BOTHERED

CHAPTER SIXTY THREE: Let's Begin Again

Nayeli

I had a dream.

A much terrible dream than before.

In my dream...I died and then you said goodbye and go on without me.
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I wish I've never waken up so that dreams will only stay as dreams and never got mixed with reality.

Tears fell when I opened my eyes. Napanaginipan ko kasi si Tyler and he said goodbye.

Why would he said goodbye? Ako ang nabaril diba? I should be the one crossing over.

Panic sets in when I saw my mom's crying face. She's saying something but her voice sounds distorted. Someone flashes a light into my eyes. I closed my eyes and shove off the flashlight away from me.

It's blinding.

"She's awake." I heard someone said.

Everything started to get clearer and I realize that I am lying on the bed. I tried to sit but there is this pain in my chest. I grunted.

"Anak wag ka munang gumalaw." My mom said as she pushes me back into the bed.

I look around and saw Tony's worried face and so as my Tita Olga's.

"Ma? Nasaan ako?" I ask.

"You are in the hospital Nayeli. Hindi mo ba naaalala what happened?" It was the doctor who replied. All the events flashes back inside my head. I touch my left chest. Oo nga pala I was shot and there were a lot of blood.

The doctor handed me something. It was the old pocket watch na binigay sa akin si Tyler. I noticed that it has a hole in it.

"That watch saved your life. Without it the bullet could have pierced right through your heart." The doctor explained.

Oo nga pala. I put the watch inside the left pocket of my dress. Akala ko it was my end but this watch that Tyler gave me saved my life.

I gasped.

"Si Tyler po?!" I exclaimed. Nagbago bigla yung mukha nina Mama, Tita Olga and Tony.

"Did something bad happened to him?" I ask. Tumingin si Mama sa doctor and the doctor nodded na parang sign of approval that my mom can answer my question. My mom hold both my hands. Kinakabahan ako. She looks really serious.

"It's been one week now since nakita kayo sa cabin anak."

One week? I was asleep for that long already?

"You were bleeding to death when we found you and Tyler is unconscious."

I remembered what Tyler said to me before I lost consciousness. He said that he loves me.

"Hindi pa sya nagigising hanggang ngayon anak. He is back into coma. Nasa katapat syang kwarto. Nayeli...."

My mom squeezed my hand. I can feel my heart drumming inside my chest. A sign na ayaw kong marinig ang sunod na sasabihin ni Mama.

"Tyler is not doing good. He was dead when you were found at the old cabin and narevived lang sya." My mom said.

My dream. Was it just a dream o nagpaalam talaga sa akin si Tyler sa panaginip ko? This can't be real.

"Nayeli sandali!" My mom shouted when I leaped out of my bed and stormed right out of my room.

I almost landed on the floor when I entered Tyler's room mabuti na lang nasalo ako ni Jerome.

"Nayeli?" He exclaimed.

My mom and the doctor were right behind me. Agad akong pinaupo ni Jerome sa couch. I was crying hard as I look at Tyler's condition.