Okay... I feel SOOOOO Bad! I hadn't realized it had been a month since I last updated!!!!! So.... Here is an update for you all!
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Neil, as he snuck around the stalls, straightened from his crouched position when he saw Ryan. He was about to shout a warning to him when he saw the stranger lift his gun to strike him. But was to late. Neil saw Ryan get struck on the head but with a sigh, Neil saw that he was okay. Then he saw Ryan shoot the man. Not a fatal shot Neil saw, but a shot to the shoulder. Neil sprinted across the stable and tossed Ryan the rope to tie the man up, then made his way to Anna.
“Anna? I’m Neil. I’m Keith’s friend. Let me help you.” He said, as he ran to her.
Anna watched as he came closer; she was reading his lips. She was so overwhelmed at that moment it was hard for her to concentrate on voices. “Neil! He-he was shot! Oh, help! I don’t know what to do. I can’t get the bleeding to stop!“ Anna was stuttering as she frantically pressed down where the blood was soaking into Keith’s shirt on the right of his back. She had turned Keith’s head so it wasn’t facedown, but turned so Keith was facing her. Anna looked at him, seeing his eyes darting beneath his closed eyelids. She knew Keith could still feel the pain though he was still passed out. Tears coursed their way down her face.
Neil reached her; looking her in the eyes, trying to convey some sense of calm. “it will be okay, Anna. Your Aunt called the police. They should be here with an ambulance any second.” Neil, ripped off the hem of his shirt, then wadded it into a ball to be placed over Keith’s wound. Neil instructed Anna to put pressure on it. “Just keep holding in there. Okay? It should help.” Oh, how he hoped it helped…
Ryan ran over to his friends. At the sight of Keith, laying flat and bleeding, he paled.
“Anna?” Ryan questioned, though he looked at Neil when he asked. Neil nodded.
“Bret shot him…I can’t…he…he shot Keith.” Anna muttered to herself in disbelief as she made a fist and pressed against the wound on Keith. That’s when Paul, Damian, and Carrie made their way in with the police, followed by two men pushing a gurney.
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~HOSPITAL~
Carrie, with Anna, had started pacing in the hospital waiting room. The rest of the lads had called Sharon, Phil, and George to let them know what was going on. Sharon had then called Keith’s family and now they all sat in the hospital room waiting to hear from the Doctor.
Ryan looked at them all standing there. These people weren’t just his tour mates, they were his family. And he hoped the member they were all waiting to hear about would pull through to see them again.
Neil watched them all silently. Keith’s sister was standing with Anna in a hug. He didn’t think there was a dry eye in the room. His vision blurred. No; not one dry eye. He ran a hand over his face and eyes then stood up. “I’m going to head for some tea.” He walked out of the room quickly. Ryan followed.
They made their way down to the cafeteria, the same one Keith had been in just a week or so before. Neil ordered his tea while Ryan received his coffee and they slowly made their way back up to the room, neither saying a word.
When Ryan and Neil entered back into the waiting room they found the group smiling happily. A stark contrast from the way they had left them. Then Ryan and Neil spotted the Doctor.
“We believe he will be just fine. He should be good as knew in a few months. He’ll be weak for the next few weeks but he’ll slowly make it back to normal.“ The doctor grinned as gave the good news.
“Can we go see him?” Anna and Siobhan asked in the same moment.
“He’s asleep now. Make sure to stay quite and let him rest….” The doctor looked around at the room full of people. “And only two or three at a time. Okay?” As the friends and family agreed, the doctor left, leaving Keith’s parents and Anna to make their way to Keith’s room.
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Should she go stand by Keith, who laid asleep in the hospital bed? Wait for his parents to see him first? Or leave the room? Anna couldn’t decide and wound up just hesitating inside the door way, quietly watching Keith’s parents approach the bed. Keith looked pale. REALLY pale. She couldn’t help but picture him in the stable bleeding. She couldn’t believe she had almost lost him after just getting him back. Her thoughts were interrupted by a tap on her shoulder. She turned to find Keith’s sister, Rebecca standing behind her. She gave Rebecca a hesitant smile.
“You going to stand here the whole time or…are you going to walk over and see my brother with me?” Rebecca raised an eyebrow at her, much like her older brother. Anna couldn’t refuse her. She simply followed close behind Rebecca and when her parents saw them come up they hesitated, smiled and left, with a final look over their shoulders at their son.
Rebecca leaned over and gave him a hug and a quick kiss on his cheek. Then plopped down to sit in the chair next to the bed and watched as Anna brushed the hair out of his eyes. Rebecca liked her. She seemed as nice, just as Keith had led her to believe over their Skype conversations. She loved Keith, and nobody less then perfect was going to be with him.
“Do you love him?” There. Short and simple. She should be able to answer that easily enough, Rebecca thought.
Anna didn’t hesitate in the slightest before she answered. “Yes. Yes I do, Rebecca.” Anna glanced up at Keith’s sister. “I love Keith with all my heart.” Anna smiled softly down at him.
“Good.” Rebecca grinned widely at her. “Because he’s crazy about you! Him and I Skyped a few times while he was at the Bed and Breakfast late at night. And all I heard was, “Anna” this…and “Anna” that…” The young woman laughed as she saw Anna blush. “You do blush as easily as he said!”
“Hush! We want Keith to get his rest!” Anna said sternly but she couldn’t hide her smile from Rebecca and received a light chuckle from her.
They stayed with Keith a bit longer before deciding they better let the rest of their friends come in and see him. The two woman walked out of the room together, both feeling better about the situation. Keith would be just fine.
(A/N) thanks guys for sticking with me, bugging me, and 'yelling' at me to update this story! More to come soon!