So when I finally come back from my jog, Kate is okay. She's not up but she is breathing still. I honestly thought I would have to burry my bride-to-be. And I would never live with myself.
But Will isn't even up and about.
"Will? Are you around?" Nothing.
"Will?" So I start to walk about the house. Opening every door and checking around every cornor. Nothing.
So I sit with Kate. She is so beautiful when she's sleeping. No worries. No pain. Just her in her dreams. Probably about me again. At least that's what she tells me. Maybe she is finally, truly happy. Dreaming about the wedding or just the cake. I shake my head at the thought.
The wedding.
We can't wed if she doesn't wake up.
Will she ever wake up?
But she did last time, so she will this time. Right?
Right?
I can't lose her. Because then they will win. But I know she's got a fight in her. I know Kate. She has guts. She stuck up for herself all throughout school. All throughout this living hell. I know her. She is strong. Brave. Well maybe kind, when she is even in the mood.
So I decide to call an actual doctor. She needs help.
Ring. Ring. Ri-
"9-1-1. What's your emergency?" A woman answers the phone.
Shit. What am I going to say? I just heavly breath in the phone stuttering sounds.
"Sir? Is this an emergency?"
"Yes. I have a person that was shot yesterday and she isn't waking up because she took some asprin and-"
"Sir you need to calm down What's your name?"
I answer in a wimpy voice, "Ryan." I hear her chuckle in the phone. "Well Ryan, who is the girl that is hurt?"
"My fiance, Katie. Please help her." Now I sound like I'm pleading. I usually don't do this for anyone, not because I don't care. But because she is one of the only people that respects me. I couldn't just move on like I did with Luis. She matters to me. And I need her as much as she needs me.
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Wearing the Mask.
Short StoryIt's been a year since "Fear the Mask." And everything has changed. People come and go. Words and fights have gone. But the most important, we lived as a family. And no one can take that away from us. When Ryan's job just gets harder and harder to k...
