Peach Roses

Chapter 13

Tay woke in pain, she didn't know how long it had been but she was still in the car, why wasn't the rescue people here, why wasn't dee here. What was going on? She raised her hand to her head and felt wet and gooey, she moved her hand and looked, blood. Great, this was just becoming the worst two days in history. She glanced around, looking for the phone, she couldn't see it, but she could hear it, it was ringing.
"agg," tay said out loud as she heard running feet.
"HEY, anyone in there." A voice called as the face came into view.
"please" Tay said except that her voice was very quiet.
"Hey Lady, you okay?"
"no, get help." she told him.
"Hey, I called 911 when I saw your car, they should be here soon, anyone you want me to call."
"Please, call dee and my daddy, um..."
"hey, should you be talking, maybe you shouldn't talk."
"555- 7341"
"you want me to call that,"
"please"
"I hear sirens, they're coming to help, just hold on."
"talk to me, please" tay begged.
"Ok, what do you want to know. . . i guess anything will work huh, um lets see. . ." The guy went on to talk about himself as the sirens got closer, he never did call the number that Tay asked him to call.

Once the police and the EMT's got there, he moved out of the way and made the call finally. They worked to get her out and asked Tay so many damn questions she was getting sick of talking, finally the EMT told the cop that she shouldn't talk.

"Wait, wait," Tay exclaimed as loud as she could as they got her on the streatcher,"Talk to Reynolds and Jones, they know"
"Okay, thanks" he cop replied as they walked off to their crusier.
"Let's get you to the hospital,ma'am." The emt stated.
"my car , the brakes were gone." Tay told them as they wheeled her into the ambulance.

They got her inside and hooked to some more moniters and then they took off toward the hospital.

When they got to the hospital, Tay was taken out right away and into the emergency room to get checked over, she didn't see anyone in the waiting room so she wasn't sure if anyone had gotten in touch with Dee or her parents. Even if they did get in touch with her parents, they would be there for at least 3 hours, so it didn't really matter.

The doctor found out that she had a few broken ribs and some severe cuts on her face, arms, and neck from the glass and sterring wheel. She was lucky, they said, that there wasn't more damage. Once everything was said and done, the x-rays, ultrasounds, mri's and everything else over 2 hours had passed and Tay had no idea if anyone has been notified. They wheeled her into a private room and left her there.

She dosed in and out for a long time before she heard a noise by the door, people argueing. She strained to hear what was being said but only caught bits and peices of the conversation, something about her and the hospital and the performance. She figured it was Dee and Ben speaking outside but she could be completely wrong.
Soon the door opened and Dee walked it, he looked exhausted as he looked around the room, finally he looked at her and noticed that she was awake, he stepped forward and took the chair that had been pulled up by her bedside.

"Hey. . how are you feeling?" He asked quietly.
"Like I hit a tree," she stated with a small smile.
"That's not funny, baby." he replied.
"Sorry, but it's how I feel, did you get my message."
"Yes, a little late, but yes and I called your parents, talked to your father, he's on his way out here. He said he would give a breif overview to your mom so she wouldn't worry. What the hell happened, Tay?"
"The brakes were gone, I thought they were weird when I was at the stop sign but they worked just fine, the first curve was okay, but then the hill, i tried to slow down and I couldn't. Then I knew something was wrong, I called 911 told them what was going on then I called you so you would know what happened. I'm sorry I didn't say more on the message."
"No, it's okay, I was out of my mind when I got the message and you hadn't hung up when you hit so I heard that too. God, baby it was terrible. I didn't know where you were or if the ambulance had shown up yet, I never want to go through that again. They think it might be a stalker or maybe a crazed fan of mine."
"But. . . why me?"
"Your the only girl I have shown any interest in. . . in years. Ben thinks I should stay away from you and leave this town. I told him no way in hell was I leaving now, if it is a crazed fan or even a stalker he or she has to go through me to get to you. I am not having anymore of these incidents happening to you."
"You can't stop them, Dee, it may still happen."
"no, not anymore, we're getting married. I can protect you then."
"Married? You can't be serious? That won't help the situation, besides you don't even know who it is or why they are doing this. Make a statement, maybe the person will leave a note or something about why they are doing this and why to me. We don't have to get married for that."
"I want you to marry me, Taylor."
"No, I won't"
"Dammit, Taylor, this will help."
"I don't think it will. I need rest, please leave."
"Serious? You want me to leave, I'm not going anywhere ever again."
"Yes, leave, please. I can't sleep with you here."
"Taylor, I am not. . . "

Someone knocked then the door opened to reveal. . .