The plan

Chapter 43- Love, Aspen

I wander down the long hallway. The lights are far too bright for my weak, tired eyes.

I see nurses and doctors pacing all over the place. Some seem to walk right by me, like I'm not even there.

The front doors open loudly, and someone is getting wheeled in, and they're unconscious.
I see my dad behind them, and I start wondering why he's following that person, when I'm right here.

"Dad! Hey, I'm over here." I say to him as I tug on his arm.
They all continue walking, and I follow behind them quickly.
I look down at the unconscious person, the person who is covered in blood, and looks unrecognizable.

It's me.

I feel every bit of my body start shaking, as I start panicking and crying.
"I'm not dead, I'm right here! Dad! Hello?!" I yell, desperately trying to get somebody to notice my presence.

"Doctor Jones needs to start surgery, immediately." I hear a nurse say, while she looks down at my body.
They put me into the room, and shut the door. Leaving me, and my dad, on the other side.
My dad sits down in the chair, and starts crying quietly.
There was nothing I could do to take the pain away from him, so I just sat there.
I already knew I was dead.

If I was to survive, that would be a miracle. But unfortunately, miracles like that don't happen everyday.

As I sit with my dad, I hear someone shuffling towards us.
"Mr. Montgomery?"
I look up, and see Jace looking down at my dad with sad eyes.
My dad looked up, then looked back down.
"I'm sure you're mad at me, you're probably wishing it was me in there instead of your daughter. But I just hope you don't believe this is my fault. I truly loved Aspen, and I would've done anything to protect her. Shit, if I had it my way, it'd be me in there, and her being perfectly fine." Jace says.

"I don't blame you, Jace. I just would rather not talk right now." My dad says quickly, and quietly.
"I understand." Jace says, as he turns and walks away.

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After a while, I get up and try to find Jace's room.
As I'm waking down the halls, I see all my friends sitting in the hall crying.
Seeing them cry makes me cry too, because that means that this is real. It's actually happening.

"They're arrested?" I hear Jace's voice from down the hall.
"Ryder and Ashely are having trial soon." A police officer answers.
"Who crashed into us?"
"Ryder." The police says.
Jace nods slowly, and the officer walks out.

I walk into his room, and sit on his bed. He shuts the door quietly and sits in the chair in the corner.
He looks at the ground for awhile, then starts sobbing uncontrollably. And so do I.
I walk over and sit down next to him, and hold his hand.
I know that he knew that I wasn't there with him, but a part of me was praying that he did.

I walk over to a desk, and decide to write a note for my dad, Jace, and my friends.
I knew I was going to die soon, I wasn't stupid.

It may sound dumb, but I think God let me witness all of this- So that I could have a chance to write to them, and say my goodbyes.

After I finished my letters, I started walking towards the bright lights, which didn't seem to hurt my eyes anymore.
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Jace's POV-

It was 3:15am when we got the terrible news. Something you never would want to hear.
I felt guilty. I felt guilty that I made it, and she didn't.
I laid in my bed, just waiting to wake myself up, and see that this was all just a terrible nightmare.
But I won't wake up, because I already am up.
This isn't a nightmare, this is actually happening.

I walk over to my desk, and grab my phone to call Aspen.
I know she won't answer, that it'll go straight to voicemail. But all I wanted, was to hear her voice.

"This is Aspen, either I'm ignoring your calls or I'm busy right now...Either way leave a message!"

I hang up, as tears continue to fall down my face.
My eyes wander over the desk, and I see an envelope that has my name written on it.
"To Jace, From Aspen." I read out loud to myself.

"You're probably wondering how on earth I wrote you this letter...I'll leave you wondering.
Jace, please don't let this hold you back from living your best life. Please don't become depressed and forget about your own future.
Trust me, that's the last thing I want. I want you to be happy.
I love you so much, Jace. (Remember that.)"

- Love, Aspen.

              

    
                                      The End