Trigger warning: curse words are being used in this chapter. Read at your own risk. 

Rose p.o.v

It was hard to stay still. I only saw white around me. I was scared. My stuffies weren't there, Uncle Nathan wasn't there and...and Derek wasn't there. 

I needed someone to hold my hand. This thing was scary. 

They tried to explain to me what was going on and there was nothing to be scared of. But I didn't understand. 

Why didn't they understand me? I just wanted to go home, to my stuffies. 

The white thing made loud noises. Uncomfortable loud noises. I hated loud noises. They remind me of... No! 

No! I need to get out of here. 

I started to shake. My body trembled. I grabbed the hospital gown tightly with my hands. 

"Please lay still." I heard echoing through the room. 

I couldn't answer. I just wanted comfort. 

Tears streamed down my face. Please help me, I thought. Someone out there must help me. I needed some reassurance. That's a difficult word. How did I know that difficult word? 

I tried to focus on how I knew that word. It calmed me down for a couple of minutes until I found out. 

Olivia. 

I got sad all over again. I hated her. Not as much as him, him whose name I don't want to think of. But I still hated her. She was a meanie. A big meanie. 

If she wasn't in my life, Derek would still be my Daddy, holding my hand right now, giving me my stuffies, tucking me in my bed. Giving me comfort. 

But Derek wasn't my Daddy, not anymore. That made me sad all over again. 

Can I please get out? I thought. I couldn't say it as my fear made me speechless. 

I hated the difficult words now. Not because they were difficult anymore, but because Olivia taught me them. 

Then finally the bed thingy I ley on moved and the loud noises stopped. 

When I was fully out of the big white thing a nurse came into the room helping me off the bed. "Can I go now?" 

The man smiled at me, "I am sorry sweetie. But you will have to wait until the doctors think you can go home and that can take a while." 

I pouted. 

Soon I was back in the other room where Uncle Nathan was waiting, but there was someone else too. Derek was there too. I did not know how to react. 

When I was carefully placed on the bed again they both stand close to my bed. Uncle Nathan grabbed my hand and asked, "How are you feeling?" 

I shrugged my shoulders. My body hurt, but that was nothing new. 

"I want cuddles," I whispered. 

Uncle Nathan chuckled. "I don't think any of us will fit with you on that bed." 

Then Derek spoke up, "I might have a solution." He walked to the corner of the room where he had a bag. Out of it, he grabbed my stuffies. My stuffies! 

He walked up to me and with hesitance gave it to me. "Here you go, baby." 

I buried my face in them the moment I had them in my hands. I needed them so badly. I didn't know how much I missed them until then. I was so happy I could feel their soft fur in my hands again. 

The three of us settled in the room, Derek and Uncle Nathan on the couch on my left and I in my bed hugging my stuffies tightly. 

We waited there for some time when a big group of doctors and nurses walked in. They all were rushed in their movements and talked fast. I had no idea what was going on, what they were talking about, what they were doing. 

I looked at Uncle Nathan and Derek for help. 

They said everything was going to be all right and I just was going to sleep for a while and the doctors were going to fix me. But I didn't believe that. They looked scared and worried. 

I grabbed Uncle Nathan's hand. I didn't want to leave them again. 

"Hey, hey, Rose. It's going to be all right. We will be waiting for you here. You are going to be fine." Uncle Nathan whispered. He cried, well he had tears in his eyes. What was going on? 

I shook my head, not letting go of his hand. But I couldn't, a nurse took my hand and made it let go of Uncle Nathan's hand. 

I was being rolled away from them. I was scared. I cried out to them. I didn't want to go to sleep, I didn't want any of this. All I wanted was comfort! I screamed in my head. 

I couldn't function anymore, fear taking over my body. 

I didn't remember much after because it was then everything became black. 

Nathan's p.o.v

I stood there shaking, overwhelmed by everything that has happened in the past couple of days. I was filled with rage, worry, and sadness. 

I wanted to punch Derek so badly. Punching the living shit out of him. I didn't care we were best friends anymore. He was one dumbass bastard and needed to feel just a fraction of the pain Rose went through. 

He needed to know, to feel what the consequences were to his irresponsible behavior. 

Never in my life was I this upset, this angry. I hated myself for that and it was all Derek's fault. Well, that was me trying to say to myself even though I knew I had my fair share in this whole fucked up situation. 

I should have just pulled her out of there. I just should have, but I didn't. That thought made me even angrier. 

But I held myself together, for Rose because when she wakes up she should wake up to Derek having a black eye and a blue jaw. Rose needed peace around her, stability. 

She needed a shoulder to lean on when she would wake up if she would wake up. I shook my head. I didn't want to think like that. 

I sighed and tried to remember what the doctors said. 

I didn't understand any of it and to be frank, I think they didn't either. They kept on telling us that it should not be possible for her to be still conscious and functional with the kind of damage her head had. 

Rose's doctor told us she needed surgery immediately before even more damage was done. He even told us that the chance to survive was less than forty percent and the chance she would end up in a coma sixty percent. 

Never in my life, have I felt so scared as then. I never experienced someone being terribly ill or having a lethal accident. 

My parents are still alive and well, all my friends and boyfriend were up until this moment alive and well. 

I looked to my left and looked at Derek. 

I knew he went through some stuff with his parents when he was young and hadn't an easy life for a long while, but that was no excuse to want it all now. 

To want a girlfriend and a 'side piece'. Someone to calm down his dominant urges as a Daddy and to have a romantic relationship with someone else you connect more with on a romantic level. 

"I am stepping out real quick," I mumbled. 

"Why?" He croaked out. 

"Calling Max and the rest. To let them know what is going on." I made my way out of the room and started calling people. 

Max immediately told me he was going to come and we should stay there until Rose was out of surgery. I was proud of my little prince. He had some problems with the little girl but I think he noticed what went on in Derek's house and he became more understanding of Rose's situation. 

Anna and Ellis told me they would come in the morning. Anna didn't feel well and needed some rest. 

I thanked them and hung up. 

I made my way back to the couch and sat next to Derek again. I didn't punch him but said something I knew would feel like a punch and I would regret later. 

Only my anger couldn't stop me. "If something happens to her... it's all your fault." 

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