His One True Friend

The New Me

I get off of Rodney and try to talk to Mikey.
"I'm so sorry"
He doesn't look me in the eyes. He runs downstairs his eyes filled with tears. I try to go chase after him. But I can't find him in this big crowd of people. Rodney comes up behind me.
"Oh my fault I didn't know you guys were a thing"
I look at him enraged. I know this isn't his fault  but I can't help but feel angry that he started all of this. We were in the moment and I'll admit this is all my fault. I walk away from Rodney and try to go search for Mikey.

I walk outside and I'm hit with a gust of cold air. It's so cold that when I breath it looks like I'm vaping.

I walk off the porch and walk up the block to see if Mikey ran to his neighbors house. I see a crowd of people in the street so I follow it. There's people with their phones out and some gasping. I go to the front of the crowd and instantly regret it. What I see is shocking. I see him. Mikey is on the ground in the street. His body completely red, blood all over him. His face almost unrecognizable. His arms and legs with deep cuts and his arm looking out of place. I stare for a few seconds until I scream at the crowd.

"SOMEONE CALL THE FREAKING AMBULANCE"

I try to get closer to Mikey. I touch his face and stroke his hair.
"This shouldn't be happening" I say bawling my eyes out.
I see the ambulance show up and a witness tells the paramedic what happened. It looks like Mikey's neighbor, Mrs. Hernandez. She's crying too.
"I've seen that little boy grow up. I went outside to go to the store and I see a bus coming at full speed looking like it's not gonna stop. Then I see little Mikey running he didn't even see the bus. And the bus hit him"
I start crying even more. If it wasn't for me kissing Rodney, Mikey wouldn't have ran outside and the bus wouldn't have hit him.

I follow the ambulance to the hospital that Mikey's at. I get to the hospital and I see Mikey's parents. They were out of town but as soon as they heard he was in the hospital they drove here as fast as they could. I see them sitting in the waiting room crying loudly. His mom walks up to me.
"You're one of his friends"
"Yeah"
"We'll let you know if anything happens"

It's just them at the hospital. Although I want to stay and see how Mikey's doing this should be a moment for just his family so I leave the hospital. I walk outside and feel the cold gust of wind again.

I go home and try to go to sleep. It's 11 pm now. I can't stop thinking about Mikey and how he's doing. I stay up for 3 more hours because I can't sleep. It's 2 am now. I finally drift off to sleep.

In my dream, it's 15 years into the future and Mikey and I are married. We have a house together and adopted a kid. We're living in New York in a penthouse. All I can think about is how happy my life is. Having him in my life makes me so much happier.

I wake up from my dream feeling joyful. This is one of the few times that I feel well rested. I see my phone ringing, it's from a number that I don't have in my contacts. I answer the phone and it's a feminine sounding voice she sounds very distressed.
"Hi is this Shane?"
"Yes it is"
"This is Mikey's mother I'm calling to tell you that Mikey passed away this morning"

My heart dropped.

This chapter was inspired by Michael cause he doesn't want to be in the book anymore and wanted to get hit by a bus lmao.