"Chapter twenty-four
Try to slip past his defense, without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong, the things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you, and I pray to God he hears you!
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend, somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night, had I known how to save a life.
How to save a life – The Fray <-- Such an emotional song, I have a hard time not crying because it reminds me of that sad scene in Scrubs lol
Play the video when you start reading, trust me!
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Wind whipped at my face while the cold rain bit into my skin. Images of Seychelles’ face were flashing behind my eyelids every time I blinked and I could feel the tears building in my eyes. I shook my head and ran after an empty cab, the howling winds made it impossible for them to hear my shouting and the amount of scared people made it impossible for them to see me. I threw the door open and jumped in. I blurted out Seychelles’ address and with a curt nod the cab driver drove off.
Now it was a waiting game.
The airport was forty-five minutes away from her house, if I was lucky, and I hated that I had to sit in a cab while Seychelles could be hurt... could be stuck under the debris of the house... could be dea- No! She wasn’t dead! She wasn’t dead! She wasn’t dead! I squeezed my eyes shut tightly and mumbled it. The words became a mantra, I began to need to hear my own mind say it over and over again just to give me a little speck of hope.
It was all my fault.
I growled angrily and punched the head rest in front of me, making the cab driver jump and ask if I was alright. I just told him to drive faster. She wanted to come to the airport with me. But I told her to stay at home, where it was ‘safe’. I told her I was going to fix the structure of her house, but I ..." http://wattpad.com/story/3903177
