The doctor came in the room a few minutes after they paged him. "How are you feeling," he asked.

Nicole didn't reply. The look on her face said it all.

"She wanted to know if she could meet the boy that was also in the accident last night," Brooke explained.

"Actually, Mr. Carter wanted to see how she was doing. I don't want her putting any weight on that ankle, so I'll tell him to drop by here, is that okay?" Dr. Leoaries asked.

"Ok"

The doctor left and Brooke turned back to Nicole. "Want me to leave so you can talk to him alone?"

Nicole nodded.

A little while later there was a knock at the door. Brooke opened it and there stood a tall blonde haired teenager who looked around 18 years old. "Are you Nick?" she asked.

"Yeah, I came to see Nicole Gordon."

She looked him up and down. His left hand had a support around his wrist and two of his fingers were supported to it.

"I'll be back later Nicole," she said then left while he entered.

Nick walked over to her bed and looked down at her face. Nicole sat up and pulled her legs over the bed. Her right ankle hurt like hell but she didn't show it. She put all of her weight onto her left leg and held her right one in the air behind her. She was close to Nick and could smell his cologne.

Her saddened face turned into anger. "You killed her! You killed her you son of a bitch!!!" She started banging her fists on his chest.

"Shhh! Shhh! Shhh!" He grabbed her arms and pulled her into his chest so she couldn't hit him anymore.

Nicole broke down sobbing in his arms. Nick rubbed her back and tried to calm her. He bent down to her ear and pushed her silky brown hair behind her ear. "Please don't cry," he whispered.

She sniffled and stood back from him. She pulled herself on top of the bed and wiped her tears. "I'm so sorry....I....I"

"It's ok. I understand what your going through. Please, just talk to me. I know that she was your best friend."

The tears started pouring down her face again. He walked closer to her and wrapped his arms around her. Two strangers, but automaticly connected. Nick could have pushed her away and told her that she was the idiot for driving drunk, and that she killed her bestfriend, but he didn't. He wanted to get to know her.

"How could I be so stupid?" She cried into his neck.

"It's ok," Nick soothed while gently playing with her hair. "Everyone makes mistakes."

"Well everyone doesn't murder thier bestfriends," Nicole started to get angry.

"Nicole, you had way too much to drink and since your underrage your body couldn't take it and it made you fall asleep in the car and run into me. It's my fault too, I should have been watching to the road more clearly."

Nicole pulled out of his embrace and sat on the bed with her feet infront of her, not in the mood for a lecture.

Nick pulled up a chair and looked at her. "So now what?"

"I don't know what. They'll probaly lock me up for manslaughter, my parents are pissed and hurt along with all my friends."

"Don't say that, you just have to wait to see what happens," Nick said.

There was a knock at the door.

"Come in!" Nick yelled.

The door opened slightly and there stood a guy with red dyed hair and sunglasses. "Nick?"

"Oh hey AJ," Nick got up then turned back to Nicole. "I'll be right back."

"Ok"

She watched him leave then picked up a Teen People magizine that was next to her bed and flipped through it.

"Hey Nick, how ya doin?" AJ asked in the hallway.

"I'm fine. The Doc says that in two weeks I can get the brace off and my fingers will be fine."

"Cool, so who's the chick?"

"That's Nicole. She was driving the other car with her friend. Her friend was killed and she doesn't really have anyone left. Plus she might even goto jail for manslaughter but I don't know yet," Nick explained.

"For real? That's horrible," AJ said sympethly.

"Yea, I know."

"So when do you get out of here? This place gives me the creeps," AJ looked around the hospital hallway. There was a man sitting in one of the waiting chairs with a big cut on his knee and blood dripping down his leg.

"I can leave whenever, but I'm gonna stay with Nicole for a little while, just to keep her company."

"So you like her eh?" AJ grinned. "She's cute."

"No I don't like her! I haven't even known her for an hour!"

"Yea, sure," AJ patted him on the back. "Well I gotta get goin, got that damn interview ya know."

"See ya later."

They both walked away in seperate directions.

Nick walked back into Nicole's room. She was still on the bed, with a magazine in her lap.

She looked up at him. "So Mr. Backstreet Boy, you leaving?"

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