Welcome To The Family

**Matt's POV**

I'm laying in the hospital bed replaying the events of the last 24 hours before my head begins to throb again. The doctor said I have a concussion, that I'll need 8 stitches in my hairline on the left side of my head and that I fractured my left arm in two places. The funny thing is...I don't feel any physical pain...right now, the only pain I'm feeling is emotional. I keep asking how Michelle is but they refuse to tell me...they say I'm not family so until she's released from the Intensive Care Unit, they can't legally tell me shit.

There is a knock on my door and I see Zacky, Johnny and Jimmy standing there. Ugh, I don't really need the third degree from them right now....I'm sure Jimmy has clued them in on what was going on and emotionally..I can't handle it right now.

"Hey man.." Johnny says sadly, "how are you feeling?"

I can't help but scoff, "I'm just fucking fantastic Johnny...I might have just killed the woman I'm in love with!"

Johnny and Zacky just look at each other with confused expressions. Shit, I guess Jimmy didn't tell them everything.

"Fuck man, you really whacked your head....Val is ok....Michelle is...." Zacky starts to say but doesn't finish his sentence before his eyes drop to the floor.

"She is what?!" I shout, "Please tell me she ok and that I didn't kill her! The doctors won't tell me shit!"

"She's in a coma Matt!" Jimmy yells and suddenly I can't catch my breath. I start to have a panic attack so Johnny runs to grab the nurse.

"I'm sorry guys but you need to leave!" she says forcefully then turns to look at their worries expressions and sighs, "I'll come and get you once he's calmed down, I promise."

They nod their heads and give me a small wave while making their way out of the room. The nurse attempt to get me to calm down but how can I? Michelle is in a coma and it's all my fault!

"P..pl..please, I..I can...I can calm d..down if I..I ca..can...see...M...Mich...Michelle!" I stammer out but the nurse just shakes her head no.

"Sir, I've already told you...if you're not family I can't even tell you about her condition let alone let you see her, I'm sorry." she replies while giving me an injection of something to help me relax. As my eyes drift close and I feel like I'm about to pass out I remember something....

...the engagement ring!

**Val's POV**

I wake up in a cold sweat and am confused by my surroundings...this isn't my house. I just had a horrible nightmare when Matt cheated on me with Michelle and then they got into a horrific car accident because they caught Brian and I fucking. My head is resting on someone's lap and they are lovingly rubbing my cheek. I turn my head upwards expecting to see Matt but instead, Brian looks down at me with sad, tear-filled eyes. I shoot up and realize that we are in the waiting room of the hospital and that I wasn't dreaming at all....I fainted! Matt really did cheat on me, Michelle really is in a coma, and I really did have sex with Brian!

I begin sobbing uncontrollably with my head in my hands. Brian tries to comfort me but I can't handle it right now, not after everything that happened. I jump up and rush towards the restrooms because I feel like I'm about to puke, but as I do, I run full force into someone and fall backwards onto my ass.....OUCH!

"Holy shit, Val!" Zacky says and lifts me off the ground, "are you ok? We didn't know you were here yet, have you seen Brian?"

I point my finger in the direction of the waiting room and push my way past the three of them. I wonder how they knew to come here? Maybe Brian called them while I was passed out.

I rush into the bathroom as the bile rises in my throat. I empty the contents of my stomach and start to clean myself back up as best as I can. I toss the paper towel in the waste basket and have my hand on the exit door when I realize, the guys are probably here because Matt called them....I almost forgot he's here too!

Ugh, I need to find that son of a bitch!!!

**Zacky's POV**

After Val plowed full force into me and then rushed off towards the bathrooms we decided to make out way over towards Brian to see how he's doing. I'm sure after the fight earlier he's felling like shit about the way he treated Chelle...not just this time, but for all the times before.

I'm in still kind of confused on how Michelle ended up with Matt down the street from Jimmy's house hours after the party ended. Who knows, maybe Matt took her there because Jimmy has a way of instantly making you feel better. When Jimmy called he didn't say too much more than there was an accident and that we should rush over to the hospital. It's weird, Brian didn't even let us know he was here or about Michelle's medical status....Jimmy had to flirt the information out of a young and impressionable nurse's aide.

"Hey, Bri. How are you?" I say as I plop down in the seat next to him and give him a slight shove with my shoulder because he looks lost in another world right now.

"I've honestly been better" he sighs but doesn't look at us.

"We just saw Matt, he's pretty banged up but I think he'll be ok." I say and watch as Brian clenches his jaw...I guess he's really pissed at him for the accident. "He seems a bit out of it if you ask me. He was rambling on about how he might have killed the woman he's in love with, which is ridiculous because I nearly got bowled over by her on her way to the bathroom." I joke trying to get him to lighten up but it doesn't work.

He shoots his eyes over to Jimmy, "They don't know do they?" he says sounding half shocked and half pissed off. What the fuck?

I glance over at Johnny and he looks as confused as I am, "What don't we know?" I ask Brian but he doesn't answer. I look to Jimmy and he just shrugs towards Brian but remains silent. I am starting to get pissed, "What the fuck is going on!" I shout but yet again, I'm ignored.

I'll beat it out of them if I have to!!

**Val's POV**

I storm towards the nurse's station determined to find out where the heartless asshole who has caused me more pain today than I've ever know, is hiding.

"Matthew Sanders! Where is he?!" I growl.

"Room 1031" she replies and I turn to take off in that direction but she stops me. "I'm sorry ma'am but he was suffering from panic attacks so we had to sedate him....you're not going to be able to see him yet."

"Suffer!? He hasn't even begun to suffer!!" I shout and the nurse has the security guard restrain me because she looks terrified. "My sister could die because of him!!!" I sob.

"So, you are related to Michelle DiBenedetto?" she asks and my heart stops beating....please don't say something went wrong with her surgery.

"Yes! I'm her twin sister!" I cry, "Is she ok? Did she wake up?!"

"She is out of surgery and is more stable but unfortunately hasn't awoken yet. The doctor said that there is brain activity so that is a positive sign that she should pull through and hopefully come out of the coma soon." she replies and I let out a sigh of relief.

"Oh God, can I see her?!" I ask and the security guard nods his head as he leads me towards the ICU.

Mark my works....I will get you later Matt!!

**Matt's POV**

My drowsy bloodshot eyes finally decide it's time to get up. Ugh, how long have I been out? I don't even remember falling asleep. The last thing I remember was Jimbo saying that Chelle was.....oh shit!

I frantically hit the call button to signal the nurse. She comes rushing in and asks me how I'm felling but I ignore her questions. "Please, I need to see Michelle.." I plead but again she shakes her head no.

"Mr. Sanders, I've already told you..." she starts but I cut her off.

"She's my fiancée! Please!! I was going to propose tonight but the accident happened before I got the chance to give her the ring!" I beg, "I swear, if you don't believe me check my clothes...there is a diamond engagement ring in the left front pocket of my jeans!"

She looks skeptical and heads towards the bag marked 'Patient's Belongings' and pulls out my blood covered jeans. She reaches her hand into the left front pocket and gasps at the ring.

"I'm so sorry...I didn't know!" she says sadly and turns towards the exit, "I'll go ask your doctor if it's ok if I take you down and I'll be right back."

I seriously hope that this doctor isn't a douche bag because technically speaking she's not engaged unless she says yes. I would really hate to have to beat him to a bloody pulp if he refuses to let me see her.

The nurse reappears with a wheelchair and a huge weight feels like it's been lifted from my chest. "Sorry, hospital policy says you can't walk there so I will have to take you." she says sweetly and gives me a sympathetic smile.

"Thank you! Thank you so much!" I scream and rush towards the wheelchair.

"Woah, slow down tiger!" she jokes and I actually laugh a little out of excitement. She hands me back the engagement ring and I thanks her again for everything.

As as we round the corner towards Chelle's room I can hear the sound of Val's voice coming from inside. She must be sitting by her bedside her and I get a small tingle of hope that maybe Michelle is awake. The nurse stops the wheelchair outside the door and slips only herself into the room.

I can hear the nurse faintly talking to Val, "I'm sorry ma'am but can I ask you to step out for a minute, she's only allowed one visitor at a time in ICU."

"I thought only family was allowed to see her here?" she asks confused, "Our parents are on the way but, I just talked to them so I know they aren't hear yet."

"Her fiancé would like to see her if he could." she replies and I hear Val gasp.

"Fiancé?!" she growls and I can hear the chair push forcefully back away from the bedside.

This should be fun....

Notes

Matt and Val come face to face in the next chapter and hopefully someone tells Johnny and Zacky what's going on.

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