Ride

two

I am surrounded by papers, studying for my finals. I look at my phone and I only have 1 missed call from my mom, now I know how much she cares (note the sarcasm). When I finally finish I go down to the lobby and towards the parking lot. Wen I am about to get in the car i see a familiar head of curls next to me. And unfortunally for me, he turns around and makes eye contact with me once again. 

"Are you stalking me or something?" Annoyance showing in his voice. 

"I don't see why anyone would." I fire back at him. Harry just gets me so annoyed even though i have only known him for a day. 

I was going to go see my Dad who's house was an hour drive from here. I drove and drove until I finally reached a small little brick house which I smiled at like an idiot. Knowing my dad lived there peacefully without a care made me happy every time. I didn't spend much time with my dad even though I should, considering he has cancer and could leave me any moment. They found the cancer at the beginning of this year but it was too advanced so they couldn't do anything to make it go away; they could only help him live longer. When I knock on the door he doesn't answer. Ok fine, I'll call him. No answer and I started to get worried so i went to his backyard and looked through the glass door. No. No. No. No. No. No. 

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I'm in the hospital and I'm listening to the endless beeps on the monitor. Then his eyes open. 

 "Hey daddy." I say trying not to cry. 

 He looks around the room with a confused look on his face but then his face becomes normal. "Hey baby girl." 

 "How do you feel?" 

 "Honestly, I feel really good." He tells me.

 "Don't lie to me dad."

 He lets out a long sigh. "I feel terrible. My legs hurt more then ever. My breathing sucks and my head is always pounding." There it is. There's the tear that I quickly wipe away. "I've been trying baby I have."

 "T-trying to what?" I ask him.

 "I've been holding on just for you, so when your mother starts being a bitch you could run to me. So when you have a boyfriend and then he breaks your heart you have my shoulder to cry on. So that you have a dad." He tells me as more tears slowly fall. 

 "Dad-"

 "There are somedays, which are most days, that I wanna just die already because I feel horrible. But I don't. I don't because of you." He says to me. I've decided. I don't want him to suffer anymore I want him to rest for once in his life. 

 "Dad, you can let go." I finally say. And it hurts so bad. 

 "I love you. Don't forget you're always gonna be 'Daddy's little girl'." And now we are both crying. 

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I stay in the small little hospital room until I hear him inhale one really long breath and then exhales. But he doesn't inhale again.And I can't see his chest rising anymore. And the monitor that was constantly beeping is now at one long beep. And the little mountains that were on the screen are now one long long long line. And when I go to check his pulse, there isn't any. And I'm crying and running out of the room. And I'm on the hallway floor crying. And now I'm up with a big tall figure in front of me that I don't want to see right now. Why is he here? Because this isn't the right time or place.

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Really short for a secong chapter but whatever. I based this on my dad because he has cancer but he isn't dead. Thank god. But if you liked this chapter please comment and vote!