Vita et Mors - Danisnotonfire and AmazingPhil Fanfiction

Chapter 48

A/N: I'm going to regret this late night - I escaped the castle, buuutt.... I'm going surfing instead! Literally, me! Surfing! You better all leave for the moon, sharpish. I can't even stand on a bus, that's how bad my balance is. And I'm going to be in the sea, which is famous here for seals, lobsters, dolphins and... Sharks.

To all my friends: you may have a share of my stuff. Daisy's mine. No one can have her but me. Renée, I'm going to say I bought you a present. Not saying what though, you can see in September. That was the worst will in history. (Geddit? Now I'm referring to Fred Weasley... Uhhh.... The pain. Now I'm being ironic. Sorry, George.)

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(Gemma's POV)

"J-J-Jason?!"

"That's my name, Gemma. Got any paracetamol, or something a bit stronger?" Jason tried to joke, but he was clearly in pain.

"I thought you were dead!" I cried, wrapping myself around him in a huge, huge, huge, huge, huge, huge, huge hug.

Finally, my life was more complete.

I had all my siblings, Spiderweb was dead and the members dead or imprisoned. My boyfriend loved me and my siblings and I had been released from service for the rest of our lives.

"Jason. I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry," I sobbed into his neck. "I'm sorry."

Weak arms wrapped around me. "Never do that again, Gem," Jason warned me seriously. "Otherwise you'll be apologising again."

"Don't ever save me, okay?" I gasped through my tears. "That was a choice. You have no idea how it felt to have to be alive at the expense of my brother!"

Jason frowned at me. "That was a choice. You have no idea how it felt to stand by and be alive at the expense of my sister. I wanted to do that. You didn't. I know you very well, Gemma, and I can say that you would never, ever, want to commit suicide. Your emotions got the better of you, which is unusual, but you've always wanted to live. Even if you didn't... I would never stand by when I could change that. You would do the same for me."

I nodded slowly. Jason was right. However, he looked to be in increasing pain, so I looked for the remote thing to call a nurse. "Emergency or not?" I asked.

"Emergency," David answered quickly. Jason seemed to be struggling for breath, so I did as I was told and pressed the red button.

Within ten seconds, nurses and doctors (rather out of breath, too) raced into the room with tons of equipment, immediately shoving us away from Jason as they identified the problem. We were forced to leave the room but I stood my ground.

"Come on, Gemma, we've got to go to the waiting room," Dan said gently, tugging on my arm slightly.

"No."

"Yes," Ethan said, picking me up and putting me on his shoulder in a fireman lift.

"NO, let me GO! JASON!" I screamed, wriggling to the extent Ethan had to use one of his arms to clamp my legs still and one for my arms. Still, I fought against him. "JASON!" I yelled, breaking free of Ethan and lunging towards him, only to be caught by David, who was quickly assisted by Ethan.

"Gemma, sssh! You'll make it worse, you know," Dan said, walking over to us three. I hesitated long enough for Ethan and David to grab me between them, carrying me from the room as I stopped yelling but my sobs continued.

People stared as I was still fighting against them, sobbing and murmuring Jason's name. Some looked annoyed at the disturbance, but most people looked sympathetic. As if I wanted their sympathy. I wanted Jason instead.