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Chapter XIII

                         •<Saving Her>•

                Stupid boy makin' me so sad
        Didn't think you could change this fast
         She's got everything that I don't have
        How could I ever compete with that?
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                               Tate McRae

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Looking down at Autumn who's lying in the hospital bed motionless and has a tube stuck to her wrist, I can't help but wonder what happened to her.

How did we get here?

It's been a couple of minutes since we got here and even though she's been attended to by a doctor and a nurse, not much information has been given to us other than she's dehydrated and a couple of questions they've hit us with like what her diet is like daily.

I remember Key and me telling him everything we know about her diet including her unhealthy habits and the part where she was throwing up several times. After all, if she's pregnant like Key thought then perhaps he'll tell us but, what does it have to do with her diet? Or maybe, it does have a lot to do with her diet. I mean, pregnant women have a strict diet, right?

"I don't think it's a good idea for you to be here when she wakes up," Key darts her eyes to Brandon who's standing by the curtain that's separating us from the reception that's crowded with patients and healthcare workers walking to and fro.

"But I want to see her when she wakes up," he responds, his arms crossed over his chest while leaning against the wall. "I want to make sure that she's alright before I leave."

"We'll inform you over the phone, the least we want is for her to have another breakdown," Key says sounding so exasperated. "You've done enough damage already."

He softly chuckles in disbelief, briefly glancing at the ground before returning his gaze to Keyara, "Look I'm not sure what you all saw, but I can promise you that it's not what you think it is. Aero and I are just friends and nothing else."

"Yeah, I've heard that before," Key responds with a scoff as she rolls her eyes, and shifts her gaze to the other side.

The tension is rising at the speed of light, it's getting heavier with every second that goes by you can cut it with a knife. Unable to stay silent while I watch these two lock horns over this issue, I step in, in an attempt to diffuse the situation.

"I just want to see her wake up, I'm not asking for too much now am I?" He raises his dark eyebrows, anticipating our response.

"I understand where you are coming from but she made it clear that she doesn't want to see you," I respond, trying to convey my empathy. Seeing him look this helpless, and sad, I can't stop my heart from feeling sorry for him. He looks so vulnerable and heartbroken.

Not long after, the doctor walks in alongside the nurse. Standing by the bedside, the nurse starts to write down something on the clipboard including what the doctor is saying to her.

"Now," he says as he turns his focus to us, "Which one of you is her family member?"

"They're not here. We are her closest friends, practically like family," I explain, gesturing between Key and myself to convey this to the doctor.

"Very well, then. Only those closest to her should stay," he says.

Immediately after he says that Key and I turn our eyes to Brandon and signal him to leave but he doesn't.