Jace himself had only just been released from the hospital on that day, and only on the condition that he stayed home and move as little as possible. He'd gotten worse over the week, Lucy breaking up with up only making it worse. Many and most of the doctors thought him a fool to leave the hospital so early after the accident, and a nurse came by once a day to check up on him, making sure he didn't do anything stupid.
Alice had kept going to school as normal, though the shy timid girl she once was no longer existed, replaced by someone who didn't take shit from anyone, the only traits she kept from her old self being she still flinched every once in a while, as if she were afraid of something or someone watching or talking to her the wrong way.