darkest days | jorge + martina ✓

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My heart stopped. My breath hitched in my throat.

"She left" The nurse repeated. I pressed my face together and knocked my fist against the nearest wall.

"Dammit!" I shouted, while holding the phone by my ear.

"I'll be there as quick as I can" I said, already hurrying towards the hospital.

Tini had ran away.

Within 5 minutes I arrived and almost sprinted inside the room only to find an empty bed with a worried nurse next to it.

"I came here, and she was gone. I warned the doctors already, now police officers are on their way searching" The nurse explained, every muscle in my body broke down.

I squeezed my eyes closed. I took my phone from my pocket and dialed her number a dozen times. No answer.

I looked at the nurse in worry. "I'll go find her" I said before I ran out of the hospital again.

I closed my eyes, deeply thinking where the heck Martina could possibly be.

Without knowing where to, I randomly started running. In a way hoping to find Tini and hold her again. Keep her safe.

I ran through the streets, over the park. Desperately screaming her name. "Tini!" I shouted while I took a hand through my messy brown hair.

I fell down on a random bench, lening against the side. The night was already falling.

I slowly headed back to the hospital, hoping the nurses or officers had any news about her already.

I arrived back and still saw nurses talking to officers, their voices were worried. "And? Any news?" I asked, full of hope.

The nurse sighed sadly and shook her head. "No, there are still officers searching around for her. Maybe you can call your parents, the might help" She proposed kindly.

I nodded and took my phone from my pocket, dialing my mom's number. She picked up after a few seconds.

"Mom?" I said. My voice was clearly shaking from the nerves.

"What is it honey?" She asked, knowing somehow I was not okay.

"Tini ran away from the hospital" I said in one quick breath. I heard her gasp. "She's gone, officers are searching for her but there's no news yet. I know nothing" I said, feeling more worthless than ever.

"We'll be there as fast as possible. But honey, you have to take rest tonight because you do have school tomorrow" She demanded. I shook my head, even though she couldn't see it.

"I'm not going before Tini is safe and sound back in her hospital bed" I clearly stated before hanging up the phone.

I sat down on Tini's empty hospital bed. Nurses were walking in and out continuously. Sometimes asking me questions, sometimes just to check.

Suddenly an officer came inside. "Mr Blanco?" He said. My head immediately shot up and I looked him right in the eye.

"That's me" I said in response, standing up. The officer gave me a merceful smile.

"Officers have spread out over the entire town to search for miss Stoessel, tho we still are unable to find her." I breathed out a long, unhappy sigh. "We'll keep searching for her through the night, we won't stop until we find her" On one side I was sad, sad for Tini to still be gone.

But on the other hand I felt happy in a way, happy that there were so many people caring about Tini. So many people wanting to find her. I wasn't alone in this. She wasn't alone.

It gave me more hope she was going to be found. She was going to be safe, back in my arms.

Just then my parents practically ran inside the room. I lingered my arms around my mother's neck while holding her.

I felt her moving her hand over my back slightly. "I'm sure they'll find her honey" She whispered as we released from the hug.

The three of us sat down on the bed. "We can't stay for long, but we just want you to know that we'll be thinking about you and Tini. We don't know her for so long yet, but she seems so kind and real. I really hope they find her, and I'm sure they will"

I pressed my lips on each other while an unsure look darted on my face. "Listen to your mom son, she will be found. You just have to take your rest and do the things you need to do okay?" My father said while his hand was on my shoulder.

I nodded, lying. I was not going to do anything without Tini.

A few minutes later my parents left the room again. I took a hand through my dark hair.

I layed down on the soft white pillow of one of the many hospital beds. Tini's hospital bed.

I didn't sleep, I wasn't even tired at all. I couldn't focus on sleep, I couldn't focus on eating, nothing catched my focus.

I didn't expect me to fall for a girl this hard. It feels like my body has been thrown in the deep, and only she can catch me.

It's scary, sometimes it frightens me to be this close to someone. But Tini has got something over her, something fragile, something I need to protect.

It was my job to take care of her and I failed. She is lost, alone somewhere in this creepy, cruel world.

And so as I layed there, feeling worthless, the hours ticked by. Nurses stopped coming in and out again, only sometimes to tell me that there's still no news.

The clock ticked on midnight as I still was wide awake in the hospital bed.

I jumped up from a ringing sound. I picked up my phone from my bed and held it by my ear. My mother's voice was heard in my ear.

"How are you holding up?" She questioned. I wanted to lie, but who even cares.

Instead I told her the truth. "I'm bad mom, I'm worried sick" I admitted. I heard a long sigh roll over my mom's lips.

"Honey, just take rest and go to sleep. I'm sure they'll wake you if they find her" I knew my mom wasn't going to let me stay up all night, so I lied instead.

"You're right, I'll go to sleep. Goodnight mom" I quickly ended the conversation before my mom could respond.

During a long sigh I threw my phone in the soft, white bed. I lied down on the pillow, staring at the ceiling.

please be safe Tini.

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woow haven't updated in 59489393 years, but here is a new chapter again! btw should I upload a one shot book? I accidentally wrote almost nine short stories from random ideas haha. tell me if I should upload it or not!!
-¡manon!