Anthony's POV

I waited in the hospital room as long as I could and checked Ryan's pulse every 10 minutes. His pulse stayed the same each time. I felt like he was hanging on to his life by a thread. I held onto his hand and squeezed it as tightly as possible. "You're gonna be okay... please be okay..." I pleaded.

I felt his hand squeeze back. "I don't know... I feel like I'm dying," Ryan's calming voice said. "You're okay!" I gushed, hugging him. "Not really, I'm just not dead," he responded. "Right. But right now, that's good enough for me," I said. "I know, Anthony," Ryan whispered back to me. "And I told you not to go, I told you that you'd get hurt! But you went anyway, and now you're here!" I said, my anger boiling up. Not at Ryan, but at Darren, and my failing to stop Ryan from going. 

"I know, I know. And I'm sorry for worrying you. I just... I needed to handle Darren on my own." Ryan saw my tears stream down my face. He wiped my eyes. "This is all my fault..." I mumbled. "Come on, don't blame yourself. This is my fault. I should've listened to you," he said.

"I should've been more convincing."

"Okay, fine! Neither of us are to blame. This is Darren's fault."

"Oh, yeah. That's true," I replied, and kissed Ryan, and the door opened. "Two things. One, Ryan, you're alive! Two, guys, get a room," Thomas said. "Uh, we had a room until you burst in!" I joked. Thomas started laughing. "Okay, I guess you have a point there. Ryan, you feeling okay?" he asked. "More or less," he answered.

Ella's POV

We sat outside the door to give Anthony and Ryan privacy after Thomas told us that Ryan was alive. I sighed, relieved, and waited. I saw Julia's little sister, Ana. "Oh, hey, you're Ella. Julia's told me a lot about you," she said. "Same with you... How old are you now?" I asked her. "I am 18, I am now an adult. And you?" she asked. "24. A year older than Ryan. And the oldest member of this... group," I answered. "Oh, that's interesting. It must be really nice to be the oldest," Ana remarked. "No way. It is a nightmare. You know how annoying people can act when you're in charge of them?" I asked her. She laughed a bit. "Man, I never thought a friend of my sister's would be so hilarious!" she said. I felt my face heat up a bit. No, no, no, I thought. She's Julia's sister, she's Julia's sister, she. Is. Julia's. Sister. I couldn't be falling for Ana. She sat next to me and leaned onto me. Why, why why why why why? I thought. "I'm gonna go see how Ryan's doing," I said.

I walked into the room. Anthony was sitting next to Ryan's hospital bed. "Are you gonna be alright?" I asked Ryan. He shrugged. "I guess so. I just... I can't feel my legs," he responded. "Both of his legs are broken. I swear, if I ever see Darren again, I will rip him to shreds!" Anthony added. "Whoa, calm down, Romeo," I joked. He smiled weakly. "So, you're gonna have a wedding in a wheelchair?" I asked. Ryan sighed. "Probably..." he answered. "So, when will you be able to get out the hospital?" Anthony asked. "I'd say close to 4 days," Ryan answered a bit sadly. I groaned. "This is why we tell you not to do stupid stuff!" Anthony and I said simultaneously. 

-a week later-

I visited Ryan and Anthony. Ryan was still getting used to his wheelchair, but he was staying pretty optimistic. "We are not giving up on Project OTP until you two are married and grow old together," I told them. "I figured," Ryan replied. "Well, I plan on marrying Ryan and growing old with him," said Anthony, and kissed Ryan softly. "Ditto," Ryan responded. "We really need a Julia Day or something. She's the one who brought us all together..." I said.

"But what if we had met another way?"

"What if the story of life was rewritten?"

"What if we already knew what was to happen?"

That would be...

interesting...

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AAAAAND THAT my good friends is how you start a contest!

I want to hold a contest for people to write "Taking the Risk rewritten".

The rules are:

1. It can't start the way this book started

2. It needs at least 400 words per part

3. The contest entry must be a minimum of 4 parts and a maximum of 10

4. It needs to have the following characters:

Anthony (duh)

Ryan (also duh)

Thomas

Julia

Ella

Ana

5. You can add a character (OC or random)

6. HAVE FUN

Once you finish your entry, mark your story completed and tag me

The deadline is July 16th