My best friend

Chapter 6

Shawn clears his throat and we are still looking at each other. Then my phone goes off. "Y-you should accept that" he swallows. My heart is beating so fast, we have never been this close before.

Shawn stands up and I sigh. Maybe it's a good thing it didn't happen because maybe it will ruin our friendship and I don't want that.

I head to the bathroom and answer my phone, why the bathroom? Well, Shawn is in my room and I don't want him to hear my conversation. Yes, we are best friends but I have private stuff too.

I look at my phone and see it's my mom, are you kidding me? "What's wrong?" I ask. "Your sister she is in the hospital, her airplane crashed, the docters said that she has only 2/3 days to live, come as fast as you can to the hospital and-." I hang up the phone. My sister is dying. I have no idea what to do. I am standing here im the bathroom and my sister is dying.

I feel no emotion, the fact that my sister is going to die doesn't fit in my head. "Lisa?" Shawn asks and knocks on the door. I give him no answer and he is getting worried. "Lisa?" he asks harder. Still no answer.

He runs to me and stands right in front of me. He lays his hands on my cheek, he looks in my eyes. "Babe what's wrong?" This is that sort of moment that you kiss each other. "Hey, you can tell me, I am always here for you." He caresses my cheek with his dumb. "Don't cry, you're too beautiful for that" he says quietly.

I hug him and hold him so tough. His shoulder is getting wet and I still didn't say to him what happened. "Sst Lisa, we will figure this out" he strikes my hair.

"N-no we don't" I say quietly. "What do you mean?" I swallow and look down at the ground. He lifts my chin up with his finger. "What's wrong?" "My sister she is in the h-hospital." Shawn's mouth opens and his eyes are getting bigger. "Why? Why is she in there?" I swallow and wipe my tears away.

"She is dying Shawn, my sister is dying and what am I doing? I am standing here in the bathroom realizing that my sister is going to die any moment."

He looks at me and doesn't say a word. Maybe it's for the best that he doesn't say anything. After a long time he says something. "I'm always here for you, I love you, you are like a sister I have never had, I will always protect you no matter what" and he gives me a kiss on my cheek. "Always?" I ask quietly. He nods. "Always Lisa, always."

"Fuck Brandon!" I say in panic. "I-i can't see him I have to say that I-." "Hey, chill he will understand you, but now we are going to the hospital to visit your sister." I nod and he lays his arm around around my neck. "Let's go" he says.

We are heading to his car and he has brought a blanket with him, for me. At the moment it's 2 am, why so late? Well, I needed time to feel 'okay'. "Get some sleep okay?" he gives a kiss on my forhead.

He lays the blanket over me. "Goodnight Lisa." I close my eyes and fall a sleep.

30 minutes later we are finally at the hospital. "Hey, wake up we are here." I don't open my eyes but I feel Shawn is staring at me. "Lisa?" I slowly open them and he is smiling at me. "How did you sleep?" I shrug. "Good I think." He nods and gets out of the car. He opens the door for me and then we are heading to Zara her room, Zara is my sister.

My mom and dad are already in the room. "Mom, dad?" I ask quietly. My mom runs to me and gives me a hug. "Oh honey" my mom says. My dad only smiles at me. She let's go of me.

I walk to Zara her bed and there she is, laying in bed with so many bruises, wounds, stitches everything. "Zara" I say quietly. "I know you can here me big sis, you always can" I smile. I grab her hand a give a kiss on it. "I love you silly" I say.

She is laying peaceful in the hospital bed. Shawn is standing right next to me and holds me tight. I look at him. "This can't be a goodbye, that isn't fair" I say quietly to him. He nods. "Life isn't fair Lisa, they take the most important people away from you, I know how it feels."

2 years ago Shawn has lost his grandmother, she was the only person who really understood him. I was the person who was there for him in that hard period and now he is here for me, like he always is.

I repeat his words 'life is unfair.' "Why Zara, why her?" "Why my grandmother, why her? Lisa on some questions you can't give an answer, that's just the way of life, things will get better I promise you that." I nod and look back to Zara. Her eyes closed, the wounds she has on her face, swollen lips, blue eye. I think she has so much pain.

"Visiting hour is over, you can visit her again tomorrow" the doctor says. My parents nod and they leave, Shawn and I are still standing at her bed. "Goodbye sis, see you soon, I promise you that" and I give her a kiss on her forhead. Shawn and I walk away, for the last time I turn around and see her laying there, in peace.

We are walking to Shawn's Jeep and we are heading back to home. It's so late and I am sleeping again.

Shawn lifts me up and takes me to my bedroom. He lays me on bed. "Goodnight" I hear quietly. I can't say anything back. I feel two strong arms around me.

The next morning I wake up and Shawn is still sleeping. I give him a kiss on his forhead and get out of bed. I head to the bathroom and see a broken girl, who hasn't got a lot of sleep. I take a deep breath and head downstairs.

My mom and dad are already downstairs. They both run to me and give me a hug. "We need to tell you something" my mom says quietly.

I know enough. I can only think about Shawn's words: 'life is unfair' because at this moment it is, it's so unfair.