I woke up in a room I didn't recognise, 4 plain white walls, I looked down to notice wires and all other types of mechanical contracptions sticking out of my arms. I must be in hospital, the last thing I remeber was alot of pain.
I looked around the room, taking in my surrondings, I noticed Vic slumped in a chair at the bottom of my bed, he was awake just in his own little daze. I coughed loudly.
"Oh Em's you're awake" He said moving closer.
"yeah" I said only giving him, one word answers, he still wasn't in my good books.
"Em, you look suprised to see me" he asked confused
"Cos' frankly I am" I spat back
"Why are you being so cold to me?" he seemed genuinely suprised that I was mad, as if he didn't understand .
"Where were you?" I said raising my voice a little, my inner anger seeping through.
"What?" He was still fucking clueless.
"I needed you, I tried calling you when I needed my best friend the most, and you weren't there. "
"Em, I'm sorry"
"Sorry, doesn't fucking cut it, we haven't seen or even spoken to each other in weeks, I've barely seen you these last six months in fact, since you've been with Ashleigh, and then you just turn up here and think that everything would be okay, like they used to be. Well Vic big fucking news flash, it isn't" I yelled my eyes brimming with tears, I looked away from his piercing glare.
"Don't try and blame this on me or Ash, you've pushed me away too, If you weren't so wrapped up in being a slut and a whore and fucking Bryden all the time, then maybe we could hang out more" His voice now seethed with anger too. My jaw dropped, I couldn't even find words to convey how angry I was at that moment.
"Sum fucking best friend you are." I spat looking looking the opposite direction, I couldn't even bear to look at him.
Right on cue his phone rang.
"It's Ashleigh, I have to take it" he said walking out of the room.
"And once again , I come second best to fucking Ashleigh, MANWHOARE!" I yelled

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I was sat in the emergency room at the hospital , Vic was sat beside me one arm draped around my shoulder, his other hand drumming patterns on his knee. He was humming to himself but I found the sound of it and the vibrations of his chest where my head lay quite comforting.
We're here because my parents had been involved in a car accident, at the moment my dad was in surgery and my mom was, I don't even where she was they woukdn't tell me.
"Miss Mathews...." the doctor asked, I stood up and walked towards him Vic following behind me.
".... I'm sorry Miss Mathews, your father, Elliot Mathews, didn't make it through surgery. Your mother Rebecca Mathews is in intensive care you can see her if you want, but I'm going to be blunt, the future for her doesn't look bright either" The doctor said a sympathetic look on his face, he placed a hand on my shoulder but I shrugged it off. I noticed Vic's arms wrap around me from behind, now that's comfort I will accept.

We walked off in the direction of the room my mum was in. I opened the door, my mom looked as if she'd be peacefully sleeping if it wasn't for all the tubes and wires, her beautifull wavy blonde hair spread over the pillow, a bandage tightly wrapped around her head for and obvious head wound, her beautifull blue eyes closed at this time.
"Mom..." I sighed "....Look I wouldn't know what to say even if you were awake, but always know that I love you even if it doesn't seem like it sometimes. We'll get through this together, I promise" I took a deep breath in to prevent tears from falling, I had to stay strong for her.
I felt her hand move beneath mine, her eyes shot open, I could see her bright blue eyes again.

"Emmy, my girl, oh and you've brought Vic, my favourite of all your friends..." My mom smiled "....Vic?" She asked beckoning him closer
"Mrs Mathews" He smiled
"If I've told you once, I've told you thousand times, call me Becky or even Rebecca, no Mrs Mathews that makes me feel old"
"Sorry" he smiled now taking the seat I was in beside her.
"I want you to promise me something, Vic, can you do that...." He nodded ".... promise me you'll look out for my Emmy, protect her, always be there for her if she needs you, can you promise me that?" She asked the amount of talking obviously wearing her out.
"I promise you I will do all those things. and many more to make sure Em is always safe" Vic smiled
"Mom, don't talk like your dying or your not gonna be there to protect me yourself, we'll get thr...." I was cut off by the sound of her heart monitor at a constant beep, showing me her heart had stopped,she had gone.
"MOM!" I screamed as tears fell fast now, I felt my knees go weak, luckily Vic caught me as I fell. I cried into his chest, most probably soaking his top right through, as he rubbed calming pattens on my back, and hummed softly, he'd obviously caught on to how that calmed me.

"Em?" He asked, we were now sat on the floor of the hospital room, his arms still wrapped tightly around my fragile frame.
"Uhuh"
"You know what your mom said" he said, I nodded.
"I'm never ever gonna break that promise, I will always be there for you Em and protect you, I couldn't live with myself If I wasn't" He said, I looked up to be met with his tear filled eyes.
"I know" I whispered.
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"I'm guessing things didn't go to well" Tony said as he walked in holding two cups of coffee, a smile so big plastered on his face, his smile taking away some of the anger running riot in my body. The thing with Tony's smile is it's so adorable that it could light up a dark room, turn a bad day into a good one, and most of all make you smile when you're really crying on the inside.
"Didn't go to well is a fucking understatement" I spat anger still seeping through my voice.
"Oh...."He said placing one of the cups of coffee beside me ".... for you"
"Thank you...." I took a sip of the hot lquid and felt it warm my throat ".... but once again I'm second best to Ashleigh, and I swear the next time I see his pretty baby face, I'm gonna slap it"
"Woah, what did he do to make you want to resort to violence little one?" Tony asked shocked at how angry I was.
"He called me a 'slut' and a 'whore'" I said trying to get my hands to stop shaking from the anger.
"What? Vic, our loving caring Vic?" He asked simply confused I just nodded
"Wow, he's changed" Tony seemed so suprised
"I know" I said my voice becoming a sad whisper.

We remained in silence for a few minutes , until Tony came and sat in the seat beside me, taking my hand in his. His eyes glaring holes in the floor below us. Something was wrong.
"Turtle, what's wrong?" I asked gently rubbing the back of his hand with my thumb.
"I was scared Em" He answered his voice was laced with such sadness.
"Care to elaborate more"
"I was so scared of losing you Em, when I got that phone call from the hospital, saying you were here, I felt as if my whole world was falling apart around me" He sighed, I felt the warm lquid of his tears on my hand.
"Tony, your not gonna lose me, I'm still here, I'm okay, I'm alive and kicking" I said tilting his face up so his eyes met with mine, tears were free falling from his eyes now as he let them. He was normaly one of the strongest , so much so his strength was something I admired about him. In all the years I'd known him I had only seen him cry once before this and that was just over a year ago, when his mom passed away.
" Soo... Tony how's things with Kira" I asked changing the subject.
"Not fantastic...." He sighed, I gave him a look to tell him to contiue and spill everything"..... we had a big fight the day you were admitted, she didn't like that I was spending time here with you and we haven't spoken since"
"Oh , well don't let me be the reason for the end of your relationship... I'll happily get out of your life if it means you and Kira work things out, you two are great together." I sighed fiddiling with the sheets.
"Emma Joanne Mathews, don't ever say that. I would hapily unlike Vic sacrafice my relationship to keep my friendship with you" He snapped
"You too are getting a slap, when I eventually get unplugged from all this shit"
"Em, what did I do" He asked confused
"You know full well what you did, Full name"
"Oh Em I'm sorry for using your full name in a sentence, knowing you don't like it, am I forgiven" He pouted.
"Possibly, I'll think about it." I smirked
We sat and talked for hours about random things, untill visiting hours were over and he had to leave. The doctors said they'd keep me in a few more days for observation and then I could go.

Notes

Hello yay another update.
So I found this chapter really hard to write, I thinks it's because of all the emotion involved...and I found it hard to be motivated to write but I know I had too, and I know it's not gonna be the hardest I have to write in the future

for those who wondered in this chapte this is kinda how I Imagined Em's mom to look like just a bit older, but that was the best picture I could find.
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