One Time [Montgomery De La Cruz x OC]

How do I act okay whenever I feel so scared?

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Monty's POV

I was still standing in the kitchen talking to Justin, David,  Marci's girls, and some other people whenever my phone kept ringing repeatedly. I tried to ignore it the first two phone calls but once the third came through, I decided to finally answer. Truthfully, I thought it was Marci and I really didn't care to talk to her right now. Not after what she'd done. "Wow, someone really wants to get in touch with you." David chuckled. "Probably Marci trying to apologize." Jessica laughed. I pulled my phone out of my pocket and was confused why Clay Jensen was calling me. "Why is he calling me?" I muttered to myself before answering the phone. As soon as I said hello, Clay was frantically talking on the other side. "Monty, you have to get to the hospital. Now. Marci and Jeff were in a really bad car wreck and neither of them are doing good at all. I found them both unconscious whenever I was walking home and I called 911. The ambulances just left so y'all need to leave now." He rushed out. I couldn't respond though. All I could do was stare and silently beg my heart to not give out on me right there from beating so fast. My girlfriend and my best friend were in a wreck and not doing good. This couldn't fucking be happening. The two most important people in my life other than my kids were severely injured if not dying. I was sure that my face looked like nothing but pure shock and fear. Everyone noticed so Jessica took the phone out of my hand to see what was going on. "Hey, this is Jess. What's going on?" She questioned with a concerned tone. A few seconds later, her eyes grew wide and tears welled up in them. She dropped my phone to the floor out of shock and started bawling. Justin picked my phone up off the ground and put it to his ear, taking his turn to try this out. "It's Justin. What the fuck is going on? Monty is just staring into space with a scared look on his face and Jess is sobbing." He said into the phone. "Fuck.. okay, we're on the way." Justin said before hanging up the phone after Clay clued him in too. "Lets go, everyone." He said grabbing both Jessica and me by the arms and pulling us with him. "What's going on?" Marissa asked worried. "Your sister and Jeff were in a bad wreck and are being transported by ambulance to this hospital... they're not good." Justin informed her and she looked like she was going to have a mental breakdown right there. "Are you serious?" Emma cried and Justin nodded his head. We all practically ran out of the front door after Justin yelled to everyone what was going on and to get the fuck out, and then hopped in multiple cars. "Can you drive?" Justin asked me as I got in the drivers seat of Marci's jeep since I had her keys in my pocket. "I'm good." I said, making those my first words since I found out what happened. Marissa, Emma, and David all piled in with me so that I wouldn't have to go alone while Justin and Jessica got in her car. We sped off and only a few minutes later, we came to the wreck site. They had just finished cleaning the glass off of the road on our side and they were putting Jeff's car on to the tow truck. I looked at his car and the breath caught in my throat. It was horrible. It was definitely totaled and the damage on his side was worse than ide ever seen before. "Oh my God!" Emma and Marissa cried at the same time at the sight of the damage. I looked in my rear view mirror at Jessica's car behind me and saw both her and Justin looking at the damage themselves. I saw them carrying both of their belongings to the cops so I put the car in park and hopped out. "Monty, what are you doing?" Marissa whimpered but I didn't answer, just ran towards the cops. "You can't come over here, sir." One of them told me. "I just need that stuff. It my girlfriend's and best friends." I responded frantically. They took in my expression and immediately knew that I was telling the truth. He nodded his head at me and then gestured for the stuff to be handed to me. The handed me Marci's purse, her blood soaked phone, her blood soaked clothes that they'd ripped off of her, Jeff's blood soaked clothes, his blood soaked and shattered phone, both of their shoes that they were wearing which were also covered in blood, his keys, and lastly Marci's necklace from Hannah. I looked down and my shirt was covered in blood now too from just having their stuff in my arms. I squeezed my eyes shut to keep from freaking out right there and the cop put his hand on my shoulder. "Just get to the hospital, son. All you can do is pray that they're okay." He said and I nodded before whispering a thank you and running back to the jeep. I got back in and everyone's eyes grew wide at how much blood there was. "There's so much blood..." Emma whispered. I shoved Marci's necklace into my pocket and then handed Emma and David the rest of the stuff in the back seat. "There's supposed to be a stop sign there." I mumbled through tears while pointing to the now empty space. Everyone agreed with me and then we continued down the road. A minute later, I heard Marissa on the phone with her dad telling him what happened and I remembered that I had to call my mom. Not only because she would want to know but also because she was Marci's medical directive to make all of the decisions in a situation like this. I quickly pulled my phone out and dialed my moms number. "Come on, pick up." I groaned as it rang. As soon as my moms voice ran through the speaker, I broke down. "Momma..." I cried. "Honey, what is it?" She asked concerned. "Marci and Jeff were in a car wreck. They're in the hospital and they weren't good whenever the ambulances got there." I whispered and I heard her immediately start to cry. "Okay, I'm on my way." She choked out. "I love you, son." She added after a second. "I love you too, mom." I whimpered before we said our goodbyes and hung up. I knew that my kids were going to be coming too since my mom was watching all three of them. "My parents are getting a flight and coming home now so that they can be there too." Marissa told me and I nodded my head. We were all silent for the rest of the ride to the hospital, no one knowing what to say. I pulled into a spot and Justin parked Jessica's car right next to us. We all got out and when Jessica saw my shirt, she lost it all over again. "It's not all of Marci's blood, Jeff's is mixed in there too." David explained to her, trying to get her to calm down. She nodded her head and composed herself the best she could before we all solemnly walked through the emergency room doors. As soon as we walked in, we saw Jeff's parents and they looked up at the same time and saw us. "Monty!" Mrs. Atkins yelled while running into my arms and sobbing. "My little boy loves you so much." She cried. Her words caused not only me but everyone to start crying too. "I know. I love him too. He's my best friend." I cried and she looked up at me. "And you're his... no matter what. Don't ever forget that." She whispered and I nodded my head in response. She pulled away and wiped her eyes before speaking. "I'm sure y'all wanna know what's going on... shortly after they got here, Marci woke up and was in a complete panic, trying to hit doctors, and in excruciating pain so they sedated her to finish their assessment. Her right shoulder and left leg is being operated on because the bone was completely out from the skin, her appendix and gallbladder both are being removed because a huge piece of glass went into her upper abdomen and damaged them, she had to stitches on her forehead, staples in the back of her head, she has a lot of internal bleeding in her abdomen but they're working on clearing that out and they're certain that it'll stop once they get everything out, her left hip was knocked out of place but they're snapping it back into place, she has bad whiplash, and they're having to remove her Fallopian tubes and ovaries  from a big piece of glass going through that spot, as well." She told us. Holy shit. I couldn't imagine how much pain my tiny girl must've excperienced before she knocked out. I could only hope that she went unconscious right away and didn't have to feel any of that. I silently died a little inside knowing that we couldn't have anymore kids later on down the road but I had to stay thankful that at least she was going to be okay. "And Jeff... he remained unconscious the whole time and he's currently in surgery as well. His left arm is having rods and screws put into it, his appendix and gallbladder are being removed for the same reason as Marci, one of his kidneys is being removed, his right arm is broken, his right knee is being operated on, and... and he's having a very touch and go brain surgery done." She finished, crying at the end. Before any of us could say anything through our tears, my mom and the babies came barreling through the doors. "Montgomery..." She cried whenever she saw me. "Hey, momma." I cried while quickly hugging her and then removing Brooklyn's car seat from her hands, and grabbing Savannah's hand who was walking next to her, while Emma took Dallas out of her arms. My mom and Mrs. Atkins hugged each other and then Mrs. Atkins filled her in the same way she had done with us. "He fucking told her that he wasn't drunk... I heard him say it." Jessica growled. I grew very defensive of my best friend and glared at her before speaking. "He wasn't fucking drunk, Jessica. Jeff is more responsible than that and you know as well as I do that he would never put Marci into danger like that. I don't give a fuck how upset you are about Mar because at the end of the day, I have more reason to be upset than you, but you're not gonna talk shit about my fucking best friend." I snapped before walking off, passing both my mom and Mrs. Atkins on the way. Both of them just looked back and forth between Jessica and me, having heard the whole thing. I took a deep breath to calm myself and sat down on a seat far away from everyone else. I pulled Savannah into my lap and took Brooklyn out of her car seat and held her too. "Hey, girls." I whispered to them both while nuzzling their faces. They both smiled at me and I couldn't help but to do the same. A few minutes later, Emma and David joined me and Dallas immediately started whining for me so I took him too. Once I was done greeting him, Emma spoke up. "I completely understand why you snapped on Jess." She said and  I nodded at her with an appreciative smile. "Everyone's emotions are just really high right now. It's a crazy and horrible time... everyone's gonna say things they don't mean and snap on each other." David told me. "I know. I know that she's just upset about her best friend but she really just pissed me off by using my best friend as a way to get rid of her negative feelings." I explained and they both nodded in understanding. Everyone else joined us after a moment and Jessica walked in front of me while crying. I looked at her and she broke down even more. "I'm sorry about what I said. I'm just really upset. I do know that you have more reason to be upset than me but it doesn't change the fact that I'm really scared..." she finished and wrapped her arms around my neck sobbing. I gestured to Emma to grab the babies and her and David grabbed the three of them. Once they got them, I stood up and Jessica took a step back, almost like she was scared. "I told you to have a little faith in me next time." I chuckled before pulling her in for a real hug. She cried in my arms and then I began crying too. Before I knew it, just like whenever Hannah died, everyone had their arms wrapped around us, crying themselves. We knew that we all had to be there for each other... no matter what.