Spencer had no idea what was going on. One minute she’s with her boyfriend on the lake and then she’s suddenly in the hospital hooked up to life support. “Oh good your finally up!” Spencer looked around the room looking for the owner of the voice. It was a doctor in a bright white smock. “Why am I here? What happened to me??” Spencer asked. “You don’t remember? You and Sam ran into another boat while you guys were on the lake!” the doctor explained, waiting for Spencer’s reaction. Spencer couldn’t believe it… Crashed into another boat???

“Where’s Sam then??” Spencer thought out loud by accident. The doctor stayed silent for a few minutes. “Spencer… I’m so sorry… Sam didn’t make it. He died on impact with the other boat.” The doctor said slowly and softly. Now Spencer really couldn’t believe it. SAMS DEAD?!?! Without wanting to, Spencer started to cry. The doctor inched towards her bed and tried to comfort her. “I really am sorry Spencer! We tried everything to save him but he was gone by the time we got him here.”

Spencer tried to calm down as she wrapped her head around everything. She looked at the doctor. “How did I live then? I was right next to him when we crashed!” The doctor looked into Spencer’s eyes “Sam stepped in front of you. He died trying to protect you from dying.” Spencer thought she was going to faint… Sam died for ME? “That’s not the only bad thing Spencer. I’m sorry but your ears were severely damaged and you’ll be deaf in a couple of months.” This was too much for Spencer and she really did faint.

2 Days Later

It seemed like forever before Spencer finally woke up again. This time she saw that she wasn’t hooked up to life support anymore! She looked around her room, looking for anything or anyone. She was alone besides the normal hospital things. Spencer sighed, I get some time to think about what happened she thought to herself. She tried to remember the day Sam had asked her if she wanted to go boating with him. Of course she said yes! Spencer loved any excuse to hang out with Sam.

They decided to meet at Sam’s house and he would drive them to the boat launch. They got the boat into the water and got in it. Off they went! Spencer noticed that she couldn’t remember anything after getting on the boat. The doctor said that another boat came out of nowhere and before they knew it, they crashed. Spencer stopped thinking about the crash and tried to think about something else. All she could think of was that she was going to be deaf in a few months. Spencer realized that she would have to start taking sign language!

A nurse walked into the room and noticed that Spencer was awake. “Oh you’re awake! Your family is outside, waiting for you to wake up. Do you want to see them?” the nurse asked while checking Spencer’s charts. Spencer nodded and the nurse left the room. Soon after, Spencer’s mom, dad, brothers, and sister came in. Mrs. Carlin ran over to Spencer’s side. “Oh Spencer! How are you feeling?” Mrs. Carlin asked in a soft voice. Spencer looked at her mom “I’m ok, still trying to get over everything. Dad, I have to start taking ASL.” Spencer stated. Mr. Carlin nodded, “I know, we started looking for teachers and we think we found one. It’s a girl, she’s your age, and she goes to your school!” He explained. Spencer didn’t know what else to say so she just nodded. Clay and Glen walked out of the room to answer both of their phones that had started ringing. Stacy just sat down and kept her mouth shut. “What’s the girl’s name?” Spencer asked her dad. Mr. Carlin walked up behind Mrs. Carlin and put her hand on her shoulder. “Her name is Ashley Davies, I think you and her used to be friend right?” Mrs. Carlin asked Spencer.