Now that my parents are gone my life means nothing to me anymore. It's miserable to be alone until I met her. We became friends and days had passed by, my feelings for her had gone deeper and until one day I realized that I am now deeply in love with my friend called Kate.
I was sitting on a bench at that weird looking rock, then a girl walked pass the rock and took a photo of it. I went up to her and said "it's interesting isn't it?" she turned around to face me. "Oh hey! Don't you know what this is?" she asked. I said no because that was the truth. She laughed at me but after a few seconds she stopped. "Is it? I was trying to figure it out, but I couldn't, thanks for telling me. I'm Matt by the way" and smiled as I introduced myself "My name is Kate". Since that day we became friends and we decided that the Dog Rock was our special meeting place.
Till that day we always hang out and go somewhere here in Albany. We went to Tree Top Walk on The Valley of the Giants Road. While were walking, the view were so amazing that you can forget all your problems and just enjoy the glimpse of the forest.
But as times goes by everything changes, my whole life changes from a sad life to a meaningful one. Until the day I confessed to her '" Uhm... Kate c-c-an w-w-wee t-t-talk?" I stuttered as I asked her, my heart pump faster and hard because I was so nervous about asking her If I can go out with her, because I think that she'll say no and she won't treat me like a friend anymore, I'm just so scared to lose her, to lose everything. "What about it Matt? And why are you stuttering?" she said, there we're 2 thoughts that kept bugging through my mind like what if she said no are we staying the same like this or was she going to ignore me after I confess to her what my true feeling for her are.
"I-if i-I'd a-ask y-you o-ut on a date what would you sa-say?" I ask while not looking to her eye to eye because of shyness that overcomes to me. She looked at me directly into my eyes and said "What if I say yes, what are you going to do?" I was so shocked by the way she answered my question. I calmed myself down and stared at her directly to the eye and said "So if I said Yeah, I'm going to ask you out on date would you say yes?" she didn't reply on me for about a minute but then when I'm about to talk she interrupted me "Yes, I would go out with you" she said and smiled like there's no end, I can't move my feet and also I can't even talk for about a minute I was so happy that I couldn't compose myself.
That day was the day that Kate and I became very close. We're now dating for about a year and a half and next month is our Anniversary. I started preparing for it because I want it to be so special for our second Anniversary. I'm planning to do it in E.M.U
Point here in Albany. I'm now going to E.M.U Point to finalise the reception and everything in E.M.U Point Café. "Don't you think that it's so early to prepare for it, Matt?" Austin asked I know that it's so early to prepare for it but who cares, I just want it to be a perfect day like the first Anniversary that we had back then. "I know but you can't blame me, I loved Kate since then and I want to surprise her" as I said while smiling at Austin, Austin is one of our friend he is cool and he always make us laugh but sometimes I don't like Austin that much because I think he likes Kate by the way he looks at her but Kate doesn't notice.
We are now walking in E.M.U Point Café when someone shouted "Matt!" It was a familiar voice but I couldn't figure who it was until she's in front of me. "Dana! Long time no see it's been a long time since we last talked, I haven't seen you for about a year" I said as I was looking directly to her eyes, Dana is one of my best mate back then when I haven't met Kate yet. Dana and I met when I first arrived here in Australia. "I know aye, I thought you were in the Philippines right now?" she said but it wasn't true. "No, it's not true who told you that?" I asked but she hadn't said anything except for "Oh never mind, anyway how are you?" she said, I was about to speak when she immediately hugged me so tightly that I couldn't breathe and said "I missed you a lot Matt." I was so shocked on what she has done, When I saw Kate in front of us she also look shocked and I saw a tear fell down through her cheeks. "Kate" As I shout when she ran so fast to get out of the café, I chase her as fast as I could when she reached the middle of the road I stopped "Kate please listen to me" I shouted at her, it began to rain when I she turned and face me and I saw her crying, I step a bit but "Stop right there Matt I don't want you to explain anything, I'm tired of your excuses." She said while I'm standing about a meter away from her.
I didn't step forward as she said so because I don't want to fight back and I know it's all my fault every time I see her cry, it's all because of me, I hurt her so many times but she keeps on fighting for me, for us I know how much I've hurt her and how much pain she suffered because of me. "Please Kate you know I love you and that girl who just hugged me it was my friend Dana I've known her since I came here" I said but she didn't even listen to me instead she ran but I saw a car coming and I ran as fast as I could so that I could save her but I was too late, she was hit by a car that I'm so awe of what happened to her that my whole life crashed and the one that I loved was now laying there with blood all over her body. I ran as fast as I could go to her and I never thought that I would cry for the second time since I lost my mom and dad in a vehicular accident, "Please help us, call an ambulance" as I said when I saw Austin running toward us and him crying, I know Kate is important to Austin.
The ambulance arrived and the paramedics were running through the front seat to the back door to pull out the stretchers, as soon as they pulled it out they, immediately run through the crowd and stopped in front of us and directly carried Kate and placed in the stretchers and the ambulance "Who is the relatives of this young lady?" One of them asked I raised my hand and said "I'm her boyfriend, and her Aunt is working right now" I stood up and walk towards them "Get in the ambulance quickly" Claire said as I saw her nametag in her uniform.
We're now in the hospital and the nurses quickly run in Kate stretchers and run through the Emergency Room , we're reached the Emergency Room when they stopped me from coming in "Sorry Sir but you're not allowed to come in" one of the nurses told me. "Please do anything that you can just to save her." I felt pale as I saw Kate's blood in the lower part of my shirt. I walked back and forth when I heard someone "Matt! How's Kate?" Kate's Auntie asked me. I sat down "I don't know she's been in the Emergency Room for a while" I said. Kate's Aunt didn't talk and she also sat down beside me. I brushed my hands on my face as I can feel them trembling
The Doctor came out of the Emergency and I stood up and run towards the doctor "Doc. Is she okay?" I asked but I didn't get a reply for about a minute. "It was a successful operation but we're sorry to say that she's in a coma and we don't know when she'll wake up. I'm sorry" Doctor Cortez spoke I can feel my foot trembling and I sat down on the floor as he explains everything to Kate's Aunt but I didn't even listen to her but one thing I know my whole world collide into pieces. I shouted repeatedly and they're stopping me from shouting but I kept fighting. But one thing calmed me down and that was Kate's Aunt "Don't do stupid things Matt, I know Kate wouldn't be so happy if she found out about it" she said, I calmed down.
"You can now see her in Room 213" The doctor said. I ran to the room where Kate was confined to. I'm now in the front door of Kate's Room, I opened it and I saw Kate laying on the hospital bed. I walk towards her and saw a chair beside her bed I sat beside her and held her hand "Kate I'm sorry for everything I've done I don't want to hurt you like this, Kate wake up please, I'm begging you, I can't live without you and you know it" I said that I burst out crying.
It's been 8 months and Kate didn't even give us a sign if we should give up. Her Aunt told me that we need to give up on Kate but still I don't want to give up everything we shared through bad times and good times. Kate's Aunt is now here with me looking out for Kate "Matt I think we should cut Kate's life supporter" she said. I stopped from whatever I was doing and looked at Kate's Aunt and said "No Aunt I wouldn't do that, I know Kate is fighting and she's going to wake up" Kate's Aunt turned around and look at me " But it's been 8 months, We've been waiting for her, but she's not giving us a sign" Kate's Aunt said. "Just give me 1 month with Kate Aunt, if she doesn't wake up I don't have a choice but to let her go" I said and she nodded.
It's now the 21st July 2010 and today I'm now going to set Kate free, we're now going to cut her life support. We're now waiting for the doctor to come but Kate moves her hand and I was shocked I called her Aunt " Aunt Kate's hand just moved" as I said and she ran towards we're Kate is laying and there she saw it. She clicked the button for the nurse assistance and nurses came in and the doctor. They checked Kate and there I saw Kate slowly opening her eyes. "It's a miracle" The doctor told us. I ran towards Kate and hugged her.
Since that day my life became complete again. Each day I regret what happened but it's just some mishaps that destiny needs to do. Giving up someone you've loved and once loved you is the wrong thing to do but with my situation I won't give up on Kate because I know she's not also giving up for us.
