-Brinley's POV-
*Skip to end of the summer*(A/n sorry for so many time skips!)
I zipped the last of my suitcases, The day was coming up close, the day me and my best friend venture off to England and start our college lives. By the end of the week we would be there and moved in, we spent all summer working at Starbucks to save up for the big move, We rented a "flat" as they call it. I was beyond excited. I kept going over everything in my head, the flight, the arrival, moving in. It was all happeningg so quickly. I sat on my bed tired from all the packing I had done. I decided to text Aubrey to let her know I was done and she could come over. She was coming to spend the night and we were catchting a flight tomorrow morning.
From; BrinnyBoo<3
To; AubreyBaby;*
"Hey! I'm all finished packing! Come over when you're done! Chinese for dinner? :D"
From; AubreyBaby;*
To; BrinnyBoo<3
"Okay! I'm not even close to being done! Ugh:( but, Yes! I'll hopefully be over soon! :D See you later loveee(:"
I replied with "Okay(:" and looked out side it was pouring rain, I sighed and looked out the window. I hate the rain, nothing good ever comes out of it. Like sure it "waters the earth" but it's just so gloomy. I just hate it. I decided to listen to some music while I waited for Aubrey. After an hour I called Aubrey and she was almost done so I decided to order our food. After I got off the phone Aubrey texted me "On my way!" I decided not to reply since she was driving and the weather wasn't ideal, I sat back on my bed and thought about how amazing our lives were about to get. I heard the storm getting worse and that woried me, Aubrey's already not a very good driver and she hates this weather almost as much as I do. I let 10 minutes pass and start getting worried, "She's probably at starbucks." I thought out loud, I let 20 minutes go by, Okay seriously? Where is she?! I'm seriously freaking out now. ugh. I'll try calling her, no answer, So I try..again, and again. "PICK UP AUBREY!" I practically scream. I'll just keep trying.
-Aubrey's POV-
Ugh. I hate this weather. I hate driving in it even worse. I'm a bad driver in normal weather now this! I was trying to drive as carefully as possible, I looked at the time and decided I would stop for a Starbucks, after all this drive may be longer then anticipated because LA traffic. I got my Frappuccino and continued on driving. I decided to turn the radio on, 'Clarity' by Zedd was on so I blasted it because I love that song! I started driving again after being at a red light and lightning flashed. Oh my god. I hate storms. I tried not to think of it and concentrate on driving, My phone went off and I decided to check who it was, a text from Alex my ex what? I just kept driving not thinking anything of it, I didn't see the stop sign......"NO!" everything went black.
-Brinley's POV-
Okay somethings up. I went downstairs to tell mom about this, "Mom! Where are you?" I called walking into the living room and I saw mom staring at the tv with her hand over her mouth and I heard something I never thought I would hear come from the news reporters mouth "There's been an accident on Oak street, The driver is a short brunette with no ID on her, More details coming soon." I ran upstairs to grab my keys and drove to Oak street faster then I've ever driven before, I kept praying over and over in my head that Aubrey was okay, The officer let go of me and I stood there watching all the emergency professionals work on getting Aubrey out of the car, The truck that I'm assuming hit her was only damaged on the front end, There was a tall man who I'm assuming was the driver of the truck, there was an EMT cleaning the few cuts on his face, he also had a burn on his shoulder from the seat belt, there was a cop questioning him about the accident. I heard more thunder and shivered, I was freezing because I didn't grab anything but my keys. Suddenly, I felt someones had on my shoulder and turned to face them, it was Mom. "Is she okay?" she gushed with watery eyes handing me a blanket she brought, "They're trying to get her out of the car now." I shakily replied wrapping the blanket around myself. Mom stood there speechless watching the men at work.
-About 3 hours later-
We got the full story from the man who hit Aubrey. He said he tried to stop, the roads were to slippery and he couldn't stop, he said she missed the stop sign because she was texting. TEXTING. God, I hope she wasn't texting me. Now we were in the hospital waiting room, We couldn't see her yet because she was in "Critical Condition" I was pacing back and forth waiting for the doctor to come out. I couldn't get the image from when they pulled her out of the car, she was unconscious, unconscious and bloody. She looked so helpless. For a split second I almost wish it were me who got into the accident and not her, she doesn't deserve this. My mom sat watching the news, she tried to get me to not pace like an absolute nut but I just couldn't sit still.
-Aubrey's POV-
Everything is black..Where am I? What happened?! Whoa, that light's bright. What the hell? "M-mom? How?" I see her, that's my mom. I thought she was dead, she IS dead, Am I dead? "Aubrey sweetie, You're beautiful!" my mom gaped walking- well floating? toward me, "Mom? Where are we? Where am I? What happened?" she chuckled and touched my arm lightly, "This is heaven Aubrey.." Wait what? "I-i'm dead? what happened?" My moms eyes softened "You were in a car accident sweetie." she waved her hand and a cloud like thing came up with a picture of my car destroyed, then she showed me Brinley pacing in the waiting room, "She's waiting to hear about your condition." I looked down at how worried and distraught she was, "You mean she doesn't know?" my mom shook her head and sighed, "She still thinks you're in critical condition." I shouldn't be dead. No. I hav- had so much life ahead of me. I can't be dead. Please no.
-Brinley's POV-
"Brinley?" a doctor called out I snapped my head up and ran to him my mother closely following behind. I looked behind him and saw a team of doctors and nurses walk out of Aubrey's room with their heads down, What does that mean? No. Please no. "I have some bad news.." The doctors eyes softened "No. please." I choked out, "I'm so sorry, the injuries were so severe, we did everything we could." I'm numb. Completely numb. I collapsed only to be caught by my mother, sobs racked my body "AUBREY NO!" I screamed, The doctor looked at my mother with hurt in his eyes "She can go in to say goodbye.." He walked away. I looked up at my mom who was also crying now. I was weak in the knees still. She couldn't be gone. My mom hugged me tight and walked me into Aubrey's room. She was laying there lifelessly, I looked at my mom indicating I wanted to be alone for a bit. Once she walked out I walked slowly over to the hospital bed containing the empty figure that used to be my best friend. My vision was clouded with tears that filled up and spilled over onto my cheeks, I took her cold hand into mine and broke down. First I was sad because she was gone and there was no getting her back I choked on sobs, Then my sadness was replaced with a bitter anger, How could she leave me? Why didn't she fight? "COME BACK, YOU SHOULD HAVE FOUGHT, PLEASE" I screamed over and over punching the bed, Then I felt guilty, guilty for being such a mess she would want me to be strong, I pulled my self together and sat next to her still holding her hand. I took a deep shaky breath and began my goodbyes, "You know I can't help but blame myself," My voice started to crack again but I tried to keep it in, "I know you hated driving in that weather, I don't know why I just didn't go pick you up. I should've," I felt the tears start to pour out again "I'm so sorry." I choked out, I took another shaky breath before starting to speak again "Thank you, for being the best friend I could have ever asked for. You were there for me through everything, I'm going to miss you more then you'll ever know. You were so much more then a bestfriend to me, You were my sister." By now I was sobbing again, I got up and kissed my now lifeless best friend on the forehead, "Goodbye Aubs, I love you." I whispered before walking out. I ran straight into my mothers arms and cried, She sat me in the waiting room and went to sort somethings out with the Doctors and call Aubreys dad.
-Aubrey's POV-
I was watching over Brinley in my hospital room, I watched her say goodbye to me. I felt horrible, she was right, I should've fought harder, I didn't know how. I felt so weak. I shouldn't have left her, I wasn't ready to die. I guess it's too late now. I looked up at my mother who just smiled at me sympathetically and lead me into the light. Wow. I'm really dead. "I'm so sorry Bri, I love you" I whispered as if she could hear me.
*A/N* Wow this took forever to write and may actually be really shitty but it's 1:30 am and I'm tired. Update soon :p
