Highest Rankings: #3 in #eliza 5/14/18
#1 in #mariaxpeggy 8/20/18
Maria Reynolds would much rather forget her past. It helps when you've got the best group of friends. Especially when Peggy Schuyler is among that group. Peggy is Maria's best and clo...
Darkness. I'm standing in the abyss. "Stay alive for me," John cries. His voice is extremely faint. I feel my heart shatter.
I'm right here, love I gush. He continues to cry.
"He can't hear you," I hear a soft voice say from behind me. Slowly, I turn around to face the voice. The face I'm greeted with makes my knees tremble.
"Mom?" I breathe out, voice barely above a whisper.
"Hello, baby," she answers, a smile gracing her angelic face. "I was hoping I wasn't going to see you again for a while after the hospital. What happened?"
"I....I got shot. We were trying to save Ella."
"Ella?"
"Lafayette and Herc's daughter." Her smile grows fonder as the tears start to roll down my face. She suddenly appears kneeling in front of me, lovingly wiping the tears from my cheeks with her thumbs.
"Shh. Don't cry, Little Lion." I cry harder.
"Mom?"
"Hmm?"
"I don't wanna die. Not yet. I do miss you, trust me. I miss you more than anything, but I can't leave my friends. Or my son. Or John. I can't. Not yet." She pets my hair back and places a kiss on my forehead.
"You don't have to."
"I don't?" My response makes her laugh.
"Oh baby, of course not. That's why I'm here. Right now, you are in 'The Between'."
"'The Between'?"
"It's where your conscious goes when you are dying. Here, you have a short period of time where you can choose whether or not you wish to pass on. Well, with the exception that whatever is killing you isn't completely damaging your body." I open my mouth to say something, but she cuts me off. "When in 'The Between', the closest person to you who has already passed on is sent to aid in making the final decision."
"Then how do I stay alive?" Her ever changing smile grows into a mixture of somber and serious.
"You stay awake."
"What?"
"The longer you are in here, the more and more tired you will feel. This is the connection between your body and conscious fading. If you fall asleep, the connection will be completely lost," she explains.
"And I'll die?"
"You'll die. So you must stay awake. I suggest talking as a distraction. Tell me anything."
"How long will I be in here?"
"As long as it takes the doctors to fix you. Now, PLEASE tell me about my grandson."
"ANGELICA!!!" Eliza yells, pulling me from my thoughts. I swerve, barely missing the curb.
"Sorry!" is the only thing I can manage to say. I can't think straight with my best friend dying in the back of the van.
"One more block!" 'Liz announces, startling me once more.
"Hang in there, Alex," I hear Peggy murmur.
"There!" Eliza yelps, pointing at the hospital as if I couldn't see it. I speed through the parking lot and stop in front of the emergency room enterance. Before I can even put the car in park, John has already jumped out, cradling Alex close to his chest. The rest us follow behind, ready to fight anyone who gets in our way.
"Help!" John screeches, turing the heads of everyone in the room. Two doctors come racing out and lay Alex on a stretcher before quickly pushing him away. We chase after the doctors only to be stopped by a nurse once we reach the ICU.
"Please, ma'am. We need to be there with him," Maria pleads, voice cracking. The nurse, on the other hand, appears unphased.
"We have to stabalize his condition before anyone can visit." With that, she turns and walks through the door, leaving it to swing back in our faces. I look over at John, and his entire aura screams that he's about to break down.
"John," I say causiously. He turns slowly to me and I give him a small smile. "He's gonna be alright." And then he breaks. John falls to his knees and sobs. Fat tears rolls down his face and his screams rack the building.
Now we're all crying.
A/N
HELLO HELLO HELLO
First off, I'd like to apologize to @izzy4083
I'm SOOOOOOOOOO sorry tomorrow turned into a month later
Some things came up and I had NO time whatsoever to write this until now
Also
This happened
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I didn't get to go though🤧 At least I was in the middle of band class when I got the notification so me and my band teacher got to geek out about it together.
