Now
What?
Part One
Breezer stared at Mr. Edwards and the ICU doctor talking at the end
of the hallway. She stood in the cold, dim waiting room waiting to
hear the inevidable words. She waited patiently as she spotted the
two men making their way towards her.
"I'm so sorry, Miss. Valdez," commented the ICU
doctor, as he reached to stroke her arm. She pulled away from his
touch, but suddenly felt very light headed. The room was spinning,
and the florecent lights were fading in and out of her focus. The
only thing she could feel was Mr. Edwards firm grasp on her upper
arms.
"Breezer, Breezer, are you okay?" Mr. Edwards didn't
even wait for a reply; he led her to a chair a few feet away from
them, and in the opposite direction than her heart was pulling
her.
"I need to see him," Breezer whispered, "I know he
must be looking for me."
She could see the heart break in Mr. Edwards' eyes as he
answered her, "Breezer, he's gone. He's not looking
for anyone."
"I need to see him!"
The two men eyed each other for so long, that Breezer could swear
that she could see the words that they were so privetly sharing
with each other.
After what seemed like hours, the doctor finally answered,
"Fine, but not for very long."
As Breezer shuffled down the long, curvy hallway, she fought
desperatly to keep down the tears she could feel swelling in her
throat. When she finally reached his hospital room, she
couldn't force her feet to carry her inside. Instead she
lingered in the door way, listening. Something was very off. It was
quiet...too quiet. As she walked through the blue divider curtain,
she quickly placed the silence. The screen of the heart monitor was
black, and his breathing tubes were no longer pulsing. Her tears
suddenly became harder to control. It was so quiet because there
was no heart beats to monitor, and there were no breaths to be
heard. The nurses had tried to revive him, but you can't force
life into an empty shell.
"Taylor, I'm so sorry," Breezer whimpered as she
crossed the room to his bed and took his hand in hers, "This
isn't fair! This shouldn't have happened to you; I was in
that car too!" She bent down and pressed her lips against
his cold, emotionless cheek as a single tear escaped from the
imprisionment of her eyes. "I love you, Taylor Marcus
Edwards...forever."
**My first Witty Story, but I'll probably post another part in
a few days!