My One and Only (Short Story)
As the heart monitor flat lined a single tear slipped down his cheek. “Get up love” Everett whispered. “Mhhhmmm” you groan. “Seriously babe get up, its 11:00am your mom left like an hour ago and told me not to let you sleep all day” he said trying to shake you awake. “No go away” you groan and stick your head under your pillow.“Fine, be that way, If you’re going to be difficult then so am I” he chuckled and jumped up onto your bed and started jumping around and singing. “It’s time to get up in the morning, in the morning. I’m going to make breakfast for you, just for you. I’m spending 20 minutes to make it, so you better get up and eat it. You don't wanna be a selfish, lazy, crazy, girl. So we got to get up! Time to get up! It’s time to get up! WAKE UP!” You laugh so hard at his attempt to recreate the funny moment from One Direction’s (your favorite band) video diaries. He was always quoting them and you loved it, you were lucky enough to have a guy Directioner as your boyfriend. He grabbed your covers and ripped them off. “Get out of my room” you scream, laughing so hard but trying to act mad. “What is wrong with you?”He jumps up and lands cross legged on the edge of your bed, “Ok love, I’m going to make you breakfast as promised” he says and leaps up and walks out, his hair falling into his eyes. When you are finally alone you start to think about Everett, about how he is the hottest guy in your school. All the girls want him but for some reason he wanted you, you could never figure out why. He was so unique. He had medium length black hair, with piercing blue eyes and a strong jawline. He was about 6’2, stocky with a toned stomach, no abs but close. He had the best sense of humor, slightly dirty minded, but honestly who isn’t. He is an amazing artist and writer; he can describe anyone to a T and then paint a picture so realistic you’d mistake it for the real thing. Yourself on the other hand not so easy to describe, so you usually summed it up in two words normal and average. “Are you up yet?” you hear Everett yell from down stairs, breaking you of your thoughts “Do I have to come up there again?”“No I’m getting in the shower now” you shout laughing. You walk over to your dresser and pick out an outfit. You decide on your favorite grey Hollister sweatpants with an Ardene’s Tank top and a pair of fuzzy socks. You walk into the hallway and trudge into the bathroom. You hop into the shower and crank on the hot water. Washing your hair and body and hop out quickly, wanting to go down with Evie. Plugging in the straightener as you walked by, you grabbed the blow dryer and started drying your hair. The faint aroma of pancakes was teasing your nose from down stairs. After it was dry you straightened it and put it up in a messy bun on the top of your head. You threw on your clothes and ran down the stairs, two at a time.“Good morning Sleeping Beauty” Everett says sweetly, kissing you on the lips lightly. Looking him up and down, you burst out laughing.“What are you wearing?” you manage to say through giggles. He was wearing your mothers ‘Kiss the Cook’ apron, and chef’s hat.“I was looking for the spatula and found these” he says point to his outfit. “And to be fair I think I work them pretty well” he says striking a pose in the middle of the kitchen. You fall of the stool and onto the floor you’re laughing that hard. Evie helps you up, and sets a stack of 5 chocolate chip pancakes, drenched in butter and syrup in front of you, your mouth starts watering. You grab a fork from the door and dig in, he knew you were always starved in the morning. He was cleaning up the kitchen while you scarfed down your pancakes. “Try to taste the pancakes instead of just swallowing them love” he says, wiping a bit of syrup, up of the counter. “mhdjhjfcnvbvfjddndnb” you say trying to swallow a mouth full of pancake. Everett just raises his eyebrow questioningly. “I meant these pancakes are heaven” you say, with more than a hint of sarcasm. He laughs and clears your now empty plate, putting it and your fork into the dish washer. You walk over to the fridge grab the orange juice and take a mouthful from the jug. “So lady like” Everett mutters laughing.“Shut up!” You scream from the living room, on the way in you grab two movies off the shelf ‘Love Actually’ Everetts favorite movie and your favorite ‘The Notebook’. Everett walks in grabs a blanket, throws in the movies and sits on the couch. He lays down and rest your head on his chest. “Movie Day it is” Evie says putting his hands behind his head. The first movie you somehow managed to watch, halfway through the second sleep took you away. The last sound you heard before you were completely out was the rhythmic and comforting sound of Everett’s heartbeat. Little did you know it would be the last time you ever heard it. You were jarred from sleep by a loud BANG! Everett’s body went ridged behind you, his heart beat racing. Sleepily, you opened your eyes to see a .38 Caliber stub nose handgun pointed directly at your boyfriends head. A masked women standing behind it eyes trained towards his temple. “Get up” she said, moving her head and the gun in an upwards motion, apparently you didn’t move fast enough so she said it again except this time she screamed it “GET UP!”. She was moving the gun urgently between you and Evie, back and forth constantly looking over her shoulder. Everett had to slowly start pushing you, because you were frozen with fear. He gently lifted you up off the couch and grabbed your hips pulling you close. Your brain wasn’t registering what was happening, you were positive it was a dream. “What do you want?” said Everett in a clear, confident and mostly angry voice. “SHUT UP!” she shrieks making you wince. “You” she says pointing at Everett, “Get away from her”. Everett’s grip never loosened. “I said, GET AWAY FROM HER” she screams again. He slowly puts his hands in the air and takes a step to the side, the backs of his legs brushing the front of the couch. “I want you to go get all the cash and jewelry, I’m coming right behind you and if you do anything stupid, I’ll shoot her”. “Everett” you say reaching for his hand. The woman with the gun, panicked and pulled the trigger 3 times in a row. BANG BANG BANG! The shots rang through the whole house. The three of you stood in shock, Everett staring eyes wide, the masked women let out a strangled cry and a shocked expression stuck on her face, and you staring wide eyed at the 3 holes seeping blood scattered around your stomach. Your knees suddenly gave way and Everett leaped into action, catching you before you hit the ground, the women dropped the gun and ran away from your house screaming and crying. You couldn’t figure out what had happened, you could faintly hear someone calling your name but it was too far away to hear who, your whole mind was drawing a blank. You could only see the faint outline of a person kneeling over you. That person was then shoved kicking and screaming to the side and more people clouded your vision, things were becoming too blurry to concentrate. You heard a familiar voice yelling your name before completely losing consciousness. The loud beeping was seriously annoying. Ouch everything hurt! You could hear it but you couldn’t open your eyes to see what it was. Someone was grabbing your hand and crying. So opening your eyes, and talking were out, both just wouldn’t work. You tried and tried to open your eyes and move your legs but it wouldn’t move nothing would work. The person beside you began speaking and the voice gorgeous and so familiar, it was Everett. “I’m so sorry love” he cried his tears landing gently onto the back of your hand. “I should have done something; anything so could be here with me”. There was a tugging on the back of your mind; a sleepy feeling came over you.“I know what’s happening now, the doctors said that you are in a coma and that you probably won’t…”his voice cracked and he stopped almost as if it pained him to say it, but he continued. “I don’t…” “It’s not that I…” He stopped and started rubbing your hand, taking a deep breathe he tried again. “I know you’re probably in a lot of pain right now, and I don’t want that ok my love?” he said holding back tears. “I want you to be happy, and pain free. I want you to leave ok? Rest my love it’s time for you to rest. It’s time for you to be with the angels now.” “You always were my angel, you know that right?” he asked looking for any sign of agreement, when he found none he continued. “Now my love, go and be happy, ok, leave me here we’ll be together soon, I’m not that far away. I’ll be ok knowing that your safe. ”“Now can you please do me this one favor, my last request of you?” he asked still searching your face “Please never ever forget me please, I know its selfish but I’ll never forget you love.”You had be listening closely to every word and it finally became too much, for you too bare. You realized what he had said, and the tears started falling gently for your eyes. Everett looked up from the floor and saw your tears. He choked out a yelp and completely broke down. He cried and cried knowing you had heard everything he said. He pulled himself together.“I know it will be hard but please don’t ever forget” he said, wiping away the tears “I will never forget you my love. You are my one and only.” The sleepiness had completely taken you and you gladly gave in knowing that Everett will be ok without you. As the heart monitor flat lined a single tear slipped down his cheek.
~Authors Note~
So here is my first short story hope you enjoy it <3
~Clumsy_Girly
