distant | jadon sancho

afterlife

the sky was clear, not a cloud in sight. the sun shone down and reflected on the approaching black bentley. she got out of the car and was met by a wave of people. a mixture of her friends, fans and family surrounded the gates of the church and exclamations were mixed with screams and cries.

as she walked down the path, she was showered with rose petals and compliments, and her mother met her at the door.

"are you ready?" her mother asked.

she held her bouquet of white flowers tighter and nodded.

walking down the aisle, everyone tuned to face her, she was nervous but was comforted by the idea that they were stares of awe and admiration.

the groom, who was at the altar stood up but she couldn't see who it was...

...

"she has quite a large wound on the top of her head, we have managed to suppress the bleeding, but it seems she will remain in a coma for a while, any further brain damage is still unknown"  said the trauma doctor.

jadon, aaliyah and chibz sat around her hospital bed. the faint noise of heart rate monitor beeped in the background, and sometimes beeped irregularly, scaring them.

chibz and aaliyah went to go and get something to eat.

jadon held her hand, he blamed himself for not being more stern with her. he felt he should have stopped her getting on the plane back home, if he did...this wouldn't have happened.

...

she walked up to the altar, a veil over her face, and when she got to the top with the groom, she couldn't see a face, it was blank, she was freaked out and as the groom tried to pull back the veil she moved away.
...

jadon felt her squeeze his hand, he looked up at her and saw she was still in a state of unconsciousness, and a lone tear ran down her face.

"um mr sancho, if you don't mind, we're just going to run some tests on the patient to see
brain activity, and any damage that has been made"

jadon got up and scratched his head.

"oh yeah, sure"

...

aaliyah and chibz came back into the room.

"where is ama?" aaliyah asked.

"they are running some tests on her" jadon said.

jadon had been pacing up and down the room since he got to the hospital. but he finally sat down with his head in hands.

...

three nurses rolled ama back into the room but she had a pipe coming out her mouth. one of the nurses answered her visibly concerned friends.

"while we were testing we noticed her oxygen levels were lower than they should be, which is not good as a lack of oxygen to the brain, that already has quite a bit of trauma to it, could result in her being left partially disabled"

"but don't worry her oxygen levels are fine now, and the she has not fractures to her skull, and apart from the large wound on her head, she should wake up eventually..."

"eventually?" aaliyah questioned.

"yes, we don't exactly know when she'll wake up, but she won't wake up any later than a week from now"

the nurses left the room.

"one week..." jadon said.

"what you gonna do, don't you need to go back to germany"