One Winter Night (on Hold)

Chapter 9

“My hearts a stereo! It beats for you so listen close, hear my thoughts in every no-o-o-te! Make me your radio!” Susan and I sang to Adam Levine on the radio on our way home, which was our favorite song.

“Don’t you just love the way Adam sings?” Susan squeals like the fan girl she is.

“Yeah, he’s pretty cool” I say shrugging while keeping my eyes on the road.

“Cool? He’s the king!” she exaggerates while putting her hands up in the air.

“Whatever you say”

I keep on driving while Susan blabbers on about Adam Levine until a woman in a black dress appears out of nowhere in the middle of the road, I swiftly make a turn but the roads are slippery and I lose control of the steering wheel, Susan screams but I’m too busy trying to get a grip of the wheel, we were on a bridge and there, the car lost control and it flipped over into the icy lake.

The windows burst by the pressure of the water, the car was sinking deeper in the lake, I held onto Susan’s hand but there was no Susan there was a bony hand, it was the same woman from the road, she was all bones in a black dress even her hair was black and that’s when I noticed that was Jessica.

I pulled my hand away, my body was dying for air and the cold water pinched my body, I pulled away from the boney figure and tried to slap it because it could not have been Jessica too. The figure was gone and an unconscious Susan was floating in water.

I grabbed her hand firmly and tried to open the door of the car but it was jammed by the water, I broke the front glass with my arm and got cuts but I didn’t care, I pulled Susan up with me her weight making me tried.

I kept pulling her up until she reached the surface, I pushed her onto the side where there was sand and a lot of people had gathered around.

I felt myself going numb, I couldn’t move, I was frozen and my body finally let me go and before anyone else could pull me up, I fell back in the water.

I didn’t even bother holding my breath because it all seemed pointless now, I felt myself slowly drift away but then someone jumped in and pulled me out and everything from there went blurry.

 I woke up by the sound of a beeping monitor; I looked up to see I was in a hospital bed with Susan by my side. I got up but the lack of energy pulled me down again. I looked at the door and there Sean was standing there looking at me through the small plastic window in the door. He walked in taking a seat next to me.

“How are you doing?” He asked genially concerned.

“Alright I think” I tried to pull myself up with my arms but they hurt so much, I looked at them and saw they were covered with bandages

“How’s Susan?” I ask looking over her sleeping body

“She better” I nodded but before I could ask my next question Sean cut me off.

“You’re in the ICU, you had a lot of water in your lungs, you arms had cuts on them, you have a bruise on your head, you’re body is weak” I looked away from him and down at my fingers.

“Why didn’t you pull yourself up?” he asked sitting closer.

“There wasn’t anything to pull myself up for” I say looking into his green orbs.

“I don’t believe you” he said looking right back into my pale green eyes.

“Then don’t” I snapped, I looked away not wanting to meet his glaze.

“Madeline! Honey you’re awake! Where were you last night and what happened to you dear! Are you alright?! God dam it is she alright!” My mom screamed at one of the nurses who tried to calm her down, she grabbed my face and sobbed while she hugged me so tight like this was the last time I’ll ever see her.

“I’m alright” I tell her and she goes to Susan stroking her hair, making sure she’s comfortable. I look over to Sean who was walking away towards the door; I had to do something so I screamed

“Wait!” I screamed not exactly screamed but shouted loud enough for him to hear and turn around.

“I’m sorry” I say and pull him in a hug, I needed a hug not from my mom but from the boy who saved me so many times by myself, from turning me into something I wasn’t, from turning me into a lunatic. He hugged me back and stroked my hair as I silently sobbed in his arms. Between my sobs he whispered in my ear

 

“I’m never letting you go”