The One And Only Outsider

Chapter 25

Garnet's POV: 

Have you ever had those nights when you feel like you're falling though nothing while you sleep. It's like you're falling through the air, but you never hit the ground. Yeah, those nights. Well, after everything went dark I felt like I was falling through darkness. I wasn't annoyed by the feeling, but it wasn't my favorite. And all I could do was fall. 

I kept thinking I would eventually hit the ground, but I never did. Then after a while, the falling just stopped. And I felt like I was floating. Not floating up or down. But just, floating. There was no light around. It was nothing but darkness. I wondered how long I'd feel like this. 

Every part of me felt numb, and I couldn't move. No matter how hard I tried. I couldn't feel anything. I wasn't in pain  whatsoever, yet I still felt like I wasn't right. Like something had hurt me and put me in this place. Wherever this place was. I tried to speak or to yell out but, nothing happened. 

Then, I heard a door open and footsteps. The first voice that spoke didn't sound familiar at all. But the second rang a bell. It was a voice that I'd heard so many times before. It was always there and never left. That voice was so soothing and comfortable. I loved it. Then it hit me. That voice belonged to someone I knew. Someone close to me. 

Micah.

The two started talking again. They said things like I had 3 weeks to wake up and that I could hear, but couldn't speak or move. But, I couldn't figure out why. Why couldn't I do those things. Where the hell was I?

I heard the door close again and some footsteps coming closer. I felt someone gently take my hand in theirs. Then Micah's voice filled the room again. He started saying things like, it was all his fault, and how he was sorry, and that I took a bullet for him Then he said that I was stuck in a coma an that he didn't know if I was gonna live or die. 

Was that where I was? Floating on the verge of life and death in a coma? So this was what it felt like. To be standing on a tightrope. A tightrope that had life on one side and death on the other. There was no way of knowing which way you were gonna fall. You just knew you would. It was a sickening feeling. Having to sit and wait in a dark slumber. Not knowing if you were gonna make it or not. Knowing that there was only a 50% chance you would live. 

I focused back on Micah's voice. It started to sound kinda shaky and it was starting to crack. Was he...crying? I heard him beg and plead for me to wake up. He said he needed me and that he couldn't lose me. 

"I love you."

That was the last thing I heard come from Micah. But, the grip on my hand was never loosened. I assumed he was still there though. After that, there was silence. And I was left to my thoughts again.

I had to wake up. I started to miss the light. I wanted to be back to normal. I tried to open my eyes, to move, to say something. Anything. But I couldn't. This was absolute torture. To sit here, knowing that I'm causing someone pain. I could do anything to bring myself back. No matter how hard I tried. I was starting to hate the darkness and the numbness I felt. I wanted to be back where I belonged. I wanted to be back with Micah. I wanted to see him, to talk to him, to hold him. I missed him. 

3 weeks. I had three weeks to wake up. And every living second of those 3 weeks was gonna go towards waking up. There was no way in hell, I was gonna die. I couldn't. I had to be there, for both Micah and myself. I just had to focus, breathe, and hope that I'd wake up. I don't care what anyone says. I will wake up within the next 3 weeks. I had to.

Micah's POV: 

2 weeks. It's been two weeks since the school shooting. They opened the school again a week after everything happened. It was all over the news last week. I even came home one day to a bunch of news reporter questioning me. I didn't answer any of their questions. I just kept my head down and walked into the house, making sure to lock the door behind me. I didn't feel like answering any questions or anything. All I cared about was Garnet.