Don't Leave Me (A Bajan Canadian Fan Fiction) (Watty Awards 2013)

Chapter Fourteen: Hello, I'm Reegan

Chapter 14

I lay back in my bed, waiting for Mat to come home with Reegan. She was coming home today, and she wasn't staying with me this time. She was going home with Mat.

"We're home!" Mat called from upstairs. I stand up and walk upstairs to be greeted by Reegan and Mat walking in the door. Reegan plays with the bandage on her wrist as Mat helps her get her shoes off.

Reegan takes her doll and walks to my basement. I follow her, wondering what she could be up to. I look at her from around the corner. She struggled getting up onto my gaming chair, but she managed. She bites her little lip as she took the mouse and clicked on the Skype icon. I raise my eyebrow.

She scrolls through the little green icons, seeing who was online. She clicks on someone random. I see Adam's face come on screen. He raises his eyebrow.

"Who are you?" he asks. Reegan smiles.

"Hi! I'm Reegan! I'm..." she pokes her chin before nodding. "I'm Nooch's daughter." Adam's eyes widen.

"Oh! That's cool," he says. He smiles.

"I'm Adam," he says. Reegan waves before she frowns and turns around.

"Mitch!" she yells. I laugh and come around the corner.

"Hi Adam," I say as I pick up Reegan and sit in my chair.

"Hey Mitch," he says, smiling.

"It's a mystery on how she knows this stuff," I say. Adam laughs.

"Ha, I know. I thought it was you who was calling me. When Reegan showed up, I got a little spooked because I thought it was a fan who hacked your account," he said, laughing at the end. I laugh with him as Reegan squirms on my lap.

"Mitch! Let me go!" she yells. I let her hop off my lap and she runs away, up the stairs. I apologize to Adam.

"Nah, it's okay. She's a sweetheart," he says. I nod before saying goodbye. I shut off Skype and walk upstairs.

"Hey, Mat," I say, emerging from the stairs. I hear a thud. I stop in my tracks before looking slightly around the corner. Mat was lying on the ground, Reegan shaking his foot.

"Daddy! Get up Daddy!" she cries. Reegan turns and looks at me, tears in her eyes.

"What happened?" I ask her.

"I came upstairs and I saw him doing something to his wrist and I ran up to him, trying to stop him and he fell!" she cries, holding onto his foot. I run up to Mat, looking at his wrist. Beads of blood dotted his wrist. I quickly take out my phone and call the ambulance.

They were here in almost 6 minutes. They run inside with a stretcher, putting Mat on as I held back Reegan's crying form. She tried reaching for her dad. I tried the best I could without crying to hold onto her.

"DADDY!" she kept yelling. "DADDY!" My tears starting falling down my cheeks. I've been crying more than usual lately. Rebecca was away visiting family for a few days so she wasn't home with me. Reegan stopped trying to release my grip as Mat was carried away. She resided to crying, her limp body falling forewords onto her plush doll. She looks up slightly.

"Daddy, come back," she cries, holding out her arm, stretching for something but I didn't know what. I pick her up and she starts screaming again.

"NO! DADDY!" she cries. I bring her downstairs, going my computer and turning it on. I set her on my lap. She burried herself into my chest. I turned on my facecam.

"Hey doodz, it's Mitch. I'm here with... with Reegan," I say, choking up on tears. "This is TheNoochM's daughter. He recently found her after... after his girlfriend died of suicide. He's in the hospital right now," I wipe away tears that start to fall from my eyes, "He was found by Reegan... he was passed out in blood. They're trying their best to save him. Damn, this is hard... Um so I guess what I'm trying to say is that... that I'll be uploading pre-recorded videos for about a week or two. Just until Mat gets better. Thanks a lot doodz for caring. Take care."

I shut off my webcam, rocking Reegan. My Skype rings.

Preston.

I accept the call, going back to rocking little Reegan's still shaking form. Preston showed up on screen.

"Hi Mitch!" he said, smiling, but immediately frown when he saw me crying, holding Reegan.

"Whoa, what happened?" he asks. I look up at him.

"Mat... he... Reegan... she found him in a pool of blood... his wrist cut up..." I trailed off in tears. Preston's eyes started watering. A voice call on his end came in.

"Hi... hi Jason..." he said, his lip quivering. Jason's face came up on screen.

"Hey what's wrong guys?" he asks. Preston explains what happens as Reegan slowly is rocked to sleep in my arms. Jason's eyes start to water, tears pouring out. Pretty soon, all of Team Crafted, plus some of our friends, came into the call.

Adam, Preston, Jason, Ty, Tyler, Rob, Jerome, Jimmy (Seto), Kyle, Bodil, Quentin, Bonker, Ian, Gizzy, Noah, Seth, and Jordan were all in the call.

We were all crying. So many people came in it was switched to a voice call. Sniffles and tears were shed. If people knew Nooch, they were crying. If some didn't, they cried for the others. We all talked for a few hours, Reegan sleeping, with tear stains on her cheeks, laying on my lap.

One by one , they all left. Preston, Seto, Jerome, and Adam were the only ones with me. We all switched to video call.

"Did Reegan really find Mat?" Jimmy asks. I nod, wiping a tear from my eyes.

"Yeah. When the ambulance came, all she screamed was Daddy. I had to hold her back from jumping one of the doctors. It broke my heart," I say, tears falling down my cheeks. Preston looked down at his keys. Adam bit his lip, looking at Reegan. Jerome sat there playing with his fingers. Jimmy switched back to voice call.

"I'm sorry. I just don't want to be seen right now," he said, sniffing. I nod.

"Understandable, Seto," Preston said.

We talked until 7 in the morning. Preston, Jimmy, Jerome, and Adam didn't leave until Jimmy said he was going to sleep. We all said goodbye to Seto as he hung up. Jerome stayed with me last as Preston and Adam hung up. We talked for another hour as Reegan woke up slowly.

"I'm going to try and get some sleep. Bye Mitch," he said. I said bye as he switched off Skype. I cradled Reegan in my arms, crying.

"He'll be okay. He'll be okay," I say.

Reegan wakes up.

"Where's Daddy?" she asks.

"He's at the hospital, remember Reegan?" I say. She nods and starts crying again.

"Yes Uncle Mitch. I remember," she says, before hugging me.

"I'm sorry," I whisper. Reegan nods and hugs me again.

Why can this happen...? Why to us?