- Play Song In Media During This Chapter for Dramatic Effect-
All I Want - Kodaline
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Coma....
Jaycee....
Jaycee was in a coma. There's gotta be some sort of mistake right? The world cannot be this cruel! How is this possible?? Why is the universe so adamant on hurting me? On making me lose everyone I hold close to my heart?? Why me? Why?!
"Sir, the general requirements for a joke is that it has to be funny..." I said, not knowing what took over me.
"I'm sorry sweetheart. I wish I was joking." He said as he patted my head, allowing to get a view of the patient's room number.
Patient Info:
Name: Jaycee Jacob Royce
Age: 18
DOB: 30/12/1995
Blood Type: A-
Room: 432
With my stomach threatening to explode its almost non-existent inner fillings, I ran towards the closest stairwell, ignoring all my friends' screams to come back.
I ran and ran until the farthest corner of the hospital where the other set of elevators were standing; a portal to a world of misery and death. My mind was blank; I wasn't thinking of anything except room 432. I got into the elevator and I thanked my tears for keeping it together.
The elevator doors opened and my legs, albite shaking, started carrying me forward.
I passed rows after rows of rooms and sick people praying to God to cure them. I passed dedicated nurses and doctors doing their best to be of assistance. I passed a couple who just had their baby, and a family that just lost a father. I passed both life and death; bliss and tragedy, until I was standing in front of room 432.
I was too scared to open it, too scared of what I would see. What if I break down and never come back again?? What if I permanently lose it?
What if...
I didn't know what to expect and I didn't know how I would react. Since I still haven't cried since I heard the news, I assumed that I was capable of keeping it together.
Boy was I wrong.
I opened the door, and stepped inside, my eyes closed and my heart beating so fast I thought my rib cage would break. Still closing my eyes, I shut the door, counted to ten seven times, then opened my eyes. Apparently I was facing the door so I turned around.
My heart fell.
Then it broke.
Then it got trampled on by a stampede of black butterflies.
The sight in front of me was more than enough to send my tears flowing down like a flooding dam. My legs were shaking so hard I had to hold on to the door to keep myself from falling.
On the bed in front of me laid Jaycee. Sorry, no, someone that resembles Jaycee that has a bruised, scar-lined face. Tubes after tubes entered his body, making him look like he's on the brink of death.
I begged my legs to move and for once, they complied. The faucet in my eyes became out of service and now the tears wouldn't stop. As I made my way to his side, I prayed that I wake up from this horrible nightmare that I'm in. My life can't be a whole series of goosebumps books! There has to be a happy part of it.
Wait.
There is.
And he's lying on this bed, somewhere in a parallel dimension between life and death.
I reached his bed and gently stroked his hand; cold as ice.
"Jaycee..." I said, my voice breaking; shattering into a zillion cracked pieces.
"Jaycee please wake up. Please. I'm not mad at you anymore I promise. Please don't leave me like this. I need you back!" I cried. I actually cried my whole soul out! My whole body was shaking, in turn shaking his bed.
"Please. You can't.... you can't leave me!! What am I supposed to do without you?? How am I supposed to live?? Jaycee, please!"
Nothing.
Not silence, because the machines were beeping.
But a type of silence where his voice should be; the worst type there is.
Will I ever hear his voice again?
Will I ever be able talk to him again??
"Jaycee. Wake up... please wake up. Please." I pleaded, my tears stinging my eyeballs.
"I....I....I love you Jay! I love you! And I'm sorry I haven't said it earlier!! Please.... please come back to me! Please! I can't live without you please!"
And that's when I realized that this is actually the first time I said it. The first time I say it from my heart and he doesn't even get to hear it.
No answer but the steady beeping of the machines.
I looked at his face and took his hand in mine, clutching him as if he'll disintegrate right from beneath my fingers.
"I love you Jaycee Royce. Ever since day one. Ever since you took my apple back from Justin Danvers. Ever since you picked up my Chemistry books when Brad dropped them. Ever since you picked me up from the ground when Brad threw a football straight to my face. Ever since you fixed my virus infested laptop. Ever since grade nine. Ever since day one.
I'm sorry it took me this long to say it. I guess we never realize what we have until it's gone. Or maybe we do and we just thought we'd never lose it. Either way, I really don't want to lose you! Not when I just found myself. Please come back to me! Please..." The sobbing wouldn't stop, and the flow of emotion kept on coming out on full power mode. Amidst the shaking and silent crying, I felt something.
His hand moved. Cross that. He squeezed my hand.
It was very slight, but I'm very sure it was there. Like a promise, that he'll come back for me.
That.
That right there was enough to make me wait for him, because I know that Jaycee will never let me down. It was his sign of letting me know that he'll fight this; that he'll come back to me.
I pulled a chair and brought it next to his bed because I know once I'm discovered, they won't let me stay here, and I need to spend every second I could by his side. The tears wouldn't stop and now I'm just sobbing because even if I wanted to stop, one look at him and I start again.
I felt my phone vibrate so I took it out and found a text message from CJ asking where I was. I replied that I'll come to them in a while. Before I could lock my phone I saw an an un-heard voicemail; the one I ignored earlier. So I opened it; I really wish I didn't.
It was from Jaycee.
"Hey beautiful, we finally got the car to start and we are on our way back home. I just wanted to tell you how sorry I am Alexis for acting like a complete jerk. I don't know why I keep hurting the people I love. More importantly, I don't know why I keep doing it to you; the light of my life.
I just hope that one day, when we're 50 and sitting in our backyard babysitting our grandkids because our own kids are idiots, we could look back at this and laugh at it. We could laugh at destiny because no matter what, we'll always be together; we'll always have each other.
I never want you out of my life Alexis and one day I'll make that promise come true; you'll see. All I ever want is for you to be happy and I know for sure that my happiness is always with you, wherever you go.
I have a surprise for you by the way!! I wanted to wait until your birthday but it's like 2 weeks away and I needed to make up for being an idiot. I'll wear it for now- just so I can feel you next to me- and I'll give it to you when I see you later on princess. I lov--"
"WATCH OUT!!" I heard Jace scream. Then I heard the most gut-wrenching crash and crunch anyone could ever hear.
Then the line disconnected.
At this point, having to re-live what happened to them, crying came naturally and on 'waterfall' mode.
Remembering what he said, I wiped the tears a little, I reached for his neck, and sure enough there was a necklace. I took it off and held it in my hands. It still smelled like him. Not the bleach and stench of the hospital; but his beautiful scent. A mixture of Axe and strong vanilla.
The necklace was silver, with a black and white studded heart pendant that had the letter "A" beautifully inscribed on it. It wasn't very small but it wasn't huge either; it was just perfect! I held on to it for a while before I put it back on him, this way he'll know that I'm always with him.
I started stroking his soft black hair while singing to him. The same song I sang to him when I learned about his sister's death. The same song that holds so much meaning right now. He'll know he's not alone, that he'll never be alone because I got him; forever and always.
Don't ever say you're lonely
Just lay your problems on me
And I'll be waiting there for you
The stars can be so blinding
When you get tired of fighting
You know the one you can look to
When the vision you have gets blurry
You don't have to worry,
I'll be your eyes
It's the least I can do,
'Cause when I fell, you pulled me through
This song alone brought back so many memories; from the first day we met to the last thing I said to him on the phone. One by one, they made their way from my brain to my tears....
AN: Stay tuned!! Next chapter will be all their memories :)
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