From Knives to Pens

From Knives to Pens - Chapter 31

A/N: I'm sorry for the late posting but I was caught up with my writing. I've been writing the ending of the book and I'm excited to share it with you. I planning on this book going up to around forty chapters before I end it. I'll inform you now that I am planning on doing a sequel! I'm really excited about the storyline so far. :D

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Chapter 31 Willow’s POV:

After a tense ten and a half hour flight, we finally land in England. However I still don’t feel any less panicked at being three hours away from my Mum. I’m still one hundred miles away from her and the distance is painful.

 Is she still in a coma? Is she recovering? All these questions fly through my mind as Andy, Zack and I leave the airport in a taxi.

All the way to the hospital I hold on tightly to Andy and Zack’s hands, as if they are the only things keeping me grounded. Halfway to the hospital Andy receives a call.

“Hello?” He answers. I hear a familiar voice answer him on the other end of the phone.

“Andy where the hell are you? Me and CC are at your house to see you guys and you aren’t here!” Jake exclaims. Andy sighs and leans back into the taxi seat. His eyes meet mine and he mouths Shall we tell them? I nod.

“We’re in England.” Andy answers.

“What the hell? Why?” Jake asks, sounding surprised.

“Willow’s Mum is in hospital. She was hit by a car and they aren’t sure whether she’s going to pull through.” Andy replies sadly. He squeezes my hand and checks to make sure I’m ok. I try to smile at him but I can tell it doesn’t work. Andy gives me a reassuring look and my hand another squeeze.

“Oh God. I’m so sorry.” I hear Jake say quietly.

“We’re on our way to the hospital now. We’re about an hour away.” Andy says, also quiet.

“Can I call Jinxx and Sammi? They’ll want to know and Ash will aswell.” Jake says sadly.

“Yeah.” Andy answers.

“Give Willow and Zack our love. It’s going to be tough.” Jake says. I know he’s speaking from experience as I know Jake’s Mum died after suffering from an illness. I only hope my Mum won’t suffer the same fate.

“I will. Thanks Jake.” Andy says with a sad smile.

“No problem. Hopefully when I next speak to you, you’ll bear better news.” Jake says sadly.

“Let’s hope so.” Andy says. He takes the phone away from his ear and ends the call. He looks over at me and Zack. “Jake and CC send you their love.”

I nod and Zack continues to stare unseeingly out of the taxi window. I squeeze his hand reassuringly but he doesn’t turn to look at me. It’s as if he’s not with us anymore. He’s been silent since he was told about Mum’s accident. I wish he would talk to us about his feelings and not bottle it all up inside. We all need to be strong and stand together, not fade away.

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Soon the taxi pulls up outside of the hospital and Andy pays the hefty bill. Once all of this is over I’m going to need to work out how much money I owe him. He’s paid for both the plane tickets and the taxi.

We get out of the taxi and make our way to the entrance of the hospital. When we get to the front desk a slightly overweight, middle aged woman greets us.