Short stories

Chapter 41 >I want to sleep(ARS)<

Below the dark night sky, trapped in a darkness where even starlight doesn't shine

I looked up to her, her eyes still closed and the heart monitor going at a slow uneven pace, with a wide gap in between each peak, they told me her heart rhythm was off.
"Mia? Can you hear me? I'm sure you can... but I'm only guessing because usually what happens in the movies is someone says something sappy and the coma patient wakes up" I said chuckling and another tear fell
"Can it be like the movies? Can you please wake up?" I said holding her hand tightly.
"But all our lives can't be like the movies" I said quietly holding her hand tightly.
A knock followed
"Come in" and my three friends walked in
Jessie, Jb, and Mark. Jessie had been my best friend from 3rd grade on, she was basically my own blood, She had been a transfer student from Korea and we had been partners in crime ever since. Jb was literally the coolest, he had met me in a comic book shop back in 4th grade where his friend and I had fought over a comic before he took it from his friend, bought it, and gave it to me, He was quiet, nerdy, and The first guy I truly became friends with and the only one I could crack a variety of jokes from nerdy to dirty, and somehow he was still a gentleman at heart, he is also the older brother figure I've longed for and JB fit that role and he knew it.
And Mark, oh lord, he was amazing. He was a regular at my gym and was quiet, he was obviously a ladies man. But I knew him because he was Jb's friend, to be precise he was THE friend who I had argued with at the comic store. Afterwards he had asked me to borrow the comic, whereas we began our daily visits each other's houses to read comics. What nerds! Is what Jessie would call us. And we have similar eating habits, and as stated earlier he was a regular gym goer. But as stated before these were my best friends plus mark... aka the main protagonists,me, character of liking, Mark.

Even breathing is so frustrating to me, but I thought that you would be my light

"Molly" Jessie said rushing over to me, engulfing me in a hug, I hugged her back tightly, needing something to ease my pain. Jb set down his backpack and unpacked some containers as Mark began greedily beginning to dig through but JB ultimately swatting Marks hand every time he tried to grab some food. Jb stepped away from the food and engulfed me in a hug, flattening my hair as I began to cry, JB was also another type of brotherly figure for me, always there for me and trying to make the best of every situation.
"Don't worry Molly, she will be alright"
"I-I'm not so sure about that Jb" I said through my tears, I leaned in close to his ear.
"My parents can't afford to keep Mia on support for more than 2-3 weeks... after that" I slowly pulled away and he pulled me into another hug still flattening out my hair.
"She'll make it, she's just as strong as you are- and Mark Tuan get out of the dumplings" he said raising his voice while yelling at Mark. I giggled as Mark put the lid back on the dumplings container and set it down on the container and gave a big innocent smile.
"Let's eat, my mom made everything" Jb said helping me up I nodded and Jessie and Jb began setting everything up as Mark turned to me. We stood in silence for a few seconds before I remembered
"Here Tuan" I said rummaging through my overnight bag pulling out the 1 millionth Batman comic that I had borrowed from Mark, I held it out to him and he smiled.
"Did you like it?" He asked
"Yeah I really did I-"
"Hey you two nerds let's eat" Jessie said pulling on my arm and seating me next to her.

No matter how much I run the darkness still continues, the starlight finds me as if it was chasing after me

"Momma Im made what?" Jessie asks
"Well I For one helped my mom, we made dumplings, kimchi, pork bulgogi, and Octopus" Jb said Mark had a dazed look as he immediately began digging in, I giggled at him.
"Awww thank your momma for me" I said
"Hey I helped" Jb defensively, I giggled
"Aww thank you Jb" I said
"And We've got tea and water" Jessie said
"Yeah thank your mom indeed this is great" Mark said smiling happily
"Jb this is really good" Jessie said
I giggled at Marks childish attitude towards food. We began chatting, and bantering around while eating. After an hour and a half of eating and bantering we cleaned up the food and began chatting again. After about another hour of chatting we decided to leave, I grabbed my overnight bag and slung it over my shoulder, and turned to Mia.