Pictures Last Forever

Chapter 7

*Riley's POV

When Ella and I walked into the room I couldn't believe my eyes. My mom looked horrible. There were scrapes all over her face. Both of her eyes were black and swollen. There were casts on her left arm and left leg. And it looked like all of her fingers on her left hand had been crushed. I could see my moms wedding rings on her fingers still. She hasn't taken them off since my dad died 10 years ago. As she lay there almost lifeless I heard the door open again.

"Hello. Are you Catherine's son?" the doctor asked.

"Umm...y-ya...why?" I stuttered.

I think Ella knew this probably wasn't going to be good news. She moved closer to me and wrapped her arms around my torso, even though I am a mess with emotions, Ella still manages to make me feel the tiniest bit better just by being here.  

"Well your mom is in a horrible condition as you probably know. Do you have any other relatives with you?" he asked me.

"No...the only family she has are me and my girlfriend." Riley said firmly.

"Alright. Well she is on life support and to be honest its just not doing the job. Your moms condition seems to be getting worse and there really isn't anything we can do. As of right now, if we don't see her condition improve in the next 22 to 24 hours we are just going to pull the plug. I am very sorry." the doctor informed us.

"No, no, no. You are not giving up on her! She is the only family I have left! Please!!" I cried

"I am very sorry son, but there's nothing we can do. She came into direct contact with a transport truck. It hit the drivers side of the car. The impact was too much. I am surprised she wasn't dead on the scene." he said

"Thank you for telling us doctor. Is it alright if we stay until we know what you're going to do?" Ella asked

"Yes that's fine. Stay as long as you need to." he said before walking out and shutting the door behind him.

"Ella. They can't just give up on her. I can't lose her. I, I-"

"Shh...Riley listen to me baby. Look at her. She is in so much pain right now. If they keep her on that thing she is just going to suffer. Do you really want that? I don't want to lose her either. You know she has pretty much been like a mom to me too. Its going to be hard. It will and I know that. But we have each other to get through it. I want you to think about your mom this time. Don't think about what you want. Think about what she needs. Ok?" Ella said calmly.

"Ok, I'm sorry" I sighed.

"Riley there's nothing to be sorry about. It's your mom we are talking about here. I know this is going to be so hard on you and I know that this isn't what you want to deal with when we are on school holidays but I want you to promise me that we will get through this together." She said as she sat down on my lap.

"I promise Ella. I need you and I don't ever want to lose you okay?" I told her.

"You're never going to lose me." she said wrapping her arms around my neck and kissing me softly.

I got up and walked over to where my mom way laying, I sat down in the chair and took her fragile hand in mine.

"Mom, its me Riley. I don't know if you can hear me but I just want to say a few things to you since this will probably one of the last times I have a chance to. I love you so much and I am so grateful that out of all the women in the world you are my mom. Since I was 6 you raised me on your own, and I really am grateful for all the hard work you did for me. I'm sorry for the times I was a pest and didn't listen, or for the times where we disagreed and argued. I want to say thank you for always being around when I needed to talk or when I needed advice. Thank you for letting me out of the house even when I shouldn't have been just so that I could be with Ella when she needed me or even when I needed her. I want to say thank you for letting Ella come live with us because if you didn't, we probably wouldn't be together right now. I love you so so much mom. I don't want to lose you. I know that you always say: "when God wants you he takes you" and I think He wants another angel up there in heaven. I know that you're always going to be with me in spirit and that you will never really be gone. I hope that when you are up there, you will look after Ella and I and keep us safe. I love you" I said kissing her hand. I just looked at her for a few seconds before completely losing it.

Ella came over and sat on my lap again, wrapping her arms around me and holding me tight. She gently rubbed my back while I cried. In a short amount of time my mom will be gone. There's nothing they can do. Ella and I will have to make a living on our own. I pulled her tiny body closer to me and she rested her head on my shoulder.

"Why does this stuff have to happen to me Ella? What did I ever do to deserve this?" I cried

"I don't know baby. I really don't. I promise things will get better." Ella said, a few tears slipping from her eyes now too.

"I think I'm going to tell them to just pull the plug. I don't want to see her suffer anymore." I told her.

"Okay. If that's what you think you need to do. Then I fully support you." she said trying to force a smile on her beautiful face.

I stood up and paged to doctor to come to the room. They said he would be up in 10 minutes and that now was the time to say our goodbyes.

"Catherine. I can't believe that this has happened to you. I love you so much. And I want to say thank you for everything. You have been like a mother to me and I'm so grateful for that. You are such an amazing woman. I don't know why this had to happen but I guess its just you're time. I will look after Riley, that's a promise. Your son is amazing, you raised him right. Thank you for letting me stay with you guys and for everything you have ever done for me. I love you Catherine." I heard Ella say

"Riley I'm sorry" Ella cried into my chest "She didn't deserve this."

I wrapped my arms around Ella as we both stood there. I held her tiny body close to me. Ella is the only person I have left. I just want to protect her. Just then the doctor walked in.

"Are you ready?" he asked

"Just stop her suffering. Please." I said

"Alright" he said

beep. beep beep. beeep. She was gone.

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alrighttyyy soo since I can't sleep I decided I was gonna update again for u guys :) this was a really sad chapter for me to write but I hope you guys enjoy it! dont forget to vote and comment

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~Alexa <3