Metallic Memoriam

Chapter 6: Déja Vu

Blythe's P.O.V.

Finally our first night home all together at once! Chris and I put Cadence to sleep and we get to snuggle up together in our bed. We have a whole month together so we know we have time for other things later on. My phone blasts waking and scaring the shit out of Chris and I. I see that it's Hazel and answer, "Hello? What's up H-"

"It's Lillith! S-she's...She's..."

"What Haze?"

"Hurt...bad...was in...car crash..." Hazel squeezes out in between sobs.

Braxton took the phone from her, "We're at the same hospital you were at after Kessler...you guys might wanna get here...to say goodbye."

I hang up and jump from our bed to the closet. I brake a hanger pulling out, ironically, the outfit I wore home after Kessler. I explain to Chris what happened and he gets dressed as well. I rush into our makeshift guest room for Gemma Cady and explain to her the situation, "I'll watch Cadence, BumbleyBee, you go to your friend." She kisses my cheek and turns her monitor on. Before running to the car I sneak a quick kiss to Cadence's forehead, "I love you."

My heart is racing as we make our way to the hospital. Chris is driving for that reason. As soon as we get parked we run into the emergency room, "Lillith Penti's room please?"

"Friend or family?" The same nurse that took care of me asked.

"I'm her sister."

She looks up, "Do you remember your room number? It's the same one." I nod and race down to the room.

Everyone's sadness hits me like a freight train. Lillith's heart monitor echoes in my mind. She's dying. My best friend is dying. "She has internal bleeding. They did as much surgery as they could but..." Hazel says, shaking in Braxton's arms. "They said there is a ten percent chance of survival."

"What happened?" Chris finds the question to which I am dreading the answer. Before I realized it, I sat at her bedside. Her perfectly pretty face marred with cuts one could only assume was from broken glass. Gauze covered her ribs, flattening her chest from D's to small C's.

Flashback

"Mind if I look up a song Blytheyboo?" Lillith chirped, going into my iPhone's YouTube app. We decided to go out to a clearing and see the stars.

"LillyPad, you know I don't care." I giggle, hopping up onto the hood.

Forever and Always by Parachute plays through the speakers, "I want you forever, forever and always. Through the good and the bad and the ugly. We'll grow old together,
Forever and always." Lillith sings the chorus and pulls me down to dance with her.

She spins me and pulls me close, giggling at my shortness. We slow dance for a while looking into each other's eyes. She kisses me gently, stealing my first kiss and my heart for the very first time.

End Flashback

No one knew we dated for almost a year when we were juniors. After the stalker accident, we got too toxic and decided to be friends. Lillith Penti was my first love. She has always been my best friend.

She's dying right now and I can't do anything to save her. The thought has me in a waterfall of tears. The song is playing in my head, just as a different version, The beeps are getting too slow. His voice is almost too low, as he says, "I love you forever, forever and always. Please just remember even if I'm not there I'll always love you, forever and always."

Not only did the beeps get slow...she flatlined. I collapse onto the floor, saved by Chris. My body surrenders to the uncontrollable sobbing.

Lillith Penti is dead...

Dedicated to DeviantCauterizer666 or as I know her Jessica Sivik. She died from a car wreck May 11, 2015. We dated just as Blythe and Lillith did and was  one of the inspirations for Lillith. I love and miss you Jessiboo. Take care of my brother and daughter for me until I get there.