Skittles and tea

Chapter Fifteen

                                                                         Phil's POV

The waiting room was freezing cold, but it was a lot warmer than it was outside. We'd been waiting in this cold and boring room for hours now, when we arrived earlier PJ's bed was empty, apparently he had been found unconscious and breathing irregularly, so he had to be taken to the iCU for check up, it was hours ago when they found him, and we were starting to worry. Dan had arrived about an hour ago with coffee and biscuits for us, neither me or Chris really felt like eating, but I forced down some biscuits, Chris did not, he just sat there in total silence, he didn't want to talk to anyone. I got a little fed up with waiting, my butt was feeling all numb from sitting down for too long.

 "Hey, I think I'm gonna go get some air, call me back in if you hear anything" I got up and took my coffee in my cold hands.

"Will do" Dan whispered, clearing his throat, and I walked slowly out of the waiting area. We were quite far from the nearest door to us to get outside, I walked for what seemed like forever, though everything seems like forever at the moment. 

 I finally reached the exit and stepped outside, letting the freezing cold air bite my cheeks. I shiverered, put up my hood and clenched my coffee tight. I looked up at the dark sky, it was actually surprisingly clear for a winter's night, there were a lot of stars visible, and the moon had never looked so beautiful. It was at this moment I realised that I was alone, for the first time in weeks. I sighed the deepest sigh and it suddenly came to me; soon I was to lose one of my best friends, I could have already lost him, the nice staff at the hospital could just be waiting for the right moment to tell us that PJ is gone. I couldn't help myself any longer, I couldn't hold it in, I sniffed and inhaled the cold air, I just had to let the tears stream down my face. I dropped my coffee all over my shoes, I felt it burn through a little bit, but I didn't care at all. I couldn't stop the tears, I couldn't calm down, they were falling faster and faster. Just when I got to the point where I had to catch my breath, Dan came running outside to find me, they had heard the news of PJ.