Lucas' POV

I stand up and wipe the tears away from my eyes when I see Hayden and Nick come running towards me as I wait outside of Isla's hospital room. Before my brain can even register what has happened, I am clutching my bloody because Nick has punched me. "What the fuck are you doing here? I told you to stay away from her?" Nick growls. "What did you do to her now?"

"Seriously?" I scream at him while the blood is still pouring out of my nose. Does he honestly think I would hurt Isla? "What is your problem, Nick? I just came here to apologize to her. Do you really think I would physically try to hurt her?"

"I don't know what you are capable of anymore." He spats at me.

"We all need to calm down," Hayden says as he jumps in between us. "Lucas, what happened to Isla? You said it was an emergency."

As I open my mouth to tell them Kaira comes running up. "Hell! What happened to your nose, Lucas?"

Nick sees her and his whole-body tenses with anger. "Why the fuck are you here? Why are either of y'all here?" He hisses. "Haven't the two of you hurt her enough?" He points at me, "I thought you were supposed to be getting in Chelsea's pants," he then points at Kaira, "While you're kissing Chelsea's ass as one of her minions."

"I made a mistake, Nick." I scream. "I didn't sleep with her. We just made out. I love Isla, not Chelsea." I look over at Hayden and freeze for a moment. I wonder what that was about?

"You sure have a funny way of showing it." Nick laughs humorlessly.

"Enough!" Hayden voices over us. "Lucas, what happened to Isla?"

I fall back to the ground with my knees in my chest and put my hands around my head. "I don't know. We were just talking. I was in the middle of telling her something and her eyes rolled back into her head and all of her monitors started going off. The doctors kicked me out of the room and I immediately called y'all."

Hayden punches the wall. "Is she going to be okay? I should have skipped school and stayed with her." His chest huffs up and down. I've never seen Hayden so worked up before.

"I don't know, and you wouldn't have been able to do anything either." I whisper.

Nick, Hayden and Kaira start to take a seat by me when a nurse walks out. "Oh, young man, you're bleeding."

"Don't worry about me. How's Isla?" I say standing up not caring about the blood running down my face.

"I'm sorry but we are going to need the four of you to go to the waiting room. As of right now, I can't give you an update on her condition."

Kaira clutches my arm. "N-Nurse, is she g-going to be o-okay?"

The nurse gives us a sad look. "Kids, I really am sorry, but I can't give y'all any information at the moment. You will have to wait for the doctor to come and speak with y'all. Now please go and wait in the waiting room."

Hayden's eyes are bloodshot and his fist are in balls. "Thank you for your help." He says through grit teeth to the nurse before storming off to the waiting room. Nick follows Hayden but not before shoving me with his shoulder when he walks by. With tears still streaming down mine and Kiara's face, I escort her to the waiting room.

In the waiting room Nick is trying to console a very distraught Hayden. Kaira and I sit a few seats away from Nick and Hayden giving them space. They have made it very clear that they don't want us anywhere near them. I stare at my two ex-best friends as we wait to hear word on Isla's condition. I know that they are both friends with Isla, but Hayden's reaction to all of this seems so out of place. He's never been this upset over anything or anyone. Seeing him like this and knowing that he's been spending time alone with Isla is giving me an unsettling feeling in my stomach.

Time seems to be speeding by and yet it also feels like it has completely stopped as we wait for the doctor. Every time a doctor walks into the waiting room I expect it to be for Isla, but no one has come out to talk about Isla's condition yet. I've cried so much that I think I have run out of tears to cry but somehow more are found. I was so close to telling her that I am Luke. I was so close to confessing my love to her. Will I get the chance to tell her now? How am I supposed to tell her any of this with Hayden and Nick around? I still need to be able to talk to her alone. I have too, but what if she doesn't make it? I hope that it's not that serious?

If they can just make sure she is okay, I'll do anything for her. Even stay away from her forever if that's what she wants. I'll let my heart break for her.

Hayden's POV

I don't understand what happened. She was fine last night when Nick and I left the hospital. She has to be okay. She has to be. I'm so angry right now. I have all of these emotions that are swirling around in me and I can't describe them. I've never felt this way before for a friend. Maybe the feelings I have for her are more than just being friends.

I almost kissed her yesterday. You don't kiss friends. I've also been calling her love. I don't know why. It just came out and it felt so natural. Plus, when she was in my arms everything in the world seemed right. What about Lucas though? He just admitted in the hallway that he still loves her. I think I like Isla, but how can I do that to Lucas? He's been in love with her for years. How could he truly love Isla though, if he was making out with Chelsea. I believe Isla deserves the best, but is it selfish for me to think I am the best? I would never do what Lucas did to her. In fact, I was the only one out of all of that went to her parents' funeral. I was the one who wasn't upset with her when we saw her at Beth's.

As we continue to wait in the waiting room, I look over at my friends. Well one friend and two ex-friends. Nick has fallen asleep. It's probably for the best. I forgot how violent he can really get. He's a fun-loving guy that likes to joke around but ends up on his bad side and he'll be out for your blood. I don't know if he will ever forgive Lucas and Kaira. Kaira has also fallen asleep. I still don't know what happened between her and Isla, but it must have been pretty big for her to go running to Chelsea.

Lucas is still awake. He hasn't stopped crying since we've been here. I would have never thought he would have been the type of person to run to Chelsea, especially when it was about Isla. I know he feels bad. He's shaking and looks like he's been hit by a bus. I don't want to, but maybe I should talk to him. I know at one time several years he had thought about self-harming himself, but thankfully he never went through with it. We may not be friends right now, but I still wouldn't want him to do anything to himself.

I wipe my eyes trying to usher the tears away and walk over to Lucas.

"Hey." I whisper.

He looks at me with his red puffy eyes. "Hey."

"Do you want to go to the cafeteria with me and get a coffee or something?" I ask.

"Really? You want me to come?" He looks hopeful.

"Well, yeah. The other two are asleep and we probably shouldn't be fighting right now for Isla sake." I tell him. "This doesn't mean I have forgiven you yet though."

He nods his head. "Does it mean that there is a chance you will forgive me eventually?" He asks.

"I don't know honestly. You really hurt her. "I sigh and rake my fingers through my hair. "I just don't get it dude. You always for as long as I have known you have talked about protecting her and loving her and then you are the one that hurts her. Why would you do that?"

"I was in a bad place. I wasn't in the right state of mind and I know that's not an excuse. I thought she was purposefully trying to hurt me, and I wanted her to feel the same pain I was feeling. I regret it, I really do. I would take it all back if I could, but I can't."

"Lucas, she was already hurting before the whole making out with Chelsea thing," I say in anger. "And that was your fault too. You got mad at her about the whole foster care thing. She didn't know it was us until she saw us. You hurt her then and kept hurting her. You hurt her more because you thought she was ignoring you. What type of excuse is that?! That was you being selfish. After what you said to her before she left Beth's, she deserved to ignore you for a while. The sad part though, she wasn't even ignoring you. Her phone was broken, and she hadn't gotten around to getting a new phone because she was busy dealing with her parents' funeral and trying to take care of her siblings." I take a deep breath trying to calm myself down. I don't want to argue or fight with Lucas right now.

"I fucking regret everything I've done to her, Hayden. I really do. It's killing me knowing that I hurt her. It really does. I haven't been able to eat or sleep. She's the only thing on my mind. I don't know what to do anymore. On top of all that, I've also lost my two best friends. I'm fucking miserable right now. I will do anything for the three of you to forgive me. Now I have to worry if I will ever even get a chance for Isla to forgive me."

"Don't. Fucking. Say. That." I growl. "She's going to be okay. She has to be okay."

"You really care for her, don't you?" Lucas asks.

I look him in the eye "More than I ever thought I would." I whisper. "I don't want to tell you what I'm about to say, but I know you are in a lot of pain, and I guess this might help comfort you a little bit. For some reason if you ended up in the same situation as me and Nick, she would offer you a place to stay too."

"Thanks, Hayden. That really does help me, but why would you tell me that? Why are you trying to make me feel better?"

"I don't you deserve to feel better right now, but Isla wouldn't want to see you hurting like this. Out of all of us, she will probably be the first one to forgive you. That's just the type of person she is. In time I may eventually forgive you too. No promises though. Nick on the other hand. He hates you. He absolutely hates you and Kaira."

"Yeah, I figured he did. At least there is a chance you and I might be friends again." He gives me a small smile, but all of the pain and hurt is still written across his face.

We grab our coffees and pick up one for Nick and Kaira too. We take the elevator back up to the fourth floor and walk into the waiting area where Kaira and Nick are now awake. We hand them their coffee, and everybody goes back to sitting in silence or crying while we wait for the doctor.

About an hour after we had gone to get our coffees, the doctor came out. "Can I speak to whoever is here for Ms. Isla Camarillo?"

All four of us make our way to the doctor. "We're here for Isla." I say. We all stare at the doctor just waiting to hear the condition of our friend.

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A/N: Hello! Since I received some good news today, I decided to post another chapter. Enjoy! Please comment, vote, share and follow! ~KJ<3~