'on my way. stopping at the corner store first.'
'k love you.' i reply through text.
no answer
maybe her phone died. i open up my twitter app. "@marcusbutlertv: new video fridayayayayay! special guest this week!" i go set up my camera for Sophie's arrival. "hey, sorry i was in the store. i got the marshmallows.. hot chocolate... gummy worms... is that everything we-" i hear a loud crash and the phone line drops. i try calling back 4 times. "hi you've reached Sophie! sorry i can't get to the phone right now, leave a message." no no no. i get in my car and drive down to our local corner store. i can't get close enough but i can see Sophie's car crushed against a tree with another car in front of it. i get out and run to the scene. "sir, you'll have to stand back."
"that's my girlfriend! you gotta get her out! Sophie!" i yell in tears. "sir, calm down." he leads me down the ditch to Soph's car. she's unconscious. they pull the car that hit sophie out of the ditch and the firemen take big crowbars to pull her car away from crushing her. "Sophie.... Soph..." he takes the crowbar and pulls the car door off. she lays there, limp. "Sophie!" i yell. the police man holds me back. "sir!" i sob as they pull her out of the car. she gets wheeled onto the gurney and that's the last i see of her. a cop escorts me to the hospital where i wait forever. '@marcusbutlertv: sorry guys... something serious came up... no vid tonight.' i sit back in my seat. checking the time every couple of minutes. my eyes are getting heavy. "um, Marcus..? Marcus Butler..?" i shoot open my eyes. "yes, that's me!"
"um.. so shes awake... but there's good and bad news.." i nod. "Good news is she will be going home at the end of the week... bad news is, we're not sure if she'll ever be able to walk again.. the car crushed her nerves from her legs down."
i bite my lip. "mhm, so.. am i allowed to go see her..?" the doctor nods. "we kind of told her that we numbed her legs. since you're her boyfriend.. we figure, you could break the news.."
"uhh, okay."
he leads me back to her room and i knock on the door. "Soph...?" she sits up. "Marcus? come in."she has a gash on her eyebrow, but she smiles through it. "how are you?" i smile sitting on the bed. she shrugs. "in pain." she chuckles. "understandable." i laugh. "they numbed my legs. therefore, i cant move."
"about that." she looks at me confused. "they.. didn't numb your legs. they're actually, paralyzed."
"okay, marcus. verrryyyyyy funny." Sophie laughs. "im not joking. the car kinda crushed your nerves. they don't know if you'll ever walk again." she looks at me unsure. "um okay..i... what am i supposed to do about dance class?"
"you're going to have to give it up."
"i cant.. i cant let those kids down. they look up to me." i nod. "i know. but theres nothing we can do."
"on the contrary sir. you'll go to rehabilitation-"
"rehab? with all the druggies?" she says. the doctor shakes her head. setting the clip board down. "we call it rehabilitation so you don't think of that. you're just going to work your muscles." the doctor chuckles. but sophie's not in the laughing mood.
"ugh okay. well, what am i goingt to do...?" she says looking at her hands. "wellllll, we want to try and see if you can walk tomorrow. but if not, we want you to stay for testing." the doctor walks out leaving us alone. "do you-"
"can you go?" she says her voice shaking. "wha- are you sure?" i ask her. soph nods. "mhm, i need some time to think... sort things out." i nod. "sure. i'll come back tomorrow." i give her a quick kiss and walk out. i can here her sniffle through the door. its so awful. i go home but all i can think about is Soph. its about 4 so i decide to film a video. about what happened.
"helllooooo! so, today i was going to make a video, but i cant make it because my guest star had an emergency. it was supposed to be my girlfriend Sophie. but on her way here, she got into a car accident. she'll be fine, sorta. she has to go to rehabilitation for her legs. they don't think she'll be able to walk again. but we'll find out soon enough. so this is just a short explaination as to why there is no friday vids. please don't talk on the phone and drive. i care about all of you and i cant see you guys get hurt. byeeeeeeeee." i edit and post it. "hey man i heard about Sophie." Alfie texts. 'i know. you wanna go in half on a pizza with zoey?'
'sure. be there in a bit.'
'k'
'you okay?' i text soph. no reply. her phone probably got crushed in the car.. duh.. "hey man."
"hi marcus." they say coming inside. "hey." zoey gives me a hug. "im so sorry mate." alf says. i nod. "think positive. she's alive. thats all i care about."
i go to bed that night crying. not because im sad, but because im so lucky i still have her. and didn't lose her.
