Cactus

Chapter 19 Squeeze my hand

(Ashley's POV)

I tilted my head, catching my blood with my hand.

I screamed once more while panicking.

I'm getting weaker and weaker, I felt dizzy....

Soon, I have no strength to make sounds.

My hand dropped, and the blood I was holding just splashed onto the floor...

Blood kept flooding out of my head, and my vision became blurry.

I'm about to faint.

Just when I'm about to close my eyes and fall, I saw a blurry figure in front of me.

(Avi's POV)

I heard Ashley screaming in the kitchen so I rushed over there to check.

What I saw was terrifying.

Ashley was standing there, blood coming out of her temple, even created a small puddle on the floor.

"Cact.."  She mumbled breathlessly.

"Ashley!!!!"  I yelled as she knelt down.

I came over to her and knelt down as well, catching her before she fell down completely.

She had her arms around my waist.

"MITCH!!!!!" I yelled with my biggest volume ever.

No response...

"MITCH!!!!!!MITCH!!!"  I yelled.

"What?  I'm taking a bubble bath..."  Mitch's making his way to the kitchen, his naked body wrapped up by a towel, his hand holding a rubber ducky.

"Call 911, now!"  I said firmly.

"Hm? Why-OMG!!!"  He finally came close enough to see Ashley's situation.

He dropped his ducky, hands covering face in shock, and ran away to get his phone.

"Hurt..."  Ashley mumbled into my chest.

"I know...please hang in there..."  I try to say this as calmly as I could.

The blood flow is crazy, looks like she broke an artery.

"Avi...."  She mumbled.  My eyes widened, she said....my name.

At that moment, I realized...

I care so much about her, all of the times I said I don't care, that was me lying to myself.

Her voice so small, it was almost not audible. The way her lips formed when she says my name, reminded of the time that I kissed her.

I'm so very confused about my feelings right now.

But now is not time to think about that.

I held her tighter, in case she disappears...

Suddenly, I heard water bubbling on top of our heads.  It's the stove.

I looked over the bench, and saw some potato skin.

She was about to cook potatoes...?

I loosened my grip on her to turn off the stove, then quickly went back to hold her.

Then I found out that Ashley's arms are slipping down from my waist.  She's losing conscious...

"NOO!!"  I yelled.

I took one of her hands.

"Ashley, squeeze my hand."  I ordered.

I then felt a light squeeze.

"Yes!!  Yes!!  That's it!! Keep doing that!!"  I smiled down at her.

I hope that'll help keeping her awake.

The squeezes became softer and softer, til there's none.

"Ashley?Ashley!!"  I panicked.

I shook her slightly, but she gave me no response.

"No, no, no!!  Ashley!!  Wake up!!!"  I yelled, but there's no use.

A/N: Please stay tuned.