Ariel's POV
I drop the singe. The tears i've been holding in stream down my face. I almost broke my promise. The banging on the door stopped and I think everyone left but i'm not leaving. It'll be too awkward. "Ariel come out" Oh so they're still out there. "No" "Yes" "You can't make me" "Fine. I'll be out here when you do decide to come out. "Whatever" Why am I so stubborn.
"What do you mean?" I put my ear to the door. "We mean she's in a coma. She woke up after the surgery but she had a seizure and passed out. We don't know when she's going to wake up. It could be tomorrow, a year, two years... We don't know" "Oh my god" "I'm so sorry" "My daughter is going to freak.." I slid down the door and put my face in my hands. This can't be happening. "Ariel?" I opened the door slowly and my dad looked surprised. "Your mom.." "I know" I swallowed the lump in my throat and walked past him. "I wanna go to Marissa's" He pulls out his phone and dials her number. "Hi Marissa. Yes, um Ariel wants to go to your house" He takes a deep breath. "She'll tell you" He lowered the phone from his ear. "I'm sorry-" I cut him off and glare at him. "No you're not. Leave me alone" "Fine" He gritted his teeth. "She'll be here in ten minutes" "I'll head out" I walked out of the hospital, ignoring my dad as he tried talking to me. Right when I got out of the building I was bombarded by paparazzi. "HOWS YOUR MOM?" "ARE YOU STILL DEPRESSED?" "ARE YOUR PARENTS BACK TOGETHER?" I ignore them. "DO YOU STILL CUT YOURSELF?" I stop walking and turn to face him. One thing my mom taught me was to never answer questions and ignore them. She'll never know? "Excuse me?" "Do you still cut yourself?" Other paparazzi shouted. "Show us!" "Show your wrists!" My eyes started to water and I felt someone grab my arm. I screamed but I heard Marissa's voice. "Are you ok?" She helped me in the car. "Yes" I lied. "Ok, well what happened?" "With my mom?" "Yeah" "She's in a coma and they said they don't know when she's going to wake up" I wipe my eyes and look out the window. "Are you serious?" She asked sadly. "Yes. And my dad's a big fucking dick" "Language" "I was about to fucking kill myself Marissa!" I screamed and turned my face to look at her. Her face paled. "What?" I immediately regretted saying that. "N-Nothing" "Tell me" "I locked myself in a room and almost gave myself a shot" "Almost?" "Yes" I said quietly. "What made you stop?" She asked as we pulled into her driveway. I looked at her and answered honestly. "I thought of my mom.. And the promise I made to her" "Oh" "Yeah, can I go inside now?" "Yeah, sure"
-One Year Later-
"Hey dad" I groaned. "Has mom woken up yet?" "I'm afraid not.." He sighed. "But the doctors said she should be waking up soon!" "I know Ariel. I know they said that but they don't know for sure" "Before this surgery they said that she'd only live for twelve months! What of she dies!" "She's not going to die Ariel. You know what I have to go" He slammed the front door and I watched as he pulled out of the driveway. I stopped visiting her. It's not going to do any good. She won't wake up. They say if you talk deep enough to them, they'll wake up. Yeah.. No. It doesn't work. Maybe she just doesn't care enough about me? Maybe she wants me to suffer.
I light my cigaret and watch as some guys from my school sit on my couch next to me. "Got anything to drink?" I smirk at him. "There's some beer in the top left cabinet in my kitchen. He smiled and got up. "Look Ariel" I turn my head to look at Josh. My boyfriend. I always told myself I would never date a boy but I really like him and me and Nicole broke up a year ago. I thought it would be a good idea. "Yes?" "I really don't think what you've been doing is a good idea.." "What do you mean?" I glare at him. "Ariel you do drugs, you smoke, you drink! What are you going to do when your mom wakes up?" "I don't even know if she's going to! Will you just leave me alone! I can do whatever I want!" "Fine. I'll leave you alone for good" He got up and walked to the door. "Josh wait!" Oh no. "Josh don't leave me! I need you" "You obviously don't Ariel. Your mom will be disappointed in you. I know that. It's your fault" He snapped. I fell to the ground and put my face in my hands. "Bye Ariel" He slammed my door the same way my dad did earlier. "Ariel?" Dan pulled me up. "Here" He handed me a beer and I chugged half of it down. I need to cut. But I can't do that with him here. "I need more" "To drink?" "No. You know what i'm talking about" He smirked. "This?" I reached to his back pocket and grabbed a sack with white powder in it. Exactly what I need.
Wilmer's POV
"Hey baby" I lean down and kiss Demi on the lips. "Hi.. Where's Ariel?" She frowned. "About that. She said she doesn't want to talk to you or be here.. She also said not to call because she won't answer" Demi's bottom lip trembled and I fought the urge to smile. "It's ok baby.." "What did I do? Why doesn't she want to see me? I haven't seen her for over a year.." "I don't know why but she's acting like a brat" "I wanna see her" "I would bring her but she doesn't want to see you" Tears rolled down her cheeks. "You can go home baby.. I wanna be alone" I kiss the top of her head. "I'll see you tomorrow"
When I got home I can't believe what I saw. Ariel was sitting on a guys lap, they were both drunk, high. I saw cocaine and weed. Wow.. Cigarets too. "Ariel!" I shouted and she nearly choked on the beer she's chugging. "What the fuck do you think you're doing!" "H-Hey dad" She slurred. "You need to get out of my house" I pulled the guy up and shoved him out the door. "Dad i'm sorry" She sobered up a little. "Don't play that shit with me Ariel. Your mom woke up" "What?" Her face went pale. "But she already said she doesn't want to see you! She doesn't want you to call, she doesn't want to speak to you" "Why?" She cried. "I don't know. She just doesn't care about you anymore. Maybe it's because she's been gone a year. I don't know" She brought her knees to her chest and sobbed.
Demi's POV
I don't get it. Why would she not want to see me? I know she stopped coming to visit me, she stopped talking to me. I loved listening to her talk about everything. She probably thought I wasn't listening. But I was. She talked about school. She told me Paige and Sierra stopped bothering her. She told me about her and Nicole. Literally everything. But one day it all stopped and I never heard her again. Why'd she stop?
Ariel's POV
Why would she not want me to come see her? Did she just wake up today? She had to of because my dad was there this morning and said she wasn't awake. I thought she loved me, but obviously not. I haven't talked to her in a year and she doesn't want me to see her. How fucking fair is that? What kind of mother... Oh well. She's the only one I was staying strong for so I guess it's ok to end everything now? Since I have obsoletely nobody.
