In Love With Mr. Green [student/teacher relationship]

Chapter 21 *FINAL CHAPTER*

*Zoe's POV*

"Max!" I giggled, holding Max's hands away from me as far as I could, "Grow up!" I shouted trying to act serious. He just managed to tip the bottle over my head, drenching me in water, "YOU'RE A DICK!" I screeched, Max was doubled over laughing,

"Your face! You didn't think i'd do that!" He managed to get out in between laughing and backing away before I'd come up with payback.

"You little shit" I grabbed a towel and started drying myself off when I heard my phone ring, "my phone was in my pocket too!" I scowled, "Hello?" I answered while still drying my arms off, "Yes this is she.......Oh my god, I'll be there now" I hung up and threw the towel on the side, "We need to leave" I ran to my bag and my keys,

"What's the matter?" Max ran after me,

"Grace she's, she's in hospital, she's got in an accident" Tears were welling up in my eyes, Max looked panicked,

"Shit, okay.." He opened the door for me.

"Hi um, Grace? Grace Bailey? She hasn't long been brought in? Where is she? Is she okay?"

The nurse looked me up and down, I was obviously still soaked but I couldn't care less at this point,

"If you could follow me please" she said and pursed her lips. I heard Max running up behind me,

"He's on his way" He rested his hand on my lower back as we followed the nurse in to A&E.

"Only one at a time please" the grumpy bitch looked between Max and I

"You go, I'll be just here" Max rubbed my back and stepped back. I nodded and followed the nurse in through the doors. She opened a curtain for me and there she was. I covered my mouth with my hands and couldn't stop sobbing,

****ALTERNATIVE ENDING NOW AVAILABLE IN NEXT CHAPTER****

"Oh Grace, Grace Grace Grace please no" I whispered, rushing to the side of the bed. Grace was lying motionless in the bed hooked up to all different machines. There was blood still in her hair, a big wound on her head. The hospital gown was loose on her shoulders where I could see bruises from the seatbelt already forming. She looked so fragile. So beautiful. I leaned in close and kissed her gently on the forehead. After what only felt like minutes, I could hear a commotion outside the doors,

"I don't care if someone else is in there I'm not exactly going to take up the whole room am I?" Jack? I heard the door swing open and saw Jacks face look round the curtain. His mouth dropped open and he rushed in, I turned and launched myself at him, he wrapped his arms around me and squeezed me tight, I heard him sniffle and I hugged him a little tighter, I pulled away and stepped back for him to see Grace, "Oh my god" he whispered, "Grace...I'm so, so so so so sorry" He held her hand and kissed it, "Please, wake up, I'm here now". Nothing. I wrapped my arms around myself, this had to be a nightmare. I walked over to the other side of the bed. We were sitting in silence, it's as if nothing mattered outside of that curtain. Our thoughts were cut off by the machine making one long loud beep, we both stood up straight to look at it and back at Grace, doctors flooded in,

"Excuse me you're going to have to leave" I felt someone tugging on my arm,

"No!" I sobbed, my body was weak, I let them pull me out. I heard them getting sterner with Jack and eventually two male doctors were escorting him out the door. I ran to Max who gripped me tight in his arms.

"Jack, mate, come on" Max's voice vibrated his chest, i pulled away and saw Jack storming out of the emergency doors. I couldn't stop myself from running after him. I got out and saw him crouched at the floor, his knuckles were scuffed and bleeding, I looked at the wall which also showed his blood.

"Jack" I whispered, "we need to be there for her" I crouched in front of him, Jack looked up at me, tears were falling out of his eyes. I could see he loved her. I pulled him close, we were both crying on to eachothers shoulders. I didn't care about anything else in the world right now apart from what's going on in that room. Memories and flashbacks were playing through my head. Memories of Grace laughing, of us both being silly. The last time I spoke to her. How she came to me for help. Grace was my adopted child/sister pretty much, and this was the worst possible thing that could have happened.

"She's back" Max called out of the doors. Jack stood up and ran inside with me following behind, we slowed down as we got to the doors, letting ourselves in and getting back to where she was behind the curtain,

"Um excuse me" a doctor stepped in front of us, Jack stepped around him and back to Grace's side,

"Grace baby come on, please, you can't leave me I won't let you leave me"

"son you shouldn't-"

"Just leave him fucking be with her" I snapped,

"It's not looking good" The doctor said calmly, "She lost a lot of blood, there is quite a bit of damage to her spinal chord.." the doctor trailed off,

"She's dying?" I asked bluntly, I felt so angry at everyone. The doctor looked at me and his lips pressed in to a line, I shook my head and walked past him to Grace, "Grace, it's okay, we're here" I whispered, Jack leaned in and gently kissed her lips, I watched their lips touch and the tears pour down his face.

"I love you so fucking much Grace" he whispered against her lips.

*Max POV*

"Zo?" I stood up, Zoe and Jack slowly walked out of the double doors, both looked broken, "guys..?" I felt my whole body get goosebumps. We got close and Jack fell to his knees,

"FUCK!" He shouted, his voice raspy from crying

"No" I whispered, Zoe nodded. We dropped to the floor, I pulled them both in close to me. I felt the tears spring to my eyes, in Grace's last few days, I treated her like a piece of shit at the bottom of my shoe. I will never get to say sorry, I will never get to see Jack be happy again.

******************** 5 YEARS ON********************

*Zoe's POV*

"Grace, just sit down would you!" I raised my voice at my 3 year old stood up in her highchair for the 5th time in one sitting.

"Goodmorning sweetie" Max walked through the kitchen and kissed me on the side of my head,

"morning" I gave him a warm smile and handed him his coffee, "so, what time do you want to go?" I asked,

"Whenever you're ready" he smiled at me.

"Honey you just put them down here" I pointed at Grace's headstone. It was the 5 year anniversary of my bestfriend's death, and it still didn't feel any easier to be visiting her grave. Grace put the flowers down and looked up at me,

"Do you think auntie Grace will like them?" Grace looked up at me,

"I think she'll love them. In fact, I bet she's here with us now." I smiled at her and took her hand, "Let's go and see Daddy and Uncle Jack" We walked over to Max who was crouched next to another grave just one row up from Grace's. "It's gone so fast hasn't it?" I rested my hand on his shoulder,

"too fast" he said quietly. My body filled with goosebumps. It was exactly 4 years ago today, a year on from Grace's death, when Jack took his own life. He wanted to be with Grace. I remember it like it was yesterday. I remember how miserable he was after Grace died. I remember all the nights we would find him drunk off of his face. I remember him quitting his teaching job. Not that I blame him, I can remember him saying that place was just one big memory of Grace. I've never seen anyone that low. We were all struggling to cope with it and unfortunately, Jack couldn't. He'd lost two of the people he was closest to and blamed himself for both, his brother and Grace. It killed Max inside I can remember being so terrified that he wouldn't be able to cope with it. Max is strong. And then when baby Grace came along he'd found his own reason to live.

I knew deep down inside, Jack and Grace were looking down on us, so proud of me, my husband and our little girl.

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