Don't Give Up On Me

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

I went back to my dorm, hoping that the room will be there. Luckily it is. When I open the door, it is not a janitor closet. I lay down on the bed thinking about everything that happens today. If the room was here earlier on, I wouldn't have gone to the hospital and Dianna wouldn't have seen me there. But I did go to the hospital and I said all those things, now she might believe me.

"Yes this room will disappear when you're supposed to be somewhere else"

"Jesus!"

"Nope, just me. My name is Gregg btw, please stop calling me white coat man."

"Finally you're here."

"Officially I'm not. I'm here to help you out some more. To give yourself some hope, since your job is to give the others hope."

"I did, I convinced Dianna not to unplug until I wake up."

"Yes you did, but just for today. She will change her mind. You will have to really convince her. And now my time is almost up. I have to go. I will be back in a week. This time for real. Remember, really convince her."

Man. This is a lot of work.

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I opened my eyes as soon as I heard the horn. That dream again. Am I going to have that dream every day for the rest of my life? I make my way to the hospital. I bumped into Dianna in the hospital hallway.

"I thought you were going to give me the night off, but turns out you gave me a good 2 days break. Thanks for that by the way. Even though I was kinda hoping forever."

"Now who's the crazy one, I talked to you last night."

"Umm no you didn't. That was Monday night. Today is Thursday." What? I slept for two whole days. Seriously these dying thing, is starting to pissed me off.

"Oh right yea, you seem different than the last time I saw you?"

"yea I'm just trying my best you know, preparing."

"What do you mean?"

"Well he's not looking too great, it's been downfall since yesterday."

"But I told you he's going to wake up in 22 days. And that was Monday, which mean he's gonna wake up in 19 days. See less days! Have some faith in me."

"Dude, come on."

"Don't come on me Didi."

"Okay stop right there, you are not him! And stop calling me Didi. Nobody calls me that except—" and she stood silent.

"except Matt, right? I'm the only one who calls you that. Because I am him."

"That's not solid answer, you might've heard it somewhere, he could've told you. You could've made it up yourself."

"You want solid answer, I'll give you solid answer. Give me your car keys and come with me" surprisingly she actually did give me her keys.

We got into her car and drive away.

"Where are we going?"

"To the café I saw you the other day." We reached there in under 10 minutes.

"Look just because I go there all the time with Matt doesn't prove anything."

"Oh no, I'm just hungry." I can't help but to laugh, and when I turn my face to see her, she's actually smiling.

I picked a table and ordered myself a pancake. "you don't want anything?"

"No thanks, I'm not hungry."

"You should loosen up little bit, you know."

"Fine sure, whatever" and I thought she's starting to like me. Suddenly I feel like I was suffocating. "hey are you okay" she said. I feel a burn in my chest and I'm starting to cough.

"My chest hurts really bad." My breathing starting to sound like there's no oxygen in the room.

"Omg are you okay? Im gonna take you to the hospital okay." She helped into the car, and drove away, after about 5 minutes, my breathing is starting to get better.

"Hey, I think I'm fine. You don't have to take me to the hospital."

"No, do you hear yourself just now. I swear I thought you were having a heart attack." Her phone rang, the ID caller was showing Clary's name. That's my sister I thought my self. "Can you pick that up please, tell her I'm driving."

"Since when do you not call and drive" I tried to make a joke and pick up the phone. Her face suddenly turns from concern to serious. Was it something I say? "Hello, Dianna's phone. She's driving right now. Oh okay." I gave the phone to here. And at the same time we have reached the hospital. "she really needs to talk to you."

"Hey Clary, everything okay? What! okay I'm actually here. Wait okay."

"What's wrong?"

"Are you sure you're okay?"

"yes I am. don't worry about it."

"Matt heart's stops. They manage to bring him back though, but I don't know. It doesn't look good." Was that why I had that chest pain.

We came into the room, and Clary was still crying hard. Dianna went up to her and hugged her. "it's okay sweetie, I'm here" after a while my parents walk in. Oh my god, I can't believe I haven't seen them in a really long time. We stood in silence for a while, looking at me. Not me the stranger, but the dying me on the bed.

My dad finally speaks up. "Mom and I have decided to unplug Matt tomorrow, if there are no changes overnight. But of course we wouldn't do this without you Clary."

"Might as well put him out of his misery." Tears streaming down Clary's cheek. Knowing that she has to say goodbye.

My dad suddenly went up to Dianna. "You are a part of this family, He would want you to have a say."

I grab Dianna's hand and squeeze them tight. Hoping she gets the idea. A few seconds passes by. She let go off my hand and say "Clary is right, put him out of his misery." What! I can't believe this, I storm out of the room immediately. Part of was hoping for Dianna to go after me, even though I was not going to stop anyway. But for the fact that she didn't it actually hurts me.

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