Gotta Be You

Chapter 48

"So what time did he come exactly?" Officer Scrubs asked me and I sighed.

"Six forty-eight" I told him and looked over at Harry in the ambulance.

Ben had stabbed his abdomen and left arm, and cut him on his leg and cheek.

My eyes were burning from all of the crying and it was hard to not close them and fall asleep.

Then again, I've never been this awake before, it's because of the fear.

Ben's dead, Harry could've been, and I could've been too.

"Thank you, we will call you if we have anymore questions" Officer Scrubs told me and I nodded as my mom rubbed my arm.

They had gotten here about ten minutes after, they had been out to eat. Harry's parents had been out with them, and Ben's parents got here just a few minutes ago. They were both still sobbing and talking to an officer.

I feel horrible about what happened to Ben and I don't know how I'll ever go back into my room.

His blood is stained on my white carpet and it's where he passed away. If he had passed away in the hospital it would've been different. He was shot and killed right in front of me. I'll never be able to get that image out of my head. I'll never be able to forget the fear that I felt in those last moments with him. I won't forget the sorrow I felt when I thought he had killed Harry, or the relief when I found out he didn't.

"Are you okay" Dad asked me for like the four hundredth time.

"I'm not the one who got stabbed" I muttered and I knew dad heard me because he glared.

I walked over to where Harry was sitting in the ambulance, fiddling with his bandages.

I sat down beside him and he kissed my temple.

"I love you" I told him and he smiled.

"I love you" he said and I felt tears come to my eyes.

"I-I thought I lost you" I told him holding back a sob.

"I thought I lost you too" Harry told me in a sad voice.

"What exactly happened?" I asked and he sighed.

"I knocked on your door then heard you scream, and busted it down. I yelled for you then looked around downstairs for you. All of a sudden Ben ran up in front of me then stabbed me. I tried to put up a fight, but he cut me on my arm, then on my cheek and beat me up. I couldn't do anything" Harry told me and I felt a few tears slide down my face. "Hey don't cry, please don't cry."

"I'm sorry, it just I didn't think that would happen. I'm so sorry Harry" I told him genuinely.

He lost his cousin that he used to be close to.

"It's just unbelievable, like I'm expecting him to just walk through your door and yell surprise" Harry told me and I rubbed his back.

We just sat there like that in a comfortable silence as everyone in the neighborhood stared at us.

Everyone left around midnight and left us alone. Harry's mom, Robin, and Gemma came to our house and we all just sat in silence.

Harry had his good arm around me and I had my head on his shoulder, Dad was sitting beside me with his arm behind me.

Dad was really distraught when he got here, mom and dad both felt bad because they weren't here. I told them it was fine, that they didn't know this would happen but they wouldn't listen.

I just don't really know what to think about what happened.

I don't know what to say to anyone or what to do about my room.