If You Can't Hang, Then There's the Door

Kellins point of view

After an agonizing, and extremely cold eight hour flight. I finally felt more at ease, my heart was still pounding out of my chest as I ran off the plane and out of the airport as quickly as humanly possible. I flagged down a cab frantically , I felt like every second was an eternity. I texted Ashley the second I was in the cab and on my way to the hospital. Was Scar awake yet? Has her condition improved? I had to see for myself.

-I have no idea what's going on they won't tell me anything... But I'm still in her room. I refused to leave and they stopped fighting me.
From: Jesse's girl

Hopefully if the hospital refused to let me in, Ashley could find a way around it. The cab pulled up to the hospital, I threw a random amount of cash at the driver and bolted into the ICU and straight up to the desk where a young blonde sat in scrubs. She gave me a wary look, by now I'm sure I looked absolutely insane, my clothes had dried on the plane, they looked absolutely wrinkled, and my hair was a complete knotted mess.

"Scarlett porter, I need to see Her. Please!" I stammered as the blonde giggled.

"Calm down, Who are you to the patient?" She asked and suddenly became serious and business like. What should I say ?

"I'm her boyfriend, we live together, I flew here from across the country as soon as I could to be by her side. Please let me see her!" I pleaded as the woman gave me a stern look. She was gong to tell me no, and honestly I don't know how I would react.

"You two live together you say?" She raised her eyebrows in a questioning look. She was the only person between me, and Scar, and I wasn't about to let one person stop me from getting to her.

"Yes, we do!" I was almost in tears, I was so close yet do far away from the only person who mattered to me more than life itself, I was starting to shake from the anger and fear building inside me.

"Drivers license." She demanded holding her hand out. I fumbled with my wallet getting the plastic card out and shoving it roughly Into her bitchy hands. She got up from her seat and walked into an office behind her with a huff. I tapped my fingers impatiently on the counter, anger was building inside me and I was about to lose it. She walked out with a Stuck up look on her face and her eyebrows were scrunched tightly together. She shoved my license back at me as she took her seat.

"We'll Mr. Quinn, I can't deny you from seeing her, technically if your associated with the patient in such a way your allowed to see her outside visiting hours, however I can not inform you on her condition. Follow me" she spoke with hate from we voice, what was her problem ? I shook her bitchiness off of me and followed quickly behind her, my heart racing, I was finally here, I was finally going to be by Scarlett's side again.

The woman slowly opened a door after going down three identical hallways and past more doors than I could ever count. I could finally see Scar, just a few feet in front of me... hooked to a bunch of beeping and buzzing machines. Her face was covered in a mask that had a tube running to a machine helping her breathe, a ton of tiny wires were going from under her hospital gown near her chest and they ran to a heart monitor. A monitor that was beeping continuously, it gave me comfort... It was a sign that Scarlett was still in there. Weather she was awake or not.

"Kellin!" Ashley jumped up and Three her arms around me. Surprisingly it wasn't an awkward hug, I had only met her a few times before leaving but we weren't close. So she shocked me as I slowly registered what was going on and hugged her back.

"Is she ok?" Was all I could say, I felt bad for not really acknowledging her, but scar was all that mattered.

I rushed over to Scars side, and I placed my hand in hers, she was cold... Pale, and I couldn't help but let tears fall rapidly from my eyes. My beautiful soul mate was lifeless in front of me and I couldn't wake her. She was sleeping beauty that couldn't be waken by just a kiss from her prince.

"Scar, I'm so sorry I wasn't here sooner baby. But I'm here now, and I need you to wake up. Please?" I watched her face as I spoke to her, but she didn't react.

"Kellin... Don't do this to yourself" I heard Ashley say from her seat opposite of me. I ignored her while I was hugging Scarlett gently, and had my ear to her heart, I could feel it struggling to beat. Her heart felt faint and it sent shivers down my spine. i jumped slightly as I felt her heart beat become stronger when I ran my fingers through her hair. I shot my head up and stared at her face. Her eyes were twitching slightly and the heart monitor started beeping rapidly.

In a flash Scarlett's eyes shot open, and her mouth gasped for air as she turned her body in her side and grabbed the bars on her hospital bed. Ashley flew out the door screaming for a doctor. I just watched with a mixed feeling of horror at how disoriented Scar looked, and a feeling of fluttering happiness that overcame me knowing that she wasn't lifeless.

"Scar, it's ok baby I'm here, just look at me sweetheart, your safe" I cooed and she locked her eyes with mine, and she became still. Her eyes had the look of here horror and the swelled with tears and in an instant she was crying and holding her arms out to me.

I sat on the edge of her bed and hugged her tightly, she sobbed violently into the crook of my neck. I began to cry slightly before I heard someone clear their throat, I turned to see a doctor standing there with a chart and stethoscope in hand. Scarlett wiped we eyes on her hands and sat up straight as I released our hug. I have her a smile through my years and she gave a weak on in return and grabbed my hand.

"I'm glad your finally awake Mrs. porter" the doctor broke the silence in the room.

"W-what happened ? " she said horsely and I felt my heart breaking for her, she was horrified and I couldn't comfort her. I couldn't make her pain go away... I was worthless in this situation and I wanted nothing more than to make it all just go away. To see her with no worries, and no stress.

"Well you had an anxiety attack, combined with a possible embolism from your heart murmur." The doctor was speaking a foreign language to me. But scar sat and nodded.

"Am I going to be ok? Is my heart ok?" She was stuttering and holding the side of her head with her hands.

"In afraid we need to keep you a few more days and perform some heart stressing tests, to determine weather or not you need surgery." My heart sank, and I know Scats did to, she looked frightened and not pleased with the doctors decision.

"S-s-surgery ?!" She choked as I watched her eyes swell again.

"Calm down baby, he doesn't know yet" I squeezed her hand and she gripped back even tighter than she had when we flew to Michigan .

"I assure you we will take good care of you Mrs. Porter, and I will keep your friends updated if you wish?" She nodded her head furiously.

"Of course I want them to know" she stated bluntly .

"Alright, I'll be back in a few hours" the doctor waltzed out of the room and Scarlett let herself fall back into her bed, removing her fave mask as she did so.

"Please tell me I haven't been here unconscious for six days?!" scar asked frantically as Ashley came to her side with me.

"No of course not! Just two days Hun" Ashley answered her question. you could see the relief wash over Scars face .

"Then how are you even here Kellin?!" She sat up and placed her hands on both my cheeks staring into my eyes. I grabbed both her wrists and kissed her knuckles lightly.

"Scar, your my proprity, and your in the hospital. Of course I would have found a way to get here. I'm just sorry I couldn't be here sooner" she gave me a confused look.

"What do you mean ?" She breathed as I place my forehead to hers.

"I just got here today, the label wouldn't let me leave any earlier, I'm so sorry baby" I said sadly and Scar took her hand and moved my bangs out of my eyes.

"All that matters is your here now Kellin, I was so scared. I keep entering it happening in slow motion... The pain in my chest.. The fall." She was whispering now, hurt seething on every word.

"I love you Scarlett, Im so sorry I even left, ill never leave again. You just say the word" I stammered frantically and she frowned.

"No Kellin. You LOVE being on that stage, and I will never keep you from it. This isn't your fault and I don't blame you for being away when it happned. I love you Kellin, and you are nothing but perfect" she kissed my nose and I felt my cheeks burn.

Scars the one in the hospital bed, yet she's comforting me ? God, I love this girl, and I can't thank you enough for bringing her back to me.

I snapped out from my prayer and kissed Scars cheek. I didn't leave her side the entire night. I even slept in her hospital bed with her, I never slept I just watched her sleep.

I was scared scar would be torn away from me suddenly, like she would just disappear and leave me with an empty hole where my heart used to be... And it was a feeling that would forever haunt my very being.

I will never let anything hurt Scar ever again... And I mean anything.