Chapter 19: Is There Hope?

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Kyndall's POV:

He got shot. Tristen got shot. This is all my fault. I turned around and started punching Jake in the chest. "How could you! I loved him!" I yelled. "You have to let me help him. Please, then I will go with you without an agruement. Just please let me help him. I can't let someone I love die like this." I begged for him.

"Fine but you have an hour and that is it!" he said and exited the room.

I walked up to Tristen in the hospital room. He was so pale and broken. How could this happen to someone I love. "Tristen if you can hear me please squeeze my hand." he didn't squeeze my hand. "Okay so you can't. But I need to say this. I love you Tristen! I love you with everything I have. I just need you to come back. Please just come back to me. I don't want to lose you. Please Tristen I love you. Just come back to me please." I begging for him to come back with everything.

I cried silently into his chest. I can't believe I lost him. The one thing I love the most is gone. I feel something squeezing my hand. I look up to see Tristen smiling at me. I quickly got up and gave him a bear hug.  He groaned, "I'm sorry! Are you okay I didnt-"

"I'm fine Kyndall." he put his hand on my cheek.

"I thought I lost you." I whispered.

"Hey," he lifted up my chin, "You could never lose me. I'm here now and nothing can seperate us." he smiled.

"There is one thing that could separate us." he looked at me confused. "I told Jake that if he let me see you I would go with him willingly."

"Kyndall why did you to that!"

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I didn't know what else to do. I had to see you and he wouldn't let me see you unless I did that."

"Okay well how much longer do you have together?"

I looked at the clock and sighed. "10 minutes."

"Why couldn't you have told me this earlier. God damn it Kyndall!"

"I'm sorry I forgot. I'm really sorry." I began to cry.

"I'm the one that should be sorry. Now come here lets spend the last 10 minutes together."

"Tristen. Can you hold me?"

"Come here." I cuddled into him. He kissed my forehead. "I love you and I'm sorry I wasn't there to protect you. Then this would have never happened. I should have never let you walk out that door. I should have told you I love you a lot more than I did. I'm just so sorry."

I looked up at him and intertwined our fingers. "Hey this isn't your fault. We both made mistakes and we both regret them. But we can't focus on that now. We don't have that much longer with each other. Just hold me for the rest of the time." I snuggled closer to him. "I love you Tristen so much." I kissed him and snuggled back into him.

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I was woken up by yelling. I looked up and saw Tristen sleeping. I smiled and reached up to touch his face. But his hand grabbed my wrist. He smiled down at me and kissed my lips. I blushed and looked away. When I looked away I noticed we weren't in the same hospital as we were before. It was more like a dungeon. I think Tristen noticed too because his arm tightened around my waist. I looked up him, "Where are we?"

"I know we are not in the hospital anymore. Here let me go look outside." he tried to get up but he was in too much pain.

I pushed him gently back on the bed. "No you need to rest. I will go check on the situation." I turned to walk around until his hand grabbed my wrist. "I'm going to get hurt. Trust me please." I pleaded.

He finally let me go and I walked to the door. When I opened the door I peered left and right. I caught eye of one of the guys and starred at him. Then he finally noticed me and I immediately closed the door and ran back to Tristen. "Act like you're going sleep. A guy saw me and is headed this way. Just act like you're sleeping okay." he nodded and we both pretended to play sleep time.

I heard the door open and yelling from outside the door. I could hear Jake and some other guy yelling. I peaked through my eyelashes and saw Tristen awake looking at them. Jake and the guy I saw in the hallway looking at Tristen. I was still pretending to act asleep until they exited the room.

When they finally exited the room I open my eyes. I looked up at Tristen with worry. "Everything will be fine Kyndall. They just came in to check on things."

"Why were they yelling at each other?"

"Jake wanted to put you in chains to make you suffer. But the other guy thought I would be better to leave you as is." I sighed and leaned my head on his chest. "Kyndall I know we don't have that much longer together."

"Don't say that Tristen."

"But would you do the honor of wearing this ring. Its a promise ring. I promise to love and protect you until I die. I love you so much Kyndall."

I couldn't get any words out. I just nodded my head and he put the ring on my finger. It felt like I was engaged but it was only a promise ring. I was so happy in this moment. I felt like it was just me and him in the instance. We were both just staring at each other in this moment. Leaning into each other for a kiss when I door flew open. Jake was standing there furious than ever. He looked at both if us and then saw the ring. I don't think his face could have gotten any redder. He came over to my side of the bed and yanked me away from Tristen. "You're coming with me." he said yanking me off the bed.

"No you-" I looked at Tristen and mouthed 'I'm sorry' and was dragged out the door with Jake.

When I got out of the room I was pulled into a kiss. I opened my eyes and saw Jake kissing me. I pushed him off of me and that wasn't a good idea. He slapped me in the face and kissed me again. I kept trying to push him off of me but whenever I did that he would just slap me. I guess some things never change.

"You will take that ring off your finger now! Or you know what will happen."

"No! I will not take this ring off my finger. Cause the man who gave it to me is the man I love. And nothing can ever separate me from him. Why can't you just see that. We love each other and we will always will. Just let us go and everything will be fine."

"Everything won't be fine Kyndall! I love you but you love him. Life doesn't work like this Kyndall! I wish we could just go back to the way it was between us. When we both used to love each other. Why can't we just go back before you met him. Please Kyndall."

"No Jake not after all this!" he started punching my face until I couldn't see anymore. Once he was finished he threw into the room where Tristen was. I couldn't see him but I heard his voice. I tried to go to him but it was no use. I gave up, sat in a ball and cried. I knew there wasn't any hope. "There's no hope anymore Tristen."

"Don't say that Kyndall. Just follow my voice and it will lead you to me. Come on Kyndall."

I tried and tried but I couldn't succeed. "No hope Tristen." I sat down again crying into my knees. There was no hope anymore. Nothing I could do to help. I was just crying into my knees until to arms wrapped around my waist and lifted me up.

"I told you there was hope." he whispered.

"Tristen? What are you doing out of bed. You're hurt, you should be resting."

"I can't watch the women I love look like this. Not after everything she has been through to be broken down by some jerk."

"Tristen you don't understand. He found us and he will kill anything that stands in the way of making me love him. I'm trying so hard not to break down and cry. But in the end he will win. There isn't hope for us anymore."

I was laid down on the bed and snuggled into his chest. I was slowly falling asleep when I heard him whisper, "Trust me there still is hope."

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