Real life

Chapter 34

Brooklyns POV

I was scared to open my eyes. Afraid of what I was going to see. I laid there for what felt like forever but in reality was probably like 2 minutes and then I decided to finally open my eyes.

When I did I found a dark and cold hospital room with no one in it. Not a soul to be found.

The room was dark but the sun was shining. It made no sense. How was the sun shining but it was completely dark, as if night time in the room.

I got out of the hospital bed. You know how in a hospital room there are monitors, chairs, blankets, stuff like that. Well not in this room the only thing was a bed ... .just a bed nothing else. I decided to go out and explore the hallway.

I cracked open my door to find no one in the hallway. Not even nurses at the desk. I took another step in the hallway and I stepped up next to the door to the room beside me. For some reason I was afraid to walk forward and look in the room, as if something would be in there that I wouldn't like.

It took me a few minutes to gather up the courage but I eventually took my foot and put it out, taking a step forward. I kept my gaze in front of me and then turned my head really, really slowly and looked in.

A woman, I walked to the next room. A man. The next room, a woman. The next room. A woman. A man. A child.

All dead.

I heard a song start to play in my head, a familiar song . I walked faster down the long hallway looking in the rooms finding the same things. I began to walk faster and faster until I began running. The song is becoming faster and faster.

"

I've got work to do, mmm

Doomsday is close at hand

Only the death of me

Pull the plug, but be carеful

I don't wanna die too soon

I think there's good in you somеwhere

The death of me was so quiet

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"BEEP, BEEP, BEEP" I heard the sound of a monitor. I opened my eyes wide open, gasping for air, in a cold sweat, I felt the tears rushing down my face. I sat straight up.

"Brooklyn!" Tanner stood up from his chair and jumped up onto the bed with me. I didn't think all I wanted to do was be in his arms. So that's what I did. I threw myself into his embrace, his comfort.

"What happened?" I ask in shock, clueless. "You had a seizure" Tanner tells me, holding me yet again. "Ta-Tan-Tanner, I know what it is" I say trying to find the words. "You know what?" Tanner says so confused. "I had one" I tell him, holding on to him so tight, so scared. "You had another nightmare?" Tanner questioned me. I nodded my head yes. "How do you know?"

"I saw it, I saw everything, I know what it is," I told him. I finally have something to say. I finally know what I'm so afraid of and what keeps me up at night. I pulled out of Tanner's arms so I could see him but making sure that I was still touching him, so that I could know he was still there.

"What did you see?" Tanner asked me.

"An empty hospital. But it wasn't empty, It was empty of life. I ran down the hallway looking in all the rooms and in every room there was a dead person, life sucked out of them. It was as if I was just waiting for my turn. I kept hearing this song play while I was running. I have heard it before but I can't remember what song it is. I just said 'pull the plug make it painless, I feel more free than I have in years six feet in the ground', I think that what I am so afraid of is dying"

"Wow, I wonder why?" Tanner says

"I don't know, but now I feel like I know a part of my life that has been missing like a murder being solved"

"Well, that must have been so scary, but" he took his hands and put them on my cheeks, "you aren't going anywhere, right now you are here with me, ok?"

"Ok" I said and hugged him again.

I woke up, the sun shining bright through the window like in my dream, but only this time the room was golden, it was beautiful. And lying next to me in bed was Tanner, a person with life.

I began to look around the room. Stuff there, machines, chairs, I heard noises coming from around me. And then I looked down at the life that I am growing inside of me. It reminded me of that when I felt pressure followed by an ache then I heard the machine make a different noise.

"Tanner, Tanner wake up" I whispered, shaking him slightly to try to wake him. "What is it?" he said, yawning. "I just felt something," I say. At that same time a nurse walked into the room and went over to the machine that was hooked up to me.

"Goodmorning, someone decided to be your alarm clock this morning, telling you they want out" the nurse said looking at me. "What do you mean?" I ask. "I mean, looks like there is going to be a baby today" she told us. "So you're saying I'm in labor?" I ask to clarify. "Yes, you just had a contraction and from what I can tell you're in labor" she said.

"But I'm not due for another few weeks," I say.

"Because of the complications you had it caused you to go into preterm labor" the nurse said.

I looked over at Tanner who had been looking at me the whole time. He placed his hand on my stomach and we both smiled.

The nurse came back in when she told me I was ready. "Do you want me to go out?" Tanner asked me. I knew that I wanted him in there as much as I wanted my baby. "No, please stay," I told him.

Hours later it was almost time for the baby. It felt like forever since I started labor but it had only been five hours. Tanner stayed by my side the whole entire time and was super supportive. I don't know what I would have done without him.

"One last push" The doctor said and within minutes we heard the cry. "It's a boy" The doctor told us as she laid him on my chest. "Hey" I said to the baby. I'm sure he got a good first impression with his mom and dad because we were both ugly crying.

"We have a baby boy," Tanner said. Tanner looked in my eyes and I looked in his. Without words we knew. He leaned over and kissed me. I don't think I have ever felt more love in my entire life.

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BABY

I just had to fit my favorite song in here I hope that it made sense to yall