Need You Now (Watty Awards 2014)

Chapter 29

          The last thing i heard was a gun shot. 

              I couldn't breath. I was frozen. Literally. Numb and powerless, i sobbed underneath Eric's bed as everything seemed hopeless. 

          I slowly and carefully krept out from under the bed. "Eric?" I cried softly, watching the scene in front of me. There was blood on the floor, coming from Eric. His father staring down at him with the gun dropped onto the floor. As soon as he saw me, he ran out the room, terrified. 

"NO! No, no no. Eric. Eric!?!?!" I screamed as i placed his head in my lap. His eyes fluttered opened and he coughed so hard i could tell it hurt him. 

"Sarah, i'm okay. Stop crying," He whispered gragily, placing his hand on my cheek, trying his best to wipe my tears off my face. I shook my head, pressing my forehead to his. "You can't die. Not now." I sobbed, picking up my head and rubbing my hands through my hair, frantically trying to find out where all of the blood was coming from. 

         Without saying anymore, I grabbed the end of his shirt in my hands, yanking it over his head. 

"Sarah, what are you doing?" He tried to say, but i knew it was hard for him by the sound of his the voice. I shook my head as i saw so much blood around his abdomen. I ripped the sleeve of his shirt, putting pressure on the wound. I ran over to his bathroom, grabbing a towel from the drawer and soaking it with water and ringing it out. I ran back to him without a word coming from either of us. I tried to clean the blood coming from the wound and around his stomach. 

"We have to get you to a hospital. If we don't your gonna," but i couldn't even say the word. There was no way i was letting him die. I couldn't. I wouldn't. I felt his hand on my lower back, making its way to my arm. He was trying to stop me! I snatched my arm back from him angrily, going back to stop the blood from exiting his now, paler body. 

"Sarah, stop. It's okay." he whispered, again, trying to stop me my pulling my arm. I whiped my arm away from him, narrrowing my eyes in stress and anger. 

"NO! NO Eric, i'm not going to let you die!! No matter how much you want this, for this to end its not!! I wont let it!! I'm gonna help you god dammit!!! I can't let you die. I just can't! I need you, Eric. I'm not just gonna sit here and let you die." i screamed at him, rushing to the phone to call 9-1-1. 

"Hello, what is your emergency?" 

"Yes...um...ma'am i need an ambulance as fast as you can on 453 Maple Park Avenue. My boyfriend's been shot. He's losing a lot of blood!!" I didn't realize i was crying into the phone until she tried to calm me down. 

"Okay ma'am stay calm. We will have police and an ambulance on the way immediatley." 

"Thank you." i hung up, throwing the phone back on his bed. 

Short one ik:/ dont worry though! I will be updating very soon!