Silence
Shirly Mary Beth Gold
Disclaimer: I own no characters but Claudia and Colton
Also in this fic it's as if Donald had been married before. Just putting that out there
I shuffle in my chair, listening to the steady beep of the heart monitor. The only sign that he was alive…..even though I knew he wasn't. I keep thinking back to the accident. How it happened. How it could've been prevented.
That stupid drunk driver. If I could only…I stop that thought. That wouldn't help Colton and that certainly wouldn't help me.
My dad wants me to go home…but I can't. He needs me. I look at the blank look in his eyes. I can almost see the memories of his son playing in his mind like an endless loop. I sniffle fighting tears just thinking about it.
Tasha visits daily with Leo. If not for me and dad. She talks to Colt, even though she knows she won't get a response.
I remember when this all began….
I had been working on a project when my phone rang. Before I got the words "Claudia Davenport' my dad is saying
"Come quick! Your brother's going into surgery!"
I get up so quickly my art supplies clatter to the floor. I grab my bike and peddle as fast as I could to the hospital. I arrive just as Colton is wheeled out.
We waited. Seconds turn into minutes and minutes turn into hours. It felt like an eternity we were waiting. God I hate that word. Waiting. Waiting to hear that your twin brother….that your built in best friend is dead.
After five hours and twenty-four minutes, the doors opened and he was wheeled out. He was wrapped up in several different bandages, but the thing I noticed first was that he was still breathing.
Seeing him still alive was amazing, and I could not wait to talk to him again. My family and I waited in his room for the rest of that day, and for the night as well. The next day we waited some more.. After a month, the doctor said that he was still unresponsive to anything they did. After two months, he told my parents to give up, and after three, the doctor gave Dad the choice of pulling the plug, as they saw no way of him coming out of this.
"We can either keep him on life support or pull the plug today. It's your choice."
I hated that man! Didn't he know who this was?! This was Donald Davenport's son!
Daddy objected. He objected every day they gave him the option. I knew he would give anything to hear Colt's voice again.
We've been here five months now. Colton hasn't gotten better. I looked as the doctor walks in.
"Mr. Davenport, while you were asleep yesterday, we ran some tests. I have no easy way to say this. His brain was permanently damaged in the accident. I'm afraid he won't wake up. Now it's still up to you if you want him on the machine, but we have other patients that could really benefit from the use of this room"
I clench my fists, fighting tears. In the back of my mind, I knew he was probably going to say that soon. I listen as the doctor asked Dad if he wants to keep Colton on the machine. He doesn't nod or do anything for the longest time. I slowly make my way over just as Dad shakes his head. As the doctor sets his clipboard down, Dad pulled me to him and hugs me tightly hiding my face. The doctor pulls the plug….
….. The hum stops. The beep stops. The room falls silent.
Three months later…
Colton,
You've been gone for three months now. It's been very strange without you here. But I guess I've sort of gotten used to it.
I've taking ap classes. No surprised there right…
I miss you twinsie. But I know you're in a better place and not in pain.
I love you
Claudia
R&R
