Snow Globe

Chapter Nine

Sorry I didn't finish this by Christmas, but here you go! Enjoy.

**UNEDITED**

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Felicity's POV

The whole world spun around me as I crashed through the pale doors that were shielding Nick's body from me. My head began to feel lightheaded as the room started to spin uncontrollably. Every part of my body began to tingle like I had just come inside from playing in the snow and stuck my hand in a tub of hot water. I knelt at Nicks side to balance myself and reached for his large hand, rapping it around my own. I ignored my urge to throw up the hors d'œuvre from that night's party and tried my hardest to take in long breaths to steady my breathing. It was no use. The mixture of my ill-feeling and my urge to sob were now in control of my body. I panicked and began to slowly stand up and make my way over towards the chair, but before I could do so, I felt myself falling and within seconds, my head came in contact with the cold, tiles beneath me.

I struggled to open my eyelids, but they wouldn't budge. I could still hear Nick's heart rate monitor beating just across the room, yet I couldn't open my eyes. I hadn't fallen asleep, I wasn't dead.

The tingling feeling in throughout my entire body was unmanageable. I was scared to death. Never in my life had I passed out like I just had. I felt my heart beat grow more and more rapid as I struggled to open my eyes, but failed, much to my dismay. Terrifying thoughts passed through my head every second without fail.

Wake up. Wake up. Wake up.

It wasn't a struggle to hear single set of boots click faster and faster down the hallway, which undoubtedly belonged to Hope.

I may have been mad at Hope in the moment, but right now I needed her more than anything. I needed her to get me to wake up. I needed to poor out every last emotion I had left in me to this girl. I needed to tell her that I am in love with her brother and more than anything I just need her to tell me that everything is going to be okay.

Just as Hope was about to burst through the doorway I began to regain feeling in my fingers and toes as my eye lids fluttered open. I immediately shifted myself so I was as close to Nick as possible, closing the tension strayed air between us shuttering at the thought of something or someone taking his fragile, innocent body away from me.

This is all my fault.

Burying my tear stained face into Nick's warm beating chest my heartbeat began to slow to match that of the boy underneath me. Soon, his strong steady heartbeat granted me enough courage and strength to face the reality around me. All this time I thought I was having along time with Nick was false. Behind me I noticed Christopher and Hope resting their heads on the bare wall behind them, both resembling what I must've looked like.

Christopher's pained face tilted slightly to face mine and in that moment I knew that I need to find Eve. I couldn't face Hope; not after that outburst and Christopher looked to be too pained and tired to answer any of my questions or comfort any of my growing suspicions and fears.

Slowly I began to open my mouth to speak, but quickly shut it when Christopher's deep voice cut me off. "She went to go get something to eat," he whispered, "she can tell you everything you want to know."

Without even responding with a simple "thank you" I gave Nick's hand a final reassuring squeeze- probably more reassuring for me than him- and jolted all my weight quickly out the doorway. I shuffled quietly towards the hospital food court and once the rows of black medal chairs and tables came into view my heart skipped a beat as my eyes rested on Eve's sleep deprived body. As I began to approach where Eve sat she forced a small smile onto her lips and ushered me into the flimsy chair adjacent to her.