Friendship or Love?

Chapter 7

Previously on Friendship or Love?

At least, after all that drama, something good happened! As of now, I'm not sure how my life would be or how it would turn out but I was definitely looking forward to it! 

Elizabeth P.O.V

I've been living with Amanda and Alex for almost a week now and it's definitely not what I expected. I mean I have the best time in school with my friends and all and when Amanda's home she always does fun things with me but as soon as I see Alex, the whole day turns around. He completely hates me and he's not even trying to hide it. Every time he sees me, he will either glare at me or treat me as though I'm invisible. The only thing he said to me this whole week was 'Hi' and that was because he was forced to do so by Amanda. The thing I don't understand is what did I do to make him hate me so much?

            I was cut off from my thoughts when Amanda called me down for breakfast. I got ready and started heading down. As soon as I saw Alex at the dining table, I started dreading this day...

"Elizabeth honey, I'm going to visit your dad at the hospital after this, would you like to come along?" Amanda asked me when we were washing the dishes.

"Sure. I miss my daddy so much! I can't wait for him to wake up!"

                                           ***

We arrived at the hospital and I ran to daddy's room with Amanda right behind me.

"Daddy? Can you hear me? It's me, Elizabeth! I came to visit you. I miss you a lot. I think of you and mummy everyday. Do you ever think of me? What about mummy? Why are you so sleepy?! I only need to sleep for 8 hours and I'm fresh but you have been sleeping for almost three weeks! Wake up daddy! I love staying with Amanda but I really miss home! I want to go home! Our home! Daddy please.... wake up.... Hurry up, daddy! Just wake up!"

           My eyes started to fill with tears at the sight of my daddy. Amanda bent down and hugged me while the tears started to fall one by one, like a drizzle before the storm.

After awhile, we got up to leave but then I heard something. What I heard shocked me and left me stunned. What I heard wasn't just something you'd hear everyday. I couldn't believe it. When I heard what I heard, I knew at that moment that something was gonna change. And when I heard it, I don't think I have ever been more frightened in my life.

           The sound of the alarm filled the room, the machine was beeping very loud. The red button was blinking continuously and I could already see doctors and nurses rushing down the hall towards me. The situation was crazy. I was trying to leave the room but I kept being pushed inside. People started crowding around the room and it was very noisy. All the noise started to make my head hurt and then I was suddenly pushed out of the room with a strong force  which made me fall. I came face-to-face with the floor but no one seemed to care. I got up and ran towards the bathroom and that was where all the tears flowed out.

"Elizabeth? Is that you? Oh sweetie, I'm so so so sorry! I heard what happened. Don't worry, your daddy's very strong. Nothing will happen sweetie, I promise." I recognized the voice immediately.

"Ms Delilah.... I-I just don't know anymore. It seems like everything in my life is just suddenly going wrong!! Mummy already left and now daddy wants to go too... What did I do?! WHY DOES THE WORLD HATE ME SO MUCH?!!!"

"Ohh honey, come on, don't say that. You know very well that many people love you. Look around, I'm here, Amanda's here and hey, so is your dad. He didn't leave you. He fought all this while just to wake up and see you! He has been very strong and still is! All they are doing now is checking up on him. You're speech made him very emotional so his heart rate rose a little and made the machines go crazy! He'll be fine, I'm sure of it!"

I chuckled and felt a little smile creep up my face.

"Thank you Ms Delilah! You sure know how to make people smile when they are at their worst. I missed you so much!!

"Aww, I missed you too but I'm happy your healthy and not stuck here anymore. Anyways, come on, let's go wait for your daddy outside the surgery room."

"Okay, Ms Delilah!"

WAIT FOR ME DADDY, HERE I COME!! STAY STRONG!!

***

It has been two hours since we got to the waiting area and there have been no sign of the doctor or daddy. Ms Delilah and Amanda have been waiting with me the whole time. In that two hours, I saw patients being brought to the surgery room and out of it. Doctors and nurses were rushing in and out, looking exhausted. Around me, were people who I assume were the patients' family and loved ones. Some had relieved and happy looks were plastered on their face as the doctor told them the good news. Others weren't so lucky, crying, panicking and waiting anxiously as they experience the same fate as me but I can't blame them, the feeling of not knowing what's happening, the feeling that you know you can't do anything to help and that your loved one can just leave and you never got to say goodbye, it gets to you and it leaves you in the worst possible condition.

As a child, I fell sick a lot so I was constantly brought to the hospital. I saw this scene many times but never understood why people acted that way. I didn't understand why people cried so much, why they screamed. Why they looked so pained. Back then, I would have never understood no matter how hard I tried. I was always happy, mummy and daddy were constantly by my side. As long as they were with me, joy filled me up. And I guess constantly seeing people crying and hurting made me decide to always live happily and only see good in everything. And without me realizing, I guess it just became a habit and transformed me into a 'ray of sunshine' character. Now that I think about it, having this 'ray of sunshine' habit made it worst for me. I never wanted to be sad like those people were. I never wanted to experience it. Being sad became a fear and if the car crash never happened, I would have continued the habit.

About an hour later, the doctor came out. Amanda and Ms Delilah asked me to stay while they went towards him. They talked for awhile and then the doctor left but Amanda and Ms Delilah continued talking When I saw the doctor's expression as he walked pass me, I was pretty sure I knew what happened but I didn't want to believe it. It couldn't be. Maybe he was just tired. Or maybe it was because of another patient. It had to be.

Ms Delilah came to talk to me later on and her face expression confirmed it. "Darling....... I'm so sorry........your father, h-he.." I don't even need to hear what she is gonna say next. This happened before, didn't it? It's all too familiar..... Mummy left and daddy went to join her. They just left..... they left me...they left me to go to that faraway place and they didn't even say goodbye. Mummy, daddy, do you not love me anymore?!Why must you both leave me? If you had to leave, why didn't you bring me along?! Why did you leave me all alone? The pain I felt extremely hurt, it was like my heart was ripped apart and stomped on until it became a million tiny pieces and all the pieces flew away one by one until there was nothing left. I couldn't take it anymore, I ran from the waiting area with tears streaming down my face.

"ELIZABETH! COME BACK, ELIZABETH!"

I heard them shout as they run after me but I didn't turn around or stop. I just kept running. To where? I don't know. My mind was completely blank. I needed to forget everything that just happened. I needed to get as far away from the waiting area, Ms Delilah and Amanda as I can. And so, I just kept running.....

As of now, all I know is on the 13th of July 2016, Saturday, at exactly 6.30pm, I, Elizabeth Brown,  became an orphan and any little sunshiny part of me that remained, died totally.

~~~~~~~~~to be continued~~~~~~~~~

A/N Hey lovelies, thx for reading! So.... both of Elizabeth's parents died... What do you think will happen next? Please vote, comment and share. If you have any ideas you would like to share with us, feel free to comment! SEE YA IN THE NEXT CHAPTER~

~xxKiancaxx~