My Brother's Best Friend

Falling

Paige's P.O.V

It only took  Ryan ten minutes to arrive at the hangout, but it took double the amount of time just for him to get me in the car. He tried everything to get me in the car: taking my phone from me and throwing it in the car, threatening to leave me at the hangout for the night if I didn't get up, he even threatened to run over my phone if I didn't get in the car.

You'd think that would've gotten my attention but it didn't have the slightest bit of an effect. I lifted my head up from my hands and looked at him for a second before going right back to crying.

It didn't matter how much he tried to persuade me to get into the car I wasn't going home. I didn't want to go home anymore. I didn't want to go back to school and see Chase. I didn't want to be around my friends anymore. I didn't want to be around my brother anymore. Heck, I didn't even want to be around myself anymore.

Whenever I went home or spent time around Ryan I constantly thought about how I ruined Chase and Ryan's friendship, and on top of that whenever I'm in there I remember that Chase said he loved me in that house. I can't even be around my friends without them giving me these annoying sympathetic looks and  glances whenever Chase is around or mentioned.

Eventually, Ryan gave up with talking to me and just took matters into his own hands. He literally picked me up and tossed me inside the car before going back to the driver's seat and heading back home.

When we got back home I quickly got out the car and ran inside the slamming the door behind me, before Ryan could ask me about what happened. 

I had absolutely no intention to discuss anything that happened today ever again, and if I ever do it certainly won't be with Ryan. 

I was making my way up the stairs when I heard loud footsteps only a few feet behind me. I was only about seven stairs and ten to fifteen feet away from my room, before Ryan grabbed my wrist and tried to get me to look at him. 

"Paige, come on you got to talk to me sometime about what happened. You know I'm not a mind reader if you're expecting for me to help you, you're gonna need to talk to me first!" Ryan grumbled as he followed me up the rest of the stairs.

I ignored half of what he said and went into my bedroom and slammed the door in his face before he had a chance to get in.

"Paige, I don't care if you closed your door I am not walking away until you tell me what happened!" Ryan shouted banging on my door.

"I don't care Ryan!" I shouted back and collapsed on my bed.

I laid there, patiently waiting for Ryan to give up and go back to doing whatever the heck he was doing before he  left to pick me up. A few moments later I heard the front door shut, so I knew he wouldn't be back to interrogate me for awhile.

I opened my window climbed and sat down on the ledge, cautiously placing my foot onto one of the branch of the tree outside my door. It took me a few minutes but I managed to catch my footing and made my way to the top-middle of the tree.

I sat down on one of the more sturdy branches and put my headphones on and sent Ashlyn and Kyle a message asking for them to come over. While I waited I listened to music for awhile and slowly started to drift off when something hit me in the head.

I looked down to see Kyle standing at the foot of the tree. While Ashlyn was looking up at me,  carelessly tossing a wad of paper in her hand. Shaking my head at her I motioned for them to join me in the tree.

Ashlyn put the wad of paper into her purse and climbed up the tree with Kyle not to far behind her. Once they got up here they could tell I wasn't really in the mood to talk, so we didn't do anything but sit there in silence. 

After awhile the heat started to get to me and I asked Ashlyn and Kyle how they weren't burning up right now and they looked at me in pure confusion. Ashlyn pointed out that it was thirty-five degrees outside, hence the hoodies and jeans they were both wearing. I on the other hand was wearing shorts and a tank top.

Ashlyn suggested that I probably just have a fever or something and should go see a doctor soon. I just shrugged in response and went to lean back but my back never touched anything but air.

"Paige, wait!" Kyle shouted as him and Ashlyn went to grab my arms.

My vision became a blur and I could feel myself falling. I suddenly felt a sharp pain to the side of my head as my body hit the ground and my ears were ringing. I clutched my head in pain as the ringing got stronger and the pain in my head intensified.

My eyes were slowly closing  and my vision was becoming worse. The pain in my head was making its way through my head and the ringing in my ears weren't making things any better. I couldn't feel anything in my right arm, but this awful shooting pain that was making its way throughout my body.

The most I could do was scream, but once the pain made its way to my throat I couldn't make a sound or even take a single breath without it hurting. I could taste blood building up in my throat and I felt like my heart was trying to burst out of my chest.

I didn't know what to do, my whole body felt broken. I couldn't move, breathe, or speak without feeling even more pain. Everything was getting darker and sounds were starting to get fainter and fainter.

Then my vision went black.