Beautiful Apparation (Tony Perry FF)

nineteen

Tried. That's the main word, she tried. So she's still alive. That's the only thing that matters. She's okay, physically. Mentally, I'm not sure, and it boggles my mind.

It doesn't make any sense, but I hope it does soon. I wasn't able to talk to Vic since he was too busy with paramedics and police. Now I'm dealing with the police. Since I was the last person she truly talked to before, that happened, I needed to be questioned.

You haven't experienced real fear until you've talked to a detective. They try to manipulate and squeeze any type of information you have, but I rarely have any, that's why this guy is so irritated with me. The way he looks at me makes it even worse, as if I'm the guilty one, but I know I'm not, or maybe I am?

I shift in my seat as he wrote down more notes on his notepad. I don't know why he has to take notes, we're in a secluded room in the police station. There's a camera directly pointed at my face and I know they're recording the whole thing. It truly is like the movies and TV shows, but scarier.

"Are you sure Danielle seemed stable last night?"

"Positive, she was completely fine. I told you this already. We went out, had a few beers, then she took me home. It all happened so quickly."

"Did she say anything that might have worried you at all?" Second time he asked this.

I thought back to when she dropped me off at my door.

"Be careful."

"Come again," He said getting ready to write again.

"She said to be careful, I had no idea what she meant though. Yes, I was drunk, but the way she said it made me think not of my drunken clumsiness, but something else."

"What's that something?" He taps the notepad with the end of his pen.

"Like I said, I don't know. I was pretty hammered and I still feel hungover. Sorry, I can't tell you much more. God I wish I could."

"I think we're done here for now." He gets up from his seat. Finally.

"Wait," I stop him. "What did Danielle do, you know."

"She tried to hang herself," He answers as if nothing.

Then he was gone.

>>>

I enter the hospital and immdiately find Jaime sitting in the waiting room. Our eyes meet and he greets me with a hug. That's what I really need right now, a hug.

"How is she?" I ask pulling away.

"She'll make a full recovery. She does have some bad bruises on her neck though. Vic hasn't exited that room in two hours. They can't release her right away either. They might have her under watch for two, maybe three weeks in here."

Honestly, I expected worse, but this is still really bad.

"I hope he's okay," I sigh. Poor Vic. He's probably a mess.

"He'll be fine. He has us for support." Jaime grabs both of my hands. His gesture helps me lighten up a little.

"How did the questioning go? They weren't too rough on you, were they?"

I shrug.

"They're just doing their jobs. Where's Mike and Alysha?" I look around.

"Alysha couldn't handle seeing her friend like that. Mike took her for a walk around the hospital."

I can't imagine how Alysha feels. Those two girls are practically inseparable.

I feel a tear escape my eye and he engulfs me in his arms again. Danielle and I really hit it off last night. None of this makes sense. Why would she think that attempting to end her life was okay? Why is suicide ever okay?

"I need to go home."

I pull away from the hug. Jaime doesn't stop me from leaving. I think he understands that I need to be alone.

When I pull up to the house Daryl begins to bark. I'm not in the mood for any of this. I enter the house and my head spins. Did all of that really just happen?

"Audrey?" Tony approaches me and caresses my cheek. I remove his hand, looking up at him.

"Everyone's talking about it," He sighs.

I don't want to know who 'everyone' is so I remain quiet and still. Never have I felt so drained.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"I need sleep." I go into my room and lay down on my bed.

Tony tucks me in and leaves a kiss on my forehead before exiting the room. My eyes are shut, but I can't sleep, how can I? What if I did say something last night to set Danielle off? Was it when we were talking about our childhood? She didn't have the brightest one. Neither did I. We stayed on the topic for awhile. But we laughed about it too.

I sigh, giving up on rest, even though I really need it. I call for Tony and immediately he's right beside me. I take in his beautiful features. His piercing, eyes, tattoos, just everything. Even in a situation like this he still distracts me from the outside world.

"Are you okay?" He asks.

"As long as you're here, I'm okay. Don't leave today, please."

He pulls me closer and I end up crying into his chest. I should've stayed at the hospital, just to show Vic that I do care. Sure, Jaime could tell him I was there, but that's not enough. If it were me in that situation I think he'd be there too.

"It wasn't your fault," Tony whispers.

I don't reply, only let myself fall into a deep sleep.

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i hope you guys are liking it. this was sorta short too... sorry.

any predictions btw!?!?

like wth is going on?