Chapter 3

His POV

I watch as I car stops as I hop into the passenger side as we head into the tunnel.

"That was a nasty wreck,"

"You can tell me that again. The driver of the car, Annabelle is in bad shape. She for sure has head damage and not sure what else,"

"Damn, wait how do you know her name?"

"Her wallet dropped when they picked her up,"

"Ahh gotacha, so want to go to practice late or home?"

"I want to go see how she is,"

"You can't find out dude, only family can,"

"True, just go to practice. Why are you late?"

"You woke me up, my alarm never went off,"
I shake my head as he turns down one street to another until he reaches the parking garage of the Consol Energy Center.

My mind is still on Annabelle and what happened to her.
It wasn't her fault nor my fault for what happened, it was an accident.

He parking his car on the 4th floor as I get out of the car and head for the elevator to get down to the first floor of the CEC.

Walking down the hall, I turn and head into the locker room area as my stuff and James's  stuff still hanging in the stalls.

Walking over, I start to change into my gear from my jeans, sweater and shoes.
By the time James came into the room, I am placing my helmet on.

"See you out there," I say as I head out and head for the ice.

"Your late," Dan says as I hit the ice and skate over to the rest of the team.

"I was in and accident Dan, James picked me up," I say.

"Take your two laps around and come back for the mustache boy comptation,"
I nod my head as I take my two laps around the rink as I stop behind Brooks.

"James two laps, hurry up," Dan says as I watch him then he joins us.

"It's Mustache Boy time," Dan says.
I really hope I wasn't it this month.

I wait my turn as I take a puck and pass it right behind Flower.

"Hell ya," I say as I take over to the boards and take a set next too Joey.

"So what happened?" He asks as I watch Suttsy miss the goal.

"Oh man, I was in a traffic accident this morning, I was gonna skip practice so I turned around to head home and yea. Bad mistake,"

"Damn, lose you car?"

"The front end of it but the car I hit, it's gone meaning it caught fire,"

"Oh man, is the driver ok?"

"She's in the hospital so she will be ok,"

"How'd you know it was a she?"

"I saved her from her car before it explosed,"

"Oh damn, glad you both are ok,"

"Me too,"

"Final two, Suttsy and Nealer," Dan says.
I turn and watch as the two battle it out.

I watch as James missed.

"Last time Sutter, if you miss we will have two mustache boys for October,"
I watch as he goes left and it goes in the corner.

"No shaving James," James says as I get off the boards, laughing.
He's gonna look so good.

"Good job," I say as I place my hand on his shoulders.

"You need to find a way home," James says as I laugh, knowing he was joking.

Following him back into the locker room, I change from my uniform and back into my normal clothes with deodorant on.

"You ready to see if someone is up there?" James asks.

"Yeah but I'll just walk up to Mercy, it's not very far,"

"You sure?"

"Yeah, I can call you once I'm done?"

"Sure,"

"Alright,"
I head out of the locker room and walk back to the garage area as I walk out onto the pavement.

"Have a good day?" a man says at the gate.

"you two,"
I walk in front of the building and head down the next street then to the next street as I find the hospital.

Walking into the emerancy department, I see this middle aged couple crying.
The lady looks exactly like Annabelle, but she has black hair instead of brown, so I walk up.

"Hello, I don't mean in interrupt you but are you Annabelle Watson's parents?" I ask as the lady looks up at me then the man.

"Yes we are, who are you?" Her dad asks me.

"I'm Paul Martin, I'm the one who saved your daughter's life," I say as I sit down in front of them.
I talked about the crash and told them what happened as a doctor walks over here.

"How's our baby girl?" Her mom asks as I look up at him.

"She's not doing so well, she has bleeding on the brain, she is on oxygen, she has a broken left leg and  she's not awake as of yet so I believe she's in a coma as well,"

I place my head into my hands, that is the worst possible news that I wanted to hear about her.

"Thank you, can we see her?" Her dad asks.

"Here shortly,"

"Thank you,"
He walks away as I see her dad wrap his arms around her mom as they both started to cry.
I'm already there.

I didn't want to hear anymore news about her until she is awake and alert.

"Paul,"
I look up as I look at her dad.

"Yes sir,"

"Thank you for telling us what happened and for saving her life,"

"Your welcome sir,"

"Would you like to see her when we do? I can tell a little lie to do it,"

"Thank you sir,  would like to see her with you,"
He places his hand out as her mom sits up.

"I'm Billy Watson and this is my wife Sara,"

"Nice to meet you two, granted I rather not be here at a hospital,"

"Oh us neither, thank you again Paul," Sara says.
I smile as I see James walking into the hospital.

"How is she?" James asks as he sits next to me.

"She's in bad shape, James these are her parents,"
He turns and faces them.

"I'm sorry to hear about your daughter," James says.

"Thanks, were you involved too?" Billy asks.

"No sir, I am Paul's friend,"

"Ahh gotacha,"

Minutes pass into hours as the doctor returns.

"Would you like to see her?"

"Yes sir," Billy says standing up.
I watch as him and Sara stand up as Billy asks "Can her boyfriend come too?"

"Sure,"
I stand up and follow behind them as we stop by the room.

"I'll be back in 30 minutes to get you folks,"

"Thank you doctor," Billy says as he opens the door as I follow into the room.

"My poor babygirl," sara says as she walks over to the bed.

Tears are actually falling down my eyes as I see this lifeless woman laying in a bed.
She has a oxygen mask on, IV in and foot hang up.

I don't think I could do this and see her like this.