A Flair For The Dramatic
Fifteen
*Vic*
I am stirred out of my thoughts by a familiar voice shouting my name, and just as the paramedic is about to close the ambulance doors, I see my brother, Mike, running towards me with Summer, Jaime, Elle and Tony by his side.
"Wait!" I shout to the paramedic, pushing open one door quickly and forcefully.
"Sir, we have to go. Your girlfriend is in desperate need of medical attention-"
"Don't you think I know that?!" I shout harshly, shaking my head afterwards in apology. "I'm sorry, it's just, that's my brother and friends. I need to tell them-"
"It's okay, but we don't have time for this."
"Let me just tell them to follow the ambulance, please?" I plead, desperate to see the people I haven't seen for so long that made my life relatively normal.
"You have thirty seconds. I mean it."
"Thank you." I jump off my seat and out of the ambulance quickly towards my brother and friends.
"Vic! Shit, you have no idea how long we have been looking for you-"
"Look, I don't have much time-" I interrupt Mike, and then get interrupted by Elle.
"Is that Rose in there?" Her voice is small and afraid, her face showing that she is clearly on the verge of tears.
"Yes, now I will explain at the hospital, but she needs attention r-right now, so I have to go. Just follow the ambulance, I promise I will explain everything." I say quickly and head back toward the ambulance.
"But Vic-"
"I promise I will explain everything." I shout behind me and jump back into the vehicle, closing the doors behind me and nodding to the paramedic who gives a signal to the driver.
I reach out and take Rose's hand in mine, desperate for closeness to her that I felt seemingly a million years ago. I try not to let the cold, stone feel of her skin bother me, reminding myself that in a short time she could be living and in my arms, happy, once again.
*Rose*
I feel nothing. Absolutely nothing. It is as if I am not here, and for a second I question whether I really am alive or not. But I mentally shake myself and convince myself that I am, as I am processing these thoughts and what dead person can do that? None that I have ever heard of.
I can hear things too - mumbles, whispers, familiar voices which I only wish I could decipher and reach out to, but I can't, for I am numb and useless. Pathetic, really. I guess nothing has changed then...
I can feel nothing, but I know when someone is touching me. Maybe it is a sixth sense or something, a power that I have gained from whatever put me in this tamed position. I wish to be able to move my fingers when my hand is being held, to wrap them around theirs and give them a light squeeze, just so they know that I am here - even if I don't physically seem like it.
I am finding it hard to breathe, it's like my lungs are giving up on me. Well, that is if I have any lungs - I might as well have none from these pathetic breaths that I am taking.
A thought surges through my head that scares me - why can't I just be dead?
I might as well be, I am basically lifeless right now. But I remind myself that people are reaching out to me, wanting to be there for me, even though I have no energy or no power to try and remember who they are and what they mean to me.
I can barely remember a thing, actually. It is like I am a child again even though I know I am not, but it is as if my whole adult life is one big blur and I can't make it any clearer no matter how hard I try.
But then I hear one voice, a girls, and a few things come flooding back to me...
*Vic*
"She looks so frail." Elle says, her voice still thick with tears from when I told her what happened to both me and Rose. Jaime walks toward her and wraps his arms around her, and she accepts his comforting gesture, leaning her head into his chest and sobbing some more.
For a moment I think that I can see Rose stir, but I shake my head. It is easy for your mind to play tricks like that on you when you are in this kind of situation. She will come round when it is time for her to come round, I need to stop kidding myself.
I look at Mike, who has Summer on his lap with her arms around his neck, sleeping restlessly and uncomfortably. And then I look over at Tony, alone on the bench, eyes glued to the floor.
I go over to him and sit next to him. "How are you doing?" I ask him softly.
"No, how are you doing?" He says and looks at me. "You have gone through the biggest pile of shit I have ever heard of, and you are still here asking everyone if they are okay. Your feelings do matter too, you know."
I smile genuinely at Tony, grateful for the normality that he is bringing back to my life. "Don't I always make sure other people are okay first?" I say and laugh.
He smirks and nods. "Yeah, but it shouldn't be that way. You are the one with the injuries and the girlfriend who is in a coma."
"Well, I can't say that life has been worse than it is now, but I just want to try and make things as normal as possible. I'm not going to play the sympathy card when you guys still went through a lot. Elle lost her best friend, and could still lose her for good. Mike nearly lost his brother. Summer nearly lost her sister, for gods sake. And you and Hime nearly lost me, and I know how hard that would be for you."
Tony laughs at the last part, noticing my sarcasm and I smile. "Nah, I wouldn't have missed you that much."
"Yeah, whatever." I laugh. "No but really, how are you? I know that Rose meant a lot to you too, even if you didn't say it, I knew it." He looks at me cautiously, afraid that he is going to cause a scene. "Don't worry, I knew all along."
He sighs. "I love her a lot, Vic." I nod. "But it doesn't matter. I don't love her half as much as you do, and even though I feel that way, it's okay, because she is with you. And there is no one better for her to be with. She is happy with you and as long as she is happy and you are happy, I am happy."
"Thank you, Tone. I get it." He nods and looks down at the ground once again.
I am stirred out of my thoughts by a familiar voice shouting my name, and just as the paramedic is about to close the ambulance doors, I see my brother, Mike, running towards me with Summer, Jaime, Elle and Tony by his side.
"Wait!" I shout to the paramedic, pushing open one door quickly and forcefully.
"Sir, we have to go. Your girlfriend is in desperate need of medical attention-"
"Don't you think I know that?!" I shout harshly, shaking my head afterwards in apology. "I'm sorry, it's just, that's my brother and friends. I need to tell them-"
"It's okay, but we don't have time for this."
"Let me just tell them to follow the ambulance, please?" I plead, desperate to see the people I haven't seen for so long that made my life relatively normal.
"You have thirty seconds. I mean it."
"Thank you." I jump off my seat and out of the ambulance quickly towards my brother and friends.
"Vic! Shit, you have no idea how long we have been looking for you-"
"Look, I don't have much time-" I interrupt Mike, and then get interrupted by Elle.
"Is that Rose in there?" Her voice is small and afraid, her face showing that she is clearly on the verge of tears.
"Yes, now I will explain at the hospital, but she needs attention r-right now, so I have to go. Just follow the ambulance, I promise I will explain everything." I say quickly and head back toward the ambulance.
"But Vic-"
"I promise I will explain everything." I shout behind me and jump back into the vehicle, closing the doors behind me and nodding to the paramedic who gives a signal to the driver.
I reach out and take Rose's hand in mine, desperate for closeness to her that I felt seemingly a million years ago. I try not to let the cold, stone feel of her skin bother me, reminding myself that in a short time she could be living and in my arms, happy, once again.
*Rose*
I feel nothing. Absolutely nothing. It is as if I am not here, and for a second I question whether I really am alive or not. But I mentally shake myself and convince myself that I am, as I am processing these thoughts and what dead person can do that? None that I have ever heard of.
I can hear things too - mumbles, whispers, familiar voices which I only wish I could decipher and reach out to, but I can't, for I am numb and useless. Pathetic, really. I guess nothing has changed then...
I can feel nothing, but I know when someone is touching me. Maybe it is a sixth sense or something, a power that I have gained from whatever put me in this tamed position. I wish to be able to move my fingers when my hand is being held, to wrap them around theirs and give them a light squeeze, just so they know that I am here - even if I don't physically seem like it.
I am finding it hard to breathe, it's like my lungs are giving up on me. Well, that is if I have any lungs - I might as well have none from these pathetic breaths that I am taking.
A thought surges through my head that scares me - why can't I just be dead?
I might as well be, I am basically lifeless right now. But I remind myself that people are reaching out to me, wanting to be there for me, even though I have no energy or no power to try and remember who they are and what they mean to me.
I can barely remember a thing, actually. It is like I am a child again even though I know I am not, but it is as if my whole adult life is one big blur and I can't make it any clearer no matter how hard I try.
But then I hear one voice, a girls, and a few things come flooding back to me...
*Vic*
"She looks so frail." Elle says, her voice still thick with tears from when I told her what happened to both me and Rose. Jaime walks toward her and wraps his arms around her, and she accepts his comforting gesture, leaning her head into his chest and sobbing some more.
For a moment I think that I can see Rose stir, but I shake my head. It is easy for your mind to play tricks like that on you when you are in this kind of situation. She will come round when it is time for her to come round, I need to stop kidding myself.
I look at Mike, who has Summer on his lap with her arms around his neck, sleeping restlessly and uncomfortably. And then I look over at Tony, alone on the bench, eyes glued to the floor.
I go over to him and sit next to him. "How are you doing?" I ask him softly.
"No, how are you doing?" He says and looks at me. "You have gone through the biggest pile of shit I have ever heard of, and you are still here asking everyone if they are okay. Your feelings do matter too, you know."
I smile genuinely at Tony, grateful for the normality that he is bringing back to my life. "Don't I always make sure other people are okay first?" I say and laugh.
He smirks and nods. "Yeah, but it shouldn't be that way. You are the one with the injuries and the girlfriend who is in a coma."
"Well, I can't say that life has been worse than it is now, but I just want to try and make things as normal as possible. I'm not going to play the sympathy card when you guys still went through a lot. Elle lost her best friend, and could still lose her for good. Mike nearly lost his brother. Summer nearly lost her sister, for gods sake. And you and Hime nearly lost me, and I know how hard that would be for you."
Tony laughs at the last part, noticing my sarcasm and I smile. "Nah, I wouldn't have missed you that much."
"Yeah, whatever." I laugh. "No but really, how are you? I know that Rose meant a lot to you too, even if you didn't say it, I knew it." He looks at me cautiously, afraid that he is going to cause a scene. "Don't worry, I knew all along."
He sighs. "I love her a lot, Vic." I nod. "But it doesn't matter. I don't love her half as much as you do, and even though I feel that way, it's okay, because she is with you. And there is no one better for her to be with. She is happy with you and as long as she is happy and you are happy, I am happy."
"Thank you, Tone. I get it." He nods and looks down at the ground once again.
Notes
I am baaaaaaack! I am literally so sorry that it has been so long, but I did tell you about it being exam season and all and how I havent really been able to update simply because i have had NO TIME, but I am super happy to say that my exams have finally finished and I have finished school FOREVER and i am now free to update whenever I please because i have unlimited free time for the next three months until i start college, but if i havent finished this story again i will hate myself because it has already taken me too much time to get only this far and i am planning on updating so much more often now i have all this free time on my hands.
anyway, did you like this chapter? i was quite happy with this one, you got to see what rose was experiencing too, interesting? and poor tony :'( comment what you think and where you think this story should go next because i would love to know what you would like to happen in this story!!!!
pleasepleaseplease update this soooon!
4/15/15