Jack G's POV
I was sitting with everyone else in the empty and dimly lit up hallway. I look around and find that only me and Ashley are awake. She was trying to sleep but tears kept falling out of her eyes. "Ashley." I whisper to her. She looks up towards me. "Wanna go walk around for a bit?" I ask her. She nods and slowly gets up trying not to wake up Johnson who was holding her against him. We both walk out the hospital letting the cool, refreshing air fill up our lungs.
"How are you?" I ask her.
"Besides my best friend fighting to stay alive...I'm okay." She says as we begin to walk. I nod. I knew about Johnson's and her plan. They never broke up. They've been together for almost two years. That's how we knew Ella was here. Ashley texted Johnson and we all quickly came. At first it was only suppose to be Nate but I convinced him to let me come. Then Johnson came with and Sammy as well so they all can come support.
"I'm sorry about all this. I know it's my fault. If I never thought she wanted me back we wouldn't be here." I say to her and she shakes her head in denial.
"Jack I know Ella. She really loved you and she still does. She doesn't want to admit it because you're with someone else." Ashley explains. If Ella still has feelings for me and want to be with me then why did she text me that? Was she just saying that hoping she would believe it? I sigh and look around. The sun was slowly coming up making the sky a dark blue instead of black.
"If I never asked Ella to be my girlfriend, do you think she would be okay? Do you think that every bad thing that has happened to her wouldn't have happened?" I ask.
"No. Ella would have realized that she was missing out on something. If you never even became friends with her then she would probably be dead. She would have picked a fight with someone she couldn't take and she would have lost. You changed her Jack. You changed her for the better. For anything you saved her life from a dark and lonely one." Ashley says as her phone dings. "It's Johnson. He's asking where we are."
"Tell him we're just clearing our minds." I say and look at this restaurant. Ashley notices me staring and look at the restaurant.
"What's up with this place?" She asks me.
"I took Ella here on a date. We were sitting on the rooftop talking about anything. We were so interested in each other we didn't even notice we spent hours there. Then it started to rain while we were walking back to my car. I stopped her in the middle of the street and kissed her." I say and smile at the memory. "I miss those days when we were actually happy. We were a real couple and she had nothing to worry about. She was happy just because we were happy." I say and I notice the sun has come up. They sky was a dark grey indicating that it's probably going to rain later. We sit out in the depot for a little when I get a call from Johnson.
"Hello?" I ask into the phone.
"You need to come back now. Hurry." He says in a panic. I hang up.
"We need to go. Now." I say and stand up then run back towards the hospital.
Ashley and I arrive quickly and I see everyone with sad faces. Nate was a total wreck. When he sees me he quickly comes over to me and hugs me. A real hug. Not one of those one handed bro hugs we do. A full on embrace. Something was wrong. "What happened?" I ask.
"The doctor said there's nothing they can do. They let us give our last words to her while she was somewhat alive. It's just you and Ashley left to speak." Jack says. I nod and let Ashley go in before I do. I want my words to be the last ones she hears. If she can even hear us.
She comes out a few minutes later with her eyes puffy, and red from crying. She hugs Johnson.
"This isn't fair. She never deserved this." Ashley mumbles into his chest. He rubs her back comforting her. I walk past everyone and go into the room I saw Ashley go into earlier. That's when I see Ella laying in the bed so still. The hospital was the one place Ella was scared of. I see why now. Nothing good can usually come out from being here. I make my way to the bed and sit in the seat next to it. I just sit there and look at her.
"You know I always thought the only time I would be seeing you in the hospital was when I did something majorly stupid and you came to visit me. I never thought it would end like this. Ella I hope you can hear me. If you can then every single word I'm saying is true. And if you can't hear me then know that I will be the only person who knows what I say now." I say and look at her. "I never meant to hurt you. I never wanted anything bad to happen. I just wanted you to be safe and happy. I didn't provide protection very well but I hope I made you happy. When I got that soccer ball thrown at me in the hall at the school I knew it was you. I had so much hope to find you and I just wanted to get you back." I grab her cold hand. "These hands use to hold mine and they made my stone cold ones warm. Now all they do is lay in mine. I hope you know that I love you so much. You mean the world to me...fuck that you are my world. And with you gone there is nothing left. I know you got depressed after everything happened, and I wish I could of helped. It pains me to know I did nothing while you were hurting. I remember the time I found out you were cutting and I helped you stop. I want all the pain to stop for you. It now has. I don't want to loose you, but you can let go. If it hurts too much to stay then go. Just know that you were strong." I say and look towards the window. I walk over to it and open it. I notice it was snowing. "Look El. It's snowing. You love the snow. You loved how we would go sledding all the time. Me, you, and Jared. You loved drinking hot chocolate and watching a movie with me. You loved our long walks at night while it was snowing. Well today it is snowing because heaven is getting a beautiful angel and they just want her to leave the world happy." I say and walk back over to her and fumble with the object in my pocket. "I want you to be here with me so bad. You don't even know. But if I don't get to see those beautiful eyes again or kiss those soft lips of yours I at least want you to have this." I take the box out of my pocket and open it taking out the ring sliding it on her finger. "I ended everything with Amber and I bought this while you and I were dating. It's the ring you loved. I was going to propose to you on the beach where you said you wanted to be proposed to at. But that never happened. It may never happen. Now I hope you would have said yes because I want you to keep this ring forever. I want you to keep it knowing that my love for you is ever lasting. Ella Rose Maloley you are my everything. I lo-" Before I can finish what I was saying the monitor goes blank. She's gone. She's really gone. I wanted to be the one to die first. It sounds selfish but I couldn't live a day without seeing her.
The doctors all rush in and begin unplugging her. They make me leave the room. "I love you." I say standing outside of her hospital room door. That will be the last time I will say that to anyone. And mean it.
