Devil's Night

Don't Leave Me!

Chris POV

"Everything alright back there?" Ash asked from the driver's seat while keeping her sight on the road as we neared the city borders.

"We're losing him!" I called back as I did my best to not freak out. But when I said that, I wanted drown in tears, praying that he was still with us.

My heart racing, my body trembling and my mind not ready to accept this, I knew that there was really not much I could do. At this point, I was powerless but I could still pretend.
"Hurry!" I yelled with urgency to Ash and in response she stepped on gas, taking us from 80mph to 100.

I shook Ricky by the shoulders trying to get him to return but his body was lifeless and colder than ever. Lightly slapping his cheeks a few times in my best efforts to get him to react, I got nothing in response. His pearly blue eyes just gazed off into the distance, gleaming as we passed the road lights. I knew that the moment I placed my hand over his eyes to seal them. It would be all over. Keeping them open was the only sense of hope there was for me but I would feel awful if this was how he was laid to rest. 

"No! Don't think like that!" I scolded myself as I kept trying to wake him.

 After five more minutes of trying I gave up and hugged him close, simultaneously looking for any pulse or breath. This can't be it, no. I am not ready to say goodbye and it's not fair for this to be his fate. I Held his hand tight while making circles on the top of it with my thumb. When I looked up from Ricky and out of the window, we were pulling into the ER unit's hospital parking lot. Letting out a muted sigh, I leaned over Ricky giving him a soft and loving kiss on his forehead. As the seconds inched along I only became more scared and all I could do now was hope that this wasn't the end of him.