Trauma

They finally arrive at the hospital and park beside each other. They just jump out their cars as the ambulance is racing into the hospital.

The paramedics run outside to carry the two casualties and take them into the trauma ward. The both of them look lifeless and are both bleeding very badly, they look like they have been burnt as well. Kirsty drops to the floor at this sight and begins to scream.

Elsie and laura quickly go down to hold her and comfort her. Elijah then picks Kirsty up and holds her as she walks to the hospital.

Maitreya looks at them both being carried and forcefully grabs Chris' hand. He picks his head up to look at her, she is silent but there are tears dropping from her eyes and running down her face , he instantly knew that she would blame herself and he holds her hand after wiping her eyes.

Katy is right beside Maitreya and hands her a tissue . Kirsty notices this and begins to scream out of both shock and anger .

" why is SHE crying ?? "- Kirsty

Elijah grabs her so that she doesn't cause a scene in the hospital but she leaves his hold and goes over to Maitreya herself.

" Why?? , you're the fault for this , if anything happens to Michael , its because you caused Owen to run away with him , its your fault for this!! You , Maitreya ! YOU! "- Kirsty screamed and continued to cry

Elsie and laura both go to comfort Kirsty yet again knowing that she was hurt and felt she needed someone to blame and take her anger out on while Katy but stayed with Maitreya .

"You may sit here and wait to hear what's going on" - one of the doctors said to them directing them to the waiting area

" Owen has a fractured leg and a minor burn on his back and legs because he was near to the car when it exploded and caught on fire. His injury isn't too harsh but cannot be taken lightly . we will operate on his leg and we can also stop the burning from getting worse but he will be fine in a few days "- the doctor informs Owens parents and the rest of them

" Michael on the other hand , he was the driver of the vehicle and the petrol tanker had hit him full on his side . He is very critical , burns all over his body and we don't know the extent to it as yet, he has a few minor injuries , like fractured bones but he might also have an injury in his head , if so... This is very bad and we have to operate immediately. Michael's injury's can not be taken lightly because this is very critical and has to go through many scans before we can come to a conclusion "

Elijah's phone rang, someone had been calling for the past 15 minutes but he kept declining because of the situation.

Laura looked at him and asked him to take the cakk because she knew it was the hotel that they had booked.

"hello"- Elijah

After the call ended Laura walked towards Elijah

" what are we going to do? Its the hotel for our holiday reservation! "- Elijah

" but , Owen and Michael are in hospital! "- Laura said in sorrow

" we can't cancel our alone time, besides it's non refundable and we already paid "- Elijah said

" how are you going to tell the boys we're going on holiday when we're in this situation? "- Laura

" It's only for tomorrow, we don't have mention anything now" - Elijah said and joined everyone else again.

After a long hour, the doctor approached them again.

" Owen is okay , he can be discharged tomorrow. If you leave him here tonight it would be beneficial for him . we have treated his burns and he has no damage to his skin or lungs because of the smoke. You all can go in and see him now " - she instructs

Everyone slowly gathers their stuff and walks to Owens ward. They all walk in and notice that owen is already wide awake and interfering with some of his left over pudding cups

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He giggles when he looks at them all walk in .

" hello everyone "- Owen said in his playfully childish voice

And then stops when he sees Maitreya , he puts his head down slightly embarrassed.

Maitreya's heart melts when she looks at owen and guilt settles in because she feels extremely bad for what she has done. They all gather around him and joke a little to cheer him up. They give him warms hugs and some food!

" Owen "- Maitreya whispers

He slowly picks up his head , she notices tears form in his eyes and she soon bursts into tears, flowing down her cheeks as she goes to give him a hug.

" I'm so sorry Owen ... What have I done?"- Maitreya

" its not your fault but mine alone !"- owen

They both hug, accept each others apologies and move on.

The doctor walks in and interrupts their moment. She rushes in and seemed to be in a hurry.

She ran to meet with Michael's parents

" scans show that he has a blockage in his lungs, there was a great amount of dust and smoke on scene and there's evidence that smoke has entered his lungs. he will be here for a while , we cannot assume how long due to the damage. Weeks , months and realistically we are trying to avoid him going into a state of shock and into a coma "- the doctor said

" what am I going to do without him , I cannot live without my Michael " kirsty cried

This would have not happened if I didn't push Maitreya in the pool. If I had to stay to myself , I wouldn't have needed to leave and I wouldn't be lost in my thoughts. Michael wouldn't have worried and taken his eyes off the road and we both wouldn't be where we are right now- Owen drifted off into his own thoughts