Codie’s POV
I shuffled around, wishing I was asleep, it had been two weeks since I woke up, and they still hadn’t let me go home. I was fine, and the scary memories weren’t haunting me as much anymore. I was bored out of my wits and I just wanted to get out of here for a day. A single day, just to do something apart from lay down doing nothing and getting used to walking again. I could walk without help now, so I was very happy.
My main doctor came in, and gave me my daily check-up. He checked my blood pressure, my heart rate and weight. This time he made me do a balance and mind test. He said I had passed and I decided to ask him.
“Could I just go, for a day?” I asked him.
“Well, I umm…” that wasn’t a good answer.
“Please?” I asked again.
“I don't know Codie, you haven’t gotten any worse…” they lead me on again. I threw my head back in annoyance.
“That’s not a no.” I pointed them in the right direction.
“It’s not a yes either.” He moved the complete other way.
“Oh, please, I am so bored here.” I was practically on my knees begging.
“Well…” they trailed off again.
“I’ll be back before nightfall.” I tried to con him into it.
“Uh, maybe, if you promise not to do some things.” He pointed at me. I nodded.
“Anything, anything to get out of here.” I agreed to the terms before I knew them.
“Alright, no 3D movies, it won’t help your head.” He looked at me.
“Of course.” I said like I knew that beforehand.
“No running or fast moving.” Was the next thing.
“Why would I run? We’re talking about me having fun, not being a fitness freak.” I told him.
“Good, last term, no driving.” My jaw dropped at the thought of having to sit on the passenger seat. I fake hyperventilated and faked a heart attack. He didn’t worry because he knew I was acting it out. I fell onto the bed.
“Did you just say what I think you said?” I asked him, making sure that I hadn’t misheard him.
“No driving.” He repeated. I was nearly in tears here. Now I have a tough decision to make. Get out of this place and not drive, or watch V8 re-runs in here…pretending I’m driving like I have many times. There was only one sane option.
“Fine, no driving.” I agreed, whispering it because I didn’t want to admit it to myself.
“Okay, you can leave when someone comes here to pick you up.” He told me, writing a note for me.
“Thankyouthankyouthankyou!” I mushed the words together, not taking a breath. I instantly picked up my phone and dialled the first number I thought of. “Jamie!” I shouted through the phone.
“What babes?” she asked.
“I can get out of here, until 6:30 tonight, but I can still get out of here!” I couldn’t stop shouting. This is the best day I have had since I started racing again, the same day I crashed.
“Oh my gosh, I am coming there within half an hour!” she shouted, almost hanging up.
“Don’t forget a change of clothes for me!” I reminded her.
“What do you want to wear?!” she asked.
“What makes you think I know?!”
“You have a point. Alright see you soon babes.” She said in a normal tone.
“Bye babes!” we both hung up at the same time and I sat on the bed, watching a non-existent fly flying around the room. When she finally got here I changed into the aqua denim shorts and tight, black singlet.
“Let’s go to the park!” she shouted to me, walking out like a commando officer. How I have missed the outside world. When we got to the park I saw someone wearing sunglasses and holding a familiar looking guitar. When I saw his messy, brown hair, him taking the glasses off, and heard him sing I knew it was him. It had to be him.
Louis’ POV (a while before)
I sat out under the back veranda, Jamie had banned me from seeing Codie in the hospital, I still didn’t know why. I had Niall’s guitar on my lap and I was playing the familiar chords I had learnt, for Codie. For that song mash-up I had come up with for her. I played the same tune I had made. Even though they were different songs, the same music was played behind it and I slowed some songs down and sped them up to fit the tempo, it was the same tempo as ‘Fix You’, the Coldplay song that was also in my mash-up.
I don't know why, but Codie had always loved that song, and it meant something to her. I heard my phone ringing on the table in front of me. I picked it up and answered, getting back a ‘hi’ from Jamie.
“Can I see Codie yet?” I asked her.
“Um, about that… look, I just need to warn you, when I get to the house that you are in, there will be a lot of ranting and trying to explain a plan I came up with about two months ago, just practice the song mash-up thing, the entire thing, because you’re gonna need to know it. Okay, goodbye!” she shouted, hanging up.
What just happened? Okay, the last thing she told you to do was practice your song thing. Do that. Okay. We’ll start with that. I continued strumming and sang quietly to myself, remembering what key I was supposed to be singing in. I took a deep breath as Jamie drove in the driveway. She ran inside and into Codie’s room.
“LOUIS!” she shouted, I ran to her. “I need you to be at the park that you went to with Codie when you actually went to the park for the first time. There will be someone there to tell you what to do and you will sing to Codie. I planned this two months ago and I have perfecting it in my mind, over and over. She will be there, you will sing perfectly and you will end up leaving happily together okay?” she didn’t give me any time to answer. “Good. Liam will take you. Everyone else knows what to do. Okay, goodbye.” She said running back to her car, carrying a pair of aqua denim shorts and a black shirt with some skate shoes.
“Okay… goodbye?” I said confused as Liam pulled my arm and dragged me to the car.
“I have waited for ages for this to happen. Okay.” He tried to calm himself down.
“Why is it, that everyone has known about this for ages apart from the main person?!” I shouted.
“I don't know.” He said, slowing down the driving as he thought, then he sped up again.
“That’s great.” I said sarcastically. “I am so close yet so far.”
***
I stood holding my guitar in front of a bench. The bench Codie would be sitting on. As soon as I saw her I took my glasses off and started to sing. The whole time I watched as Jamie sat Codie down and walked off slowly.
“/I won’t let you go
When your worlds in the dark
You can keep borrowing my heart
Even your fear won’t keep us apart
You can keep borrowing my heart
Take it or leave it it’s yours to decide
Break it or keep it you’re safe
And I won’t let you go
When your worlds in the dark
You can keep borrowing
Borrowing my heart/
/If there's love just feel it
And if there's life we'll see it
This is no time to be alone, alone yeah
I won't let you go /
/You and I
We don’t wanna be like them
We can make it to the end
Nothing can come between
You and I
Not even the gods above
Could separate the two of us
Well, nothing can come between
You and I/
/ Reaching out to touch a stranger
Electric eyes everywhere
See that girl
She knows I’m watching
She backs away
I stare
They say, why? Why? Tell em that was human nature
Why? Why does he do me that way?
Saying why? Why? no
Why? Why does he do me that way?/"
She was singing every word, knew when the changes were. She had watched the video, I smiled and sang on.
"/When he opens his arms and holds you close tonight
It just won’t feel right
Cos I can love you more than this, yeah
And when he lays you down I might just die inside
It just don’t feel right
Cos I can love you more than this
I’ve never had the words for you to say
But now I’m asking you to stay
For a little while inside my arms
And as you close your eyes tonight
I pray that you will see the light
That’s shining from the stars tonight
When he opens his arms and holds you close tonight
It just won’t feel right
Cos I can love you more than this, yeah
When he lays you down I might just die inside
It just don’t feel right
Cos I can love you more than this/
/So your friend's been telling me
You've been sleeping with my sweater
And that you can't stop missing me
Bet my friend's been telling you
I'm not doing much better
'Cause I'm missing half of me
And being here without you is like I'm waking up to
Only half a blue sky
Kinda there but not quite
I'm walking around with just one shoe
I'm half a heart without you
I'm half a man at best,
With half an arrow in my chest
I miss everything we do,
I'm half a heart without you/
/Flashing lights in my mind
Going back to the time
Playing games in the street
Kicking balls with my feet
There's a numb in my toes
Standing close to the edge
There's a pile of my clothes
At the end of your bed
As I feel myself fall
Make a joke of it all
You know I’ll be
Your life, your voice, you're reason to be
My love, my heart
Is breathing for this
Moment, in time
I’ll find the words to say
Before you leave me today/
/Everytime we touch I get this feeling
And everytime we kiss I swear I can fly
Can’t you feel my heart beat fast?
I want this to last
I need you by my side
Cos everytime we touch I feel ecstatic
Everytime we kiss I reach for the sky
Can’t you feel my heart beat slow?
I cant let you go
I want you in my life/
/ If you’re pretending from the start like this,
With a tight grip, then my kiss
Can mend your broken heart
I might miss everything you said to me
And I can lend you broken parts
That might fit like this
And I will give you all my heart
So we can start it all over again
You’ll never know how to make it on your own
And you’ll never show weakness for letting go
I guess it's still hard if the seed's sown
But do you really wanna be alone?
If you’re pretending from the start like this,
With a tight grip, then my kiss
Can mend your broken heart
I might miss everything you said to me
And I can lend you broken parts
That might fit like this
And I will give you all my heart
So we can start it all over again /
/When the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can’t replace
When you love someone but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
And high up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
Well, if you never try you’ll never know
Just what you're worth
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
Tears stream down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face
And I
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face
And I”
I closed my eyes as I continued singing.
“Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you/”
When I opened my eyes again, she was walking away.

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