His hand intertwines with mine for comfort, which I appreciated throughout the silent drive. It felt like someone was sitting on my chest as we walked into the hospital. Cooper immediately ran to me and engulfed me in a hug, giving Colby a friendly nod over my shoulder. "Cami, it's bad." Cooper told me, tears brimming his eyes. I take a deep breath and nod. I have to stay strong.
Cooper introduces me to the nurse as Adrianna's sister and she takes me back. She stops me right before the door with saddened eyes. "We don't typically tell anything without the whole family present, but I don't want you to go in there blindsided. It's not looking good. We currently have her on life support, but we aren't receiving any indication of brain activity. You parents are on their way." The nurse explains to me. I feel a tear slip down my cheek and I take a deep, shaky breath.
"I'm ready." I tell her. She pushes open the door and holds it open for me as I walk in, pulling it closed behind me. For a moment I stood behind the curtain. My hear was racing and I didn't know if I was ready for what I was about to see.
I wasn't.
Adrianna laid pale in the bed, tubes going in and out of her body. Scratches and bruises covered her exposed skin. A ventilator was placed in her mouth and her chest rose and fell with the sound of it. I covered my mouth with my hand and a sob wrecked my body. My knees buckled and I grasped onto the chair for support. I took a few deep breaths and moved around the chair, sitting down and scooting closer to the bed. I winced at the feeling of her cold hand as I placed mine over it. Tears ran down my face as I looked at her.
"Fuck!" I called out to nothing. My face dropped into my hands as I cried. My body was shaking and I couldn't keep my sobs quiet. A hand on my shoulder startled me slightly, and I looked up to see Adrianna's mom standing above me with tear stained cheeks. "Stacy!" I gasp, hugging her tightly. Their family was like my second family. When I wasn't home, I was with them. They treated me like their own no matter what.
"Thank you for being here." She said, arms still tightly around me. Braden and Dex stood behind her. I hugged Braden, her dad, first before moving over to a crying Dex. I had always been so close with and protective of Dex. His sixteenth birthday was a few days ago and now I feel dreadful about not seeing him. I hugged him for a good few minutes and we swayed back and forth comfortingly.
"I'm going to go back out, but I don't think I'll be leaving any time soon. I love you guys," I say to them. Stacy gives me one last hug before I exit the room. I don't even make it down the hall before another wave of emotions hits me. I slide down the wall as I cry and bury my face into my knees. A familiar set of arms wrap around me and I lean into his familiar scent. I know he doesn't know what to say, so him not saying anything is okay with me. His touch is all I need. "Thanks for coming with me." I say, my voice raspy. Colby places a kiss on the top of my head and strokes my hair as I sniffle.
"I would go anywhere with you to make sure you're okay," He whispers to me. If it wasn't such a horrible situation I know I would be smiling like a wildly over his words. We continued to sit in silence until Colby decided we would be better off sitting in the waiting room with the rest of my friends. He wraps his arm around my waist as we walk and I weekly lean into him.
"So what exactly happened?" I asked to a puffy eyed Cooper. Sommer was still crying into Mason's shoulder who softly rubbed her back. My voice is strained and croaky from crying and having just woken up. Colby's hand never leaves mine.
"That dumbass guy from your guys' high school turned her down and she wanted to drink it off. We tried to get her to slow down but she wouldn't and she somehow slipped away and took my car. Sommer took us in her car to follow her and she was swerving in and out of traffic and then she suddenly just swerved and flipped into a ditch. Oh god, this is all my fucking fault." Cooper cries. I wrap my arms around him and sigh, knowing that none of this is his fault. Saying it won't change anything so I soothingly rub his back as he cries.
Sometime later that night Sommer and Mason go home to get some sleep. We won't get any news tonight, but I stay anyway. I can't bring myself to leave. At around five in the morning I somehow convinced Cooper to go home. Colby refuses to leave my side, but does agree to run out and get me a coffee and some food. While he's gone I decide to walk outside for some fresh air. I sit on the edge of the sidewalk, watching silently as the sun rose over the horizon.
Knowing that Adrianna is in there, and that these are probably the last moments I'll ever have with her shatters my heart. All I can think about is how much shit I've put her though. How I ignored her for months on end while I let a guy I just met help me through one of the hardest things in my life— the thing I promised her I would never do again. A tear slips down my cheek but I wipe it away quickly with the sleeve of Colby's jacket that I stole from his car on the way in. When the sun finally rises, and I realize Colby will probably be back soon, I head back inside to the nightmare that is my life.
Don't kill me LMAO
xoxo JEN
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Fanfiction"It's not about who kissed who, Colby! The universe doesn't want us to be together." Cami began crying as she shouted into the open street. Colby stared back at her with tears welling in his blue eyes. "But Cami, I love you." His voice was quiet bu...
