
-Alrite I'll let u get back 2 sleep, I'm going 2 sleep 2-
-Ok, goodnight Kayla & tell Abby goonight 4 me 2-Z
-Ok-
I put the phone down and layed my head on my right arm and soon fell asleep.
"Excuse me could you tell me what room Abby Summers is in?"
The receptionist typed on her computer
Hurry up please I thought
"Since she's a child, I need to ask what your relation to her is"
"I'm her mother" I said with annoyance
"Alright, she's in room 569"
"Thanks" I said
Soon Zak started walking with me
"What room?"
"569"
We got in the elevator Zak hit the 5th floor button. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes to calm myself down. I used to like elevators until one day when I was 8 an elevator that I was on with my dad stopped and we were stuck in there for six hours. And I don't like small spaces.
"You ok?"
"I'll be fine" I said with a shaky voice
Elevator hurry and open your door! I thought
After what felt like 20 minutes it finally went 'ding' and opened. Me and Zak got out and we headed to Abby's room. When we got to the room I ran in and hugged her tightly. After a minute I let go and examined her. All she had was a few scratches and bruises
"What happened baby girl?" I asked with tears in my eyes
She opened her mouth and started talking
>>>>> ANYBODY'S POV<<<<<<
"Ya'll ready to go home?" Gloria asked the kids as they came back to the table at Chuck-E-Cheese
"Yeah" the kids said
"Alright, get your prizes and lets get goin'"
Abby grabbed her giraffe that was pink with hot pink spots and was as tall as her. She, Brett, Travis, Lily, Hailey, and Gloria headed to the car
"Don't forget to buckle up" Gloria said as she opened the back passenger door
Travis got in first then Brett, Hailey, Lily, and Abby got in. Gloria shut the door and the kids buckled their seltbelts. Gloria got in the drivers seat, buckled her seatbelt and started the vehicle
"Ya'll buckled up?"
"Yes"
She then drove off. While driving Selena Gomez's Round and Round came on and the girls started singing and the boys mocked the girls. When it was over Travis unbuckled his seatbelt
"Watch this" he whispered to Brett
He reached over to Hailey and unbuckled her belt
"Stop it Travis"
Travis sat back in his seat quickly
"Travis what are you doing?" Gloria asked looking in the rearview mirror for a second
"Noth-"
"He's undoing our seatbelts" Hailey said
"Travis now stop that and put your seatbelt back on before I give you an old fashioned spankin'"
Travis put his belt back on and pouted. Five minutes past and they stopped at a stop light, they were about 6 minutes away from the house. The light on the other side changed green and the vehicles started going
"GG when's the light going to change? I've got to go to the bathroom" Brett said
"Here in a second sweetheart"
Then the light changed red and then theirs changed green. Gloria started driving again and noticed something. A black extended SUV was on her side of the road heading straight towards her at full speed
"Kids I need you to hang on to something tightly" she said as calm as she could because she knew that she wouldn't be able to dodge the SUV in time.
The kids grabbed on to something tightly
"GG what's going on?" Lily asked worriedly
"Just do what I told you" she said to Lily then prayed "Lord please let these children survive they have so much to look forward to"
And with that the SUV crashed head on with them. The front of the car smashed inwards, the windshield shattered, Gloria hit the steering wheel, airbags came out, and the kids went forward from the impact. The SUV backed up and turned left doing a dounut and headed to the car again and smashed the driver side. Gloria and the kids fell sideways from the impact and the glass shattered all over Gloria and Travis. Then the SUV took off and Abby could hear the other kids screaming, yelling from outside of the car, the horn from the car was going off and Abby looked at Gloria and she was slunched over the steering wheel lifelessly. Abby soon heard sirens before she blacked out.
>>>>> KAYLA'S POV<<<<<<<<
Kayla was stunned
Who would do something like this? Gloria wouldn't hurt a soul...Why did they do that? I thought
"Did you hit your head sweetie?" Zak asked sitting next to her examining her head
I snapped out of it and looked too. There was a few stitches right near her hair line
"I guess" she said
"Where's Travis and the rest of them?"
"In the rooms next to me...Gloria's in the room with gl-"
then the doctor came in
"How are the others?" I asked the doctor
"Well, the girls and the yougest boy got scratches and bruises, the older boy's got a concussion, a broken arm, scratches, and bruises... And the woman is in the ICU, she's got a collapsed lung, 4 broken ribs, a concussion, broken arm..."
then his pager went off. He looked at it and I could tell it was about Gloria
"What's wrong with her?"
"They just took her to the O.R, I'll let you know how she's doing" he said and then left quickly
I sat there trying to take this all in and when I finally comprehened it I broke down crying. Zak came to me and hugged me tightly while I sobbed into his chest.
Please let Gloria make it through I thought
I gained composure of myself and layed next to Abby on her bed
"Mommy, are you ok?"
"I'm fine sweetie, why don't you go to sleep...me and daddy's right here" I said kissing her forehead
She settled down into the bed and cuddled up next to me. About 10 minutes later she fell asleep
"Zak?"
"Hmm?" he asked putting down his phone and I could tell by the look on his face he was beyond pissed
"Maybe you should go home and get some rest" I said softly
"I'll be fine Kayla"
"Zak you look exhausted you need to go home and rest"
He sighed irritatedly and ran his hand down his face
"Alright, I'll go...just call me if you need anything, if something happens, or when they tell you Gloria's condition ok? And it doesn't matter what time it is either"
"I will"
he got up and kissed my forehead and then left. I soon fell asleep in the very uncomfortable hospital bed. I woke up about 2 hours later when the doctor came in
"How is she?"
"We've fixed her lung and we found some blood clots in her brain and fixed those too...But she'll still be in the ICU for a few days"
"And what about the kids, did their mom or dad pick them up?"
"We've contacted their parents and told them what happened and that the kids have to stay over night"
"Thank you so much for helping them all out"
"Not a problem...I need to ask you a few questions though...Do you know who did this?"
"No, the only information I got from my daughter was that a black extended SUV crashed into them"
The doctor nodded, "Ok, I'll let you get back to what you were doing"
he then left and Abby woke up
"Mommy?" she asked groggily
"It's ok baby, go back to sleep" I said softly while stroking her head lovingly, making sure I didn't hit the stitches.
She cuddled back into me and went to sleep. I picked my phone up and looked at the time '3:34am'
He's probably asleep I thought
-R u up?-
I then pressed the little green send button. A few minutes went by and nothing popped up so I put the phone down. As soon as I put the phone down it went off, I picked it up again and opened the messeage
-Yeah, any update?-Z
I know you were asleep I thought and then text him again
-Gloria's out of the O.R, they fixed her lung & she had a few brain clots, they got to those in time & now she's back in the ICU for a few days-
-I'm glad they got her lung fixed and I'm glad they caught those clots in time-Z
-Me too, if she passed away I don't know what I would do...She's like a mother to me-
-I know ur about to cry, please don't-Z
I smiled at that because I was about to cry
-Alrite I'll let u get back 2 sleep, I'm going 2 sleep 2-
-Ok, goodnight Kayla & tell Abby goonight 4 me 2-Z
-Ok-
I put the phone down and layed my head on my right arm and soon fell asleep.