Half a Heart // h.s

Sixteen

Jo's pov

    I've been reliving my life, remembering bits and pieces that I forgot happened. Like the time I fell and my mom thought I broke something so she took me to the hospital and we sat there for 8 hours for a scratch on my knee.

    My question is, why am I suddenly remembering all of these things? These things that aren't important anymore, things that have been pushed into the back of my head.

      I read on Instagram once that once a person dies, they have seven minutes left of brain activity, and in those seven minutes they remember their whole life. I remember that cause it just played out in front of me, I wondered if it was true, and I still wonder, but is this what's happening right now?

     Oh god, I hope not. I'm not ready to die, I'm almost 16! I'm too young to die! And my relationship with Harry literally just started! My parents would be devastated! I. Can't. Die.

If only that stupid bitch Lexi could've just left us alone, I wouldn't be in this situation. I just wanna live, see where Harry and I go, if we get married, or have kids, or both! I don't want to die.

My 13th birthday plays out in front of me, kind of like I'm reliving it, not just remembering it. Im opening what was my favourite present that day.

I pick up the light blue bag, I walk over to where I was sitting, in the middle of my living room, people in a circle around me. I sit down and the bag starts to vibrate. I hope that's what I think it is!

I pull out the blue IPhone 5c! Oh my god! My first phone! I squeal and jump up to hug my parents and Blaire. She was the one who told my parents what to get me cause I tell her everything and she knows what I want.

Until Valentine's Day with Harry, this was probably the best day of my life, I had gotten everything I asked for, I got to hang out with lots of friends and family, I was just so happy on that day.

I live through the highlights of the next two years. Right now, I'm at this past Valentine's Day, the new best day of my life. I turn my head and see Harry cuddled up with the puppy that we needed up naming Oliver. They're both so cute, and they're both mine.

I used to dream about what it would be like to be with Harry. Would he be a good boyfriend? Would he spoil me? Or would he be the worst boyfriend in the world? I hope it's the first one, I want him to love me like I love him, so genuine, so real.

It goes black again, meaning I'm going to a different part of my life. I see Harry with his arm around me. This is the day that Lexi hurt me.

She grabs me by the arm and pushes me down, Harry is just yelling at her, and all I can do is keep falling. I lay on the ground to see Harry running towards me as fast as he can without falling down the bleachers. He holds me and my eyes close. How I wish I would've just kept them open. Now I'm stuck reliving my life. This was my second time through.

It once again goes black. But this time it's different. I'm not being met with the first memory I have, which is, me in my dads arms playing with him, making funny faces and laughing.

I'm met with a bright white light. I'm curious, so I start walking towards it.
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Harry's pov

      I've been sitting here for too long. I sit with my arm around Valerie, we both need a lot of comforting, so that's exactly what I'm giving her. Blaire sits beside me leaning her head against my shoulder, both their cheeks are stained with tears.

     Me however, I ran out of tears. I'm not crying anymore. I'm just numb. I'm numb because I don't know what's happening, because I can't hold her hand when she needs it the most.

     My thoughts are cut short by soft snores coming from either side of me, they both fell asleep, to distract myself I just kind of stare at them. Creepy, I know, but they look so peaceful and I wish I could sleep too. I look really carefully at their faces, they look so much alike, and they both look so much like Jo.

The main doctor on Jo's case comes out, he doesn't look too happy. I shake Valerie and Blaire awake and stand up. The doctor puts his arms behind his back and sits down in the chairs across from us. His eyes have a look in them that just keeps screaming 'sorry' at me.

"You couldn't save her. Could you?" I stand up getting increasingly worried. My heart starts racing and I feel the tears forming in my eyes.

"She didn't actually end up flat lining, you know the thing on her finger?" He asks and I nod
"Well that tracks her heart beat, it just came loose and didn't work properly." He explains and he looks sorry for all the chaos that had just happened.

"Thanks for helping her out though doc" Valerie says standing up and shaking his hand. He shakes her hand and walks way.

I start to walk to Jo's room, Val and Blaire not far behind. I sit in my usual chair, and I grab her hand, resting my head on the railing of the bed. She looks the same, still asleep.

I pull down the railing and pick her up to move her over a little bit. I climb into the bed beside her and just lay there with her in my arms, I can't wait for her to wake up, I need her.

She shifts in my arms and my eyes widen, I look at Val and she gives me the same look. I see Jo's eyes flutter open and look straight at me. My heart beats a thousand times a second and my eyes start to water for the second time today.

"J-Jo" I whimper and pull her into a tight hug
"Harry, you're hurting me" she says barely above a whisper and I immediately loosen up my grip.
She's awake.
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Ayye, idk what to say in this A/N so imma keep it short, hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you lovelies soon
~S