Emily's POV
Izzy was going to die. I knew it. When the monitor stopped its rhythmic beeps I screamed. I screamed and it felt like my lungs were full of burning flames. And my daddy's had gone to the vending machine, because I had wanted a diet Pepsi. I was alone. I knew I had to get the doctors but I felt paralysed. I just clung to her hand, screaming, looking at her face and her eyes that had been open and alive just hours ago. Then the nurses heard me screaming. They ran in, pushing me out if the way, trying to restart her heart, but it was no good. That droning, monotonous beep kept ringing, reminding me that my best friend was dead.
My daddy's came back, and Daddy Phil picked me up gently and took me away. I was too much in shock to protest. It felt like half of me was missing. It was like losing my other half. I cried, for a while, but then I just felt numb. This wasn't what was supposed to happen. We were supposed to go to high school together and talk about crushes and tell each other everything. But now I was alone.
It was like a dull ache in my heart that was a constant reminder that nothing was okay. It was easy to push it to the back of my mind, but impossible to forget about. Impossible to fully ignore. It was always there. Always.
Daddy Dan came to sit with me, when Daddy Phil went to talk to the doctors and see Izzy one last time. He passed me a note,merit ten in Izzy's neat script.
"She made me and Daddy promise to give this to you this when she left." He said, before hugging me and pulling out his phone to message auntie Zoe and Auntie Louise. I slowly opened the note.
Dear Emily,
If you are reading this, it means that I have gone. I'm sorry for leaving you so soon. But please understand that I went on for as long as I could. But when you are hurting, just remember, I'm not in pain anymore. But I need you to promise me that no matter what life gives you, you have to carry on. Do it for me. Experience everything that I didn't have time to do. And remember, I'm always with you. Promise me?
Your sister/best friend
Izzy
Xx
I looked at the note in my hands, put it to my mouth, and whispered,
"I promise..."
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Years, Life
FanfictionDan and Phil were always best friends, until one day everything changes... Dan is taken away. Will they stay together, or will they be torn apart forever? Trigger warnings: self harm, child abuse, homophobia, suicide, suicidal thoughts, anorexia, de...
