Standing Still

Chapter 13: Last Words

Things aren't looking so good for Isabella. Ever since Isabella awoke from her coma, the doctors say her codition is getting worse. She's having killer heachaches and is coughing up blood. The doctors are trying to help her but they don't know what's going on insde her body.

For weeks, I've come to the hospital to visit Isabella and she is getting worse. For a time, the nurses wouldn't let me in her room. I would wait outside with nurse Nora anyways.

One morning, I was laying in my bed, staring the celing when my phone starts to ring. I reach over and ansrew it.

" Hello."

" Antonio, you need to get over to the hospital, " cried a voice.

" What? Who is this?" I ask alarmed.

" Patty, please hurry." I don't need anymore explanation. I grab my coat am run twenty miles to the hospital.

* * *

I burst through the hospital doors and imediantly see Isabella's family. Her mom sobbing in her dad's arms and her brothe stting in the chair next to them with his head I his hands.

" Excuse me," I say. The all look up at once and only Mike gets up and walks over to me. Even his eyes are red.

" What happened? " I ask.

" The doctors say, Isabella's brain is bleeding. Was bleeding for weeks, ever since the crash. Now she's bleedng to death. Drowning in her own blood," he say. Crying whike he's saying this.

" What, can't they do something? Anything?" I yell. He shakes his head.

" There's too much blood."

At this moment, everything went silent around me. Mike was talking to me, but I couldn't hear him. One thing was on my mind.

" I want to see her."

* * *

"Hey sunshine," I say. I walk over to her sde ad sit on the stool next to her. She slowly opens her eyes and gives a weak smile. Honestly she looks horrible. She's so pale and shes getting weaker by the minuete.

Hee smile quickly fades as she looks into my eyes and ask me a question. The question I've been avoiding for the past few days.

" Am I going to die?"

My heart breaks and I can't even look at her in the eye to tell her the truth. I cant speak, the lump in my throught thickened and tears threatened to spill over my eyes. To my surprise, she laughs. A weak laugh, but a laugh all the same.

" I guess I won't be going to graduation after all, " she says sadly. I lean forward amd kiss her on her forehead.

She softly whisers to me,

"Sing to me." I look at her and see her eyes closed but her heart monitor is still beeping. I haven't sang since my mom died, but for her. Anything.

" It's hard to believe
There's nobody out there
Its hard to believe,
I'm all alone
At least I have her love,
the city she loves me
Lonely as I am
Together we cry."

Beeeeep!

I freeze. A smile frozen on her face. The face I never told enough how much I love. Th voice I will never hear again. Everything around me fades. The screams. The cries. I'm standing still. Alone.