Broken And Alone (Up for adoption)

Part 13

Scott

"We are here to see Mitch Grassi." Esther said to the woman at the front desk.
"He is in room 517." She said handing Esther a key card.
She thanked her and we walked over to the elevator. I leaned over and pressed the fifth floor button.
We walked down the hallway when we came to a glass door with Mitch's room number on a sign beside it. I looked at Esther and then at everyone else before Esther slid the card. I heard a click and Esther pulled the door open.
I walked in and saw Mitch lying on the small hospital bed with his eyes closed and his mouth parted ever so slightly.
Everyone disappeared and all I saw was me and Mitch.
I went and sat by his side. I grabbed his hand. His arms where wrapped up tightly. I brushed a piece of hair from his face.
"I am so sorry Mitch... If only I had noticed sooner..." I said crying. I leaned down and kissed his hand. "Please don't leave me... I need you... You are my everything. I can't even imagine what life will be like with out you..." I set my head down on the bed.
I felt a hand on my back and looked up to see Kirstie. She was sitting on her knees on the floor by my chair.
"Are you... Okay... Scott?" She asked looking at me.
"I don't know..." I said.
"I just wish I could've done something... He can't die Kirst... I love him..." I said crying into the hug she had enveloped me in.
"I know Scooter... He will be okay." She said.
"Kirstie..." I said quietly as I finally realized something.
"What is it Scott?" She said sweetly.
"I think I'm in love with Mitch..."
She hugged me tighter and laughed.
"We all know dear." She said.
We laughed a small bit but you can only laugh so much when your best friend is lying unconscious in a hospital bed next to you.
There was a knock on the door and it opened, a nurse stepping into the room.
"Hello. I need to speak with you about Mr. Grassi." He said. "Would you like to talk here or would you be more comfortable in my office?"
We all looked between each other with fear and anxiety.
"May we talk here?" I asked.
She nodded and started talking.
"So as I believe you know Mr. Grassi overdosed in a suicide attempt. The medication he took is very very strong and some of it got into his bloodstream before we were able to drain it all from his system. Now, one of three things could happen. They could work their way through his bloodstream and he could be fine, they could get into his brain and cause temporary or permanent damage or there is a possibility that the drugs could stop his heart... It depends on how much is still remaining. Because we don't know exactly how much he took we can't say for sure what is going to happen. As for right now he is in a coma. If we had to put the three scenarios I told you in approximate time order I would say if he wakes up within the next 3 days he will be fine, between 3 and 6 days he could have brain damage and if he is out for more then 7 days we are going to have to pull the plug... I am so sorry." She said.
She walked away and I broke down, sobbing into the sheets that Mitch was lying on.
Kirstie kneeled by me.
"He can't die... He can't..." I said between deep breaths.
"He will be okay." She said. "I hope" she mumbled quietly.

*****Day 7*****

Scott

It's our last day with Mitch...
If he doesn't wake up by this evening they are going to "let him go"
I have been crying all day. I can't loose him. The doctors are making me loose hope. They keep talking about him like he is already dead.
"I bet he was a great guy."
"I heard your stuff, he was very talented."
"I bet you miss him."
It was driving me insane.
I read to Mitch everyday. I was reading him a book called 'the stand'.
"No one can tell what goes on in between the person you were and the person you become. No one can chart that blue and lonely section of hell. There are no maps of the change. You just come out the other side.

Or you don't." I read aloud.
Kirst, Avi, Kevin and Esther were sitting in the chairs around the room.
There was a knock at the door so I shut my book.
A nurse with a clip board came in.
"It is time for you guys to say good bye... You can take as long as you want and then you can leave if you don't want to watch us unhook him from the machines." She said sadly.
I started crying harder then I ever have before.
"This can't be it!" I yelled.
Everyone came and hugged me at once.
I heard the door shut and the nurse was gone.
I looked at Mitch. He was so pale. I grabbed his cold limp hand in mine.
"Mitch. I love you. So much more then you even knew. I've been in love with you for 13 years and I realized it to late." I said crying as I gently kissed his hand. Everyone left to give me some time with him before I lose him forever.
"Please Mitch.... If you can hear me... If miracles exist.... Please wake up... I can't live without you... You are my everything." I said trying to keep from braking completely.
I stared at his beautiful face and started to quietly sing 'A whole new world'.
I hugged him the best I could, my hand never leaving his.
"Please Mitch... Please don't leave me..."
No...