time after
time
part
#44
i got in the car, and put the box in the
passenger's seat. it was roughly 3:30. i had to
go home so i got back in time for my game tonight. i pulled
out onto the highway, and settled into the drive. i looked
up at rob's cloudless sky, and thought more about him.
his family was basically my family, and i didn't realize how
much i'd missed them. i was thinking this, and not focusing
on the road as much as i should. all of a sudden a car shot
out in front of me, trying to merge from the other lane.
the impact flipped the whole car, and i felt my head hit the
ceiling. then everything went black.
...
i was in a dimly lit room. i wasn't sure where i was,
but i didn't recognize anything. there wasn't much
to recognize. i had a cut on my forehead, but i didn't
feel pain. i was crying though.
"hello?" i called, my voice shaking. then there
was a bunch of high pitched beeping. people were talking in
the background, and i couldn't tell where they were coming
from. i looked over my shoulder, but it was just me
alone.
"rachel, rachel!" i familiar voice called to me.
i looked ahead of me and rob was running towards me.
"rob!" i called, and started running towards him.
"no rachel!" he said, and i wrapped my arms in his warm
hug. it was as if nothing had ever changed. he was
always with me and he always would be.
"rob you're here!" i said "i missed you."
the beeping and people kept getting louder.
"rachel!" he shouted. "you can't
stay."
"what?" i asked, my eyes tearing again. the beeps
were getting obnoxiously loud, and the non-existant people kept
getting louder.
"i'll see you soon then." he said, and kissed my
lips.
"i'll see you soon then." i mouthed. over all
the beeps and sirens and yelling, he shouted,
"i love you." and i was jolted into a bright
light. there was a man looking over me, yelling,
"we got her. we got her!" i was in excruciating pain
all over my body.
"rachel please just stay with me." he said.
"i can't." i groaned. "it hurts."
"just keep talking to me." he said, and he was talking
to the woman in medical terms, in which i didn't understand.
the question that just kept buzzing around in my head was
"where's rob?" but i hurt too much to ask. the
paramedic just kept talking to me until we stopped moving.
they pulled me into the hospital, and everything went black
again.