Life of Audry

Never Say Goodbye

Black, bright light, black, bright light. "Honey," I hear my mother's voice. "Audry, honey?"

I open my eyes to a bright white light. I look over to my right and see my mother in her uniform. Black sleeves with a chest, elbow, and back protector that have a flat, black shine to it. Her hair was in a low, tight bun and her pale makeup less face was peering into the bed at me. 

"It's so cold." I look around slowly trying to take everything in and at one point I could see my breath. Looking around I notice I have never seen anything so white and so pure before. Everything was spotless, organized and not an ounce of dust was in view. I sit up to get a better view of the room, I feel like I still cannot see everything and I need to. I look to my left and I see a curtain closed. 

Is someone in here with me?  I immediately think.

I turn my body and let my left foot fall and touch the floor. Then I let my right foot do the same. I stand up with ease and I am now making strong eye contact with this pink curtain. 

"Audry." I hear my mom's soft voice. 

I slowly lift my left hand up and grip my hand on the curtain. "Keaton.." I whisper to myself. 

"Mom," I whisper. "Mom." I say it louder. "MOM." I yell.

"Audry." She answers. 

"Mom, who is behind this curtain?" I still stare at this curtain worrying about what could be hidden. 

She sighs.

I snap my body around, "MOM, WHO IS BEHIND THIS CURTAIN!" 

She didn't answer me.

I spun and threw both of my arms up and tore down the curtain. 

It is Keaton lying on the bed. His eyes are closed,his mouth shut. He isn't moving at all. He has no wire attached to him, he doesn't look like he's sleeping. I run to him I grab his head with my left hand and put my face over his to get a close look at him. I smack his face with my right hand lightly 

"Wake up, wake up, KEATON WAKE UP!" I grab his shoulders shaking him. "KEATON STOP PLAYING WITH ME GET UP!" I can feel the tears stream down my face. I grab his face and begin to kiss him. One kiss, two, three, four. 

He's not waking up, he's not moving.

"NO KEATON! I CAN'T LOSE YOU! KEATON!" I am now screaming  at the top of my lungs, shaking, smacking and kissing him. 

"Audry, he is gone." my mom stands at the foot of his bed calmly telling me this. 

"HOW COULD YOU BE SO CALM, HOW COULD YOU NOT CARE!" I am screaming and crying standing by his death bed. 

"Death happens everyday, Audry. You have to accept it."  She stands, staring at me, like she lets go of people every day with no effort.

"NO, NO, NO!" I begin to scream anything that comes to my head and I lose everything!

Doctors and nurses began to rush in at the screams. They start grabbing my arms and legs and my waist. I try to fight them off and give them a hard time. I see two nurses take Keaton's bed and roll him out of the room. My heart finally drops as this was the last thing I had to live for.

"DREW! WES! GUYS HELP! HELP ME!" I begin to cry so hard that I can't even see. "NO, BRING HIM BACK, BRING HIM BACK!" The doctors finally pick me up and throw me onto the bed. I try to roll and twist and fight them. It's six against one and I cannot win. I feel a pinch in my arm and I begin to feel tired. I feel my heart rate slow down and my breathing began to slow down. My eyes are too heavy for me to hold open. 

I can hear voices whispering.

"She should be okay." an assuring strange voice echoes

I feel a hand touch my face and brush my hair off.

"When will she wake up, it's been to long." a voice whispers.

"I know, she isn't handling this well, so she may need some time." a voice answers.

"It has been days. She should be a little more calm about this now." a voice answers back.

"Yes, but when she wakes up, she will feel like it has only just happened." the voice answers.

Can I open my eyes? It doesn't matter anyways. If I get up, I still will never see Keaton again. I should just lay here forever, until I die. Maybe He would come to my dreams and I could see him then. Otherwise life would be worth nothing.