6 hours later…….

Sonny awakens to the sound of rescuers pulling him from the rubble. He appears disoriented at first, not sure what happened to him. As he’s brought outside, he looks at the damage done around him. The explosion affected the next 5 buildings near Courtney’s. The flames continue to rage on as neighbors watch from the side streets. When brought to the ambulance, Sonny begins to remember what happened and immediately asks about his sister. The medics try to calm him down so they can take him to the hospital.

Back at the hospital, Carly brings coffee for those in the waiting room. Lucas managed to sleep off most of what was in his system and appears to be himself again. Lulu, who had fallen asleep in Dillon’s arms, gets up to talk to Carly.

“What do you think is taking so long?” she asks impatiently. “I mean, how long does it take to do the surgical procedure?” Lulu walks around as if walking will make time speed up.

“The doctors are doing the best they can,” Carly says to her worried cousin. “I sorta know about these surgeries. I used to be a nurse….kinda, so I know that the longer it takes for them to work, the better that Brandon will be.” Carly walks over and sits with Lucas, continues to blame himself for what happened.

“He shouldn’t be going through this….it shouldn’t be him.” Lucas puts his face in his hands and tosses his hair back. He gets ready to say something else when Dillon comes over.

“Lucas, I. I’m sorry. I don’t really know what,” Dillon’s sentence is cut off by Lucas punching him in the mouth. “This is all your fault,” he says glaring at Dillon. “If you hadn’t taken it upon yourself to….you know what. Never mind. It’s not worth it.”

At Bobbie’s, Noah prepares a quick hangover fix for Bobbie when she wakes up. He continues to replay over and over the events in his head, trying to convince himself that what he saw never really happened. It’s the only way he’s been able to get through these first few hours without going down to the police station to turn himself in.

Bobbie begins to question Noah about what happened, seems she can’t remember, it’s all a blur for her. Noah is not sure what to tell her, he doesn’t want her to get herself into even a bigger mess by confessing to the police. He needs time to figure it all out and to get his story straight. Noah explains to her there was an accident, but doesn’t fill her in on all the details. Knowing that Lucas needs her there, she wants to go to the hospital to see her son. Noah doesn’t want to take any chances and refuses her request, but Bobbie insists.

As they drive to the hospital to be with Lucas, Bobbie begins to remember the night before and remembers bits and pieces of the accident. Her mind playing over and over again the events that occurred and she jerked when she realized she had hit someone with the car.

“Oh my God, Noah …. I did it! I hit Brandon with my car!”

To Be Continued......