Last chance

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Seth
There was a heavy thrum of pain rushing through my head as I walked through the halls of my school. I didn't want to leave Becky and Millie but I had no choice, I've missed out on too much school. I haven't left her side since two weeks ago, I've spent every waking hour at the hospital and now the lack of sleep is catching up with me as lazily throw my bag down on the desk. My teacher almost looks shocked to see me, but I just get out my chemistry book and I shove my headphones into my ears. I want nothing more than to be back by Becky's side. I knew I shouldn't have left her alone the first time...

2 weeks ago...
Charlotte
I closed the box of the pizza, leaving the final slice in it when Becky completely zoned out. "Becky?" She looks possessed, it's scary. "Beck~" Her shoulder's slumped forward and she fell face first onto the bed. All sorts of alarms started going off, my heart began to race as I somehow screamed for help. I can't lose Becky, no...not like this. A doctor tried to pull me out of the room, but I can't leave Becky. She needs me now, so I pushed away from him. Rushing to Becky's side, they were all speaking but I couldn't hear anything, the only noise I could here was from the beeping machines and they were telling me something was seriously wrong. My heart was sprinting and it made me feel like everything was ending, it's been so long so I've seen Becky and the first time I do she...she does this? She could die, what if she dies? I never got to say goodbye, what about her daughter, what about Seth? No, she can't die. "Please save her..." They injected something into her arm and gently laid her back down onto her bed. She looks almost peaceful, like she has no idea she almost died.

"We'll have to sedate her, her body is in no fit state to keep itself going. She's truly killed her body...we'll just have to hope that a coma will give her body time to save herself, because other than this there is nothing we can do."

"Isn't there any treatments, or anything? Please! There has to be something? There has to be something!"

"I'm sorry, this is all we can do for now."

The doctors saddened voice pushed me over the edge, my tears cascaded heavily down my face. I tried to conceal them but they still showed through, Becky's could die because of the drugs...I wish I knew sooner, I wish I could've stopped it from getting to this point, because I don't want to lose Becky just as I'm beginning to get to know her. The loud room soon fell awfully quiet, I knew my parents would be worried if I didn't go home but I can't leave, I just can't. I don't want her to do this alone, but I don't think I can do this alone either.

I rummage through my bag until I find my phone, I open it and immediately go to Roman's contact. I ring him and he answered on the first ring. "Hello? Everything okay?" *sigh* "No, nothing's okay Roman...they've put Becky in a coma." There was silence on the line for a moment, before Roman found something to say. "Oh my god, are you alright? Do you want me to come up to the hospital?" I nodded, before realising he couldn't see me. "Please, I need someone..." I could hear ruffling, like the sound of someone getting out of bed. "I'll be right there, you just hang tight."

Roman arrived at the hospital soon after our call, when I saw him I couldn't help myself. I needed to feel safe, so I got up from Becky's bedside and I ran up to him. He enveloped me in a hug and it was just what I needed, I knew I should probably call Seth but I just needed a moment to calm down. "I'm sure she'll be fine, it's Becky we're talking about here. She's a fighter, come on she got excluded for fighting Josh! She'll be fine." He placed a kiss to the top of my head and I blushed. "But I just don't know! It was so scary, she just zoned out and within the blink of an eye she'd doubled over...I really thought I lost her."

"Char, I can promise you she'll be fine. Just talk to Seth and one of us can always be here with her...we'll all be fine." He calmed me down a lot more than I was expecting him too, I just wish he cared this much when it came to me and him, but that's a subject for another day because right now all I care about is Becky.

Seth
My chemistry teacher asked to see me after the lesson and I knew it could only be a bad thing, so I sat at my desk waiting for everyone to leave. Finally once the last girl had left, he walked over to me. "Seth, your attendance is awful. You've missed more chemistry lessons than you have actually been in, son what's going on?" He sounded genuinely concerned, but I wasn't going to break down in front of my chemistry teacher. "No, I'm honestly fine. I'll try and come to more lessons. Please can I go now?" I had an urge of desperation in my voice, that not even I could hide. He looked at me, unconvinced in my terrible excuse. "Fine, but if you ever need someone to talk to, my door is always open." I managed to muster a smile as I threw my bag over my shoulder, I need to see Becky, I need to make sure she's alright...