Memories...

Chapter 5

In the late evening we finally arrived at the parking spot. The bus driver managed to get us there on the scheduled day. Because of my accident we've arrived around five hours later than planned and in a rush, but no one seemed to blame me. I told them that I was sorry but they kept saying that we were still on schedule so it was fine. Even though they said that, you could still see that the last two days were really rough on everyone.

Jenn, James, Danny and Jorel went to get take out soon after we had parked. I felt a little guilty and wanted to help, so I grabbed my jacket and hurried to catch up to them. They were just about to cross a street as I saw them. "Guys, wait!" They turned around and waited for me on the other side of the road. My phone slipped out of my hand as I reached the pavement. Oh no! Please don't be broken. I bent down to pick it up, happy that nothing happened as I heard Danny's voice. "Hey Ali, is everything alright?" I stood back up, about to answer him as I saw him coming in my direction. My vision blurred a little. I suddenly didn't see Danny crossing the street anymore, I saw Funny standing there. I fell behind for some reason and he stopped in the middle of the road to wait for me. The car honked and the driver tried to stop the car but it was already too late. Funny froze in place and the others were too far away already. I ran and jumped, knocking him over with my weight and both of us out of the way. After that I must have hit my head and blacked out. "Hey, Ali..." Danny rubbed my shoulders slightly. "Are you okay?" I blinked a few time till I saw his concerned face. "I remembered the accident..." He wiped over my cheek. I saw a tear running down his hand. Oh that's why my vision was suddenly blurry... I took a few deep breaths. "Hey are you guys alright?" Jorel shouted, still on the other side of the road. Danny turned to him. "Ali just remembered the accident. I'll sit down with her for a bit, you guys go first." Jorel nodded. My expressionless face was still on Jorel and I wanted to follow him, help them as I was supposed to, but Danny grabbed my shoulders. "No, we'll sit down for a bit. We can help them later." Since I just stood there, Danny gently pressed down on my shoulders, making me sit on the pavement with him. He gently rubbed my back. I still stared at the road that triggered my memory with a blank expression. "As you crossed the road, I realized it was just like yesterday. I fell behind, Dylan waited for me and then the car came. It was scary, but I just wanted everyone to be alright and then I blacked out before I could even make sure of it..." Danny moved a bit closer and placed his arm around me. "Yeah we heard the honk and turned around. Jordon and George were trying to get to him, put they were to slow. We others just froze in place... And then we saw you and how you knocked both of you out of the way. We were so relived and ran over. Dylan was fine, he only had a little skin ripped off on the forearm he landed on. You had blacked out, but you weren't bleeding. The guy that nearly drove Dylan over took you, Dylan and George to the hospital and we others were calling a taxi. Dylan's arm was already in that bandage when we arrived and he looked horrible. We were bracing ourselves for the worst but George quickly said that it wasn't something serious." He run his free hand over his face and sighed. "We knew you were okay but seeing you in that bed... Ali, just seeing you lying there. You looked like you would slip away any second. Like you would die or never wake up again. Everything was just so... wrong. Jordon was quite. J and I just kept staring. Dylan wasn't making any stupid jokes. Not even Matt or George tried to keep the spirit up. And the worst thing of all was that it was the first time where we needed you and you weren't able to help us. Normally when everything else was shit and we all ran out of ideas, you had a plan. Even when half of the world was separating us, you always had a solution." Tears were rolling down my cheeks and I sobbed loudly. Danny put his other arm around me, hugging me tied. "I'm so sorry! I'm so, so sorry!" My voice was shaky because of the crying and my sobs echoed loud in my ears. "Why?" My voice started cracking even more and I was afraid he might not be able to understand me anymore. "I can't remember this beautiful friendship! I'm so sorry I made you worry! I'm so sorry I dared to forget you! I'm so sorry I... I just forgot about my friends!" I felt another pair of arms coming from behind me. "Don't be sorry for anything. We love you and that's all that matters." Hearing Jorel behind me made my tears flow even faster. "I love you guys so, so much!"

Slowly they released me and slowly I stopped crying. They gave me a few minutes to calm down and wipe away the tears. Slowly we made our way back to bus, with the food in our hands and a new memory in my head. We talked about the concert tomorrow and everyone showing their love for me was more than enough to put a smile back on my face.