The boy with the crooked smile.

The Day After

I woke up to a continuous beeping coming from my left. I opened my eyes. I was in a white room that smelled too much of cleaning products. I sat up my mum was sitting next to the bed. She was dressed in plain work clothes and the tear streaks were obvious on her face.  She sighed in relief when she noticed my open eyes. 

" Your awake" She said. She looked so tired. I wondered how long I had been out. Then I remembered Jay was here too. 

" Yeah I am, How long was I out?" I asked. I was hoping the answer would be only a few hours. 
" About  9 hours" She replied, I sighed. So I hadn't been out for a long time. My mind flooded with questions and the events of the night replayed in my head. Where was Jazz? Was Jay ok? and what about Rikki? and how was my mum in L.A?  I lay down, I felt weak from all the thoughts. So many unanswered questions the biggest of which was, Why? Why had one of my best friends just decided to kill me. That wasn't normal I was certain. 

" How did you get here?" I asked her. 

" We flew over as soon as we heard" She explained. It made me realize what parents are willing to do for their children. 

I sat up and pushed the covers off. " You can't get up yet" My mum said sternly. " I'm getting up" I said stubbornly. She sighed and let me get up. I realized I was dressed in a stiff hospital gown.. Great! 

" Do I have any clothes?" I asked, I wanted to check if Jay was ok and then get the hell out of here. I strongly disliked hospitals. They seemed so serious and so many people had come here hurt and injured and I'm sure many people had died here. 

" Yes, I brought you some" Mum said, indicating a suitcase at the foot of the bed. I walked over and opened it. I grabbed a simple white crop top and grey shorts and put on my Vans which were on the floor. 

" I'm going to check out. I need some time alone, I'll be home before dark" I said to my mum before heading out the door. I knew she would worry but I really did need some time to think by myself. Once out of the room I headed for the front desk. Where a lady sat typing away at a computer. She looked up as I approached. 

" How can I help you sweetie?" She asked, smiling up at me. I asked her which room Jay was in and she gave me the room number. I thanked her and headed down the corridor to find his room. When I got to the door it was slightly ajay. I pushed it open and stepped inside. Jay was sitting on his bed typing away at his phone. He was alone. When he heard the door he looked up and his face cracked into his perfect crooked smile. He got up and ran up to me scooping me into a tight hug. I rested my face on his shoulder. It scared me to think that only hours earlier I could have lost him forever. 

" You saved me" I said into his shoulder. 

" Weeeeel" He said, I could almsot see his grin. " Am I your hero yet?" He asked, I could hear the laughter in his voice. 

" No, you just saved me from being murdered, thats all... of course Jay" I laughed. He pulled back and kissed me. I was starting to get used to the fireworks by now but it still took my breath away. He pulled back and I gasped. He smiled at me. 

" Do you know what happened to Rik?" I asked. I was hoping someone could tell me. She hadn't come to hospital with us. 

" Yeah I tried to visit you earlier but apparently at that point it was just family. The same with Rikki" He said. 

" Shall we go and see if shes ok?" I aksed. He nodded and I followed him out into the corridor. We asked the lady and she told us where Rikki's room was. When we got there she was sleeping so we wrote a note to say that we had gone out to check on everything out of hospital. Then me and Jay checked out and headed out into the real world. It seemed surreal to still be alive. Outside the sun was shining and the normal city traffic was pouring past the hospital. Each and every person oblivious to what had happened last night. We stopped a passing woman and asked where the police station was. Then we started walking. It wasn't far so we reached it pretty fast. \

At the police station there was a Police officer sitting at the desk. 

" Hi, We are here to check if you have a Jazz Statford?" We inquired. 

" Yes, we took her late last night. Are you the others that were at the scene?" He asked. 

" Yes, what happened?" Jay asked. 

" Well we got some experts to look at her behavior and take some scans. You should talk to them" He said and then motioned us to follow him. Inside one of the rooms was a group of people standing around a desk covered in papers. 

" Hello, can you tell us what happened with Jazz Statford?" I asked. One man narrowed his eyes and glanced at the Police officer. He nodded. 

" We took scans and we determined that she has a mild tumor of some sort. It was affecting the part of her brain that processes right and wrong and agression. It seems that althrough she wouldn't have attacked anyone in a normal situation. Any little thing could have provoked her and that would just set it all off. Did you do anything to anger her?" The expert asked. I racked my brains I had a good idea what it could be. But if she had liked Austin she should have just said so.

" She mentioned that she had " Liked Austin before me" Then I started dating him, that could have done it" I said making air quotes.

" It makes sense, that is the perfect thing... Technically she was just ill, but no need to worry you won't be charged for any kind of murder. Firstly because your friend killed her not you" He said. I felt a pang of pain at the memory of Charlie's lifeless body. " And secondly," He continued. " He did it in self defence." he finished. Jay's hand shook in mine. I didn't doubt that he was remembering last night as well. We thanked the mand and walked out of the Police station. I started to cry as soon as we were outside. Beside me Jay was crying too.

" It's ok" He said squeezing my hand. " We have each other, and Rikki" He smiled  through the tears.

" I Know" I smiled back.  

"  I love you" He said, smiling his crooked smile. 

" I love you too" I replied. 

Hey guys, so yes this is the end.rs. I made this one a bit longer. I hope you liked it... sorry it is ending I'm just running out of inspiration but please check out my new story " The Scream of a Siren" It will be a lot longer and I ahve a lot of ideas for it. Remember to vote and comment love you all so much xxxx