Please don't leave

Chapter 9

(Emma's pov)
I wrung my hands together, hoping praying, that Eric would be OK. I heard the tumours had spread. I couldn't lose him. I just couldn't. The doctor came in and called me over. "Eric made it, but he is in a coma. We have him on life support. We called his family, they're here. You can't see him yet, but I will tell you when you can. We don't know how much longer he has left." The words came on me like a rock. Hard. Crushing. Real. I remembered the time we pranked everyone in the minor injuries ward. I remembered our romantic moments. And I remembered his green eyes. Always alive. For the first time in 6 years. I started to cry. I couldn't lose him. I had nobody else. My parents are never to be trusted, and I don't have any friends. He was the only person I truly loved, and now he's leaving. I curled up in a ball and cried hard on my bed. I mustve fallen asleep, because the doctor came in a while later and shook me awake. He said I could go see Eric. I ran to the ICU. I saw him. A mask obscuring his face. His alive, bright green eyes, hidden by closed eyelids. A machine beeped and whirred. I grabbed his hand. Cold and clammy. I whispered in his ear. "Eric, please don't leave me. Please. I need you here. I want to love you. Please just stay. Please." I was crying by that point. "Please stay Eric, don't let go. Keep fighting. Just don't leave me!" a nurse came in and told me to leave. I reluctantly trudged out the door. Getting one last glimpse of Eric.