quick as lightning

46. Medical mystery

"Whoa, hold up, girl, don't you know you're beautiful?
And it's easy to see" Simon sang while playing the piano as Piper pulled the mic from the holder and feeling the music.

"If it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be
Baby, just let it be
If it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be
Baby, just let it be
So, won't you ride with me, ride with me?
See where this thing goes
If it's meant to be, it'll be, it'll be
Baby, if it's meant to be" they sang as Piper tossed her hat to Izzy who placed it on her head. She enjoyed singing as much as dancing or kissing Alec in the dim light.

They had shortened the song because technically they didn't have the song planned and applause filled the room as they bowed silly and fist bumped. Piper saw that Alec was gone and Izzy looked bummed. Jace walked out into the alley and Piper frowned, following him. He stood arms crossed in the alley looking at her as she walked outside.

"What happened? Why did you leave?" Piper asked breathing deeply from singing.

"The downworlders In there want to kill me." He shrugged and Piper chuckled.

"I wouldn't know why." She rubbed the spot in her neck where her chip had once been.

"Piper, we're going to destroy that paper." He promised, walking to put his hands on her shoulders. "I promise."

"Good, Alec is the love of my life, like Clary is yours." Piper nodded, tucking her red hair back.

Both slightly wondered what would happen if they didn't. What would have been if they weren't in love with other people. Unknowingly they had gotten closer than expected, faces close together.

"To what if." Jace whispered.

"To what if." She whispered back before their lips collided.

It wasn't like what they had expected, not good but not bad, the shades of grey. To Jace he preferred Clary. To Piper she preferred Alec. After a few moments they pulled away, untangling their arms from eachother and sighed looking over eachother. Like Barry and felicity from the flash is the first thing Piper thought of.

"If it's possible, I love Alec more than before." Piper breathed laughter lightly.

"It's because you've been shown another option, and known that the first was better." Jace smiled and she rolled her eyes.

"I'm going to go to him." She smiled turning and heading from the alley way.

However things didn't happen as the two had expected.

Nobody

The red head lay in the mundane hospital, the rhythmic beeping of the monitor beside her bed showing signs of life. An ivy ran from her arm to the clear bag above her.

"Female age undecided, heart rate 210, massive head and body injuries, Blood loss, fractured ribs, and tattoos covering her arms chest shoulders and neck." The doctor read.

"Her heart rate is incredibly high." The second doctor spoke staying a distance away from the newest Jane doe. The lights flickered off for the third time that night. "Damn the electrical."

"An hour ago her spinal cord was snapped in half, its impossible she's alive." The other doctor read.

"You must not have seen it correctly." The first doctor answered. "She's in a coma."

"And How is her age undecided?"

"She appears to be no older than 18-20, but.."

"But?" The other doctor repeated.