breathe // jack maynard

six

"Well this is awkward" Mark said as he stepped forward & i stepped back. I want nowhere near him. I'm too afraid of him.

"What do you want, Mark?" Joe asked, looking annoyed. Joe never liked Mark. Even when we were together.

"Hey I just wanna check on Jack. Don't be such a bitch about it" Mark said as he chuckled & left.

What the hell?

"What's up with him man?" Caspar asked looking annoyed as he took a seat beside Jack's bed.

"Has he still shown no signs of waking up?" I asked as I touched Jack's face. My beautiful, beautiful boy. My heart ached at the sight of him, but I didn't know what else I can do to help. My thumb rubbed across his cheek and a tear went down mine.

"He'll come around" Conor said with a hoarse voice.

"It's late, you guys should get going. I know you all have things going on tomorrow." I said with a soft smile. It was fake, I'm sure they all knew. But at this point, who would point it out?

"Yeah you guys go ahead really, I'll stay the night with Bella" Conor said as he stood beside me and placed his hand on my shoulder, as if trying to comfort me. Which worked.

"We'll be back tomorrow" Oli said as he pat Mikey's back, indicating for their cue to leave. Conor & i simply nodded our heads, we were too drained to respond.

"What happened?" I asked after they left. I watched Conor carry a chair from the other side of the room to beside me. He gently placed the chair down, afraid of waking Jack. But really, I hope he did.

Conor sighed, not too loud, but audible enough for the both of us to hear.

"We were driving around.." I waited for him to continue. I looked at him, pressing for more.

"And?" I spoke gently. The eagerness inside of me, raging to know. To know what on earth has happened to the love of my life. One sided of course. To know who did this. To know who was driving. To know how it happened. To know the details. To know exactly what on earth has happened to my best friend.

"We were just driving around, we were out because Jack said that your birthday is coming & that we should get a gift." Conor said as he looked down, as though he was ashamed of himself.

"My birthday is about a month away. It's only December" I said, which sounded much more like a question. And I definitely did sound confused.

"Which is exactly what I told Jack! But he said we can't push till last minute, it wouldn't be as genuine."

My heart sank. It sank because it partly happened because of me. I know it's not directly my fault, but it is indirectly. It hurts enough to know that he's hurt and bruised but what makes it worse was it was because of me.

"So what happened after that?" I spoke as my voice cracked. I was holding back the tears that were choking me. I tried taking deep breaths but my nose was stuffed.

"Jack was driving. He was making a left turn & out of no where, this red SUV just appeared and crashed right at us."

I took plenty of long deep breaths. Nothing seemed to be helping, but I did it anyway. What else can I do?

"Come here" I whispered, making sure it was audible for Conor to hear me. I stood up and open my arms wide. Conor stood up and crashed into my arms, as though he has been needing this for so long. He felt so vulnerable and weak. It was as if, if I hugged him any tighter, his bones would have shattered under me.

"He's gonna be okay. You're gonna be okay. I promise." I said as I finally let the tears rush down my cheeks.

"Bella" Conor said as he pulled away from us.

"Yeah?" I asked as I reached for his face with my hand. I gently wiped the tears off his cheeks.

"I.. i don't know if.. I was being crazy or paranoid or maybe it's because of the fact that Jack is laying here instead of me but..." Conor stopped, like he was hesitating. Like he was making sure if he made sense or not.

"But what?" I asked, encouraging him to let me on.

"But it almost felt like.. like the red SUV had the intention to hit our car." Conor spoke as he looked at me in the eyes.

"You mean intentionally? Purposely? Knowingly?" I asked to make sure.

"Yeah. & much worse than that.. it almost felt like the red SUV was aiming for Jack."

A/N: Hi guys!! I hope you've been liking this story so far! I'm sorry this chapter took awhile to be uploaded but it was because I was overseas for awhile but I'm back now! :)