Dreamcatcher

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Autumn’s POV:

My arms were soaked with tears as I raised my head up. I hugged my knees tighter as I let a shuddering breath out, attempting to steady my heartbeat. I placed a hand on his chest and listened for his heartbeat once again. Still nothing. I had attempted CPR multiple times earlier but nothing worked. I lightly pinched my skin in an attempt to wake up from this horrible nightmare. In a few hours, I would have to face everyone else and tell them the news that was eating me inside. My hand clamped over my mouth as another burst of sobs escaped my lips at the sight of his body lying so limp on the floor. I just couldn’t take it, and honestly I desperately hoped he would just walk through that door again with that goofy smile of his and make some sarcastic remark at the state I’m in right now. But the sad thing about reality was that there was no rewind button or any redoing. It scared me to know that I would probably never hear his voice ever again. I felt like such an idiot, fighting with him about such meaningless bullshit. And at that moment I realized that I would honestly do anything to see and talk to him one more time. Just one last time.

By the time the ambulances got here I had composed myself enough to get words out of me. I acted as if I hadn’t been bawling my eyes out the entire time they were driving here.

“What happened?” I could hear the paramedic asking me. I explained everything that had happened quickly, letting it out before the tears started to form beneath my eyes again. I could barely form a coherent thought about what happened without breaking down, I felt so pathetic right now. I wanted so desperately to just lie down and erase myself from the scary reality that is now. The paramedics tried to get more information out of me but they could tell that I was in no position to talk any further. My body was present in this moment but my mind was sure as hell not there with it. They took his body away into the ambulance but I didn’t have the willpower to force my legs forward. I continued to stare blankly ahead, lost in a world full of darkness. One of the paramedics guided me to the back of the ambulance and closed the doors behind.

At the hospital:

Have you ever felt as if you were numb? As if your whole body was just non-existent in this massive world we live in? I wish I could just disappear. I softly touch his cheek with trembling hands as if I was afraid to hurt him any further with the slightest touch. His skin was cold like the winter snow. The skin on his cheeks seemed to freeze to the touch as I stifled another sob. The paramedics fought to get his heartbeat back but it was no use. My body trembled as if I had no control over it. No I wasn’t cold, I was scared. Actually, I was terrified at the sight before my eyes. As the line went dead on the heart monitor, my heart felt as if it had been shattered to a million pieces. And honestly, it probably was. I had never felt so much pain in my life and I just couldn’t process it through my fragile mind right now. At that moment, 4 words crossed my mind repeatedly. My brother is dead.

 

Jasper’s POV:

Black. That was all I currently could see. The darkness that had enclosed my thoughts earlier started to fade with the absence of sound. For some weird reason, I knew I was not in some pitch black room. I also knew that my eyes wouldn’t open. What was happening?Three things were clear to me at that moment. First, it was that I was with Autumn last. Second, I couldn’t remember anything that happened after that. Third, I was somehow unable to move. As I tried for the second time, more pain coursed through my right side. I struggled to breathe for a moment until I realized that up until that point, I hadn’t been breathing at all in the first place.