Fantasy

Chapter 4

BETHANYS POV
wow. Hayes looked great. He was wearing a fancy shirt and some Beige/brown khakis. The shirt he was wearing really made his eyes pop. Those icy blue eyes are what I live for

"You ready to go?"
I quickly came out of my daze.
"Yeah! Let's go!"
I was actually excited for this dinner. The fact that Hayes put time and effort in to doing this all for me, was really great! I love him so much.

We went to the elevator and into the underground parking lot. I don't get service down here, which really sucks! I wanted to text my mom. I called we earlier and asked her if it was okay that I stayed with Hayes. She told me that Hayes had already asked her, which was so sweet of him. We were just starting to drive. Suddenly I checked my phone and I had 5 missed calls from my mom. What's going on? I was only off for like five minutes. I called her back frantically.

"Mom. Are you okay? What's wrong?"
I heard crying on the other end of the phone and muffled voices.
"Sweetie. Your sister went for a walk today, and as she was walking the street, a drunk driver hit her..."

Tears started flowing out of my eyes like a river. This can't be happening. Hayes had stopped the car, and was looking over at me in panic.

"Bethany we are at SouthLake Hospital. I am so sorry to interrupt your and Hayes' time, but you NEED to come down here right now"

She didn't even need to apologize. I know she thinks it's her fault and she can't. I do need to go down there because my mom is all alone right now, and I don't want her to break down.

My head was exploding with emotions.
"Hayes..."
I couldn't stop crying. It was so hard to talk.
"We need to go to the hospital. My sister got hit by a drunk driver. She's on life support"

Hayes immediately hugged me and assured me everything was going to be alright. I haven't felt this bad since my parents divorced. We arrived at the hospital very quickly and I ran up to the front desk.
"Maeve Burling?"
The lady looked at me in question like she didnt know what I was talking about.
"Room 203 m'am"
How could she be so calm. My sister is doing really bad and she is just acting like nothing's wrong. I was running down the hall. I didn't even know if Hayes was behind me, but I needed to get to my mom.

I got to the room. My mom was sitting down on a chair crying. My step-dad was out of town and all of our immediate family is in Canada.

"Mom..."
Was all I could manage to say. I looked over at the bed and looked at my little innocent sister. With casts everywhere and bruises and bumps. I stumbled backwards. And ended up falling into a chair. This is so awful. Why us. Maeve doesn't deserve this.

I looked up and Hayes was looking at my sister crying. This must be hard for him. He and Maeve have a great relationship. I stood up and decided I was going for a walk to calm down. I ended up in a bathroom where I washed off my makeup.

I have to stop thinking negative. Maybe she will be okay. Maybe it's not that bad after all. I checked my phone. A bunch of Twitter updates and a message from my aunt

From: Auntie Bren
Hi Beth. Your mom just called me about your sister. Everything will be alright in the end sweetie. And if it's not alright it's not the end. I've booked flights for Sydney and I to come down tomorrow.
Don't you worry about anything. I know this must be very hard. Know that I am here for you. We love you so much.

That was nice of her. And I'm happy she's coming down. My mom has 3 siblings, and Auntie Bren is the closest.

I also had a text from Hayes. I was getting used to his contact name because he had changed it today when he was bored.

From: Love Of My Life😘🔥
Beth come back to the room. A nurse is here and she wants to talk to you. I love you baby girl💕

I looked in the mirror. All the runny makeup was gone. I must have been in here for a while. I walked out and slowly back to the room. Imagining all the things that the nurse could say.
I walked into the room and had three sets of eyes staring at me.
"Come sit down Beth. The nurse has something to tell us"
I walked towards the chair and Hayes gave me a hug.
"It's okay. Everything will be okay" he whispered to me.
I sat down and Hayes sat next to me. He held my hand and kissed it.
The nurse started speaking
"Before I start I wasn't to say that you guys are an amazing family and are being very brave during this process. Now, maeve has internal bleeding throughout her body. Her body is under a lot of pressure. And she won't be able to stay on life support for much longer. I'm sorry to say this, but we are going to have to stop support"

I know what this means. She's not going to live.

I can't believe it.

I feel so bad. This morning I should've asked her what's wrong. I should've been nicer to her. I should've been a better sister, and hung out with her more. Why couldn't I have more time. Why wasn't I nicer. I should have been with her tonight. I should have spent more time with her

Guilt was pouring in and out of me.

We had to leave the room. The nurse said that they won't 'pull the plug' until we are back in the morning. She suggested we go home and get a good night sleep.

Hayes had told his parents what happened. His parents said he should go home and get some rest, give me some time with my mom.

I really wanted to be with him right now, but maybe i should take a little time to think about everything.

My mom was really out of it, and left the hospital without even realizing I was still there. Hayes offered to drive me home. We were going to the car and I was still crying. Hayes kept trying to confront me and he kept giving me hugs and kisses.

He held my hand the whole time. We were getting a ton of different looks from people. Some sympathetic and some odd ones.

I got home and went right up to my room. Having to walk past Maeve's. I feel like my life is over. The pain inside me was like someone was cutting me with a knife. The guilt I was feeling was unreal. I decided I should probably go, wash my face, brush my teeth and head off the bed.

I sent a quick text to Hayes
To: Love of my Life😘🔥
Hey love. Thank you so much for your support. I love you so fucking much. Have a good sleep. Can I come over tmrw? My house is a constant reminder of my pain. Love you babe💕

The minute my head hit the pillow I fell asleep, I guess I was so emotionally drained.

I woke up. In a lot of pain. I looked at my hand and there was a blade in it. My whole body had cuts all over it. It hurt to move. I reached for my phone and it wasn't there. I looked over at the clock. It's 2:00am. Holy crap. I went into my moms room and she wasn't there. I kept bleeding. I walked downstairs to find Maeve.
She had the Same cuts and bruises as she did when I saw her in the hospital.
"This is all your fault. All your fault."
I kept bleeding. What's happening.

I shot up. I looked around. My Phone was on my night stand, I had no cuts on me. Oh my gosh. I kept repeating in my head. It was only a dream. It was only a dream.

I went to go into my moms room, that's a habit of mine. Since I was a little kid. When I would have nightmares, she was always there for me.

She wasn't in her bed though. I ran back into my room, grabbed my phone and went downstairs to get some water and chill, as I know I won't be able to go back to bed. I checked my phone. I had 3 messages from Hayes.

From: Love of my life😘🔥
Hey baby. I don't mind if you come over. Nash is home and so is Sky. I've told Nash what happened, but Sky doesn't know.

Babe I hope you're okay. If you need anything, my door is open okay? Even if it's 3:00am in the morning.

You honestly mean the world to me, I would do anything for you. I love you baby girl. I hope you have s good sleep.