Then There Was One

Chapter 5

Lance's POV

I wake up in a hospital chair. I sit up and rub my eyes, looking around. Jaymi. My head immediately goes to him. I get up and walk to the front desk. "Hey, yeah, Jaymi McAllister? Room?" The front person types in his name. "303" She says. I furrow my brows. That floor is for patients dying soon. Like really soon. I nod slowly and go to the elevator. If I lose him, I don't know what I'm going to do. I shake my head and sigh. I'm not going to lose him. He'll fight through this. I sigh and go into the room and smile softly at him. "Hey, hun. How're you doin?" He looks at me. He looks tired. He looks just...done. "Kill me. Just fucking kill me, Lance. I can't do this anymore. I'm on floor 3. The death floor. They are ready for me to die. Just. Fucking. Kill. Me." He says to me. At this point he was sobbing, maybe even hyperventilating a little. I shake my head and motion for him to move over and he does. I climb in to his bed and wrap my arms around him. "You have so much to live for." He scoffs and looks up at me. "I fucking have stage 3 stomach cancer. (AN: Yes, I said 2 earlier. It's the next stage now.) I'm going to die soon." I bite my lip and shake my head. I refuse to accept he's getting worse. "We're all dying." He rolls his eyes and lays his head on my chest. "yeah, I guess." I sigh and play with his hair. My beautiful angel.

***MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT SOMETIME***

Jaymi's POV

I wake up in the middle of the night with a need to pee. I unwind myself from Lance and get up slowly. I take a few steps and suddenly feel this pain in my stomach. I grab my stomach and groan softly. Why does this always happen to me? I sit on the floor. Maybe if I just sit here a bit, it'll go away. I think to myself. Suddenly, I lean over and puke on the floor. It's blood. I shake my head and start sobbing quietly. I look up at Lance to see if he's awake. Thank God he wasn't. I don't want him to see me like this. I try to get up again, but the pain is worse. I throw up some more blood. Fuck. This is the end. I'm dying right here. I crawl over to the bed to press the nurse button but it's too far away. I reach up to press it but fall back on the floor, knocking a few things down off the table. I lay on my stomach with my cheek on the floor. I hear rustling in the bed then Lance's voice. "J-Jaymi?" He calls out. Fuck. I think to myself and squeeze my eyes shut. I hear him gasp then go and press the nurse button. "Jaymi!" I try to open my eyes but they feel so heavy. "Jaymi, please." I feel him pick me up. I know he's crying. The nurse comes in and I hear him ask Lance to leave. "Why can't I stay? Please. Jaymi! I love you!" The light is so warm. I see my mom. She's motioning for me to go with her. I faintly feel them put me on a bed. "We're losing him." They say as they rush me to ICU. "Jaymi? Jaymi, can you hear us?" The paramedic says. I wanted to tell them I could but my mouth wouldn't move. "Clear." I hear and then a zap to my body. My grandma was with my mom now. Both of them wanting me to come with them. I slowly start walking to them. I haven't seen them in a while. I feel a faint zap again. I touch my mom's hand and suddenly, all the pain goes away.

Doctor: Time of death" 02:17 (2:17a)

AN: Yoooooooo I literally cried writing this lol bye