I heard the screeching before I felt the impact. Glass shattering with every turn the vehicle took. The sound of bending metal and glass hitting pavement, then silence. It's like someone turned the world on mute. I felt I was watching TV that this wasn't happening to me. Then everything came back to life. Screams of terror and pain pierced my ears. Slowly I tried pulling out of the car through the shattered window. A pain filled moan escaped my lips. Something red blurred my vision and painted the road. I rubbed my eyes. Blood staining my hand as I pulled it away. I tried standing. Pain searing through my leg. I looked at my leg. Finally noticing the blood drenched jean leg and the deep cut marring my pale skin.
"Jeff?"
I looked over to see my best friend limping towards me. I tried moving, bad idea. Another scream of pain left me.
"Don't move your losing a lot of blood." Nick sat next to me and started tying his tie around my leg, earning another scream from me. My head started spinning. I heard the shrill of the ambulance before I blacked out.
"I'm sorry. He lost too much blood. ..." I couldn't hear anymore. My best friend was dead. My blonde ball of happiness was gone. I started crying. My mom quickly hugged me but I pushed her off. Only one person could comfort me at a time like this and he was gone. My parents left, knowing id want to be alone. I got up and looked at my pain med distributor. I pressed the button till I felt satisfied id overdose. I sat done waiting till I could be with the guy I loved.
" When you're around me I feel the heat You steam up the mirrors And make me shift gears Sometimes I can't think all that clear I'm losing sleep I'm counting sheep like 1,2,3, let's go You hypnotize me You mesmerize me Way-o way-o Way over my head and I don't know whatto do 'Cause I can't get enough of you."
I looked around noticing the voice. Everything was green. It was like walking into the botanical gardens. I saw a flash of blonde and I quickly followed it. Jeff's laughter filled the air.
"Jeff!"
"Jeffrey Sterling answer me!" silence. I sighed and tried to find my way back to where I came from.
"Nicky!" A second later I was face first in the grass.
"So you ignored me so you could pounce on me?"
"Well that and you shouldn't be here. Go home." He got off me and started walking away. I quickly stood and followed him.
"What do you mean I shouldn't be here? I'm dead. I saw to that."
He laughed but it wasn't his usual happy contagious laughter. "You're not dead. You overdosed but your in a hospital. They stopped the medicine before you could die. There was however brain damage and that's why you're here. Nick you're in a coma. "
"But you…you died and I'm here with you." I didn't want to believe him, but for the 10 years I knew Jeff, he never lied to me.
"I'm sorry dude. Actually I'm not. I'm pissed at you. How could you go and do something so stupid. You're 17. You need live and go to college, marry a pretty girl, have kids and be something. "
I looked at him. His green eye wet with tears. "Jeff I don't want any of that. Not unless you are by my side. I can't be something with only half of me alive. I need you. I need you and I am so sorry I never told you before. Maybe things would be different. But they're not and now you're dead. I can't live knowing I killed my best friend." Tears made their way down my face. I shouldn't have taken him to Blaine's party. I knew he would drink and get sick. I shouldn't have had those two beers. I should have stayed sober.
"Nick…don't blame yourself. I could have fought. I let myself fall into this place. It was to comforting, But I can't let you stay here. You need to go home. "
"Jeff I can't. I love you. I have since freshman year. "
"I love you too Nicky and that's why I need you to be strong and go home and live for the both of us."
I shook my head. I was a stubborn person and Jeff knew it. He shouldn't be fighting me. "No. Go back with me."
"I can't just pop into someone's body. That's stealing…. I think … I'm pretty sure it is."
"Then I'm staying here." I sat on a bench. Jeff sighed and sat next to me. He took my hand, the touch sending a jolt up my spine. He turned my head to face him. His lips touched mine. The next thing I knew I was staring up at my parents. I sat up.
"JEFF!" He couldn't be gone again. Sadness and anger welled up inside me. He sent me back! I started crying again. My mom quickly holding me and this time I let her.