I break down as I see her lying there, so fragile, so utterly lifeless.
None of this would have happened if I hadn't been so stubborn about going to that stupid audition. What an idiot I am. There'll always be other auditions, but Darcy might not get another chance.
I walk over to her bed. She doesn't even look like Darcy any more - she's just a tiny girl hooked up to a maze of equipment and monitors. I stare at the screen of her heart monitor, at the lines that rise and fall at intervals. I keep staring at it. Maybe if I keep watching it, it will keep going the way it is, and Darcy's heart will keep going with it.
But soon the nurse comes in and ushers me out. I don't want to leave, there's no one else taking care of her! What if something happens to her and there's no one there? I wasn't there for her the last time; I need to stay and make sure that nothing bad happens again.
The nurse doesn't know any of this, though, and I'm quickly whisked back to the entrance, where my dad is still waiting for me. Without saying anything, he pulls me into a hug and leads me through the large double doors. The cold wind bites at my arms and face but I don't care. I just want things to be the way they were yesterday, when the biggest thing on my mind was the outcome of a stupid audition, and Darcy actually had something on her mind other than a tangle of medical wires.
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General FictionWhen you go to sleep, what happens if you don't wake up? It doesn't always mean you're dead, but it feels like it does. Friends and Family Anthology Part 4.
