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"Arch, babe, how can you see when it's raining this hard?" Reggie Mantle asked his boyfriend, Archie Andrews. They had been dating for six months now, and everything was going smoothly.
"I can't, really. I'm gonna pull over." Archie said, starting to pull the car over to the shoulder of the road, when a 18 wheeler truck started heading right towards them.
"ARCHIE! Look out!" Reggie yelled, but it was too late. The 18 wheeler came into Archie's lane and hit them head on. Reggie's head connected with the dashboard and the last thing he saw was Archie staring wide eyed at him.
LATER
"Reg? Babe, open your eyes." Archie called to Reggie. Reggie groaned and opened his eyes.
"Arch? Wha' happened?" Reggie asked, disoriented. He looked around and saw Archie's car completely demolished. "Babe! Are you okay?!"
"Whoa, slow down, Reg. I-I'm not great, but I'll live. I'm more worried about you. You hit your head pretty hard." Archie said, concerned for his boyfriend. Reggie shook his head.
"I'm fine. Just, my head is hurting and I think I broke my wrist. Other than that, I'm okay. What about you?" Reggie asked, looking at Archie.
"I-I hurt my leg. Really bad. It was hurting, but it's numb so I can't really feel it anymore." Archie said, looking down at his foot. Reggie looked down also, and saw it. It was stuck between the door and the floorboard.
"I-It's okay, Arch. Anything else hurt?" Reggie asked. Archie shook his head, but kept the left side of his away from Reggie.
"Nah. I'm good, babe." Archie said, smiling sadly. Reggie shook his head.
"You're lying. There's blood all on the window. Let me see your face, babe." Reggie said. Archie sighed and turned the left side of his face towards Reggie. Reggie winced. Archie's left side of his face was coated in blood, with little fragments of glass in his face.
"I-I'll be fine, Reggie. You've got a head wound. That's worse." Archie said. Reggie shook his head.
"Both of us are in bad shape. We gotta find a way out of here." Reggie said. Archie suddenly smiled and pressed the button that let the top down on his car. It whirred to life and started letting the top down.
"Good thinking. Let's get out of here." Reggie said, getting out of the car, slowly, already drenched in the rain. Archie started pulling his foot out from where it was stuck.
"Reg, I-I can't get out. I need help." Archie said, embarrassed that he couldn't get out of the car. Reggie nodded his head and went around to help Archie.
"I got ya, babe." Reggie said, lifting Archie slowly out of the car. Archie put his good foot on the ground once he was out, but kept his bad foot from touching the ground.
"The feeling is starting to come back." Archie said through gritted teeth. Reggie smiled in sympathy.
"I'm gonna go check on the truck driver. Stay here." Reggie said, leaning Archie against the soaking car. He ran off towards the truck.
"Excuse me?! Are you okay?" Reggie called into the truck that was flipped onto its side. But once he got a clear look inside, he could tell the driver was dead. He looked around the truck for the guy's cellphone when he found it in a puddle of water, crushed beyond use. Reggie walked back to Archie, with a grim look on his face.
"Is the driver okay?" Archie asked, limping over to Reggie. Reggie steered Archie back to leaning on the car.
"He's dead. I checked for his cellphone but it was in a puddle of water and crushed. What about your cellphone?" Reggie asked Archie. Archie took his out of his pocket.
"No luck. Its dead. I forgot to charge it this morning. What about your's?" Archie asked, hopefully. Reggie shook his head.
"Mine was crushed. We're gonna have to walk to the gas station a half mile back. Or, I could walk there, and you stay here?" Reggie asked, looking at Archie. Archie shook his head.
"I'm not letting you go alone. If you're going to walk there, so will I." Archie said. Reggie nodded his head.
"Lean on me, okay? I don't want you hurting your foot anymore." Reggie said. Archie nodded his head and put half of his weight on Reggie, limping along. Reggie snaked his arm around Archie's waist. He heard Archie wince and felt something sticky near Archie's stomach. He pulled his hand away and saw blood. He immediately shoved Archie's shirt up, and saw a shard of glass in his stomach
"A-Archie, what is this?!" Reggie exclaimed, showing Archie his stomach. Archie looked down to where Reggie's hand was and looked at his stomach with wide eyes.
"I-I didn't know that was there. It must be the adrenaline. I-I don't feel pain or anything-" and right when Archie said that, the pain came at him. He winced and gritted his teeth.
"Okay, you're not walking back there." Reggie said, putting his arm under Archie's legs, and his other arm around his back, lifting him bridal style.
"Reg, you don't need to do this." Archie said, becoming more tired. He put his head on Reggie's shoulder. Reggie kissed his head.
"I gotta, babe. You've already lost a lot of blood." Reggie said, beginning to walk toward the gas station. When they had almost reached it, Archie began to close his eyes. Reggie had noticed that Archie was starting to get paler, and took that as a bad sign, so he began to walk faster. He could see the gas station, finally.
"Hey, babe. Ya gotta wake up. I need someone to cheer me on." Reggie joked. Archie smiled a tiny smile, and opened his eyes a little bit.
"'M just so tired." Archie whispered. Tears started forming in Reggie's eyes.
"I know, babe. I know. We're almost there." Reggie said, walking into the parking lot of the gas station. That was the last thing Archie heard before he passed out.
"HELP! I need help!" Reggie shouted, barreling through the doors of the gas station. The owner saw the condition they were in, and immediately started to dial 911.
"You'll be okay, babe. You'll be okay." Reggie said, sinking to his knees with Archie in his arms. He pushed Archie's wet bangs aside and kissed him on the head, waiting for the paramedics to come.
AT THE HOSPITAL
Archie groaned. Why were these lights so bright?
"Open them eyes for me, Arch." He heard a familiar voice tell him. He opened his eyes, and saw Reggie sitting next to him. He had a wrap around his head and a cast on his arm and a sling on the same arm.
"Where am I? What's going on?" Archie asked, confused. Then it all hit him at once. He looked down at his foot and saw it in a cast, and elevated. He looked at his stomach and saw a big bandage on it, and he also felt his face, which also had a huge bandage on it.
"You were pretty lucky, babe. The doctor said if it had been another hour, you would've died." Reggie said. Archie shook his head.
"Glad we came out of it okay." Archie said, taking Reggie's hand in his. Reggie smiled.
"Me too, babe. I love you." Reggie said, kissing Archie. Archie smiled.
"Love you, too."