Chapter 18

Xavier's POV:

I tried to ignore her and kept walking towards my truck as I couldn't erase the picture of her kissing Nate from my head. I know I should have heard her out but I was so pissed off and just wanted to be alone. I didn't want to say anything in anger that I might regret later.

"You were never the rebound. In fact, I lo---" her voice was cut off as I heard a car swooshing past me. I turned around in confusion and saw her lying on the ground.

What the fuck?

I stood there frozen as I couldn't believe the sight in front of me.

No, this must be a dream.

A bad fucking dream!

Not another accident! I fell to the ground staring at her in shock as blood started dripping down from her head. People started to crowd around her and I came out of my daze, crawling towards her. Tears started flowing down my cheeks automatically.

Fuck, why did she have to follow me?

“Rebecca, open your eyes.” I patted her cheeks as I saw her eyes closing. She must stay awake. I can't lose her like I lost my brother.

Not now.

I just got her.

“Rebecca!” I heard Nate yelling as he rushed towards us from her building. I wanted to kill that fucking bastard but right now I needed to save my woman.

“Fuck! Don’t leave me, baby. Just hold on, you are going to be fine. Call the ambulance,” I yelled at Nate and he quickly took out his phone. I kept sobbing as I held her close to my chest.

Soon the ambulance arrived and we were on our way to the hospital. All along I kept praying that she should be alright and held my head in my hands. Everything happened in a fraction of second and I still couldn't process the fact that she was hit by a car. I looked at Nate who kept staring at the ceiling of the ambulance van with wide eyes. Neither of us spoke a word until we reached the hospital.

"I just informed her mom and she is on her way," Nate muttered and I stood up from the chair. We were outside the ICU as the doctors were treating her. We had no idea how badly she was hurt and it was killing me inside.

"None of this would have happened if you hadn't kissed her, you bastard," I held his shirt collars while he pushed me away roughly.

"Oh yeah, this was all your fucking fault. You just had to give a dramatic exit to make her follow you," he growled. I kept staring at him in anger and guilt as a part of what he said was true. She wouldn't have been hurt if she hadn't followed me across the street.

Fuck!

"Shut the fuck up," I roared in anger. The guilt was eating me alive. All I wanted right now was for her to be okay. Nothing else mattered. God! Just let her be okay. I can't lose another person I love.

"Get your shit together, man. This is a hospital." He sighed and sat down on the chair while I ran my hands through my hair in frustration. I wanted to see her. I just wanted to know that she was out of danger. She hurt her head badly and it scared the hell out of me. I kept pacing around outside the ICU, waiting for someone to come out and tell me that she was doing fine.

"Family of Ms. Thompson?" I heard a voice behind me and I rushed towards the middle-aged doctor. Please let her be okay. I kept chanting it over and over in my head.

"I'm Xavier, her boyfriend," I replied and Nate scoffed beside me.

"I'm her best friend. She is like family," he opened his stupid mouth and I tried to control my self from hitting him.

"Have you informed her actual family?" he asked, looking back and forth between me and Nate.

"Yes, her mom is on her way. How is she?" I asked with my eyes filled with fear.

"Well, I'm not going to lie. She is still in danger as she had a huge impact on her head. There is a swelling on her brain and we need to monitor her overnight to see if the swelling reduces and only then I can tell you for sure if she is out of danger. She also fractured her right ankle which is not that serious. All we can do right now is to hope that the swelling goes down," he gave us a tight smile and patted my shoulders.

I could hear the words 'Critical' 'Swelling' 'fractured' and none of it sounded positive. I wanted to yell at him to go do his job and save her somehow.

"Are you hearing me?"

"Y--yeah. I'm going to be right here until she wakes up and she will, doctor." I nodded my head confidently and went to sit down. She was going to be alright. I mean, she has to be alright. I need her. Hannah needs her.

"She is going to be fine, man. She is a fighter." Nate spoke beside me and I could almost hear his voice break. That is when I realized how hard this must be for him too. Heck, I would die for that girl and I've known her only for two months. They have been friends forever. She needs to wake up for all of us.

"I know," I choked out and tried so hard to stay strong.

I dozed off around 2 in the morning and woke up with a jerk when I heard someone yelling.

"Why didn't you take care of my daughter?" I heard a woman sobbing and hitting Nate. She must be Rebecca's mom. She was a replica of her except that she had blonde hair. He held her tightly as she kept sobbing in his arms.

"You were supposed to take care of her, Nate. I didn't send her to your town so that she could get herself killed," she sniffled and I walked towards them slowly.

"You must be Xavier," she pulled herself from Nate and looked at me with anger and disgust.

"None of this would have happened if it weren't for you guys. Just stay away from her. Both of you." she spoke angrily, looking back and forth between us, "Step aside now. I'm going to find the doctor," I watched her walk past me swiftly and felt like shit once again.

Great! Now her mom hates me too.

I looked inside the ICU through the small transparent portion of the door and saw her lying with a huge bandage on her head. I could hear the faint beeping of the monitor and peeled my eyes away, rushing outside as I couldn't watch her in that state anymore. She was fighting for her life in there and it was all because of me.

Fuck, why did I have to show up at her place?

I remembered that Hannah was still at my mom's place and she must be waiting for me. God, I had no idea how I was going to tell her about this. She would be broken. I took out my phone and called my mom.

"Hi honey, when are coming over to pick up Hannah for school?" she chirped and I held back my sob.

"Mom, som--something bad happened." I sniffled and told her the whole thing.

"Oh my God, Xavier. I'm coming right over there after I drop off Hannah at school," she started to panic.

"Let's not tell Hannah anything for now,"

"Of course, I'll take care of Hannah and I know for sure that Rebecca is going to be fine, honey." She tried to convince me and I nodded, praying for the same thing.

"See you soon, mom." I cut the call and looked down at my blood soaked clothes. I closed my closed, thinking about all our times together. I didn't even get a chance to tell her that I loved her and I didn't care if she wanted to be with Nate. I just wanted to tell that I will always love her no matter what.

Fuck, I would do anything to go back in time and hear her out instead of walking away from her.