The New Neighbor

Chapter 19

Ashley's POV

I rush to the hospital and I walk in. I see Liz sitting in the waiting room and I  walk over to her.

She has a surprised look on her face.

"What happened?" I asked

"First, where were you?" Liz asks

"Someone kidnapped me. They really didn't think because they made me look for something. Without anyone. So I got away." I tell her Liz stands up hugging me.

"Are you hurt?" She asks

"Only on my arm" I tell her

"Let me see" she says

I show her my arm that was bruised and burned with some cuts. It was as bad as it was when it happened.

"Oh my" she says "we need to get you a doctor. It could get infected"

She rushed over to the desk asking for a doctor. She shows the lady at the desk my arm. She gasps and gets a doctor for me.

A doctor comes to me and takes me into a room. He exams my arm.

He cleans the cuts and he wraps my arm up.

I go out of the room and go back to Liz.

"Are you okay now?" She asks

"Yes thank you" I say

"Anytime" she says

"So what happened to Luke?" I ask

She sighs "he just fainted. He hasn't eaten for a week and barely went out of his room. I asked him if he could come see me and that's when he fainted." She says making me feel sick to my stomach.

"Can I see him?" I ask

"We can't right now" she says and I hug her

She hugs me back. I feel tears in my eyes threatening to spill out.

I sniff Liz knowing I was crying a little. She rubs my back.

She pulls back looking at me.

"You know you're beautiful." She says wiping my tears away. "That's only one reason out of a hundred of why like loves you" she says.

I smile looking at her.

"Hemmings?" I hear someone say and I look over to a doctor.

Liz and I stand up walking over to him. He leads us to his room and we walk in.

I see his pale body laying there. His face was skinnier. He looked different. Not like the Luke Hemmings I knew. This was my fault. I know it was.

I walk over to him sitting in a chair. I look at him. He had bags under his eyes. His hair was messy. His skin was pale. It's like he was lifeless.

"Luke?" I ask knowing he wouldn't respond. "I miss you Luke" I say. "Please wake up"

I sigh closing my eyes.

"Would you like me to leave you for a few minutes?" Liz asks

"Yes please" I say she nods and walk out of the room.

Luke's POV

"Ashley?" You say as you look around

You look around seeing nothing but black. You want to her to answer but you don't know if she will.

You just want to see her again. Feel her again. Make sure she's okay.

You just want to open your eyes. You want this to just be a dream.

What you didn't know was that this was reality. You're whole body is trying to help you wake up.

But as hard as your body keeps trying you're getting weaker. By the minute even.

Your body is trying to help you wake up but hurting itself. Getting weaker. By every hour. Every second.

Who knows how long you could stay like this.

There was no way to tell. You could stay like this for days, weeks, months, or years even.

All you want is to just see her beautiful face again. But all you're doing is getting weaker.