The Golden Couple

Chap. 66

It was 2:47 PM when I got the phone call from Regina.

"I have to take this," I informed Kylie. "It's Bryce."

"Tell your boyfriend to wait," Steven said, listlessly.

I ignored him, stepping out of the room and placing my phone to my ear. "Regina, is everything okay?"

I was met by a few moments of silence.

"It's over Sophie."

Her voice was thick, indicating that she'd been crying.

"What's over?" I asked. "Regina, what's going on?"

"Bryce had a reaction to the trial medication this morning. They're sending him home."

It was as though the world slowed around me. I could feel my heart painfully beating in my chest, my throat constricting.

"What kind of reaction?"

No, that wasn't the right question.

"Is Bryce okay?"

That wasn't the right question either.

There were so many questions. It was as though my head was spinning faster than the world around me, and I suddenly felt too nauseous to speak.

"I'm just going to come over."

"Okay," Regina whispered.

I hung up, my phone slipping out of my hands and colliding with the floor below me.

What happens now?

I don't know how long I stood there, my body numb, until I realized that I needed to recollect myself.

I slowly bent over and picked up my now shattered phone, turning and heading back into the multi-purpose room.

"Well that was some conversation," Steven stated.

"Sophie, what's wrong?" Kylie asked, rising to her feet.

"I have to go," I said, my voice sounding foreign even to me.

Steven's eyebrows crinkled in confusion. "Is Bryce okay?"

I just grabbed my purse, leaving the room without a second glance.

I felt like I was outside of my own body, like I was watching the scene unfold before me.

Bryce had a reaction to the medication.

Bryce was no longer receiving the trial medication.

Bryce's tumor was growing at an unprecedented rate.

What happens now?

I pulled up in front of Bryce's house, heading inside.

Regina was crying, but she tried to muster up a smile for me.

I just felt hollow inside, vacant of emotions.

"Where is he?" I asked.

"In his room." Regina laid a hand on my arm. "Try to support him through this. It's been hard on all of us."

All of us.

How does she think that I feel?

Bryce is the boy that I love.

I can remember the first day that I met him, every emotion that I felt. I can remember the pain that I felt when he admitted to having a drug problem, the happiness that surrounded me when he told me that he loved me for the first time.