A Year with IM5

Chapter 22

Cole’s POV

“I love you” Elizabeth said putting her hand in mine.

“I love you more.” I said holding her hand tighter.

I look over at her and then back up, concentrating on the road ahead of me, when out of the corner of my eye I saw headlights heading towards us from the opposite lane. I looked over as the truck drifts into our lane. I tried to swerve out of the way but it was too late. The truck hit us head on throwing glass everywhere. The impact threw us forward then back onto the black leather seats, my head bouncing off the head rest. Elizabeth’s head flew forward and hit the dash and when her head hit the seat again I could’ve swore time froze. Every piece of glass flying through the air, every bit of pain, every sound, stopped. Then just like someone had pressed play again everything started going back into motion. The glass went everywhere. The screams of bystanders pierced my ears.  I looked at Elizabeth. She was cut severely and seemed to be unconscious. “Elizabeth! Answer me!” I yelled hoping for a response. Nothing. I tried to reach over to her but she was just out of my reach. “Elizabeth don’t leave me,” I said with tears streaming down my face. I wasn’t hurt that bad. Just a couple minor scratches and bruises.

 After what seemed like hours I heard sirens. I finally relaxed a little until they started shouting commands and motioning to Elizabeth. A paramedic came over and helped me out of the car. I immediately started running towards the other side of the car.  As they pulled Elizabeth out of the car you could tell she was in bad shape. 

“Is she okay? Is she alive?” I started asking the paramedics. “Sir please move out of the way.” one replied. 

“Move out of the way? Are you serious? That’s my girlfriend!” I yelled, my face getting red from anger. They called a police officer over to get me. They put her in the ambulance and rushed her off to the hospital. I called the guys and explained what happened and asked for a ride to the hospital so I could see Elizabeth. When we walked in there were nurses and doctors rushing anywhere. I ran up to the front desk “Elizabeth Andrews? What room?” I asked in a panic.

The receptionist shuffled around some papers then said, “She is not stable enough for visitors sir, please just have a seat.” I sat down with my hands pulling at my hair. This was all my fault. I kept looking around for something to give me hope. Nothing. A couple minutes later a nurse walked to the front desk and the receptionist pointed at me. The nurse walked over to me and the guys. “I’m really sorry sir but, Elizabeth died from the amount of blood loss and the trauma to her head.”

I sat up steadying my breathing. I checked the clock. 3:32 AM. I got up and walked to Elizabeth’s room. I saw her in her bed and was relieved. I climbed into bed next to her. 

“Dana I swear if you are about to jump on me I’m gonna throw you on the floor.” she said as I climbed in bed. I put my arm around her, holding her close,  and fell back to sleep.

When I woke up Elizabeth was still sleeping. I decided to get up and go grab some breakfast for everyone so she wouldn’t have to cook. On my way out Dustin stopped me. “Where are you going?” he asked.

“To get breakfast”

“Oh ok, hey sorry about being protective of Elizabeth, she’s like my little sister and I don’t want her to get hurt.” Dustin apologized.

“I guess that’s one thing we have in common.” I said with a chuckle.

“Yeah.” he answered as I walked out the door.

I went to Chick-fil-a and ordered 7 chicken biscuits. The cashier handed me my order happily and I made my way home. When I pulled up in the driveway Elizabeth ran out and hugged me.

“Oh my god you’re okay” she said relieved. If you looked at her face you could tell she had been crying.

“Yeah, I’m fine What’s wrong?”

“The guys told me that someone called them and said you were in the hospital.”

“What?” I said shocked, “No baby I’m right here it’s okay.” I hugged her tightly.

All of the guys walked out of the house and I gave them the death glare. They walked towards us slowly. 

“I’m gonna go get ready I’m spending the afternoon with Danielle.” Elizabeth said as she  walked off to the house. As soon as she walked inside I directed my attention to the guys.

“Seriously?” I asked them.

A/N: Sorry it took so long to update and that it is a short chapter. I've been really busy with school. Thank you for all the reads! Hope you are enjoying it. Please vote and comment.

~💜Kayla💙