Will

The phone buzzed angrily, waking me out of a deep sleep. I rubbed my eyes and reached over to my phone.

It was Kat.

"Hello?", I mumbled.

Kat was crying. Sobbing relentlessly.

"Kat? What's wrong?", I sat up, every nerve in my body was suddenly on edge.

"It's her, Will", Kat said between sobs.

"It's who? Kat, what happened?",

"It's Harper",

"What happened to Harp?",

"She....she had an accident",

My heart stopped beating. My lungs felt heavy, almost as if something was blocking my airway.

"W-we're at t-the same hospital y-your p-parents work at", she managed to say before cutting the call.

I sat there motionlessly for a moment. I felt numb. I couldn't even think about what to do.

Harper was hurt. She was in an accident. I just told her I loved her.

But I can't sit here. She needs me. I need to be stronger than this. With my shaking limbs, I managed to scramble out of bed and walk up to my parents' room, banging on the door.

"Will? What happened?", My mom came out wrapped in her nightgown.

"Harp....Harper's been in an accident", I stuttered out.

My mom's face paled, her lips started trembling along with her hands, "I-Is she a-alright?",

"I'm not sure, Kat called and she was hysterical, we have to get to the hospital", I stated firmly.

"Y-yes, go start the car, we'll be right in",

*****

I rushed into the hallway to see everyone seated together.

Kenzie and Liv were huddled up together next to Harper's mom, who looked like she'd seen a ghost, her face was pale, her lips trembling as she mumbled incoherently. Liam was sitting with Daniel, Mason and Cody, all of their eyes red and puffy from crying. Harper's dad had his face resting in his hands as they trembled ferociously. Kat sat on the floor next to the emergency room, her hands joined together in prayer as she mumbled something through her tears.

Levi ran up to her and slid across the floor, engulfing her in a hug as she started sobbing again while he consoled her.

"How's Harper?", Mom asked Mason.

"They said she suffered from severe second degree burns, but those were just the external injuries, they took her in just a few minutes ago", Mason said, "They gave us all the things they found on her, including this", He put the ring in my hand.

We waited. All of us. In complete silence.

The girl I loved was in there, fighting for her life. We were going to go to University together, we were going to make our relationship work, meet up on the weekends, maybe move in together someday and perhaps even get married. We had it all planned out.

But now, I knew nothing for sure.

Harper looked so happy when I told her I loved her. I was looking forward to seeing that smile on her face everyday. I wanted to see her get back on her feet and grow to be confident and daring. I wanted to see her scars fade away as she grew stronger everyday. I wanted to see that smile grow.

But now, the ache in my heart told me that I might not see it again.

I fiddled with the ring in my hand, remembering how she yelled at me for getting her something so expensive.

"She'll get through it", Kenzie slid down next to me, "Harper has too much to live for, she won't leave like this",

"I told her I loved her, we made a promise to be together", I felt my voice getting heavy, "Now she's struggling to see another day",

The tears flowed out before I could stop them. I wanted to be strong, but I just couldn't keep it together.

Kenzie and Liv wrapped their arms around me, trying to comfort me when the doctor came out.

We stood up, waiting for an answer.

"She suffered from second degree burns on her shoulders and back, she has a few cuts and bruises and some head trauma, but it didn't cause much damage, she'll be alright",

The mood in the room was lifted up immediately. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Harper's mom and my mom hugged each other, blissful tears streaming down their faces.

Harper's dad shook the doctor's hand, "Thank you", he said.

"Don't thank me, Mr. Jones, Thank the person who pulled your daughter out of that car, it's the reason she survived", The doctor replied.

"Who pulled her out?", I asked.

"We don't know, they were gone by the time anyone got there, but the police are still searching for them", The doctor sighed, "There is a possibility that they are severely injured",

That's weird. Why would someone save her? And then run away? Why don't they want to be seen?

"Whoever it was, they're angels I tell you that", Kenzie sniffled.

"Am I really?", a voice called out.

We turned around to see a blonde girl, her blue spaghetti strap dress, burnt at the hem and her right arm and shoulder covered with severe burns. The open wound on her head tinted her platinum blonde hair a light pink at the crown.

She smiled at us, "I'm no angel",

Her eyes rolled back into her head and she passed out. I rushed over to catch her before she hit the floor.

"Hey! Chels!", I yelled, shaking her.

Her eyes opened a fraction as she smiled again, "I'm so sorry", she mumbled before closing her eyes.

Wilpers mood progressions throughout this chapter be like:

An Announcement for my dear readers:

Since TLRI is coming to an end in a few chapters, I am going to write a new story, but since I'm an indecisive person, I don't know which one I should write. I won't continue the sequel of the incident series because I haven't written much of it and it would take too long for me to continue it, but don't worry, I'll write it soon enough.

I am going to give you a few options and you will comment on the one you vote for:

⚠⚠ WARNING: THEY'RE ALL ROMANCE BOOKS CUZ I'M A HOPELESS ROMANTIC ⚠⚠

-A story about the most popular girl in school who pretends to be perfect. But then the dashing new transfer student sees through her act.

- A girl moves to a eerie town with her mother, a town that is famous for the urban legend of werewolves. Then, she locks eyes with her fellow high schooler who is also a notoriously suspected murderer and her entire world turns upside down.

- A story of a princess who doesn't fit into her family, and to make things worse gets a proposal for marriage.

- The forbidden romance between a servant and the prince.

So? What are your thoughts?