❣️Ellie's P.O.V

The sound of something beeping continuously and a soft chatter of voices met my ears when I woke up.

I opened my eyes slowly before wincing  in pain at the harsh light that emitted from the windows. I immediately knew that I was in the hospital as the familiar scent of detergent and medicine met my senses.

A small cry erupted before arms wrapped around me,"Thank god, your awake! How are you baby?" My mom said, her teary eyes looking at me worriedly.

I smiled weakly,"I'm fine mom, How about you?" I croaked out.

She sniffled,"I'm okay baby, We're okay but," She paused, seeming hesitant.

"What?" I asked, looking at her intenly.

"You're dad's not here, He's at the station discussing some things about the incident." Mom explained, smiling slightly.

"Ewwie!" I looked to the side of my head to see Theodore's small framing jumping up and down trying to reach the bed.

I gave him a grin before Mom helped him, sitting him near my legs. He looked tired but he had a huge grin on his face.

"We were so worried fow you, mwister's fwiends were waiting outside the whoole night." Theo said, swinging his legs happily.

I smiled,"Mister's friends? Who's that?" I asked, a confused look on my face.

"He means the twins and Todd along with Chase. They were here all night but they went down the canteen to get some food," Mom explained.

"How are they?" I asked, my face turning serious.

Mom was about to reply when the doctor came in. He was around his fifties with a kind smile and welcoming aura.

"Good morning Ellie, It's nice to see you awake. I'm Doctor William but you can call me Doc Will." He introduced, before looking at the chart.

"How is she doc? Any complications?" My mom asked worriedly.

"She's fine," He said before turning to me,"You have a mild concussion, bruised cheek, bruised ribs and thankfully that stab wound missed a couple inches of your kidneys. You have stitches so please refrain yourself from doing heavy chores." He explained.

I nodded thoughtfully,"When can I be discharged?" I asked, rubbing my thumbs together.

"Seeing as you are awake and recovering well. You can be discharged the day after tomorrow, just to make sure there aren't any complications." He explained.

"Thank you doc," I said before offering him a smile.

"No problem Ms. Ellie, I hope you have a fast recovery," He said before walking out.

The door opened again and loud talking can be heard before The twins, Chase, and Todd popped in.

They talked animatedly before Todd seemed to notice my conscious self before his eyes widen.

"You're awake!" Todd exclaimed, barreling between my mom and I.

"No Todd, I'm half dead," I said sarcastically.

"Hey, don't you sass me lady." He said, playfully glaring at me.

I opened my arms,"You can hug me goof," I said before he wrapped his arms around me gently.

"Oh thanks heavens you're okay. I can't get rid of your ugly and half dying body out of my mind," Todd said before pulling away.

"Don't get me started on your bleeding! Ugh, it was like you were having your period but so much worse." He shuddered before Chase whacked him on the head.

I let out a laugh before wincing lightly, my hands coming unto my side to feel the bandaged there.

"Are you okay? Do you need a doctor?" Chase and Todd asked the same time, looking at me worriedly.

I shook my head,"No, I'm fine. Are you okay? Both of you?" I asked, glancing at them worriedly.

"Theodore and I will just go home to take a shower and all. We'll be back," Mom said before taking a waving Theo.

Mom made her way to Chase before saying something to him quietly before nodding and walked out of the door.

"We're fine Red, Just a few scratches here and there." Chase answered, beating Todd to it.

"I was gonna say that," He huffed, crossing his arms. I looked at them happily, relief to see that they were safe and completely alived.

Wait, a minute.

"Where's Alec?" I asked, finally noticing that he was not here.

Their smiles dropped before offering each other a look. Todd and Chase looked hesitant, even the twins looked worried.

"About that," Todd started, looking at Chase.

Chase coughed,"He's uh, he's. ." He trailed off, looking at Todd also.

"What? What about Alec? Is he alive? Oh god! Please don't tell me he's dead," I suddenly cried out, looking at them panicky.

"No! He's not dead!" Todd exlaimed, shaking his head furiously.

"It's just that," Chase paused, looking at me worriedly.

"Just fucking tell me!" I finally snapped, glaring at them.

"He's in a coma for heaven's sake!" Todd finally let out, his eyes sad and his mouth in a thin line.

"What? You're joking right? Haha, really funny Todd. Now, where is he?" I said. I held my breathe, looking at him in disbelief. Waiting for him to smile and say,'It's a fucking joke! He's alive and awake!" and laugh stupidly.

But it didn't come, I looked at each and every one of their faces to see it was held with sadness, anger, and defeated.

"No," I said,"No no no," I let out, as tears started to gather in my eyes.

"I saw him! He was alive! What happened? I saw his eyes, they were staring at me!" I asked, looking desperate at them.

Desperate to have the answers that I needed.

"I-He," Todd coughed,"He was there with Connor, Alec was the one who pulled Annie away from you while Connor and Valentino started punching one another. Annie started apologizing and crying at the corner but Alec didn't talk to her, not one word. Valentino passed out while Connor tried to find the key. We were still chained and was shocked to see Annie jumping to Alec and stabbing him in the back three times, The twins along with some police suddenly arrived and managed to cuff Annie." He explained, his words heldimg a certain guilt.

"He passed out immediately and both of you were brought here yesterday. Both of you were in the ER but you were brought out first. Alec stayed for a couple of hours before the doctor declared he was in a coma. It was because he lost alot of blood and the knife managed to hit on one of his lungs. He was given a blood transfusion from your dad, no one was an O-." Chase piped in, making hand gestures.

"I'm sorry Ellie," Todd whispered, as he looked at ground shamefully.

I started crying,"I can't lose him, no no, this can't happen." I sobbed out, my head shaking repeatdly.

Chase procedeed to hug me, wrapping his bulky arms around my crying state,"He can't die! I still have to fix us, I still have to tell him I'm sorry, I-I can't lose him Chase," I cried out, clinging unto his shirt.

"He'll be okay red, He won't die. Alec is a strong guy. He'll pull through this, I promise you." Chase soothed as he rubbed his hand comfortingly.

I just cried and cried and cried because I'd much rather choose him walking out on me anytime than him dying and completely leaving me in this big and scary world.

"I want to see him," I said quietly, after a few minutes of crying non-stop.

I finally have come to terms that Alec isn't going to die. He won't because I know he won't leave me, not that easily.

"I don't know if you are allowed to go out of your room Red, You're still recovering." Chase said softly.

"I want to see him. Bring me to him, please." I said desperately.

"We'll bring you to him. It's the least we can do,"Todd firmly said, giving Chase a look.

Chase sighed defeteadly,"Fine but if the doctor finds us. The blame's on you Todd." Chase said, offering him a slight smile.

Todd shook his head with a small smile before proceeding to help me move to my wheelchair. I didn't even know how it was there or where it came from.

"Todd's mother insisted that he must get himself checked by a doctor but Toad boy here wouldn't so his mother made him carry a wheelchair instead." Hayden finally spoke, eyes glistening with humor.

I laughed lightly,"You didn't tell me that you're a mama's boy Todd," I said, jokingly.

He blushed,"Hey! Nothing's wrong with being a mama's boy." He glared playfully.

Chase chuckled,"Damn right, there's not." He said, before we procedeed to get out of the room.

We sneakfully made our way to Alec's room which I found out was on the same floor as me but was on the other side.

As we moved closer to the door, I could feel myself getting tense every second. I took calm breath as we stopped infront of the door.

A hand gently rubbed my back,"Are you ready?" Jayden asked, a worried look on his face.

I took a deep breath,"Yes, Let's do this." I said, mustering up my courage.

"Jayden will take you inside." Chase said softly,"We'll wait here." He said.

I nodded thoughtfully before Jayden procedeed to enter inside. The first thing that I saw was Alec's almost lifeless body.

I started to cry as I noticed a few scratches on his pale face. He had many IV hooked up on him and an oxygen was also hooked up. He looked peaceful almost as if he qas dead which made me cry even harder.

It took me a second to realize that he was not alone. A beautiful lady was at the corner, what made me confused was she was sitting on a wheelchair.

"Hi Mrs. King," Jayden greeted and I widen my eyes before embarrassingly wiping my tears.

"Hi Jay, Is this the famous Ellie that I've been hearing about?" She said softly, briefly looking at me.

She looked pretty in her long light brown hair and gorgeous electrifying blue eyes, which is obviously where Alec took off from, I couldn't really tell more about her but I could see she was kind with her soft features and kind smile.

I took a deep breath before forcing myself to stand up and took a wobbly step towards her,"Yes Mrs. King. I'm Ellie Evans." I said, before offering her a hand to shake on.

I was surprised when she pulled me in a hug but I pulled away fast because I could feel my stitches moving painfully which made me wince.

Her eyes widen,"Oh, I'm sorry, Are you alright dear?" She said, worried etched on her face.

Jayden procedeed to help me back on the wheelchair,"It's okay Mrs. King," I said offering her a smile.

"How's Alec?" I asked hesitantly.

"He's doing great dear, The doctor said that he's recovering well and there was no complications but he still wasn't sure when Alec will wake up." She informed, looking at Alec happily.

I nodded before Jayden quietly made his way out of the room giving us some privacy. I looked down, twiddling my fingers together.

"I'm sorr-" I started but was cut off by her soft hands grasping mine.

"It's not your fault Ellie, please, don't blame yourself." She said, shaking her head softly.

I looked at her with teary eyes,"If it wasn't for me being kidnap then he wouldn't be here," I sniffled, wiping the tears.

She sighed,"Did you pray for this to happen? Did you want this to happen?" She asked, looking at me intently.

I shook my head,"No, of course not," I said, looking at Alec's sleeping frame.

"Then it's not your fault, Alec did that because he wanted too, so please, don't blame yourself." She said, gently.

I nodded,"Okay Mrs. King, Thank you." I said, giving her a tired smile.

"Call me Celia dear," She said,"and Thank you also, for making my son happy. I can see when he talks about you, his face lights up and his grin is so wide that I can't help but smile along. Alec is a troubled kid and I haven't seen him so happy ever since his father died so thank you. Thank you for bringing happiness back to my son's life." She said, giving me a teary smile.

And in that moment, I felt my hope strengthen and I looked above the ceiling before mentally thanking the big guy for giving me Alec. I looked at him before smilling slightly,"I know he'll wake up. This isn't the end of our story yet."

♡♥ A/N NOTE♡♥

I CRIED WHILE WRITING THIS CHAPTER.

AND I CRIED EVEN MORE BECAUSE THIS IS THE LAST CHAPTER BEFORE THE EPILOGUE.

Did you?

I honestly didn't expect that Alec would go into a coma but hopefully he'll wake up. Also, I'm sorry for updating late but I hope this chapter makes it up for it.

So, what did you think of Alec's mom? Sorry that they had to meet at that kind of situation.

The Epilogue will be posted this upcoming week. So, be on watch out.

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-ELABEARXX