CHAPTER 1
Isaac's POV
I walked down the usual steps to Gus' basement room. All I can think is 'soon I won't be able to see this room anymore'. This broke me to tears, and without realising, I lost my balance and fell down the two remaining steps. Gus was sat on his bed re-reading An Imperial Affliction, but quickly stood up and ran over to my side. "Woah dude, you okay there", and then he must have seen the tears streaming down my face. "Whats wrong?" He asked inquisitively. I was so overcome with sadness that I only managed a weak sentence "This world... This house... This room... You! I'll never be able to see you again Gus! You know how much that breaks me. It makes me feel..." But before I could finish, he pulled me into an embrace "Dude, it's okay, it's not like I'm completely disappearing". He sits me up, and I look into his eyes. Those captivating blue eyes of his. We stay there for what feels like forever, him looking at me and me looking at him. He finally pulls me up and I struggle to walk over to the game chairs he has set up in front of his tv. We sit and play Counter Insurgence for hours, but then my mom rings saying dinner will be ready soon. Gus walks upstairs first, me following. I say goodbye to his parents then walk to his door. There's an awkward bro hug shared between us, then I start rushing down his driveway, to my car over the road.
Augustus' POV
I hope he feels the same way, I mean, our little stare off was quite intimate, but that isn't a tick in the "I like like you too" box. I suddenly realise that he's kicking my ass at Counter Insurgence, so I used my pro techniques to get back at him. He sighs as he pulls out his phone, "Mom wants me back, she's making Beef Lasagne, and I can't exactly miss that". I smile at that, knowing his moms lasagne is disgusting. I walk up the stairs, listen to my mom get emotional saying that they'll wish well for his eye surgery, and then I give him a hug goodbye, trying to add as much testosterone into it to cover up my true feelings. All I can think about when he walks away is how I'll look into his blind eyes, and say hello to the new Issac. I'm so caught up in my thoughts, I only just see it happen. He wasn't looking, and the car was going so fast. It came out of nowhere, speeding round the corner and hitting Issac dead on, sending him flying across the street. The car sped off, but not before I screamed "ISSAC!". I sprinted, as much as I could with one leg, over to his stiff body. I pick him up and hold him in my arms, still screaming. I try everything, from screaming in his face to hitting his face gently. I seemed like a lifetime before the ambulance finally arrived. My parents had came out to console me, trying to make me let go of his limp body, but I refused. I stayed with him in the ambulance. Through the hospital corridors, until I was forced to stay put in the emergency waiting room.