Blaze* Waiting

BLAZE*

Everyone had returned. Vega ran up to Jace and gave him a quick hug and kiss. They walked over and sat where Vega was seated between Jace and me. I wondered where Jace and Tanner had taken off to? They hadn't said where they were going when they left.

However, Jace had asked me to keep Vega company, and that's what I have done. I'm glad I did because I learned a lot about Vega and Lyra. I can't wait until Lyra recuperates enough to meet her.

Once everyone had settled down in their seats, three doctors walked into the waiting room in our direction. Mr. and Mrs. Riley stood and greeted the doctors, and one of the doctors reached out and shook Mr. Riley's hand.

"Dr. Riley, our surgeries have been successful. Lyra will most likely need more surgeries in the future. We will not be sure if there is any brain damage until she wakes up. You know how this works; Lyra is now in the recovery room, where she will stay for an hour. Someone will come to get you when she is in a room. Lyra's recovery will be a long hard road for her; once healed enough, Lyra will need to undergo extensive rehab on her leg and arm. Which one of you would like to wait in the recovery room with her?" He said as he glanced over at Vega as if he knew she would be the one to go.

Vega jumped up from her seat."Me, I'm going; I want to be the first person Lyra sees when she wakes up," Vega cried out and went to stand by the doctors.

"Very well, we understand and wouldn't keep you from Lyra, baby," Mrs. Riley whimpered while she hugged Vega. Vega and the doctors walked back through the door and left a moment later.

Jace and Mr. and Mrs. Riley all sat down together and started conversing about random oddball stuff. I guess all three of them were trying to keep their minds off of Lyra. When we arrived earlier, Jace had introduced us all to one another. Tanner and I had been on the outside looking in on everything this whole time.

Tanner looked over at Jace and then back at me.

"So, Jace and I just went ring shopping. He told me that Vega and Lyra are twins," Tanner said with a questioned look on his face.

"A ring huh, did he get one?" I asked while I acted like I didn't hear the last of what he said.

"Well, yes, it's a beautiful ring. I'm sure Vega will love it. Jace is going to propose after Lyra gets home from the hospital. He wants us all to be there," Tanner said.

"So, did you hear the rest of what I said a minute ago? Lyra and Vega are twins, and it could be possible; Lyra was the one in your dream. They are the spitting image of each other," Tanner said with a skeptical look on his face.

"Vega told me while you and Jace were gone. After things she told me and seeing pictures, I have concluded that Lyra was the woman in my dream," I said while I watched Jace with Lyra's parents.

"Ok, and how do you feel about that?" Tanner asked with a raised brow.

"What are you, my therapist, now? It was a dream; how Lyra wound up in it, I don't know? How am I supposed to feel? While I was having that dream, I thought it was real until I woke up. I thought I had found my soulmate. Now, I feel like a creep, and I don't even know how I should feel or how I should act?" I said.

"I see you, but I also have a gut feeling that Lyra is the one for you. Especially after the things Jace has said about her. Just be patient, wait until you meet her, and then go from there," Tanner said.

JACE*

I love Richard and Rebecca as if they were my parents. I could talk to them about most anything. Vega, Lyra, and I had met with them twice a week for dinner, even though sometimes it was pretty late.

Tanner and I were pretty much raised by nannies, up until I was twelve, and Tanner was sixteen. Then we started fending for ourselves. Mom had left us when I was five; who knows where she was now. Our dad became an even worse workaholic than he already had been before she left. We spent a lot of time at Blaze's; other than nannies, our uncle and aunt were more like our parents. I can't wait for Vega and I to get married, so I can be a part of their family and build a family of my own. I stood and looked over at Richard.

"Mr.Riley, sir, can I talk to you for a moment in private?" I asked. Richard stood up and bent over and kissed Rebecca.

"Would you like some coffee, sweety?" Richard asked Rebecca.

"No, love, I think I'm fine for now," Rebecca said.

"Alright, son, let's go over to the cafeteria, and we will have a chat," Richard said as he flung his arm around me, and we headed out the door.

BLAZE*

Jace took off with Richard, and Tanner got up and left; I had no idea where he went.

Rebecca looked my way and said," come here, young man, and keep me company. I am about to go nuts, and everyone just left me. I understand Vega; those two have been inseparable, well, since the time before they were born," Rebecca said as she patted the chair next to her.

I stood and walked her way; I was nervous as hell. I sat next to her, and she hugged me. A hug like she's known me her whole life. I took it all in and hugged her back. I knew Rebecca was hurting, and I didn't want to hurt her feelings. We pulled away from each other, and she looked at me. I have met Rebecca twice, once while going over plans for Lyra, and Vega's house, and the second time, had been while handing over the keys to their house.

"Jace has told me a lot about you and his brother Tanner. The fact that you are more of a brother than a cousin. The heartache you have gone through when it comes to women. He has asked me for advice on how to help you, and I have given it. When it comes to such matters I feel, fate has a place in it all. My Lyra has also had a rough patch when it comes to such matters. You seem like such a nice young man, so I know love will come to you; be patient," Rebecca said and smiled.

Be patient; how much more patient could I be. I spent years with those women. I think Rebecca could sense my hesitance because what she said next sent me through a loop.

"Fate will send you signs; sometimes it's a dream, or you randomly bump into a stranger; that stranger happens to be your soulmate. I got both of those, with my Richard. Fate has so many ways of putting two people together. When you meet your soulmate, you will know. Everything will click into place for you both," Rebecca said with a reassuring smile.

VEGA*

I have been sitting here holding Lyra's hand and talking to her about every random thing I possibly could talk to her about. I looked down at my phone to see the time; thirty minutes had passed. Lyra still hasn't woken up. I am just impatient, and the doctor had told me it would take at least an hour for Lyra to wake up. He also said it might take longer due to her head trauma.

I wish Jace could be here with me. Other than Lyra, and my parents, Jace is my rock. He would come next after Lyra, and she's here, but not at the moment. She had a blood bag and an IV bag hanging that was going into her arm. Tubes and wiring were all over the place.

They had to shave the upper left side of her scalp to repair the brain bleed, so a wrap now covered the upper part of her head. The left side of Lyra's face and her eye were swollen and black. Lyra's leg was up in a brace, with pins sticking out of it; her arm pretty much looked like her leg, which the doctor also had suspended and elevated. I couldn't help but break down and cry.

"LYRA, please, please, please wake up. Be ok, talk to me, please," I cried out as I sobbed; but nothing changed.

The next thing I knew, I was being woken up by a nurse.

"I'm sorry, miss, but the doctor is here to evaluate the patient. We will need you to go back to the waiting room, please," She said.

I looked up to see that an hour had passed; it had been almost two hours, and Lyra still hadn't woken up.

"But I," I trailed off in the fog.

"We will have someone take you back to your family, but the doctor needs space," She said. I stood up and looked at Lyra, who showed no signs of waking up.