Take A Chance

Untamed Heart

Zander's POV

I got up to get ready for school and I wasn't feeling too hot. Maybe I was coming down with something. I took a shower and I felt worse. I dressed but I felt cold and clammy.

I made my way downstairs to the kitchen and stood there.

"Zander? What's wrong baby," mom asked me.

"I-I don't know," I stuttered as dad got up. Then it happened. I grabbed my chest and fell. I hit the floor, hard.

"Oh my god! Zander," I heard yelling. My heart felt like it was going to explode out my chest.

Dad called 911 and they rushed to the house. At this point, I didn't know what the hell was happening. All I knew is something wasn't right.

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I finished getting ready for school when dad came to my door, "Avery?" I looked at him and he looked upset.

"Dad, what's wrong?"

"It's Zander," he said and I knew it wasn't good by the tone of his voice. I walked out of the room as dad followed.

We pulled up to the hospital and I got out of the car, running inside, "Avery!" I didn't stop. I needed to see him. Although I got stopped by his parents.

"Where is he?" I said with worry.

"Avery." His dad looked at me.

"No! No! Nooo," I started to cry.

"Sweetie, Zander is very sick," his mom said.

"Wait. What?" I looked at them confused.

"He has a heart condition," Zane told me as my parents walked up.

"Zane, Goldie, what's going on with Zander," dad asked him.

"Zander has a heart defect which requires surgery but right now he has infection. They can't do surgery until they take care of the infection," Zane explained.

"But he is fine," I said to them.

"Avery."

I pulled away and turned around, then I turned to face them, "he is fine. He is healthy and a cheesehead. He is suppose to pick me up and we are suppose to go to school."

They watched me.

I walked up to dad, "he's fine. This is all a dream and he is going to come to my house, make some stupid comment. I'm going to call him cheesehead and we will, we will," I said trying to find the words.

"Babygirl," dad said with a look.

"We will be okay. Right?" I said as I couldn't hold it any longer and started to cry. Dad pulled me to him and held me as mom comforted me. "Dad, tell me he is going to be okay. Tell me it's all a bad dream," I cried as I buried my head into his chest.

"I wish I could but I can't," he whispered as I cried. This couldn't be happening. He was fine. I just saw him last night. I didn't understand why this was happening.

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I wanted to stay at the hospital but my parents told me no. They said I needed to take care of myself so I could see him. If I got sick, I definitely couldn't see him.

Zane and Goldie kept us updated with his progress. He was fighting the infection. I didn't see Violet at school because she was at the hospital. Zander was limited on visitors because they wanted to keep chances of the infection getting worse down. This sucked.

I went to school only to have to deal with twit one and twit two. Diego and Lexie helped me out but even I knew with Zander not being there, I was an easy target.

I didn't care. I just wanted him to get better.

Ethan stopped by my room to check on me, "you okay?"

"Let's see my boyfriend is in the hospital fighting for his life, I'm not allowed to see him and I have to deal with assholes at school. Yep, I'm just peachy," I said sarcastically.

"Avery, he will get better, you just got to have faith," he assured me.

"How Ethan? How do you know he will get better," I asked raising my voice.

"I don't but doesn't mean you can't have hope," he answered.

"That's the thing. Everyone wants me to have hope. They want me to think positive. When right now, all I can do is feel my chest caving in. Like I can't breathe," I said as I started to hyperventilate.

"Avery, calm down," he said trying to calm me as he walked towards me.

"Ethan, I feel like my heart is being torn into two. I feel like I can't breathe. Like the air is so thick it's suffocating me," I said as he tried to comfort me. My parents heard the commotion and came to my room.

"I can't lose him. I feel like my heart is about to shatter," I cried as he pulled me into a hug. My parents watched as he comforted me. "Ethan, please tell me he is going to be okay?"

"I wish I could Avery but right now it's up to Zander," he said offering me comfort. It didn't matter. Nothing was comforting me. My heart laid in a bed fighting for his life and there wasn't a damn thing I could do about it.

As we stood there, dad's phone went off, "Zane."

We stopped and turned to dad as he answered it, "Zane?" We watched as he talked to Zane on the phone. Then he hung up.

I pulled away from Ethan.

"Dad?"

He looked at me, "it's Zander."

I stood there as my heart beat rapidly in my chest. I furrowed my brows.

"What about Zander?" I whispered.

"He................"

Well, um, yeah. I'm just going to hide now because well, I threw everyone on a cliffhanger. Sorry, not sorry. See you next chapter.