In the hospital, Kali sat on the bed that Grey was in. Blaze was in the other room with Shane. He had woken up an hour ago. Kali gently ran her hand along Grey's cheek. "Grey you gotta wake up. You have to wake up. There's so much I like about you and so much I still don't know about you. The doctor says you might be in a coma but I know you aren't. You have to wake up...please." She was careful of his IV and bandages and stitches as she got up. She didn't want anything to tear. Suddenly, he moaned. "Mmmhh. Kalimmmh. Wake....A....wake...Leave.....Don't....Leave....." He lifted his hand as much as he could without it hurting so much. She entwined his and her fingers. "I thought you were gone." she said with tears in her eyes. He held her face in his large hands and pulled her closer to kiss her. Kali felt him wince and tried to pull away but he still held her and kept kissing her. "I love you Kali. I know we havn't even been together for a day but I feel like we've known each other for years. But let me know if I'm moving too fast for you." She smiled weakly. She didn't know that she was tiered but Grey saw it. "Come here and lay down." "No. I don't want to hurt you or anything. I'm gonna go see Shane. Go to sleep, Grey." He was afraid to be left alone. "Wait, Kali. Uh...sit with me?" "You need to sleep." "No I uh...well um tell me what happened...I don't remember a thing." She sighed and sat on the bed and he put his IV arm around her waist. It hurt him a little but she scooted closer and his arm felt better. "You hit your head on the dash board and blacked out. You had a concussion and some glass shards were embedded in your head. That's why they cut off all your hair." Grey quickly felt his head. No hair. "They cut off my hair? How do I look?" Kali smiled. "I think you look handsome." He smiled weakly and looked a little embarrassed. "If you think so then I don't care what anyone else thinks about it."
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Eli and Jaci sat on the bench. He kissed her. "I hope your dad doesn't find out. You know what he said..." Eli looked away. He was ashamed of his dad, who's grandfather was in the much hated Klu Klux Klan. Eli's aunt married a black man and her dad cut her face, leaving it scared for life. She had a gash in her forehead and from then on, she couldn't move her left eye and was blind in it as well. She never comes around Eli's dad or the rest of their family but sometimes, she and Eli get to spend time together. She was the reason that Eli was with Jaci right now. His aunt dropped them off here at the park. "Forget what my dad said." "But Eli, he said he'd burn you! I can't bear the fact that you get tourtured for me! I can't take---" He kissed her again. "I'll be fine Jaci. We'll make it. Even if we have to run away, we'll make it." He kissed her again and that's when his dad stepped out of the truck. "I told you what I'd do to you, Elias. But instead, I'm sorry but you've just went too far. You might as well be one of them n*****s." Eli saw the knife in his own father's hand. He whispered to Jaci. "run jaci." "Eli...no..." "I SAID RUN!!!" Jaci ran from the park and Eli turned to follow...that's when he felt the pain in his side. The knife was thrown and it had cut him...deep. He fell to the ground, gasping for air. "Ja...Ja Jaci....He...Help...Hel...Help...Pl...Please...An...anybody...Help...."