"For fuck sake Cohen drive faster" i scolded him.

I have to get to my Ace

I'm a mess, tears were running down my face in a never ending stream of hurt and distraught.

What am I going to do without him?

What if he's hurt really badly?

No, no, no, no

My hands and legs were shaking and I just needed to get to the damn hospital.

I had a horrible headache forming at the sides of my face and front of my head.

Fuck, not now

Cohen pulled up outside the hospital and I didn't waste anytime jumping out and running into the dreaded place

The cold temperature of the hospital air conditioning hit my skin and I made it to the front desk.

"I need to know where Ace Rivers is please" I said and then signed to the lady

"And what is your relation to the patient?" She asked calmly.

Very different to my shaking state

"I-I'm his girlfriend" I managed to get out through my sore throat now forming from my crying

"dear you need to calm down, take deep breaths. He's in room 241" she tried to calm me but my breaths were coming in short and I didn't notice that Cohen was stood right beside me until he placed his hand on my shoulder.

I just shrugged him off and went to find my shitfaces room.

I ran though the doctor and nurse crowded corridors until I came to a row of door of which his was located.

I saw a doctor and Rosa speaking outside of what must be Aces room and I headed over to them.

As soon as she saw me I noticed how she looked terrible. But what else would you expect, her sons in hospital

She pulled me into a tight hug and I hugged her back with the same force.

We both pulled away with tears in our eyes.

She then continued talking with the doctor to which I read what he was saying to now both of us.

"Mrs Rivers, Ace did have some Internal bleeding in his organs which we have managed to stop but he did also suffer a traumatic head injury to which he has gone into a coma, we are still running some tests and checking up on him but for now he's okay. We don't know when he will wake up, we're hoping it will be sometime this week or next so we can see if it had caused any damage to the brain but from what we can see we don't think it has" the doctor finished and I just stared at him in shock.

Everything's fucked up

A coma

The doctor left and Rosa got my attention and said she will be back, she told me she's going to get some coffee.

I don't want to imagine what's she's feeling right now

I already feel bad enough

I turn to the door that separates me from the one I love

I can do this, I've done it once I can do it again

He's fine, he'll be okay. Right?

I grab the door handle and slowly twist it open,

In front of me makes my heart stop beating for a second.

Ace lays there. IVs are hooked and pricked into his arms and there's a nasal cannula helping his heart rate pattern steady. Bruised and scratches litter his face and his messily perfect hair was now distressed and parts covered in blood.

"Baby?" I whispered whilst taking a breath and taking a seat next to him.

I clasp his hand in mine and stroke small patterns on the top, although it's hard with all the tubes and needles prodded into him.

My eyes water as I start speaking "Ace" I start "you have to wake up okay? And soon because your mums really upset and i don't even want to think about Alessia, even if she doesn't know. You also have to wake up for me, i saw you last night and if I would of just invited you in maybe this wouldn't of happened" I sob. My eyes were stinging and my cheeks burned by the salty drips of tears.

"Yet here you are. With a dozen tubes and needles in you and a body full of bruises. But Don't worry I still love you" I laughed, knowing if he was awake he would scold me for 'dissing his body'

But it stopped when I realised I hadn't even said it yet and when I did he didn't even know.

I just wanted to curl up into his side and whisper all day that I loved him.

I rubbed my eyes free of the stinging and leaned up pushing his hair back and kissing his forehead.

I whispered "your my shitface and I'm your princess so you wake up soon for me okay!"

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It's been four days since Ace was in a coma

and I'm not doing any better.

The girls have been very supportive and comforting, trying to cheer me up but nothing right now could cheer me up.

The doctors keep saying that the more time time he's in a coma the worse he could be when or if he wakes up.

I don't want to think about if he doesn't wake up

He will, he has too

I get up from bed to get ready to go back to the hospital. I've been there every single day since I first saw him on Sunday.

Rosa is always there from 8am until 10am and then she has to go to work so I head up and stay with him for the rest of the day. Alessia has been staying at her grandmothers according to Rosa because she wants to be at the hospital as much as she can until he wakes up.

I would be there at 8 like Rosa but I know that she would want some time alone with her son and I respect that.

I have been crying myself to sleep almost every night, my parents and Cohen have been trying to comfort me but they know the only thing i need is my Ace.

And I plan on being there until he opens his eyes.

I step out of bed and have a quick shower, then I throw on my comfy white matching knitted pants and top set. My face hasn't had any makeup on it since our date because I have been crying since then so what's the point.

I throw on my sliders and wake Cohen up to drive me. He's been the most comforting to me because he's the only one I let in at night to hold me whilst I cry.

I really appreciate him

He quickly signs to me that he will be 5 minutes and I sign back an okay before going downstairs and Into the kitchen.

My parents have gone to work as it's the weekday and I'm supposed to go to school but they gave me the week off to I guess, cry.

As a result of that Cohen's been going to school late so he can drop me off at the hospital.

again, I really appreciate him

We make it to the hospital and I head in and straight to the front desk where the lady, who's name I learned was Nancy, greeted me.

"Hello dear" she says and instantly signs me in for Ace.

"Good morning Nancy" I greet back with a smile that doesn't reach my eyes.

She notices but just gives me one of her smiled anyway.

I walk into Aces room and straight away give him a forehead kiss. "Good morning shitface"

i swap the unopened bottle of Dr Pepper with a new one.

Every morning this week I have brought him a Dr Pepper because that's the first drink I threw on him and the next one I throw on him when he wakes up.

Why?

For making me cry so much in the space of four days, or more.

"I love you" I whisper in his ear as I take my seat next to him and hold his hand in mine.

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