Solace (Complete)

24. Death

Entire flight I was quite, I was praying to God for kol. I don't want to lose my friend. When we landed I opt to run out of the airport but Ryan stopped me by saying that he will drop me wherever I want to go, I didn't have any other choice. So we sat in his car in the backseat. I told driver to take me to hospital. I tried calling Tom again but he wasn't picking. At that moment I thought the worst but I told myself not to think bad.

"Nothing will happen to him" I told myself quietly. Ryan held my hand in his and gave it a firm squeeze assuring me that everything will be okay.

When we reached outside the hospital, I was about to get out when I saw Ryan was also coming out of the car. I looked at him as of to ask what is he doing.

"I am coming with you" he told me. At first I didn't want him to come with me but then I nod at him. We both went inside the hospital. Tom has already texted me the room number so we went straight towards kol's room. When we reached outside his room Tom and his other friends were sitting there. When he saw me he stood and came towards me.

"Thank God you came, he has been asking for you" he said.

"What happened?" I breathed out.

"You should go see yourself" he said and I saw tears in his eyes. After that I didn't wait a second and went inside. Ryan was behind me.

I saw him laying on hospital bed, he was tied to so many tubes. His eyes were closed. I walked near him, I called him.

"Kol" I whispered.He opened his eyes and looked in my eyes.

"You came" he smiled at me.

"What happened to you" I asked him.

"Calista I " he started but didn't say anything else. He closed his eyes and then opened them.

"I wanted to see you one last time, I know I saw you that day too but my heart wasn't satiated yet. It want to see you again, I don't know if I will ever be satiated" he said with that same smile that was gracing his features since the moment I came in the room.

"What do you mean by last time?" I asked now frustrated at him

"Calista I am d-dying" he told me, his eyes filled with unshed tears.

"Stop joking about this" I yelled at him but he only smiled at my yelling.

"NO please tell me you are lying" I said desperately.

"I am sorry" he said.

"You can't do this with me, you said you will always be there for me. YOU CAN'T DIE" I screamed at him.

"You know I am happy that I met you before dying" he told me.

"Shut up, you are not dying. I will call d-doctor and he will give you s-some m-medicine and y-you will be okay in no time
Yes I am going to call doctor in here now" I said and was about to turn around when he caught my wrist.

"Calista please don't go, there is nothing a doctor can do now. It's too late for that, please be with me until i-it's time" he said and pulled me towards him so that I can sit on bed with him.

"You can't leave me, please don't do this with me" I said and tears started flowing out of my eyes. He wiped my tears with his other hand. His other hand now holding my hand and caressing with his thumb.

"Please don't cry for me, I don't want you to cry for me. I am not worth it" he said.

"Who do you think you are to tell me what to do and what not?" I told him still crying.
He only smiled and kissed my hand that was in his hand.

"Calista I know I should not tell you this but this stupid heart is not letting me , so I will say it" he said, his breaths were getting irregular.

"Please let me call doctor, you don't look good" I said.

"No please, dont leave me" he said with sadness.

"Please listen to me" he said.

"Calista grace Forbes I want to say this to you the moment I saw you but I was afraid that if I will told you this you will run away. I know you don't return those feelings back, and I am okay with that. I fall for you the moment I looked at you. So what I want to say is I love you. I love you more than I loved anyone in this world. I wish you came in my life earlier so maybe we would have a chance but I think I wasn't lucky enough." He sighed and closed his eyes for a moment as if he was in pain. I was listening to him quietly, my tears not stopping for a moment. Then he opened his eyes again and looked behind me towards Ryan.

"Please take care of her and never leave her" he told him and then he looked at me again and said

"It's time for me to go love" he whispered to me.

"No no no No, don't you dare say that" I yelled at him. I dont want him to say goodbye.

"Please let me die peacefully, let me bid goodbye" he pleaded.

"NO" I yelled and hugged him tightly.

"Please don't do this to me" I whimpered.

"I am sorry" he said weakly.

"Goodbye love" he said and I felt his heart stopped. I froze for a moment when I looked up his eyes were closed. He left me. At that moment I realized what he was for me. He was more than a friend to me. Knowingly or unknowing he became an important part of my life.

"No no please wake up" I yelled at him.

"Please someone call doctor" I screamed, I felt someone holding me but my eyes were trained at kol. At that moment doctor nurse, and his all friends came inside, doctor checked on him and looked at us and told us what we all knew but didn't want to hear.

"I am sorry he is no more with us" he said and my world stopped there. I stopped crying and stood there like a statue. Ryan was holding me but I escaped from his grip and ran outside. I was running like a dearanged women, Ryan was calling my name but I didn't listen to him and ran out of the hospital. That place was suffocating me. I ran across the street, I didn't know where I was going but what I know was that i want to go as far away as possible from this place. In that thoughts I didn't realize I was in the middle of road and a car was coming my way, I froze at the spot unable to move my limbs and waiting for death to embrace me.