What if?

16. Faster

        "..with Lara? I don't know what the real story is but it makes me scared okay? Scared to loose you.. But it's funny.. Because you were never even mine in the first place.." so Calum was right. She did see me and Lara.. I'm so stupid! "..treasured out time together and I'm sure I'll treasure it forever, thank you Luke."

        "No no don't say that.." I whispered forgetting it was a voice mail. ".. I love you.. Goodbye." My heart skipped a beat at the mention of that she loves me. I held my head in my hands. She loves me. She loves me and I let her slip away. "Hey man are you okay?" Calum said putting a hand on my shoulder. "Yeah yeah. It's just funny. She loves me.. She said she loves me and I let her get away over some stupid mistake." I said in a whisper.

        "Well for now the only question I have for you is.. Do you love her?" He asked me but his eyes still on the road. I nodded, "I do.. I love her. Hell! I'm in love with her!" "Then you're going to tell her that when we get to her hotel." He said. I just nodded. I know what I'm going to do when I get there. The road was starting to clear off. Apparently a pedastrian got hit by some drunk driver. It's sucks when innocent people get hurt because of some reckless person's dumb decision. I shook those thoughts out of my head and remembered Charlotte's voice message. I was about to play it when I got a call from an unknown number.

        "H-hello?" "Yes hello, is this Mr. Luke Hemmings?" The lady on the line said. "Yes I'm Luke, how may I help you?" "I'm calling from St Vincent's Hospital regarding a girl that had gotten into an accident earlier. She had her phone in her hands and you were the last person she called. So we might need you to come down here to help identify her as she didn't have any ID on her. If that's not any trouble of course." "No no. Sure I'll be there as soon as possible. Thank you." With that I hung up tightening the grip on my phone.

        "We need to go to St Vincent's. Don't ask just.. just drive." I said. I couldn't help but think of the worst. It couldn't be Charlotte. No. Please no. The only way to confirm that it wasn't her is to listen to her second voice message. I took a deep breath and played it. "Also I just wanted to say that I-" That was when my heart stopped. I heard something hit the ground and screams in the back. I was in shock when it finally hit me. It was Charlotte.

        "Fuck. Calum I need you to go faster. Please! The accident earlier where the drunk driver hit someone?! That someone was.. w-was Charlotte!" "Shit. Okay we'll be there in 5. Thank God the cars cleared out." He said speeding. Who cares about speeding. Charlotte could be dying or dead for all we know. She can't be dead. No no no. Please no. I thought this time I could be happy with the person that makes me happy. Dear Lord, please save her. Please. I can't lose her. At this point I broke down. It was all too much, and it was all my fault. I should have pretended to not have over heard their conversation and let her bring up the subject to me when she feels confortable with it. If I didn't freak out on her, we could be cuddling or sleeping instead of her roaming out in the streets. I couldn't stop blaming myself. It was and is my fault. Goddammit.

        "Relax Luke. It's not your fault. It's the stupid drunk driver. You couldn't have prevented it from happening even if you wanted to." Calum said. I shook my head, "No. If we didn't have that stupid argument and if I actually listened, she would be with me and not in the hospital. It's all my fault.." I cried into my hands. I was praying and praying that she was okay. I need her to be okay.

        I took a deep breath and wiped my tears. "Hey Calum? What if we don't make it in time or I don't get the chance to tell her that I love her? I.. I really don't want to lose her." Tears started running down my cheeks again. "We're almost there! Just after this traffic light and we're there. Stay with me Luke. Breathe."

        Within a couple of minutes, we were running through the hospital looking for Charlotte. How were we supposed to say who we were looking for? I went up to the receptionist, "Hi excuse me! I'm Luke Hemmings and someone called me to identify a girl that was involved in an accident not long ago? Is she okay? Where is she?" I said rushing my words. "Ah yes Mr. Hemmings! She's currently in surgery and we don't know what her situation is but all we know is that she has a broken arm, a few broken ribs and a concussion. They will be putting her in the ICU on the third floor after they're done. You can proceed to the waiting room but I don't think you can see her because you aren't immediate family I'm so sorry." The lady said. "But as of now, would you mind giving me some information on her because we have no idea who she it. It would be very much appreciated." She continued.

        I took the pen in my hand to find that I was shaking. Calum took the pen from me and said, "I'll write. You tell me what to write." I just nodded. We filled the form with her basic information, her name, her age, where she was from, where she was staying and all those. After we finished, they gave me Charlotte's phone which was fully charged and lead us to the waiting room. I looked through some of our photos and it made me feel worse. I hope she's okay. She has to be.

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