Just Friends

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Pov Sage

The sound shoots through the room. The bullet flies in slow motion to its final destination.

All I can do is watch. It seems to be going in slow motion.

Before I know it, Dylan seems to realize what he has done and flees.

I run like crazy to Meri. Who lies collapsed on the ground. The blood is spread all over the laminate.

Meri's eyes almost close. More and more tears roll down my cheeks.

I quickly grab my phone and call 911.

They are there every moment. All I can do now is hope. Hopefully he's not in an organ.

If so, he will die.

And I have to try to keep Meri awake.

I lay his head on my legs more, crying.

"Hey Meri," I start whining.

"Please don't leave. Stay with me," I beg.

Now I'm going to quote something from a song.

Some say it is hopeless that I should hope less.

I think that is a really great quote and that is certainly the case with me. I really hope the bullet isn't in too dangerous a place. Tears are streaming down my face and everything has just become a big blur. I can no longer see whether Meri is awake or not. All I see are the tears streaming down my cheeks. I listen to the sirens in the background.

Vague shadows come running into the room.

I think they're helping Meri. There are screams above my tears.

After a few precious seconds, someone helps me up and drags me to the ambulance.

I wipe away my tears as much as I can and get into the ambulance.

There are two more doctors in the back with me. They are doing all kinds of things at Meri. They shout all kinds of things and I don't understand anything.

I sit next to Meri's head and I slowly run my hands through his hair.

His eyes blink weakly. His eyes look tired, heavy and paralyzed.

Immediately tears roll down my cheeks again.

If I had never kissed Meri a second time, none of this would have happened. Then nothing would have gone so wrong that I now have to hope for the life of my best friend.

"Sage," he whispers softly.

I nod quickly and give him my full attention. Of course I don't know how long I can listen to him before he disappears again.

"Can you tell me something," he says softly.

He's terribly weak right now. A snail itself is even stronger.

A turtle too.

In other words, let me put it this way.

The weakest thing in the world is even stronger than Meri right now.

And all this while Meri is normally one of the strongest in the group.

I focus on Meri again. I was turning too far off.

"What do you want me to tell you then?" I ask.

"Tell me," he mutters.

"What should I say to you?" I ask him.

"Tell me you love me," he mumbles.

Immediately a few more tears flow down my cheeks.

"Of course I love you. I love you so much Meri," I sob.

"I love you too," he sighs and closes his eyes again.

Nothing starts to beep very much so he is not dead. A small soothing sigh falls from my lips.

A paramedic looks straight at me. I nod encouragingly. As if he wanted to say that I did a good job, without completely panicking and screaming or something.

They must have experienced that often. Not that anyone gets shot, of course.

At least I hope for their sake that it doesn't happen too often. Otherwise it really wouldn't be fun.

I hold Meri's head with my hands and gently kiss his forehead. I hold the kiss for a few seconds and then come back up.

When I do that, yet another tear escapes from the corner of my eye.

He takes the long way down my cheek. It rolls over my cheek to my chin and then it falls. He flies in the air for a few seconds and then lands on Meri's face.

Let's just say we hope it's a tear of happiness. So that when Meri notices that there is a tear on his nose, he takes out all the good energy and gets better again.

I can't live without Meri. I can't and I don't want to. Please help me and tell me what to do now to ever solve this...

I can not live without him. Because I love him.

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