DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN SKINS OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS!
Chapter Two (Naomi's POV)
God, Emily was just lying their motionless with an oxygen mask and this other medical equipment surrounding her. The paramedics have just arrived I don't want to leave her side, she looks so helpless and broken and it feels like someone is stabbing a knife repeatedly into my heart. I feel completely and utterly helpless as Doug finally convinces me to let them help her and I although very reluctant, allow them to help me into the ambulance. I'm not taking in a word of what they are saying to me as they help me, I can't take my eyes off Emily's weak and practically lifeless body. It's only when they bring her into the ambulance that I show any sign of knowledge of what they're saying. They lay her down on the gurney next to where I'm sitting with my leg elevated and I notice that her hand is loose off the side of the stretcher. I carefully reach over and gently lace my fingers through hers. Another barrel full of tears starts falling down my face as a female paramedic climbs into the back of the ambulance. She looks at me and gives me a sympathetic smile. I look up at her but find I just can't bring myself to return it, how can I when the girl I love so much is lying next to me inches away from death, instead I just look at her and ask the question I've been longing to ask.
"Please" I say weakly as she starts checking the small monitor that attached to Emily's body "she's no gunna die, is she?" she turns to me and now her smile is gone
"We're doing everything we can for her Miss Campbell, look I know it's hard but please just try to relax and keep your leg elevated, Emily's in safe hands"
I gently lean down and pull her hand closer to mine and place a soft kiss on her palm and the top of her hand "come on baby please stay with me, I need you" I whisper it so quietly, yet I know that she can hear me even though she's unconscious. I lace my fingers back through hers and just sit there staring at her. She looks so fragile, like a small china doll. Then it suddenly hits me that Katie doesn't know a thing. I pull out my mobile and look at the paramedic waiting for some kind of confirmation that it's ok to use. She gives me a quick nod before she goes back to looking over Emily.
I quickly dial Katie's number and after what feels like an eternity she finally answers
"What the fuck do you want Campbell" she said angrily down the phone.
"Katie" I say her name so quietly trying desperately to control my emotions "it's Emily, there's been an accident" that's as much as I can get out before I can't take it any longer and I once again allow the tears to slide down my cheeks.
"What?" Katie sounds like a completely different person from just that one word, her voice is croaky as if she is too about to burst in to tears, she sounds so vulnerable and weak "what's happened to her?"
I took a deep breath and tried to think of the best way to do this. I mean how do you possibly tell someone that their twin is barely alive
"We were just driving home and the roads....the roads were so icy and there was a fox and.....and" Jesus this is so hard
"For fuck sakes Naomi tell what the fuck has happened to my sister" Katie shouts down the phone at me and I can hear the tears in her voice"
"And I lost control of the wheel and we hit another car head on and the car turned upside down from the force of the hit and Katie she's in a really bad way" oh Christ here they come again, I start sobbing uncontrollably and I can't even here what Katie is saying to me.
"For Christ's sakes Naomi what fucking hospital are you going to?" she snaps at me as I'm brought back to the conversation
"Bristol General" i let her know through my tears as i stroke Emily's hand with my thumb
"i'll be there in 20 minutes" and with that she hangs up, just leaving me alone with my thoughts
Jesus i can't believe this, I'm stuck in some hospital bed in a room all by myself. Why don't the people here get it,i want to be with Emily, No, I NEED to be with Emily, i have to make sure she's ok. The door opens and a middle aged man with greying hair walks in, obviously my doctor.
"Hello Naomi, how are you feeling?" he asks me.
"I keep telling you people i'm fine now let me see Emily Please" i know im begging and i know how desperate i look but at this very moment i really don't give a shit
"I'm sorry but i can only let family in to see miss fitch right now, friends will have to wait till visiting hours"
"She's my girlfriend, surely that counts as family!" i snap at him, i dont mean to be so bitchy but i just wanna be with Ems
"ah my mistake, of course it does but right now i need to see to your leg" at that moment some fat nurse walks into the room carrying a needle
"what the fuck are you gunna do!" i'm absolutely terrified of needles. I've never wanted to have Emily to hold my hand more than this very moment
"its just a small sediment to help the pain in your leg whilst we help you" the doctor smiles at me but it doesn't make me feel at ease.
I've never felt so scared in my whole life. And it has nothing to do with a needle.....
Its been two hours since the doctor came in and still they won't let me see Emily. The doctor told me i'd be able to go home as soon as my mom came to get me. I knew they wouldn't be here for hours yet, her and kieran have gone to france for a week and they drove there so they wont be here for a long time.
I lean back and close my eyes, thinking about Emily and praying to god she's ok. I can't lose her, she's my everything. I never wanted to fall in love with anyone, i just didn't think it was in the cards for me. And then when Emily came along at college and stole my heart, it was definately the last thing i expected. but its like my mum said to me "the people who make us happier are NEVER the people we expect" and i've never been happier in my whole life then in these last 6 months Ems and i have been together.
Suddenly the door opening brings me out of my thoughts and Katie walks in. Her face is red and puffy and it looks like she hasn't stop crying since i told her. I sit up as soon as she walks in and she walks over and sits next to my bed. She looks me square in the eye and not suprisingly she looks like she wants to punch me in the face. I don't blame her
"How is she" i ask immediately
"Like you care" she folds her arms across her chest and just sits glaring at me
"Katie you know i care, Emily's all i fucking care about"
"Well its your fault she's fucking in here" I open my mouth to fight back but realise its pointless, Katie's just upset, we both are. "But i know emily fucking loves you so im not gunna kick the shit out of you, yet, i'm gunna take you to see her cause she'll want you there when she wakes up.
I cant help a tiny smile forming on my face as i lean over and attempt to pull Katie into a hug but she violently pushes me away
"Don't fucking touch me" She calls the doctor in to get me into a wheelchair before she reluctantly pushes me down the corridor towards the ICU.
My breath hitches in my throat as we reach Emily's room and i see her through the window. She's once again hooked up to what to me looks like hundreds of different machines. Her head is all bandaged up but atleast it looks like she's breathing on her own. The nurse in the room turns round and sees me and Katie at the window, she nods her head for us to come in and Katie wheels me through the door "accidently" banging my leg hard against the wood. I scream in pain but bite my lip as i get a full view of Emily.
She looks so tiny and fragile just lying their. Katie stops my chair by the bed and follows the nurse out of the door. What there talking about i dont really know.
I push myself out of my chair as much as i can and leaning over i kiss her on the lips but it doesn't give me the same warm and bubbly feeling that her lips normally give me, her lips are cold. I move my hand up to hers and gently stroke it with my thumb. My eyes burn with tears and i don't even try to stop them as they slide down my cheeks.
"why don't you try talking to her" the voice startles me, i didn't even notice the nurse had come back in. I look at her and she smiles warmly at me
"Can she hear me?" i ask suprised, i dont exactly know a lot about people in Coma's
"We don't know for sure but no harm in trying is there" I nod my head and she walks back out the room giving us some privacy. I watch her leave and then turn back round to face Emily.
"Hi Emily" i continue dragging my thumb across the top of her hand "its me, i'm here" more and more tears start falling as i talk to her "i'm so sorry Ems, I'm so sorry" i bring her hand up and gently kiss it before putting it back down. I'm scared of hurting her more than i already have. "Please wake up Em, i need you, i love you so much"
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
suddenly all of her machines starting flat-lining
"NO EMILY NO PLEASE" i scream at her "DONT LEAVE ME" the next thing i know my hand is being pulled out of hers and im being pulled out of the room as a team of doctors and nurses rush in to try and save her.
Katie is nowhere to be seen as i sit staring through the window. This can't happen, she can't...I can't lose her. Im brought back down to earth by the best sound in the world...
The stable BEEP of Emily's life support machine