The Cliff

Hi, my name is Dylan Scott and I'm 15 1/2 years old, about to be 16. I'm going to tell you about how I almost died. It all started when I was about 12. So, when I was 12, I was skateboarding with my friends Jordan, Landon, Preston, and Percy. We went to an old road that no one ever goes down. Me and my friends we're stupid enough to ride on the road. There was this cliff at the end of the road that my friends and I didn't know about. Me being the stupid 12-year old that I was I decided to check out how far down the cliff went. The cliff went pretty far down I mean really far down. Jordan my friend said don't go near the cliff. You know what I did, I just ignored him. Jordan's the friend who is the nerd in the group. He said it again, "don't go near the cliff, it's dangerous." Again I ignored him, but I should've listened to him. I slipped, I'm falling to my death. I hear my friends screaming for help. I hear Landon is starting to cry. Then everything went black. The next thing I know is there are flashing lights everywhere. I can't feel my body at all. There is blood everywhere. The paramedics are trying to get me to stay awake but I close my eyes and I'm out again. I don't know where I'm at. Everything is black. I'm freaking out and I don't know why. All I hear is screaming. Is this all inside my head, is this really what my head looks like from the inside? Why is everything black? I need to get out of here but how? I'm freaking out again. All of a sudden a person appears. "Who are you and why are you in my head?" "I'm you silly." "What do you mean your me?" "I mean that I am another version of you." "So wait there is another version of me inside my head?" "Yes." "Why are you in my head then?" "I'm here to tell you that you are in a coma." "I'M IN A COMA!" "Yes you are in a coma." "Can you tell me if I'm going to live?" "I'm sorry I can't do that." "I thought you were me from the future." "I never said I was from the future." Two and a half years have passed and I'm still in the coma. "Hey Dylan, it's time to wake up" said the voice inside my head. I start to open my eyes. The first thing I see is my friend Landon. Landon is running over to give me a hug. I can see he has tears in his eyes. "You're finally awake" Landon says with excitement. "How long was I in a coma for?" I can barely talk. "Two and a half years." "Two and a half years!" "Where's my mom, sister and brother?" "I want to see them?" "Um ... yo-your brother and s-sister died in a car crash along with your mother." "I'm sorry Dylan, they're gone." This can't be happening. I started to cry. For the people who didn't know how old my brother and sister we're they were 22 and 17. My brother was 22 and his name was Tristan. My sister was 17 and her name was Sophia. Back to the story. I'm screaming they can't be dead, over and over again. Landon is trying to calm me down but it's not working, I just keep screaming. The doctor's keep running in. They're giving me all this medicine to calm me down and it works. I'm feeling sleepy. My eyes start to close again. Landon is starting to yell. Landon is yelling don't let him go to sleep he needs to stay awake. But I fell asleep anyway. I'm inside my head again. "I don't want to be here right now." "I'm sorry but the medication made you fall asleep,'' said the voice inside my head. "This place is so boring." "I know it is but it's not my fault it's boring, it's you. It's your head not mine." "So you're telling me I'm the one who just thinks of dark and dreary things?" "Yes." "You're the one who made your mind so dark and dreary." "How long do you think I will be under this medication?" "Maybe a few hours or even days." "Great, another boring time in my blank dreary mind." "I'm sorry you have to be in such a bad place right now," the voice in my head says. "it's ok," I start to talk to myself for no reason. Landon said he heard everything I said. Few hours later... I'm regaining my consciousness. Again all I see is Landon. "Landon how long was I out for?" "A few hours,'' he says. I'm still kind of sleepy so I can barely keep my eyes open. I hear Landon getting the doctors. Landon is telling the doctors that he heard everything I was saying to myself. I hear the doctors walking in. The doctors are making my bed sit up. I don't know any of the doctors' names. So I'm just going to call them the doctors or doctor. The doctors are asking Landon a bunch of questions about what he heard. Landon said he heard that I was talking about my brother and sister. So the doctors asked him some more questions about what he heard about my brother and sister. He told the doctors that I said that Tristan and Sophia are alive and that they never got in the car accident. He said that after I said that I started to speak nonsense. Ok so back to me talking and then I'll be back to the story. So you know that Landon heard everything I said when I was unconscious. Right? Landon told me I started speaking nonsense after everything about my brother and sister. But he told me I didn't say anything about my mother. Ok back to the story. Landon said to the doctors that he didn't understand any word I said but one it was a cliff. By the way I am still laying in the hospital bed under medication. After Landon had said the word cliff I started freaking out and then started yelling. The doctors are all running over to my bed as Landon said. Landon said he ran out crying. Landon said he wasn't in the room to know what was going on. All he said was that he heard me yelling. He didn't know what I was yelling about. He told me that I was screaming for hours. Hours later... I'm sleeping, and I'm in my mind again." Ugh, why am I here again?" "You're here again because you're asleep." "I don't want to be here." "Well, I'm sorry, it's not my fault you fell asleep." "You have a point there." "Correct, I do." "Hold on, what should I call you?" "Should I call you Dylan or something else?" "You don't have to call me Dylan if you don't want to." "I'll just call you me." "Ok so my name is me." "I literally just said that." "I know you did." "I just wanted to make you mad." "Well I'm already mad because I'm stuck in my head." "Again it's not my fault." "I know it's not your fault it's mine I know, I know, I know." I woke up unexpectedly. Landon is sleeping in a chair. I am trying to wake Landon up, but he is such a heavy sleeper. I yell Landon wake up. He wakes up immediately. I say "You can go home." "I'm fine, you need to get more sleep and you need more food." "Are you sure?" he said. "Yes, I'm sure you can go home." "Ok," he said. "If anything happens, I am blaming it on you Dylan." "Ok ok just go home already." "Fine goodbye." "I will be here tomorrow." He said, "Goodbye, see you tomorrow." The next day.... The doctors are walking into my room, probably to check on me. "Hi Dylan my name is Dr. Bryce." "Hello. I am here to tell you that you will be going to physical therapy today." "Physical therapy for what?" "You have to learn how to walk again." "But I already know how to walk." "Since you fell off that cliff you broke you back, you may not be able to walk again." "Are you being serious?" "Yes, I'm sorry Dylan." "So you're saying I might be paralyzed for the rest of my life." "If your back heals correctly you will be able to walk again, but you have a chance you may still be paralyzed." Ok, let's backtrack to when I woke up and couldn't feel my legs. So, obviously I was sleeping, so when I woke up I couldn't feel my legs. I called Landon for help. Of course Landon asked me what was wrong, and I said I couldn't feel my legs. Landon called for a doctor. When the doctor came in, he asked me what was wrong. Again, I said I can't feel my legs. Ok let's get back to where we were. "So you're telling me I may be paralyzed if I don't heal correctly." "Yes. Dylan you may be paralyzed." A Few weeks later... So I was in physical therapy and of course I fell and broke my arm. The doctors said after my arm heals I get to go home. Which in my mind is going to be awesome. Another few weeks later... Yes I finally get to go home. Guess what. You may have said what. I have to go home in a wheelchair because I'm paralyzed fun. Right? Landon asked me if I was ready to go. I said yes. "I am so excited to go home." "I bet you are," Landon said. We are walking out of the hospital and I realize I'm forgetting something. I tell Landon that I forgot something so he runs back into the hospital to go and grab it. I bet you are wondering what it is. It's a necklace my brother gave to me when I was little. It's the only thing I have left to remember him. When Landon comes back you can see that he is out of breath. "Here you go," he says outta breath. "Thanks Landon." "No problem,'' he said after he caught his breath. Landon's mom came to pick us up at the hospital. Just to remind you that I am very close friends with Landon. Landon helped me get into the car. His mom put my wheelchair in the back. Just in case I didn't tell you I never had a Dad. My mom never told me why. We arrived at Landon's house. Landon is helping me get back into my wheelchair. Landon's mom told me I could stay with them for as long as I wanted to. Soon a few years had passed. The Woods adopted me into their family. I am now a Wood. I have my brother Landon who is always here to help me when I need it. I never told you Landon has a sister named Millie. She is the sweetest girl ever. She is only 10 and she's adorable. I am now starting to walk but I do have to be in a wheelchair at school and sometimes in public. I still wish my family was alive but I got adopted into a new family. It's been 2 years since I fell off that cliff. I am now 18. I am living a wonderful life. I still get bullied at school, but Landon is always by my side. That was my story. I hoped you enjoyed it.