"Bye, Nicole. Ill see you tomorrow,"I called to my best friend, Nicole as she put up her umbrella and walked to her car.
"Woo. Its freaking cold. Call me later about our dresses,"Nicole called back.
I waved goodbye as she drove off in her little red Honda Civic. I went back in my house and walked into the kitchen. I grabbed an apple and walked back into the living room. I flopped down on the couch and turned on The N. A loud roar of thunder growled in the distance. I screamed and as soon as I did, the lights when out. I slowly got up and felt the walls for the kitchen door. I found it and grabbed the flashlight my mom kept on the key rack in the kitchen. A couple of seconds later, the lights came back on and the phone rang.
"Hello?"I answered.
"Marian, are you okay? The power went out over here,"
It was my mom. I sighed and said, "Yes, Sydney, Im okay."
"Marian, why do you keep calling me Sydney? Call me 'mom,'"She said.
"I keep calling you that because you refuse to call me 'Anne,'"I said.
"Well Marian is your name,"She said.
"And Sydney is yours,"I replied.
I heard my mom sigh on the other end.
"Your father and I will be home in about an hour,"She said.
I hung up and went back to the living room. I watched about 30 minutes worth of TV when the phone rang, again. I got up and answered.
"Broller's residence. May I ask who's calling?"I answered.
"Anne? Is Nicole still there? She hasn't came home yet and Im worried. It only takes 10 minutes to get here from there,"
It was Nicole's mother. She sounded a little frantic.
"No, Mrs. Jaminson. She left a half an hour ago. Im sure she just stopped from gas or something,"I said.
"It takes 5 minutes to pump gas. Not 30,"Mrs. Jaminson said.
"Well have you tried calling her cell phone?"I asked.
"Yes. She hasn't picked up. I've tried 25 times!"Mrs. Jaminson said, now sounding as if she was crying.
"Okay, hold on. Im gonna go and see if I can spot her around town. Ill call you on my cell phone if I find her. Im sure she's safe. Don't worry."
I hung up and grabbed my car keys. I put on my coat and grabbed an umbrella. I climbed into my car and drove down the route to Nicole's house. Halfway into the drive I spotted the horrible sight. Nicole's car was jammed into the guard rail on the side of the road. The car was smashed, badly. It was a total wreck. All the windows were shattered except the back one and Nicole's body was halfway out the driver's side door. I parked my car on the side of the road and ran to the wreck. It was raining hard and saw blood running down the street. I tried plowing open the door. When I finally got it open, I reached over and unhooked Nicole's seat belt. She fell into my arms as I dragged her unconscious body out of the car. I laid her gently on the ground and ran back to my car for my cell phone. I dialed 911 as quickly as possible.
"911 operator. What is your emergency?"
"Hi. My name is Marian Broller. I wanna report an accident. My friend is very hurt! She needs medical help!"I screamed.
"Okay, where are you?"The operator asked.
"Um W. 25th street, I believe. Come quickly. Please,"I said.
"We're sending an ambulance now. Hold on tight, Marian."The operator said.
I hung up and ran back over to Nicole. She was breathing, but barely. I dialed Mrs. Jaminson's number.
"Have you found her?"Mrs. Jaminson asked, quickly.
I was crying, but I managed to spit out the words, "She's been in an accident."
I heard Mrs. Jaminson let out a gasp.
"Well is she okay? Are the cops there? Where are you?"Mrs. Jaminson questioned.
"She's unconscious, but ambulance are coming. Im on W. 25th street. You should come. Now,"I said.
"Im coming. Thank you, Anne,"Mrs. Jaminson said, hanging up.
I heard the sirens in the distance. I had Nicole laying across my lap. The paramedics grabbed her hauled her into the ambulance. Mr and Mrs. Jaminson and I followed the ambulance to the hospital. Nicole was taken into the emergency room. We waited in the waiting room. My hair, soaked with rain, hung over my shoulders. I rubbed my thighs. I was so entirely nervous. We all stood up as the doctor came out of the emergency room.
"Im Dr. Vel. Im taking care of Nicole Jaminson. Nicole has suffered a deadly impact to her heart and Im sorry to say, but she's badly injured and we're afraid she wont make it. We haven't told her yet and I don't think we should. We'll give her maybe 5 hours. Um, she asks for her parents,"The doctor said.
I covered my mouth with my hand. Tears flowed down my face. Mr and Mrs. Jaminson walked into the room Nicole was in and stayed in there for a hour. Then they came out and said Nicole asked for me. I wiped the tears from my face and walked into the emergency room. She was hooked up to a lot of machines. An IV in her arm. I sat down next to her bed.
"Hey fool. Heard you found me,"She said.
Her voice was weak. Like an old woman's who smoked all her life.
"Yeah,"
"What did the doctors say?"
"Nothing,"I lied.
I stared right at her. She was studying me. She probably knew I was lying to her. She green eyes seemed duller now. And her perfect red lips seemed a pale pink now.
"Marian, you know you're like a daisy. A daisy opens up when its morning and closes when its night. But in your case, you open up when you're happy, but you close when you're sad. You're not opening up for me, Anne. Just tell me what's going on,"Nicole said.
"The doctors say you're not gon–,"
Nicole started to drift away and the little mountains on the machine started to get lower and lower. Her heart beat started to fade away.
"Nicky? Nicky? Nicole! Wake up! Hey! Hey!"I yelled.
The doctors ran in and pushed me out the way. I stood there, crying. I knew her fate. I ran out the room and began to cry. I knew Nicole was gone. Forever. She wouldn't be back. I had lost my best friend. She has slipped through my fingers. She had just left my house, and now she had left my life.
