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Chapter 18-Picking up where we left off
Emma's eyes cracked open and then shut again as the bright light streamed through the windows. Where was she? She turned her head to see Jay sleeping in a chair beside her and noticed the tube going down her arm connected to the needle in her hand. She shifted slightly and Jay stirred.
"Jay?" she asked cautiously.
He opened his eyes slowly at that point. "You're awake." He said it as a statement but there was a small underlying questioning tone as well.
"Where am I?"
He looked down and sighed. "Emma…there was a wreck."
"What? When?"
"Two months ago."
She looked around confused. "Two months ago? What are you talking about?"
He pursed his lips and took off his hat, running a hand through his hair. "We were coming back from the Dot. Ashley and Toby were in the other one. They ran a stop sign…and hit us as we were driving across the road."
She attempted to sit up so she could process this better but Jay jumped up and gently pushed her back down.
"Doctor said you need to lie down for a while. But they hit us…and pushed us into a tree. It was on your side of the car Emma."
"I was in an accident…"
He nodded. "You've been here for two months now babe," he said softly.
"In…a coma?" she finally understood.
He nodded.
"Oh my God. I was in a coma for two months…." She looked away, the information sending her reeling.
He just looked at her silently, his eyes saying all he wanted to. "Were you scared?" she asked softly.
He shook his head. "Not of the crash. I was shitting my pants when you wouldn't wake up though. I thought you were dead Emma…" he sighed.
She smiled gently and took his hand in his. "I love you Jay," she said clearly and looking straight at him.
He stared at her. "I…ummm….Emma. You know I like you, for some fucking reason I do. But…you're with Peter," he said softly, taking his hand away and ducking his head.
She closed her eyes and thought. She was with Peter? But why was Jay the one that kept popping up in her head? Why did it make sense for Jay to be sitting there next to her bed? And if she was with Peter….why was she so disappointed?
"Peter…"
"Yeah. For a while now. We're just friends," he said finally venturing a look up at her face again.
Emma closed her eyes and turned her head away for a minute before turning back to him. "No."
"No?" he cocked his head.
"No. Jay, for some reason when I was apparently in this coma…you were the one I kept seeing. Not Peter, not anyone. You. And when you just told me this…I just got this….feeling in my chest…" she put a hand over her chest area as if to emphasize her point.
"What are you trying to say? That you want to ditch Stone for me?" he asked in an amused tone.
"No! Wait, yes!" she sighed. "I don't know. All I know is that you're the one I couldn't stop thinking about. And you're the one I wanted to be beside me when I woke up."
"You didn't realize what was going-"
"I know. That's the point," she said looking at him pointedly.
He sat down and shook his hair. "I can't do this right now Emma…"
"Why not?"
He looked at her as if she was high. "Because it's something you would never do to someone! This isn't like you Emma. And I don't know if I can go along with it."
"Yes you can. You always do, you're Jay. You don't give a fuck what anyone thinks. You do this all the time!" her voice had took on a different tone now…somewhat close to….pleading?
Jay got up and started to pace the room and opened his mouth to speak when a knock sounded at the door. "Knock knock."
Jay rolled his eyes and started to walk out of the room.
"Jay!"
He shook his head and looked at her. "I'll just see you later."
Emma closed her eyes and leaned back against the pillow, only opening them when she realized that Peter was by her side.
"Hey sweetie. How long ago did you wake up?" he smoothed back her hair as he asked this question.
She shrugged. "I have no idea. Jay was sleeping…"
The girl looked up as she sat uncomfortably on the edge of a plastic seat. "I'm Autumn," she replied as she cleared her throat. "I'm here with Peter."
Jay stopped digging around for his cigarettes and looked at her. "Here with Peter. As a date?"
She shrugged. "Well we were going to get some dinner but he said he had to swing by here and see a friend first."
Jay's eyes bulged out of his head and he turned and punched the wall, much to everyone's surprise, especially Autumn's.
"Are you ok?" she asked hesitantly as she approached him fearfully.
He ignored her and slammed the door to Emma's room open and advanced towards Peter.
"Get the fuck out of this room Stone before I'm forced to fucking hurt you. Emma…we have to talk," he said staring down Peter.
