A Girl Like Her Page #3

It's called hypoxia.

At this point,

it is a waiting game.

We are going to,

uh, run a number

of neurological tests

on her.

Is she... is she

in any pain?

No, not at all,

but she is there,

so you being here,

talking to her,

holding her hand...

- She can hear us?

- Yes.

And that all helps.

That will help

bring her out.

How... how long

could this last?

We can't tell you

at this point.

We're not sure

of the damage

that has occurred.

How are you guys

holding up?

She... she hasn't left

the room yet.

I'm not gonna leave

the room, no.

I'm fine.

I'm fine.

From here on out,

though, what's

most important is

that you guys

take care of yourself

so that you can better

take care of Jessica when

she comes out of this state.

Do you have

any other children?

Uh, yeah.

I took our youngest girl,

Gabby, to school today.

The best you can do

is to try to keep

a normal routine.

OK. I don't... I'm sorry.

Excuse me.

Her whole life,

I've been taking care of her.

In her car seats

and making sure she's...

I should have known,

though, I know.

She's my kid. I should've known

what was going on with her.

I didn't have a clue.

I'm right here, baby.

Mama's gonna stay

here with you

till you wake up.

And you're gonna wake up.

Mommy's right here,

and you're gonna be just fine.

I love you.

You know, Jess,

I normally hate

romantic comedies,

but that one was

actually pretty decent.

- I love rom-coms.

- "Rom-coms"?

- That's what you call it?

- Mm-hmm.

- You're such a nerd.

- I watch them so much that I

- have my own name for them.

- Oh, my gosh.

That's sad.

I...in real life,

I don't think a girl

like that would go

for him.

I thought they were

cute together.

I don't know.

You got to just

blow it off.

You can talk to me.

I'm done talking about it.

There's nothing...

there's nothing else

to talk about.

Can you please turn it off?

Yeah.

Suicide... successful

suicide... is permanent.

Suicide is not temporary.

You will not come back

to see your father,

your mother, your brothers,

your sisters, your

relatives, your friends...

no one.

It's a tragedy for

the whole school,

for the whole community

because this is a...

um, just a wonderful

young lady who, uh,

had a bright future,

uh, ahead of her.

She was pretty much

a loner, except for Brian.

In a school of this size,

you could have

multiple friends, right?

Brian?

Hi, Brian.

I wanted to talk to you

a little bit about Jessica.

OK.

Can you tell me

a little bit about

your friendship

with her?

I have heard that you're

really good friends.

Yeah. Um...

Jess has, like, been

my only friend since...

seventh grade, I guess.

Do you know how

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