Retrograde

Chapter 12: Every Tear is a Waterfall (Edited)

Chapter 12: Every Tear is a Waterfall

Cameron’s POV

It’s been three weeks. Three weeks. Mikayla has been in a coma for three weeks. She hit her head on the stupid goal post three weeks ago. And for the whole three weeks, I’ve been here, with her in the hospital, just to make sure she’s okay, stupid Sam Farley just had to go and mess things up...again. The story between Sam and Mikayla is pretty straight forward; best friends since birth, grew up together, Mikayla got a boyfriend, Sam got jealous and betrayed her best friend by having sex with Mikayla's boyfriend, the end. After that Mikayla wasn't the same, we weren't as close as we are now, but this is when it started, our friendship, I mean. She started getting better and by then, Sam had moved to Colorado. Everything was perfect until she came right back into our lives. Sam actually came by to see Mikayla in the hospital about a week ago. 

*Flashback*

*Knock knock*

"Come in!" I yell, thinking it was Hayden or Chase or something. It wasn't, not even close. "Hi, Cam." I look up to see Samantha Farley, standing in the doorway. "What the hell are you doing here?!" I scream loudly. "Sshhh, Cameron, don't yell." She tells me. "Why the fuck not?! It's not like she's going to hear it and wake up!" She freezes and speaks, "W-ww-what do you mean?" Oh great, she doesn’t even know. "She's in a coma, Sam! She has been ever since you pushed her!" Now she looks like she's about to faint. Good. "I didn't know" she says softly. "Yeah, no shit you didn’t know. Just like you 'didn't know' when you slept with Jason right!" She looks up at me with tears in her eyes. "You ruined her. I hope you know that." "I didn't mean to!" She exclaims. "Bullshit, Sam, and you know it. Get out of here!" She looks at me sorrowfully, "C'mon Cam, at least let me talk to her." "What don't you understand? She won’t be able to hear you and your lies! Because of what YOU did, she might not wake up. And you better hope she does, because if she doesn't, I will NEVER forgive you! Now, LEAVE!!" She got up from her position on the floor against the wall, and walked to the door. "I'm sorry" she said in a soft voice, not meant to be heard, but I heard her, loud and clear. And she meant it. 

At least Mikayla's still getting visitors; her teammates, friends, family, her and her parents' celebrity friends like Angelina and Brad, Simon Cowell, Justin Bieber, the whole deal. One would think that people would stop coming because of school and work and stuff, but nope. Not for Mikayla. When Jason came to see her, I let him sit with me all day. He told me what really happened between him and Sam, and I forgave him, all he needs to do now is get Mikayla's trust back, whenever she wants to wake up. Jason should actually be here pretty soon, we've sort of become friends. "Hey, man, how's she doing? Here" Jason says as he hands me a bag of what I think are donuts and a cup of coffee. "Thanks, she's the same as she was the last time you came." We sat in  a comfortable silence for a while, until I spoke up, "If you don't mind me asking, you told me what happened between you and Sam, but you never told me why you left? “He looks down at his hands that are currently folded in his lap and takes a deep breath, "Okay...listen up." 

Mikayla's POV

I know where I am, I heard it in a conversation someone was having. And I've been able to hear for a while. It started when Sam came to visit me and Cam blew up on her. I heard everything. See, I knew that Jason had cheated on me, because he had the decency to tell me, but little did I know that Sam was the girl who did it. Honestly, I don’t know how I couldn't put the pieces together. They both left me at the same time, the worst time, and all I had was my family and Cameron. "Hey, man, how's she doing? Here" a voice says. Jason. He's here! "Thanks, she's the same as she was the last time you came."  Cam says. Then I don't hear anything for a while until Cameron decides to say something, “If you don't mind me asking, you told me what happened between you and Sam, but you never told me why you left?" I froze; well... you know what I mean. I've wanted to ask him this question ever since he came back. I hear him take a deep breath, "Okay...listen up. I did a horrible, terrible thing to Mikayla." Yeah, you did.  "I still feel guilty about it, unlike other guys who just hop from one girl to another, that's not me. When I did that to her, I felt obligated to tell her because she deserved to know. Sam told me not to tell her, but I did anyway. When Mik broke up with me, I felt like there was a huge hole in my heart that no one could fill." You and me both, douche bag. "Whenever I saw Mikayla at school or in the mall or something, that hole got deeper because she was hurting so much. If you think I left to make it worse for her, that's not true. I left because every time she saw me, it killed her. It reminded her of how much of an asshole that I am. I loved her, I still do. But I had to go. And honestly, she's doing much better than was before I left. She's the Mikayla she was before I ruined her." He left for me. He wasn't being selfish, or finding another girl to screw around with. ‘I loved her, I still do.' He still loves me. I felt a tear roll down my cheek. "Mikayla? Mikayla, can you hear me?" Yes, I can! I can hear you. I just can't say anything. "Mikayla, squeeze my hand if you can hear me." I'm trying to squeeze his hand really hard. I want to squeeze his hand, I have to. Come on, hand! Work dammit! And at the last possible second, my hand lightly squeezes Cameron's.  "Mikayla! Jason, go get a doctor and her family, she's waking up!" I hear feet scurry out of the room.  "Mikayla, stay with me okay? I love you, you have to wake up." He loves me! He really loves me! I want to tell him that I love him too, so I try, but I'm getting really tired and I don't feel good. My head hurts really badly, I'm sweating, and my heart is being extremely fast. My hearing is going away. "Mikayla!! Doctor! Somebody get me a fucking doctor, please!" Thank you, Cameron. I needed that. "What's going on?!" a voice who I'm guessing is the doctor. "Does it look like I know?! You're the fucking doctor! Fix her!" Who gave Cam "bitch flakes" this morning? "She so responding to the treatment we have her on. She's going to need to go into surgery right away or she could die." "Oh my God, Mikayla if you can hear me-" I can't hear him anymore. "I love you too" slips from my lips as I lose consciousness. 

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heyy :) I'm really sorry about me being MIA lately. I've just been really busy with school and soccer, my club term just won a HUGE tournament, made varsity at school, and I might play ODP (olympic development). But I decided to update since I have time now.  I'll probably update again later this week.

Love, 

Paige ♥