Gone
Ninety-Eight
I looked from Mum to Dad and back at Mum again.
"What is it?" I asked, praying it had nothing to do with me.
Both of them were hesitant to answer and just stood there, probably unsure of how to break it to me. The suspense was killing me.
"It's Niall," Mum finally answered.
My eyes widened as my heart hiccuped.
"What? Oh my God! Shit! What happened? Is everything okay? Is he going to be okay?"
I didn't bother to censor myself and they didn't even seem to care. Something bad had happened to Niall, the only person I truly cared about and I wasn't waiting any longer to find out what.
"Fucking tell me!" I shouted impatiently.
"He was in a car crash on his way home last night. He had to be rushed to hospital and...well...the doctors are doing everything they can but the internal bleeding is worse than they thought. Honey, there's a large possibility that he won't survive. I've asked them to contact us if they have any updates on how he's doing,"
I sat there in shock, unable to do or say anything, or even breathe. I couldn't fucking believe it. I knew this kind of thing had to happen at least once in your life. Why now though? And to him? He didn't deserve this; he didn't deserve any of this. This was entirely my fault. I was the one to blame. I shouldn't have burdened him like that.
As much as I wanted to, I was unable to tell my parents to leave me alone. Time had suddenly stopped and started again, this time in slow motion. I rested my head in my hands which were pointing against my knees, racking my brain, trying to find a reason what I had done to deserve this.
How could this happen? The last thing he'd said to me was see you later. There was a possibility I wouldn't get to even say goodbye, let alone 'see him later'. I really liked him, I might've even loved him but it didn't matter. Nothing mattered anymore.
The inkling of hope twinkled in the back of my mind, like a star amongst a sky of clouds. It grew smaller and smaller as the day pressed on. I spent the majority of it watching the seconds roll by and thinking about him.
Notes
DONE
So I gave up on Ghost obvs but I have a new story up now called Bravery which I think you guys might like because it's the same sort of thing but with a refreshing new twist :)
10/22/14