Chapter 5: why me?

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*beep, beep, beep, beep*

"some one get in here, she's waking up." 

Everything was fuzzy. Everything was extremely loud. The lights stinging my eyes. Where the hell am I? What the fuck happened? I tried to speak, but my body wouldn't co-operate. Until  a familiar voice brought me back to reality.

"Dani, It's me Hank, you're safe now." The man said... sounding, frightened? Worried? That was all I needed to rejog my memory. Everything was coming back to me. 

"Hank..." I said, barely above a whisper. Not being able to say much else.

"Yeah, its me champ, Antonio's here too." He said, I could feel his thumb rubbing the back of my hand while I tried to squeeze it as much as I could. The room fell silent, I didn't know what to say, until she came straight to my mind. Shit. Rosa. 

"Rosa....where's Rosa." I said, frantically trying to push myself up. I need to go see her, so she knows she's not alone. She hates the hospitals, it's one of the first things she ever said to me while we where in Biology class together. We where making a project on how to cure certain illness, and she wrote about every option except from going to the hospital. 

I didn't get an answer, just a couple of sympathetic stares. And a few adults with their head hung low. 

"Don't do this to me. Where is she Hank?" I said, desperately searching for an answer. He sighed, before looking up at me. 

"I'm sorry kid. She didn't make it." 

And just like that, my whole world fell to pieces. 

Everything fell silent. My emotions completely left my body. She's gone, the one person who I truly loved. Was gone. And it was my fault. Why am I so weak? Why couldn't I just fight him off a little longer? My head is in the clouds. 

One singular tear travelled down my cheek, I was trying to process what I just heard. She's gone. My gorgeous angel, is gone. 

All the doctors left my room, leaving me alone with Hank and Antonio. God they didn't even get a chance to meet her. The tears turned into a waterfall, and soon enough I couldn't stop crying. Antonio engulfed me in a hug.

"I'm so sorry Lee." He said, while Hank was still holding onto my hand. I just shook my head, I was pissed of at myself. I picked my phone up, and looked at my lock screen. God I miss her already. She was the best thing that ever happened to me, and now she's gone. 

"Is that her?" Antonio said, looking at my lock screen, Voight was peering over too

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"Is that her?" Antonio said, looking at my lock screen, Voight was peering over too. I just nodded

"Beautiful isn't she. I wish you got to meet her, she had the best personality ever. You would've got along... really well." By this point, I was just numb. I felt helpless. I felt like any second, I was gonna receive a message from her, or see her peer around the door with the most contagious smile ever. It just didn't feel real. All the physical pain I had, turned into emotional pain. And there was nothing I could do to stop it.

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