The Boy Next Door

Gray or Kyle

Danielle's P.O.V
I woke up to my alarm beeping, and my head racing. My eyes felt so puffy I had to wipe them, and the crust in the corners. Tissues were scattered all over my bed. No makeup today, I gave up. I walked over to my window and saw Grayson waking up too. Almost like my alarm was so loud it woke him up next door. Raindrops dropped from the sky and droplets imprinted on my window pain. I miss the way things used to be. I was tempted to open my window and call for Gray, but I remembered today I would have to choose if I want to go back to my old habits, or move on for good, not temporarily. If I broke off things with Kyle, nothing would ever be able to resurface again and I was scared of the feeling of finally letting go. My stomach churned and I threw my hair up in a messy bun, threw on some light sweatpants, slides, and a sweatshirt that said Campbell Highschool Cheer. I didn't even cheer anymore, I just hoped I wouldn't bump into my old coach anytime soon...she thinks I'm coming back this season and I'm not so sure if I want to. I ran down the steps to grab some coffee my mom always had warmed up, but she wasn't there. I quickly went up to her room, and saw her still sleeping.
     "Mom?" I tried to move her. It almost looked like she didn't have a pulse.
     "Mom, wake up, can you hear me? Mom? Mom? Mom!!!" I was screaming at this point. I looked over to her side and saw a bottle of her night pills, but the bottle was empty. Oh my god. No. No no no. I rushed over to the phone to dial 911.
     "911 what's your emergency??"
     "Yes, hello, my mom. My mom my mom my mom- she took a whole bottle of pills I think she overdosed. Please come."
    "Okay honey where are you?"
    "13 center street."
    "We're sending people your way." I hung up the phone and broke out into tears. I rushed over to my window and screamed out for Grayson.
    "GRAY, GRAYSON, GRAYSON, please help!" No response.
    "GRAY GRAY GRAY." I kept calling for what felt like hours and grew impatient. I ran outside and knocked on the Dolan's door, pounding.
     "Hey honey- oh my gosh are you okay?" Lisa looked worried.
     "My mom won't get up she took too many pills last night she seemed off I think she overdosed."
     "BOYS COME DOWN HERE."
Ethan and Grayson rushed down the stairs when both saw me with tears flooding down my face. Gray came over as soon as he saw me. He hugged me so tight and pulled on my hair.
     "What's wrong mom?" Ethan asked.
     "Danielle's mom is unconscious." Gray pulled me tighter and I started crying so hard I felt like I couldn't stand. My knees grew weak and I couldn't feel my fingers. I couldn't lose someone else. Sirens started sounding and my vision became blurry. I started seeing stars and quickly saw black, and that's when the sun looked black.
Grayson's P.O.V
I paced back and forth outside of the hospital room, well two actually. I was so concerned about Danielle, she fainted. I shouldn't have left her alone last night when she told me not to go. And her mom, I hope her mom is alright. I saw a doctor heading over towards Danielle's room and ran over to see what was going on.
    "Excuse me, do you know if she'll be okay?" I said hoping the news would be good.
     "Well we are still figuring out if we are going to be using an EEG on Danielle which will record her brain patterns, we think she might have had some sort of seizure, she proposed the symptoms." My heart sunk. An EEG? Is she going to wake up? My whole world would fall apart. God, I can't lose her. I rushed into her room and ignored her when the doctor started yelling that it wasn't okay to visit.
    "Danielle, Danielle, wake up please. I love you, I miss you so much, you get that, I'm in love with you. We've only known each other a few days but I'm in love with you. God I can't believe you didn't even realize that." Two arms hooked under mine from behind and pushed me out of the room.
Kyle's P.O.V
Walking down the halls at school felt like a nightmare. The whole time I had been searching for Danielle. I grew impatient. I walked over to Kaitlyn and Adriana quickly to ask where she was.
   "Hey guys, have you seen Danielle? It's kind of important."
   "Um hey Kyle. Why do you need to talk to her? What do you wanna do, get in bed with her?" Kaitlyn said in a sassy tone. I deserved that.
   "No actually, I was hoping to talk to her."
   "Well she's in the hospital actually, probably fighting for her life. As soon as lunch comes me and Kaitlyn are rushing over there." Adriana confessed. My heart sunk miles deep. Hospital? I dropped my books and ran. Thank god I turned 17 last month, I ran to my car and put the keys into ignition. The only hospital in town was St.Michael's. She had to be there.
    I parked my car and ran through the doors to the hospital, making my way to the front desk.
    "excuse me, where is Danielle Fields?"
    "Room 302." I nodded and ran up the stairs. I twisted my ankle but kept running until I found the 300 hall. I saw Grayson. GREAT. He looked up at me and showed a faint smile. I walked over.
    "Seen Danielle?"
    "If you haven't noticed, she's unconscious. So yes I've seen her, but she can't see us." I trudged into her room and walked over to her bed. I held her hand until the doctor came in and kicked me out. She would be allowed visitors in an hour, and the doctor informed me that Gray would have to see her first, since he had been waiting for two hours now. So I took a seat quickly next to Gray.
    "How are you doing?" I made small talk.
    "Not so great, the girl I'm in love with is unconscious right now."
    "We're in the same boat Gray." He looked over at me.
     "What happened between you and Danielle?"
    "We fell apart, and fought too much. But I really love her, I do."
    "I respect that. But I love her too now Kyle. So whoever gets blessed to have that beautiful girl, better treat her right." I would. I think I would. I don't even know anymore.
Grayson's P.O.V
Kyle got on my nerves.
   "It's okay to see her now." I got up quickly. I ran into the room and sat next to her. Please wake up. I love you. I ran my fingers through her blonde hair and kissed her forehead. I held her hand and put my head down praying to God she would wake up soon. Finally I said it out loud.
     "Please wake up Danielle. You're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen, ever laid my eyes on, ever been in the same room with. When I see you I feel complete. When I talk to you I feel like we've been talking for years. I feel like we were meant to meet. Even our moms are in love with us. Please wake up, for me, for whoever you want, but I need you to wake up, because I love you. I said it. I love you. I've never said that to anyone before. I am in love with you." Tears flushed down my face. I didn't care. She felt like my world and she had only been in my life for a short period of time. God I felt like I haven't experienced the world until I met her.
    "I love you too."